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Chapter 431

Jay hugged Rose in his arms after she was discharged, and women of all ages focused their attention on him along the way. Jay's complexion appeared ashen, but she was secretly breaking into laughter. "Don't laugh." Jay glared at her.

Rose glanced at the woman sitting on the opposite chair who was drooling as she smiled and stared at Jay like a love-struck fool.

Rose teased him, saying, "She seems to like you, Sir Ares."

He retorted coldly, "Are you sure that's not a patient with dementia?"

Rose proceeded to laugh out loud. This guy's poisonous tongue indeed should not be provoked.

At the entrance of the hospital.

A group of people had surrounded Jay's Rolls-Royce. The traffic officer was yelling out anxiously, "So what if you're loaded? Does that mean you don't have to obey the traffic rules? You can block the whole road just because you have money?"

When Jay walked over, the traffic officer was abruptly silenced when he saw Jay.

He could not recognize the Rolls-Royce, but he could

identify the young master who owned it.

Did he mess with someone he should not have?

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ares!"

Then, he reached out to take away the tickets placed on the car.

Jay took the tickets from him with a sullen face. "I'll pay for the fines." Then, he got into the car with Rose and drove away.

Rose turned her head to look at the congested road behind them and stuck out her tongue. She mocked, saying, "You and Josie truly are the rule-breaking brother and sister. Even if you don't care about the fines because you're loaded, you should still consider those working-class people who are struggling to make ends meet. If they arrive late and leave early, they'll get sacked by you big capitalists."

He looked at her gloomily. 'If it wasn't because I was worried about your life being in danger, would I have parked illegally?'

He was waiting for her last night, scared witless as time hung heavily. As such, the matter regarding the traffic regulations was at the back of his mind.

"It's my first and last time," he stated.

Noticing that he had the right attitude toward admitting his mistake, she did not drag it on further.

As the car drove out of Imperial Capital, Rose suddenly cried out, "I'll get off here, Sir Ares."

Jay looked at her suspiciously. "Have you forgotten that you're married now?"

Rose's mouth was wide open.

She truly had forgotten about it!

Jay ignored her request and drove straight to Garden Of A Diary.

"You'll need to rest for a few days. Once you're all better, I promise you that you can go to work and have crazy fun with Josephine." Jay opened the car door and looked at the silent Rose as he consoled in a coaxing manner.

Rose appeared ecstatic. "You're truly allowing me to leave Garden Of A Diary?"

He nodded. "As long as you remember to come home."

Hearing this, Rose smiled widely and got out of the car happily.

He looked at her back as she skipped forward and praised himself for the wise decision.

From the rigid and strict blocking tactics to letting go of his hold by being free and enlightening, the one he was putting to the test was not her but rather himself.

After all, this heart of his was always scared and on edge because of her.

At the garden gate, James was anxiously waiting for Jay to return.

Rose was slightly startled when she saw him.

"Remember to greet Uncle James," Jay came up and reminded her softly.

Rose swallowed her saliva and called out dryly, "Hello there, Uncle James." "Mmm," James replied indifferently.

Rose Loyle, this niece-in-law of his, had clearly not gained his approval just yet.

Jay's face was darkened. He stepped forward to unlock the fingerprint lock, stood by the door, and said coldly to James, "Please come in, Uncle."

James was slightly dumbfounded as he went inside.

He noticed that Jay was not following him closely from behind. Then, he turned his head and saw that Jay was holding Rose's face with both hands. That face of Jay's that had remained indifferent for what felt like thousands of years was indescribably gentle and warm at this moment.

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"I have something to discuss with James, so you can go and help us prepare breakfast."

Rose glanced at the guest secretly and said with a grimace, "Three portions?"

Jay smiled back. "No, just two."

He would not allow her two hands to do anything for any other people.

Hearing him, she breathed a sigh of relief. "Good."

Then, Jay brought James to the study room.

At first, the atmosphere was fairly relaxed.

"Jay, do you really like Rose Loyle?" Jay nodded.

