“Something weird?” Amber straightened up and frowned, “what do you mean?”
She asked tentatively.
She didn’t know why he would ask her that.
Braylee did say something weird to her in court and she asked her if she wanted to know who her real parents were.
Was Jared asking about that?
Jared could sense Amber was feeling suspicious from the phone. He looked down and said, “I’m just wondering if she cursed at you or threatened you.”
“That’s what you meant.” Amber stopped frowning and was relieved.
She thought he was afraid that she might know something.
Jared pursed his lips and said, “Yeah, what else do you think I meant?”
“Never mind. I was just overthinking it,” Amber smiled as she waved her hand and said, “of course she cursed at me. You know how much she hates me. Of course she would flip out when she saw me.”
Jared said, “You’re right. Did she do anything else besides that?”
Amber shook her head, “No. She wanted to come at me but the police officers were there and she was handcuffed. So I was safe.”
“Good.” Jared nodded and was in relief.
Even though he didn’t ask her directly if Braylee said anything about her birth parents.
But based on what she said and her tone, he could tell Braylee didn’t tell her.
If she told her about her real parents, she wouldn’t be so calm.
Anyway, since Braylee didn’t say anything, he was relieved.
He knew Braylee wanted to seek revenge from Amber by telling Amber who her real parents were to crash Amber’s will to destroy the Farrell family and make her desperate.
He could have prevented Braylee from meeting and communicating with people outside the jail and in custody, but couldn’t prevent her from meeting Amber in court.
So, in case Braylee told Amber the fact in court, he asked people from the court to keep an eye on Braylee. They must not let Braylee get close to Amber, and they must not let Braylee tell Amber anything about her birth parents.
Today’s court hearing had kept him in a state of high tension. Because he did not go to the court himself, he did not know whether the people at the scene would keep an eye on Braylee as he ordered, so today he was a little distracted at work, checking the time every now and then.
When he thought the trial was over, he called Amber to feel it out.
In those few seconds when Amber didn’t answer the phone right away, he worried that she had taken so long to answer the phone because she found out who her birth parents were and was having a meltdown.
Fortunately, the result was not as bad as he thought.
Thinking of that, Jared held his forehead with one hand and finally calmed down.
“Okay, Jared, I gotta go. Hayden and I still have business to talk about and you have a meeting later. I won’t take your time now. We can talk when we come back home tonight,” Amber took a look at Hayden who was getting bored and said over the phone.
Jared heard she called his name and was surprised. His heart melted and he said excitedly, “What did you just call me?”
Did he just call him by his first name?
Ever since the divorce, she would only call him Mr. Farrell like they were strangers.
Even after they got back together, she wouldn’t call him Jared.
In the past he didn’t feel it was inappropriate to call him by his full name. But now that she called him Jared, he suddenly realized that calling him Jared seemed far more intimate.
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