When the Family 108

Chapter 108 Reunion After a Long Time

Jean shook her head quickly.

Finished

She looked into Easton’s eyes and said seriously, “Your place is great. I slept so well last night…. but something urgent has come up at home, and I really need to get back right away.”

Seeing Eason not replying, she quickly added, clearly trying to be convincing.

“I’m telling the truth, I promise,”

Easton chuckled at how earnest and adorably awkward she looked.

He let out a soft laugh, and the glow on his handsome face sparkled like sunlight. “All right, I believe you.”

Then he patted the table gently and said in a softer tone, “Eat breakfast first. I’ll take you soon as you’re done.”

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Jean didn’t argue. She obediently sat down at the table and ate more than half of the breakfast in front of her.

True to his word, as soon as she was done, Easton grabbed her luggage and headed for the door, urging her along as he went. “Come on, weren’t you the one in a hurry?”

He teased, “Why am I more anxious than you?”

Jean sulked, trying to keep up with his long strides. “It’s because your legs are too long and you walk too fast…”

The two chatted as they made their way to the underground garage.

Just like that, Easton, efficient as ever, drove them back to the Ginger mansion.

He parked his sports car right in front of the house and, like a true gentleman, took her luggage out of the car.

“Aren’t you coming in?” Jean asked as she watched him turn back to the driver’s seat without even glancing at the house. Biting her lip, she blurted out the question.

Easton paused.

His face was shaded by the trees, making his expression unreadable. Bits of dappled light fell across his features, making him look almost ethereal.

his hair. “It’s been a long time since I’ve been back… it would be awkward to show up all

cut off from my family and everything that

108 Reunion After a Long

so awkward

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filter, “By that logic, shouldn’t

me?”

“But you

and mimicked his tone playfully, “You even

help but laugh again

in his eyes flickering,

nearby, and they

Sienna hurried over.

Easton froze again.

noticed Jean at first, but as she came

seen in so long, Sienna blinked, clearly

onfu

confusion flashed through

mouth to say something, but the

It was awkward, Distant.

lips were pressed into a tight line. The smile was gone from his face. He stood still, his. expression

The atmosphere instantly froze.

and looked at Sienna with a smile. “Mom, Easton brought me home. 1 was just about

gave Sienna a chance to recover.

softening. There was a careful tenderness in her voice. “Easton, it’s been a long time.

unfamiliar, but the warmth in her eyes was

Easton, the moment

Jean, I probably wouldn’t have come back at all. I

and paused for

She clasped her hands,

that, Easton stepped back

room and looked around but

to Sienna with a confused look on her face. “Mom,

the flash of amusement that crossed her heart, though she

had gone

had been watching the

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