Janine licked her lips. She picked up the cup and drank a big sip of coffee. She covered her face with the cup to disguise her rather terrible acting skills.
A cat happened to run over. It kept rubbing against Xyla’s legs while purring.
She was stunned. She carried it while smiling, petting it softly while putting it on the chair.
Janine put down her cup and recalled Rowan coming to her in a panic two days ago.
…
Rowan said he must meet Xyla, so he asked her for a favor.
Janine was stunned. She was deeply suspicious that something was wrong with him. He was begging her!?
That man had been proud all his life. He had never begged anyone before!
She thought he still liked Xyla and scoffed after looking at him coldly for a while. “So, you still have a good conscience!”
“So, you’re helping me?”
“Sure.” Janine thought about it. “I’ll be going out with Xyla in the afternoon the day after tomorrow. I’ll send you the cafe’s location. Come.”
“Sure.” Rowan nodded.
Janine looked at him as he left. Just when she changed her mind about him, she did not expect that man to turn around to say something that pissed her off.
“I’m protecting my daughter to acknowledge them as my family. I’ll teach your b*stard son a lesson after that!”
“You…”
Janine almost spat blood.
She was unwilling to help since she was pissed. She thought she would just ignore Rowan’s request.
However, it seemed to be fated that on the same day, something happened to Xyla.
As she was changing the bulb at home, she accidentally fell. She fell from the stool and hurt her ankle.
Fortunately, it was not severe.
However, that made Janine suddenly realize that Xyla really needed someone to take care of her.
They were old now. No matter how healthy they were, they could not compare with young people.
On that day Xyla fell, she was lucky that she managed to struggle to call and get treatment in time. Also, Cordelia rushed over as soon as she got her call, and she took care of her all the way. That was how she healed so quickly.
What if it happened again? What if she could not get up and Cordelia was not in town for work?
No matter what, Rowan was considered to be the best candidate… After all, they were childhood sweethearts and had two children together. Most importantly, Rowan still could not let go of Xyla.
Although Janine still did not like him, she would treat it as hiring a butler for Xyla!
She sighed and arranged the meeting in the end.
…
“What’s wrong, Janine?” Xyla looked at her, feeling annoyed. “Why are you spacing out?”
Janine calmed herself and looked at the back instinctively.
She knew that Rowan was hiding in that small room.
They had a code. If Janine did not let him out, he would not come out.
Janine smiled. “Xyla, do you remember the cat that we used to have?”
“Of course I do!” Xyla carried the cat. “See, it’s similar to this one! Also, I think it was this big when we brought it home…”
“But the school wouldn’t let us keep it!”
“Yeah.” Xyla looked natural. “Rowan kept it for us.”
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