Julian stood up and said to Mrs. Caron, “Auntie, let me go upstairs and talk to Kiera. I will tell Kiera without reservation about my illness.”
Mrs. Caron: “Oh, okay, you guys have a nice chat, and I’ll ask you to come downstairs for dinner later.”
Julian walked upstairs.
Mrs. Caron looked at his back and murmured in a low voice, “I can’t tell that he is sick. What is wrong with him? Is it because he is sick that he is unmarried at such an old age?
Is there something wrong with older young people not getting married? Well, what if…My daughter still doesn’t know when she will find a boyfriend. We really like Julian.”
Mrs. Caron regarded Julian as her son-in-law.
Kiera heard Julian say that he was sick and heard him say that he wanted to go upstairs. She turned around and went back to her room, pretending not to know that Julian was chatting with her mother downstairs.
Soon, Julian arrived at the door of Kiera’s room. He raised his hand and knocked on the door.
“The door is unlocked. Come in.” Kiera responded.
Julian twisted the doorknob and actually opened the door. He pushed the door open and entered without closing the door again.
“Kiera.”
Kiera sat on the sofa and watched him push the door open. She wanted to act surprised, but she couldn’t act because she didn’t know how to act. In the end, she just watched him walk over in silence.
Julian sat down next to her. He said, “Kiera, I want to talk to you.”
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