Chapter 2799


    Jared lifted Lana up and made his way to the couch, his eyes filled with tenderness.


    “We’re home,” he greeted Daniel and Gloria as soon as he had sat down with Lana.


    After a while, Nicole came over with Nn and joined them on the couch.


    After ncing around, she asked, “Mom, is Stanley not back yet?”


    “No, he said there’s a seminar tonight, so he won’t be back for dinner,” Gloria exined. “There’s no


    need to wait for Stanley. Let’s go ahead and eat.”


    “Okay,” they agreed, whereupon the group headed to the dining room, save for the twins, who tottered


    their way upstairs while the four adults had their dinner.


    “I heard Er got injured. What happened?” Daniel asked Nicole.


    As expected, the sudden question from her father surprised Nicole. “Dad, how did you know?!”


    She had not told anyone except forthose present on the day of the incident.


    Thus, she was surprised that Daniel had gotten wind of it.


    “I overheard Samuel mentioning it, but when I asked for details, he refused to say anything,” Daniel


    exined.


    Because of this, his curiosity grew, leading him to want to know more about what had really happened.


    “Oh, he got a minor gash by ident. Nothing serious, but he’s afraid that his parents might get too


    worried about him, so he told them he went abroad, even though he is currently staying in the office.”


    Nicole exined, omitting the fact that the injury was severe and the reason for which he had been


    injured in the first ce.


    “Ah, his mom is going to be very worried, alright.” Gloria nodded in agreement.


    “It’s good that he’s staying in the office and returning only once he has fully recovered.”


    “But all he does is work. How did he get scratched?” Daniel asked, still puzzled.


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    ording to Samuel, the injury seemed quite severe.


    “An ident happened when we went out for dinner the other day. Otherwise, Samuel wouldn’t have


    known either.” Nicole exined, making up another excuse.


    Then, she quickly changed the subject. “By the way, Mom, didn’t you mention that Emery was also


    going on blind dates? How did it go?”


    “He’s doing quite well. ording to your aunt, the two families are already preparing for an


    engagement,” Gloria replied cheerfully as her attention was quickly shifted to the good news.


    “Oh, that’s good.” Nicole nodded, relieved.


    This would work in Er’s favor too. If Emery had something to keep him upied, Emma would be


    less concerned about Er.


    “Yeah, your aunt also said that she used to think Emery was harder to take care of than Er, but it


    turns out that she was wrong,” Gloria added.


    Initially, Emma thought that Emery would be the more challenging one forthem to deal with, but with the


    recent developments considered, he was more than fine.


    “When will they get engaged?” Nicole asked in genuine concern, because they might be able to offer


    some help to Dexter’s family if they needed it.


    “The specific date hasn’t been set because the two families are still discussing it,” Gloria said


    somewhat regretfully.” Anyway, I can’t help but feel that Stanley and Cherry have been rather distant as


    ofte. What’s going on?”


    Indeed, Emery was already preparing for the engagement, while Cherry had stopped all visits to them


    as of the past week.


    ‘I can obviously see the difference,’ Gloria thought.


    “Hmm…” Nicole hesitated. “You should ask Stanley about itter.”


    “What do you mean?” Gloria furrowed her brows, unable to shake the feeling that something bad had


    happened.


    Then, she asked Nicole, “Did they get into a fight?”


    For reasons she could not exin, Gloria could feel that Nicole was hiding something from her, and


    that was when she figured that something was indeed not right.


    Nicole then took a deep breath and forced a smile. “I don’t think so.”


    It was not a lie for Nicole to say that. Indeed, they had not gotten into a fight, but the truth might be


    even more difficult for Gloria to swallow.


    ‘Man, I guess it’s true that once a lie is told, one would have toe up with countless more lies to


    cover it up,’ Nicole thought to herself.


    Since Cherry and Stanley’s rtionship was a ruse from the very beginning, they did not know how to


    exin anything to the family without shocking them.


    And to add to that, they would have to wait for Cherry to leave before addressing the situation.