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Once Jean fully recovered, Carl decided to send her back to the Ginger family.

That familiar black van appeared before her again. Carl was the first to get in-

He was going to personally see her off.

Sitting inside the vehicle, the man’s deep, dark eyes looked straight at her, signaling her to get in.

Jean stood at the door of the car.

Behind her, the gothic mansion loomed with its signature mystery and beauty, like something painted in thick strokes of oil–grand and shadowy, cold yet elegant.

Strange.

She actually felt… a little reluctant to leave.

Maybe it was because her time recovering here had been the most peaceful and carefree days she’d had in a long while.

Carl heard the thought in her mind. His gaze faltered for a moment, just slightly.

“If something’s bothering you…” He hesitated for a second, then suddenly spoke. Her emotional state at that moment left him strangely unsettled. “You can talk to me. If you don’t mind.”

Carl’s sudden words caught Jean completely off guard.

her aloof brother. After blinking in surprise, she couldn’t help

something so warm with such a cold

instinctively turned his face away slightly, avoiding her

deal with, I’ll definitely come find you,” she said

head. His gaze remained angled toward

couldn’t see the faint curve that briefly tugged at

disappeared as quickly as it

his head back, his face once again returning to its usual detached and stern. expression. He gave

“Get in the car,”

any longer. She climbed

back to the Ginger family estate wasn’t particularly long, but not short either. Along the way, Jean would occasionally chat

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nothing to say to each other–when they could share the same air and remain completely

thawed between

the street from

intention of dropping her off right

toward the ornate

Jean immediately understood.

the Ginger family?” she asked, voice light as a bell and eyes blinking

at her sideways,

just

knew she’d guessed

smiled

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