Chapter 837



At the thought, Kallie voiced it out loud.

Jeanette’s eyes widened, clearly surprised that Kallie still remembered something she had mentioned earlier.

Jeanette smiled shyly.

‘Oh, it’s okay.

I don’t really need anyone with me.

Don’t worry.’

Kallie gently took Jeanette’s hand.

‘Why don’t you stay with us for now? If you see your sister, you can go with her.

I’ll explain everything on your behalf if she gets upset, okay?’

With so many people around, Kallie felt uncomfortable leaving Jeanette, a little girl, alone in the crowd.

It seemed that Jeanette’s sister didn’t mind at all.

Jeanette’s expression changed, becoming more complicated.

She quickly removed her hand from Kallie’s and shook her head.

‘It’s not necessary.

I’ll be fine on my own.’

As Jeanette prepared to leave, she suddenly saw Clayton standing next to Kallie.

She couldn’t help but ask:

‘Miss Pretty, is he your boyfriend?’

Kallie hesitated.

For a moment, she couldn’t find the right words as she searched for the right answer.

Clayton offered her a soft smile.

‘Little girl, you’re too young to be asking those kinds of questions.

Go on, go play.’

Even at such a tender age, Jeanette knew that not denying it was almost like acceptance.

However, she remembered that Kallie was Jake’s wife, a detail she had only discovered when she got there.

This revelation added layers of complexity to Jeanette’s gaze as she studied Kallie.

Could it be true that Kallie was cheating on them, as her sister had said? That beneath her kind exterior, she wasn’t all she was cracked up to be?

Feeling a pang of sadness, Jeanette lowered her head and turned away.

Clayton watched Jeanette’s retreating figure, a complex expression crossing his face.

‘I can’t shake the feeling that the girl recognizes me.’

Kallie laughed.

‘You’re overthinking things.

She and her sister are attending an event like this for the first time.

They don’t even know my name.’

Clayton found it hard to put the strange feeling in his heart into words, but he still felt the need to remind Kallie.

‘Something about the look in that girl’s eyes strikes me as odd.

You should keep your distance.’

Kallie’s brow furrowed at his words.

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