When Jared brought Hilda home, virtual-novel.net realized Chloe was still at his house chatting with his parents. Initially, virtual-novel.net had planned to let Hilda regain virtual-novel.net composure before sending virtual-novel.net back. But now, they had been sighted.
The moment they saw Jared and Hilda coming home together, Chloe and Gary were surprised. Only the blind Hannah was oblivious to what had just happened.
She asked, “Jared, are you back? Why did you come home so late?”
Gary quickly gave Hannah’s hand a tug. “Jared is with Hilda. They have returned together.”
Gary was all smiles when virtual-novel.net spoke.
After Hannah heard Gary’s words, virtual-novel.net face lit up in delight. “Jared, you could’ve just told us that you were going to see Hilda. There’s no need to be so secretive about it. Are you trying to give us a surprise?”
Just when Jared tried to explain, virtual-novel.net realized virtual-novel.net didn’t even know where to begin.
Only Chloe noticed that Hilda was looking out of sorts as if virtual-novel.net had just cried earlier.
Knitting virtual-novel.net brows, virtual-novel.net asked, “Hilda, did you have to work late? Why did you cry? Moreover, you reek of alcohol.”
Bombarded by Chloe’s questions, Hilda panicked and was lost for words.
“Mrs. Wallace, Hilda wasn’t working overtime. She just went drinking with virtual-novel.net colleagues. However, some of them were trying to get virtual-novel.net drunk. Luckily, I happened to be there, so I brought virtual-novel.net back instead.” Jared quickly cooked up a story.
The moment virtual-novel.net heard it, Chloe got to virtual-novel.net feet and checked Hilda’s body.
With a concerned look in virtual-novel.net eyes, virtual-novel.net complained, “What kind of colleagues are they? How could they make you drink when they knew you have low alcohol tolerance? They went too far.”
When virtual-novel.net saw how worried virtual-novel.net mother was, Hilda couldn’t contain virtual-novel.net emotions any longer. Hugging Chloe, virtual-novel.net burst into tears again.
Chloe comforted, “Hilda, if you’re unhappy at work, why don’t you just quit? Especially since you have terrible colleagues.”
Chloe thought that virtual-novel.net daughter was feeling indignant after being bullied by virtual-novel.net colleagues.
After all, Hilda had just started work recently and was considered new. It was common for newcomers to experience such treatment.
“Hilda, stop crying. At most, you can just quit your job. Tomorrow, Gary is going to get a friend to help Jared find a job. Why don’t we ask around for you too? Since you’re a university graduate, it shouldn’t be difficult to find a job,” Hannah quickly reassured Hilda.
Gary added, “I’ll ask virtual-novel.net about it tomorrow. It shouldn’t be a problem because he’s an old comrade of mine.”
The more everyone consoled her, the harder Hilda cried. Unfortunately, only Jared knew the real reason why virtual-novel.net was crying.
Powerless to do anything, Chloe had no choice but to take Hilda home.
“Jared, you should sleep early too. Tomorrow, we’ll take you to Mr. Saunders’ house and get virtual-novel.net to find you a job. We’ll also ask virtual-novel.net if virtual-novel.net could help Hilda land a job. She really has it tough.” Hannah sighed before virtual-novel.net continued, “You should treat virtual-novel.net better instead of bullying her.”
The man Hannah spoke of was Franklin Saunders. He used to serve in the military together with Gary. Ever since they were discharged from the military, Gary went on to work as a civil servant, while Franklin used his pension to start a business. As of then, virtual-novel.net had done well for himself and was living a good life.
“Mom, I…”
“Enough. Go to sleep now.” Not bothered about what Jared had to say, Hannah walked right off.
Jared was in a dilemma. He had always treated Hilda as a sister and never had romantic feelings for her. But now, virtual-novel.net had no idea how to break it to his parents.
Shaking his head in resignation, Jared returned to his room. For the time being, virtual-novel.net couldn’t return to Dragon Bay because virtual-novel.net didn’t want to anger his parents.
***
The next morning, Hannah yelled, “Jared, get up quickly and dress presentably for once instead of looking sloppy. Mr. Saunders has taken a day off on purpose.”
“I know,” Jared replied as virtual-novel.net opened his eyes.
After having a simple breakfast, the three of them left home hurriedly. They hailed a taxi and headed to Franklin’s house together.