This Time, I'll Be the Villain's Favorite Daughter novel Chapter 259

Chapter 259 Home Is the Safest Place

George wasn’t like this before.

He’d never once cared about himself.

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“Do you really love gaming that much? You can play with me.” George wasn’t into games, but he was a tech geek at heart, so games posed no challenge to him whatsoever. “Anyone who gets close to you has an ulterior motive, Maya. You die way too easily.”

Maya was speechless.

She figured that whether or not her gaming friends had ulterior motives was beside the point for now.

Everyone was just chatting online and venting about their daily lives.

They were friends on the other side of a screen, nothing more.

Yet George had practically reached through the network cable and peeled them open.

Where on earth did this protective streak of his, with nowhere to put it, even come from?

“We’re just online friends. I won’t be meeting up with them, at least not before I’m grown up.” Maya promised him in all seriousness, and once she’d eaten her fill, she climbed down off the stool and took his hand. “Let’s hurry home, George. The New Year’s almost here, so stop running around everywhere.”

Home really was the safest place after all.

The world outside was just too dangerous.

George bent down and scooped her up, nuzzling her hard, like a cat going wild in a pile of catnip. “You’ve gotten taller.”

His hair tickled Maya a little, and she dodged a couple of times, but the thought that she’d grown taller made her happy. “Of course I’ll get taller. My dream is to grow to six feet.”

George laughed softly. “Wow, that’s a truly lofty dream. I support you.”

“Thanks!” Maya beamed. “I’ll work hard at eating, too.”

Say what you will, George never rained on her parade.

Swap in Toby or Alfred, and one of them would only mock her with cutting remarks while the other would tell her in cold, hard numbers exactly how slim the odds were.

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“Hold on, she was perfectly fine, so why would she suddenly try to trace her way down the network straight to us?”

The boy slumped over the computer desk and couldn’t help wiping away a cold sweat.

That was downright terrifying.

The girl was thoroughly baffled, and she sat up straight and turned serious. “Did you get to the bottom of it? This kid with the username Sugarcoat Bullet–what exactly does her family do?”

“No idea, couldn’t dig anything up. That person reacted pretty fast too.” The smile vanished from the boy’s face, and he muttered to himself, “Geez, I never figured the internet would have this much hidden talent lurking around. Don’t tell me someone in her family hacks for a living?”

“It’s possible. We’ve known her a good while now, and that brother of hers is great at games. But the two of them really are honest–to–goodness little kids.

“My guess is whoever made the move is a family member or a friend close to her.” The girl narrowed her eyes and grumbled, “We’re all just friends on the other side of a screen, so what’s wrong with keeping a little distance? They even wanted to dox us. That’s way out of line! Hmph!

“All right, maybe her family thinks we’re up to no good, and that’s why they wanted to feel out our background?”

The boy leaned back lazily. “Let’s be more careful next time. I finally get why she’s so mature for her age. Turns out she’s no ordinary kid either.

“From now on, we can casually probe what her family does while we chat.”

The girl pursed her lips, figuring they wouldn’t get anything out of her, since that kid was sharp and tight–lipped to boot.

George helped her pack up her clothes and backpack, and right before they left, everyone at the base was bawling their eyes out.

“Ms. Clark, don’t go! How are we supposed to live without you?”

“Ms. Clark, you’ll be on your own from now on, so be happy and stay cheerful, boo hoo hoo.” The logistics crew leaned half their bodies out over the second–floor railing, waving goodbye with tears in their eyes.

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“Come back and visit often! We’ll miss you and your money so much!”

Maya was speechless.

What a bunch of clowns.

Maya waved and bid them a cheerful farewell. “See you next time.”

It wasn’t too far to the area near home, and a cab got them there in two hours.

George hadn’t given their parents any warning. He raised his hand to knock on the door, then pressed the doorbell a few times.

“Coming, coming.”

It was Wendy who opened the door.

George had his backpack on and wore a simple gray jacket. He was holding his sister’s hand, while a smile spread across his face. “Mom, we’re home.”

Wendy looked the two kids over from head to toe.

She opened her mouth, not sure where to start.

Maya had already thrown her arms around her mother’s waist with extra enthusiasm, and the first thing out of her mouth was, “Mom, we’re hungry. What are we having today?”

Wendy was speechless.

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