Chapter 1682: Can You Get Full Just by Looking at Me?

It’s only when they’re eating that Easton Holmes realizes Alice Turner wasn’t called over by Lily Turner—she came back to her parents’ place to see her mom and dad.

“Sis! Where’s Thomas? How come he didn’t come with you?” It’s weird to Lily that Thomas Fisher didn’t come with Alice. Her brother-in-law is super clingy with her sister—if he could, he’d stick to her twenty‑four seven.

“He’s got a business dinner tonight.”

Alice doesn’t want the family to overthink it, and she definitely doesn’t want them probing and asking questions—especially not in front of Easton. So she decides to hide the fact that Thomas went to see Benjamin Shaw.

No one questions what Alice just said. They all assume Thomas is out schmoozing somewhere, and as for who he’s meeting, they don’t ask.

“Sis! Have you set a date for the wedding yet?”

“Not yet.”

Lily suddenly leans in close to Alice’s ear and lowers her voice. “Does Benjamin know you’re with Thomas now? He hasn’t come bugging you, has he?”

“He hasn’t come bug—”

Right then, the phone in Alice’s pocket suddenly starts ringing. She doesn’t finish answering Lily’s question and instead pulls out her phone.

She glances at the screen once, then immediately gets up and walks out of the dining room.

Even though Alice moves fast, Lily still catches it with her sharp eyes—she sees exactly who’s calling her sister.

Isla Lane! Benjamin Shaw’s mom, her sister’s ex‑mother‑in‑law.

What does that old woman want with her sister now? Don’t tell her she still hasn’t given up?

Lily stares toward the doorway of the dining room, looking thoughtful.

“Why are you spacing out instead of eating?”

Seeing Lily zoning out at the doorway, Sophia Wood taps the plate on the table with her chopsticks to snap her back.

Easton Holmes also notices Lily’s odd behavior, but he doesn’t say anything. He just silently watches her, listening to how she answers her mom. He wants to know what’s going through her head.

Hearing Sophia’s question, Lily pulls her gaze back from the doorway—and only then notices that aside from little An’an, everyone’s staring at her.

She looks at the three of them one by one, then smiles. “I was wondering who’s calling my sister. Judging from the way she reacted, it’s probably Thomas.”

She has no idea what Isla Lane wants with her sister, and she can’t just make things up—especially since Alice clearly doesn’t want the family to know. Otherwise she wouldn’t have run outside to take the call.

Thinking of how Alice just bolted out with her phone, Sophia Wood and Christopher Turner really do believe what Lily said—that the call just now was from Thomas Fisher.

They don’t say anything, but both their faces soften into gratified, happy smiles.

Easton Holmes, however, does not buy Lily’s story. That call just now definitely wasn’t from Thomas. As for who it was, he isn’t sure—but whoever it was, that person is clearly not very welcome in his sister‑in‑law’s world.

When Lily is about to keep eating, she realizes Easton is still staring at her. Her delicate brows knit slightly.

What’s that supposed to mean? He’s doubting what she said?

This guy’s always been shrewd as hell. Whatever—let him doubt her if he wants.

“You think staring at me is going to fill you up?”

He’s already been caught and he’s still staring? What’s that about—does he want her to tell the truth?

Lily screams in her head: NO!

Easton’s lips curl faintly, and he spits out a single word that almost makes Lily choke on her food. “Yeah.”