Then, Briar limped away.


    Leia watched Briar leave, looking troubled.


    "Are you okay?" Xavier walked over and asked in concern.


    "I''m fine." Leia shook her head absently and looked at Xavier. "Where''s Stefan? Where did he go?


    Does he know that Ren''s been waiting for him toe back? Ren needs him the most right now, so


    where is he hiding?" "Let''s go back. I need to talk to you about that in detail." Xavier nced at Jovan


    pointedly.


    However, Leia couldn''t just leave like that. She walked to Jovan.


    "What else do you want from me?’ Jovan took a step back in fear, covering his bitten arm. "I''ll make


    you suffer if you go crazy again." "I know now that Ren is at your ce. I can''t just ignore that, so make


    a choice-are you going to drive her home, or do you want me to barge into your house and take her?"


    Leia demanded aggressively.


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    Jovan frowned and contemted it for a while. "I can''t decide for Renee, but I can guarantee one thing-


    if she wants to leave when youe to pick her up in a week, I''ll let her go. However, if she''s unwilling,


    you can''t force her to." "Why do I need to wait another week?" "You''ll know by then.” "Then, can you


    promise that she''ll be fine this week? You won''t force her to do anything, right?" Leia had imagined


    countless scenes while talking and linking them with how extreme Jovan was... They were not


    anywhere close to PG-13. 1


    Jovan rolled his eyes. "I''m not as twisted as you think. Even if I wanted to force her, do you think I


    could? Besides... If I could force her, I would have done it ages ago. I gave up my blood and eyes for


    her, but I can''t even hold her hand." The more he spoke about it, the more bitter Jovan felt. He sounded


    very pitiful as heined to Leia, but since she was Renee''s best friend, he hoped she would throw


    in a good word for him.


    "Yeah, you''re right..." Leia dwelled on it and realized that Jovan had not done any heinous things.


    "Okay, you promised. I''ll go to your ce to pick her up in a week then."


    Margaret, Adie, and Abby were worried sick about Renee''s safety in Everheart Manor. Margaret finally


    put Adie and Abby to bed with much difficulty before she went downstairs to wee Leia and Xavier.


    "What''s going on? Ms. Ren and Mr. Hunt aren''t back yet, and the two kids eagerly wait for them every


    day. I feel very sorry for them!" Margaret had not wanted to say it, but the emotions she had been


    suppressing overwhelmed her when she saw Leia and Xavier. She had been working hard tofort


    the children to ease their worry, but they were not stupid. They no longer believed the same excuse.


    "Mr. Stuart, Ms. Lei, do you have any news about them? Do you know when they''lle home? If they


    don''te home, I''m afraid Adie will make a scene," Margaret asked in worry. Adie was different from


    other children. He had realized that Renee and Stefan''s disappearances were not that simple, and told


    Margaret that he would find them using his own means after listening to Margaret''s lousy excuses.