Nolan smiled, “If you made Jackie marry her because of that, that doesn’t seem very fair to him.”Thomas looked up and cooly replied, “I would agree if they wanted a divorce because I would prefer if Viv becomes my god-granddaughter.”Jackie walked down the stairs and heard what Thomas said.Thomas wasn’t joking because he had had an arranged marriage too. He could understand how sad it was to be forced to marry a woman he didn’t love.A sense of responsibility couldn’t be forced. Even if he accepted unwillingly and chose to respect his wife, it didn’t change the way he felt for Simmone. It was mostly because she passed away when he loved her the most.It was inevitable for someone to forget a living person, but if it was a deceased person, there would be some nostalgia.When Thomas left Yaramoor, he would never have thought it would be the last time he saw her. Feelings could change, but it was hard to let go of sadness. Thomas slowly drank his tea, “I’ve already decided to
Waylon handed Jackie the kite and walked toward Colton and Daisie.Violet turned to look at Jackie, tugging at the string, and crossed her arms. “Why did you join in?”“I can do what I want at my home.”He was right, and Violet had no retort. “Alright, have fun.”When Daisie saw that she was leaving, she immediately yelled, “If you leave now, you’ll be considered the loser.”They were having a kite-flying competition, and the highest flyer would be the winner. If the string broke, it would be counted as a loss. The loser would have to accept one condition by the winner, and they had set the rules before they started.Violet paused and was annoyed. “Then get Waylon back here.”Daisie smiled. “But Uncle Jackie is on your team now.”“Emergency change in a teammate, it shouldn’t count!”“It should count.” Daisie continued. “Only one person could give up, and Waylon already did that. You have one less teammate, and Uncle Jackie replaced him, so it should continue.”Colton and
“Alright, I’m going to speak to your grandfather outside. Go play with your brothers.”Daisie nodded and walked away. She saw her two brothers standing in the living room with Zephir and paused. “Zeph?”Zephir smiled. “Happy new year. I brought presents for you.”“What is it?” Her eyes shone as she ran over. Zephir handed her a box, and she took it over with a smile, then opened it.It was a pink custom-made crystal bracelet.Colton clicked his tongue. “Why didn’t you bring us presents too?”He was such a schemer, only treating their sister nicely.Zephir seemed to know that Colton would say that, so he smiled. “I did.”He asked the bodyguards to bring the presents over—there was one for each of them. “Alright, I’ll forgive you.” Colton took it.Daisie turned to look at him. “Can’t you be nice, Colton? You accepted his present.”Colton smiled. “I’ll listen to you when you’re the first in class.”“Really?”“I can’t lie when Waylon is here.”“Alright!” Daisie patted he
‘Isn’t that akin to incest?’When the thought surfaced in Thomas’s head, he said in a serious voice, “That's why I want to talk about the divorce between them.”The Lovegoods were rather surprised when they heard what Thomas had said.After all, Thomas had been someone who knew what to do and what not to do. However, Aaron was not going to agree with him this time. “Elder Master Clifford, do you think that the marriage between our two families is a child's play?”Thomas tapped the foot of the glass rhythmically, and it took him a while before he replied, “Aaron, there are many other ways to maintain the relationship between our two families.”He looked at Violet and continued. “That’s why I’ve decided to take Viv in as my god-granddaughter.”“What? Are you kidding me?” Aaron rose to his feet and shouted back to Thomas despite everyone watching him, “If you take Viv as your god-granddaughter, does this not mean that she and Jackie will become brother and sister instead of husband
“Are you mad at me?”Violet clenched her fists tightly and shook her head as she smiled. “I know you only want the best for me, so I'm not mad at you.”When she thought about it, she was the one who owed Thomas something.“Thank you, Viv,” Thomas said as he smiled gently at her. “Don’t worry. Even if you get a divorce, you will be my god-granddaughter. Even though you and Jackie can't be husband and wife, you can treat each other as brother and sister. I think it should be better, right?” Violet pressed her lips thin. After a short bout of hesitation, she said, “Honestly, this is all my fault. Grandpa, you shouldn’t blame him as well.”Jackie hated her because he thought she was that kind of woman.She had never cared about how others thought of her. That’s why she had thrown caution into the wind and had done so many stupid things to the point that she had overlooked how good Thomas was to her.It was only now she realized how stubborn she was.Even now, Thomas was worried ab
Jackie patted the driving seat and signaled the driver to start the engine.Without waiting for Violet to say anything, the car drove away. Violet shouted exasperatingly, “You're right! There are a lot of men who want to come here and pick me up! I don’t even want to sit in your car!”She pulled her phone out. As she browsed her contact list, she discovered that there were not many people she could ask.Her car was inside the garage of her house, and she had not brought her purse when she came out to the city hall to finalize their divorce procedure. Her phone was not linked to any cards, and she did not expect that Jackie would be so cruel as to leave her behind.She thought Jackie would treat her better after they got a divorce, but it now seemed to her that she was too naive.She did not have other choices anymore, so she called her mother.However, she did not know that someone secretly captured the scene of them coming out of the city hall and Jackie leaving her behind on
Maisie continued calmly. “Both of you were forced into marriage. You think it's a disgrace to the Cliffords after marrying her. However, the reality is that everyone pitied the Cliffords for letting such a woman into their home.” She took a deep breath. “The only person who really suffers from criticism is Violet. Everyone will only laugh at her. She doesn't care about it because it's the result she wants.“Long before you two get married, she had been doing everything she could to ruin her reputation. You're not satisfied with the marriage, and you're not happy with her being your wife. Do you think she's happy with the arrangement? Now that you're divorced, for her, it's the result that she has ever wanted in the first place.“In the end, she's the stupid one. And you're right about one thing. She's the one who ruined her own reputation, and she doesn't care about it. But are you sure there are women in this world who don't care about their reputation?”She wouldn't understand V
In the end, Violet switched off her phone so that she wouldn’t get affected by it.Since the reporters had twisted her words, Violet was branded with labels, such as wh*re and arrogant b*tch, once the magazine was published. She was subjected to online bullying right after New Year's Eve.Everyone thought that Violet was a loose woman. Not only did she not admit her mistake, but she also treated the reporters arrogantly after her divorce. There were all sorts of comments about her on the Internet, and most of them were bad.In the meantime, the publishing company received a call from Thomas. Nobody knew what Thomas had said, but the owner of the publishing company ran into the department and asked, "Where are the 5,000 copies of the magazine printed yesterday?"“It's all been distributed.”The owner's expression changed, and he said, “Hurry up and call them back. Withdraw those magazines. They can't be distributed. If not, bad things will happen!”Everyone in the department worke