Chapter 972 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“That has been resolved. I trust he told you the DNA paternity test result came back negative,” Harry said since Benne had told him about his conversation with his grandfather, Kimberly, and his parents before leaving the office.

“Yes. Thankfully so. I was just curious. Do you know who the lady on question is? I mean, did you look into her?” Evelyn asked carefully, not wanting to give away anything that would make Harry suspicious enough to inform Benne about their conversation.

“Yes, I did,” Harry said, not giving any more information than was necessary.

“What did you find? What’s her name?” Evelyn asked, and Harry shook his head.

“I think Benne is in the best position to be telling you that not me,” Harry said politely.

“Harry, you are family, and we should all look out for each other. Do you think we should let her get away with doing something like this? She needs to be cautioned, and if Benne wouldn’t do it, I should as his mother. You don’t have to tell Benne you told me anything. And I won’t get you involved. All I need from you is her name and contact details and I will handle the rest,” Evelyn said, and Harry smiled wistfully.

Even though her approach was almost always wrong, Harry admired Evelyn because her intention was always right and her heart was in the right place. She was a very loyal and protective mother, and she made him wish he had a mother like her and not Sara.

“I think you should listen to Benne and not do anything,” Harry advised since he knew that Evelyn would feel terrible if she realized this had happened in a way because of her meddling.

“Why not? Why are you all willing to let it go? Even you, Harry? Isn’t he your best friend? If he won’t do anything, shouldn’t you do it?” Evelyn asked irritably.

“I wouldn’t go behind Benne to do anything unless I thought it was necessary. And in this case, it’s not necessary to do anything. We got the DNA results and that’s all that matters,” Harry said, and Evelyn hung up angrily without saying another word to him.

Before Harry could decide how to feel about that, his phone started ringing almost immediately and he chuckled when he saw that it was a call from Jade.

“I think your mom might oppose our relationship now,” Harry said as he received the call, and Jade raised a brow.

“Why would she do that? Did something happen?” Jade asked as she stepped on her brake pedal when the traffic light turned red. I think you should take a look at

“I might have just got on her bad books. But not to worry, I’m sure she would realize sooner than later that it was for her own good. So, how is my favorite girl in the world doing?” He asked and Jade rolled her eyes.

“I’m sure you also refer to Candace and Celsie like that as well,” she said, and Harry chuckled.

“Alright. How are you doing, esquire? I don’t call them that,” He said, and she scowled.

“I’m fine! Very fine, thank you!” She said, making him grin.

“At least one of us is fine. I’m not fine. I’m missing the love of my life terribly,” Harry said, and her lips twitched involuntarily.

“Want to see her?” She asked hopefully since that was the reason she had called, because she wanted to see him.

“I didn’t say you were the one,” Harry joked, and laughed out loud when Jade hissed.

“I didn’t say I was the one either. Harry, you better not get on my nerves!” She warned testily as she resumed driving.

Harry smiled, “I always want to see you. I’m on my way home from work. Want me to stop over at Benne’s before going home?” He asked, thinking that he could see her and Benne as well so he could tell Benne about his conversation with Evelyn.

Jade shook her head immediately even if Harry could not see her, “No. Why don’t I come see you instead? If you come over here there is every possibility that you and Benne would want to talk about something or it would become a group hangout. I want you to myself,” Jade said, and Harry chuckled.

“I won’t have any privacy with you if you come over to see me too. I want you to myself. And I don’t want you driving all that distance. Why don’t we meet halfway instead? We can have dinner together at a restaurant not far from Benne’s place or mine…”

“You mean Philip’s restaurant?” Jade asked since that was the only restaurant she knew was comfortably between both places.

“Yeah. If you want us to go someplace else we can do that,” Harry assured her.

“No. I’m okay with that. I’m that far away from there. I should be there in ten minutes,” Jade said, and Harry glanced at the time on his car’s dashboard.

“You will most likely get there before me. I hope you don’t mind waiting?” He asked, and Jade shrugged.

“You waited for me for years so a couple of minutes shouldn’t be too much,” Jade assured him.

“I might not be there until an hour…”

“An hour?” Jade exclaimed and Harry grinned.

“Is an hour too much to wait for someone who waited years for you?” He asked, and Jade cleared her throat.

“Of course, not. I was only surprised. I mean, you said you were on your way home so I didn’t expect you would take that long to get here,” she explained, and Harry chuckled as he pulled into the parking lot of Golden Lotus Restaurant.

“I will try to be quick. I will inform them you’re coming so they direct you to a table. You can go into the restaurant when you get there and wait for me at our table,” Harry said as he turned off his car.

“Alright. Just so you know, I will order the most expensive drink on their menu. See you soon,” Jade said before hanging up.

Harry got out of his car immediately and walked in quick strides to the entrance to request a table for their impromptu date.

No sooner had he gotten seated, before he saw Jade approaching, and they both grinned at each other when their gaze met.

“You sly bastard,” Jade said once she got to where he was, and he kissed her lips softly.

“I didn’t keep you waiting, did I?” He asked with a grin as he held out her seat, but instead of sitting down Jade embraced him.

“God, I missed you. I missed your scent,” she said as she buried her nose on his chest, making him chuckle.

“People are watching,” he whispered as he kissed the side of her head, and she reluctantly pulled away and sat down.

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