Marriage And Love Again

The siblings tried hard to hurt each other, leaving both speechless.

A good question as it was, no proper answer to it could be offered.

That left no option for Suny. If she went with Austin to Charlie’s birthday party, Charlie was very likely to lose his joy. If she went with another…well, there wasn’t a story.

Robert, a 35-year-old man like him, wouldn’t have been such a bachelor if he had ever met the right girl. Surely, he had no date.

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Robert found it was not that easy to tease his sister. So, he changed another topic, “Be careful of Austin and his family.”

Since Robert acted seriously like a “good brother”, Suny had to behave like a good sister. She replied, “I know, Brother.”

Soon, the car arrived at the airport. Suny hadn’t brought much luggage with her, so the return flight came quite easy.

“Are you on the same flight with Austin?”

They just got off the car when Robert asked her, abruptly.

Suny nodded, feeling a sense of guilt under Robert’s stare. She said, “He’s already at the airport.”

“Fine,” said Robert, “give me a call once you arrive in J City.”

“OK, Brother.”

“Get in now.”

“Be careful on the road,” Suny said, then turned around, and walked into the airport terminal.

Robert watched her leave. Until she was out of sight, he started to get in the car and drove away.

As soon as she entered the airport, Suny saw Austin-he stood outside an escalator, with a suit jacket over his arm, and much the same as her, he didn’t have much luggage. Crowds passing by, most of them would subconsciously take a look at him.

Austin saw her coming. He came over to hold her tight in his arms, saying, “Robert drove you here?”

His hands on her waist were hot, sending the heat all over and up her face.

Suny’s mind was occupied by the dream she had last night. She tilted her head back and looked at him when they got on the escalator.

Austin looked into her eyes, murmuring, “Suny…”

Flames of affection were brewing in his eyes. Suny had to look away, “My brother has heard about your family affairs,” she put in.

Austin nodded and continued, “Grace went to visit Anthony the day before yesterday.”

The Johnsons were a bit like the Murphy family. Frederick had only one son in his life, which was Maddox, and meanwhile, Anthony, son of Frederick’s younger brother, was the oldest member of the Johnson family.

Anthony was retired last year. Before his retirement, he had already arranged a position in KLOC for his youngest son Ross. Albert, the eldest son of Anthony, had worked in KLOC back in the days when Frederick was still alive.

After Anthony got retired, employees that had worked for him were dismissed by Austin. Albert was then nominally promoted but he lost his power effectively. As to Ross, he was merely a manager, not in a major position.

Several years ago members of the clique like Albert tended to play tricks in secret. However, as long as Austin owned the shares in KLOC, they wouldn’t make any difference but cause him some trivial trouble.

After Anthony’s retirement, Albert began to know his place and settle down a bit, probably because he realized that Austin’s status in KLOC wouldn’t be changed. The stock shares Austin inherited from Ellen Pearson were enough to silence Anthony’s family, not to mention that Austin was taken as the legitimate grandson of Frederick.

However, people like Anthony wouldn’t simply give up if they learned that Austin was not a descendant of the Johnsons. Things then would become far more than child’s play.

So, Austin let Ivan investigate the wrongdoings of Anthony’s family, right after Grace Smith called on Anthony. Austin never went into a battle unprepared, let alone Grace’s behavior gave him an early warning.

He never considered concealing those incidents from Suny, even in the slightest.

Hearing his words, Suny guessed that he had been prepared. She looked at him, asking, “Do you really think you are not one of the Johnsons?”

“I don’t know.”

Whether or not he belonged to the Johnson family, Austin would wait and see. But if Anthony and Grace Smith dared to make any trouble, he would let them regret it.

Suny doubted Grace more, “Have you ever thought that maybe Kasper and Tina are not your father’s children?”

“I have.”

Austin looked at her and admitted without hesitation.

He was never a kind person. All his tenderness was exclusive to Suny.

Frederick treated Austin as an heir to the Johnson family and therefore invested a lot in him. But that didn’t mean they had a strong bond of affection in between. There was no need to talk much about Maddox since he kept uninhibited and dissolute throughout his whole life.

Austin didn’t feel any mother-son love for grace. She presented him with DNA reports proving that there wasn’t any genetic relationship between Kasper and him. But she should remember that it was her who had abandoned him and run away with her lover right away, long before the birth of Kasper. Given a woman like her, it was natural for Austin to suspect that Maddox was not the biological father of Kasper and Tina.

“Oh, alright,” Suny replied and thought of the DNA report she saw the other day, “There is no genetic link between you and Grace.”

Austin was not born to Grace – that’s one thing for certain, no matter whether he was one of the Johnsons or not.

As they walked to the security checkpoint, Austin bowed his head and kissed her, “Don’t worry about me. It’ll be fine.”

Amid crowds, he didn’t think about restraining himself from kissing, yet Suny blushed.

“Austin,” she looked up at him and whispered, “We are at the airport.”

She tried to stop him from kissing her on an occasion like this.

“Got it.” He raised his hand to touch her cheek, answering casually.

Due to the poor sleep last night, Suny kept asleep most of the time during this flight of over two hours.

Suny woke up before the plane landed and found her covered in a blanket. She slightly raised her amorous eyes and watched the man whose shoulder she was leaning on.

Austin seemed to drop off to sleep, those dark eyes closed and his handsome face appearing kind of grim.

Suny managed to move her body, and Austin was awakened. He slowly opened his eyes, asking, “Did you sleep well?”

Suny sat up, disengaging herself from his embrace, and fixed her hair, “Yes.”

The temperature on the plane was extremely cold because of the air conditioning. But Suny was covered in the blanket so that she didn’t get chilled in her sleep. Now that she moved a bit and the blanket slid off, the coldness started to touch her skin.

Austin pulled up the blanket when he saw that.

Suny sat there, watching. She suddenly recalled the scene a few months ago when she came back to J City with Frank. Austin was in the aisle seat next to theirs at that time.

She also fell asleep during that flight and woke up to find herself leaning on Frank’s shoulder. Being in a trance when waking up, she didn’t get what Frank was saying to her. Several strands of hair strayed to her forehead. Before she could act, Frank helped to get the strands stuck behind her ears.

After landing, she left the seat and her eyes met with Austin’s. At that moment, he looked at her as if he would swallow her as a whole.

Back then, Suny felt nothing. Now, she found it a little hilarious when she thought about the look on his face at that time.

She cast a sidelong glance at Austin, chuckling in delight.

Austin turned to her, puzzled, “What are you laughing at?”

The shape of her amorous eyes curved a little, and then came her reply, “I won’t tell you.”

Austin slightly caressed her palm, making her itch. Suny involuntarily tried to draw back her hand, but Austin was faster, pulling her hand into his, with fingers entwined.

“Let’s get off the plane,” he raised his eyebrow. She caught the glimmer of a smile in his dark eyes, which were often piercingly cold.

He already knew what it was about, even though she tried to hide it – nothing serious, just the experience that they and Frank took the same flight.