Chapter 1332

She quickly pulled me to sit down with Reynaldo and warmly went to the kitchen to serve two bowls of hot soup for me and Reynaldo.

She said to Reynaldo with red eyes, “I know, thanks to you this time, Johnathan is safe and sound.”

“Reynaldo, I really don’t know how to thank you.”

“Ms. Valois, you are exaggerating. Actually, I didn’t do much. I guess those people had a change of heart, that’s why they released Johnathan.”

“How is that possible?” Gracie asked. “Those people were so aggressive and ruthless, how could they possibly have a change of heart?”

When Gracie said this, Reynaldo suddenly looked at me inexplicably.

I knew that he was starting to doubt again. “Matthew let Johnathan off so easily because I made a deal with Matthew.”

I flashed him a bright smile.

Reynaldo, however, turned his face away directly.

I thought, Does he not like it when I smile like this? Well, then I really have to smile like this more in front of him! In the future…

Thinking of this, my heart couldn’t help but skip a beat. His spirits were still good. He should have already known the good news that Vonnie was very likely to wake up.

“Reynaldo…”

Johnathan hurried over and gratefully said to Reynaldo, “Thanks to you this time, otherwise I wouldn’t know when I would have been locked up.”

Reynaldo shook his head lightly and said, “Actually, I didn’t do anything.”

Gracie laughed on the side and said, “Reynaldo is always like this, never seeking credit.”

“Yes!” Johnathan said, “It must be because you killed their fierce Tibetan mastiff, that Matthew was afraid of you, so he fled Freybourne in the middle of the night.”

“Humph! Let him run fast, otherwise we’ll beat him to death!”

Reynaldo didn’t say anything; he seemed to have a lot on his mind.

After a while, he suddenly asked Braylon, “What happened last night when Matthew and Moshe left Freybourne?”

Braylon said seriously, “Last night, after you said the plan was canceled, I had someone keep an eye on Matthew. When Matthew and Moshe left Freybourne, there didn’t seem to be anything out of the ordinary, but I heard that their young lady seems to have come over, so I surmised that they were urgently called back by that young lady.”

“Why did he let Johnathan go?” Reynaldo asked Braylon.

Just this one question caught Braylon off guard.

Johnathan looked confused, “What are you guys talking about? Isn’t it Matthew who’s scared of Reynaldo?”

Braylon didn’t say a word, and Reynaldo didn’t speak either.

The atmosphere in the living room suddenly became eerie.

I busily smiled and said, “Oh, what’s there to be confused about? Matthew’s main purpose was not to take your lives, but to seek revenge on Reynaldo and see him suffer. The retaliation was in full swing, and their young lady called him back again, so he must have thought, ‘Anyway, this revenge plan couldn’t be completed, so I might as well let Johnathan go.’ You guys should be more careful in the future, be wary of him coming back.”

Braylon and Johnathan exchanged a glance, as if they both thought I made sense.

Only Reynaldo remained silent, but his dark gaze was fixed on me the whole time.

I was so nervous under his gaze that I couldn’t help but stand up and laugh, saying, “You guys go ahead and guess, I’m going up to see Vonnie, haha.”

I breathed a sigh of relief only after I went upstairs.

Vonnie still lay quietly in bed, with a drip in the back of her hand. Her eyes tightly closed, her face pale as paper. Only the faint breath between her nostrils indicated that she was still alive.

Even though Anton said Vonnie might wake up, looking at Vonnie like this, I couldn’t help but feel sad in my heart.

I sat on the edge of the bed, took her hand, and whispered to her, “You need to wake up soon, I’m still waiting to see your wedding with Johnathan. And Yoripero, didn’t we agree with Gilbert to go to Yoripero to play with him? Without you, I don’t want to go alone. So, Vonnie, wake up soon, I really miss you.”

I lowered my head, my cheek against the back of her hand, my eyes couldn’t help but heat up. I really wanted so much, so much, to hear her voice again.

On the way back, Reynaldo was surprisingly quiet.

I glanced at his profile. His profile was always tense, obviously preoccupied. I didn’t know how to dispel his suspicions and concerns; the more I said, the more mistakes I made, so I could only hang my head and remain silent.

While waiting for the traffic lights, he suddenly said to me, “Esmeralda, even though Matthew and his people have already left Freybourne and everything seems calm, why do I still feel very uneasy in my heart?”

I was startled and looked up at him.

He looked at me deeply and said, “You really didn’t lie to me?”

I shook my head hastily, “No.”

Reynaldo looked at me for a while and then smiled, “I probably just overthought it.”

Seeing him smile, I finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, “You’re just overthinking it.”

He reluctantly tugged at the corner of his lips and said, “Okay, I won’t think about it anymore. As long as you and the children stay by my side, I’m not afraid of anything.”

I smiled at him and didn’t say anything. I didn’t know how to respond to his words.

In the following days, Reynaldo would take me out to play with the children every day. During this period, the two children were bored at home, but as soon as they went outside, they had a great time playing.

As New Year’s Eve approached, Reynaldo took us to buy New Year goods. Originally, these things were supposed to be done by the servants, but he said, “Personally taking me and the children to buy New Year goods, this New Year is warmer and more flavorful.”

Essie and Roddy still had their pocket money and bought something mysteriously, saying it was a New Year’s gift for me and Reynaldo on New Year’s Eve. I asked them what it was, but they wouldn’t say.

The day before New Year’s Eve came in the blink of an eye.