Charming Lady Hard To Chase After Being Dumped

‘‘Never offend Justin…”

Joel mentally repeated the words and looked at lan, perplexed.

Uncle lan had transformed the Smith Corporation from a company always in second place into one

that was ranked equally with the Hunt Corporation.

Over the years, he had seen so much happen in the country, yet in spite of that, he had still

reminded Joel to stay vigilant and not to offend Justin.

Just how powerful and capable was Justin? While he was musing, lan said, “If he truly cares about

Nora, then he won’t mind even if I make things difficult for him now.But if he’s not, then let me be

the one to offend him.I don’t have that long to live anymore anyway.You’re still young, you shouldn’t

do things that might jeopardize your future.”

Hearing the graveness in his words, Joel nodded hurriedly and replied, “I will keep that in mind,

Dad.”

Fortunately, he had accepted Justin’s goodwill when he took the initiative to build a good

relationship with him.

Thus, the two of them currently shared a pretty decent relationship.

He also suddenly understood why lan hadn’t reprimanded him when he allowed Justin to enter the

house the other time.

On the contrary, he had even somewhat given tacit approval to it.

In the beginning, he’d thought that it was because lan was ultimately still somewhat satisfied with

Justin, but now it seemed like that might not be the case, after all.

Just as Nora left the house, she ran into Pete and Mia returning home hand in hand.

Pete was carrying a large school bag on his back, his little face was expressionless.He was totally a

mini Justin.When his big round eyes caught sight of Nora, he subconsciously pulled his hand out

from Mia’s.

Nora’s gaze swept across Mia.

There was no sign of unhappiness on the little girl’s small face with the pointed chin, indicating that

the events in the kindergarten indeed hadn’t affected her.

Moreover, Mia had always been very timid in the past and seemed fainthearted at everything she

did.

However, the timid look on her face seemed to have dissipated a little.It seemed like Pete had given

her a lot of confidence.

Joel was right—the two times when Tanya had met with cyberbullying and experienced reputation

crises had indeed made Mia mature quite a fair bit.

While Nora was observing Mia, a puzzled Pete asked, “Mommy, where are you going?”

“Cough.”

For some reason, Nora felt a little guilty.

Her eyes shifted about and she looked at the sky as she replied, “Mm, I’m going out to discuss

some work matters with someone.”

She couldn’t help but keep feeling a little guilty that she and Justin were going out on a date without

Pete and Cherry.

Pete hesitated for a moment.

“With who? Do I know them?” If she said that it was Justin, how would she reject Pete if he said that

he wanted to come too? With that thought in mind, Nora subconsciously lied.

“No, you don’t.I’m leaving.”

She hurriedly walked past Pete and Mia.

After getting in the car, she drove out in a hurry, her face looking a little panicked.

Pete turned his head and looked at her.

Seeing that Pete was not moving, Mia also stayed where she was.

After a while, Nora’s car disappeared from their sight.

Even then, Pete was still standing still.

A puzzled Mia asked, “Pete, what are you looking at?”

Pete heaved a silent sigh.

“At my family running out of time”

Mia:”?”

Pete looked back at Mia with sorrowful eyes.

“Mommy was lying just now.She doesn’t dare to look into my eyes any time she lies”

Mia thought for a while and said, “Adults are all like that! Why would Aunt Nora lie to you, though?

You mean she isn’t going out to discuss work matters with someone?”

Pete nodded.

“Mommy never discusses work face to face, always over the phone—because going back and forth

to meet someone is a waste of time! She might as well sleep instead! I’ve never seen her go out for

work before”

Although Mia wanted to defend her aunt and explain on her behalf, after thinking about what he

said, she actually felt like there was nothing she could refute.She could only stare at him and ask,

“So? If Aunt Nora isn’t going out to discuss work, what is going out for?”

“It’s almost dinnertime.She’s likely going out on a date.”

Mia:”?”

Pete continued to analyze the clues.

“If she were going on a date with the tyrant, she would definitely take Cherry and me along with

her.Even if she doesn’t take me, going by how much the tyrant dotes on Cherry, she would definitely

take her.”

With that in mind, he took out his cell phone and called Cherry.

The call was answered as soon as he dialed the number.

Before he could say anything, he heard Cherry ranting at someone.

“Hey, do you really know how to play? Is your boat stranded? …”

Pete, what do you need? Hurry up and say it! I’m playing games right now! Pete kept quiet for a

while before he asked, “Where’s the tyrant?”

“Daddy has a very important meeting with foreign business partners tonight, he’s in the meeting

right now!”

Puzzled, she asked, “What’s the matter?”

“…Nothing.”

Pete hung up silently.

“Pete, why didn’t you tell Cherry the truth?” Mia asked.

Pete sighed.

“She’s still dreaming that we will be together as a family .Let’s not make her worry, too, sigh!”

He straightened his back.

Among the people in his family—the tyrant was unromantic, Mommy was obsessed with sleeping,

and even his younger sister wasn’t any reliable, either.

He was the only one bearing a weight that he should not be bearing at his age! Mia nodded as she

listened.

Nevertheless, she still tried to comfort him.

“Maybe Aunt Nora and Uncle Justin are going out on a date? Maybe it just wasn’t convenient to

bring you guys along.Pete, don’t think too much into it!”

Pete shook his head.

“What would stop them from bringing us along? “ Mia wanted to tell him that there were too many

possible reasons.