Martin's face softened a little bit as he glanced at Belinda. "Are you sure? We just have to go out once?"
"I'm sure, I'm sure! And then, I'll listen to whatever you have to say."
"Fine. But you have to hold my hand and stay with me all the time, understood?"
"I know, I'm not a kid. Do you think I'll get lost?"
Martin didn't say anything. Belinda had not gone out in a long time, and he truly worried about her.
But on the other hand, seeing how happy she was, he didn't want to say anything that could upset her.
Jeremy hung up the phone and made sure there wasn't anything important he needed to do. After giving his assistant some instructions, he left the office.
He got into his car and made another call.
Angelina was surprised to receive Jeremy's call. This was the first time Jeremy contacted her ever since their last meeting, she thought he already ditched her.
"Where are you? Can I come see you?" Jeremy asked politely and gently.
Jeremy could hear Angelina talking to her friends to excuse herself. "I'm in school. Graduation is coming up, so I have to hurry and finish my thesis. But I have already finished my part," Angelina explained.
"Oh, then is it okay for me to come see you there?"
"Sure," affirmed Angelina.
"Great. Wait for me there then."
"Okay, Jeremy, see you soon," Angelina hung up the phone.
After putting down the phone, Angelia found her two companions were watching her with hostile eyes.
Two of her friends approached her with menacing smiles. "So tell us, who was that guy who called just now? Our school beauty who was always cold and proud spoke to some guy in such a gentle and sweet voice. Oh, my God. This is definitely breaking news."
A petite girl clinging to a guy's arm was also looking at her inquisitively. The next thing Angelina knew, she was surrounded by onlookers trying to pry on what was happening.
"Hey, do you have to stare at me that way? It's my brother, okay? Is your life so boring that you have nothing more interesting to do? Has my private life become your only interest?" Angelina winked at them, silently gesturing them to stop drawing attention from others.
Her two friends had to draw their hostility back after getting Angelina's warning.
After all, among the crowd was Sammy, a guy who had a crush on her.
They were on the same grade but not the same class. They met earlier somewhere else and walked together. Just a moment ago they were discussing about going out to eat together.
"Your brother? I remember you having a sister, but not a brother. Since when have you had brother?" asked Jennifer suspiciously.
"He should be my biological brother, but I'm not very sure yet," said Angelina, shaking her head.
Her best friends knew that Angelina was adopted by the Li family.
"Oh. All right. Forget it for now. We agreed to eat out, right? Let's go. We can talk about that later."
"I'm sorry. I have something to do today. You go and have fun." Angelina smiled apologetically.
Sammy, who had been silent all the while, said hesitantly, "Is your brother coming to see you?"
"That's right." Angelina nodded in response.
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