"Uncle James, with my current status, there's no need to force myself to do anything. There's only one reason needed for me to marry her, and that's because I love her. So, I ask that Uncle James be a little bit warmer and mindful toward Rose in the future."

James' face sank as he continued quietly, "You know it yourself that you have great qualities. You could've gotten any debutante out there, yet you had to marry the illegitimate daughter of the Loyle family. You're utterly blind!" "Uncle James, I don't think you're here today to split u

p a couple of lovebirds, right?" Jay gritted his teeth.

Noticing the displeasure in Jay's tone, he immediately closed his mouth.

Rose was currently busy in the kitchen, but she was a little uncomfortable with the unfamiliar environment.

It took her quite some time to flip through the cupboards before she finally managed to figure out where the ingredients were stored.

However, when it was time to use the kitchenware, a new problem arose. Without a clear manual book, even as a book-loving top student, she was rendered clueless.

Suddenly, there was the deafening sound of an argument coming from upstairs.

"Is your heart made of stone, Jay Ares?"

"Yes."

"You spend so much money on charity every year.

They're also descendants of the Ares family, yet you've never had compassion for them. Why are you so cold-hearted?"

Rose trembled in shock as the movement in her hands halted suddenly.

Following after, she heard the sound of broken porcelain.

Jay's cold and violent sound could be heard, "They were all born out of wedlock. They're the results of your corrupted morals. If I accept them, doesn't that mean my moral standpoints are as distorted as yours?"

"Jay Ares, you're just afraid that the children from the second and third branches of the Ares family will steal your place, so you're doing everything possible to prevent them from entering Tourmaline Estate." "No one can steal my place," he said coldly.

"Surely, since you have so many tricks up your sleeves. Before these children born out of wedlock can have their wings fully grown, you've cut them off mercilessly. You've gone as far as going after their lives. Who'd dare threaten you?"

"Uncle James, before the cause of Xavier's death is confirmed, don't make any rash conclusions. I'm just afraid what goes around will come back around."

"What are you trying to say? Do you doubt me?"

Jay stayed silent.

At this, James slammed the door and left angrily.

Rose's hand shook from the loud slam. She placed her palm on a random smart button, and the refrigerator started to shapeshift. The door then hit into the dishes she had placed on the kitchen counter. The dishes proceeded to land on the floor, hitting the button on the ground. Then, the platform started rising. Rose became unstable and shook before finally, she fell on the platform on the other side. A chain effect had begun.

"Ack!" Rose shouted out.

Jay hurriedly ran downstairs to the kitchen and saw Rose lying on the ground in embarrassment. He quickly pressed the main switch button.

The rebelling kitchen utensils finally went back to their original state.

The chaos made on the floor was particularly shocking.

Rose had her face planted on the floor. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole to bury herself in it.

F*ck. How shameful!

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"I think your kitchen utensils don't welcome me here, Sir Ares. It seems like I shouldn't be here often in the future!" After some time, Rose finally raised her little head. 1

Jay was filled with laughter. Rose had the expression o f 'I'm not going to cook ever again' written all over her face!

"Let me do it." Jay walked over and took the flour from her hand. Then, he started to get busy.

Rose, who was bored, started chattering endlessly." You can cook, Sir Ares?

"It doesn't make sense. My friends told me that a man who can cook is a man who can't make money.

"But it seems like you're only able to cook basic European cuisine. To be frank with you, European cuisine doesn't always match everyone's palate. Furthermore, constantly eating them will make you bloat like a balloon..."

It was because she disliked European cuisine!

Jay was quickly frying up some bacon and eggs while she babbled away.

Rose saw the golden brown bacon and licked her lips.

"Can I eat it?" Rose asked somewhat pitifully.

Jay glanced at her clothes that were dirtied with jam and frowned. "Change to a clean shirt and come down to eat your breakfast."

Immediately, Rose leaped upstairs while as happy as a rabbit.

He looked at the bacon and frowned. He wondered what made this thing so delicious that she continuously thought of it for two whole lifetimes.

After Rose was done taking a shower, she found out she had no clothes here upon walking out.

