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Eliza mulled it over. Nathaniel was being way too wary of his godson, wasn’t he?
“I’ve called you three times–are youing out to eat or not?”
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Halbert had been shouting from the living room for a while, but Eliza had been too deep in thought about Matteo to hear him.
“Oh, yeah, I’ming.”
<b>Eliza </b>stepped out of her room.
Halbert had already asked the staff to prepare ate–night meal. After all, they had barely touched their forks under Nathaniel’s watchful eye. The hotel’s business dinners were passable at best–nothing remotely exciting.
In short, Halbert didn’t care for the food, and neither did Eliza.
“<b>Didn’t </b>the doctor say you’re not supposed to eat anything spicy?”
Eliza walked over and snatched the spicy crawfish right from in front of Halbert.
Halbert never used <b>to </b>like spicy crawfish. It was only because <b>Eliza </b>loved it that they always had two portions duringte–night meals. Lately, he’d started thinking maybe it wasn’t so bad after all.
“I don’t have much of an appetite tonight–what’s the harm in a couple bites? What, you <b>think </b>you’re my little sister now?”
Halbert grabbed the crawfish back.
Eliza rolled her eyes. This is what they call a top overseas schr? Now that we’re close, he’s worse than a grade schooler
“Halbert, can I ask <b>you </b>a favor?”
“Go ahead”
“I want <b>to </b>look into Matteo.”
The hand holding the crawfish froze mid–air.
Eliza tugged on his <b>arm</b><b>. </b>“Halbert? Come on, this is small stuff for you. You can dig <b>into </b>someone’s background easily, right<b>?</b>”
Eliza knew exactly <b>what </b>Halbert was capable of
Looking into someone <b>wasn’t </b>a big deal for him. As she looked up at him with those wide, starry eyes, Halbert suddenly <b>asked</b>, seriously. “Why do you want to investigate Matteo?”
He had heard of Matteo in passing.
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There <b>had </b>been rumors that Nathaniel was <b>always </b>on guard around his godson, never nning to <b>hand </b>over the family business to <b>him</b>. Supposedly, that was why he was so <b>cautious</b>–he didn’t even let Matteo touch <b>any </b><b>Hartwell </b>family affairs.
Whether those rumors were true or not, no one really knew.
Since Westbrook had little to do with their overseas operations. Halbert hadn’t given Matteo much thought. —just someone he’d heard of but never <b>had </b><b>a </b>reason to dig <b>into</b>.
When Halbert pressed her, Eliza already had her answer ready. “I just feel like Matteo is… dangerous. <b>That’s </b>why I want to look into him.”
“That’s it?
“That’s it.”
At least for now. Eliza didn’t tell Halbert everything she was <b>thinking</b>.
She couldn’t exactly say she had been reborn <b>and </b>knew Matteo was going to stir up a storm in Westbrook next year, could she?
“Fine. I’ll help you investigate.
Before Eliza could <b>thank </b>him, Halbert added. “But I have a condition.”
“What <b>condition</b>? Lagree to <b>anything</b>!”
“I want you to stay away <b>from </b>Nn and the Hartwell family. Don’t go near Matteo.
Halbert looked dead serious. “There are a lot of dangerous people in Westbrook. The <b>Hartwell </b>family is <b>one </b>of them. Nn’s even more dangerous than they are. If he keepsing to you, don’t me me for going after <b>him</b>.
Since Halbert had drawn a hard line, Eliza agreed. “Don’t worry. I’m not about to fall head over heels for some guy who already has a fiancée.”
“As long <b>as </b>you know what you’re doing.”
Halbert suddenly reached a hand out to her.
“Eliza frowned. “What are you doing?”
“Hand over <b>your </b>phone.”
She didn’t really get what he was up to, but obediently ced her phone in his hand.
Halbert unlocked it and opened her contacts.
The moment he saw the name “Nn,” he tapped and blocked it without a second thought.
Seeing that, Eliza quickly snatched the phone back. “Why <b>are </b>you blocking people <b>without </b>asking?”
“I can tell you’re still hung up on <b>him</b>.”
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When Eliza didn’t say anything, Halbert warned. “Anyway, you already promised me. If <b>you </b>go back on your word, just wait and see what I’ll do to Nn.
“Even if you go after him, you couldn’t beat him… So what’s the point of all this?”
Eliza mumbled under her breath.
Halbert heard every word.
“What did you say?”
Nothing. I <b>was </b>just rambling,” she replied. “Anyway, you already said you’d look into Matteo for me. I need. all the into as soon as possible, so I’m counting on you, Halbert.”
Halbert liked the way she called him that. Nodding, he <b>said</b>, “I’ll take care of it. Give me a day, I’ll <b>have </b>something for you.”
Late that night, at the Hartwell residence, it was eerily quiet. After confirming that Naomi had gone to sleep. Nathaniel headed to his study.
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