Gideon cleared his throat immediately, not wanting to make Jack suspicious of him."My apologies, young master. I mean, I'd still like to spend some time touring the city with you," Gideon replied, looking at the streets as if he didn't dare look at his young master.Jack was beginning to be suspicious of his grandfather's confidant, but he couldn't possibly refuse the man's wishes. Gideon had helped him so much that accompanying him around the city would be no problem for him."All right, I'll go with you. I've never been to this town before," Jack replied honestly.The young man was instantly reminded of his childhood spent only in an orphanage.Even since graduating from high school and then entering Rundall University to continue his education and then living in a special dormitory provided by the college, Jack had never traveled around the city. His time was always spent working and concentrating on his studies.In fact, he hadn't had much time to spend with his friends or girl
Gideon took some time to respond to the great master's words.And finally, when he was able to control his voice, he opened his mouth immediately, "Is this a reality, sir? Mr. Harold openly wants to meet with Young Master Jack?""Yes. Harold said it to my face and obviously he must have something planned," Hugh explained as he leaned his head back against the cushioned chair.Gideon frowned, visibly displeased by this fact, but still trying to keep himself from swearing, he said slowly, "Then do you approve of their wishes, sir?" Actually, just by looking at the agitated face of his great master, Gideon could already guess what Hugh Morland's answer would be.However, it seemed that hearing the answer directly from the great lord might make him understand, so he waited for Hugh to explain it to him."I have no choice but to decline. I would rather plan their meeting with my grandson myself than have to watch them try to meet my grandson in secret. It's very dangerous if that happens,
"Yes, sir. We know what to do," one of the guards said in a serious tone.Besides the extra guards, George Cleve had also been ordered to stay by Jack's side wherever he went.In fact, once they were in Jack's room, George didn't leave his side and stood in the corner like a living statue, keeping an eye on the situation.Jack was actually beginning to wonder about the strange behavior of his personal bodyguard.But he didn't want to make the bodyguard uncomfortable, so he decided to wait a while.But when Jack called Edward and Jose, George still didn't move. This made him even more confused and suspicious. He thought that he could let George do it again.Jack decided to ask, "George, what's wrong? Why do you seem to be watching me more and more? Is this an order from Grandpa?" George, of course, had already prepared an answer to that one question.The very young man replied, "Yes, young master. I have special orders from Mr. Hugh to watch over you because it is feared that business
With his usual flat expression, George immediately replied to the young master, "Young master, I truly apologize if you are disturbed by my presence. However, there are a lot of strangers on this campus, and I don't want to be negligent in performing my duties."Oh, no. Jack was beginning to dislike this. In the past, he had never been bothered by the presence of bodyguards who always stood guard around him, dressed like ordinary young people.But now that his identity had been revealed to the public, Jack felt uncomfortable.In fact, at this time, several people were looking at him while whispering as if they were talking about him.Unfortunately, Jack actually heard some of the sentences they were saying."Oh, I know he's rich, but ... does he have to show his wealth by asking his bodyguards to accompany him wherever he goes?" The person said in a cynical tone that sounded so obvious."Oh my! I wonder about the new rich man syndrome like Jack. He must really want to show the world
Jack stared at the hand of the person who claimed to be his distant cousin with a puzzled look. However, he thought that if the distant cousin had bad intentions toward him, he would easily find out. He could not be easily fooled by people.So he shook his cousin's hand and said, "Jack."Garric nodded and smiled, "I saw you on the news.""Hm. Then what is your purpose in coming to see me and what do you want from me?" Jack asked immediately because he didn't want to waste any time.Garric sighed softly, "I told you so many things, but I know you might not believe me. But ... I really have no other choice than to come to you.""What exactly do you mean?" Jack asked with a furrowed brow."Jack, everything in your eyes doesn't necessarily match what's really going on. You're ... new to the Morland family. So I'm sure you don't know much about our family," Garric said in a tone that sounded serious and earnest.Jack became more and more confused and Garric made the best of it, knowing tha
However, Jack could not think about it any further because he had to face his meeting with his grandfather again.That night, Jack decided not to confront his grandfather about Garric. He decided to keep the problem to himself and try to solve it in his own way.In fact, he had already planned to meet Garric. Then, he also decided not to tell his two friends and George, even though the man knew that George would be close to him wherever he went.However, he had thought of the best way to make his plan work.Unfortunately, one morning he couldn't stop himself from asking his grandfather."Grandpa, can I ask you something?" Jack asked as he cut his meat that morning.Hugh raised his eyebrows in surprise at his grandson's question, "You can ask me anything and why do you have to ask permission?"Jack chuckled softly and replied, "Oh, Grandpa. It's so early and I don't want to spoil the nice atmosphere just because of my question."Hugh became even more curious, "What did you want to ask
Since he still wanted to keep the matter to himself, Jack replied, "No, Grandpa. I've never met any strangers or suspicious people."Of course Jack couldn't be said to have lied to his grandfather.The young man had met Garric who was still a member of the Morland family. Of course the young man was no stranger as he knew him despite meeting him for the first time.Hugh visibly nodded in relief at the grandson's explanation.The old man then said once more, "Then be careful, I don't want you to experience anything bad.""Take it easy, George will always take care of me so you can relax and focus on your health, Grandpa. I don't want your health to suffer just because you're thinking about me," Jack said in a solemn tone.Although he did suspect something that his grandfather had been hiding, Jack loved him and was always thinking about his health.After all, Hugh was the only person who had a direct relationship with him and he didn't want the old man to think about bad things not to
When George took the young master to the flower shop, Jack quickly racked his brains to get away from his personal bodyguard."George, find me a yellow rose that has at least eight petals," Jack ordered the man who was taken aback by what he thought was a strange task.George, who looked thoughtful, then asked, "Do they all have to have eight petals?""Yes, because Annelisse really likes them that way," Jack said which was obviously a lie.He had never even asked the girl about the flowers she liked and he also didn't know what kind of flowers the girl liked because Annelisse had never mentioned it either."Very well, Young Master. I'll look for it right away," George said and he immediately started looking for the flowers that his young master wanted.At first, Jack still stood close to George so that the young man wouldn't get suspicious. But, he slowly moved away until George and the other bodyguards were unaware of Jack's existence who had left the flower shop.Jack quickly looked