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Chapter 421

The next day, Jay woke up.

He did not see his beloved woman anywhere, but instead, he saw her special 'present'. He was suddenly furious!

This was getting more and more outrageous!

"Someone get in here!"

When the housekeeper entered the room and saw Jay tied down to the bed, they could not help but gape in disbelief.

"Young Master, which b*stard did this to you?"

Jay's eyes were cold as he gazed at the housekeeper intensely. "It was the missus."

The housekeeper covered their mouth. "I apologize, Young Master. I take back my words."

"Mm."

"But why did the missus tie you to the bed?" asked the housekeeper curiously.

"The missus likes it rough. Is there a problem?"

"No... No problem."

Did the missus like being this rough?

After Jay was freed from his shackles, he instantly took his phone and dialed Rose's number.

He could only hear beeping noises on the phone... It was obvious that this girl had blocked his number.

Jay gloomily threw his phone against the wall...

The housekeeper gawked at the phone and its broken screen, trembling in fear.

"Young Master, breakfast is ready."

Jay was agitated. "Get out."

The housekeeper shuddered and quickly left the scene without even daring to say a word.

Jay pondered for a while. Rose was retrenched from Bell Enterprise, so the only place that she could go to was Severe Enterprise.

He rushed over to Eminent Honor and found Zayne. Immediately, he asked about Rose's whereabouts.

"Has Rose been here?"

Zayne was worried. "Didn't you two sleep together last night? Now you're asking me about her. What's going on?"

"She ran away!"

"Ran away? Why'd she run away? Isn't her lifelong dream to get married to you?"

Jay extended his hand. "Give me your phone."

Zayne replied, "Don't you have one? Why use mine?"

Nevertheless, he handed his phone over obediently.

Jay dialed her number and after the call went through, he returned the phone to Zayne. "Ask her where she is?"

"Can't you ask her yourself?"

Jay gave him a death stare!

Zayne could not help but cooperate.

After the call was connected, Rose's sweet voice came ringing, "Hello, Zayne! You're calling me so early in the morning. Is anything the matter?" "Where are you right now?"

"I have my hands on the contract between the Ares and Severe families. I'm about to return to Swallow City to tell Mr. Severe about the good news." Zayne sneaked a look at Jay whose expression was dark as night. He suspected Rose had used some trickery to get her hands on that contract. "Rose, how did you manage to get this contract?"

Rose said nothing.

"Master Ares put his seal on it himself. Is there a problem?" She felt somewhat guilty and diverted the subject.

Thankfully, Zayne saw through her right away. "Surely you must've used a devious way to force Master Ares into signing the contract, right?"

Rose remained silent.

"Rose, say something." Zayne urged.

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Rose knew that he must have gotten wind of this, so she did not hide any longer. "I gifted myself to him, which was how I got this contract." Zayne,

Jay took out his phone, typed out a line of text, and held it up in front of Zayne.

"Rose, let's meet up!"

"Alright, text me where and when."

Rose agreed easily.

"Oh, okay," as Zayne said that, Jay ended the call.

Then, he snatched Zayne's phone over and said with a forceful tone, "Lend me your phone."

Zayne reached out to snatch it back. "Then what am I going to use?"

He handed him a wad of dollars. "Go buy a new one."

Zayne felt helpless. "I have many clients on my phone. What happens if they call me?"

"I'll answer the calls for you."

"They're going to discuss job partnerships with me. Are you going to do that for me as well?"

Jay opened the contacts page, gave it a look, then gave Zayne a condescending gaze. "You must've contacted

them for a long time, but they're all ignoring you, right?"

Zayne frowned. "Please don't stab me in my wounds, alright?"

The other man replied, "Do you know why they're ignoring you?"

"Because the Severe family's reputation has dropped?"

"Unrelated."

Zayne widened his eyes. "Then, what's the reason? Don't tell me that they don't like my face? My nose is still a nose and my eyes are still eyes. I look spirited and cool, unlike someone who's not reliable... What reason do they have not to work with me?"

Jay took Zayne's phone and pocketed it. "Give me your phone and I'll tell you."

