Chapter 271

The afternoon sunlight went through the window, falling on a man and a

girl sitting opposite.

They were not as intimate as other lovebirds around them.

However, the atmosphere between them was harmonious.

The man was tall, sturdy, and handsome. The girl was pretty and petite.

Her long hair hung over half her face. She was refreshed and appealing

like a strawberry.

Aldo looked annoyed, his face darkening.

Trembling, he gaped at the girl's face, wondering why she was with

Brayden.

Now he confirmed the girl with Brayden just now was her.

He couldn't believe she pressed her face into Brayden's chest in

suburbs to prevent him from recognizing her.

Aldo wondered what on earth had happened.

He raised Jenna, but she intimately had a lovers’ set meal with another

man.

Aldo refused to believe it.

Trembling, he clenched his fists and wanted to walk to them. However,

a soft hand stopped him and pulled him to the seat, "Mr. Carson, what's

wrong? You look not well."

Cristal intimately took his arm, pressing him to sit on the seat.

"Nothing." Aldo battled a smile. "I just thought of Jenna. She's missing

for many days. I'm worried.”

Cristal felt irritated once hearing him mention his adopted girl. She

replied unhappily, “She's a grownup. She can't be lost. She probably

hooked up with a rich man and enjoys her life."

Although she remarked unintentionally, her words poked Aldo's raw

nerves.

Aldo looked sullen, glancing at the two sitting by the window.

Jenna took a bite of the ice cream, and her eyes lit up. "It's so yummy!

Better than I've imagined.”

Brayden stared at her bright smile. Her slightly raised lips looked

charming, on top of which was a touch of ice cream.

For some reason, he grabbed a paper napkin. Before realizing what he

was doing, he wiped the ice cream off her lips.

Brayden was taken aback.

It must be the intimacy between other couples that made him do so.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so impulsive.

Jenna slightly blushed, bowing her head to continue to eat.

Aldo didn't miss the scene.

He looked sullen. He brought up Jenna protectively with care, but now

she stayed with Brayden and interacted intimately with Brayden.

He couldn't help wondering if they were dating.

Jealousy and reluctance came over him.

Earlier, her figure looked familiar to him in the suburbs. And now, his

guess was confirmed.

Cristal was annoyed when she noticed Aldo was absent-minded.

"Excuse me, Mr. Carson. We don't need to have dinner together if you

don't have any appetite when you are with me."

“Not really, Miss Chan. You misunderstood," Aldo answered

indifferently and withdrew his gaze.

Dinner ended.

Brayden and Jenna left the restaurant.

"Jenna!" a man's angry voice sounded behind them.

In a surprise, Jenna turned around, only to find Aldo leaving the

restaurant with a woman.

Seeing Cristal in a fashionable dress and high heels, Jenna paled.

She guessed the woman next to Aldo must be the rich girl who went on

a blind date with him.

Aldo was from an affluent family with good character. Jenna believed

that he deserved such a woman.

Jenna lowered her head to check her pink dress in shame. Earlier, she

dared not to look at Cristal in the suburbs, but she did now. How Jenna

wished to escape here!

She didn't expect to meet them at the restaurant entrance, feeling

tense somehow.

Sweat oozed on her palms.

Suddenly, a big, warm hand held hers, and a man's mellow voice

sounded, "This is Mr. Aldo Carson. Do you know him?"

Brayden glanced at Aldo weirdly, seeing the jealousy and reluctance in

Aldo's eyes.

He wondered if Jenna had anything to do with Aldo.

Although Brayden wasn't close to Aldo, in his impression, Aldo was

always steady and calm and seldom exposed his mood.

Jenna raised her head in a daze, looking at Brayden's handsome face.

Suddenly, she calmed down, her uneasiness fading.

Jenna took a deep breath and forced herself to look at Aldo. Then she

noticed that he seemed to have lost some weight.

“I'm sorry, mister, but I don't know you."

Aldo looked at Jenna with a weird look. Although Cristal was still

standing next to him, he strode toward Jenna. "What's wrong, Jenna?

What happened? Why didn't you go home? How could you have run

away from home? Do you know how worried I am?"

He questioned Jenna as if she had made a huge mistake. Seizing her

shoulders, he almost shook her crazily.

However, he repressed his urge.

When he approached, Jenna was like a hedgehog, subconsciously

becoming self-protective.

She didn't want Aldo to see her disfigured face.

She wished to escape here.

Jenna pried open his hands, dodged aside, and yelled, "Don't touch

me!"

She reacted so fiercely that the hair covering her injured cheek loosed,

her disfigured face being revealed.

Aldo gaped at the wounds on her face and couldn't believe it was his

precious girl.

Without letting go of her, he gripped her more tightly. He asked, the

words thick in his throat, "How come? What happened to your face?"

“Let go of me!" Tears dropped from Jenna's big eyes, which were full of

SOIToW.

Sure enough... her disfigured face disgusted Aldo.

A sharp pang raised in her chest, almost suffocating her.

She felt the piercing pain in her shoulders as if Aldo wished to crush her

bones.

Tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Stop it! Let me go!"