She laughed happily, "Alright, let's change clothes and check out the rest... Hey..."
She hadn't taken two steps before Joel Russo scooped her up in his arms.
A collective gasp arose from the crowd.
"What's going on?" Arabella Vanderbilt asked in surprise.
Joel Russo glanced down at her, "You've walked too much today. Time to go back for lunch."
With that, leaving no room for objection, he carried Arabella Vanderbilt, striding out of the mall with long legs.
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Joel Russo treated Arabella Vanderbilt like a little ancestor, ensuring she ate, slept, and enjoyed herself on a schedule.
To others, flying and traveling everywhere seemed exhausting and grueling.
At this moment, Arabella Vanderbilt had no idea what that kind of hardship felt like.
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At seven in the evening, the neon lights of Ocean Avenue twinkled, waves shimmered across the ocean, and the cold wind carried the sound of crashing waves.
