After the servant came up to Sivan, Sivan followed the servant meekly to a guest room to change her
clothes. She did not try to defend herself or explain anything. Nicole's face softened a bit.
"Jessica?" Nicole turned around and saw how pale Jessica's face was, so she couldn't help but call out
to her.
Jessica curled her lips and forced a smile, "Mrs. Jones, I should go home now."
Nicole said affectionately, "Alright. Remember to come and visit me when you have time. I will cook for
you."
Nicole found it awkward to ask Jessica to have breakfast with her now, after what just happened.
Jessica was so busy. Nicole didn't know when she would meet Jessica again.
"Of course." Jessica smiled and nodded.
When she turned around to leave, the smile on her face immediately faded, and she fled away.
She thought she was ready to accept the fact that Carl would spend his life with another woman.
However, when she really saw a woman with him, Jessica realized she simply could not accept it.
Every time she thought that Carl and Sivan were together last night, her heart hurt so bad, as if
someone was trying to gouge it out.
Her body was growing numb because her heart was broken.
"Jessica?"
Arabel was surprised when she saw Jessica. She asked, "Did you have breakfast?"
Jessica stayed at the Jones' last night, so Nicole should invite Jessica for breakfast like always. But
Jessica was back so early. Arabel was not sure if her daughter had had breakfast.
"I'll go after picking up some stuff." Jessica went straight upstairs after she said that.
Arabel frowned slightly as she watched Jessica disappear at the turn of the stairs. She turned around
and hurried to the dining room.
"Easton, something's wrong with our daughter."
"What's wrong?" Easton looked up at her and took another sip of milk.
"Why are you still eating your breakfast?" Arabel glared at him, "The look on Jessica's face is strange."
Easton could only say, "Probably because she drank too much last night. You always think too much.
You can ask her to bring some soup for a hangover with her when she leaves."
Arabel thought what her husband said was right, but she still had doubts.
When Jessica came downstairs again, she saw Arabel and Easton were sitting in the living room,
waiting for her.
"Dad, mom." Jessica walked towards them.
"Your mother prepared for hangover soup for you. You can take it with you." Easton handed her a
thermos.
Jessica took it over. She smiled faintly, and the look on her face looked perfect as she said, "Thanks. I
won't be able to come home on New Year's Eve this year. I need to work."
Jessica's expression was just like usual. And since she had worked on New Year's Eve in the past few
years, both Easton and Arabel did not find her words strange.
Easton was a bit disappointed, and told Jessica, "Take good care of yourself, even when you're busy."
"I know."
After saying goodbye to her parents, Jessica drove away.
Carl hurried to the Hicks’ home soon after Jessica left, "Mrs. Hicks, where's Jessica?"
"She's gone." Arabel looked at him with a puzzled look on her face, "What happened?"
"Nothing," Carl said.
"Why are both Jessica and Carl behaving so weird today?" Arabel turned around and whispered to
Easton.
Easton also frowned, "Jessica is an adult now. There're things she doesn't want to tell us, but I think
she can handle them by herself."
Jessica's phone rang when she left her parents' place for a few minutes.
She glanced at her phone. The call was from Carl. She hung it up.
Just as she hung it up, her phone rang again in the next second. Jessica felt impatient. She then
directly turned off her phone.
She didn't even want to see Carl's name at the moment.
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