Zayne looked dissatisfied. "Could I not have given it to you? You've taken it already."

He replied, "The development time for these businesses is not long. All they want is stability, so they won't change partners that easily."

Zayne understood some of it. "Which means I can't do anything, then?"

Jay replied, "Giving up that easily? No wonder the Severes failed so quickly."

Zayne glared at him... "Can you say something useful?"

Jay then said, "Find out their network of partners, then draw it out. Find their weakness and attack them. Once their chain is broken, you can then reconstruct your own network."

Hearing this, Zayne came to a realization. "This makes a lot of sense!"

He instantly praised Jay, saying, "No wonder Angel also had a knack for business. That's because you taught her well."

Jay's face darkened. "I didn't teach her well enough."

If he knew that she would be this mischievous, then he should not have taught her all these and let her be like all the other girls who were all beauty and no brains. He should have kept her as simple as they

came.

Zayne said, "Don't be like that. Has my sister done something to make you unhappy? Be a little more patient with her!"

Jay ran through his thoughts. Ever since she came back, it seemed like she had done anything to make him happy.

However, when he thought that this was the consequence of his previous actions, he could only accept all of her wrongdoings and move on.

Zayne laughed and left.

A thought suddenly crossed Jay's mind. He called out to him, "Zayne Severe-"

Zayne turned his head around.

"Are you committed to Josephine?" Jay looked at him with judging eyes.

Zayne's eyes glowed.

In the next instant, Jay threw a punch on the other's nose. "Break up with her, immediately."

Zayne's nose was bleeding as he vengefully looked at Jay and hollered at him, "You're the husband to my younger sister. By right, you should be calling me 'Big Brother'. Is this how you treat your big brother?" "You deserved it."

"You still have to look at who you're beating up. Aren't you afraid of my sister seeking revenge on behalf of m e if she finds out you beat me up?"

Jay retorted, "If it wasn't for her, I'd have your life today."

"Alright, alright, I promise you. When I get back, I'll break up with the Ares family's second lady. Is that alright?"

"Now leave."

After he chased Zayne away, Jay sent a text to Rose using the other's phone. '8 o'clock tonight. We'll see each other at Ray of Light.'

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Swallow City.

After Rose handed over the agreement between Ares and Severe Films to George Severe, he quickly glanced over the details and was astonished.

"For Ares Enterprises' investment, if it succeeds, the profits are split half and half. If it fails, then they'll bear all the losses. Jay Ares doesn't ever do a losing business, but he sure is extra generous to Severe Enterprise."

Rose replied, "Ares Films' profits mean little to them. Furthermore, I spent a lot of effort just to get this contract. It wasn't his idea to be this generous."

George took a piece of newspaper from the drawer and threw it over to Rose. His expression became solemn. "Is this true?"

Rose looked at the 'wedding' picture of Jay and her. Below was a caption about their mysterious love story.

"Dad, the wedding's real, but the love's fake. Both of us merely took what we wanted. I want the contract, he wants to divert the public's attention from the Ares family's fire incident. The scenario was perfect. Don't you worry, I'll divorce him as soon as possible." Rose casually described the wedding as if it was nothing.

George, however, did not look at it that way. "He's cunning. The purpose of this move of his is very

obscure."

As he said that, George suddenly looked over to Rose." Rose, don't tell me that he has feelings for you?"

Rose spewed out a mouthful of tea and waved her arm. "Impossible."

Her take on this matter was that Jay wanted to harm her. He always wanted her dead, so how could he have feelings for her?

George got such an intense reaction out of her, so he suppressed his curiosity.

"By the way, you've done Severe Enterprise a huge deed. I'm preparing to officially nominate you for the position of Executive President. With that position, you can proudly work for Severe Enterprise." Rose was worried. "Zayne won't make a fuss out of this?"

When George heard that, he became disappointed and scolded, "After Severe Enterprise collapsed, I gave him some money to start his own business in Imperial Capital, but after so many years, his Eminent Honor is still losing money. What right does he have to make a fuss?"

Rose replied, "He's always loved being free. Looking after a company is not what he likes to do."

"Which is why you don't have to worry about his feelings."

