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“Too late? What does that mean?” Veronica asked, confused.
Jason didn’t explain, instead his gaze fell on the necklace hanging around Veronica’s neck. “This necklace, Mason gave it to you, right?”
“Yes.”
“On the necklace, there is a small tracking device that can connect to his phone. He can know where you are,” Jason said. “Originally, he was planning to tell you, but he was waiting for the right moment to say it. It seems like he didn’t get that chance now.”
“In the necklace…there’s a tracking device?” Veronica lowered her head in surprise and touched the pendant on her neck.
If there was anywhere a tracking device could be placed, it would only be in this pendant.
She remembered when he gave her the necklace and said, “As long as Veronica wears this necklace,
I’m not afraid of not being able to find her. No matter where you are, I can always find you!”
“Why do you need to find me? Just call me if you need to.” She had said that back then.
“But what if your phone dies and I can’t reach you? I’m afraid that one day, Veronica will leave me, so…
if I can find you, even if you really do leave me, I can still find you.”
“How could I leave you behind? Don’t talk nonsense!” She said
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And at this moment, recalling those conversations, it turned out that… from the beginning, he had already hinted at her!
But at that time, she didn’t think about it in any other way, thinking that those words were just him being clingy and saying them casually.
“Would you feel disgusted?” Jason’s voice suddenly sounded in her ear.
Disgusted? If it were before, she would have instinctively hated this behavior. To have her whereabouts known by someone else without her knowledge is a clear violation of privacy.
But at this moment, she suddenly understood why Mason would do such a thing.
He was… afraid that one day she would disappear, afraid that one day she would abandon him. That’s why he put a tracking device in the pendant of the necklace.
And the subsequent events proved that if it weren’t for the tracking device in the necklace, she might have encountered even more unbearable things, and he wouldn’t have been able to come to her rescue and find her whereabouts in time.
“I’m not disgusted,” Veronica sniffled. At this moment, her nose was so sour.
Jason looked at the girl in front of him with some surprise, but her reaction was much better than he had imagined.
“Uncle Reed, can you contact Mason? I have a lot to say to him!” Veronica said again.
“Sure.” Jason smiled slightly and took out his phone, dialing a number.
Veronica waited anxiously beside him, and finally, when the phone was answered and she heard
Mason’s voice, tears welled up in her eyes and rolled down her cheeks.
“Mason, it’s me!” Veronica hurriedly took the phone from Jason’s hand and spoke to Mason on the other end, “I’ve been trying to call you, but I couldn’t get through. I’m sorry for misunderstanding you.
Can you come back to the country soon? I have so much to say to you…”
“Oh, I see. So you knew it was a misunderstanding,” Mason’s voice came calmly, sounding distant,
“But…even if it was a misunderstanding, what does it matter? Veronica, to you, I am just your ‘little brother’ no matter how much you have to say to me.”
Just a little brother who could be discarded at any time, not someone truly important in her life, someone she couldn’t bear to lose.
This misunderstanding only made him see the reality more clearly.
“I…” She choked up, wanting to say something more, but her throat felt like it was being blocked, and she couldn’t speak.
She knew what kind of answer Mason wanted, but could she give it to him?
As he said, to her, he was just a younger brother, and she only saw him as a younger brother, without any other thoughts!
In her eyes, his change in feelings towards her was only because she had dated Daniel before, so he was like a child who had his toy taken away and wanted to take it back and occupy that position.
However, she couldn’t put him in that role at all.
Meanwhile, Mason’s indifferent voice continued to come from her phone, “So, don’t contact me again in the future. I don’t want to hear anything from you, Veronica. From now on, you are not the Veronica I know.”
After saying these words, the phone call ended abruptly.
Veronica stared at her phone in disbelief. Did he not want her to be Veronica anymore?
Was the person who had always pursued her, the child who loved to snuggle up to her, really going to break up with her?
Tears streamed down her face even harder! She instinctively wanted to call back, but no one answered on the other end, no matter how many times she tried.
“Okay, Veronica,” Jason, who was beside her, held her hand.
He had also heard the conversation between the two children just now. “You and Mason should take this time to calm down and think about your feelings towards each other.”
Veronica was taken aback. “Feelings?”
“Yes, if you really only see Mason as a ‘little brother’, then maybe it’s a good thing to distance yourselves from each other during this incident,” said Jason.
