Before she figured this problem out, Karen Joy Kyle couldn't feel at ease.
Hearing her question, Nathaniel Cooper laughed in a deep, low voice.
Karen Joy pursed her lips. "What are you laughing at?"
What was so funny about her question?
Could he be more serious?
Nathaniel kissed her again in his arms and said with a smile, "I am already kissing you like this. Who do you think I like? What kind of affection do you think I have for you?"
Karen Joy said sullenly, "How would I know if you don't tell me?"
Nathaniel held her hand in one hand and stroked her hair in front of her forehead with the other hand. Then he said, "My silly girl, I don't like you."
He didn't like her!
Karen Joy's heart sank as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. However, she then heard him say, "I don't like you, but I love you."
He loved her?
Karen Joy looked at him blankly. He said again, "I love you! I love the person who is standing in front of me. This is romantic love, between a man and a woman."
He loved her as a woman, not the love between a big brother and a little girl, which was what she had thought of.
Joy slowly crept across Karen Joy's face, and she smiled.
She wanted to scream at the valley and tell everyone that Brother Lionel had finally reciprocated her love.
She looked beautiful when she smiled. Her eyebrows were curved, and her eyes twinkled like millions of stars.
In Nathaniel's eyes, no one in the world could be as beautiful as his Karen when she smiled. When she smiled, everything else seemed to lose its color.
Nathaniel rubbed her head and then kissed her dainty head. "My silly girl, do you understand now?"
Karen Joy lowered her head with a red face and whispered like a child who had done something wrong, "Brother Lionel, I understand now. I won't make the same mistake again."
Nathaniel held her in his arms and patted her back gently. "Okay, good girl!"
Karen Joy snuggled in his arms and rubbed her dainty head against his chest.
Brother Lionel's embrace was still as warm. She nestled in his embrace. No matter how big the snowstorm was, it felt like nothing to them.
The wind was still blowing, and the snow was getting heavier. However, Karen Joy didn't see all that. In her world now, she only saw bright sunshine and Brother Lionel who loved her.
Once again, Jayden Elias Kyle watched helplessly as Karen Joy was taken away by Nathaniel. Jayden clenched his fists so hard that the blue veins on his fists could be seen clearly.
It wouldn't take long.
It was snowing heavily outside but inside the house, the heater was turned on. The temperature was rather high, so it warm even if one was just wearing thin clothing.
Serene Silas, who was wearing a set of pale blue loungewear, knocked gently on the door of Jackie Leves' office with a cup of hot tea in her hand. After a few knocks, she finally heard him say, "Come in."
She opened the door and walked into the room with a cup of tea after getting his consent. Then she walked to Jackie's desk cautiously.
She walked so cautiously that she didn't even make a sound, for fear that she would disturb Jackie while he was working.
Jackie put down the work in his hand and looked up at her. When he noticed her cautious demeanor, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Are you still afraid of me?"
Hearing his words, Serene's hand which was holding the cup paused slightly, the cup in her hand almost slipped. But she pretended to be calm and denied, "How could that be?"
She didn't dare look at him straight in the eyes. When he looked at her, she would always avoid any eye contact. Only when he wasn't paying attention, then would she observe him quietly.
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