Sitting in the car, Elaine sneezed without warning and felt dizzy.
Darnell raised his hand and touched her forehead, then took off his jacket and put it over her: “Remember to take some cold medicine when you get back, it's cooling down in the past two days, wear more.”
Elaine leaned into his arms, wrapped her arms around his strong, thin waist, and looked up at him blearily, “Can I come home with you?”
Damell lowered his eyes, met her gaze, and his thin lips twitched slightly, “No”
Elaine knew that would be the answer, and she pouted, “I lost the man my dad sent to follow me today, and when I get home, he's going to scold me”
"If you don't come home tonight, he's not just going to scold you.”
"But I'm hard, dizzy and uncomfortable, I don't want to go back to be scolded, tomorrow ...... I'd rather go back to be beaten tomorrow,
Darnell rubbed her head, ‘I'll walk you in, he won't scold you.”
Franklin would only scold him.
Elaine thought it made sense. Her father, no matter how angry he was, would not have flared up in front of Darnell, but would only lecture her in private.
And after a good night's sleep, his anger may have subsided some more.
She rubbed her little face in his arms and closed her eyes contentedly.
Soon, the black car slowly drove into the carved gate.
After getting out of the car, Elaine followed Darnell and waited until she reached the living room before cautiously poking a head out, “Daddy”
Franklin sat there with a sullen face, not saying a word, as if he was brewing anger.
He glanced at Elaine before looking ahead of her at Darnell, who nodded slightly at him.
Franklin clearly had no intention of paying attention to him, but instead asked Elaine a soulful question, “Elaine, where were you this afternoon”
Elaine sniffed and hugged Damell's arm a little nervously, "I ...... I'm going to dinner with Natasha and Archer”
Franklin saw this and looked even more obtrusive, taking a deep breath before saying, "Then what did you do to get rid of the people I sent to follow you.”
“I...” Elaine's eyes rolled as she racked her brain trying to come up with an excuse.
At this time, Darnell said, "Elaine she got a little cold from the rain, let her go to her room to change first’
Elaine nodded along.
Franklin wanted to say something, and seeing that Elaine still had Darnell's jacket on her, he waved his hand in annoyance, gesturing for her to hurry upstairs.
Elaine saw the crisis lifted and rushed away.
As she went up the stairs, she didn't forget to turn her head and wave at Darnell.
Darnell tooked at her, a few smiles rising in his dark eyes, and wordlessly said two words, “Take your medicine”
Elaine made an OK gesture.
Waiting for Elaine's figure to disappear around the corner of the stairs, Franklin continued to speak: “Elaine little do not know how to do things, you also follow the nonsense.”
Darnell withdrew his eyes, collected the emotions on his face little by little, sat across from Franklin, and replied in one word: “I'm not fooling around, I'll protect her”
Franklin said, “The best protection you can give her is to stay away from her”
Darnell was noncommittal and set the record straight: "I promised her that I would keep you with him, so I want you to go to Switzerland with her.”
Franklin probably did not expect that one day Darnell will arrange a back way for him, he was silent for a while before saying, “I have already made a decision on this matter, you do not need to make the decision for me”
“I just don't want Elaine to be sad, you're the only family she has left.”
Hearing this, Franklin couldn't help but frown.
Darnell said, “I know your concems, the James family side, I'll take care of it.”
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