Angeline dragged her luggage along and left Fragrant Vessel Court in the midst of the pouring rain.After Jenson watched the sorrowful image of her disappear behind the curtain of rain, he turned around and ran toward his daddy’s room.“Daddy, she’s gone!”Jenson leaned on the door, his face was like Jay’s, cold with a trace of anger.“Even if you were punishing her for not saying goodbye, just fake it, why did you have to drive her out in this awful weather?”Jay sat on the bed, his legs naturally hanging by the bedside. His handsome face was clouded by a dark air.“Whenever a mistake is made, punishment is due.” he gritted his teeth and growled.Jenson’s sight shifted to the shards on the floor, he quickly understood that his daddy’s outburst was not the result of petty resentment.His mommy must have done something to have made him that angry.Jenson walked in and bent over to pick up the broken pieces.Jay said, “Let the housekeepers clean that up.”Jenson replied, “Ay,
Josehpine widened her eyes and hollered with dissatisfaction, “Hey, miss care worker, this is my house, not yours. Can you be mindful of your image for a moment?”“God must be blind in giving you such a good figure and a pretty face. Now, you tell me. If you were not that pretentious, why was my brother that cruel to you?”Angeline lifted her head from the sofa, her eyes sorrowful, the tear marks on her face were still wet, she looked hurt, “Why did your big brother dislike me?”Josephine rolled her eyes, “Even if it were other men, they could not stand your weird, melodramatic behavior. You’re not womanly at all.”“Womanly?” Angeline sat upright and asked earnestly, “What does being womanly mean?”“It’s how women carry themselves,” Josephine said while demonstrating, “You have to be coy while you speak, your voice has to be tender, you have to be slow when you walk, your waist has to be soft and don’t bring all the attention to yourself——no man likes it when a woman takes away hi
“What’s wrong?” Angeline asked.When Josephine thought of how her father distanced himself from her and how he shunned her, her expression darkened.“I don’t know why? Ever since my brother had an accident, I could feel my father’s attitude toward me take a hundred-and-eighty degree turn. In the past, he was good to me, he would not simply raise his voice in front of me, much less hit me. However recently, not only was he talking to me in a weird way, he even beat me.” As she said that, Josephine’s eyes started to redden, and her voice croaked.Angeline was shocked, Jack gave Jay trouble all the time because Jay was not his biological son.However, he had no reason to not love Josephine.“Why did your father become like this?” said Angeline while lightly tapping on the sofa leather, she sank into deep thought.“I think that it must have something to do with that little mistress my father brought back home.” Josephine’s eyes raged with fury, “Because of her, not only did my fathe
“Mom, how’s Dad treating you lately?” Josephine felt that everything she saw was somewhat unrealistic.The Madam then answered in an ingenious way, “Times have changed, Josephine. Your brother’s disabled now, and you’re not interested in running a business. Mom can’t count on the two of you so I only have your father. When you reach my age, you’ll no longer long for love and muddle through by living on a day to day basis.”Josephine blamed herself for this. She felt that her lack of ability failed to give her mother the support she needed, hence her mother had no other options but chose to compromise. She merely could turn a blind eye toward her husband’s little mistress.“It’s my fault for being useless, Mom.”Madam was emotionally moved by her statement and smiled. She said earnestly, “Mom doesn't blame you for anything. Mom’s only wish now is for you to find someone from a good family to marry you. Josie, listen to your mother now, you’re not young anymore, it’s time for you to
Josephine was dumbfounded when she learned that the man her parents were trying to set her up with was a well-known gambler. “Is that true, Angeline?” She refused to believe that her dear parents would do this to her.Angeline swore and said, “The Titus family from Swallow City were the people who betrayed the Severe family in the past. In order to get revenge on them, I’ve dug up all the dirt on everyone in the Titus family.“Titus only has one young master, and that young master was notorious for being bad since he was a child. When he grew up, the only thing he knew how to do was eat, drink, and gamble. However, the Titus family still has a daughter, who is very competitive. Hence, they’ve trained her to be the heir instead.”Once Josephine listened to Angeline’s words, she silently hugged her legs and curled up into a ball as she shivered.“My mom and dad are truly kind to me,” Josephine said quietly.Angeline hugged her tightly in her arms, trying to give her some warmth. “
Up until the servants from the Sycamore Annex came to announce, “Young Master, Old Master Jack and Madam had arranged for a match for Miss Josephine, and the other party had arrived at the estate. Hence, Old Master Jack had asked for the Young Master to come and accompany the guests.”Jay frowned slightly. Jack and him were well aware that their father-son relationship was merely a cover for the Ares family’s scandals. Calling each other father and son were both beneficial to them when they were outside, but Jack would have never done these things when they were at home.Hence, it was impossible for Jack to let him interfere on the matters happening at the Sycamore Annex .Unless this was——Jay seemed to have realized something, and called out, “Storm.”Storm immediately stepped forward, “What’s on your mind, Mr. Ares?”Jay looked at Storm’s respectful gaze and sighed inwardly.Perhaps only Angeline would have the courage to make a ruckus in front of him. However, he had drive
Jack had to maintain his image of being a compassionate father in front of outsiders, hence he stopped his hostility toward Jay.Not long after, people were beginning to sigh and exclaim aloud.“Woah, so beautiful!”“She’s prettier than a celebrity!”“Outrageously gorgeous!”…In the lobby, Hiroshi Titus, the young master of the Titus family, abruptly stretched his neck out to look at the door.He was secretly overjoyed. How beautiful could this lady be that she had made the people outside exclaimed out loud, and was filled by praises?Jack and Madam looked at each other with relief and smiled. It seemed like their daughter, Josephine, still took their words to heart and she must have come here after dolling up.Jay’s gaze fell on Hiroshi’s wretched face, and cold light flashed across his eyes. If a man like this wanted to marry Josephine, he would definitely not agree to it.The Titus family’s heir, and Hiroshi’s older sister, Yumi Titus, secretly tugged her younger brothe
Was she treating him like he was air?Josephine and Angeline let go of each other’s hands, and Josephine walked toward her parents as she greeted them. “Father, Mother.”She had put on grand makeup and was polite and elegant as if she was particularly interested in this blind match. Jack could not pick out her fault, hence he could only greet her with a gloom expression. “Sit down.”Angeline stood in the middle of the lobby as she looked around, then she opportunely smiled sweetly. She refused to look at Jay as she ultimately walked over toward Hiroshi in a leisure manner.Jay’s eyes were frozen——Angeline sat on the empty seat next to Hiroshi and smiled charmingly toward him. “Young Master Titus, can you still recognize me?” Her voice sounded softer than usual.Hiroshi was enthused by Angeline’s initiative, it was bold and unrestrained.“Is that really you, Angeline?”“It’s me.” Angeline’s eyes appeared gracious and charming.“You’re alive? But weren’t you dead?”“It’s a lon