As it was an emergency, she flipped through Jay's wardrobe and found a T-shirt. When she put it on, it fitted her like a nightdress.

Due to the harsh cold winter, she found another thick windbreaker to wrap her body with.

When she went downstairs, Jay was so startled that he stared at her for a long time.

Rose only cared about the bacon on the dining table. She explained to him absent-mindedly, "I took a shower and I don't have any clothes here, so let me borrow yours."

His gaze fell on her glowing and well-proportioned calves. Her outfit was horrendously mismatched, yet she looked completely seductive and sexy.

"Don't be so stingy. I'll wash them for you after wearing them. You won't want to leave me naked on such a cold day, will you?" Rose asked in a pitiful tone.

Jay walked over and circled her from behind. "Are you aware that you're seducing me?"

Rose,

She glanced down at her clothes. Initially, there was a hidden joy, but when she noticed the oversized black windbreaker that had wrapped her into a cylinder, her face sank instantly.

If someone with Jay's personality was turned on from seeing her current bloated figure, perhaps the sun had not risen from the east today.

"I think you've gone blind, Sir Ares. Perhaps your eyes are covered with eye sh*t?"

Jay's good mood disappeared as he let go of her. "Let's eat."

In front of such delicious food, she did not bother to care about him.

The slices of bacon were fragrant, but there were only two.

Rose ate her share and stared at the one that was left on the plate.

"Do you still want to eat?" Jay asked.

She nodded.

"It's fried food. You shouldn't have too much."

Rose swallowed her saliva. "I haven't eaten it for many years."

She was telling the truth. Her diet had been converged with Robbie's and Zetty's in recent years. She had to take care of two children and work simultaneously, so time was not in her favor. Where would she find the time to satisfy her own desires?

Her poor little eyes ultimately defeated Jay's unwavering determination.

He pushed the bacon in front of her. "Eat it! Just this once!"

Rose unceremoniously took it and ate the bacon that belonged to Jay.

After breakfast, she sat on the swing in the garden while touching her satiated belly.

As the saying went, happiness came from a full belly.

Rose looked at Jay who was sitting across from her. When she remembered what he had said when he was teasing her, her ears started to burn.

If this man was not so black-hearted, he would be so perfectly irresistible.

Jay was holding onto a finance and economics magazine in his hands. As he concentrated his attention on reading it, he noticed Rose's blushing face from the corner of his eyes and felt somewhat restless. He got up, walked in front of her, and touched her forehead to ensure that she was not running a fever before sitting back down.

Rose quickly collected her dirty thoughts and changed

the subject. "Aren't you going to work today, Sir Ares?"

Jay replied, "I'm staying here to take care of the sick."

Rose pointed to her nose in surprise. "You're treating me as a patient?"

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"You were dragged out of the emergency room yesterday. Don't you consider yourself a patient?"

Rose's mouth widened in shock.

"I went to the emergency room last night? Why don't I remember this?"

"You were blackout drunk." Jay closed his book, his face becoming cold and stern.

"Women who come from good families won't get blackout drunk outside. You've gotten a bad influence from Josephine."

Rose opened her mouth in bewilderment and stuttered, "I was the bad influence!"

"You still have the nerve to utter those words out loud?"

Rose bowed her head.

When Josephine was mentioned, Rose became incessantly concerned. "By the way... Is Josie okay?"

Jay replied, "In which aspect?"

Rose,

"She didn't go to the emergency room, right?"

"She's fine."

Rose was not at ease. Hence, she stood up from the

swing. "I'd better go ask her."

She entered the house and dialed Josephine's phone.

After waiting for a long time, Josephine finally answered.

"I'm sorry, Rose. Your trust limit in my bank is currently at its negative, so don't contact me in the future." Josephine hung up after speaking. Rose looked at the phone in a daze.

She felt somewhat perplexed. "Didn't I settle the misunderstanding last night?"

What on earth went wrong?

Josephine sounded upset and desperate on the phone. Her sullen and angry tone made Rose feel utterly troubled.