In the evening, Rose drove over to Imperial Capital.

The traffic was heavy, so she was late by an hour.

She finally arrived at Ray of Light, stopped the car, and hurriedly got out of it while rushing in.

VIP room.

The ashtray in front of Jay was piled with a thick layer of ash. His slender fingers held a cigar as thick smoke swirled around, clouding his handsome face. No one could see the expression on his face. Behind came a squeaking sound, and the familiar sound of footsteps came from behind the divider.

Jay extinguished the cigar and threw what remained of it into the ashtray.

Rose choked on the smoke that filled the room. Her attention was diverted for a moment, so she sat down on the seat beside him.

Jay felt bad watching her cough her lungs out, so he gently patted her back.

"Zayne Severe, can't you stop smoking for just one day?" Rose snapped at him.

Jay said nothing!

He took his cup and put it near her mouth.

She thought nothing of it and drank it all with a gulp.

The coughing stopped.

As she returned the teacup to its owner, she saw Jay's expressionless face and fell on her butt, shocked and frightened.

"Sir Ares... It's you?"

The best strategy was to always run.

She got to her feet and took off!

When she got to the door, she realized that the room was locked from the outside. She could not open it no matter how hard she tried.

Thus, she banged on the door and hollered, "Help! Help!"

Jay strode toward her elegantly, looking at her as if she was a national treasure.

Was he that scary?

Rose hollered and wailed all she could, but it was to no avail. She could only sit on the floor and gazed at Jay with a pitiful look on her face. "Sir Ares, I was wrong!"

"Mm."

In the past, whenever she admitted her mistake, his heart would go soft.

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It turned out that being soft-hearted to her had caused him his own downfall.

"Forgive me!"

"If I forgive you now, aren't you going to do it again next time?" He frowned.

Rose immediately raised her hand and swore, "I swear to you, Sir Ares. I'll never tie you up again."

"That's not the main point."

"I... I'll never run away again."

Jay's expression showed no ease.

Gritting her teeth, she said, "If I run off again, you may go ahead and break my legs and snap my tendons..."

Jay was speechless.

Seeing that he was unwavering, she almost cried out," Then, what do you want from me?"

He threw a pair of handcuffs to her and looked at her with a gaze that appeared to say 'figure it out yourself'.

Picking up the cuffs, she saw that the spiral chain's total length was no more than six foot five inches long, and both ends of it had delicate lock bracelets.

One end of it was worn on Jay's wrist, and if the other one was bound to hers...

Just the thought of it was humiliating to Rose.

"Can I not wear it, Sir Ares?"

Jay stayed silent.

"This is for owners with little pets!"

"Yep." Jay nodded.

She was dumbfounded. 'So this guy is aware of these handcuffs' purpose?'

Shaking her head like a rattle-drum, she said, "It's too humiliating to wear this. Can't you figure out another way, Sir Ares?"

Regardless of her protest, Jay snapped the lock bracelet onto her wrist.

Then, he pulled the other end of the chain and walked toward the table. "Eat."

Rose was abruptly dragged to the dining table by him.

It did not take long before the waiter started serving a sumptuous meal.

Rose was continuously placing food onto his plate. 1

Perhaps she was nervous or was doing it deliberately, but soon enough, his plate was piled with side dishes such as bell peppers and jalapenos...

Jay looked at her without uttering a word. Then, he picked up a shrimp and started gracefully peeling them.

Rose immersed herself in cutting up her food as if the spicy ingredients left on his plate had nothing to do with her.

Jay proceeded to place the peeled shrimp onto her plate.

Rose was stunned once more.

The contrast in treatment showed how diabolical she was and how innocent he was being...

F*ck!

This had to be one of his elaborated sugar-coating schemes. This false facade of his could not fool her.

Jay picked up the spicy side dishes and ate them casually.

She instantly had an uneasy conscience. He had a severe stomach issue... If he ate all of that, it was bound to create problems later! Ultimately, she could not withstand the condemnation in her conscience and scooped out the rest of the ingredients from his plate.

"I love these, so let me have them instead." She had no other alternatives but to lie to cover up her dark intentions.

