Married To My Billionaire Stepbrother novel Chapter 424

Chapter 424: The Only Person Serena Contacted

Caryn explained, "After she was gone, I started to forget about her and continued my life in the orphanage, with Mr. Hunt treating me like he treated Eli. Almost a decade passed by, but he still missed her. During that time, I became close to him. So, even after I left the orphanage—after I was an adult, finished my education, and started working—I would visit him once in a while and donate money to the orphanage.

"During one of such visits, I found Mr. Hunt was happy and couldn’t contain it. He couldn’t wait to share that happiness with me. He told me that Eli contacted him after so long, and she told him that she fell in love with someone and was going to marry him. She even sent her own picture to Mr. Hunt," Caryn said and looked at the picture in her hand. "I remember, it was the same picture I saw of her. That’s how I could recognise her in one glance."

"Did you or Mr. Hunt meet her?" Justin asked through the video call.

"I didn’t meet her, but Mr Hunt did," Caryn said, "It was when Mr Hunt told me Eli had given birth to kids and he was going to meet his grandsons. I believe he did go meet her a few times. Later on I was busy with my work and then I moved to Imperial city from Bayford, so my visits to orphanage and to Mr Hunt were rare. I would donate money by transfer instead in person."

James looked at her at the talk of how she moved from Bayford to Imperial city, because she married Jay Ford.

Caryn looked at him, but he stood up and went to stand by the window, to let her talk with Justin.

Caryn focussed her attention back to Justin and said, "After my death incident, I had no contact with anyone at all. But recently, I tried to get in contact with Mr Hunt, all I got to know no one knows where he is. Almost eighteen years back he left all of a sudden, leaving a letter behind that he won’t be returning and he had handed over the responsibility of the orphanage to one of his trusted orphanage workers."

"Any Idea when exactly he left?" Justin asked.

"I will send you the details," she assured.

Justin simply hummed, as he thanked Caryn for the information.

As the video call ended, Caryn turned to James and asked, "What happened?"

James walked back to her as he shook his head lightly. "Nothing. You should rest. I have some work to do."

He picked up the tablet, ready to leave. Caryn held his hand. James stopped and looked at his hand and then at Caryn, who looked surprised at her own action and immediately let go of his hand as if she had done something wrong.

"I..." she didn’t know what to say.

James simply leaned down at her and kissed her even before she could react.

"Everything is fine," he whispered against her lips. "Don’t overthink."

Caryn’s heart skipped a beat at his magnetic voice sounding seductive in a low whisper. She swallowed hard as she couldn’t stop her heart from beating louder.

He let her go slowly and said, "I am in my study."

She nodded lightly, and he left.

Caryn exhaled deeply, not knowing what else to do. This man was just above anything she could ever handle.