Chapter 1397

Neera’s gloomy mood gradually improved as she listened to his words.

Lifting her pretty face from the man’s embrace, Neera stared at him with bright, shining eyes.

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“Why are you so good at comforting people? Whenever I saw you before, you always had a cold expression and were so sparing with your words. If I hadn’t spent so much time with you, I wouldn’t have known that you could say things like this.”

Jean raised an eyebrow, lightly tapping her forehead. “In this lifetime, it seems I only talk a lot when I’m with you.”

Neera blinked, grabbed his collar, pulled him down, and pecked his lips.

She tilted her head, teasing him, “This is your reward.”

Jean was certainly entertained, his laughter resounding like a symphony. It originated from deep within him, a voice imbued with such allure. It was disconcertingly captivating.

“Is that all the reward I get? Then I’m truly pitiful.” He leaned in, his gaze lingering meaningfully on her lips.

Neera covered her mouth and stepped back, mumbling, “No more kisses. We still have to go downstairs for dinner.”

It would be embarrassing if Uncle Chad and Aunt Adriana saw this.

and lightly

let you off the hook for now. You owe me quite a bit today, Darling, so I hope you will make it up to me

glared at him, then turned around and slipped away.

figure. A smile played at the corners of his lips as he

face. Seeing that, Neera felt a strange sensation in her heart.

off in the evening, but in the

the Cox family decided to proceed as planned, moving

in private, and preferably go unnoticed by

three days, Avery and some of the affiliated forces under his

time the Bartitsu Guild reacted, more than half of the Cox family’s strongholds and foundations had

did you manage to miss such a significant event? Now that so many of the Cox family’s strongholds have reached Lordsworth Estate,

a stiff upper lip. Only

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be for this reason. We just assumed the Cox family was seeking

back and forth in his study with his hands behind his back, looking just like a cat on a

I’ve underestimated Avery. I thought he had been honest and modest all these years, not daring to step out of line. But when real trouble arises, he’s capable of taking action! He even thought of moving to Lordsworth Estate! I wonder why the elders of the Cox family agreed to this! They actually allowed him to do something that tarnishes the

assistant asked cautiously, “So… Mr. Lozano, what should be our next move? If the Cox

don’t know that?” Matthew

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