Ultimately, Rose ran out and said to Jay, "I want to go to Imperial Capital!"

Jay was slightly startled, and there was a panic in his heart.

He was quite confident that she would not come back on her own after she left.

Then, he would have to face that frantic state of mind of looking for her everywhere.

However, since he promised that he would no longer restrain her, he could only suppress all the anxiety in his heart. "Okay."

Rose suddenly giggled and smiled like a blooming flower!

"Thank you, Sir Ares!" she exclaimed as she ran off.

"Come back!"

Rose halted and took a few steps back. She knew that this guy would not let her go so easily.

"Go and change your clothes. They're in the closet of the master bedroom on the second floor." Rose was dumbfounded!

He just wanted her to change her clothes?

"But the closet is full of your clothes. Which one should I change into?"

"It's up to you."

Rose pouted and returned to the second floor gloomily.

She could not wrap her head around it. 'Why can't I borrow the one I'm wearing?'

When she opened all the closet doors in the master bedroom's cloakroom, she finally understood Jay's intentions.

It turned out that half of the clothes inside were women's clothing, and each of them was refined limited edition masterpieces, which meant they were expensive. Rose turned the tag over and saw that they were all her size.

She felt stunned for quite some time...

What was this guy implying?

Was this what they called fattening up a pig before butchering it?

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When Rose got dressed and came out, Jay had already brought out the car.

"I'm heading to the company, so I'll take you on the way there."

He was occupied with starting the engine while talking, so he naturally did not notice the puzzled look on Rose's face.

When she opened the door to the back seat, she heard Jay mutter, "Sit in the front and talk to me."

Rose could not help but wonder. A person who barely spoke had taken the initiative to find someone to chat with him. Perhaps there was something wrong with his brain. However, she obeyed him and sat in the front seat with him.

"Can you drive?" Jay raised his gaze and looked at her.

Rose hesitated for quite some time before shaking her head. "No."

Angelina could drive, but Rose could not!

"I'll teach you," Jay stated.

Rose's gaze fell on his car key, and she realized that it was a new car. Although the Maserati's body was slightly smaller, the interior was still luxurious and

the appearance was streamlined.

It was a car that Rose was most eager to get.

She was curious. "Why are you suddenly interested in teaching me how to drive?"

"Once you know how to, the car's yours," Jay said as he looked at her.

He thought that she would be ecstatic to get what she wanted, yet Rose lowered her head in frustration. The resistance in her eyebrows was apparent, and even her body trembled visibly. "I'm a timid person, Sir Ares. I'm afraid to drive."

Rose recalled that ever since she came back, the only driving experience she had was when she returned to Imperial Capital from Swallow City. She stayed at the place where the accident occurred and was inexplicably anxious for several days after.

Later she learned that she was actually afraid of driving.

That was the aftermath of a car accident!

Jay reached out and pulled her hand over. He held it in the palm of his hand and placed it on his knee.

"Then, there's no need to learn. I can bring you wherever you want to go in the future!"

Rose was taken aback.

For some reason, she felt that Jay was full of abnormalities today.

"Why are you so good to me?" She could not hide her thoughts.

"Do you like me?" Rose's heart skipped a beat as she asked those words. "It's not merely as simple as like."

A car sped up to them and Jay steered the wheel, cleverly avoiding the crisis.

Rose's breath was stuck in her throat as she awaited his next words. 1

However, after quite some time, he seemed to have forgotten about it.

Rose was melancholy until they reached the destination.

"Josephine's right inside. Go look for her." Jay parked the car at the door of a beauty salon.

After Rose got out of the car, she stutteringly said," Thank you, Sir Ares."

"Why are you thanking me?"

"Huh?" Rose finally mustered up the courage to thank him and thought she was off the hook after spitting out these words.

It was unexpected for him to ask this question. Rose thought for a while and replied, "Thank you for looking after me in the hospital last night. And thank you for breakfast, as well as your clothes." After speaking in a single breath, Rose proceeded to run off.

Jay could not help but chuckle. "I didn't think she'd be touched so easily!"

