Refusing to Remarry: Mr. Hawthorne, You Are Out-Chapter 36: Are You... Dating?

Upon hearing this, Raine Sinclair coldly tugged at the corners of her lips.

New love interest?

Did Jonas Hawthorne really bring Candace Ford with him?

Ha.

He truly is deeply devoted to her! He needs to bring her everywhere he goes!

Leon Grant hadn’t expected such a coincidence to happen. He turned to look at Raine Sinclair, a hint of concern flickering in his eyes, "Do you want to change places?"

He brought Raine Sinclair out to relax, not to deliberately bring her into an uncomfortable situation.

Before Raine Sinclair could speak, Aaron Jacobs quickly said, "Yeah, yeah, the sun is really unbearable today! How about we go somewhere else?"

Raine Sinclair understood Aaron Jacobs’ intentions very well.

He was just worried she’d run into Jonas Hawthorne and it would be awkward for everyone.

How could someone as slick as Aaron Jacobs stand by and watch such a situation unfold?

But, it was already too late for him to interfere.

At the villa entrance ahead, Jonas Hawthorne and Candace Ford just happened to walk out.

"Jonas, the scenery here is beautiful! I haven’t felt energetic these past few days, but coming out to feel the sea breeze with you makes me feel much better, even the baby is happy!"

That’s so typical of Candace Ford; whenever she’s in front of Jonas Hawthorne, she can’t go three sentences without mentioning "the baby."

Jonas Hawthorne didn’t reply, he just instinctively lifted his gaze and happened to see the three people still parking in the yard.

At this moment, Aaron Jacobs was automatically relegated to the background.

The first person Jonas Hawthorne always looked at was Raine Sinclair, though he never realized it...

Raine Sinclair didn’t meet his gaze, she turned to Leon Grant first, "Did you know beforehand?"

Leon Grant shook his head, "If you want to leave, we can go now."

If he had known earlier, he wouldn’t have come.

It’s all because Aaron Jacobs was being so secretive; otherwise, such a misunderstanding wouldn’t have happened.

"Leave?" Raine Sinclair raised an eyebrow, then looked at Jonas Hawthorne and Candace Ford with a sudden cold smile, "Why should I leave? It’s not me who has something to hide."

"Huh?" Aaron Jacobs thought he heard wrong, shock written all over his face!!

Why does it seem to him that Raine Sinclair is here to cause trouble this time!!

He suddenly felt a little disoriented, rushing to Raine Sinclair’s side, nearly kneeling before her, "Please, ma’am, don’t do anything rash! How about if I take the blame this time, and next time I’ll treat you to a meal wherever you want in Sedonia?!"

Instead of facing the potential upheaval later, Aaron Jacobs would rather ditch his pride now!

Raine Sinclair understood Aaron Jacobs’ concern; a smile never left her face, "Why are you worried? I’m not going to rush up and tear them apart."

"Tear them apart...Please, ma’am, don’t!" Aaron Jacobs felt his blood pressure rising!

At this moment, Leon Grant gave Raine Sinclair a deep look, "Have you decided?"

"Yes!" Raine Sinclair nodded firmly.

The city of Sedonia isn’t that big; she couldn’t possibly avoid these two whenever they crossed paths, right?!

Besides, it wasn’t her who did anything wrong!

Right after Raine Sinclair spoke, Leon Grant stepped beside her, extending his arm in front of her.

This action left Raine Sinclair momentarily baffled, blinking her doe-like eyes at him, "What are you doing?"

"To give you some confidence," Leon Grant said languidly.

Raine Sinclair was momentarily stunned.

Aaron Jacobs was dumbfounded too.

Just then, not far away, Candace Ford realized after speaking for so long and getting no response from Jonas, he was fixated on a certain spot. She followed his gaze.

Upon recognizing that the young, beautiful woman was Raine Sinclair, Candace Ford was also taken aback.

She admitted, Raine Sinclair was indeed beautiful.

And a woman as beautiful as that, having such a good family background, who could even marry Jonas Hawthorne, how could she not be jealous?

Especially when she realized that even after the divorce, Jonas Hawthorne still had his eyes fixed solely on Raine Sinclair, the flames of jealousy in her heart flared up fiercely!

She clenched her teeth for a moment, then, when she unclenched them, her voice was sharp, "Hey? Isn’t that Raine? What’s she doing with Leon Grant? Didn’t I see in the news that they were dancing together, could it be..."

Jonas Hawthorne’s face, already somber, fell even more after hearing this.

The chill emanating from him began to spread bit by bit.

While Raine Sinclair was still hesitating, Leon Grant had already grasped her hand, looping it through his arm.

"You..." Raine Sinclair was still a bit stiff, but she heard him say, "Don’t you want to win this?"

Raine Sinclair’s brows furrowed slightly; of course, she did!

But...

"Wouldn’t I be using you then?" Raine Sinclair’s tone carried slight guilt; that night at the dance, she actually used him too.

Leon Grant, however, seemed to enjoy it, "It’s an honor."

Raine Sinclair blinked, completely unsure what he meant by that...

Next to them, Aaron Jacobs, overhearing their little discussion, felt his brain almost explode, "You guys aren’t really going to fight, are you? I... I gotta say, I absolutely won’t break up any fights!"

Not only would he not break up any fights, but if a fight broke out, he’d be the first to scurry off with his wife!

If he had known, he would have just listened to his wife and stayed home!

At least it wouldn’t have come to such a stalemate!

Raine Sinclair was about to tell him he was overthinking when, from the right front, came an exclamation—

"Raine?! You... you all..."

Following the direction of the voice, she noticed it was Aaron Jacobs’ wife, Yvette Yates.

She was the third daughter of the Yates Family, and before marrying Aaron Jacobs, she had known Raine Sinclair.

These people, if not childhood friends, were connected through their families in business and other areas, so they often ran into each other in various settings and knew of each other.

Yvette Yates hadn’t known that Raine Sinclair would come today, especially not with Leon Grant!

She stood staring at them and then turned back to look at Jonas Hawthorne and Candace Ford, finally locking her gaze onto her husband with dagger-like eyes: What the heck are you doing? How did you gather all these people here together?! Are you tired of living?!

Aaron Jacobs felt very wronged!

He hadn’t arranged this on purpose!

He quickly moved to his wife’s side, whispering, "I didn’t know Leon Grant would bring her along either!"

"Is there anything you do know?!" Yvette Yates held her forehead, realizing her husband was quite the character!

Aaron Jacobs felt aggrieved, sulking his lips, not daring to say another word.

As the atmosphere among the three parties stiffened, Candace Ford suddenly spoke up.

"Raine? You came with Mr. Grant? Are you two... dating?"

Each word was like a venom-tipped arrow aiming straight at Raine Sinclair!