Chapter 1327: The reality of time

DING!

[From: Grace

I know I told you that I like sunflowers, but I don't. I just said that so I'd know when you'd send me one. I'll consider it a late birthday gift or perhaps an early one.

Thank you for the flowers. They're lovely. I appreciate them. Finally, something I can take home and put in that empty vase I got from someone last year.

P.S. You can dream of me tonight.

Хохо,

Grace] freewebnovel.com

Haines stared at his phone, a thin layer of ice coating his eyes. His jaw tightened as he read the message, clearly oozing with mischief. Every word of it almost made his blood boil.

'I should've known...' he thought, mentally tallying another point in Grace's favor -she'd won this round again.

First, she had deceived him, making him endure an unbearably long drive just to face her direct romantic advances. Then, there were the invitations. And now, this.

As the saying goes: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times?

"I must be a fool," he muttered under his breath, catching Charles's attention. Charles turned to the other side of the back seat, blinking innocently. He quickly noticed the cold look on Haines's face as he stared at his phone.

"Who messaged you to make you look so..." Charles trailed off, stretching his neck to sneak a peek. But before he could, Haines abruptly locked his phone.

brows knitting together. "Haines,

quickly,

reading other

freeze the world over, so I wanted to see who made you

off, snapping his gaze

acting strange lately. Not that Haines wasn't always a little strange, but there were these... episodes. And

his

eyes as he watched Haines like a hawk. But Haines

to keep his tone casual. Ever since he heard Haines had

he'd been

Haines really interested

couldn't help but feel excited. Mildred was the first woman to get along well with Haines-aside from Allison and Jessa. Charles had known Haines since childhood,

very amused by the idea of Haines with a woman. Even at

Haines glanced at

to propose?" Charles asked, scooting closer. "I mean, we're not young anymore. No one

"Charles."

friend, or a cousin,

another member of this

if she came from a different family, I'd still support your relationship!" Charles wiggled his eyebrows playfully. "Haines, this is the first time you've shown real interest in a

isn't the

he had kept his first relationship a secret for so long that

"Focus on the family meeting inste I don't think Finn Davis is a bad person, but I'm a

good in-law was important. If it weren't for Old Mrs. Pierson's warmth and sincerity toward Penny, Charles wouldn't have accepted

disliked Penny, Charles would have

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