Chapter 377
Isaac sounded guilty. “Did you see everything in the group chat?”
“I’m not blind.” Hepser stifled a laugh and sounded cool. “Reading about gossip, Mr. Lennon? You must feel nice every day.”
“…I’m sorry!”
Hesper chuckled. “Alright, am I that petty? The group sounds interesting. I’m going to leave for now. Do you get what I mean?”
“I won’t expose you!”
“Good.” Hesper chuckled, then asked, “Where were you counting down? Do you want to grab
dinner?”
Isaac was an orphan who grew up in Emperion with Matthew. The new year was nothing special to him. He would just spend the holiday in his apartment.
Hearing that, Isaac was a little embarrassed. “I shouldn’t be bothering you on new year’s day.”
“I’m just at home too. You can come over and make the place more lively,” Hesper said. “I’ll call Renee after this and ask if she wants to come over too.”
Isaac agreed, so Hesper called Renee, who agreed too.
“I’ll get the food. You just have to show up.” Hesper asked the driver to go to the closest grocery store and checked the shopping list on her phone.
After getting all the food she needed, she finally got home. No one had stayed there in a while. Hesper didn’t hire a cleaner because she had a lot of documents there, so she worried that an outsider could just come to her home.
She opened the windows to air her home, and the cold air and smell of fresh snow rushed in. Hesper felt a lot better.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Hesper looked at the time. It was too early.
“Hesper!”
She opened the door and Jessie immediately gave her a bear hug. “I’m here to ask you something. Would you take me in?”
Hesper poured a glass of water for her and didn’t know what to feel. “Why would you leave home on new year’s day? Professor and Mrs. Jenkins must be very angry.”
“I would die if I didn’t leave!” Jessie took a big gulp of water and was out of breath. “You don’t know the person they set me up for a blind date with… He handed me a credit card and asked me to not take advantage of him.”
“What?”
“I’m happy to take the money but that attitude deserved a slap.”
Hesper noticed that Jessie had makeup on, which was rare. She rolled her eyes and crossed her legs as she sat on the couch.
Jessie sighed. “I don’t get it. I don’t see how the information given to my mom has anything to do with him. Other than the picture that looked like him, everything else was fake!”
Hesper could tell that Jessie was infuriated but also realize that some other emotions were added to the mix.
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