As a father, he naturally understood his son’s feelings, and all along, he and his wife were most worried that Mason’s feelings for Veronica were too absolute, but Veronica might not have any feelings for Mason beyond siblinghood.
If that were the case, it would only be a hurtful experience for both children.
And now, as they had feared, it had happened, but the timing of the outburst was earlier than they had imagined.
Veronica was stunned. She didn’t expect Jason to describe it as a “good thing”. “So, does uncle Reed also think I should distance myself from Mason like this?”
Veronica was stunned to hear Jason use the phrase “good thing” to describe the situation. “So, does
Uncle Reed think I should just distance myself from Mason?” she asked.
“What else can you do? Can you just stop treating Mason like a brother?” Jason replied.
Veronica was speechless.
Jason continued, “I know Mason’s personality, and you do too.
If you can fall in love with him, then it’s great for everyone. But if you can’t, then it’s best to stay away from him for his own.
good and for your own good.”
Veronica walked out of the Reed family mansion feeling lost.
Was it really for the best to distance themselves from each other like this?
But why is she feeling so miserable? Why does her heart feel like it’s in so much pain?!
Why can’t she be his sister for life?!
Once, she had hoped to grow up quickly, but now she feels that it would be so much better if people never grew up, so they could still be as close as they used to be.
Back in the Barlow family, when she came to her senses, she found herself in Mason’s room, looking at this cold room, with his voice constantly ringing in her ears – “Veronica, from now on, you are no longer my Veronica.”
No longer Veronica! No longer!
So this time, it was him who didn’t want her, he left her behind!
She walked up to his desk and picked up the photo frame he had placed on it. The photo inside was a picture of them taken together when they were young.
Back then, he was 5 years old and she was 7 years old, at an innocent and naive age. His small body was leaning against hers, and her hand was holding him close to her chest.
She said she wanted to be his sister for life!
But now, today, she is no longer his sister!
“Wow!” She suddenly burst into loud sobs, holding the photo frame tightly to her chest.
Tears kept rolling down her face, wetting it completely.
She didn’t want this, she didn’t want to feel this way, but she didn’t know what to do to make the pain go away… and no one was there to tell her how to ease the discomfort and make her heart… hurt less!
Meanwhile, the Barlow couple panicked completely when they found out that Mason had suddenly gone abroad and
Veronica couldn’t be reached.
“How could this happen? It must have been the day when you angered Mason. Veronica, you must apologize to Mason properly. We can’t let him turn against our family. Otherwise, your brother will be in big trouble! Who knows if the Reed family will let him off the hook and put all the blame on your brother?” said stepmother Rosalind.
Archer chimed in, “Yes, Veronica, you can’t let your brother go to jail. You need to make up with Mason so that the Reed family will help us. Then Lionel can also be cleared of charges!”
Veronica felt a chill in her heart and said to her father and stepmother, “Mason is not guilty at all! He had no idea about the kidnapping from start to finish. It was all Lionel’s plan!”
“How is that possible? Lionel clearly said that Mason knew about it! And he was the biggest beneficiary of this whole thing!” Rosalind argued.
Veronica sneered and her nose felt even more sour. “The biggest beneficiary wasn’t it the Barlow family? At that time, I was in a cold war with him. Weren’t you afraid that if our relationship fell apart, the Barlow family would lose the protection of the Reed family?
Then they wouldn’t be able to get money or connections like before, right?”
This sentence immediately caused a change in the Barlow family’s expression.
“Veronica, how could you say such a thing?” Archer said.
“Why can’t I say it?” Veronica retorted, “I know the truth. Lionel knows it too. He was called ‘young master’ and ‘big brother’ by a group of older gangsters when he was so young. What did he rely on?
Don’t you know that? He planned this alone, and when I was about to go find him, he sent a message to Mason, and then he dragged Mason down with him. He thought he could get away with it!”
“How could you say that about your brother?” Rosalind said disapprovingly, “Don’t you believe what your brother said?”
“You all saw Lionel’s mental state at the time. How much of what he said can be trusted? Compared to Lionel, I believe what Mason said more!” Veronica said without hesitation.
Yes, she should have done this earlier. She should have believed in Mason!
But she realized it too late!
“How can you say such things? Don’t forget, Lionel is your own.
brother!” Archer scolded.
“Yes, Lionel is my own brother, and you are my biological father. But your care for me is far less than Mason’s. He is the one who is my family!”
