Jeffrey was utterly shell-shocked.

His words came to an abrupt halt.

Langston was wide-eyed as he glanced between Mr. Turner and Aunt Karen.

Abigail, blissfully unaware, had been too preoccupied with her candy to notice anything amiss. But once the silence sunk in, she edged closer to Langston, "Brother, what's wrong with Aunt Karen?" Langston quickly clamped a hand over her mouth. "Uh... Mr. Turner, Aunt Karen, I'm going to check why mom hasn't come in yet with Abigail!" With that, he whisked Abigail off by the hand and darted out.

and Abigail leave, Karen snapped back to reality and stood up abruptly. "Enjoy your meal, I'm heading home." Before she could make it

chance of pregnancy. I've taken pills for prevention." "l wasn't actually—" "Even if I did sleep with my blind date and got pregnant, I wouldn't come to you. You can record that for evidence! So, Mr. Turner, there's no need to keep up the charade. Everyone finds it quite disgusting, don't you think?" Her words sounded almost casual, but each one was laden with

was as if his mouth disconnected from his brain and started spouting nonsense! "Hold on a sec! Let me get this straight..." Jeffrey's

if waiting to see what else he could possibly say. Maybe it

hand through his hair in frustration, licked his dry lips

at this pursuit thing. I've tried everything I know. How about you just tell me straight—how exactly am I supposed to chase you?"

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