Terence stood up, straightened his sleeves, turned his head and said politely to Hester and Austin,
"Dinner is ready. Miss April and Mr. Austin, please follow me to my seat!"
After Terence sat down, Austin pulled out a chair and looked up at Hester gently. Obviously, he meant
it.
Hester's expression froze. She pulled Thomas to sit down and quietly looked at the table with her head
down, trying to minimize her sense of existence.
Just now, she felt that she had never left. There was no change in the decoration of this place. Even
the dishes on the table were basically the same as when she was there.
Hester frowned slightly. If she ate these every day, wouldn't it be easy for her to get tired of them?
"Do you like the food, Miss April?"
Lisa arranged the dishes for Hester with a smile.
Lisa was at home, so she knew her taste.
Hester smiled and nodded slightly.
"Thank you for the reception tonight. I'm very satisfied!"
"Auntie April, I am very happy to have dinner with you tonight!"
Thomas looked at Hester eagerly, not noticing anything unusual at the table. He was immersed in his
own emotions and could not extricate himself.
With a wry smile, Hester turned around and rubbed Thomas' head. Her muscles were twitching with a
smile. However, the other two didn't have any intention of speaking.
"Thomas, let's eat first!"
It took Hester a long time to utter these words. Because she didn't know what kind of words the two of
them could say to ease the atmosphere.
As Hester had said it, Thomas had to behave well. He had always been picky about food, but he
concealed it perfectly and buried himself in dealing with the food on the plate.
Every time he saw the food that he didn't like to eat, he frowned slightly and then forced himself to eat.
He was a good boy and couldn't let his mother know his picky eater.
The meal was very depressing. Hester lowered her head and had no appetite. The atmosphere in front
of her was not depressed or anything else, but she felt it was too weird.
After the dinner, Hester was so excited that she almost jumped up from the chair. She raised her hand
to tidy up her hair and nodded to conceal the expectation in her eyes.
"Mr. Terence, thank you for your hospitality tonight. It's getting late. Brother Austin and I will leave now."
Looking at Hester with his watery eyes, Thomas gripped the hem of her clothes tightly. He pursed his
lips but said nothing.
Hester sighed with a headache and bent down to look at him. She raised her hand and touched his
head, coaxing him.
"Thomas, I'll come to you when I'm free some other day."
"Really?"
Thomas's eyes lit up in an instant. He looked at Hester with expectation, his hand shaking slightly.
Scratching the tip of his nose, Hester had a sweet smile on her face. How insecure was this child that
he couldn't let go of her like this!
"Of course it's true. I always keep my word."
With Hester's guarantee, his low mood was relieved. After dispelling the previous gloom, he was full of
joy.
Sent by the father and son to the car, Hester sat in the car and waved at Thomas. As the scenery
outside the window continued to change, the smile that had not disappeared for the whole night
instantly disappeared.
"Ah! I'm so tired!"
She rubbed her cheeks with both hands. It was so bitter. Could there be a criminal law called the
punishment of laughter among the ten great torture in ancient times?
Austin glanced at Hester, and the corners of his determined lips softened slightly, revealing his first
smile tonight.
"If you don't correct your soft heart, I'm afraid you will be more unable to bear it in the future."
Hester raised her eyebrows and looked at Austin's side face in confusion. Did he mean to show his
dislike on the side?
But on second thought, her weakness of being softhearted had indeed become a major problem. She
sighed bitterly, lowered her eyes and played with her fingers, reflecting on herself silently.
Not hearing her response for a long time, Austin looked at Hester. A trace of helplessness flashed
across his clear face. He just said it casually. How could she really take it seriously?
"Thomas is very cute!"
Hester frowned inexplicably. She didn't understand why he would mention Thomas. He had been
discussing her soft heart a moment ago. Why did Thomas suddenly get involved?
"Hester, what are you thinking about?"
Austin turned the steering wheel and stopped by the road. He turned around and looked at Hester with
burning eyes. All sorts of feelings welled up in his heart. He had thought that he knew her well before,
but now it seemed that something had changed.
"What?"
Hester raised her head and looked at Austin in confusion. She was just reflecting on her own
weakness. There was nothing special about it!
"Huh!"
With a bitter smile, Austin thought he had gone too far. At that time, it was he who did something wrong
and selfish to separate them. Now they just had a meal together. It was boring for him to haggle over
every ounce.
"Don't think too much. I'm a little tired tonight and I'm not in a good mood!"
Hester nodded obediently and looked down at the intertwined fingers. Her mood was complicated.
She knew what Brother Austin cared about, but she could only play dumb. Or, other than this, there
was no better way.
Brother Austin had become very strange since he came back. As long as Terence was involved, he
would always get angry inexplicably, but eventually return to peace.
Austin calmed down for a while and started the car again. The two of them fell into silence. They went
home silently and got out of the cars respectively.
"Hester, you're back."
A low and hoarse voice sounded. With a dispirited look on his face, Jackson approached her. His eyes
were bloodshot and looked at her joyfully with tiredness.
He hadn't seen her for just three days. How could he miss her so much?
"Why are you here?"
Austin's face was gloomy and his tone was unfriendly. If it weren't for this person, Hester wouldn't have
been kidnapped for no reason. Melody was already a headache. Now her previous enemy came to visit
her. It was really a windfall!
Ignoring Austin's cold words, Jackson looked at Hester eagerly. His dangling Heart for the past three
days was quietly relieved.
Fortunately, she was fine!
"Hester, I'm relieved to see you like this!"
Subconsciously nodding, Hester looked at his haggard face and slightly raised her eyebrows. She
walked slowly to him and met his charming eyes with a faint smile.
"I'm fine! It's not your fault!"
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