Chapter 568



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The other time Nora got angry and ignored Justin’s messages all night because Ruth had said she knew Y.

However, it wasn’t really because she was angry. Rather, she had been perplexed by the discomfort she had felt when she heard what Ruth had said. That was why she hadn’t responded to his messages.

Later, when Justin came into the special department and personally explained the incident to her, she had gone back to her usual self.

Even though Ruth was deliberately talking to Justin in front of her at the time, Nora didn’t suspect Justin right away.

She figured that since the two liked each other, they should trust each other.

Besides, Ruth had always liked cheap tricks.

Therefore, Nora merely raised her eyebrows and glanced behind her at Justin.

The man had always maintained a serious expression no matter what he encountered; after all, he had amazing mental resilience. However, Justin raised his eyebrows at that moment, gave a surprised look, and asked, “Do I know you?”

The light in Ruth’s eyes dimmed at his response. She replied, “I’m Ruth, Ruth Yale, have you really forgotten me?”.

Justin narrowed his eyes. “I don’t know you, I’ve never even seen you before.”

Ruth was so anxious that she took a step forward. She wanted to say something else, but Justin instead slipped his arm around Nora’s shoulders, as if to claim ownership. He said, “Miss Yale, I’m Nora’s fiancé. Please behave with some self-respect.”

Nora: “…”

That scum!

Half of his shocked look was directed at Ruth, but the other half had to be directed at her, right?

Besides, the restaurant was clearly owned by the Hunt Corporation. Now that someone had approached him, even Nora could sense that the hidden bodyguards were about to pounce on him. It was obvious that he could have pushed her away in a more direct manner, but instead he was hiding behind her.

He had no words for this.

Nora rolled her eyes at Justin. Then, she looked at Ruth with raised eyebrows and a pointed look. “Miss Yale, do you need something from my fiancé?”

Ruth looked at them in surprise. She looked at Justin, then back at her, and finally asked, “Is he your fiancé?”

Nora paid no further attention to him. Instead, she started walking toward the exit with Justin. She said, “If there’s nothing Miss Yale needs, we’ll leave. After all, we’re in a hurry to go home and take care of the children.” He stepped forward and paused for a moment. After Justin took the initiative to follow her, she finally headed toward the parking lot with satisfaction.

Only after the two passed Ruth did she turn around to go after them. She said, “Mr. Hunt, have you forgotten? Five years ago…”

Unfortunately, before she could approach Justin, Lawrence had already rushed to stop Ruth. He said mockingly, “Miss Yale, don’t you, your actions seem very low class! I advise you to stay away from Mr. Hunt. Otherwise, we will have to take action against you!”

Ruth said, “… No, that’s not… I really know Mr. Hunt, I…”

“What else do you mean?” Lawrence curved his lips in disdain and sneered, “Look at you, are you even worthy of discussing anything with Mr. Hunt?”

Ruth: “!”

Rich people were usually very well-mannered, so Ruth hadn’t expected to be rebuked like that when she stepped forward to strike up a conversation with Justin.

Seeing everyone around them staring at them, Ruth turned as red as a tomato and stomped her foot in anger. She pointed at Lawrence and yelled, “You’re too forward!” Then she covered her face and ran off in the opposite direction.

What else could he do? There were bodyguards in the direction Justin and Nora had come from, so she couldn’t get close…. Lawrence stared at her from behind and curved his lips in disdain. “That’s all you’ve got? It’s a far cry from what Miss Smith did in the past.”

Justin drove Nora back to the Smith’s house.

Nora sat in the passenger seat as Justin drove, her cheek resting on one hand as she looked at him lazily with her head turned to the side.

Justin suddenly laughed and said, “Don’t look at me like that. I’m afraid I won’t be able to contain myself.”

Nora: “?”

“From stopping the car to kiss you.”

Nora: “!”

The corners of her lips tightened. “Can’t you stop being so blunt?”

Justin narrowed his eyes, the beauty mark at the corner of his eye glinting. “If I don’t, I feel like you won’t understand what I mean.”

“Hah-” Nora scoffed, “Are you putting me down?”

Justin looked at her suddenly. “So do you know what a butterfly kiss is?”

Nora: “?????”

Is there such a term?

She pulled out her phone and googled it, after which she saw the explanation: ‘A butterfly kiss is a gesture of affection made by fluttering your eyelashes against someone’s skin. The name comes from the appearance of fluttering eyelashes that resemble the wings of a butterfly.’

She turned her head back to Justin, the corners of her lips twitching. He said, ‘I’m ticklish.

In other words: don’t you dare run your eyelashes across my skin!

“Oh,” said the man with a serious expression, “Your eyelashes are quite long.”

Nora: “…”

She let out a soundless sigh. Then, she couldn’t help but ask, “Why do you know so much?”

Justin smiled. “Since we’re not married yet, your father forbids us to go too far. In that case, I’d have to try harder at kissing.

So…” The traffic light across the street turned red. He stopped the car, turned his head toward Nora, and asked, “When are you going to marry me?”

Nora rolled her eyes. “Let’s get engaged first.”

“Yes. Tomorrow sounds great to me. I’ll go propose and confirm it with Uncle Ian tomorrow.”

Nora: “?”

The way the man responded so quickly made her realize that this was the exact answer Justin had been waiting for.

The corners of Nora’s lips twitched again. She felt like she was actually understanding this scum more and more.

You had to be very careful when talking to him, or you would definitely fall into his verbal traps.

They were about to reach the Smith residence. When they were still a street away, Nora said, “Okay, I’ll get off here.”

This was to keep Pete from seeing Justin.

Justin understood. After all, he had a little princess at home too. If Pete found out, Cherry would find out too.

If his daughter found out that he had ditched her to go on a date, she was sure to throw a tantrum.

Justin, her daughter’s slave, dutifully stopped the car. Next, a black car drove up from behind. After saying goodbye to Nora and her leaving, Justin got into the black car and drove off.

However, Louis, who was one street ahead of Nora, happened to witness it.

This was the Smith mansion. No one else lived in the area, so everyone there belonged to the Smiths. Therefore, when Nora’s car stopped just now, he had seen everything very clearly!

When he returned home, he saw Joel and Ian sitting upright in the living room.

Pete was sitting at the coffee table and working on his Math Olympiad homework. Hearing footsteps, the little boy raised his head and looked over.

But when he saw that it was Louis, the light in his eyes went out again.

Louis jumped forward and shouted, “Something big has happened!”

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