Chapter 283

Ever since his secret connection with Joshua got out, people like Oliver, Elaine—and even Marcus—couldn't help steering the conversation off-topic whenever it came up. Oliver suddenly tossed out, "It used to be fine, but now... it's another story." Milton didn't want to continue down that road or argue about it. Spotting his own fishing rod twitching, he pointed out, "Your line's got a bite." Oliver was about to reel it in when his gaze drifted—and unfortunately landed on two people he really didn't want to see right now. Some people just know how to ruin a peaceful morning, and those two were absolutely on that list. Not wanting to suffer alone, Oliver nudged Milton. "Look over there." Milton followed his eyes. The feeling was mutual, but he wanted to pretend he hadn't seen anything. Oliver raised an eyebrow when Milton stayed quiet. "Looking kinda familiar, huh?" With an exasperated sigh, Milton said, "Why do we run into them even in the middle of nowhere?" "Pretend we didn't see 'em