They Want Me Back When It's Too Late (Jessica and Brian) novel Chapter 278

Chapter 278

festa á flatched and sprang forward in a flash, pulling Sana hack to her side. die shot her a sharp, warning glance.

Sana poulest and red het head away in elcible frustration.

Jessica almost laughed, but there was a time to induter her right now

w’s nothing Just messing around Gabi, what brings you here?” she said with a bright smile, turning to Gabrieta

Compared to Sana, Gabrda had a much shatter fuse. If she found aut shoud Madeline, there’d be no hope of beeping the matter under wraps.

“Messing around?” Gabriela circled them slowly, suspicion written all over her face. “Sure doesn’t look like that to me. Are you hiding something from

“Come on, why would The to you?” Jessica replied, still smiling. “Don’t overthink it

As she spoke, she smoothly retrieved her phone from Sana’s hand.

Gabriela narrowed her eyes. “You swear there’s nothing going on?”

Jessica’s expression didn’t change. She gave Sana a light nudge and said, “Seriously, nothing. Ask Sana if you don’t believe me.”

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Sana, clearly feeling the pressure of Jessica’s hand on her back, replied in a sulky tone, “Yeah. Nothing at all.”

And with that, she spun around and stormed off in

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Gabriela watched her retreating figure, then turned back to Jessica with a frown. “She seemed genuinely upset. Jessi, tell me the truth. What were you two actually arguing about?”

Jessica sidestepped the question with practiced ease. “She probably got mad because I shot down one of her proposals. It’s not a big deal. I’ll talk to her later and smooth things over.

“But enough about that. You’re just in time. I was about to come find

for

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project I’m working on.”

As she spoke, she led Gabriela into her office, pulled out a project folder, and launched into a detailed discussion.

With her attention redirected, Gabriela soon let go of her earlier suspicions.

The weekday morning was, as always, a whirlwind of activity. While Jessica and Gabriela were deep in conversation about the new project, Brian was on his way to a meeting with a potential business partner.

As his car passed through a busy commercial district, something caught his eye, a street–side sandwich cart, swamped with customers and stretching into a long queue.

“Pull over,” Brian said abruptly.

Jackson, startled, thought something urgent had happened and slammed on the brakes, the tires screeching against the asphalt.

Unfazed, Brian opened the car door and stepped out without a word, making his way toward the cart.

Watching him go, Jackson couldn’t help thinking, ‘He really never forgets about Mrs. Atkinson.‘

Dressed impeccably for his business appointment, Brian drew attention the moment he stepped onto the sidewalk.

A street photographer, out capturing candid scenes of city life, instinctively clicked the shutter just as Brian exited the car with composed precision. The photographer, intrigued, decided to follow.

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