Jay's eyes immediately beamed out a smile.

Finally, there was no regret in loving her so dearly.

"That's a bad habit. You should change that." He

decided not to expose her. "Waiter, add another plate o f carbonara."

Rose sighed secretly. At least there was no need for her to eat this spicy food.

After dinner, Rose followed him to the car and returned to Garden Of A Diary.

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Rose was utterly disappointed upon noticing the children were missing. "Where are Jens and the others?"

"They'll be living with their grandparents for a while," Jay replied leisurely.

She was startled by this, so she asked, "Why?"

"We need a private space to cultivate our relationship."

Rose,

Do you need a private space to cultivate feelings, or do you need it to control all my actions?'

Then, Jay began to undress in front of her.

"I'm taking a bath," he said, notifying her.

In a daze, Rose replied, "You don't have to report that to me."

Jay raised the cuffs. "You sure you're not taking one?"

With her eyes widened, she said, "Can't you uncuff us for a while?"

"No." Without another word, he dragged her into the bathroom.

Rose stood behind the door panel with her back facing him.

Almost immediately, Jay proceeded to pull on the

chain, dragging Rose over to him.

When she saw his model-like chiseled body, Rose covered her eyes in shame.

Jay said, "Being honest and open with each other is the first step for a husband and wife to live in harmony."

Then, he reached out and pulled her into the bathtub.

Rose instantly looked like a drowned rat.

Flustered and exasperated, her entire body began to revolt.

Why should she feel ashamed?

F*ck, she was not the one at a loss anyway for looking at his perfect, beautiful, and chiseled body!

Thus, she opened her eyes and admired the man's figure with gusto.

"Does it look good?"

Rose licked her lips. "Free things are never that great!"

Slightly startled, he thought, 'She's already getting an advantage, yet she's trying to play hard to get!'

He proceeded to strip her naked.

"Then, I'll go right ahead and charge you a fee!"

Rose pushed his chest with both hands. "You've seen mine as well. We're even."

Jay's lips curved into a coquettish sneer. "I'm also

charging an interest."

Hearing him, she cried and begged for mercy, "I won't dare to look at you next time, Sir Ares. I won't look even if you're right in front of me." "Hmm? I'm that unsightly to you?" The man leaned down.

"That's not it. How do you want me to answer you for you to let go of me?

"Alright, I got it. You're the most handsome being in the universe. Ah! Ah!"

A long while later.

Rose was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling in abrupt melancholy.

She said weakly, "Sir Ares, we get along well together anyway. Must we cultivate our relationship and feelings?"

Jay's expression appeared dim.

If their relationship was really as good as when they first met, she would not have had to hide her secrets from him, right? Moreover, she would not be thinking about escaping from him all the time.

The colossal villa was elegantly silent.

There were only two lovers whose hearts were parted like the red sea, staying solemn and relatively speechless.

Rose felt pressed by the heavy atmosphere, but she did not know what else to say to him.

Thus, there was only endless silence.

She spoke nothing, and as for Jay, who was always a man with very few words, he was even quieter.

Suddenly, Rose's cell phone rang.

Rose, who as if a significant load was taken off her mind, answered the phone immediately.

Josephine's sobbing voice was heard on the other line. "Rose, I was just dumped by Zayne. I need to ask you, are you and he together?"

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Rose swallowed her saliva. This kind of misunderstanding... Was worse than Boo Radley's.

"Josephine, you have to believe me. I'm not dating Zayne. And I can swear to you that even if all the men in the world were extinct and only Zayne is left, I still wouldn't date him." "Can I still trust you?"

Rose was most afraid of being misunderstood.

Moreover, the other party was Josephine, someone she had a deep affection for. She immediately swore an oath on the spot, "Josephine, I swear, Zayne and I are truly not an item. If I steal your boyfriend away, I'll get struck by lightning and might as well drop dead."

Jay frowned slightly and took her phone. Then, he said, "Josephine Ares, this has nothing to do with Rose. I was the one who asked Zayne to break up with you!"

"Why'd you do that, Jay?"

"Because Zayne doesn't love you."

Josephine pondered his words for a moment...

