Chapter 108 Reunion After a Long Time
Jean shook her head quickly.
Finished
She looked into Easton’s eyes and said seriously, “Your ce is great. I slept so wellst night…. <b>but </b>something urgent hase up at home, and I really need to get back right away.”
Seeing Eason not replying, she quickly added, clearly trying to be convincing.
“I’m telling the truth, I promise,”
Easton chuckled at how earnest and adorably awkward she looked.
He let out a softugh, and the glow on his handsome face sparkled like sunlight. “All right, I believe you.”
Then he patted the table gently and said in a softer tone, “Eat breakfast first. I’ll take you <b>soon </b>as you’re done.”
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Jean didn’t argue. She obediently sat down at the table and ate more than half of the breakfast in front of her.
True to his word<b>, </b>as soon as she was done, Easton grabbed her luggage and headed for the door, urging her along as he went. “Come on, weren’t you the one in a hurry?”
He <b>teased</b>, “Why am I more anxious than you?”
Jean sulked, trying to keep up with his long strides. “It’s because your legs are too long and you walk <b>too </b>fast…”
The two chatted as they made their way to the underground garage.
<b>Just </b>like that, Easton, efficient as ever, drove them back to the Ginger mansion.
He parked his sports car right in front of the house and, like a true gentleman, took her luggage out of the car.
“Aren’t youing in?” Jean asked <b>as </b>she watched him turn back to the driver’s seat without even ncing at the house. Biting her lip, she blurted out the question.
Easton paused.
His face was shaded by the trees, making his expression unreadable. Bits of dappled light fell across his features, making him look almost ethereal.
“Maybe not.” Easton curved his lips into a vague smile and unconsciously ruffled his hair. “It’s been a long time since I’ve been back… it would be awkward to show up all of a sudden.”
<i>I </i>had gotten <i>used </i>to <i>being </i>alone, cut <i>off </i>from <i>my </i><i>family </i>and <i>everything </i><i>that </i>went with it.
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“What’s so awkward about it?”
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She began toin without a filter, “By <b>that </b>logic, shouldn’t you be ufortable being with
me?”
“But you
seemed to fit in just fine… Jean suddenly smiled and mimicked his tone yfully, “You even said I had to be a good big brother…
Easton couldn’t help butugh again at her antics.
He smiled softly, the light in his eyes flickering, lost in thought. Just then, “Jean, you’re back?”
Sienna’s voice came from nearby, and they both turned their heads in her direction.
Sienna hurried over.
Easton froze again.
She had only noticed Jean at first, but as she came closer, her eyesnded on Easton.
Seeing the child she hadn’t seen in so long, Sienna blinked, clearly taken by surprise.
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Surprise and confusion shed through her eyes.
She opened her mouth to say something, but the words caught in her throat.
It was awkward, Distant.
Easton’s lips were pressed into a tight line. The smile was gone from his face. He stood still, his. expression unreadable.
The atmosphere instantly froze.
Jean gave <b>a </b>small cough and looked at Sienna with a smile. “Mom, Easton brought me home. 1 was just about to invite him <b>in</b><b>.</b><b>” </b>
Jean’s hint gave Sienna a chance to recover. She nodded slowly. “I see…”
She turned to Easton, her expression softening. There was a careful tenderness in her voice. “Easton, it’s been a long time. Juste in and sit for a while.”
Her smile was polite and unfamiliar, but the warmth in her eyes was genuine.
For Easton, the moment felt surreal.
<i>If </i><i>it </i><i>hadn’t </i>been <i>for </i><i>Jean</i><i>, </i>I <i>probably </i>wouldn’t havee back at all. I wouldn’t have <ie </i>face–<i>to</i><i>–</i><i>face </i><i>with </i>Mom again.
He pursed his lips and paused for a few seconds.
Sienna’s eyes went wide with joy. She sped her hands, nervous and excited at the same time
Just like that, Easton stepped back into the Ginger mansion.
Jean entered the living room and looked around but didn’t see Mather anywhere,
She turned to Sienna with a confused look on her face. “Mom, where’s Mat… Emean, where’s Dad?”
At the mention of Matheo, Sienna couldn’t help the sh of amusement that crossed her heart, though she didn’t show it on her face. She replied calmly. “He had to go out.”
In truth, Matheo had gone to apologize to the director
I like many others online, had been watching the “Behind the Spotlight livestream.
Til expected to see two familiar faces on <i>the </i>show, Easton and Jean,
What I hadn’t expected was the appearance of a third, Matheo’s illegitimate daughter, Julia,
I quickly investigated hore Julia had ended up <i>on </i><i>the </i>show. Just as I’d suspected, Matheo had pulled strings through his connections to get her on
But things had quickly gotten out of hand.
What had started out as a brilliant image for Julia had ended in aplete disaster. The public now hated her.
And for that, I had Easton to thank
<i>His </i>powerful response had not only shut down Julia but also forced Matheo to eat his words and make amends with the station.
After all, it was Matheo who had insisted on forcing someone onto the show, and now that person had nearly brought down the entire production.
Naturally, the director was furious.
Sienna’s lips curled into a small smile at the thought. She called cheerfully to her children, “All right, let’s not talk about him. I made some cookies this morning. Come taste them.”
But Jean hadn’t forgotten her real purpose. She shook her head and quickly said, “Mom, you and Easton like <b>them</b>. You two should talk. I have something to do; I’m going upstairs.”
She waved at them with a simile and turned to head upstairs.
Once in her room, Jean instinctively pulled out her cell phone.
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This time, the result was the same.
His phone was still off.
Jean’s mind raced. She tried to think of another way.
<i>The </i>pilot, Bryson… they <i>are </i>all <i>on </i>the same flight with Dominic.
But there is no way to contact any of them.
<i>I’m </ipletely <i>cut </i><i>off </i><i>from </i>Dominic. She can’t tell him.
Just then, a headline shed across her phone screen: “A private airne lost contact over Northara airspace.”
Jean’s heart dropped. Hard.