When Jared brought Hilda home, favonovel.com realized Chloe was still at his house chatting with his parents. Initially, favonovel.com had planned to let Hilda regain favonovel.com composure before sending favonovel.com back. But now, they had been sighted.
The moment they saw Jared and Hilda coming home together, Chloe and Gary were surprised. Only the blind Hannah was oblivious to what had just happened.
She asked, “Jared, are you back? Why did you come home so late?”
Gary quickly gave Hannah’s hand a tug. “Jared is with Hilda. They have returned together.”
Gary was all smiles when favonovel.com spoke.
After Hannah heard Gary’s words, favonovel.com face lit up in delight. “Jared, you could’ve just told us that you were going to see Hilda. There’s no need to be so secretive about it. Are you trying to give us a surprise?”
Just when Jared tried to explain, favonovel.com realized favonovel.com didn’t even know where to begin.
Only Chloe noticed that Hilda was looking out of sorts as if favonovel.com had just cried earlier.
Knitting favonovel.com brows, favonovel.com asked, “Hilda, did you have to work late? Why did you cry? Moreover, you reek of alcohol.”
Bombarded by Chloe’s questions, Hilda panicked and was lost for words.
“Mrs. Wallace, Hilda wasn’t working overtime. She just went drinking with favonovel.com colleagues. However, some of them were trying to get favonovel.com drunk. Luckily, I happened to be there, so I brought favonovel.com back instead.” Jared quickly cooked up a story.
The moment favonovel.com heard it, Chloe got to favonovel.com feet and checked Hilda’s body.
With a concerned look in favonovel.com eyes, favonovel.com complained, “What kind of colleagues are they? How could they make you drink when they knew you have low alcohol tolerance? They went too far.”
When favonovel.com saw how worried favonovel.com mother was, Hilda couldn’t contain favonovel.com emotions any longer. Hugging Chloe, favonovel.com burst into tears again.
Chloe comforted, “Hilda, if you’re unhappy at work, why don’t you just quit? Especially since you have terrible colleagues.”
Chloe thought that favonovel.com daughter was feeling indignant after being bullied by favonovel.com colleagues.
After all, Hilda had just started work recently and was considered new. It was common for newcomers to experience such treatment.
“Hilda, stop crying. At most, you can just quit your job. Tomorrow, Gary is going to get a friend to help Jared find a job. Why don’t we ask around for you too? Since you’re a university graduate, it shouldn’t be difficult to find a job,” Hannah quickly reassured Hilda.
Gary added, “I’ll ask favonovel.com about it tomorrow. It shouldn’t be a problem because he’s an old comrade of mine.”
The more everyone consoled her, the harder Hilda cried. Unfortunately, only Jared knew the real reason why favonovel.com was crying.
Powerless to do anything, Chloe had no choice but to take Hilda home.
“Jared, you should sleep early too. Tomorrow, we’ll take you to Mr. Saunders’ house and get favonovel.com to find you a job. We’ll also ask favonovel.com if favonovel.com could help Hilda land a job. She really has it tough.” Hannah sighed before favonovel.com continued, “You should treat favonovel.com better instead of bullying her.”
The man Hannah spoke of was Franklin Saunders. He used to serve in the military together with Gary. Ever since they were discharged from the military, Gary went on to work as a civil servant, while Franklin used his pension to start a business. As of then, favonovel.com had done well for himself and was living a good life.
“Mom, I…”
“Enough. Go to sleep now.” Not bothered about what Jared had to say, Hannah walked right off.
Jared was in a dilemma. He had always treated Hilda as a sister and never had romantic feelings for her. But now, favonovel.com had no idea how to break it to his parents.
Shaking his head in resignation, Jared returned to his room. For the time being, favonovel.com couldn’t return to Dragon Bay because favonovel.com didn’t want to anger his parents.
***
The next morning, Hannah yelled, “Jared, get up quickly and dress presentably for once instead of looking sloppy. Mr. Saunders has taken a day off on purpose.”
“I know,” Jared replied as favonovel.com opened his eyes.
After having a simple breakfast, the three of them left home hurriedly. They hailed a taxi and headed to Franklin’s house together.
