Chapter 397 What Could He Want from Me?

"It's me." The reply came through. Jenny could hear the warmth in Gilbert's voice, soothing her gentle heart.

"How've you been? When are you coming home?" she asked kindly, not asking other things like why he hadn't called her for some time or whether he had finally let her go.

"I've been well. The branch here's had a good start, so it'll be some time before I go back," he said. Jenny smiled and was about to speak when Gilbert asked, "I heard you broke up with Alec?"

He didn't know when they got together; all he heard was they had broken up.

Jenny's smile fell just the slightest at his question. "Oh, you heard about that too?"

"The news had even made it internationally, huh?" Jenny thought.

Unbeknownst to her, Gilbert had actually been catching up with her life updates from overseas. He had instructed Zack as well as some bodyguards to watch after her from the sidelines, none of this made known to Jenny herself.

"It's really big news, Jenny. I couldn't have not heard," Gilbert t