Jasper didnât think twice as he watched William, who had his head down and was speaking with a sad and bitter tone. He simply raised his hand and suddenly embraced him.
At this moment, he was sitting on the bed while she was standing, so when she hugged him, his head rested on her chest.
William was taken aback, her chest was warm and he could hear her heartbeat as his face was pressed against it.
âWhy are you suddenly hugging me like this?â William murmured.
Jasper blushed a little. She had hugged him like this when they were younger, but back then it didnât feel like anything special. Now that they were grown up, it seemed to be a different kind of feeling.
âI just wanted to hug you,â Jasper said with a red face. âYouâre not a burden at all. Your mom doesnât even know what kind of precious baby she gave birth to.â
âI just want to hug you,â blushed Jasper. âYouâre not a burden at all. Your mommy doesnât even know what kind of precious baby she gave birth to.â
âA precious baby?â William chuckled. It had been so long since anyone had described him that way. It seemed like only his grandparents at the Barlow family would call him that sometimes when he returned home.
But as he grew older, fewer and fewer people called him that.
âNo one uses âprecious babyâ to describe a man,â he said.
âBut to me, you are my precious baby,â Jasper said confidently.
He paused and looked up at her, âYou got it backwards, didnât you?â It should be that she was his treasure.
âNo, I didnât.â She held his face in her hands and said, âActually, adults always say that when you were at the Reed family, I was the one who kept you company. But in my eyes, it was you who accompanied me.â
At that time, she had just returned to the Reed family and was still getting familiar with everything. The eldest brother was quiet, Mason didnât live in the Reed House, and although her father was very kind to her, he couldnât be with her all the time.
Her parents had a lot of things to deal with every day, and she had to be a good girl and go to kindergarten, adapting to life in this new city and new home.
Even though there were some children of the servants in the Reed family who were not much older than her, those children always tried to please her when they were with her, and they would ask her for many things. She even saw with her own eyes that some children who were a few years older than her whispered behind her backâ
âWho knows if sheâs really Mr. Reedâs child?â
âI thought they were triplets? But she looks nothing like the young master!â
âMy mom said maybe she was born from another man when the lady was away!â
Eventually, she even went to ask her mother if she was really her fatherâs child.
A few days later, these servantsâ children and their parents were all fired and had to leave the Reed House.
At that time, she actually had no friends at the Reed House.
But his appearance gave her a true friend.
âWilliam, because of you, I have been able to be happy from childhood to adulthood. Even in times of loss and pain, I feel like itâs not so hard,â Jasper said, then placed her lips on his.
He was slightly startled, but then responded to her kiss.
If he really was her treasure, then he hoped to always beâ¦