Chapter 954

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“I don’t know. But I know what you’re worried about. That’s why I wanted to give Lenny a chance.”

The smile faded from Khloe’s face. Looping her arm through Nick’s, she spoke softly, like a quiet confession.

Nick’s thoughts were easy enough to read. Khloe acted on emotion, but his considerations were entirely rational. He was fiercely protective of his own. Between Michelle and Lenny, Nick would almost certainly prefer that Lenny not be the one who got hurt.

Even if there were feelings between them, the Keller family was far from ordinary. Standing before Lenny was a gap in status he could hardly cross.

And Nick knew Michelle too well-he was certain she would find it even harder to overcome that divide.

Night gradually fell, and the bustling city was bathed in a glow of neon lights.

The streets in the central district were at their liveliest at this hour.

With the workday over, pedestrians hurried along-some rushing home, others meeting friends, weaving through shopping malls and crowded sidewalks.

Faced with such a scene, Charlotte usually felt only weariness. The more prosperous the city, the lonelier its people seemed.

But today was different.

the supermarket aisles crowded with shoppers gathered around discounted goods, Charlotte felt

this, but it’s not

sounded beside her. She turned to see him already at the freezer section, pushing

fresh beef, along with various

seriousness and held them out for her

sale. I

from his hands and placed it into the

much she added, though, it

tonight, who knew when they would share another

were safe, he should have left quietly. But when he saw

she still insisted on inviting

on the

her place, so after work, she brought him straight

her say that, Noah’s eyes lit up. “Then I’m definitely

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