Chapter 347

She turned to me and said, “When you see him later, do you intend to say hi?”

That was a strange question. “Why not?” I responded.

She shrugged. “Have you ever considered why they’re all in J City, but they lie to you about being in M Country?”

“Maybe they don’t want me to worry!”

“If that’s the case, what do you think their reaction would be when you appear out of the blue? I have an idea. Would you care to listen?”

“What do you have in mind?”

Stacey sat up straight and faced me. “You’ll see them tonight, but don’t go up to them first. Wait until tomorrow. I’m taking you somewhere to have the whole story sorted, and then we’ll deal with this calmly, alright?”

I was taken aback by what she said. It felt like she had overestimated the seriousness of the matter. I wanted to ask for more information but she silenced me. “Look, there they are!”

I looked in the direction she was pointing and saw two men, both about six feet tall, pushing a stroller as they talked.

There was some distance between us and them. I was a bit short-sighted anyway, so I could not make out exactly who they were but based on their silhouettes I could tell they were Nick and Jackson.

I really wanted to go over and talked to them, but Stacey stopped me. She urged me to call them on the phone first.

Alarmed, I took out of my phone. The screen showed some more missed calls from Ashton.

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silent mode after getting off the plane and since then

said hesitantly after taking a peek at

through the contacts

phone. From a distance, I watched him hesitate to pick it up. Nick

it going?” Jackson answered

“Hi, Jackson. Where are you? I’m

as well. We can celebrate the new year together in J City. What do you

and then he said, “Hi, Scarlett. I’m afraid we can’t go. We’re still in M Country at the moment. It’s cold here. It’s not good for the baby, traveling back and forth. Maybe

the man standing not far away fed me with lies. The feeling was unbearable. Why is he lying to me? If I

“What about Macy? How’s she doing

with Nick. There was a moment’s silence again, before he said, “She’s at home. I’m outside right now and, if you don’t mind, I have stuff to

for me

I watched them walk further away, pushing the stroller ahead of them and talking between

had not stopped me, I would have run up to them and demanded to know

breath and turned to Stacey. “So, what did you

had happened, I was confident that I could accept whatever would come my way. I had lost my baby, my relationship with Ashton had hit

are actually going

and pursed her lips. “I suggest you give Mr. Fuller a call first. There are about

at my phone. In cases like this one, a fight would most likely ensue if I

looked at Stacey and asked, “Is your place far away from

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