NovelEnglishChapter 706 Are Dating Someone "I'm waiting for someone," Grace blurted out. "What are you doing here?" "'"Chief Bradley is hospitalized. I'm here on duty." Angus weighed the documents in his hand and admitted.
Grace was right.
"Your chief must be an important man. There are many plainclothes officers around. I'm too afraid to go up," Grace half-joked, probing.
Angus glanced at her and pulled her around the corner.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Our chief isn't that influential. It's someone from higher up who got admitted. He got into a car accident just as he arrived in Pamore. Now, he's in the hospital." People who would require the protection of plainclothes police must be high government officials.
Grace was puzzled and asked, "Who?" Angus scratched his head. "I can't tell you that, Ms. Lewis. I have to go." "Hey—" Grace wanted to wait longer, but Xander was still not out. She even started to think she had been mistaken. ;
Victor called to urge her.
"Who's the friend you've been chatting with for so long? Grandpa is urging us to go home for dinner." She had no choice but to give up.
On her way out, she messaged Xander. "Were you just at the Hope Hospital?" She received a reply in the evening. The reply read, "I was visiting an official. Did you see me?" Grace was satisfied with his answer. She didn't ask further. As long as he was honest, nothing else mattered.
The next day was Christmas Eve.
Caleb awakened Grace early to set off firecrackers, disturbing Victor's peace. He came out with messy hair, "Are you kindergartners? What time is it?" Harold sat in his rocking chair, basking in the morning sun, smiling.
"It's not that early. You stayed up late again. What time did you sleep?" Victor choked up, changing the subject, "Aaron hasn't gotten up yet.
You're done for if you woke him up!" Grace tossed a firecracker at his feet. "He left early in the morning."
~The firecracker went off with a loud bang.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm) Victor hopped around, tiptoeing as he shouted, "Grace, I'll kill you!" Grace laughed and ran back to her room, throwing herself onto the bed and calling Xander.
It rang for a while before he answered, his voice husky with waking up, "Gracie." "You haven't gotten up yet?" "Mm." His voice sounded muffled.
Grace couldn't help but feel a surge of affection. "Today's Christmas Eve, aren't you bothered by the excitement? It's chaos here." Xander became a bit more awake. Summitview Manor was always quiet year-round. Even with two more family members, it remained s0. Compared to the bustle where Grace was, his place seemed somewhat eerie.
"No." Grace fell silent. She remembered the environment he grew up in and suggested, "Then why don't you come to my house for Christmas? Bring Aunt Hestia along!" Before he could respond, she immediately changed her mind. "That doesn't seem quite right. Hmm... Let me think." She was genuinely distressed. Xander chuckled softly. "Grandpa has
already made arrangements. We rarely get together, so let's celebrate together this year." | Grace was surprised. She jumped up from the bed. "That's great!" The location had been decided long ago. They met at the best restaurant in Pamore, a private room overlooking the city skyline, large enough to accommodate 40 to 50 people.
Before the banquet, Aaron discussed business with Harold while Caleb and Victor typed away on their phones. Grace couldn't help but be curious. "Forget about Victor. What about you, Caleb? Are you dating someone?" Victor immediately covered his phone, stopping her probing gaze.
"I'm working!" Grace was doubtful.
Her phone rang. It was a message from Xander. "I'm here." She couldn't help but smile, looking at Caleb.
Without her having said a word, Caleb understood. He then sighed, Go."
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