Chapter 211 - Ch. 211 What Happened?

"Letti! Happy birthday to you!" exclaimed Adam while giving the gifts he brought to Letti.

Letti gladly accepted and introduced her friends to her music group after receiving a gift from the boys. She placed the presents from Adam and Fritz but hugged the white teddy bear tightly to enjoy the softness of the giant teddy's fur.

The boys already knew Selena because the girl also joined the winter music camp with them.

But they haven't met the other two girls yet, so the boys were excited to make new 'girl' friends.

It was only when the boys went deeper into Letti's table that they realized one of the professors at their campus.

"Mr. Black?"

"Mr. Black?"

"Uncle Declan?"

Simultaneously, everyone looked at Jacob in surprise when they heard Jacob called the cold professor with 'uncle.'

Declan sighed in resignation as he had also forgotten that his nephew was also in the same group as his younger sister.

"Wait. Why do you call him Uncle Declan?" asked Fritz in surprise.

Fritz and Letti and the others, including Roxy, also looked at Jacob in surprise.

Jacob scratched the nape of his neck awkwardly as he answered his friends' curiosity. "He is my mother's cousin."

"WHAT!?" simultaneously, his companions shouted in surprise.

Letti, who was hugging her giant doll, hid her frown behind the teddy.

Jacob is her brother's nephew?

On the other hand, Roxanne turned to Declan with an accusing look.

"Why didn't you tell me about this?" whispered Roxanne in a demanding tone.

"You never ask." was his short answer with an obvious tone.

"You… You really are good at making people hate you."

"But you love me too much, right?"

"Tsk." this man's self-confidence was beyond help. Not only shameless, but this guy is also a narcissist!

"I came as Campbell's tutor today, so you don't have to look at me as an instructor on campus," stated Declan in a calm and firm tone made Roxanne look at the man with adoring eyes.

This man was shameless and acted like a spoiled child in front of her, but Declan showed a strong sense of influence and made everyone not want to wage war with him once he was together with others.

"Do sit."

As if they heard an order from their leader, the six young people, including Letti, sat back at the round table.

Letti sat with her friends at the round table, while Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, along with Declan and Roxy, sat at the long table next to the young people to not make Letti and her friends feel awkward.

Jacob glanced at Kaylee, and after considering something, he decided to talk to Kaylee.

"Kaylee,"

Roxanne turned to Jacob as soon as she heard her altered's name being called.

"Can I talk to you?"

"Sure." Roxanne immediately answered without caring whether Declan would feel jealous or not. After all, Jacob was the man's nephew, so he shouldn't be blindly jealous.

Declan just shook his head, seeing his vixen wife, immediately got up and walked to a more private place to talk to Jacob. He did feel jealous, but seeing the way Jacob looked at Roxy that wasn't the same as before, Declan let them go.

Jacob no longer sees Roxanne as his love interest so that he wouldn't get jealous.

After the two were some distance away from the others, Jacob started talking to Roxy.

"Kaylee, do you know what happened to Nick?"

"Nick? What happened to him?"

"That's why I asked you. I met him at the music store two days ago and told him about Letti's birthday."

"Hmm." Roxy already knew through the group chat, so she didn't comment and let Jacob continue his sentence.

"He said he was coming, but… he acted strange this afternoon when we met coincidentally."

"Strange? Strange how?"

"He looks like he's avoiding something. He even told me that he couldn't come tonight. Ah, he also said, if I meet you, he wants you to contact Dani."

"Dani?"

"Who is Dani?"

"She's my assistant. But why does he want me to contact Dani?"

Jacob shook his head, "I don't know."

"Please tell me in more detail. How was he when you met him?"

"I was just about to enter one of the stores when Nick bumped into me. He didn't wear a jacket nor scarf even though it was almost ten degrees today. He even looked around as if afraid someone would find him. I had the impression that someone was after him."

"…"

"Do you know anything? Maybe he's in debt or…"

"He's a Larsons. How did the Larsons get into debt?"

"You're right. So it's impossible." Jacob breathed a sigh of relief. Even though he wasn't that close to the real Nick, he already considered him like a close friend.

"Go back first. I'll call Dani."

Jacob complied and rejoined his friends. Roxy quickly called Dani and told her that Nick was looking for her. But she couldn't help but wonder why Nick was looking for Dani over her or Wendy.

"Dani, why did Nick ask me to call you? Doesn't he have your contact number?"

"Maybe this is one of his tricks. You know he loves to play around with older girls."

"Ah, so you are his target this time." but it's not likely he would do that. Isn't Nick currently wooing Lydia?

"Enjoy your night, miss," Dani said before hanging up the call making Roxy feel restless.

Why did she feel… something terrible happened to Nick?

Roxy decided to contact Nick directly and felt even more uneasy when she got a notification that Nick's phone was off. Roxy tried to contact Wendy instead, but she received the same notification.

What happened to them?

"Roxy?" Roxanne turned to Declan, who was now walking towards her. "What is it? Jacob's back, but you're still here. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell is waiting for you to have dinner together. The dishes are already be served."

Roxanne sighed in resignation and decided to find out after the dinner was over. She didn't want to ruin Letti's cheerful mood, let alone destroy the girl's simple birthday celebration.

She hoped that nothing wrong would happen to her best friend.