21|No Longer Family

I sat down and smiled at Grandpa who patted my hand. He must have thought I was nervous about being in this place. He wasn't wrong. I was nervous because I had just passed through danger. I didn't know why those people had asked me to pull over.

However, what hurt the most was that the people who were supposed to protect me didn't do anything when the bad guy intended to hurt me. Jasper and Otis, whom I had just met, were the ones protecting me from those bad guys.

I watched Grandpa's face carefully. He didn't look upset. Had my bodyguards not reported anything to him? Grandpa didn't know of my dismissal. Did he also not know of my imminent danger? Then, what was the job of those two people kept following me?

"What are you doing?" Farrell asked. He looked so handsome in his black suit and neatly styled hair. "Why are Mother and I sitting apart from you?"

"I invited Camari. Since you don't want to be at the same table with her, you'd better be at another one," Grandpa replied casually.