As Jacinta said that she moved to grab her phone.
Winnie quietly watched Jacinta as disappointment seeped into her heart.
Even now, Granny’s still lying to me. I have the phone that she used to contact Stuart, yet she’s now coming up with such a lousy lie about how she kept the thing Stuart sent to her in her other phone. She’s just making excuses so that she can tell Stuart about the situation, isn’t she?
Nevertheless, Winnie continued to stare at Jacinta without reacting.
Josiah, who was at the side, noticed what Jacinta was going to do.
He promptly alerted Winnie to Jacinta’s actions in a low voice. “Do you trust your granny? I think it’s very likely that she’s going to report the situation to Stuart. We should stop her, or else things will go south. If you can’t do this, I’ll get her phone instead.”
“It’s fine.” Winnie stretched out her arm to stop Josiah. “Let’s take a gamble again.”
“But—”
“Trust me, Josiah. I won’t mess things up,” Winnie interrupted before Josiah could finish his sentence. Despite her reassurance, he still felt that Jacinta was going to mess it up.
However, it felt as if Winnie had everything under control with the kind of tone and expression she had. Josiah furrowed his brows, and in the end, he chose to trust Winnie.
“All right.” Josiah took a step back. “I hope your granny won’t let you down this time.”
They were not loud, but they were not too soft either.
Nevertheless, Jacinta did not register anything they said, for she was in a rush to tell her son about the situation.
She knew that calling would not work, for she would have to wait for him to pick up the call. That was time she did not have.
Therefore, she chose to send a text, for text messages were convenient, and all she needed was for him to read the message.
Her message read: I’ve been exposed. Hurry up and leave!
Josiah and Winnie saw what Jacinta typed.
Just as Josiah was about to snatch Jacinta’s phone from Jacinta, Winnie grabbed his arm.
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