Stay Around You Now And Forever novel (Hunter Jackson) novel Chapter 76

What a privilege it was to sit down and dine with the Old Lady!

 

Sarah hadn't tried it, neither had the two ladies of the Jackson family. And now, Emily Gale, an ugly bitch, was arranged to be sitting at the table where the masters were sitting!

 

With both the Old Master and Old Lady being here, no one dared to say anything. But, nobody was convinced!

 

Emily enjoyed quite a good meal though. As the men were all drinking, only she and the Old Lady were really enjoying the food.

 

The old lady took good care of her. And it didn't look awkward for a young woman and an elder woman to be among the men.

 

After the meal, Emily sent the Old Lady back to the main house to rest along with the maid.

 

She had a talk with the Old Lady. By the time she came back, it was already ten oclock in the evening.

 

People unconcerned at the banquet hall had retreated.

 

She just didn't expect to see Vincent Jackson walking alone on the forest path on her way back.

 

It had to be said that the Jackson family house was really big, incredibly big.

 

From the main house to the banquet hall, Emily had to walk through a long forest path in between.

 

Both sides of the road were full of flowering pavilions. And as far as Emily could see, Vincent was standing under the tree behind the pavilion.

 

As Vincent's figure stood against the wind, the moonlight reflected his long shadow on the ground, making him somewhat lonely.

 

Vincent had always been averse to dealing with people, especially women.

 

In Emily's last life, Hunter hadn't treated her well. But, like his grandmother, Vincent had been especially nice to her.

 

The scene of him lying covered in blood in her arms always lingered in her mind. And she couldn't wave it away.

 

As long as she thought about it, she felt that her heart had been stabbed by a knife. And it was tense and in pain from time to time.

 

Unconsciously, she walked behind him and stood less than five steps away from him.

 

"Vincent..."

 

As Vincent, who was holding something in his hand, heard her words, he looked back at her with somewhat cold eyes.

 

"At a time like this, what are you doing here? You should have stayed by my brother's side!"

 

He threw away the leaves in his hand and turned around to leave.

 

Emily was not scared off at all by his cold appearance. He had been like this in his last life and hated her very much at the beginning.

 

However, later on, he gradually changed his mind about her. And after that, he became her only friend in the Jackson family.

 

The current Vincent was the one that she had just met.

 

In fact, the way Emily saw it, it was fine for Vincent to hate her. If they didn't get along, the tragedy that happened later 

probably wouldn't have happened. And Vincent wouldn't have died young.

 

Emily spat out a mouthful of air and looked at the side of his face, and stared at him quietly. She didn't speak.

 

Vincent passed by her side. But Emily saw the fallen leaves on his shoulders at that moment.

 

Out of instinct, she wanted to sweep off the leaves for him.

 

Vincent stiffened and dodged her.

 

"I'm just... Ah!" She must have had a bad day. Emily wondered why she had accidentally kicked her foot as she had taken a step.

 

Then, with an unsteady center of gravity, she fell straight towards Vincent.

 

Vincent's eyes were full of disgust. Then he moved and dodged her.

 

Emily was completely unsupported and actually fell straight onto the ground.

 

“What a shame!”

 

But it seemed that God was playing a trick on her!

 

She could even trip over herself, which was rare.

 

"I'm sorry... "She wanted to apologize. But Vincent had already walked away.

 

Emily sat on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief.

 

She felt a bit tired and helpless. Vincent must have thought that she was deliberately trying to throw herself at him and surely 

would become even more annoyed with her, right?

 

She thought, “Well, he shouldn't get close to me. In my last life, everyone who got close to me didn't end up well.”

 

Since they hadn't started to get to know each other yet in this life, they shouldn't have started it at all!