Would she perhaps be turned into a spineless spoiled pet in the future?

Rose ran straight into the salon and asked the front desk for Josephine's room number. Then, she came to Josephine's room.

Josephine was lying on the bed with an instrument on her eyes. Rose could barely see her eyes, but she could hear the staff trying to persuade her, "Stop crying. If you continue, your eyes wouldn't just be red they'll be swollen and there'll be a blockage. You can get blind from this."

Rose walked over, and the staff said to Josephine, "Your friend's here."

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Josephine took off the instrument in an exasperated manner. When she saw Rose, she pulled it over her eyes once more. She asked angrily, "Why are you here?" Rose sat beside her and sighed quietly.

"What's gotten into you, Josie? You must at least give me a reason for why you're angry at me."

Josephine grabbed the mask open again and said to the beautician, "You may leave for now."

The staff got up and left.

Rose noticed how swollen Josephine's eyes were that she could no longer keep them open. She immediately felt a stab in her heart.

How long would it take for someone to cry to become like this?

"Didn't you say that nothing's going on between you and Zayne, Rose Loyle?"

"Of course!" Rose nodded.

Josephine was so angry that she lifted the pillow and threw it over. "You're a liar. When you entered the emergency room yesterday, Zayne rushed over to see you. He was so worried about you that I could tell he cares about you even if I'm an idiot!"

Rose was dumbfounded.

Why did Zayne's attitude toward her change so drastically and so fast too?

"Is that true?"

"Are you delighted and especially proud..." Josephine said sarcastically, "A man like my brother is utterly devoted to you wholeheartedly, and the way Zayne adjusted himself to your monotonous life... Your love life's truly blossoming all over the place..."

Rose felt insulted by Josephine. Her temper rose to her head and she finally roared, "Josephine. I, Rose Loyle, have only had your brother in my heart my whole life. Why don't you believe me?" Her eyes were crimson red. No one knew how painful her love journey had been.

"Do you think I'm a three-year-old child? If you truly love my brother, then why do you constantly think of leaving him?"

"That's because..." Rose hesitated and stopped.

"Because of what? Can't make up any more stories, can you?" Josephine roared back.

Rose covered her face with her hands and burst into tears.

It was all so wrong!

The man she loved painstakingly was after her life.

Every time she thought of this, Rose felt so much

agony that she could not breathe.

"I know the suffering you felt in your heart, Josie. All your pain, I feel it as well. But you have to believe I'm really not as terrible as you think I am."

Josephine sniffed her nose, tears streaming down her face.

"Rose Lolye, the doctor has stated that I'll go blind if I continue to cry. Take pity on me and don't make a fool out of me anymore."

Rose was startled when she looked at Josephine. Her eyes were truly more miserable than she had imagined.

She raised the back of her hand and to wipe Josephine's tears. She felt that she had to be strong no matter what to guide Josephine out of this love maze she was lost in.

"Josie, are you never giving this up until you understand the true relationship between Zayne and me?"

"Yes. One of you is like my sister, and the other is a man I've loved for so many years. If the two of you betray me, imagine how I'd feel?"

Rose heaved a long sigh...

She decided to give up on her secret for Josephine.

"Josie, I have a secret..."

Josephine looked at her and sobbed. "You've too many secrets!" These words contained a bit of ridicule and irony.

Rose continued, "When have I ever lied to you?"

"Hmph, when have you not?"

"What about Baby Robbie and Baby Zetty?"

Josephine was dumbfounded.

Rose had told her about the children's identities and Jay obtained custody of the two children. That should have made a harmful impact on Rose!

As for her, she had always been a lousy friend.

Yet, Rose never blamed her for it.

"Fine, I'll lend you my ears." Josephine sat up, thinking that it was the last favor she could give her.

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Rose did not speak for a long time...

Starting from her life experience, the mysterious car accident, secrets in the attic... She had no idea where to begin...

"Josephine, I'm not Rose Loyle!" Consequently, she struggled to share the secrets that she had kept for so many years. Josephine looked at her in surprise. "What do you mean?"

