Chapter 23 Get Along
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Jorvan clenched his fists and nodded silently.
He had watched Michael grow up. The young man was once a prodigious youth, admired by all. But after. the car accident, he developed a mysterious illness, becoming increasingly silent, cold, and suspicious. He shun himself in an icy world, unwilling to step out or let anyone in.
Only in front of Josephine, with her limited intellect, would he lower his guard slightly. It was the first time he had earnestly picked out clothes for a girl. All the betrothal gifts were personally prepared by him. He even ordered the cake to be delivered home.
Jorvan could tell that he wanted to get along with Josephine.
He thought she might be able to enter Michael’s heart, but unexpectedly, he still pushed her away..
Josephine insisted on leaving without anyone sending her off.
Worried, Jorvan arranged for a bodyguard to secretly follow her as he feared she might encounter danger on the road.
The night was deep, and the streets were empty.
Josephine carried her luggage, wearing the same thin, old dress she had arrived in. She limped along the street in the cold wind.
The dim streetlights stretched her tiny shadow long and thin.
She knew a bodyguard was following her but didn’t call it out.
This was Jorvan’s way of looking out for her, and Josephine didn’t want to ruin his kind gesture. She planned to find a hotel to stay in for the night.
Having grown up facing everything alone, she cherished even the smallest kindness from others.
The study in the mansion was devoid of light. Michael sat silently in the dark. The cold light from the computer screen flickered on his profile, making his narrow eyes appear even colder.
He knew what had happened downstairs.
He also knew that Josephine had packed her bags and left the mansion.
Yet, he didn’t ask her to stay.
Michael couldn’t understand why someone who had schemed against him would leave so easily.
His words, “Get out of my sight,” weren’t meant to make her leave!
It was just him losing control of his emotions, not wanting to see her at that moment.
The computer screen displayed surveillance footage.
The bodyguard, whom he had instructed Jorvan to send, was driving behind Josephine and streaming the footage back to him.
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On the screen. Josephine’s slender figure dragged her libtgage as she limpelek
to rub her foot
The long street late at night stretched her lonely silhouette further.
She walked out of the mansion just like that, without even looking back.
Could a girl like her really be as calculating as he had assumed?
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occasionally stopping
Michael’s handsome brows furrowed deeply. He lit up cigarette and took a heavy drag, slowly exhaling at cloud of smoke.
His handsome face, shrouded in the swirling smoke, appeared cold and indifferent.
He picked up his phone and called Winry, speaking in frosty tone.
“You wanted to see me, didn’t you? Come over tomorrow!”
As soon as he finished speaking. Michael hung up directly.
The tightness in his chest returned, bringing with it a suffocating frustration. His breathing grew heavy
and erratic.
Zendaya quietly entered the room, placing an aromatic pouch on his desk.
The cool, minty fragrance of medicinal herbs drifted over, alleviating his chest tightness significantly. He asked coldly, “What’s this?”
“Ms. Sommer, Ms. Sommer asked me this afternoon about your heart condition and made this aromatic pouch specifically for you. She didn’t get a chance to give it to you earlier, so she asked me to place it on your desk. It’s supposed to help relieve your chest tightness.”
Zendaya avoided his gaze, staring at the floor with a stiff expression.
“By the way, the pumpkin soup was also made by Ms. Sommer. She said it’s healthy and helps calm the mind. Before leaving, she gave me the recipe and asked me to make you a bowl every day.”
Michael’s dark eyes flickered, his gaze falling on the aromatic pouch.
The small pouch, in a delicate pink color, emitted a medicinal fragrance. The words “Health and Peace” were embroidered on it.
So, when Josephine mentioned “treating his illness,” this was what she meant?
She wanted his heart condition to improve.
Zendaya’s neutral tone drifted over. “Ms. Sommer is quite foolish. Today was her birthday, yet she spent the entire afternoon making this aromatic pouch and cooking dishes just to make you happy. Her fingers got pricked by sewing needles, and she still insisted on preparing the pumpkin soup. The Sommer family treated her poorly because they thought she was simple and now here in the Jaywalker family, she works herself to the bone, making me feel like I’m bullying her too.
Zendaya, an elder in the household, was clearly insinuating that Michael was mistreating Josephine.
Michael remained silent.
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