"Just seeing her, hearing her say a few words... I''ve already won."


    After all, he no longer had any right to even see her.


    He even asked Jude, "Once she''s said all the most hurtful things she can, do you think she''ll be willing to talk to me then?"


    Jude was speechless.


    What was he supposed to say to that?


    ...


    For the next two days, Noreen was busy, leaving early in the morning anding


    homete at night.


    But to her relief, Seth didn''t show up at the Joyner estate or at her office.


    It seemed he had finally given up.


    Noreen breathed a sigh of relief.


    ire arrived on Thursday, and Noreen went to the airport to pick her up personally.


    It was clear she had been well taken care of. Aside from a bit of a tan, she finally had some color back in her cheeks.


    Wilbur hade with her.


    Even without Noreen''s instructions, he knew she would be worried about ire and had volunteered to escort her.


    "Your Highnesses, what would you like for dinner tonight? My treat."


    ire raised her hand. "I want a feast! But no seafood, please. I''ve had so much of ittely that I''m a bit tired of it!"


    Noreenughed. "Don''t hold back with him. Just pick the most expensive restaurant. The project he invested in recently just doubled in value. He''s loaded."


    ire rubbed her hands together. "In that case, I won''t be polite!"


    Seeing them both so happy, Wilbur smiled. "Alright."


    ire had looked up rmendations online and found the most popr restaurant in town.


    It was indeed excellent.


    Noreen especially loved the restaurant''s signature dish, Golden Scallops with Pear Essence.


    ire, meanwhile, was busy taking stylish photos, editing a few, and posting them to Twitter.


    [Reunited with my ''Sugar Mommy''!] she captioned it.


    She had even changed Noreen''s contact name to Sugar Mommy, since she was, quite literally, living off Noreen now.


    Noreen thought the photos were nice, so she saved one and posted it to her own Twitter as well.


    Meanwhile, at the hospital.


    Jude was at his wit''s end.


    He knew this would happen!


    Seth had gotten sick after standing in the rain at and


    at the Joyner


    had been hospitalized ever


    since,


    Gontent


    He''d had a fever for two days... which had at least kept him quiet.


    After all, he didn''t have the energy to stir up any trouble.


    But even with him being quiet, Jude


    was worried. Seth hadn''t eaten


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    swnowe


    two days and was surviving drip.


    His condition was so poor that Jude, fearing the worst, had even called Jordan to Harborview City.


    Though, it hadn''t helped much.


    "Seth, you have to eat something. What do you want? I''ll go buy it for you right now."


    Seth acted as if he hadn''t heard, his eyes fixed on his phone.


    The screen was open to Noreen''s Twitter profile.


    He had been staring at it like that for two days!


    Noreen rarely posted on Twitter.


    So, for two whole days, Seth had been staring at the system message: "No new posts."


    "Seth," Jude tried again.


    Seth''s thumb slid down the screen, refreshing the feed.


    Still nk.


    He asked Jude, "Why hasn''t the Caldwell family made a move yet?"


    Jude scratched his head. "How would I know?"


    "Was it because I didn''t kick hard enough that day?"


    Listen to him. Was that something a sane person would say?


    "Let''s just talk about food. You have


    today, no marine


    to eatening.


    what, Jude said, feeling helpless.


    W


    Seth went silent again.


    His thumb swiped down, refreshing the page one more time.


    The next second, Seth shot upright.


    The expression on his face finally changed.


    Jude nced over.


    Noreen had finally posted on Twitter!


    At this point, he felt like he could bow down and thank her.