He hadn’t stopped smoking at all. On the contrary, he probably smoked very often.


    Only, she didn’t see it, which was why she thought he had quit.


    She knew now that she had been wrong.


    Jared looked at the woman’s angry little face and touched the tip of his nose guiltily.


    He had never expected that his smoking would cause her so much displeasure.


    Now he, too, was regretting smoking.


    “Sorry, I won’t smoke any more. I will quit smoking. Don’t be angry, ok?” Jared took Amber by the hand and said in earnest.


    Amber leered at him, “You sure?”


    “Yes.” Jared held up three fingers, “I can swear it.”


    He looked serious.


    Amber pursed her red lips, “What’s the point of swearing? Will the vowse true?”


    No!


    Jared silently replied, realizing that swearing wasn’t very reliable or convincing. There was silence for a few seconds. Then he looked at her and asked, “So what do I have to do to make you believe me?”


    “Who knows?” Amber replied faintly, “Even if I believe you now, who knows if you will smoke when I’m not around. Even if you said you wouldn’t, I don’t know if it’s true.”


    That was true.


    Jared was silent again.


    He reached into his pocket, pulled out the cigarette and the expensive lighter, and ced them on the table in front of Amber.


    Amber looked at the cigarette on the table and then at the man next to her, “What so you mean?”


    “I’ll leave it to you.” Jared said with a sincere face.


    Then he took her hand and pressed it carefully in his, “What I said is true. I will not smoke in the future. I will never do anything that will disappoint you, so give me a chance, ok?”


    He was very serious.


    So serious that Amber couldn’t even say no.


    Amber squeezed the corners of her mouth and sighed, “Well, if you speak so sincerely, it would be wicked of me not to believe you, and not to give you a chance.”


    “No.” Jared frowned, “You will always be a good fairy in my heart.”


    This amused Amber, “Fairy? Glib talker!”


    Jared chuckled, “You’re the only person I would say that to.”


    Amber red at him.


    She believed it.


    “Well, since you said you’d quit smoking, I’ll put these away for you.” Amber reached out and pulled the cigarette and lighter from the table toward her before cing them in her bag.


    When she was doing this, she did not forget to gaze at the look of the man next to her, to see if he would be unwilling.


    But his face was perfectly calm throughout, and he showed no displeasure at her behavior.


    This made Amber look up at the man.


    cing her bag back on a nearby chair, Amber looked at the man with a half-smile, “I thought you’d hate to lose it.”


    Jared ate his food calmly, “Why should I? I don’t smoke very often, except once in a while. Why do you think you didn’t know I was smoking until now?”


    This left Amber speechless.


    Indeed, if he had been a heavy smoker, she would have caught him smoking regrly.


    “I just didn’t think you’d resent my smoking so much.” Said Jared, handing her soup.


    Amber graciously took the soup to show her that she was not angry about his smoking anymore.


    “I hate it because I care about you and your health. If you weren’t my boyfriend, I wouldn’t care.” Amber looked directly at the man.


    Jared nodded his head earnestly, “Well, I won’t smoke anymore. Rest assured, I will always keep a good body, will not let you suffer, will only let you be satisfied.”


    He said thest words in a low, seductive voice, close to her ear.


    Amber moved aside, tickling her ear. She blushed and red at the man.


    This man was talking dirty again.


    She cared about his health because she wanted him to be healthy, not because she wanted him to keep his strange strength all the time.


    The man just liked to go far on these things.


    “Come on! I’m serious!” Amber pushed the man away angrily.


    The man smiled and obediently retreated.


    Amber brushed her hair around her ears, took a sip of water, then finally calmed down and changed the subject, “Tell me, why did you just smoke so suddenly? Or did you just go to the bathroom for a cigarette?”


    “No” Jared shook his head, “I was only smoking because I was bored about the y.”


    “This has something to do with you watching a y?” Amber was shocked, “What kind of y makes you, who never cared about such things and never watched the fun, stop to smoke, and watch it?”


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    “It’s the Gardner family’s drama.” Jared said over his wine.


    Amber blinked, “The Gardner family?”


    “Yes,” Jared nodded, “What else do you think is worth stopping for?”


    “That’s true.” Amber nodded, “What happened to the Gardner family?”


    “Maka Gardner was taken to the hospital in an emergency by Trenton and his wife.”


    “Emergency?” Amber’s voice rose in genuine surprise, “How is that possible? When I saw her in the bathroom earlier, she was fine, not sick at all.”


    “That’s why it’s called an emergency.”


    Jared replied, looking down.


    Amber pursed her lips, “It was unlucky luck for her, then, to be ill so suddenly. How was she doing?”


    “She fell into aa.” Jared rubbed his ss.


    Amber held her head, “That’s pretty serious. Do you think it’s gic?”


    She looked at the man.


    He was stunned, “Gic?”


    “Gic disease.” Amber shrugged, “Didn’t Trenton Gardner have kidney failure? And kidney failure is usually inherited. Do you think Maka Gardner’s sudden illness was also due to Trenton Gardner’s kidney failure?”


    Jared’s face changed at the words.


    It had never urred to him that kidney failure was a gic disease!


    Indeed, if one member of a family had the disease, it was highly likely that the next generation would have the same disease.


    Trenton Gardner had kidney failure. What about Little Leaf?


    After all, Little Leaf was Trenton Gardner’s biological daughter.


    With that in mind, Jared stared at Amber, his lips almost straight, his face tight and his eyes horribly red.


    Amber was startled by his appearance. She opened her mouth and asked in a hushed voice, “What’s wrong? You’re making me nervous.”


    “Little Leaf, why don’t we go to the hospital sometime for a full physical?” Jared said, grabbing her hand.


    Amber was surprised, “A full physical?”


    “Yes.” Jared nodded.


    Amber tilted her head to indicate her confusion, “Why should do check-up suddenly? Aren’t we talking about Maka Gardner? Why is this about me so suddenly?


    Jared couldn’t tell her that she was Trenton Gardner’s daughter, so he was worried she might inherit Trenton Gardner’s kidney failure.


    He could only make up an excuse for it, “Because watching Maka Gardner’s sudden illness made me realize how fragile the human body is. People can look fine one minute ago and then copse the next. So, I want you to have a physical so I can rest assured.”