Stay Around You Now And Forever novel (Hunter Jackson) novel Chapter 201

His laughter was hearty, bold and reckless, yet listenable and mesmerizing. Emily looked at the man who was running beside her and was completely bedazzled. She had never seen this side of Hunter which he was so carefree like a child. He was laughing out loud when he was running! And she suddenly noticed she had never seen him running before.

This elegant man who was always displaying a cautious and aloof appearance was now holding her hand, running recklessly along the path of the campus. Those couples in the forest were scrambling to their feet due to fright. As the saying went "a good conscience is a soft pillow” and there was no need to be scared if one was innocent, therefore it was obvious they were doing something shady.

Not knowing how long had passed, Hunter finally stopped and he walked silently along the path. Emily puffed and she noticed he was still holding her hand when she lowered her head. Her face flushed and she jerked her hand back from his grip, keeping a distance away from him. Hunter let her be. He shoved his hands into his jeans pockets and strolled down the lane.

"Mr. Jackson. Is there anything I can do for you?” Emily started to regret the moment she asked that. He did not necessarily look for her today as he was still with Wendy this afternoon. And it was possible he was coming with Wendy today too. Even if he did come for her, she seemed to have ended their conversation with that question.

As expected, Hunter refused to answer that kind of question as usual, yet he looked more apathetic at once. They walked in tandem and Emily peered at the two shadows stretched by the sunset on the ground. One shadow was big and long, the other was small and short, looking harmonious against each other. Yet the truth was, their aura did not get along. At last, she stared at his back and spoke. "I still have something to do for our club later, therefore I have to---”

"You always refuse to wait for me.” Emily was startled by his words and she actually could not response for a moment. Eventually, he left after picking up a call. Just like how he showed up in the first place, his arrival was abrupt, and his leaving was baffling.

Emily accompanied him to the backdoor of the school and watched the Maybach car with low-key color left. Her heart seemed to be emptied at once. Yet she quickly regained herself and turned, heading back to the campus when the shadow of the car went completely out of sight. A clear and melodious ringtone was heard when she only walked two steps forward. She looked at the screen and picked up the call cheerfully. "So, do you want to celebrate with a feast? Didn't I tell you that we need to wait until tomorrow---”

"Emi, something's happened to Aryan Nicholson.”

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Aryan almost got hit by a car at the entrance of the school. The doctor was applying medicine on him when Emily rushed to the hospital. "Thank god Terry reacted fast and pushed Aryan to the side. Or else, it would not be just a small scratch that easily.” Sally's heart was still fluttering with fear. They were together back then, she and Lois walked at the front, Rufus and Joe in the middle, and both Aryan and Terry came last. Emily glanced at Terry and he shook his head. She no longer asked anything and the group of people only left the hospital and rushed back to the office when Terry drove his second-hand seven-seated car.

"What now? Emi. I think whoever drove that car did that on purpose.” Sally felt horrified the more she thought about that because they were about to cross the street at that time and the car actually barged towards them when it was still green light. How could it not be planned if it had run the red light and was heading towards Aryan? Even Nina was stunned by Aryan's performance at the arena today, there must be plenty of people wanting to do harm to him now that he was in the limelight. "Could it be it was sent by Nina?” Although Lois did not adore conspiracy theory, what happened to Aryan was obviously abnormal. "I saw her staring at Aryan today at the arena until she was all in a daze, and she was even unable to complete her sketch afterwards.”