42 Adopting Xi Mingxi's Character

"I want to speak with you... about your cousin." 

"Joreen?" Sara asked. 

"Yes."

"Did something happen?" She asked again, looking worried this time. It was strange for him to come talk to her about Joreen since it has never happened before. 

"Nothing really serious... well, I hope." He started. "I think I may have made a mistake." As much as it killed him to admit, he had to be sincere with himself that his overprotectiveness over wasn't a good thing. 

Sara paid close attention to him and waited for him to continue. 

"Since she spent more time around my company, I believe I was supposed to teach her a few things, which I didn't. I am afraid adulthood is going to be quite challenging for her since she didn't learn much."

"I understand. I do." Sara Sara immediately.  "She is far more naive than I was at her age, which appears to be a lot troubling." She sighed. "But I will speak with Joreen and also let her mother know about it."