"You're not Rose Loyle? Then who are you?"

Rose hesitated for a moment. Then, she continued with great difficulty, "I'm Angeline Severe."

Josephine's pupils dilated in shock. "What did you just say?" She was somewhat in disbelief.

She scanned Rose from top to bottom several times before asking curiously, "But you're obviously Rose Loyle?"

Rose shook her head. "I'm in Rose Loyle's body, but it's Angeline Severe's soul."

"Huh? Josephine exclaimed aloud.

"Did you have plastic surgery?" Josephine could not think of any other reasons besides this.

Rose shook her head again and said faintly, "Seven

years ago, I woke up from a car accident and became Rose Loyle."

Josephine's mouth widened slightly as she dumbly looked at Rose.

"Your... Your soul transmigrated?"

Rose nodded.

"That's unbelievable. I thought such things would only appear in novels."

Josephine thought about it for a while and thought it was absurd. "It's just utterly unlikely. What evidence do you have to prove that you're Angeline?" Rose was lost in thought.

After her rebirth, she had only proved her identity to her father. However, that was because there was something telepathic between a father and a daughter. Plus, a shared childhood memory was something unique, so she was able to convince her father easily.

However, for Josephine, the two of them had nothing they shared. No matter how eloquently she spoke, Josephine would have no reason to believe her.

Looking at Rose's pained expression, Josephine could not wait for her to prove the horrifying ordeal. Hence, she took the initiative to raise a question, "When did you and my brother meet?"

Rose's thoughts began drifting further away, and her beautiful eyes were covered with a layer of miserable sadness. "I remember that I was ten years old, and it was the Grand Old Master Ares' birthday. I broke into your brother's workroom by mistake..."

Josephine opened her mouth widely in astonishment. She was getting stirred up. "What happened next?"

"He was cold toward me and used some Legos to send me away!" Rose seemed to have woken up a little. From then, it was destined to be unrequited love.

She had sunk from the first time she laid eyes on him.

Yet, she was not someone he loved at first sight!

Josephine exclaimed with excitement, "Because you built his Lego set so quickly, my brother started calling me stupid later on. He said that I'm a girl and also a girl from a wealthy family, so why was the discrepancy between us so huge? Just for this reason alone, I secretly hated you for so many years!"

Rose smiled bitterly. "Is that so?

Josephine took Rose's hand in excitement. "I can't just believe you based on this incident alone. Quick, tell me a few more things..."

Rose thought for a while and said, "I asked your brother to give you a scarf before. It was hand-knitted by me. I wonder if he ever handed it to you?"

Josephine nodded ecstatically. "That fire-red scarf. Did you really make it?"

Rose smiled embarrassedly. "The craftsmanship was clumsy, don't laugh."

Josephine held Rose's hand and said, "You truly know how to win people's hearts over. Do you know that the scarf dissipated all the annoyance I had toward you? At that time, I was determined that you'd be my sister-in-law."

Rose smiled, saying, "I didn't plan out an elaborated scheme or anything. I was merely thinking that as a lady in the Ares family household, you're probably not lacking any luxurious goods. So I decided to give you something I made."

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Josephine smacked her lips and said, "Did you know that your scarf made my brother's eyes turn red with jealousy? I still remember his tone at the time when he said, 'Angeline has never given me such a precious gift!""

Josephine mimicked Jay's voice, making it sound so old-fashioned. It made the two of them laugh out loud!

Once they finished laughing, Rose abruptly burst into tears.

Those beautiful memories of her past life had now become scars in her heart.

The amount of love she gave Jay was the same amount of harm Jay had caused her.

Seeing Rose weeping inexplicably, she looked heavy a s the rims of her eyes started shedding tears. It made her look all the more pitiful.

"Why didn't you tell my brother, Rose?" Josephine asked in a puzzled manner.

Rose looked at her in shock... The grief in her eyes pierced through Josephine, making her intensely uneasy.

"Are you hiding something you cannot speak of, Sister-in-law?"

