NovelTrueChapter 661
Foreman insisted on waiting for Haynes he clearly had little patience for Rachel but agreed to watch her match
anyway, which left Stella little room to refuse.
Just as Stella was about to speak, a familiar, childish voice rang out behind her.
"Mom! You're here too?!"
A small figure darted over, face lit with delight.
"Keen?" Stella was caught off guard at first, but quickly recovered.
Haynes must have brought him here no doubt to see Rachel.
Stella looked up and, sure enough, spotted Haynes approaching. He was as handsand composed as ever,
his expression unreadable.
Trying to keep her tone neutral, Stella asked, “Keen, weren't you supposed to be with the Williams family today?"
Keen's eyes sparkled with excitement at seeing her. "Dad wanted to cwatch Rachel's match, so he picked
Haynes cup beside them just in tto hear this. He frowned. "Keen, when did | ever say | was bringing you
to see Rachel's match?"
Keen looked genuinely confused. "Didn't Rachel invite us when we all had dinner together? She said we should
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cwatch her today."
A brief look of realization crossed Haynes's face as he remembered the conversation. He glanced at Stella, a bit
awkward. "Actually, | brought Keen today to watch your match."
It was the weekend, and Haynes had made plans to watch Stella compete, then maybe take her and Keen out
afterwards-just the three of them, like old times. Maybe they could try to rekindle sof the warmth they'd
lost.
But the thought struck Haynes rather painfully: in the past five years, family outings had been few and far
between. Truth be told, there weren't many "good memories" to reminisce about. He'd probably spent more time
out with Rachel than he ever had with Stella.
Stella's voice was icy. "How thoughtful of you, Mr. O'Brien, to fitinto your busy schedule."
Haynes's frown deepened. "It's not like that—"
He didn't get to finish before a gentle, familiar voice interrupted.
"Haynie, did you find Ms. Pearce?"
Haynes turned to see Foreman approaching, his eyes flickering with surprise.
"Foreman?" He glanced between Foreman and Stella. "You're here to watch the match too?"
Foreman gave a warm smile. "No, | clooking for you, Haynie."
Haynes raised an eyebrow. "For me?"
Foreman explained, "I tried calling you earlier, but you didn't pick up. | was nearby for a meeting, and Jasper
mentioned Ms. Pearce would
be competing here. Since you
weren't answering, | figured
take
a chance and drop by." He chuckled.
"Didn't expect to actually run into
you.”
Haynes pulled out his phone and saw two missed calls from Foreman. His expression softened. "Was it something
urgent?"
Foreman shook his head. "Not
exactly urgent-it's about Jasperet
He hesitated, glancing at Stella then Wered his voice. "We'll talk about it in a bit."
Just hearing Jasper's nmade Haynes tense up. He'd cleaned up
and Jasper never seemed
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grateful-never even listened to his advice. If it weren't for the fact that Jasper had once saved his life, Haynes
would have washed his
hands of him long ago.
Joshua, meanwhile, watched Foreman with a guarded curiosity.
Stella, for her part, had no interest in the debate over whose match everyone had
cto see. "The match is about to start. | need to go get ready."
Keen's eyes lit up with anticipation. He loved seeing his mom on stage-radiant, confident, and utterly dazzling.
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