Chapter 360

Keegan obviously did not answer his question. Instead, he asked him, “What do “You look like you do,” Julian answered.

you think?”

Keegan seemed like he smiled. However, he did not say anything more. Julian stared at Keegan’s computer screen. Moments later, he finally spoke.

“You’re my brother-in-law; could you help me persuade Stella? I don’t want to go to school.”

Keegan was pleased with the word ‘brother-in-law.’ However, he merely threw Julian a side- eye and asked calmly, “Do I look like I can control her?”

Julian was speechless.

Keegan stood up and grabbed a bottle of beer. After he cracked it open, he asked Julian, “Do you want one?”

Just as Julian was about to accept it, Keegan retracted his hand.

“I forgot. You’re underage.”

Once again, Julian was at a loss for words.

‘I’m of age, okay?’ he thought.

Keegan took a sip of his beer before finally speaking again, “Why don’t you want to go to school?”

Keegan asked why he did not want to go to school and not why he did not want to study.

While there was only a two-word difference between the two sentences, they had very different meanings.

Julian pursed his lips and did not speak for a long time.

Keegan did not urge him either. Moments later, Julian finally said, “I beat someone up and injured them. They want me to pay for the medical expenses. It’s more than a million.”

Then, he peeked at Keegan’s expression. Surprisingly, he did not see disgust or displeasure in his eyes.

Keegan even calmly asked, “You beat them to death?”

Julian was speechless.

“Of course not! I just… I just injured their head, but I also got hit! His parents came to school and made a list, saying they wanted to see Ms. Cooke. They want us to pay them over a million dollars. I don’t have that much money…”

Keegan said, “You don’t want to pay them; that’s why you don’t want to attend school. Did you ever think they’d still find Ms. Cooke even if you didn’t go to school?”

Julian paled:

“I’ll hide it for as long as I can. I got a job and earned money to hire a lawyer, so I won’t have to pay them as much. I just don’t want Ms. Cooke to worry because of me.”

“Constantly avoiding something won’t solve the problem,” Keegan said as he shut his laptop.

He continued, “Besides, it’s not like compensation is whatever the amount they state. Get some sleep.”

After Keegan went upstairs, he saw Stella sitting on the staircase on the second floor. She sat there with outerwear over her shoulders as she hugged her knees.

When she saw Keegan, she glumly lifted her head, “Why does he tell you everything?”

Keegan said two words to her, “Charming personality.”

Stella was speechless.

‘How shameless!’ she thought.

“Why are you just sitting there?” Keegan turned around and glanced at her.

He continued, “Come and fulfill your promise.”

Once again, Stella was speechless.

“Can’t we do it another day?”

“Your credibility doesn’t last longer than 24 hours,” he said.

Stella was at a loss for words, so she accepted her fate and gave Keegan a massage.

‘That’s right. Keegan’s condition to help me find out what Julian’s thinking is to give him a massage,’

she thought.

The following morning, Julian changed into new clothes after breakfast. Stella urged him to leave the house. However, Julian was unhurried. He kept on dawdling until he saw Keegan come downstairs.

Then, he immediately approached him and asked, “Keegan, can you go with me?”

Stella was confused.

Keegan glanced at Stella, “Don’t you already have someone to go with you?”

“Stella has a sharp tongue. If she speaks, we’ll get beaten up. Don’t you have a black belt in Taekwondo? If you go, at the very least, those people won’t dare to attack us.”

Keegan was speechless.