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For once, the guy who could talk circles around anyone in the business world had nothing to say.
Ronald did not even wait for a reply. He just rolled his eyes like he could not be bothered.
He turned to Tracy with the easy grin of a cheerful college kid.
“Come on, Tracy. Let’s go.”
She gave a small nod, gathered the groceries that had fallen, and quietly walked beside him.
The whole time, she did not spare Andrew a single nce.
It was not until they were back at their small rental ce that she finally spoke. “You know who he is. Aren’t you worried he’ll start digging into your past?”
She never asked questions about Ronald’s life, but that did not mean she had not noticed how careful he was about hiding his tracks.
Setting the groceries down, Ronald smiled at her. “Are you worried about me, Tracy?”
She did not answer, but her silence said enough.
His smile widened. “Don’t worry. He can’t touch me.”
Sure, the Jackman name meant something in Cloudville, but outside of it? Not much.
She did not know where his confidence came from, but the way he said it made her feel lighter somehow.
Seeing her rx made something warm stir in Ronald. He stepped closer, leaning down until he was right in front of her.
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“So, you really do care about me, huh?”
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The sudden closeness made her instinctively lean back warily, but she did not actually move away.
Tilting her head slightly, she said tly, “You trust me that much, so why wouldn’t I care about you?”
Tracy was blunt like that.
She valued trust—the fragile, rare kind—because it was the very thing that had allowed her to leave the Angelic Etiquette Academy.
Her honesty caught him off guard.
He nced down and noticed her feet had not moved back. His smile returned.
“Then you’d better keep caring about me because I’m always going to trust you like this.”
His eyes glimmered. “Just don’t abandon me.”
His tone was calm, but firm, like he was making a promise and a demand all at
once.
She was not sure if she fully understood, but the word abandon made her expression shift.
For her, that word had always meant being the one left behind.
Something unpleasant flickered through her mind, and she pressed her lips together before looking away.
“You should start cooking.”
As usual, she left the kitchen to him and headed to the balcony to check on her newest painting.
When her figure disappeared from his sight, Ronald’s smile slowly faded.
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His eyes turned cold as he looked at the scattered groceries on the table.
Then, he pulled out his phone and made a call.
“Andrew’s had it too easytely. Let’s give him something to stress over.”
Ronald’s tone was almost yful, like he was sharing a private joke.
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Tracy did not think much about Andrew’s sudden appearance as she had long stopped expecting anything from that family.
Andrew, on the other hand, was fuming.
No one–not even his parents–had ever stood in his face and told him off like that.
There was no way he was letting Ronald walk away unscathed.
And in his mind, this was all Tracy’s fault, too.
She had always been bold and unpredictable, but he never thought she would stoop to such ridiculous ways to get her family’s attention.
Living with some man whose background was a total mystery?
Shameful.
And then there was Liam.
If Liam had known she was living with another man, why had he not told the family right away?
Andrew finally had a target for all that pent–up anger and went to chew Liam out.
Liam was blindsided.
Thest time Andrew had reallyid into him like that was back when he was ten. It was when he had snuck Tracy out to watch a street race and almost lost her.
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And now? Tracy was somehow at the center of it again.
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He had kept his mouth shut about her living situation because he was trying to protect her.
She was already on bad terms with the family, and though her stunts were meant to grab their attention, her approach was reckless and only made things worse.
Keeping it a secret had been his way of helping, but apparently, Tracy had gone andined to Andrew anyway.
Still simmering from Andrew’s lecture, Liam was looking for a way to blow off steam when he ran into Tracying home.
The sight of her made his temper spike. “Tracy, you’d better exin yourself!”
He stepped right in front of her, eyes sharp, like she had just betrayed him.
Tracy took a step back, her guard instantly up, ready to move if he came closer.
Liam did not notice as he was too caught up in his own anger. “Why’d you rat me out to Andrew? I kept quiet about you living with someone for your sake!”
His voice rose. “And instead of being grateful, you went and told him I didn’t tell the family because I don’t <i>see </i>you as one of us–that that’s why you’re on bad terms with them.”
That usation was what had really set him off.