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The smile on Melody's face faded as she looked at Juan and Debra. "If you two want to go out on a date,

ahead, but you must be back by tonight. It's not right to spend the whole day out."

"Understood," Juan replied, his appetite suddenly vanishing. He stood up from the table and turned to Debra. "Go change your clothes. I'll wait outside." "Okay," Debra agreed, casting a glance at Hester as she rose from her seat.

Hester's gaze followed Juan, her eyes filled with an affection that spoke volumes.

Debra quickly changed her clothes upstairs. When she came back down, Hester looked even more despondent than before.

Outside, Juan was already in the driver's seat of his car, having prepared a seat cushion for Debra.

"Get in." -

Debra slid into the passenger seat. Juan didn't start the engine right away. Instead, he remained silent for

a moment.

"Grandma is just worried you might not care about me

"I know."

she understood the dynamics at play. The Vargas family was just a small household, and with Melody's high standards,

that Melody had used Hester to provoke her. The Vargas family depended on the Nichols family for money, so they would gladly send their

you don't like her, I'll find a way to

there will be other women." Debra shrugged. "Anyway, she doesn't pose any threat to me. I'm not

together, leaning over to fasten the seatbelt for her. Feeling her instinctive flinch, he

"You're afraid of me."

"No."

are you avoiding

woke up earlier. He couldn't understand what he had

scared of

overthinking. I'm just not used to it.

help you get used to it," Juan replied before he started the engine and pulled

heading towards the Nichols Group. Debra

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"To go shopping."

Nichols Group, shouldn't you be handling things at the company rather than

was at an all-time high, and Juan should be focused

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