Chapter 12

Julia began to sob again. The heavy silence around Ethan and the others finally broke, and they immediately rushed to comfort Julia. "Don't worry," Ethan said gently. "The Sullivan family will never actually move abroad. Penny's just making excuses. We'll call her right now and make her come over to apologize." "That's right, Julia," Xander chimed in quickly. "There's nothing to be afraid of. The four of us are here with you. And even if the Sullivans don't come back, we can always arrange a good, easy job for your mom." Upon hearing that, Julia stopped crying and broke into a smile. "Wouldn't that be too much trouble for you? My mom and I don't even know where we're going to live now. Maybe this is just our fate." She sighed, and the four men looked at her with sympathy. They spent a long while comforting her, each one offering to let Julia stay in their own villa. In the end, Ethan was the one who got the chance to play the hero. Strangely, he didn't feel much joy. His mind