Unexpectedly, she yelled, out of control, "So the person he loves is Rose, right?" "Rose is your sister-in-law."

Josephine was startled by Jay's fierce tone, and it took her a while to recover.

Rose jumped at him and grabbed the phone back. She said to Josephine, "Don't be sad, Josephine. Let's meet up."

"You still have the nerve to meet up with me?"

"Josie... I didn't do anything that I should be sorry for."

"Where are you?"

"Garden Of A Diary."

"I'll be right over."

Once she hung up the phone, Rose went against Jay viciously. "What right do you think you have to break them up without permission?"

Jay pinched her mouth. "Rose Loyle, be gentler with your husband."

Breaking free from his hand, she continued to mutter endlessly, "Do you know how difficult it is to give up a lover you've been in love with for so many years?"

His pupils shrunk as he asked, "Why? Have you experienced it before?"

Rose's long eyelashes trembled. Although she did not utter a word, her expression was clear as day.

At the sight of this, his heart fell into a bottomless abyss...

The thought of her giving up on loving him was so unbearable that he could feel his internal organs bursting open.

"Answer me," he roared with bloodshot eyes.

Rose stared at him blankly. "What's going on with you?"

She continued as if the answer was obvious, "If you can't keep on loving someone, then you'd just have to give up! Furthermore, it's more difficult to give someone up than to love them."

Then, Jay abruptly pushed her away and unlocked the handcuffs. He proceeded to walk upstairs with a gloomy expression.

When he arrived in the study room, he opened the window and felt the cold wind blowing. He was hoping the biting cold air could dispel the flaming irritation in his heart.

It was fortunate that he left the scene. Otherwise, he could not guarantee the terrible things he would do to her next.

There was chaos in his mind.

He thought about how he was getting along with Rose during this period of time. However, it was all him running after her as she fled from him.

His wishful thinking made him think that as long as he treated her sincerely, she would forgive him for his past mistakes.

However, he had forgotten that if she chose to stop loving him, everything he did for her would merely be a joke in her eyes.

Hence, he was merely a clown this whole time.

Before long, Josephine's car could be heard producing a flute-like sound.

Rose ran out and got into her car.

She was afraid that the perverted Jay Ares would try to lock her up once more.

"Let's leave the area first, Josephine." Rose's voice was somewhat tense.

"My brother's at home?" Josephine asked.

"Yeah."

Josephine started the engine, stepped on the pedal, and whizzed away.

On the second floor, Jay looked at the car that was leaving clouds of dust as it drove off. His eyes slowly cooled down.

Once Rose left Garden Of A Diary this time, she would not come back on her own, right?

Did he have to chase after her again?

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Josephine drove Rose straight to a bar. She booked a VIP private room, and the two of them had a long conversation inside.

"Let's talk about it. What the hell is going on between you and Zayne?" Josephine asked with enthusiasm.

Rose had no idea where to begin...

Josephine continued, "How did the two of you meet?"

Rose omitted the part about fate and previous lives." When I first came back, I was strapped for cash. So I went online and looked for a job. Zayne was the only person who offered me one."

"Thus, you're grateful to him. The kind of gratefulness that slowly blossomed into love, right?" Josephine was emotionally stirred up.

Rose replied, "Josie, the other day when you saw me in his arms, it was truly an accident. Zayne was the one who plotted the whole thing. He wanted Mr. Ares to see that we're intimate and deliberately tried to make things hard for Mr. Ares and me."

"Why would he want to frame you?"

Rose took out a business card from her bag and handed it to Josephine. "I think it's probably because of this."

Josephine looked at the business card, and her pupils

dilated in shock. "Executive President of Severe Enterprise? Aren't you amazing, Rose Loyle? You didn't reveal yourself, yet you snatched away Zayne's position?"

Rose's current expression was cryptic.

This position belonged to her from the start.

Zayne did not even like this position.

"I understand. So, Zayne hates your gut, and he's deliberately setting you up to frame you?" Josephine finally comprehended the situation. Rose nodded.

Rose's honesty had relieved Josephine of all of her previous suspicions. However, it could not cure Josephine's torment from having lost her love.

