Upon hearing what Kira said, Stephen and Jasmine got emotional.
Devin left Red Pavilion as he couldn’t stand the bombardment.
Deep down, he was determined not to listen to the bullsh*t.
No matter the rumor was true or not, Devin remained unperturbed. After all, he always thought that Sebastian was more outstanding than him.
All the more so, Sebastian was supposed to be the Jadesons’ successor if Shin hadn’t passed away. Hence, Devin thought it wasn’t a problem to return the status to Sebastian.
Devin came to Oceanic Estate.
Initially, he wanted to go straight to the second floor to ask Sebastian if he had recovered.
After all, he cared about Sebastian’s health beyond all else.
Before Devin went upstairs, he saw a few kids playing with Jonathan in the garden outside the estate.
Since Jonathan was aged, he seldom moved around like how he was doing at that moment.
However, Devin saw Jonathan act like a kidult and enjoy playing with the kids.
“Old Mr. Jadeson, I haven’t seen you in such a good mood for a long time. I think you had never smiled ever since Shin passed away.”
“Really?” Jonathan responded casually to Tony’s words.
Tony nodded and added, “Yes. You weren’t that delighted even when Mr. Devin was born. Besides, you seldom hugged him after he got older.”
Tony hoped that Jonathan would feel even happier after hearing it.
After all, he hadn’t seen Jonathan feel so delighted for years.
However, Tony didn’t know that Devin had overheard the conversation not far from the garden. With a grim expression on his face, Devin recalled the past.
Indeed, Grandpa never hugged me when I was young.
Although I’m his biological grandson, he was always strict and unsmiling, not to mention that he never hugged me.
As such, Devin was fearful of Jonathan when he was young.
Besides, he couldn’t imagine that Jonathan was so gentle and treated the children lovingly.
A grim look crossed Devin’s face as he pondered over it.
After a while, Sasha walked toward the garden while holding a few glasses of fruit juice. She was stunned upon seeing Devin, who stood still and didn’t utter a word.
“Mr. Devin, why are you standing here? Are you here to visit the kids? Well, you can go to them directly. I think they’ll like you.”
Sasha thought Devin hesitated because he saw the children.
After all, she knew that Devin felt guilty about what happened in the past.
Much to Devin’s surprise, Sebastian’s expression turned even colder than before.
“What do you mean by letting them join the family officially? What do they have to do with the Jadesons?”
As soon as Sebastian finished, Devin was rendered speechless.
Devin asked Sebastian out of curiosity and wasn’t plotting anything. Also, he sincerely wished to find out if Sebastian’s memory had recovered.
In short, Devin asked the questions because he cared about Sebastian.
Shocked by Sebastian’s cold and sharp response, Devin didn’t utter a word for quite some time.
“You—”
When Sebastian wanted to say something, Devin suddenly stood up and said, “Well, I shall take my leave. Please get some rest.”
With that, Devin turned around and left without listening to Sebastian.
Sebastian frowned and watched him leave.
However, he didn’t say anything to stop Devin from leaving and opened the notebook again a few seconds later.
Sebastian jotted down the relationships between many people and the Jadesons.
One couldn’t help but think that the people in the notebook were some wolves that lurked around to devour the Jadesons.
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