CHAPTER 417: CHAPTER 428 I AM DALLAS TAYLOR (1)

Mia Ginger pursed her lips and looked at him, dazed.

After a moment, she softly said, "She’s not as bad as you think."

Koa Jackson unexpectedly smiled, staring into her eyes, and slowly said, "Not as bad as I think? Then what happened just now? You’re up this late, isn’t it because the commotion outside kept you from sleeping?"

"..."

Mia Ginger was at a loss for words.

Indeed, she hadn’t slept because of the noise caused by Windsor Myres.

But—

It wasn’t as exaggerated as Koa Jackson imagined.

She stood in front of him in her nightgown, with furrowed brows, thinking for a while,

Did Brother Jackson, in his heart, find her just as annoying as Windsor Myres?

Or could it be—

That he subconsciously thought she was influenced by Windsor Myres?

Mia Ginger’s mind was a whirlwind, unable to think clearly for a long time, and suddenly worried about Windsor Myres; she simply looked up and said, "I’ll go check on the two of them first."

Koa Jackson: "..."

After all that talk, this girl didn’t listen at all?

Mia Ginger walked past him and left the bedroom.

Koa Jackson turned around quickly to follow her, grabbing her wrist, and frowned as he said, "You’re going down like this?"

"Did they go downstairs?" Mia Ginger was taken aback.

"Yeah." Koa Jackson nodded, glancing at the half-open door, his voice calm, "It’s five degrees below zero outside; just call them."

"Oh." Mia Ginger glanced at the quilt on the floor, thought for a moment, and decided to call Camden River first.

——

At this moment, downstairs.

Camden River walked straight to the entrance as he exited the elevator.

He was in an extremely bad mood.

The zipper of his down jacket was undone, his shoes were a bit loose, and there was blood at the corner of his mouth, making him look completely disheveled.

He felt like he had never been so embarrassed in his life.

The River Family was an academic family; his parents had a ten-year age difference and focused on their careers when they were young. It wasn’t until middle age that they had him, so he was both an only child and somewhat of a late-born child.

His mother, Chloe Smith, was over fifty after the New Year; his father was already past sixty.

Since birth, he’d received more affection than peers and simultaneously, stricter guidance.

The River Family’s education was very strict.

Regarding relationships, he was always very cautious.

Teenage boys liked to make harmless jokes, gather to tell some raunchy stories, or talk about which girl in class was fair-skinned and beautiful, but he was never interested.

With good grades, good looks, a good family background, and being inherently cool and restrained, he was always the object of girls’ attention.

In school, the boys were always polite and never stepped out of line with him.

He had never encountered a girl like Windsor Myres.

Time and again, she stretched his limits.

Time and again, she angered him, provoked him, forced him.

To this day, he had no room to retreat.

Since entering college, he had felt drawn to Mia Ginger.

Mia Ginger appeared pure and fair, with a stubborn nature, yet her smile was incredibly pleasant and charming—just like his mother, a meek and endearing girl.

He liked Mia Ginger and disliked Windsor Myres.

This matter was clear from the beginning, in his understanding, it should never change because that’s his taste.

But—

Somehow, over time, it began to change.