Chapter 385: Tina, Did You Forget About the Competition?
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Jared watched Tina staring at a business card and said jealously, “Tina, is it nice to look at?”
Tina replied crisply, “Yes, it is.”
“What’s so nice about a business card?” Jared’s tone was sour.
Tina finally looked up at Jared and said word by word, “The card isn’t nice, but the person is.”
Jared felt his teeth clenching and his fists tightening. But he couldn’t get angry!
In the end, Tina looked at Jared’s face and burst out laughing.
Jared, “…”
Great, she still knew how to tease him.
Jared suddenly leaned down but didn’t forget to protect the back of Tina’s head.
Tina wrapped her arms around his waist.
Several heated kisses later, it finally ended.
Tina blew a breath at Jared, “Smell it, does it have a hint of jealousy?”
Jared’s fingers ran through Tina’s hair, his eyes filled with affection. “Yes, I don’t want you thinking about other men.”
Tina wrapped her arms around Jared’s neck and pulled him down. Her red lips whispered in his ear, “I haven’t finished. The person is good-looking but not as good-looking as you!”
Jared’s heart felt like it was coated in honey.
Back at the Reed family home, Tina went to her room.
With Jasper missing and the incident with Annabelle, the elders were busy with company matters. The younger ones were each preoccupied with their own affairs; no one paid attention to Tina’s whereabouts.
Tina lay on her bed and took out Jack’s business card again.
For some reason, Tina thought Jack seemed like a good person.
She didn’t understand why she felt this way.
Looking at him felt very familiar.
As if they had known each other for a long time.
Her phone rang; it was Cole.
“Serena, someone has been investigating your information recently. The source is unknown and very secretive. We can’t determine their purpose yet.”
“Got it. Let them check. I have someone here; talk later.”
If Tina didn’t want someone to find out about her, no one could uncover any information about her.
After hanging up the phone, she saw Lysander coming in with a strawberry cake. “Tina, time for cake!”
“Why are you here?” Tina sat up. Perhaps because she was too tired, she looked a bit lazy.
But even so, Lysander couldn’t take his eyes off her.
Every time he saw Tina, his feelings seemed different.
At first, he just thought she was stunningly beautiful. Later, he was impressed by her gaming skills. And now, he couldn’t take his eyes off her.
“Tina, did you forget what you promised me?” Lysander opened the cake and handed it to Tina. “Didn’t we agree to go back to the team and play the season together?”
Tina, “…”
She really had forgotten.
Recently she had been busy dealing with Annabelle and Jasper and rescuing babies that she had forgotten about the competition entirely.
She took a bite of the strawberry cake and slightly furrowed her brows.
It still tasted better when made by Uncle.
But this one wasn’t bad either; strawberry cake rarely goes wrong.
As she ate the cake, she said, “Sorry, too many things going on. Is the competition over? How did it go?”
Lysander sighed silently. “Tina, didn’t you read my texts? The competition was postponed.”
“Oh?” Tina was a bit surprised. “Why?”
The dates for esports competitions are usually fixed and rarely changed since it affects players’ schedules and training.
Lysander got angry at this point. “It’s because of that old lady.”
“What old lady?” Tina was puzzled.
Lysander glanced at the door and lowered his voice. “Grandma Reed-your cheap grandma.”
Tina laughed; ‘cheap grandma’ was quite an expression.
“She’s dead; how could it be because of her?”
“Our competition venue is owned by the Reed family. Because of her death, all Reed family properties need to be re-inventoried. The venue got sealed off temporarily until they find another suitable place.”
Tina nodded. Recently the Reed family had indeed been busy. Jasper had been missing for three days now, and Garrett had taken over everything.
Garrett wasn’t as capable as Jasper and couldn’t recover quickly within a short period.
Seeing that Tina had almost finished her cake, Lysander pulled out a cup of milk tea from somewhere. “It’s still warm; drink up.”
Tina didn’t refuse either. “Has the new competition venue been decided?”
“Yes, it’s at Century Cyber Esports Hotel.”
Century Cyber Esports Hotel is one of Ashbury’s largest esports hotels.
Many major international esports events are held there frequently.
Lysander won his first championship there.
“When is it?”
“The day after tomorrow. Tina, do you have time?”
Lysander looked at Tina expectantly; his eyes were full of eagerness to fight together!
Seeing his eager face, Tina rubbed her temples. “I do.”
Lysander almost jumped for joy. “Great!”
He thought that since they missed the original date for the competition, Tina wouldn’t have time anymore.
He couldn’t stop smiling; youthful enthusiasm radiated from him.
“Tina, everyone else is getting familiar with the hotel environment now. Want to come along? Seeing you would definitely boost morale.”
Tina checked the time; going over wouldn’t hurt since she had nothing else planned.
Besides, she couldn’t just eat their cake and drink their milk tea for nothing.
“Let’s go.”
“Alright!” Lysander jumped up high and quickly grabbed Tina’s bag and coat.
Tina smiled and followed Lysander out.
Just as they reached the front door, they saw Garrett coming back with a Bluetooth headset on his ear conducting a meeting while carrying a briefcase. He looked exhausted.
Their eyes met briefly before Garrett paused slightly. “Tina, heading out this late?”
“Yeah, anything wrong?”
Tina liked Garrett’s family quite a bit; hence her attitude was very amicable.
Garrett smiled and shook his head. “Nope, just be safe. Recently things haven’t been peaceful for us Reed family members. Should I have bodyguards follow you?”
“No need,” A probing look flashed through Tina’s eyes. “Is something wrong?”
Garrett waved his hand dismissively and hurriedly said, “No no no! Go ahead.”
Garrett refused decisively before making an excuse about having a meeting inside the house with somewhat hurried steps.
Even Lysander noticed something was off.
Lysander asked curiously: “Tina do you think he’s really okay?”
Retracting her gaze back: “If there’s something serious he will tell us eventually don’t worry.”
Although saying so but still sent Cole text message asking him investigate if anything happened recently related Garrett or not .