I Read Their Tragic Fates, and My Family Reads My Mind?

Chapter 356: Chapter 356: Are You Itching for a Beating Again?

In the end, Zane Lynch couldn’t refuse Caspian Rhodes and obediently found a room with him to talk in private.

"Alright, spill it. What do you want?"

"Can’t I look you up for no reason? I just felt like grabbing a meal..."

"Cut the crap. You think I don’t know you? Buttering me up like this means you’re up to something. Just say what you need to say. Don’t make me get physical."

"...Fine." Seeing he couldn’t fool him, and not wanting a beatdown, Zane Lynch gritted his teeth and chose to come clean.

"Cousin, do you believe it’s possible to hear what someone is thinking even when their mouth isn’t moving?"

Caspian Rhodes’s eyes narrowed. He understood Zane Lynch’s meaning almost instantly. "You can hear Serena’s thoughts? Since when?"

Zane Lynch was speechless. He never expected Caspian Rhodes to hit the nail on the head so directly. But after the initial shock, he quickly realized what it meant.

"You can hear her too, can’t you? Otherwise, you wouldn’t have immediately connected it to Serena. When did this start for you? Why have you never mentioned it before?"

Caspian Rhodes’s expression darkened, his gaze on Zane Lynch sharper than ever. "I asked you first."

Zane Lynch: "..." ’Alright, you’re the scary one. You call the shots.’

"It started when I went with my family to the airport to pick them up. My parents, Melody, Juliet—they can all hear her. We were all shocked at first. Luckily, Serena’s family was quick on the uptake, so we didn’t give anything away. Afterward, we figured it must be because of the gifts Serena gave us for the New Year."

"The gifts she gave you for the New Year?"

"This one." Zane Lynch raised his hand, showing Caspian Rhodes the red string bracelet on his wrist.

Caspian Rhodes recognized the bead on the bracelet at a glance. It was made from one of the two jade roughs Arabella Donovan had procured before.

"You don’t have one?"

Caspian Rhodes felt a pang of jealousy. "No. You think everyone can be as lucky as your family?"

Zane Lynch paused for a moment, then scratched the back of his head and chuckled foolishly. "That’s true. Our family’s greatest blessing was finding our dear sister, Eloise. And on top of that, we gained another one in Serena."

Caspian Rhodes: "..." ’My hands are getting itchy. I can barely restrain myself from punching him!’

"None of us could hear Serena’s thoughts before, but suddenly we could when we met this time. The only variable was these gifts. I heard that Serena gave similar gifts to many of her relatives this time, with our family being an exception. So, we’re all guessing that maybe because of this gift, the heavens have recognized us as one of her closest family members, too."

"That’s not impossible."

"I heard you spent five hundred million to buy two pendants from Serena for Mr. Rhodes and his wife. I wonder if they’ll have the same effect. After all, you paid for yours. It’s not quite the same as ours, which were personal gifts from Serena."

"..." ’Don’t think I can’t hear the smugness in your voice. You’re just itching for a fight, aren’t you?’

However...

Caspian Rhodes’s eyes flickered. It seemed he’d have to find a chance to take Serena home to meet his grandparents and see what happens.

But, considering his grandparents’ ability to handle the shock, he’d probably need to warn them in advance.

"I’m done explaining my side. Shouldn’t we talk about you now, Cousin? Since you didn’t get a New Year’s gift from Serena, and the two pendants you bought were for your grandparents, how are you able to hear Serena’s thoughts? And from your tone just now, it’s clear this isn’t something that just started."

"That’s right." That certainly got Caspian Rhodes’s attention. "I’ve been able to hear her since the first time we met."

"Why you?" Now it was Zane Lynch’s turn to be jealous. "You’re not a part of the Donovan Family, and you’re not even a real relative. Why should you be able to hear what she’s thinking from your very first meeting?"

Finally scoring a point, Caspian Rhodes said cheerfully, "Maybe it’s just fate, blessed by the heavens."

Zane Lynch: "..." ’If this guy wasn’t my cousin, I’d land a punch or two on him just to let off some steam!’

"You don’t have to be jealous. If I hadn’t accidentally learned this secret, you and Eloise wouldn’t have met so soon, and those messes at your company wouldn’t have been resolved ahead of time. The situation with your wife and son wouldn’t have been discovered so quickly either."

"So you really..." Zane Lynch had already picked up on some clues from everything that had happened; hearing Caspian Rhodes say this only confirmed his suspicions.

"So, you should thank her properly. She’s a benefactor to your entire family, your guardian angel."

"You think I need you to tell me that? I just transferred five percent of my company’s shares to her this afternoon."

"You move fast." Caspian Rhodes chuckled, then, as if remembering something, he added, "For now, don’t tell the Donovan Family that I can hear Serena’s thoughts."

At these words, Zane Lynch turned to look at him with a knowing smile playing on his lips. "Don’t worry. I get it, I get it."

"...What do you get?"

"If Serena’s brothers and my Eloise ever found out about this, you’d be skinned alive, Cousin. That crew of overprotective brothers isn’t as reasonable as me. The moment they found out, they’d label you a pervert trying to poach their precious cabbage. They’d put you on lockdown and make sure a pig like you never got another step closer."

’Zane Lynch had a sister himself. Putting himself in their shoes, if his own precious ’cabbage’ were about to be snatched, he probably wouldn’t be any calmer than they were.’

Caspian Rhodes: "..." ’Don’t think I didn’t catch you taking the chance to call me a pig. Besides, it’s not like they’ve ever let their guard down around me anyway.’

’Howard Gallagher’s early appearance might have scared Arabella Donovan and given her a rather unpleasant experience, but it wasn’t entirely without its upsides.’

’At least she could be sure he wasn’t the one destined to make Melody Lynch’s Red Simurgh Star stir. And thanks to Cassandra Lynch’s indirect assist, Melody already knew what Howard Gallagher was planning. Her impression of him had hit rock bottom, so there was no way she would be deceived and fall into his trap like she did in the original plot.’

Arabella Donovan felt a great weight lift from her chest. Now she began to wonder if she should stay at the Lynch residence to see how the rest of Melody’s drama played out.

Hearing this, however, made the Lynch family anxious. ’Don’t be in such a hurry to leave! We still have plenty of interesting drama for you to follow here. There’s no rush!’

"Ahem, Serena, you’re not in a hurry to go back to school or work after the New Year, are you? You can stay with us for a while longer. Let Melody and your cousins take you out and show you around."

Arabella Donovan smiled. Before she could say anything, her phone chimed with a notification.

She thought it was just another spam message, but when she opened it, she was startled.

’Cassandra Lynch? What the—? Cassandra Lynch wants to meet with me? Is she sure she has the right person?’