Chapter 388



When Nora, who was about to stop in front of the jeep, saw him approaching out of the corner of her eye, she stopped slightly and instead followed Justin to the ordinary car that was two parking spaces away from the jeep.

Justin looked behind him. When he saw Quentin, he immediately understood why he had done that. However, he pretended not to understand and raised an eyebrow. He asked, “Are you thinking of going home with me? It would be a great pleasure.”

Nora: “…”

She rolled her eyes and said, “Can you be a little more serious?”

Justin let out a low chuckle. “That’s the first time anyone has ever told me to be more serious.”

In front of outsiders, she had always been unfathomable and insensitive, but the man was loosening up more and more in front of her.

For some reason, Nora suddenly thought back to the first time they had met.

The man had been cold and unfathomable on that occasion.

He had stepped out of the elevator of the Finest Hotel in California as if he were the bright moon surrounded by a myriad of stars. At that moment, Pete’s head was buried in his shoulders, with only the back of his head exposed.

The man had looked at her and then said coldly, “You’re not my type, Miss Smith.”

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How times had changed. How had that cold, aloof man of that time fallen into the world of mortals?

As she thought about it, the man walked over to the back seat, opened the door and pulled Cherry in. Then he looked at her, “Don’t you want to be in the back seat? Oh, that’s right. You’d definitely want to be in the passenger seat instead.”

Nora: “…”

Right. No matter how much time passed, it seemed that the man only became more and more narcissistic.

In the end, Nora sat in the back seat. Justin didn’t mind either. He drove off with her and Cherry.

In the parking lot.

Step into new worlds at g Ɐ lnσ ν𝓮 ℓs․conn Quentin pulled up in front of the jeep after seeing Big Sister get into the car with her husband and daughter. However, even after waiting for quite a while, he didn’t see his cousin get out. She frowned and looked inside the jeep through the window.

The chassis of the car was very tall. When he looked at the back seat, he noticed that there were two pieces of clothing placed there.

Quentin was shocked.

Weren’t those the clothes Nora was wearing when she was attending to Uncle Ian at the hospital?

Why were they in the back seat?

No, wait…

Quentin suddenly understood something, and immediately smiled.

🍙 🍙 🍙 🍙 🍙

Nora left with Justin. She waited for Quentin to leave before she went back to her car.

She got into the car and changed in the back seat. After nonchalantly tossing the red dress in the back seat, she finally opened the door to go to the driver’s seat.

Before she approached, Justin laughed and said, “If you really want to hide your identity, you should change your car too.”

He tossed his car key to Nora and suggested, “Why don’t you drive this car instead for now.”

Nora looked at her car.

On the outside, it was an ordinary Volkswagen.

But once you got inside, you realized it wasn’t as plain as it looked on the inside.

Whether it was the engine or the leather seats, they were all top of the line. Remodeling a car cost a lot. Besides, even if you had the money, it took time to remodel a car at the last minute.

So, after thinking about it for a while, he didn’t turn it down. He took the car keys and told her, “I won’t be formal then.”

Nora drove the jeep while Justin drove the ‘normal’ Volkswagen. The two left the building one after the other, and subsequently entered a high-end residential complex.

After getting Justin to park the Volkswagen in the residential complex, Nora said, “I bought an apartment here. This is the apartment parking lot.”

Justin looked up. “What’s your apartment number?”

Nora was a little surprised, but nevertheless answered, “302.”

Then he asked, “What are you planning?”

“To buy 301.” Justin smiled and said, “If you ever move in, we can be neighbors.”

“… You must be out of your mind,” Nora said.

“Yeah, why don’t you treat my illness?” joked Justin immediately.

Nora: “…”

The corners of her lips tightened. She climbed into the jeep and said, “Get in the car. I’ll take you home.”

Justin picked up Cherry and climbed into the back seat. When Nora, who had climbed into the driver’s seat, saw them, she couldn’t help but say, “She’s all grown up now, and you’re still carrying her?”

“There’s no child seat. It’s not safe,” Justin explained briefly.

Nora curved her lips in disdain, “She’s used to riding alone in the car by now.”

“Mom, that was because no one was looking out for me then! I’m not used to it anymore!” protested Cherry weakly. As soon as she said that, however, she saw Nora’s stern eyes in the rearview mirror. She was so frightened that she shrank back and hurriedly said, “Yes, I’m so used to it. Why don’t you put me down, Daddy, don’t hug me so tight~”

Despite saying that, she didn’t get off Justin’s legs but hugged his neck tighter.

Nora: “…”

Justin laughed and stroked Cherry’s hair. He didn’t expose her but supported her and said, “Be good. Don’t listen to your mom, she’s just jealous.”

Cherry was puzzled. “What is she jealous of?”

“Of me hugging you, of course.”

This was an ambiguous statement.

First, it meant that she was jealous of Cherry.

Second, it meant she was jealous of Justin.

That scumbag was taking advantage of her at every turn.

The corners of Nora’s lips tightened. She couldn’t be bothered with the two of them, so instead she asked distantly, “When are you and Pete getting back together, Cherry?”

Cherry immediately panicked. She said, “Mommy, I miss you so much. I miss you so much. I miss the way you sleep, the way you get ready for bed, the way you doze off while you eat…”

She couldn’t think of anything else. After getting stuck for a while, she finally said, “But Pete needs you more! After all, you haven’t seen each other in five years, so I’m not going to disturb your bonding time, okay?”

“…”

That crafty little girl obviously didn’t want to come back anymore after Justin spoiled her so much, so she made up a lot of excuses.

She teased, “Shall I thank you on Pete’s behalf?”

“That’s okay~” Cherry said sheepishly, “What can I do? I’m his younger sister, after all, so I have to give in to my older brother~”

“…”

It seemed that Cherry had become tougher than before.

She looked at Justin. It really was what they said: one was marked by the company he kept!

After Nora took Cherry and Justin to the Hunts, as Cherry got out of the car, she asked, “Mom, when are you and Dad taking Pete and me to the amusement park?”

“Another day,” Nora replied.

Cherry, however, persisted. “When will that be?” she asked.

“…The day after tomorrow!”

Nora had no choice but to give her an answer.

“Yes!” Cherry raised her eyebrows at Justin triumphantly. Then, she hopped out as she grabbed his hand and walked into the mansion.

Nora returned to the Smiths after that.

Unexpectedly, just after she got out of the car, Quentin came out of nowhere and blocked her way. He said, “You don’t have to pretend anymore, Nora! Now I know your secret.”

Nora’s pupils shrank.

Surely her identity as a Big Sister hadn’t been laid bare, had it?

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