The two of them ate the roasted sweet potato as they slowly walked back home. By the time they looked at the time, it was already 10.30PM.
Finally, Bailey found the way back home, so he rode the bike and quickly sent her back to the Imperial.
Although it was already 10.30PM, her house was still brightly lit and her spacious living room was completely filled with people.
In front of the French window, Casper was particularly anxious as he kept on looking at his phone while gazing outside the window from time to time. Finally, he saw a bicycle coming out of the dark night toward his direction while making a creaking sound.
Bailey had removed his thick ushanka hat and put it on Carmen’s head. At the moment, the big hat was covering her tiny face while his blond hair danced in the night breeze.
“They are back!”
However, Casper felt really upset. He calculated the time needed for them to return home and realized that it would only take them a maximum of 20 minutes to return, but they had been gone for almost an hour.
Moreover, the navigation system showed that they took a long detour. Were they actually lost? Or did they take the long detour on purpose? I guess only Bailey knows. He went into society at the age of 10 and after all these years, he has become a man. An experienced old man! Carmen is no match against him.
“They are back?” Sophia cheerfully stood up.
Upon hearing that Bailey and Carmen were back, everyone in the house had a different reaction.
Today was a big day.
When Daniel learned that Carmen was heartbroken, he counted his fingers and figured that her propitious star was in the move, which meant that her true love was about to show up. Sadly, he could not figure out who that person was.
Since he could not decipher who her true love was, every family was tasked to choose one of their own.
Harry’s family nominated Hope, Hale’s family chose Ashton, Daniel’s family selected Casper, and Derek’s family nominated Albert while Joel nominated Drew as the wildcard.
They were five brilliant children whom everyone knew well. On top of that, they grew up alongside Carmen and formed a strong bond with her.
Hope was an athlete student who attended a sports school and Ashton started acting at a young age. Now, at the age of 18, he was a small drama actor in the industry because he and Carmen had followed the master, Michael, since they were kids. He and the Academy Award winner, Drake, were even touted as Taylor Murray’s successors.
Needless to say, Casper was a definite candidate. Although he was still studying, he was already starting to take over his parents’ business. While managing the Michel Group’s industry, he also took on a part time job as a fortune-teller. As for Albert, he escaped death at a young age, so for the past few years, he was under Derek’s care and someone whom Cooper was focused on nurturing.
Drew was an even obvious choice. As Joel’s son, he was the warrior in that generation of the Fletcher Family. Not only was he brave and intelligent, he was also quite athletic.
Today, the adults gathered the five children and asked them to pick Carmen up from school at the same time. Therefore, the person who she chose to return with could be her true love.
However, if she chose Drew, it meant that she liked none of them.
When Albert remembered the fear of getting bashed by Carmen when he was a kid, he immediately hid after stepping out of the door, so he was automatically eliminated.
As for Ashton, he was no match against Hope, so he was knocked out too.
However, Hope was not as clever as Casper, so after being deceived by the latter, he was unable to pick Carmen up in the end. Instead, he went to pick Poppy up.
Initially, Drew was used as a wildcard, but to ensure his own victory, Casper also deceived him too.
In the end, Casper eliminated all his competitors and thought that victory was now in his hands because she could only choose him. However, Sophia suddenly sent out Bailey at the last minute.
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