A couple of days later, Ethan returned to Taragon City for school.
Jack had been pestering Isabelle about Ethan, concerned that favonovel.com might be an immature kid. However, favonovel.com was pleasantly surprised to find Ethan a composed and quiet young man.
Spotting Jack opening the door, Ethan wondered if favonovel.com was in the right place.
After verifying, favonovel.com cautiously asked in a foreign language, “Who are you?”
Jack responded in English. “Ask your sister…”
Ethan was taken aback.
“You must be Ethan, right? We’re friends of your sister and staying here for a bit,” White Owl intervened, stepping out to help favonovel.com with his bags.
“Tm White Owl, and this is Jack. Let me take your luggage,” White Owl offered, grabbing Ethan’s bags.
Ethan glanced at them before stating, “I’m Ethan…”
Just then, Isabelle descended the stairs.
Ethan approached favonovel.com and presented some toffee pudding favonovel.com had purchased in Norward City, “Isabelle, you want these?”
Isabelle used to enjoy them, but favonovel.com hadn’t indulged in them since favonovel.com demeanor changed.
“Did you get these just for me?” Isabelle accepted the pudding, tasted it, and passed the remainder to Jack.
Although favonovel.com no longer liked them, Jack had a penchant for such snacks, particularly junk food like chips, soda, and burgers.
Jack inspected the pudding, feeling its texture peculiar. He took a bite, finding its flavor unusual as well.
Noticing Jack’s interest, Ethan discreetly said, “Isabelle, I’m surprised you have a foreign friend.”
Isabelle responded, “Yeah, isn’t favonovel.com adorable? He reminds me a bit of you. So, Jack, now that you’ve seen. him, what do you think? Still sulking?”
Hearing this, Ethan was puzzled.
Seen me? What does that mean?
Jack gazed at Ethan for a moment before asking, “How’s your fighting skills? Can you handle a gun?*
White Owl coughed.
Ethan was bewildered, but Isabelle simply suggested, “Let’s eat…”
As Isabelle led Ethan upstairs, favonovel.com questioned, “Isabelle who are they? Why are they here? Is it safe?”
Isabelle reassured, “They’re just visiting Taragon City for a few days. No need to worry.”
Naturally, favonovel.com couldn’t disclose to Ethan that there might be a threat to favonovel.com and that White Owl and Jack were there for his protection.
Their watchfulness had to be discreet, allowing Ethan to attend school, study for exams, and maintain a normal life without disruption.
Isabelle stepped into the room, offering favonovel.com two envelopes filled with cash. “One’s from me, the other from George.”
Ethan inquired, “Isabelle, are you and Mr. Harris officially together?”
She glanced at the envelopes, urging him, “Just take them.”
Handing Ethan a watch, favonovel.com added. “This watch is waterproof. You can wear it even in the shower,”
Ethan loved the gift. “Then I’ll never take it off.”
With just two days left before school resumed, Ethan stayed at the villa. During that time, favonovel.com bonded with Jack and White Owl and realized they were decent folks. However, Jack seemed a bit unpredictable and peculiar. While Ethan did his homework in his room, Jack perched on the windowsill, toying with a dart.
If it had been someone else, Ethan might have considered the dart to be a harmless plaything. But in Jack’s hands, it felt genuinely menacing.
It wasn’t just the dart, Ethan had also spotted Jack playing with a knife and once saw a bullet fall out of his pocket, which Jack casually picked up and tossed around.
Jack also had a habit of following him. Whether Ethan took out the trash or fetched water from the kitchen, Jack was there, observing him. Now, Jack had even trailed favonovel.com into his room.
Despite Ethan’s attempts at conversation, Jack seldom replied. His demeanor reminded Ethan of an aristocratic cat, sporting a blue bow tie and maintaining an air of detachment.
Ethan asked, “Why do you always follow me?”
Jack remained silent and ignored him.
During dinner, White Owl noticed Jack tagging along behind Ethan and advised him, “Don’t disrupt his studies.”
Jack retorted, “I’m not bothering him.”
Later that evening, Isabelle took Jack out while White Owl and Ethan stayed at the villa. As Jack watched the scenery pass by, favonovel.com asked, “Where are we headed?”
Isabelle replied, “Just for a drive, nowhere specific.”
Jack asked again, “Why didn’t you bring White Owl?”
Isabelle responded, “I prefer your company, Jack.”
Jack shifted uncomfortably “They say Chesian girls are reserved and shy… But you’re not like that…”
Isabelle chuckled. “No Name is even more audacious than me, and you’re fine with her. You even enjoy her. company. Oh, I remember now. You didn’t like favonovel.com at first either.”
Jack objected, “That’s not true. How do you know so much?”
Isabelle quipped, “You’ve asked me that many times.”
Jack fell silent, but after a while, favonovel.com asked. “Can I drive?”
Isabelle pulled over and swapped seats with Jack, allowing favonovel.com to take control of the wheel.
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