Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Reyes didnât go far, and he didnât want to go far, but he felt that Toya might need him to go far away so that she could be alone. So he wasnât very close to her.
However, Toyaâs dejected gaze made him stop.
This distance was enough.
She didnât seem to like that he was too far away.
He called while watching Toya stare at the duckling on the lake.
After hearing the familiar opening speech, Reyes instructed, âBring antiseptic and band-aids as well as a pair of female shoes about size 5.5.â
âIn addition, pay attention to Carter Madison. Donât let him near Toya again.â
After he agreed, he said in a rare serious tone, âMaster, thereâs a problem with the Madison familyâs arms market. Many people are fighting for a share of this piece of pie. Should we get involved?â
Reyes clicked his tongue lightly and ordered without hesitation, âDonât get involved.â
âBut this is clearly a very good opportunityâ¦â
The problem with the Madison familyâs arms market was related to the fact that Hernandez had not shown his face for two months. If a big shot of his level was not watching over such a dangerous deal for a long time, both subordinates and partners would not be at ease. Since Hernandez had not shown his face for two months, there would definitely be a problem.
At a time like this, the ones who were the most anxious were definitely Toyaâs brothers. They must be anxiously gathered around Hernandezâs bed and waiting for him to reveal any information related to business so that they could take over.
If the business fell now, it was hard to guarantee that they would not do anything to the useless Hernandez.
Even if he didnât participate in the splitting of the Madison familyâs market, there would be others involved. However, he didnât want to be one of the drivers of Toyaâs fatherâs death.
Reyes interrupted him. âDo you feel that your work is boring now? So you want to go to the arms market to have some fun?â
Sending medicine and shoes was indeed boring.
The person on the other end of the line didnât dare to say anything. He smiled obsequiously. âNo, no.â
But it was a little too late to back down. Reyes shook his wrist and decided that he had to teach him a lesson. âI donât think weâve practiced in a long time. Friday morning or afternoon? Pick one yourself.â
The person on the other end of the phone was filled with regret and said with a contorted expression that everything would be done according to Reyesâs schedule.
Reyes hung up.
He thought about it and dialed again.
âMaster, is there anything else?â
âYou donât have to bring the shoes here anymore.â
ââ
The duckling had already slithered away, and the duck buttocks with white feathers disappeared from Toyaâs sight.
Reyes came over with a cotton bud, antiseptic, and band-aid. He rubbed medicine on her in the way he had cleaned the sand for her before.
Perhaps it was because she had misunderstood that Reyes had left her alone, but this time, she was cooperative. She held it in even though it tched.
After putting on the Band-Aid, Reyes looked up at her. âDone,â he said.
Toya glanced at her feet and then at Reyes.
âThank you.â
In fact, she really didnât think anything would happen to her feet. She hadnât taken more than a few steps when Reyes picked her up.
Reyes sat beside her, but he wasnât very close.
He didnât say anything or ask anything.
The two of them sat on the bench without saying anything.
Toya felt calm enough. She needed to talk to Reyes.
âCan you pretend that you didnât see what happened today?â This was definitely a euphemism for Toya.
She used the word âcanâ.
As if she was discussing it with Reyes.
Reyes didnât answer. Instead, he asked the obvious, âCarter Madison is your nephew?â
âYeah.â
Toya blushed and felt ashamed. It was shameful to be liked by her biological nephew.
And that didnât necessarily mean he liked her. Carter might just want to bang her.
Reyes had thought that he might encounter many love rivals, but why were the identities of these love rivals so strange?
First was his father, Butler, and now, Toyaâs biological nephew, Carter?
He rubbed his forehead and comforted Toya. âI wonât tell anyone.â
âThanks.â Toya already hated repeating the word.
âAre we still going to the Student Union?â
ââ¦Iâm not going.â They didnât really need her anyway.
Reyes paused. âDid you get engaged to Butler because you couldnât stay home anymore?â
This was no different from saying that Toya was homeless.
If Reyes hadnât seen or heard Carter today, Toya might have shamelessly denied that moving into the Wilson family and being driven to the Wilson family were two different concepts.
But now, she really couldnât say that she was doing well in the Madison familyâs house.
She decided not to cover it up any longer. âYes,â she admitted. âThere was no place for me in the Madison familyâs house anymore. My father was in poor health and couldnât hold out much longer. He was afraid that my brothers would bully me, so he asked Butler to be engaged to me.â
âButler was just returning my fatherâs favor..â