Chapter 3
Half an hour later, Lenore snapped the car hood closed, walked around the car, and had Kevin come out from under it, tossing him the wrench from her hand.
Glancing at the two men standing like signposts beside her, she said lazily, “I replaced two parts. 1,700 bucks. Pay in cash or by transfer?”
Lenore was definitely attractive, and even though her movements were rough while working, there was something pleasing about watching her.
Wayne had already prepared himself for the worst, thinking he might be spending a lot of money just to enjoy the view of a pretty girl working.
When he heard that, his eyes widened in surprise. He–rushed over to check the car, clearly shocked. “Did you really fix it?”
Lenore ignored him and took out her phone. On her left wrist, the black smart band spun around. Her voice was cool and distant. “Who’s paying?”
When Silas saw the silver phone in her hand, his expression slightly shifted. His well–defined right hand reached into his pocket and pulled out his own phone, with a plain black ring on his pinky.
Just as he was about to scan the code, Lenore suddenly turned around and shouted to Kevin, “Collect the payment.” Kevin quickly grabbed the shop’s QR code and ran over like an eager puppy.
Silas paused almost imperceptibly while holding his phone, then turned and lightly kicked Wayne. With a blank expression, he said, “Your car. You pay for it.”
Wayne was speechless. He wore a reluctant smile as he paid. ‘Seriously? Didn’t you use it?‘ he wondered.
Even if Troy didn’t show up today, Lenore was going to Jinslenburg after today anyway. After explaining some things to Kevin and the others in the shop, Lenore swung her long leg over her motorcycle, put on her helmet, and sped off like the wind.
Ten minutes later, she stopped outside a two–story white house near a bamboo grove at the edge of town. A black Bentley was parked outside.
It looked familiar. Lenore squinted, her eyes drifting to the small courtyard, and sure enough, she spotted Silas and Wayne.
Wayne’s eyes lit up with excitement when he saw her. “Hey, cutiel What are you doing here?” Silas raised an eyebrow, a curious glint in his eyes.
Lenore shot Wayne a glance. “Idiot.”
Just then, Pedro, Wayne’s grandfather, came out of the house, his sunken, cloudy eyes flickering with interest. “Do you know each other?”
“Yes. We just met a moment ago…”
“No, we don’t.”
Wayne and Lenore spoke at the same time, one with excitement, the other cool and detached.
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After hearing Lenore’s words, Wayne was speechless.
‘She’s quite interesting,‘ Silas wondered. His lips formed a meaningful smile as he explained to Pedro, “She fixed the car for
us.”
They had been here for a bit, talking about the car repair. In the own, Lenore was the only woman who could fix cars.
From the moment Wayne described her as young and beautiful, Pedro had suspected it was Lenore, and now he wasn’t surprised to hear it.
Knowing Lenore was always odd and aloof, rarely coming by except for occasional meals, Pedro asked, “Did you come to see me for something?”
Lenore gave a lazy “hmm.” Her eyes were calm and indifferent as she spoke in a relaxed tone, “I’m going to Jinslenburg the day after tomorrow. I’ll visit you when I have the chance to go to Denisville.”
That comment made both Wayne’s and Silas’s eyes narrow with a hint of caution. Neither of them had mentioned being from Denisville.
Feeling the atmosphere, Lenore smirked mischievously and nodded toward the car outside the door. “A Denisville license plate. Mr. Garcia mentioned a few days ago that his grandson would come pick him up. The Garcia family of Denisville is one of the Big Four.”
Wayne’s mouth opened slightly in surprise. “You figured it all out just by analyzing these clues?”
Lenore tilted her head slightly, looking harmless. “Wouldn’t anyone guess it if they used their brain?”
Wayne was stunned. He suspected Lenore was indirectly calling him stupid.
Catching a glimpse of the ring on Silas’s right pinky, Lenore subtly twirled the black smart band on her left wrist, waved casually to Pedro, and said, “I’m off.” Her slender figure appeared aloof and cool, almost ethereal in the sunlight.
Once she was out of eyesight, Silas casually buttoned the collar of his shirt with his slender, elegant fingers, and asked indifferently, “Is she a good friend of yours, Mr. Garcia?”
Silas, the heir to the Faulkner family, the most esteemed and mysterious figure in Draconia, would stop at nothing to uncover the truth. Pedro glanced at him with a serious expression. “She saved me.”
“Her? Saved you?” Wayne’s eyes flickered with disbelief. “Grandpa, are you joking? You’re a legend in biomedical science, and she saved you? And why had you never mentioned this to us before?”
Pedro shook his head, his gaze distant, and he seemed unwilling to elaborate.
A young girl from a remote town mentioned the Garcia family in Denisville so casually… Silas wondered. He watched the direction where Lenore disappeared, his eyes deep as the ocean, a deep meaning lingered in his calm features, and a hint of interest hovered within.
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