Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 697 Their First Meeting

When Zoren returned with his phone in hand, Jasper gave him a smirk.

"So, he turned you down, huh? Haha."

Zoren took a sip from the beer on the table. "Guess what? Hade agreed."

Liam raised an eyebrow. "What? He actually agreed? Not bad."

Of course, Zoren wasn't about to tell them what kind of deal they made. "Yep!"

Just then, Jasper's phone rang. He glanced at it but didn't answer right away. "Alright, that's it for today, I'm heading out." Liam nodded. "Got it."

When Jasper first laid eyes on Violeta, she wasn't at all what he had expected.

"Hade, are we just going to wait here? I feel like we're too early. Zoren's cousin probably isn't even downstairs yet."

Jasper's voice trailed off as he spoke.

His eyes locked onto a figure ahead, a girl in a simple dress.

Violeta was standing right in front of them. Jasper's gaze unintentionally met hers-her eyes were calm, emotionless, neither happy nor sad.

In that instant, the vague image he had of her suddenly became much clearer.

Hayden spoke calmly, "She's standing right there."

Jasper had a brief moment of regret.

If he had known, he wouldn't have been so quick to refuse Zoren's request.

was about to make a witty comment when

Just one look.

understood immediately-Hayden was interested in the

all knew

the rest of them never

of them quietly retreated to the back, trailing

hesitation, canceled his lunch plans for the day. Normally, Jasper never ate at the cafeteria. But that afternoon, he stayed and ate

evening, someone teased

this semester? You're acting differently. Cafeteria food? That's

a glance. "Got

man,

laughter,

He threw his drink at the

froze. Jasper never got mad. Even when people joked about his girlfriends, he

But this time...

beer, quickly set his

Jasper's close friends tried

things over. "Come on,

l.ne

it wasn't that serious. No need to get worked

belongs to en.kikiston

the vibe," Jasper said and

left after grabbing his

it felt like

like a

only son of

he was three, his mother, Cynthia, consulted a psychic in the mountains about

looked at Jasper's picture and said only four

road