Chapter 101

Nell never thought that the gathering Gideon mentioned would be with his friends.

Therefore, when she stepped into the room and saw several young men sitting there, her mind went blank with confusion.

“Brother, sister-in-law, you’re here!”

Simon was the first to greet them. The rest of them were stunned at first when they saw Nell, but reacted one after another.

They hurriedly came forward to greet her.

“I’ve always heard that third brother had a hidden beauty in Jincheng, and now I've finally seen her.”

“Hello, third sister-in-law. I’m Joel Foster.”

“Hello, third sister-in-law. I’m Jeffrey Graham.”

“...”

Nell smiled stiffly when faced with their enthusiasm and nodded her head in response to each of them.

She secretly tugged on Gideon’s shirt and whispered, “Gideon, why didn’t you tell me that we were meeting them?”

She had heard of these gentlemen before.

As descendants of the Four Great Clans of the capital, they grew up together with Gideon, so it was needless to say that they were close to each other. More importantly, every one of them was someone who could make countless women scream crazily.

It was rare to see them gathered here like today.

Gideon smiled faintly and held her hand.

“You were the one who refused to return to the capital for the new year, so I had to ask them to come to Jincheng instead.”

Nell. “...”

The new year was still half a month away. Gideon had asked her once before if she wanted to go to the capital.

She had declined at the time. Although the relationship between them was growing day by day, it was not time yet.

However, hearing him say this now made her feel that although he was a little childish, a touch of sweetness could not help but rise in her heart.

After all, the importance of these people in Gideon’s heart was obvious.

The significance of specially arranging the opportunity for her to meet with them was self-evident.

The corners of Nell’s mouth lifted. She looked at him and silently reached out to pinch his waist.

The man hid the pain he felt and the smile on his face grew deeper.

The group seated themselves again.

Gideon carefully introduced Nell to them before ordering for the food to be served.

Nell was rather restrained at first with his friends present.

Fortunately, the group of people was similar in age, and Joel Foster was good at livening up the atmosphere, so it did not take long for Nell to become familiar with them.

This group of young masters were known for being notoriously difficult in the outside world, but they spoke easily to their own people.

As the second son of the Foster family, Joel had been researching new AI technology and gave Nell a very cute little AI toy dog as a meeting gift.

Jeffrey Graham did not follow in the previous generation’s footsteps and chose to study medicine instead, and was already a very famous surgeon despite his young age.

He was a calm person, not very talkative but always smiling softly, giving others a gentle feeling akin to a spring breeze.

The dinner was a pleasant meal.

Along the way, Nell excused herself to go to the washroom and met Blaine Jones.

As the most outstanding person in the Jones’ family current generation, Blaine had always been highly valued by the Old Madam.

When he was a child, he had a good relationship with Nell. However, as they grew up, Blaine went abroad to study for several years, and they grew estranged.

Blaine was somewhat surprised to see her.

“Nell Jennings, what are you doing here?”

Nell was not repulsed by him and smiled. “I’m here for dinner.”

Blaine’s eyes looked at the private room behind her.

Peony Pavilion.

His eyes darkened.

Clearwater Villa had a private room that was always closed to the public, namely Peony Pavilion.

It was said that someone had booked it for many years, so even if that person did not come, the room would not be open to the public.

He had incidentally inquired about it once only to find out that that person was Gideon Leith.

Blaine looked at her. “You’re getting along quite well with him.”

Nell knew who he meant by “him’.

Mrs. Jones did not approve of Gideon and her being together, so Blaine must have known that too. Thus, Nell had no intention to continue chatting with him and only nodded.

“If there’s nothing else, I’ll go first.”

She said and turned to walk into the room.

On her second step, Blaine’s voice suddenly sounded behind her.

“He has a daughter. Did you know that?”

Nell froze in place.

She turned and looked at Blaine in shock.

His brow furrowed slightly and he hesitated before saying, “I thought that he would tell you, but judging by your reaction, I guess you didn’t know.”

Nell remained silent.

Blaine sighed.

“The Jones family has contacts with the Garrett family in the capital, so I was able to hear some news. He is said to have been engaged to the daughter of the Garrett family, Stephanie Garrett, since childhood. I don’t know if the child is Stephanie’s, but at least, as of now, the engagement has not been broken.

“Nell, we grew up together, so I don’t want you to be deceived. I’m only telling you this because I don’t want you to get hurt. As for whether you believe me or not, and how to deal with it, you can decide for yourself!”

After speaking, Blaine turned to leave.

Nell stood there dumbfounded, her mind blank.

The color on her face also faded and became pale.

A bone seeping coldness shot up from the soles of her feet.

It chilled her entire body, striking straight to her heart!

He... was engaged?

He even had a child?

After a while, the door to Peony Pavilion opened from the inside and Gideon came out. He stepped forward upon seeing her standing in the corridor.

“Why are you just standing there?”

It was only after approaching her that he realized how bad she looked. He could not help but frown.

He reached out to probe her forehead and said with concern, “What’s wrong? Are you feeling sick?”

Nell looked at him steadily.

The man’s sharp eyebrows were furrowed, and undisguised care and worry were written all over his face.

However, at this moment, it suddenly looked sarcastic to her.

She shook her head and looked away. “I’m fine.”

Then, she turned and entered the room.

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Chapter 487 The End Pt. 5 Afterward, Gideon felt that the woman beside him was clearly somewhat absent-minded.

There was no longer the happy mood from before. Instead, she seemed to be deeply troubled.

Recalling that she had gone to the washroom earlier, the man seemed to understand something.

However, he did not say anything.

After returning home in the evening, Nell went to the bathroom to take a shower. When she came out, she found that the man had gone to the study, saying that the company had some urgent matters to be dealt with.

She ignored it and went to bed by herself.

That night, she had a dream.

Many things happened in the dream.

Some were from her childhood, some were from when she was abroad a few years ago, and there were also some blurry ones about the man.

In the end, she was frozen in a dim corridor, where Blaine talked to her with sympathetic and worried eyes.

Nell woke up with a start.

Daylight was shining outside the window. It was already 10:00 am.

She was shocked and turned to look beside her, but the bed was empty. The cold temperature told her that the man had been gone for a long time.