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Once Jean fully recovered, Carl decided to send her back to the Ginger family.
That familiar ck van appeared before her again. Carl was the first to get in-
He was going to personally see her off.
Sitting inside the vehicle, the man’s deep, dark eyes looked straight at her, signaling her to get in.
Jean stood at the door of the car.
Behind her, the gothic mansion loomed with its signature mystery and beauty, like something painted in thick strokes of oil–grand and shadowy, cold yet elegant.
Strange.
She actually felt… a little reluctant to leave.
Maybe it was because her time recovering here had been the most peaceful and carefree days she’d had in a long while.
Carl heard the thought in her mind. His gaze faltered for a moment, just slightly.
“If something’s bothering you…” He hesitated for a second, then suddenly spoke. Her emotional state at that moment left him strangely unsettled. “You can talk to me. If you don’t mind.”
Carl’s sudden words caught Jeanpletely off guard.
She looked into the car at her aloof brother. After blinking in surprise, she couldn’t help but smile.
This guy… how could he say something <i>so </i>warm with such a cold face, in such an indifferent voice…
Carl heard that thought and instinctively turned his face away slightly, avoiding her gaze.
Jean, on the other hand, grinned openly. “Got it. If I ever run into something I can’t deal with, I’ll definitelye find you,” she said cheerfully. “But if you dare say no, don’t me me for throwing a fit.”
Carl didn’t turn his head. His gaze remained angled toward the window.
From where Jean sat, she couldn’t see the faint curve that briefly tugged at the corner of his lips.
It disappeared as quickly as it came.
Then he slowly turned his head back, his face once again returning to its usual detached and stern. expression. He gave her a casual nod. “Mm.”
“Get in the car,”
Jean didn’t drag it out any longer. She climbed in without hesitation.
The drive back to the Ginger family estate wasn’t particrly long, but not short either. Along the way, Jean would asionally chat with Carl.
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There’d been a time when they had absolutely nothing to say to each other–when they could share the same air and remainpletely silent.
But now, as if something had finally thawed between them, the bond had begun to grow.
The van eventually stopped across the street from the Ginger family vi.
Clearly, Carl had no intention of dropping her off right at the front door.
“You can get off here.” His gaze shifted past the window toward the ornate home in the distance. His eyes, always cold, had a darker cast than usual.
Jean immediately understood.
“You don’t want to see the Ginger family?” she asked, voice light as a bell and eyes blinking curiously.
Carl nced at her sideways, saying nothing.
His face offered no confirmation nor denial, just a t line drawn across his lips.
Jean knew she’d guessed right.
She didn’t push him further. Instead, she smiled and arched her brows. “Then I’m off.”
Jean stepped out of the van.
Just as the door was about to close behind her, she turned suddenly, her eyes curling into little crescent
moons as she grinned and waved exaggeratedly.
“Bye, Carl.”
Carl’s expression froze for a moment. His gaze instinctively followed her eyes–but right then, the car door
closed with a thud.
Their eyes were cut off from each other.
Carl flexed his fingers slightly.
Suddenly, a strange thought struck him-
He regretted the way he used to brush her off, maybe even resent her, for calling him “Carl.”
But now, that name-
Sounded oddly pleasant.
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