"Rose, drink with me. Hmm?"

"We'll drink till dawn."

Rose's current frame of mind was not necessarily better than Josephine's.

Ever since her visit to Tourmaline Estate's Fragrant Vessel Court, all the ardent yearning she had for Jay seemed to have been intercepted by a demon. She had no one to confide to about the sufferings in her heart.

Perhaps she could drown her sorrows with alcohol!

The two women ordered plenty of wine and got as drunk as a lord.

However, the sorrow they felt once the alcohol got into their heads turned into utter misery, then to an endless plight.

In the Garden Of A Diary.

It was three o'clock in the morning.

Jay did not feel an ounce of drowsiness. Instead, he sat on a chair next to the study table, sinking his tall gigantic body into the chair with his head leaning on the back. However, his eyes were wide open as he stared at the empty ceiling in a daze,

He had been putting his brain into thoughts the whole night. If Angeline had given up on him, then he should respect her wishes!

As long as she was happy, it would be sufficient for him.

With these thoughts in mind, he secretly told himself that he would care less about her in the future and shift all his attention and energy to work. Only by this method would he not go insane from missing her. Nonetheless, all the ideas he built up in his head came crumbling down once his phone started ringing.

The caller ID was Rose's number.

He almost immediately swiped the screen to pick up the phone.

Then, there was a young man's voice on the other line!

Jay's heart abruptly sank!

"Hello, are you a family member of Miss Rose Loyle? This is the hospital-"

"I am. What happened to Rose?" His nervousness overflowed his body.

"Miss Rose has alcohol poisoning and is currently being treated at a hospital in Imperial Capital."

Jay rushed to the basement downstairs at lightning speed.

He drove the car to its utmost maximum speed and drifted on the road. The usual time needed to reach the metropolitan area was reduced in half.

Jay parked his car at the entrance of the hospital and ran inside like a crazy person.

The security guard tried running after him. "Sir, you can't park your car here."

When he reached the intensive care unit, Josephine was sitting by the door, covering her face with her hands as her shoulders continued twitching.

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Jay walked over and sat down next to her, his pupils staring at the door of the emergency room.

When Josephine saw Jay, her tears that were akin to beans started rolling down her face. "Big Brother, Rose has alcohol poisoning and is currently deeply unconscious. What should I do?"

Jay was so startled that every nerve in his body had tensed up. He even stuttered as he spoke, "How...

Much did... She... Drank?"

He was obviously in a shocked state of mind.

Josephine responded, "I was clearly the one heartbroken, yet she drank way more alcohol than I did. I only have mild alcohol poisoning, but hers is severe. The doctor said that she's in a dangerous condition because her blood pressure and heartbeat are both abnormal..."

Every word that came out of Josephine's mouth was like a sharp blade that repeatedly stabbed Jay's body.

Soon after, the doctor came out of the emergency room with a solemn expression. "The patient's survival rate is shallow, so family members should be mentally prepared for the worst. If there's anyone the patient wants to meet in particular, you should call them over to see her for the last time."

The doctor left once he made his announcement.

Jay's whole body started trembling terribly.

He started feeling an unprecedented panic...

At that moment, he was utterly terrified of losing her once more.

All of those prideful thoughts he was building up in his head were now down the drain.

He even hated himself a little for not stopping her from leaving Garden Of A Diary when he had the chance.

When her life was now on the line, preserving his dignity was no longer worth it.

After a while longer, he tremblingly took out his phone and sent a text message to Zayne.

Not long after, Zayne arrived in a hurry.

Looking at Josephine's interminable wailing and the fidgeting Jay, Zayne, who originally had a bellyful of anger toward them, could only cool down.

He asked, breathlessly, "What happened to Rose?"

Josephine looked at Zayne's expression and was further perplexed.

"What are you doing here, Zayne?" Her voice was extremely hoarse.

Zayne's mind was fixated on Rose. Hence, he turned a deaf ear to Josephine's question.

Josephine knew that it was a pressing time, so instead of arguing with him unreasonably, she suppressed the doubt in her heart.

The emergency room's door suddenly opened...

