Chapter 609
Kingsland was quite a distance away from Brown City. They would take the plane to Brown. City, then rush to the Lodge Family’s residence immediately after.
They hurried to the airport in Kingsland. Before boarding the plane, Lily called Justin, and she could feel that he was much more silent than usual. Upon knowing she was going home, he rejected her right away. “You don’t need to come back. Just continue with whatever you’re doing.”
“Justin?” Apart from being bewildered, Lily was mad at him too. “How can I not return home at such a time? Grandpa was doing fine. How did he pass away so suddenly? What happened?” Lily could understand Justin’s reason for stopping her from coming home if it was in the However, their grandfather had passed away. How could she not return home? Moreover, she past. thought they had resolved all their issues the last time she returned to the Lodge family’s residence, but why was Justin stopping her from returning now?
The silence was getting unbearable. A moment later, Lily could no longer hold it in and was about to speak, but Justin beat her to it. “Okay then. Come back if you want to. Are you coming back alone?”
Lily turned to look at the man beside her. “Alex is coming back with me too.”
“That’s great.” She could hear Justin’s sigh of relief before continuing, “Be careful on the road. Also, come back home directly and don’t make any stops on the way home.” After giving Lily some reminders, Justin hung up.
Lily was stuck in her thoughts for a long time, pondering over Justin’s words. Something about him felt off to her.
“What’s wrong?” Alexander asked.
Shaking her head, she replied, “I don’t know. Something doesn’t add up, but I can’t pinpoint. it. Justin initially stopped me from returning but agreed to it later.”
“It’s good news as long as he agrees to it, isn’t it?” Nodding, Alexander continued, Moreover, his approval doesn’t matter in this case, where you’re returning because of grandpa’s death.”
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