Rose stood up and turned her back to Josephine.

Tears were streaming down at this moment.

Her chest tightened up so badly that she could hardly breathe.

"Rose, if there's something you're hiding, I think you can let my brother know? My brother loves you so much, and he'll definitely help you solve all your worries."

Rose turned around abruptly. At this moment, her beautiful eyes were dyed in bloodshot red. Her cute face was also distorted with anger. "He's the source of all my pain!" Josephine was startled by Rose's sudden change in temper.

After a good while, Josephine's wandering voice was heard. She was seeking justice for Jay. "My brother's very fond of you, Rose. How can you say that? Even if you don't love him anymore, you just need to get along with him. Love isn't easy. What's the need to quibble with each other to the point that you'll break up in the end?"

Rose's anger that she held back for a long time was starting to flood. "It's not that I don't love him. It's that he doesn't love me back."

Josephine was shocked once more... "How's that possible?"

"I've loved him for two whole lifetimes, and in exchange for that, he's going after my life. My heart has long been trampled by him to the point that there's no dignity in me left..." Josephine's face turned pale!

"That's impossible! That's absolutely impossible. My brother loves you so much. He started drinking and smoking because of you. He had tossed himself into the intensive care unit many times because of you..."

Rose stared at Josephine blankly. The Jay coming out of Josephine's mouth was precisely the same as the best version of Jay in her memory.

However, that was merely her viewing things through rose-tinted glasses.

"He's good at disguising himself, and you were deceived by him," Rose retorted weakly.

Josephine had turned somewhat angry and roared," Rose Loyle, you're slandering my brother this way after all of my brother's love for you? Are you out for blood?"

Rose defended herself, saying, "I love him so much, so how would I be willing to slander him?"

"You're slandering him. If he had harmful thoughts toward you, can you still stand here in front of me now?"

Rose said, "He's tried to murder me before in Fragrant Vessel Court. Even though I don't know what he did to me, I know very well that I saw him. Afterward, I lost all of my memories from that night!" When Josephine heard this, all the impassioned refutations turned into soft compromises.

She remembered clearly that Rose had indeed disappeared that night. Both her brother and Zayne were working hard to look for her.

Rose was not lying.

"But my brother was looking for you so anxiously?"

"That was just another trick up his sleeves," Rose said, "That way, he could create evidence that he wasn't around."

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The quarrel suddenly came to a halt!

Josephine lay on the bed limply.

Only an endless amount of pity remained for Rose.

"If my brother truly treated you that way, then I'll never forgive him." Josephine's sense of justice was clamoring in her bones.

"Rose, it must've been hard for you to love him for two whole lifetimes, huh?" Josephine could understand Rose's grief.

In Rose's beautiful eyes, which was once filled with vitality, there was now nothing but stagnant water.

"Loving him is truly the happiest thing I've ever done. It's just that loving someone requires a specific amount of power, and mine is running out each day like an hourglass.

"I can't love him anymore, Josie. It's too extravagant, and the price I need to pay is too heavy for me to bear ..." Rose's face appeared blank and lost.

Josephine looked at Rose who was in pain and squeezed her hand distressedly. "Angeline, even though my brother's heinous in your opinion, there's something I must tell you. My brother may not be in love with Rose Loyle, but he definitely loves Angeline Severe!"

Rose's pained expression was solidified.

"My parents would naturally disagree, but my brother is particularly paranoid about Angeline. He disregarded our parents' opposition and prepared the wedding without authorization. He even invited all our relatives and friends to attend the wedding. And he went as far as to invite the media..."

Josephine recalled the secret marriage that was almost exposed by the media seven years ago. There was still a lingering fear.

"Later, my grandfather came and knelt in front of my brother to threaten him with his life. Only then did my brother somewhat yield and was willing to substitute the ghost bride for another bride during the forma wedding."

Rose was astonished and petrified.

Seven years ago, the plan she had hatched for Jay was still vivid in her mind.

"I'm truly sorry, Sir Ares. Your bride had run into an accident and she might not be able to fulfill her bridal duty today."

