Chapter 618



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He clearly heard everything Ruth said.

However, he could only hear the static noise coming from the other side.

Obviously, the other side also had a very powerful hacker that could block their signal, so only Ruth could hear the voice.

Lawrence frowned and put the listening device aside. He walked over to Ruth and turned on the phone’s speaker mode.

Ruth already knew this when she made the call, of course. That was why she had called Xander calmly and hadn’t been afraid she’d missed something. After all, Xander’s phone had been modified, so no one could hear his voice.

But with Lawrence activating speaker mode so blatantly, he immediately said, “Xander, behave yourself. Hurry up and come to the United States to find me. I promise I won’t touch your rabbits again when I get back.”

When Xander heard this, his voice suddenly rose. “Really?”

Xander, who had been raised in the basement, had never been allowed out. His father was the only one who had accompanied him and taught him everything. He was also able to teach himself many things through online classes.

His father was very busy at times, so he could only stay in the basement by himself.

The little rabbits, cats and dogs had accompanied him for many years. They were his best friends, but those friends of his were instead the adults’ tools for experiments.

Xander was very unhappy about this.

gⱯlnσν𝓮ℓs․𝒸о𝗺 opens doors to wonder But he didn’t know how to defend himself. Having grown up there, he didn’t even know he could defend himself. He just wanted to save the rabbits and keep his little friends alive.

Therefore, if an organ transplant was possible, he was willing to do it!

In his world, there was only life and death. There was no right and wrong.

Even if sewing a dog’s head onto a cat’s body was a gross violation of natural science and went against humanity’s moral compass, to him, as long as he could keep Dog No. 6 alive, nothing else mattered.

Ruth nodded. “Yes!”

Xander hesitated for a moment. Then he said, “All right, then.”

Ruth breathed a sigh of relief. “Come see us as soon as you can!”

“Okay, okay. You’re very annoying.”

Xander hung up the phone.

Ruth breathed a sigh of relief. As she handed the phone to Lawrence, she said weakly, “Mr. Zimmer, I expect you to keep your word. The day Xander arrives at the mansion, you must send me food.”

Lawrence picked up the phone and nodded. “Of course.”

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Justin drove to the Smith’s house.

When he walked in, he found Nora lying on the bed, her head resting on one hand as she looked at Cherry and Pete.

She had her phone in her hand and glanced at it from time to time.

Seeing the three of them quiet and happy, Justin was silent for a while.

He walked over and sat down next to Nora.

Nora looked at him and said, “You’re here.”

“Yes.”

Justin sat down on the edge of the bed. He stared at her for a while before suddenly chuckling and asking, “Are you jealous?”

“No.”

Nora calmly replied, “If I had time for that, it would be better used to catch up on lost sleep.”

Justin: “?”

He narrowed his eyes a little and then sighed. “Nora, I think this incident has proven at least one thing.”

Nora looked at him. “What?”

“At least it proves that I’m serious about you, instead of getting by because of the kids.”

Justin looked at her earnestly, with a deep, bottomless gaze that made them seem especially devoted and affectionate.

Even the beauty mark in the corner of his eye looked a little more serious than usual.

Nora felt as if her heart had been covered with honey. She felt as if a ray of sunshine had suddenly shone in the sky after it had been dark for several days.

She had never known this was what it felt like to be in love. A single sentence from him could make her so happy.

Despite this, she turned around and, her cheeks burning a little, replied, “Oh.”

The man was silent for a while. Then he suddenly asked, “And you?”.

Nora was taken aback.

Justin continued to look at her. “Are you only with me because of the children?”.

Nora was quiet for a moment.

To be honest, someone with a personality like hers didn’t understand what it was like to be in love.

When she had first learned that Justin was Pete’s father, she had been wary of him and had feared that the man would take the child away after learning the truth.

After all, her first reaction had also been to take the two children and leave the country immediately. But what had happened next, when had that man slowly wormed his way into her heart without her realizing it?

Justin looked at her seriously.

Her heart slowly sank.

To be honest, she had been thinking about this problem all this time. She had always known that he was the one who had been acting and pretending not to know the truth, and insisting that Nora was in love with him. That was how the two of them had gradually grown closer.

You could say that he was the one who had been putting the effort into their relationship all this time.

If there were 100 steps between the two of them, he had already taken 99 steps. Now there was just one last step left…..

In the past, he had never dared to hope that Nora would respond.

After all, even if he had forced or cheated on her, the woman was already his. Besides, they had two children. It seemed that, from the moment the truth was revealed, they had naturally bonded and were like an old married couple.

At the same time, it was also as if they were arranged and living like that for the sake of the children.

But Justin was beginning to dislike those days more and more.

At first he had thought he didn’t mind Nora’s stance, but now?

He wanted Nora to take that step.

He watched Nora’s expression seriously, but instead he saw hesitation, confusion and even bewilderment on her face….

These were all emotions he didn’t want to see.

The shyness and love he most wanted to see were nowhere to be seen.

Justin’s smile slowly disappeared and his expression became serious.

He was still waiting, waiting for her response.

A minute passed…

Two minutes passed…

Even after three minutes, the woman was still not speaking. This caused a sense of loss and pain to suddenly surge through Justin.

She had never thought about their relationship, had she?

Justin suddenly stood up. “I understand.”

That woman had no heart.

Maybe her feelings for him weren’t even ones of love.

Justin was very depressed. He held back his anger and then looked at Cherry and Pete, only to see the children looking at him with concern.

He repressed his sadness and hesitation and stroked Cherry’s hair. Then he got up and went outside.

The truth was so cruel.

However, despite knowing the truth, he didn’t want to let her go.

He walked rather quickly. Soon, he reached the parking lot.

He put his hand on the car door handle. Just as he was about to open the door and get in, a delicate arm reached out and held the door.

Startled, Justin’s head turned sharply to the side to see Nora looking at him.

His heart began to pound.

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