Chapter 269 Lovey-Dovey

“Matt, my father’s condition has been gradually improving. I don’t think I’ll be sending him to the hospital. Thank you for looking out for us.”

Her tone was polite but distant. Matthew could sense that she was pulling away from him.

“Alright. Are you facing any problems with him?”

The “him” he referred to was obvious. He was asking about the man standing next to her, the man who had been staring at her with undisguised suspicion.

“No, Matt. It’s my own decision.”

Matthew didn’t press the issue. He could tell that she didn’t want to talk about it. Soon after, he replied, “Be safe and take care of yourself. Good night.”

He spoke warmly to her.

“Good night.”

Josie hung up the phone and met Dexter’s suspicious stare. It was a simple conversation with her friend, but she felt guilty nonetheless.

“Are you always this sweet with your friends?” he asked, his voice laced with jealousy.

to run away. “It only shows how good I am at socializing.” she said, trying to

grabbed her arm and pulled her back into

was too strong. “There are people around,” she whispered, her

stood beside the road quickly covered her face and frantically

disappear into

pushed him away with all her

standing there?” The girl who witnessed what happened removed

rustled through the trees while the skies rumbled with the sound of airplanes overhead. Her eyes sparkled under the streetlights as she ran like

while his breath quickened. He caught up to her, gripped her wrist, and slowly slid his hands down to

twenty-two years old. She had been through a lot in her life and matured a lot as a result. But the scene unfolding before her eyes was something out of a

two people play out a love story she could no longer

jolt of electricity run through her body as she gazed into

hurried after him. “Mr. Carter, there are still several partners you

at his watch. It

and staggered

“Do you want to go to the Carter

eyes, feeling

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