Chapter 87
Chapter 87 “Wait up!” Naomi eximed. She chased after the young man in white as he began to
disappear into the crowd. “Mister Long Legs!” Naomi finally caught up to the young man and grabbed
onto his shoulder. “I’m sorry, Miss. I think you got the wrong guy,” said the young man as he turned
towards her with a confused expression on his face.
He was not her Mister Long Legs. “I‘m sorry. I was mistaken,” Naomi replied dejectedly before stepping
aside to let the stranger walk past her. Was it because she missed that boy too much? Her mind
suddenly went back to that dark and stormy night outside of the abandoned warehouse.
She had clearly seen Mister Long Legs‘s face. There was no way it was her imagination. “Didn‘t you go
get something to drink?“. A deep voice traveled from behind Naomi. She turned to find Jack standing
before her. His tall, muscr build sheltered her from the evening sun. “Are you done with your call?”
Naomi tried to change the subject. Unfortunately, she had not figured out how to bring up what happened
that night. “Yeah,” Jack replied. He gave her a once–over and noticed her drooping head. She looked
worn out and was probably tired after the long day. “Let‘s head over to thest program. I‘ll get Sean to
take you home after that.” Naomi misunderstood Jack’s intentions, and she could not help but frown.
“Sure. Let‘s go,” Naomi replied absent–mindedly.
He must not want to waste any more time after that phone call from the orphan girl.
As Jack and Naomi stood in line for the Ferris wheel, they were so far apart that another person could
have stood between them with room to spare.
They stuck out like a sore thumbpared to the other couples around them.
While the other couples basked in loving bliss, Jack and Naomi sat in awkward silence in their cozy pod.
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Naomi looked out the window and pretended to take in the scenery. She then pulled out her phone and
scrolled through it.
She identally opened up the memo she typed up the day before.
(Thank Jack for the night at the warehouse.] Her heart tightened at the sight of the memo. She had
nned to thank Jack yesterday, but she forgot about it after Jack repeatedly antagonized her.
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She had put it off for so long that it became difficult to find a chance to properly do it. At that moment,
music began to y from the speakers.
“It‘s time for the ‘Ferris Wheel Deration of Love!‘ Legend has it that if you confess your love when you
reach the top of the Ferris wheel, you will definitely seed!” After the announcement, sweet love songs
began to flood their pod. The couples in the other pods went straight into action. Some even brought out
gifts and props for their confessions.
Jack and Naomi raised their heads simultaneously and met each other‘s gaze.
“Hey...”
Naomi mustered up her courage and tugged at her sleeve. “I haven‘t properly thanked you for saving me
that day!”
Jack was stunned, and the corners of his lips curled into azy grin. However, the proud Prince of Gin
City could not easily ept gratitude! “Hmph! Here I thought I saved an ungrateful child!” Jack teased.
“Who said I was ungrateful?” Naomi snapped. “I don‘t like being indebted to people, so go ahead and
state your price!”
“Alright. I‘ll keep that in mind,” Jack replied with raised brows as he pulled out his phone.
Naomi‘s eyes widened as Jack made a note on his phone.
How could that petty man be the President of apany? After Jack locked his phone screen, his
fingers paused as if he recalled something. His expression turned awkward as he said, “This phone slips
pretty easily. I don‘t me you for what happenedst time.”
His voice was low, but Naomi heard every word. “Hmph! It‘s a good thing you figured that out! Hurry up
and throw out that ancient phone for a new one already!” Naomi‘s lips involuntarily curled into a wide
grin. Then, as her eyes sparkled with mirth, her mood instantly turned for the better.
Chapter 88 Was it really that difficult for the stubborn Prince of Gin City to offer a simple apology? At that
moment, Jack and Naomi‘s pod approached the highest point of the Ferris wheel A giant bunch of heart–
shaped balloons floated past their eyes outside the pod. Momentster, they began their descent. “I‘ll
introduce some of the best phones with good encryption functions to you,” Naomi chimed.
As a hacker, she naturally had a knack for thetest technology. She picked out the links of a few phones
and sent them to Jack “I’ll take a look.”
Jack scrolled through his phone as he pondered the question he wanted to ask at the haunted house.
He knew that it was impossible, but he could not stop thinking about it. A tender expression appeared as
the rays from the setting sun touched the side of his clean shaven face.
The casual, white hoodie he wore was in stark contrast with the sternness of his usual ck suits. It
brought out a certain youthfulness in him.
He almost looked like a popr college senior.
Naomi stared at Jack in stunned silence. Why did he remind her of Mister Long Legs? “There‘s
something I want to ask you!”
“There‘s something I want to ask you!”
To their surprise, they both spoke up at the same time. Jack raised an eyebrow, signaling for Naomi to
speak first. “Go ahead.”
“When you came to save me that night, did you see a clean–cut, handsome young man in a white shirt?
He held a transparent umbre, and he should‘ve been standing right in front of
me...”
Naomi did her best to describe the young man in detail. She was worried that Jack had forgotten.
“No!” Jack snapped as his expression turned ice cold. He had no idea why he denied it so vehemently.
All he knew was that he felt annoyed recalling how Naomi once mentioned how she liked younger filen.
“I sec,” Naomi replied in disappointment.
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“I guess I really did imagine it. There‘s no way Mister Long Legs would be that young after all
these years.”
“What did you say?” Jack‘s head snapped up, and his dark eyes shot straight to Naomi. He thought she
mentioned a familiar name that he had not heard in ten years! “It‘s nothing. I was just talking to myself.
So, what did you want to ask me?” Naomi was dejected and did not want to continue the topic.
“I...”
Their pod arrived at the end of the ride just as Jack was about to speak, and an announcement came
through the speakers. “We havee to the end of the Ferris wheel ride. Please take all of your
belongings and exit the pod in an orderly manner.” At the end of the announcement, Naomi asked, “What
did you say? I couldn‘t hear you.” Jack blinked and replied nonchntly, “It‘s nothing. Let‘s go.” “Okay,”
Naomi responded. She figured that it probably was not an important question. As they left the
amusement park, Jack had to stop by the office, so Sean sent Naomi home. Naomi noticed that Sean
made multiple attempts to turn his head and say something on the car ride home, but he stopped every
time. When they finally arrived at Hough Mansion, Sean called out for Naomi just as she was about to
get out of the car. “Miss Naomi!”
“Say what you need to say, Sean. You‘ve held back the whole car ride here. Isn‘t that ufortable?”
Naomi teased as she crossed her arms and nced yfully at Sean.
“The night you got in trouble, Mister Hough purposely workedte just so he could finish early. He made
me book the earliest flight back and even bought a bunch of snacks from Royal City for you. He was only
mad because he didn‘t see you when he got home.” “He bought snacks for me?” Naomi‘s jaw dropped.
She was at a loss for words. She could hardly believe that the bitter old man woulde home early just
to see her, let alone buy snacks for her.
How long had it been since someone cared for her like that? Naomi held her chest as she felt the
toughest parts of her stone–cold heart begin to melt.