There wasn’t even a place to put your feet down.
“What is this stuff?” Paige asked somewhat puzzled.
Jaden, panting from exhaustion, said, “Mr. Gustin told us to collect them and bring them back to the country, not missing a single one.”
A single one?
Paige’s head suddenly shot up, and she understood what was going on. She took a few steps forward and lifted open a wooden box.
Sure enough.
The box was full of red ribbons made of satin… some still had snowflakes on them, and there were wooden thorns stuck in them, all of which she had previously had someone hang on the tree.
Enrico had collected all the red ribbons from the city, all of them.
That bad man…
Why did he always make something she considered romantic so lustful!
Paige slammed the lid of the box shut, and Jaden, who was shocked, swallowed the words “Why is Mr. Gustin collecting these red ribbons?”
Paige looked at Jaden with some depression, “Go tell Enrico that the plane is overloaded and these boxes cannot be transported back.”
Before Jaden could reply, a magnetic male voice came, “Then throw some unimportant people off the plane to reduce the load.”
Paige and Jaden turned around at the same time.
Enrico walked out of the door, putting on a coat and fastening his cufflinks as he walked. His thin lips curled up in a smile as he stared at Paige, and soon his gaze shifted to Jaden, his eyes suddenly a little harsher.
Jaden understood what he was thinking, and hurriedly said to Paige, “Miss, don’t worry, even if they have to throw the pilot off the plane, these boxes must be sent back to the country in perfect order.”
“…”
What does she have to be reassured about?
Paige was quite speechless. Jaden added, “There are ten more boxes outside. I’ll go and carry them.”
After saying that, he ran away as if he was escaping.
An extra hand appeared on Paige’s shoulder, and Enrico casually put his arm around her, pinching her hand a few times. His eyes were fixed on the boxes all over the floor, “I am a bit tired, but if my woman asks for it, I have to satisfy her.”
Paige really wanted to hit him, but she held back and said in a gentle voice, “Enrico, just leave the boxes here, okay? It really looks like we’re crazy to bring back so many red ribbons!”
Besides, if she stored all this in the house, she would definitely develop a red ribbon phobia in the future.
Enrico hugged her and thought about it for a while before solemnly replying, “No.”
Paige’s scalp went numb.
Suddenly, a burst of laughter came from the direction of the living room, especially Gabriel’s laughter, which was so distinctive.
Paige looked up and saw Nick and Kelsey holding Gabriel’s hands as they cheerfully walked through the door, each with a string of candied fruit in their hands, happily munching away.
Seeing the boxes all over the floor, the three of them were shocked and took a step back at the same time.
Nick was stunned, “Are we moving?”
More or less.
We’re leaving anyway.
Paige looked at Gabriel’s face, which was covered in red sugar, and waved at him. Gabriel immediately came running over, “Mommy…”
“Go play with Uncle Jaden for a while,” Paige said.
“…”
Gabriel blinked a few times. Did Mommy just call me over just to get rid of me?
With a small sigh, Gabriel obediently ran through the group of boxes again and went outside to find Jaden.
Nick and Kelsey leaned in close to each other, eating the candied fruit on a skewer, and kept whispering to each other. They laughed happily again, and Nick lifted his hand to brush the snowflakes off her head. “I’ll take you and Gabriel out to play again next time.”
These past two days, Nick and Kelsey have been so happy together that they didn’t even realize that the Folsom family had changed, and they didn’t even know that Kevin had already left.
Paige pulled away from Enrico’s hand and looked at him for a moment, “I’ll take them.”
Enrico understood what she was going to do, and his brows furrowed. “This is the only thing before we go?”
Busy, busy, non-stop busy.
She’d only been with him for a short while.
“Yes.”
Paige’s tone was a little heavy. She looked at Enrico, pursed her lips hard, turned around, and walked past a bunch of obstacles of boxes towards Nick. “I’ll take you somewhere.”
Nick was a little taken aback by her serious expression.
Kelsey rolled her eyes, understood where they were going, and laughed, “You should go, because we’re leaving.”
“What?” Nick was confused.
At this time, Paige was also unable to explain, so she led them away.
In the snowstorm that was getting worse, the black car struggled to drive on the road, bumping from time to time, and finally stopped in front of Papa Bree. Someone was guarding the building, and there were also people standing in line with bewildered faces.
Tens of thousands of people in the city were waiting to be awakened, and the time span was very long.
Nick peeked out and thought it was just a food distribution point, asking, “What did you bring me here for, to distribute food?”
“You go in,” Paige said, sitting in the driver’s seat without looking back, her fingertips lightly tracing the steering wheel.
Justin is here today. He was the one who hypnotized Nick in the first place, and now it’s his turn to awaken him.
Nick looked at Kelsey with great confusion. Kelsey smiled and said, “Go ahead. Would my sister and I harm you?”
With that, Kelsey was about to push the car door.
“Kelsey, I need to talk to you,” Paige said without turning her head.
This time, Kelsey was also puzzled, but she nodded and said to Nick, “I’ll wait for you in the car.”
“Okay,”
Nick didn’t say anything, but handed her the candy on a stick in his hand, “Then you hold it for me first, and don’t eat any of mine.”
“What if I do?”
“Then I’ll buy you some more until you’re satisfied.”
Nick petted her head fondly, opened the car door, and walked towards Papa Bree in the snow.
Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks, turned his head and looked at the snow-covered execution platform not far away. Thinking about the previous difficulties he had shared with Kelsey hanging on it, he couldn’t help but smile, and then walked into Papa Bree.
Kelsey was sitting in the back seat, looking at the two unfinished sugar-coated skewers and smiling sweetly.
That kind of state of being in a new relationship was so obvious that they couldn’t even hide it.
Paige looked at her in the rearview mirror. Playing in the snow, eating sugar-coated fruit on a stick, and playing house-style love made the two of them very happy every day.
“What did you want to tell me, sister?” Kelsey asked, twirling the sugar-coated fruit in her hands.
Paige tightened her grip on the steering wheel. She looked at the cute Kelsey in the rearview mirror and remained silent for a long time before she spoke, “Nick was supposed to be woken up two days ago, but Kevin stopped it, and I didn’t object.”
“Right, I wonder why the head of the Lautners family stopped it?” Kelsey leaned forward again and asked, “Why didn’t you object?”
“Why? I don’t know either. Maybe it’s because I see you happy, or maybe it’s because I see him too happy.”
Paige looked back at the vast expanse of snow in front of the car window. Soon, a layer of white snow fell on the hood.
Kelsey looked at her blankly, “What do you mean?”
Paige really didn’t know that Nick and Kelsey would develop into what they are today. But now, she had to prepare Kelsey a little bit. Some things are destined to remain unclear forever.