The smile on Ivy's face froze and thought to herself, "Eric Santos is Mom's friend? Did he borrow my book today because he
recognized me?"
She immediately opened her bag and took out her music textbook before flipping it open and tapping herself on the hand.
Eric had left a message for her on one of the pages. He wanted to meet her, and there was a number next to his message. She
assumed that it was his.
"Please stop the car," Ivy immediately said to the driver.
The car had just left the campus and had not gone far. Ivy got out of the car and dialed the number written in her textbook.
Soon, the call was answered and Eric said, "Hello."
"Mr. Santos, I'm sorry, but | just saw your message in my textbook," she said sheepishly.
"Are you still on campus?" Eric asked with amusement.
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"Yeah. I'm in front of the university entrance."
"Okay. | wille to you, then. I'll be there in about ten minutes," Eric said after checking the time.
"Okay." Once she hung up, she saw the driver walking over to her.
"Brian, | will go hlater."
"Oh, what happened?" The driver asked.
"Eric Santos wants to meet with me," Ivy told him the truth. "Don't tell my parents just yet. | want to see what he wants first."
Brian nodded with a smile. "Sure. | will keep my mouth shut." He knew that Eric was a good person and was not concerned at all.
Ten minutes later, a black car stopped in front of Ivy. The car window rolled down and she saw Eric.
"Ivy, letbuy you dinner." Judging from the look on Ivy's face, he knew that she had already found out about his connection with
the Fosters.
It was supper tand there were many students loitering around. To avoid unnecessary trouble, Eric did not get out of the car,
and Ivy agreed to his invitation without hesitation before getting into his car.
Brian immediately got back into his car and drove after Eric.
"That's my driver behind us," Ivy explained.
"I've seen him before," Eric said.
"Oh... I didn't even know that you are friends with my mom earlier this afternoon."
"I could tell. | didn't even know that they had found you until | saw you," Eric said light-heartedly. "Your parents didn't tell me."
"Maybe they don't want to tell too many people!" Ivy said.
"It's good to keep a low profile, or you will be exposed to unwanted attention."
"Yeah. Mr. Santos, can | tell my parents that I'm having dinner with you?" Ivy asked. "I will be hlate, and I'm sure Mom will ask
Ivy could have lied to her mother and said that she needed to stay back at the university, but she did not want to lie to her mother.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Of course. Letcall your mom now," Eric said before putting on his Bluetooth earphones to call Avery.
The call was answered right away.
"Avery, | saw Ivy today, and I'm taking her out for dinner right now. Is that okay?" Eric asked.
Surprised, Avery said, "How did you two meet?"
"I was substituting for a friend at Southern University, and Ivy was in my class. | saw her non the list and recognized her," he
explained.
"What a coincidence." Avery chuckled. "If she is okay with it, it's fine by me."
"Okay. She is in my car right now. | will send her hafter dinner later."
"Sure."
After the call, Eric took off his earphones.