Jay glanced at her, almost without any hesitation. "It doesn't matter, you'll do. Put on the veil and remember that you're not allowed to lift it during the wedding."

She put her veil on and realized that it was made of a unique material. The bride could see the outside world, but the people around could not see the bride's

face at all.

She immediately guessed that Jay would be pronouncing another woman's name at the wedding. Therefore...

She found the wedding host and slipped in a little cash so that the host would change the wedding script.

However, Rose seemed to have understood the situation a little bit more now.

Rose could not speak for a long time.

The atmosphere in the room was as quiet as a mouse.

After a long period of silence, Josephine and Rose seemed to have digested each other's shocking news and had become extremely calm as well as rational. "Which one's the truth? And which ones are lies?" Rose said.

"Angeline, my brother's overcome all sorts of obstacles in the business world since he was young. He's not at all a kind, virtuous person. He's harmful and deceitful as well. It's unavoidable. But I just don't believe that he'll do anything to harm you."

"Josie, I've already died once before. That car accident was not an accident, but someone caused it. My car was hijacked." Josephine was stunned!

After a while, Josephine said a little nervously, "If my brother really did something awful to you, would you expose him?"

 

Chapter 440

Chapter 440

Rose smiled sadly. "If I had the heart to expose him, then I wouldn't be in so much pain and be so entangled in all of this.

"Josie, I'd rather swallow up all of the grievances I feel than expose his true self. Firstly, it's because he's the father of my children. Secondly... I always thought that if I don't expose him, then he'll forever be that perfect Jaybie in my mind."

Josephine's heart trembled as if tens of millions of ants were gnawing her heart, making her feel extreme pain.

"Angeline, don't worry. This time, I'll stand by your side and firmly support all your decisions."

"Thank you, Josie."

"Haa!"

There was a long and profound sigh!

The two women squeezed on top of the single narrow bed and stared at each other.

"I didn't expect that the two of us would end up falling this way, Angeline."

Rose said, "Yeah. I love your brother, but your brother's after my life."

Josephine said, "I love your brother, and I've lost the most precious thing a woman could have because of him. But he ended up abandoning me!"

"If you could go back in time, Sister-in-law, what year do you want to go back to?"

"If time could go back to seven years ago, I'd rather stay as the crude and ignorant Rose Boyle. I shouldn't have used any schemes to marry him, and I definitely shouldn't have had children with him. Then, if time could go back to 17 years ago, I'd definitely keep my distance from your brother."

Josephine said, "If we can turn back time, I'd want to go back to the day I met Zayne. The time when I was moved by him, filled with shyness and like, and had no clue about the pain of love!"

Rose looked at Josephine and said, "My brother's such a sc*mbag, yet you still can't forget about him?"

Josephine teased Rose, saying, "You're no better."

Rose suddenly remembered something. "By the way, Josephine, you mentioned that after I went into the emergency room last night, my brother visited me?"

"Yeah, his face was so anxious that it made me furious," Josephine said in a fury.

Rose said, "I suspect that my brother already knows who I am."

Josephine was still in a fit. "Who knows? From my point of view, he doesn't know who you are. He just simply likes you."

Rose replied, "You look so cute when you're jealous. But I'm his sister, so isn't it ridiculous to be this jealous?"

Josephine retorted, "I'm not angry at you. I'm just afraid that he's someone unfaithful..."

"That won't be easy, but find a chance to test him."

Josephine got up excitedly. "How do I test him?"

Rose gave her a mysterious wink.

An hour later.

A black BMW showed up at the door of Eminent Honor.

Rose and Josephine were sitting in the car. Rose took out her mobile phone and sent a text message to Zayne, 'I'm at your company's entrance. I'm here to see you.' Then, Rose patted Josephine's head and reminded her. "Hide yourself. Look carefully so that my acting skills won't be put to waste."

"Do you even have acting skills?" Josephine expressed her concern.

Rose took off her jacket. She was wearing a sexy thin-strapped dress, and once she pushed the car door, she signaled an 'ok' gesture.