"Let's go," Jared grabbed Amber's arm.
"But..." Amber held the bowl and hesitated.
Jared glanced at Georgia and gestured for Amber to leave.
Amber understood and handed the bowl to Georgia. "Grandma, take your time. Tell me if you need anything."
"Okay," Georgia nodded kindly.
Jared pulled Amber back to the table.
Jared handed her the fork. "Let's eat. These're your favorite."
Amber picked up her fork, beaming at him. "Thank you."
Then they were eating and chatting.
After dinner, they left around 9 p.m.
When they arrived at Zenith Building, Jared opened the door and gestured for her to get off the car.
Amber grabbed the chain nervously with both hands and bent slightly to get off. "Sorry to disturb you."
Jared's brows furrowed. "Why? This will be your future home too."
Amber's cheeks reddened with ashamed. She turned her head away, and snapped, "Come off it!"
"Hey, I'm serious," Jared bent down to open the shoe wardrobe and rummaged through it. "This'll be our house if we remarried. So, how about we live here in the future?"
"We?" Amber was taken aback.
Jared nodded.
Amber looked at him. "Aren't we living with Grandma in the old mansion?"
"Yeah, but I've decided to send Grandma to a nursing house." Jared took out a pair of pink fluffy slippers and placed them in front of Amber.
Amber looked at the pink bunny-ear slippers awkwardly.
Who bought this? It was so tacky!
She didn't just blurt it out, and instead, took off her high heels and put them on.
This slipper was just right.
So, these were prepared for her.
But it was hard to guess who prepared this for her. Jared or Ben?
Whatever, it was just too girly, too stereotypical!
To every man, any woman was supposed to love pink and cute stuff like a bunny, right?
"Why did you send Grandma to the nursing house?" Amber followed Jared into the living room and put down the purse.
Jared got a glass of water from the water dispenser for Amber and replied in a low voice, "The doctor has warned me that Grandma's situation is getting worse."
"What?" Amber's expression changed. Her hand trembled with astonishment.
After a while, she managed to calm down, and choked, "How's this possible?"
"Well, you know, things happen." Jared sat down across from her and drank water as he said exhaustedly.
Amber tightened the grip on the cup. "How long can Grandma live?"
"Two years," Jared stared to the ground. "At most."
"So, you want to slow it down." Amber looked at him.
Jared nodded. "The nursing house has the world's top health care team. Grandma will be taken good care of. I hope that would keep her live longer somewhat..."
Amber got the idea.
This could ease her passing, but wouldn't be very long.
It took a lot of courage to say such things.
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