Chapter 1172 - 1180: Who’s Important

"I will have a good talk with her," Father Carter said, "ask your friend not to startle her for now. If she gets spooked, God knows where she would run off to. The older she gets, the more she worries me."

James Carter hmm’ed, then hung up the phone. After a moment of thought, he called Jane Sampson.

Jane was holding her mobile phone, so she answered it instantly.

"Mr. Carter," Jane’s voice sweetly called out.

"Little Jane, when you saw Jillian, did she ask anything about me?" James Carter asked. "Everyone in our circle knows how close you and I are. I’m wondering if she realizes that you’ve recognized her."

"She never asked, so I guess she probably never thought I would recognize her," Jane replied. "If it hadn’t been for seeing your family photo just in time that day, even knowing that Mr. Carter has a sister and being friends with you, I wouldn’t have connected her to it."

"That’s good. If you meet her again, I hope you can help me out by pretending you don’t recognize her. If she doesn’t bring it up, don’t mention me. If she does, she’s probably just testing you, and just act like you don’t know," James Carter earnestly requested. "Is that okay?"

"No problem," Jane quickly nodded in agreement, although she didn’t know why but didn’t ask for the reason.

However, thinking of Jillian’s feelings for James Black, Jane bit her lip, opened her mouth to call out to James Carter, and said, "Mr. Carter, if your sister and I had a fight, would you break off our friendship?"

James Carter was quite surprised; he hadn’t expected Jane to suddenly ask such a question.

"She’s been spoiled in the house since she was young, so she might be a bit difficult to deal with. If she makes you angry, you can talk to me about it. If she’s wrong, I’ll definitely have her apologize to you."

The implication of his words was, if it really came to a fight, he hoped Jane could be a little more forgiving of Jillian at that time. Jane’s feelings were hard to describe.

Although she felt a slight disappointment, she also found it quite normal after all, Jillian was James Carter’s younger sister.

Mr. Carter, such a gentle person, must be a brother who loved his sister dearly.

Jane wanted to mention James Black, but then she thought about it; James Black wouldn’t stay in King Town for more than two days, and she probably wouldn’t see Jillian every day either. So, some things, Jane hid back in her heart.

"Okay," Jane responded softly.

James Carter breathed a sigh of relief and thanked her.

"However, if she really goes too far, you don’t need to tolerate her for my sake. Just do what you need to do," James Carter said. "I don’t want to make her unhappy, but I can’t let you swallow your grievances alone. It’s somewhat unfair to you."

"Mhm," Jane agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Jane quietly put her mobile away and slumped against James Black’s body, rubbing her face against his arm, seemingly a bit mopey and not too happy.

James Black was sitting next to Jane, so he heard everything James Carter and Jane had said.

Naturally, James Black also knew that Jane was a bit unhappy because of James Carter.

His broad palm gently stroked her cheek and he asked in a deep voice, "Am I more important, or is your Mr. Carter?"

"Huh?" Jane looked up. "Why ask such a strange question all of a sudden?"