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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.

aloof brother.

something so warm with such

thought and instinctively turned his

on the other hand, grinned openly. “Got it. If I ever run into something I can’t deal with, I’ll definitely come find you,” she said cheerfully. “But

turn his head. His gaze remained angled

Jean sat, she couldn’t see the faint curve that

disappeared as quickly as

again returning to its usual detached

“Get in the car,”

out any longer. She climbed

back to the Ginger family estate wasn’t particularly long, but not short either. Along the

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been a time when they had absolutely nothing to say to each

as if something had finally thawed

eventually stopped across the street

had no intention of dropping her off

can get off here.” His gaze shifted past the window toward the ornate home in the distance. His eyes, always cold,

Jean immediately understood.

family?” she asked,

at her sideways, saying

face offered no confirmation nor denial, just a flat

she’d guessed

further. Instead, she smiled and arched her brows.

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