The doctor came out and inquired, "Who's Jaybie?"

Jay bounced up instantly.

The doctor continued, "The patient keeps calling out for you. Please follow me in."

Zayne wanted to head in as well, but the doctor blocked him. "Don't worry, the patient's no longer in danger. She'll need some rest time." Zayne breathed a sigh of relief.

Josephine stared at Zayne's worried and nervous expression. She was even more convinced that the two of them had something going on. "Zayne, if you're a man, you need to answer me truthfully. Do you like Rose?" Josephine asked aggressively.

Zayne hesitated for a moment before nodding. "Yes."

He had no reason to dislike his own sister!

Josephine wiped her tears off. "I see."

Then, she turned around and left.

Jay sat on the bed and stretched out his hand to tidy up Rose's messy hair.

He saw her opening her mouth and closing it. Then, he tried to place his ear above her mouth. He heard her murmur continuously, "Jaybie, don't hurt me, please..."

Her words melted Jay's cold frozen heart. It was more relaxed, as if he was stationed in the hot blazing sun.

She still cared about him!

It was just that she was feeling insecure because of the tremendous harm he had caused her.

That must be the case!

He held her hand and whispered, "I'm sorry, baby. I was wrong. I'll never bully you ever again! And I'll never force you to do things that you hate."

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Rose was quickly transferred to the VIP ward.

Zayne and Jay stayed in the ward, waiting for Rose to wake up.

Suddenly, Zayne uttered, "My sister doesn't have a bad drinking habit. If she does drink, it only means that she's in a bad state of mind."

Jay replied, "I know."

He was feeling indignant toward Jay, but he dared not speak it out. "After she transmigrated, the only reason she didn't tell you about her past life is that you failed to give her a sense of security and trust. Have you reflected on that, Mr. Ares?"

Jay gave him a short glance. "Didn't I mention that I know of this secret as well?"

The other man was utterly speechless.

"Why didn't you tell her?" Zayne asked.

"Because I was hoping that one day, she'd take the initiative to open up to me and tell me this secret herself."

"Is there a difference?" Zayne looked somewhat dazed.

"When she first came back, I treated her terribly because of her change in appearance. Perhaps that's the reason she's unwilling to open up to me."

A hint of melancholy appeared on his face. "She must be hoping that she'd always be the best in my heart. Since I hated Rose Loyle, she dared not make me recognize her.

"If she tells me the secret herself one day, that'd mean she's starting to trust me and would rely on me once more." A sense of longing started growing in Jay's eyes.

"Why is it so tiring to talk to you people with high IQ?" Zayne said gloomily, i

Jay fell into a deep silence.

Zayne was feeling helpless as well. "Fine. I wish the two of you a long and loving yet murderous relationship."

Up until the very next day at dawn, Rose showed no signs of waking up.

Zayne and Jay looked at each other in dismay. There was a silent quibble in their eyes.

"Between the two of us, who's going to stay here to look after her?" Zayne asked stutteringly.

He evidently wanted to drive Jay away, but the way he spoke had made his sentiment weak.

"I am," Jay said, somewhat unbudging.

"She's obviously unhappy about you at the moment. Why should you be the one to stay here if you're going to make her feel troubled?"

Jay stared at him, the coldness in his eyes continuing to spread in an unending stream.

"Don't stare at me with those eyes. It's as if I'm breaking apart a pair of love birds. I'm merely stating facts. Both of you aren't exactly on the same page about your relationship together at the moment. Why don't the two of you separate for a while? It'll be good for each-"

Zayne could not finish his sentence when he saw the look in Jay's eyes getting a tad too terrifying.

"You're planning to separate us?"

Zayne wailed silently in his heart. 'You're allowed to separate your sister and me, yet I'm not allowed to separate you and my sister. Wherefore art thou, dear God?'

"I don't intend to separate the two of you, Master Ares. I'm just worried that she'll be anxious if she sees you once she wakes up. You know it yourself that when a woman's anxious, it'll mess up their menstruation cycle. You don't want her to-"

"You, get out." Jay's tone turned intimidating.

Zayne was dumbfounded at the moment.

