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Chapter 38

Author: DuckDuckJoe
Giselle's and the Grant family's current situation was entirely Charlotte's own doing.

"I'm not sure. Did something happen between Gigi and him?" Charlotte pretended not to know, but her face twisted with jealousy.

Jonathan responded absently, "Nothing…" He subconsciously lifted his gaze, and the rest of his words faded into silence.

The rage in his eyes surged again, so crimson it made one instinctively feel a sense of fear.

From his position, he could see most of Giselle's face. She was standing with a man who wasn't Hector, in a posture that looked intimate and affectionate.

"Jonathan? Is something wrong?"

Charlotte's anxious voice snapped him back to reality.

Jonathan didn't explain, instead offering a few vague responses before hanging up the phone. When he looked up again, there was no sign of Giselle and the man.

After Giselle picked up Emma, her heart was still racing. Her mind replayed the moment when Chester had gotten so close to her.

"Don't move. There's a bug i
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