Chapter 655 - 652

Chapter 655: Chapter 652

Clara Grant nodded and looked out the window. ’There’s no choice but to let things take their course.’

After a moment, she suddenly remembered something. Turning to Seth Quinn, she said, "Oh, right, Dad’s sixtieth birthday is in a few days. We should get him a gift. What do you think would be good?"

Seth Quinn’s lips curved into a smile. "He’ll be happy with anything we give him. Honestly, you being his daughter-in-law is the best gift he could ask for. Dad is quite pleased with you."

Clara Grant bit her lip, a happy and shy smile on her face. "Really?"

"He is. Haven’t you noticed how happy he looks every morning at breakfast, ever since you moved in? He used to be so serious at the table."

Clara Grant pouted and nodded. "Actually," she added, "Mom’s attitude toward me has changed a lot recently, too. She’s not as strict as she used to be. When you put it like that, I guess I’m pretty lucky."

As she spoke, she intimately linked her arm with Seth Quinn’s, resting her cheek against it and giving it a little nuzzle. "I have a husband who loves me, a father-in-law who really likes me, and a mother-in-law who’s warming up to me more and more."

Her nuzzling sent a pleasant tingle through him. Seth Quinn turned to kiss her, but she pushed him away, saying shyly, "What are you doing? Focus on driving!"

Thwarted in his attempt to steal a kiss, Seth Quinn looked a little dejected. He raised an eyebrow and said, "You can’t just light a fire and run away like that. Say something sweet to make me feel better."

"All I did was hug your arm, and you call that ’lighting a fire’? You catch fire way too easily," Clara Grant retorted, pursing her lips dismissively.

...

When they reached the school entrance, Clara Grant said to Seth Quinn before getting out, "You don’t have to pick me up after my classes are done. I want to stay at Stellan Bay tonight. I’m really worried about my mom and want to keep her company."

"Hmm, that’s a reason I can’t really argue with. But... what about what you owe me?"

Clara Grant paused, taken aback. "What do I owe you?"

"Didn’t we just agree that tonight we were going to..."

Before Seth Quinn could finish, Clara Grant clapped a hand over his mouth. Even though she knew no one outside could hear them, she still shot a worried glance around. Only after confirming that no one was paying them any mind did she remove her hand.

Her face flushed, she shot him a glare and muttered, "I-I’ll make it up to you later, alright?!"

"Fine, fine. But you have to give me a little something now," Seth Quinn said in a low voice, leaning closer. He couldn’t help himself; her flushed face was just too beautiful.

His voice was intoxicating. Clara Grant couldn’t help but ask, "What kind of ’something’?"

Seth Quinn didn’t answer with words, but with action.

The moment he captured her full lips, Clara Grant’s eyes flew wide. She glanced toward the window and tried to push him away, her words muffled. "Seth, w-we’re at the school entrance... people..."

"Don’t worry, they can’t see," Seth Quinn murmured, his hand tightening on her waist as he pulled her even closer.