"That day, Jas Harper told you are his adopted son," Natalie said. "I think now I know the reason. He sure saved from having a panic attack thinking I was married to my own brother. When he revealed I am his daughter, I was so relieved to already know we are not blood-related."
Justin admired that Jas had surely made things easier for him.
"He is a thoughtful man. I wouldn’t mind having him as my father. At least he is smart, rational, and a no-drama person," she comnted.
"More like he is aware of how much trouble your stubborn mother could be, so he made it easier for himself by solving so issues beforehand. Now he only has to pay attention to his woman while leaving his daughter to ," Justin added.
"He doesn’t have any issues with us being together. That’s such a relief," she said again.
Justin humd, as he couldn’t deny it either.
Then Natalie laughed at sothing and said, "He must be the first father in the world who raised his son-in-law himself and was sure that he had raised a perfect man for his daughter. The kind of relief he has—every father in the world can envy him."
She turned to her side and moved closer to Justin, resting her face on his chest as she looked up at him. "But his actions also show his unwavering trust in you."
"That goes both ways," Justin replied.
"I wonder how two n can have such a deep understanding of each other and act in perfect sync without even having a proper conversation, as if you two can predict each other’s actions on your own," Natalie added with amusent. "When I ca to attend the annual event of the Royal Family, Jas Harper was with , and you were away. But the day he left, you were already by my side. At that ti, I didn’t think much, but now I can guess—you two act in perfect sync. You two didn’t let be here alone and unprotected."
"You’re not wrong," Justin added. "We are just used to each other’s ways and thought processes."
Natalie humd and asked, "He took away Caryn Ford. What is his plan? To marry her?"
"You don’t want to?" Justin asked.
"What is it to ? They can do whatever they want," Natalie replied. "They must be my parents, but I am not close to them to express my opinion about their life and their actions. At the sa ti, they don’t have a right to ddle in my life."
"True," he turned to her and pulled her closer. "All you have to do is think about and pay attention to what I want and do."
She nodded, smiling playfully at him.
"That being said, how about we resu where we stopped?" he swiftly hovered over her.
Natalie didn’t stop him, and the two lost themselves in their own world of intimate pleasure.
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By midnight, Jas and Caryn had already reached the Imperial City. But he didn’t take Caryn back to her ho; instead, they arrived at a huge villa in the most expensive part of the city.
"Where are we?" Caryn asked the mont the car entered the massive gate of the villa.
"Our ho," Jas replied. "From now on, you are going to stay here with ."
Caryn, already annoyed, could not hold back. "Can you stop this childish act, Jas? We are not young anymore for you to pull these stunts like a man crazy in love. Let remind you, you passed that stage long ago. Don’t delude yourself anymore."
He stared at her for a while before saying, "Once you get better, I will let you know exactly where I stand."
Caryn could sense his intentions and imdiately looked away, frowning. "You may not consider yourself old, but I am too old to play childish gas with you."
"You are a tough woman, Caryn. You have survived the worst, so you will easily survive as well," Jas replied as he stepped out of the car and scooped her up in his arms to carry her inside the ho.
She looked at him in shock. Survive him? What exactly is he thinking?
"You should be thankful that I didn’t take you to my ho in Bayford and make you stand right in front of my mother," she heard him say as he entered the main door of the villa, carrying her with ease. He made her sit on the lavish sofa and inford her, "The villa Natalie is staying in with her husband is nearby, so we can et our daughter often without disturbing each other’s lives."
Caryn’s expression soured at that. "So you’ve already accepted who she is married to? Are you just happy that he is the mysterious CEO of NextEra and that your daughter would be happy with a wealthy man? Did you even try to find out who he is..."
Jas, who had already reached the dining table, poured water for her as he listened and replied, "Perhaps."
"Are you taking my concern lightly?" she glared at him as he returned with the glass of water.
"Have so water and calm down," Jas said as he held her hand and made her hold the glass. "I believe she chose the right person. She takes after you, after all."
"I was blind to choose the wrong person, which is why I’m worried my daughter will repeat the sa mistake," Caryn spat out. "She should know that handso n are the most deceptive ones."
"You later chose the ugly one, and then he gifted you his mistress and a daughter," Jas comnted as he settled next to her on the sofa. "So your theory about the handso ones doesn’t really make sense."
At his mocking, her grip tightened on the glass she was holding, as if she wanted to crush it.
But the glass was taken from her hand the next mont. She glared at him, only to—
Crash!
The glass was crushed in Jas’s hand as he said to her, "You are too weak to crush the glass in your frail hands, so I thought I should help you with it. And, by chance, if you had succeeded in crushing it, we wouldn’t want you getting injured when it’s already difficult for you to heal quickly."
"If I stay with you around , I’m sure I will never get better," she said through gritted teeth. "All you’re doing is driving to my death."
"Didn’t you say we’re old? Then we don’t have much ti left anyway," Jas countered calmly, unfazed by her serious argunt. "So, I don’t want to waste any more monts of my life staying away from you. You can die tomorrow, but at least let’s be together until then."
Caryn didn’t know what to say to him now. Her threats of dying didn’t work on him anymore. Whatever she did or said, he was not letting her go.
"You should rest now. Let take you back to the room." With that, he had already picked her up.
"Can you let walk or at least arrange a wheelchair for ?" she asked.
"It’s in the room," he inford her. "I’ve arranged everything for you in the room just as it’s recomnded. Your doctors will be here in a mont to check on you."
Caryn could only sigh and follow his lead, too tired to argue with him.
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