"I can't leave. I'm her brother, her biological-"

"It's not acknowledged just yet. Hence, you're not."

"Then, I'll have her acknowledge it later. Maybe my sister will be so happy that she'll recover from her

illness."

Jay looked at the willful Zayne, his gaze turning unfathomably gloomy.

"Today's the day that the CEO of Novel Electronics negotiates a business deal with the CEO of Jimmy Group," Jay said in an orderly manner.

He did not believe that there was no way to get rid of this third wheeler.

"Master Ares, you don't know me very well. In Zayne Severe's eyes, there's nothing more important than his own sister."

"Oh, is that so?"

"Of course." Zayne pulled a stool and sat at the end of the bed, looking like he was utterly unwavering.

Jay continued calmly, "If they come to a conclusion, Eminent Honor would have to wait another three years to have a chance to cooperate with Novel Electronics again."

Zayne vowed, "Forget three years. Even if it's five or ten years, I don't care. I have to wait for my sister to wake up and make sure that she's safe and sound before leaving."

Chapter 430

Chapter 430

"Yeah. And after she wakes up and hears the bad news of Eminent Honor being on the verge of bankruptcy, perhaps she'd drag her thin and frail body everywhere to help you bring in some business?" Zayne appeared to be on pins and needles.

"If you want what's good for her, then you should be more committed as Severe Enterprise's current overseer so that there's less for her to worry about."

Zayne stood up abruptly and gave Jay a thumbs-up." You're amazing, Master Ares. I'm leaving now! Take care of my little sister."

Jay waved at him. "Take it slow. I won't be sending you off."

After the noise of Zayne leaving faded away, the ward became quieter.

Jay listened to Rose's breathing sound attentively.

There had never been a moment like this before.

Hearing her breathing getting deeper made him feel particularly at ease.

At noon, the doctor came over with Rose's blood test and told Jay, "The patient's condition is very stable now, so she can be discharged as her condition permits it. And the wards in our hospital are very crowded-"

Thus, Jay handled Rose's discharge procedure.

When he returned to the ward, he heard several nurses whispering around the doctor. "You must have seen wrongly. It couldn't be him. Mr. Ares' relatives all go to Grand Asia if they're unwell!" When Jay entered, there was an immediate silence.

The atmosphere in the ward became inexplicably awkward.

On the contrary, Rose, who had just regained consciousness, showed a playful smile on her face. Thus, she immediately played a prank as she shouted toward Jay, "Sir Ares!"

The doctor and nurses' jaws immediately dropped to the ground as they hurried off with blushing cheeks.

Outside the door came their lingering exclamations," It's really him? Why'd he come to our hospital? He's so handsome!"

Jay stood condescendingly by the bed and looked at Rose. "You seem to have recovered quite well."

Rose looked at the plain white ward and asked curiously, "Why am I here?"

"You got drunk last night."

"That's all? All I needed was a good night's sleep. I get drunk very often," Rose blurted out.

His face turned distorted. "You're banned from drinking."

"Huh?" Rose protested, "No, I can't go cold turkey."

"You must."

Every time she got drunk, it seemed like he had to reopen the death's door continuously. The whole ordeal was severely upsetting to him. "Then, can you quit smoking?" Rose muttered.

"Yes."

Rose was startled.

She was merely blurting out something in retort.

As a matter of fact, he already had the intention of quitting smoking.

It was due to her coughing in tears inside the smoking room the other day. He was made aware that her respiratory tract seemed extremely sensitive.

Since he wanted to live with her for the rest of his life, he naturally had to consider her health.

"Can you quit?" Rose doubted his determination.

After all, it was deemed very difficult to quit smoking and drinking. Did it not require a gradual process?

"Of course."

"How long will it take?"

Jay frowned. "There's no sequence to it. We're going cold turkey."

Her eyes widened. This time, she was no longer confident in herself.

"What if I can't quit?" Rose shot him an undaunted and shameless look.

Jay faintly stared back at her. "Then, I'll give you a punishment. You'll have to bathe the little pets at home."

Rose shuddered at the thought of those living furry creatures.

What terrifying beings.