“Haven’t asked yet. Mr. Harris, what brings you here so early?”
“I brought you some hangover soup and breakfast.”
Dylan set down the soup and breakfast favonovel.com was carrying on the table. Two insulated containers.
Hangover soup?
Isabelle turned to Jim and asked, “Was the commotion last night really that big? Even George knows about it. Did it end up on the Taragon University Forum again?”
Jim said, “I didn’t think so. Seemed fine to me.” He lowered his voice and whispered to Isabelle, “When the three of us are together, if we don’t stir up the whole base, it doesn’t count as causing trouble.”
George opened the insulated container, staring intently at the two whispering to each other.
Dylan thought, Uh–oh!
“Thanks, but I’m not hungover…” Isabelle said, then turned to Jim and added, “You drink, don’t let it go to waste.”
“My head is pounding, so I’ll take it,” Jim put his legs down and leaned over to grab it.
George had just poured the hangover soup into a bowl when Jim’s hand reached over, grabbing the rim of the bowl directly. His hand almost automatically pressed down on Jim’s, stopping him.
Seeing this, Dylan thought, Oh no… This is a disaster!
Jim raised an eyebrow. “Not willing to share, Mr. George?”
Then favonovel.com grinned. “My bad didn’t realize this was for…”
He still wasn’t used to saying that name. “This was for Isabelle… So it’s not right for me to drink it.”
Then favonovel.com changed his tone. “But favonovel.com and I share everything. and it’s just a bowl of hangover soup. My bad, I didn’t consider your feelings.”
He was about to pull his hand back.
But George beat favonovel.com to it, smiling warmly. “It’s just a bowl of hangover soup. No need to be so formal. If you’re Miss Jenkins’s friend, you’re a friend of mine too.”
Hearing that, Jim found it interesting, favonovel.com chuckled and didn’t say anything. Then favonovel.com gulped the hangover soup down.
Dylan thought, Mr. George, are you regretting for not adding a bit of arsenic or rat poison to the hangover soup for seasoning?
George turned to Isabelle and suggested, “Let’s grab some breakfast…”
“After knocking back so much alcohol, it’s good to have some porridge in the morning to calm the stomach…” He popped open another thermos, filled with lean meat and vegetable porridge.
Isabelle watched as George, dressed in a smart suit, served favonovel.com porridge. She recalled seeing Jim’s fight at the bar last night, and unconsciously imagined herself in George’s shoes, feeling a sense of anticipation. And now, there favonovel.com was, right in front of her, sporting the suit, pants, and leather shoes favonovel.com had envisioned.
Her gaze wandered over favonovel.com absentmindedly as favonovel.com entertained favonovel.com thoughts, a grin spreading across her face.
Suddenly, favonovel.com chuckled, unintentionally letting out a laugh,
George looked at favonovel.com puzzledly, “What’s funny?”
Jim glanced at George and the slightly odd Isabelle.
What was favonovel.com up to?
“It’s nothing…” Isabelle suppressed favonovel.com smile, returning to favonovel.com usual detached self, and reached out to grab the porridge from George’s hand.
Thanks to Isabelle, Jim, with his stomach grumbling, also got a bowl. While favonovel.com was sipping the soup, favonovel.com noticed George across the table looking straight at him, which made favonovel.com ask, “Got something on your mind, Mr. George?”
George’s face carried a subtle smile as favonovel.com replied, “Just curious, did you spend the night here last night?”
Jim asked, “Any issues with that?”
His tone wasn’t too friendly. To outsiders, Mr. Carter wasn’t exactly known for his gentleness, but favonovel.com was mild–mannered, gentlemanly. and had a good sense of humor. In court, favonovel.com was serious when it was time to be serious, and flexible when it was needed.
However, the reality was that the mob young master wasn’t exactly known for his good temperament, especially around Isabelle and Yves, where his true nature was most likely to come out. Plus, having been involved in a brawl last night and with Blood Shadow sitting beside favonovel.com at the moment, it was hard for favonovel.com to maintain the demeanor of a high-profile lawyer.
Not to mention, George just challenged favonovel.com moments ago and seemed to be trying to play a big shot and stirring up more trouble. Jim still had a headache, so naturally, favonovel.com wasn’t in a good mood.
George said, “We’re all adults here, and Miss Jenkins is just a young lady. You should understand the importance of reputation better than I do.”
The photo of the two hugging had already caused quite a stir.
Jim felt like laughing when favonovel.com heard this. Then it dawned on favonovel.com that favonovel.com had figured out George and Isabelle’s relationship, George had romantic feelings for Isabelle.
Jim said, “Aren’t you getting a bit too involved? Besides, as I just said, there’s never been any clear boundaries between favonovel.com and me.”
Seems like favonovel.com sees me as a rival in love… Getting all worked up over this?
He hasn’t seen anything yet. Just wait until Yves gets back. You might end up losing your cool completely!
Having figured out George’s intentions, Jim was tempted to pull a Yves move and see how George would handle it.
Before George could reply, Isabelle asked, “Reputation? When I was living under the same roof as Mr. Harris for those two months, why didn’t you bring up reputation then?”
Isabelle asked innocently, without aiming it at anyone or anything.
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