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Jeremiah had already reached the car and opened the passenger door for Paulette. She didn’t immediately close the door after getting in, but
instead leaned lazily against the car roof with one hand. “So, Ms. Davenport, how do you plan to thank me?”
Paulette looked up at him.
From this angle, the man, backlit, looked even more handsome and charming in the hazy atmosphere.
She stared for two seconds and muttered, “Didn’t we already agree to be together?”
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This sentence just slipped out unconsciously.
Before I knew it, it was already too late.
Paulette bit her lip, totally clueless on how to salvage the situation.
Jeremiah’s face looked a bit unnatural for a moment, his Adam’s apple bobbing, and then he whispered, “To sleep with someone is to sleep with someone, this gratitude comes with a different price.”
Paulette was taken aback, then burst out laughing, “Jeremiah, you’re so outdated, when did you pick up these jokes?”
Jeremiah:
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He raised his bony hand and touched his nose, “Let’s
“Let’s go home.”
Jeremiah still had work to do, so he dropped Paulette off downstairs and said, “I have to go to the office, might be working late. If you get hungry, just text me and I’ll order takeout for you.”
Paulette couldn’t help but find it a bit funny when she saw him looking like an old father.
“I’m not a kid, I’ll figure it out when I’m hungry.”
And yesterday I bought a lot of snacks, so I felt like I wouldn’t get hungry easily.
Jeremiah didn’t care, “It’s your business to take care of yourself, but I want
to take care of you too. You can’t just let your fiance feel completely invisible, can you?”
Paulette really wanted to remind him that they were just living together, no need to be so serious.
You could see the expression on the man’s face, but then I couldn’t say it
out loud.
“Okay, okay, okay.”
She promised, “I’m hungry and thirsty, I’ll definitely report to Mr. Swanson right away, okay?”
“Yeah, go ahead.” Jeremiah was quite satisfied with this answer, watching her walk into the hallway before driving away.
Solved a big problem, Paulette felt very relieved.
I went home, took a nice bath, and then just lounged on the couch eating snacks and watching movies.
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It wasn’t over yet, my friend Jessica Hester called.
“Paula, where were you having a good time?”
Paulette suddenly exclaimed, “Why would you say that?”
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“Nelson was looking for you like crazy, okay? It felt like he bothered everyone in the class, especially me! I was the biggest victim, so annoyed that I had to say I would help him contact you.”
Did Nelson look for her?
Paulette just remembered that last night, because she was annoyed, she blocked Nelson’s phone and WhatsApp, and she hasn’t unblocked them yet.
She licked her lips, set aside the potato chips in her hand, “Did he find your house?”
Paulette used to be closest to Jessica, so Nelson would always bother her first, which was normal.
“Sure thing.”
Jessica snorted, “This morning at six o’clock, someone was banging on my door. I thought it was love breaking in to rob me.”
When I opened the door, it was Paulette’s grumpy dad!
“Don’t worry, I’ll contact him now.”
Paulette rubbed her forehead in frustration, hung up the phone, and sent a question mark to Nelson on WhatsApp.
Then he said, Nelson, what’s up?
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A few seconds later, Nelson’s video call came in.
Paulette hesitated for a moment, then switched to voice.
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The moment the call connected, I almost had my eardrums burst by the hoarse roar on the other end: “Paulette, have you grown wings? Running away from home now? Get back here right now!”
Paulette instinctively moved her phone away, waiting for him to finish yelling before sighing, “But Nelson, I’ve rolled far away, I can’t roll back.”
J‘…”
Nelson never expected that Paulette would still be stubborn at a time like this.
He thought all night and still felt she did it on purpose.
Before, Paulette used to do this kind of thing too. She would always
threaten to stay at a classmate’s house for a few days, and then come back sneakily in the end.
This time was just too much.
Moved the house empty.
Did you think this would scare him?
Nelson sneered, “Are you asking for trouble?”
“Okay, since you want to be independent, I’ll let you see what it’s like to be truly independent. Starting from tomorrow, I will stop your card, you’ll have to rely on your own abilities to eat.”
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