Alicia looked at Yvonne's wounded face and gathered that she wasn't having a good time either. At that moment, she didn't know what to do with her."You can leave now and don't show up in front of me again. I'll investigate what you just said. If you were one bit untruthful, I wouldn't let it slide," Alicia warned."Little girl, what made you think you have what it takes to come after me? Who do you think you are?" she sarcastically asked internally, thinking people these days like to talk big. If it weren't for the fact that Jonathan had a mentor that might be of use, she wouldn't bother coming to see someone as useless as Alicia. At the hospital, after a busy day, Jenny was about to leave work when Alec appeared in her office."Weren't we supposed to see Grandpa tonight? Haven't you finished your work?" Alec asked, showing some concern.Jenny finished organizing the patient files and got up from her chair. "I'm done. Let's go.""Okay."As they walked out of the office and out
"Grandpa."Mortimer ignored Jenny, and Jenny also couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him. She looked at the old man sitting nearby and walked toward him with a smile.The old man nodded, smiling. "Jenny, it's been a long time since you've visited me.""You know I'm busy. Please don't be mad at me." Jenny returned the smile. The two got along very well. An outsider would have thought that Jenny was still his granddaughter-in-law."I understand. Of course I'm not mad at you." Old Mr. Faust wasn't senile. He knew why Jenny hadn't visited the Old Mansion better than anyone else.As they spoke, Mortimer and Alec sat in the living room and said nothing. They just listened to Jenny and Old Mr. Faust's conversation."Grandpa, shall we go to the study to talk?" After the pleasantries were exchanged, Jenny was ready to get to the point. She came with a purpose today.Old Mr. Faust was slightly surprised but didn't refuse. "Okay." He stood up and looked at Alec and Mortimer, who were
Jenny felt that she got her work cut out for her. She wouldn't be here testing the waters if she knew everything."Although I know everything, I still want to hear it directly from you. After all, I always thought you were genuinely kind to me." She looked at Old Mr. Faust with a deep gaze.He felt unsettled being looked at like that. At first, he'd arranged for Alec to marry Jenny with a specific purpose in mind. Later, even he couldn't tell whether he wanted her to be his grandson's spouse because of her identity or truly accepted her as his granddaughter-in-law.Now, telling her these things seemed to be meaningless.Old Mr. Faust sighed and didn't doubt what Jenny had said. "Jenny, since you put it that way, I won't deny it any longer. I did arrange for Alec to marry you because of your identity."Jenny had an indescribable feeling in her heart, but she wasn't too sad. After all, this was something she'd expected."Is my identity that attractive to you? The Fausts are already
Even with that, Old Mr. Faust still told Jenny truthfully, "Actually, I don't know much about it either. I just happened to be in Parrington when this incident occurred, so I learned about it by chance.""By chance?" Jenny didn't believe there could be such a coincidence."Ah, never mind. It was actually because of your grandfather that I knew. He told me about it when he was still the Walters' servant." Old Mr. Faust knew that Jenny didn't believe him, so he decided to be honest. Since Jenny had already found out that much, there was no longer a need to hide anything."My grandfather? Why would he tell you?" Jenny didn't understand. Under reasonable circumstances, her grandfather should have kept this a secret and not told Old Mr. Faust."Your grandfather and I were good friends in Bardoff City. Later, when he brought you to Orchid Village, he couldn't ask the Walters to provide assistance, or it would attract attention. So, I was the one who had been helping him all these years,"
“There’s no need to thank me. You already know everything anyway, don’t you? You’ll know the specifics sooner or later.” Zachary was helpless. If it hadn’t been for the fact Jenny had found out about almost everything, he wouldn’t have taken the initiative to tell her about all that.Jenny smiled when she heard that, but her smile was a weak and slightly guilty one. She didn’t dare to tell Zachary she was just trying her luck by pretending to have found out about her true identity. In fact, she didn’t ask about anything when she went to Bardoff City. On top of that, Mr. Spade had already gone to the hospital before she could get to him.Meanwhile, in the kitchen downstairs, Alec instructed the chef to cook the dishes that Jenny liked. Mortimer also walked into the kitchen and looked at Alec coldly. “Why do you insist on being with that woman?”Alec was slightly stunned when he heard this, and did not turn his head to look at Mortimer. He continued to give the chef instructions.“
When the two were in a stalemate, Jenny came down from upstairs. Alec ignored Mortimer right away and walked over to her."Are you done talking to Grandpa?" he asked. Jenny nodded and glanced at Alec meaningfully but didn't say anything. Alec could feel the emotion in her eyes, but if she didn't want to tell him about it, he wouldn't ask—at least, not now.Not long after, Old Mr. Faust came down too. "Let's eat."Soon, the four of them sat at the dining table. Perhaps the atmosphere became a little awkward because of Jenny's presence. Old Mr. Faust knew that Jenny wasn't happy about what he'd told her, but he didn't offer her words of advice. He figured she would have to get over it by herself, and there was no point in others persuading her. It would only make her pull away even further.He then glanced at his grandson and saw that he'd been staring at Jenny. He could only sigh helplessly. Alec was exceptional in every aspect; his only flaw was he loved too deeply when he fell f
The brakes sounded, and the car stopped at the side of the road. Jenny was about to ask Alec what was going on when she saw him looking at her intently. His look seemed to suggest that she had hurt his feelings."I should be the one feeling hurt," Jenny thought."Jenny, am I such a terrible person in your eyes?" Alec asked in a low voice after some time; the tone of his voice was indescribably sad. The sight of Alec looking so broken tugged at Jenny's heartstrings, but she still smiled and said, "To tell you the truth, Alec; your trustworthiness is basically zero."Alec smiled bitterly, knowing that this was all his own doing. "I'm sorry...""You don't have to apologize to me, even if you really had ulterior motives at the beginning, I don't care. After all, I know you meant it when you showed me you genuinely loved me, and I really did feel happiness during those times." She looked at Alec with a faint smile as she said that. However, those words cut at Alec's heart like knive
"I've found out about everything," Jenny said lightly. Through the phone, the tone of her voice didn't seem to carry any emotion.Gilbert wanted to ask what she knew. Right when he was about to, he suddenly thought of something, and he couldn't help but clench his phone a little harder. "About your background?""Yeah." She told Gilbert because she wanted to see if she could get some other information that she didn't know about from him.This time, it was Gilbert's turn to be silent. As he didn't say anything, it made Jenny a little perplexed. "Gilbert, tell me everything you know."After another round of silence, Gilbert sighed and replied a little helplessly, "I knew that once you found out you weren't Grandpa's biological granddaughter, you would definitely figure things out. I just didn't expect you to be so fast."He thought it would take a while for Jenny to learn the truth, but he didn't expect it to be that soon. He'd underestimated his sister."I just want to figure every