A Love Forgotten (Arianna and Elijah)

Chapter 224

Evan pulled himself together and gave a little shing. "Look, my boothes messed up. That's om him. Not your fault, Ari "

Trying to keep it light, he added, "I still see you as a sister. He's still my brother. Nothing really changes for me

His words made me think of something. "Hey, you mentioned your great-grandpa?"

Elijah scratched his head "Oh, right. He said he wanted to talk to you sometime. Should I give him your number!

Sarprised, Lasked, "Wait You haven't already?"

With a righteous look, he shook his head. "Uh, no way! A girl's number isn't something you just hand out. Plus, I don't know if he's planning to actually help or if he'd just call to chew you out. "And what it he's blutting about helping you get that money back?"

bchuckled, amused by his loyalty. "You know, you're kinda malang sense. How about we just call him together over dinner?"

Evan nodded in agreement. So, I took him out for his favorite steak, and we called Jeremy. 1 listened as Evan spoke with him, giving a quick rundown

"Yeah, Grandpa She's cool to meet. And yeah, they're gonna try to settle this without going to court.

"I'm not too sure about that. You've gotta ask Ari that yourself."

After a beat. Elijah handed me the phone. I took a steadying breath. "Hello, Mr. Linden Senior

His voice was warm and a bit gravelly. "Ah, AL Good to finally talk with you."

"Yes. Mr. Linden Senior Evan said you wanted to have a chat?"

Mr. Linden Senior cleared his throat. "I heard you're trying to reach a settlement with Elijah. What kind of deal is he offering?"

Thesitated, unsure if I should share too many details. After all, this was still a confidential matter

Sensing my hesitation, Mr. Linden Senior chuckled softly. "I'm just an old shareholder curious about the situation. Nothing for you to worry about."

Still cautious, I let out a polite laugh. "Evan mentioned you could help me get what's mine. Was he serious about that?"

Mr. Linden Senior chuckled again, this time with confidence. "He's right. What you're owed will find its way back to you. You can trust me on that'

Then, be gave me a meeting time and an address and ended the call Thung up, feeling a mix of curiosity and caurice.

Dran looked at me, raising a brow. "Do you think my great-grandfather could help you get back what's supposed to be yours?"

I shrugged. "I guess we'll see soon enough"

He thought for a moment, then said, "I could ask my mom about it and see what she knows."

I shook my head. "No. Don't ask her. If she hears about any of this from you, she'll lose it."

With a sigh, he lowered his gaze "Alright. Maybe you're right. Just drop me off at home the

I frowned. "What's with the sudden change?"

He tried to avoid my gaze but eventually caved. "I want Jocelyn out, Ari She's awful."

1 looked him dead in the eye. "Listen, I don't want you getting into trouble on my account. You either keep up with your schoolwork, or we're done talking about this, Do you understand?" Evan saw how serious was and reluctantly nodded. "Fine. I won't mess with her."

But life had a funny way of proving a point. As the old saying went, "Speak of the devil, and he shall appear. Well, it turned out to be one of those moments

No sooner had we finished talking about the Lindens-bum-there they were