Chapter 578

“Okay, Mom,” Yvonne answered, doing exactly as I asked.

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Turns out, without those sugar–coated lessons laced with poison from a stepmom, Yvonne’s just a really sensible kid.

Jared looked like he wanted to say something, but in the end, his voice grew serious as he said, “Mom, take Yvonne home.”

“But…” Sally was this close to blurting out her real reason.

“Let’s go,” Jared said, giving me a complicated look before turning to Nathan. “Nathan, thanks for helping Victoria and Yvonne out. Get some rest.”

Nathan gave a gentle smile. “Really, it was nothing. No need to thank me.”

Sally looked a bit reluctant, but she picked up her basket and walked out.

“Mom, Nathan, I’ll come over tomorrow morning,” Yvonne called, waving her little hand at us.

Finally, the room was quiet. Nathan let out a sigh of relief and eased himself back against the pillow, careful not to aggravate his wound. He looked at me with a helpless smile.

“Jared’s mom is really something,” Nathan said, looking straight at me. “She came in here and started playing matchmaker, even brought photos of potential girlfriends.”

I shrugged and laughed. “She’s got a lot of connections–knows plenty of rich girls. If she’s introducing you, you’re really making out pretty well.”

“Victoria, don’t you think there’s something else going on with her trying to set me up?” Nathan said, sharp as ever, already seeing through the whole act.

“Oh?

and Jared back together, so

too much into this?” I shot him a playful

the most

face looking a little washed out from the

That’s exactly what she’s thinking,” I admitted. Sally knows Jared won’t even consider dating anyone else as long as I’m single–he just keeps hovering

She’s got two plans: one, try to get

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Chapter 578

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else. Once I’m off the market, Jared

A, making sure any guy interested

written all over his

how elders are–they just think straightforward. Don’t take it

comfort him.

words did little to comfort Nathan. He just

white in Nathan’s hair actually made him look even more intense–there was

long, narrow eyes, something dark and unreadable flickering in his

shirt’s still got blood on it–why don’t you put on a

help me,” Nathan said, suddenly acting all bold and not even pretending to

anyway. I grabbed a basin, filled it with hot water, and brought

in the steaming–hot water, wrung it out, and as I

started unbuttoning his shirt with his left hand, but for some reason, even

me do it,” I said

away and just waited for

was toasty, so I slipped off my coat. All I had on underneath was a fitted black turtleneck that really

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