Chapter 505 Helping Each Other Out

Jean kept rambling on.

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“Or maybe… you didn’t even want to come tonight, and your family dragged you here? If that’s the case, you should be grateful it’s me. At least I’m not going to pressure you or anything.”

But suddenly, Asher stopped

Jean paused too.

She looked up–and immediately locked eyes with Asher’s.

His

gaze was deep and quiet. As always, there was little warmth behind it, but tonight… there was something else flickering beneath the surface. Something she couldn’t quite read.

“I came because I wanted to,” he said. His voice was even, no hesitation, no emotion.

The seriousness in his tone and the way he said it made Jean freeze for a second.

She pressed her lips together and stood there silently.

Then she couldn’t help and burst into a little laugh and looked over at him playfully.

you were into

wanted to say something. But

shut his mouth and

flicker of hesitation and struggle

to say it out

came because of

She is the

admitting that made me sound

that I’d known who she really was all

into silence and figured maybe he was just shy

a quiet laugh and said, “Alright, I’ll stop messing with you. That’s all I wanted to ask anyway. Let’s head back

“Jean.”

spoke up, catching her completely

His eyes

after saying her name, Asher paused

505 Helping Each

there patiently, waiting for

a long moment before he finally looked

just let me know. I’ll be there for

instantly, like someone had switched on

sincere he was.

never said

was just who he was–a man of

talk much, but he’d been helping me

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