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Chapter 0119

Jackson looked at Candice, worried, and said softly, “You can tell me anything.”

Candice tried her best to smile. “Thank you for staying here the whole day. You haven’t had dinner, right? My treat.”

It was obvious she didn’t want to talk to Jackson about her grandfather. Jackson gave her a good look and didn’t pursue the question.

He changed the topic and asked, “How are you doing with Hanley?”

Candice nodded. “He’s quite friendly.”

“You’re probably the first one to say that.” Jackson let out a chuckle. He remembered what Hanley was like and said, “That’s probably because your personalities are very alike.”

Candice didn’t feel that she had anything similar to Hanley, however. She simply thought that Jackson was trying to find a topic of conversation, and she played along.

There were no good restaurants nearby. It was dinner time, and the restaurants were all packed. They were mainly patients who were from the hospital or their family.

They drove to another commercial area.

Candice had little appetite, however, so she asked Jackson, “What do you want to eat?”

Jackson gave her a look and said, “Risotto? Something plain.”

just stepped into the restaurant when Jackson’s phone rang.

apologized to Candice and went out to

private room before taking out her phone.

she had put it on silent mode and had kept it inside her purse all

she noticed a missed call and

Kayla, asking where she was.

and Kayla picked up very quickly. She was still working overtime, and she sounded

“You called me just now in the evening, right? What’s

before she remembered and said, “Oh, right. The boss came over to the office asking where you went to just now in the evening. I thought he wanted something from

looking for

“Why was he looking

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left after hearing that you’re

her call with Kayla ended, Jackson entered the room. However, he was slightly

somewhat upset.

troubled and

me out for dinner,” Jackson said. He then sat opposite of Candice and

were very well acquainted as they grew

Jackson and Alex became distant.