Ch. 991..1000
Chapter 991
As soon as he let go, her hands started moving restlessly again.
Jay sat up regardless of the pain. "Angeline Severe!" H e roared fiercely.
Angeline was dumbstruck by his aura.
"I have mysophobia. I don't like it when others touch me." Jay's tone softened.
Angeline gathered her courage and touched the wound on his shoulder blade, breathing a sigh of relief after making sure that it was only a superficial wound.
She then filled up a pot of warm water and ordered him to take off his clothes. "Take off your clothes, I'll wipe your back for you."
Jay refused to budge as a touch of helplessness spread in his falcon-like eyes. "Angeline Severe, do you not have the concept of having a prudent reserve between a man and a woman?" Angeline said, "The doctors sure don't have the concept of prudent reserve between the sexes when they're rescuing their patients."
"But you're not a doctor." Jay growled angrily.
"I once worked as a nurse at Grand Asia Hospital.
What you have is a superficial wound and I can treat it," Angeline said with righteous indignation.
Jay teased, saying, "You're Grand Asia's president and you've worked as a nurse before? This sounds just as ridiculous as the story you told about you living in a slum before you rose to power!" He did not believe her at all.
"After getting disfigured from falling off a building, my face looked just like a ghost and that terrified people. Therefore, I put on a mask and hid in Grand Asia as a nurse," Angeline said in a breezy manner. Fell off a building?
Jay knew that she had undergone plastic surgery but did not know that it was because of such a painful reason.
He thought she was just trying to look attractive.
For some reason, his heart ached for her after knowing what she had been through.
Angeline insisted on taking his shirt off. The more he tried to stop her, the closer she would get to him.
Her feminine fragrance greeted his nose, and Jay's falcon-like eyes were filled with helplessness.
In order to avoid even more embarrassing situations, Jay had no choice but to relent.
Angeline took off his T-shirt, and Jay's sexy, charming, lean, and flawless body appeared before her very eyes. His body did not hold extra fat, and the perfect lines of his body could be said to be God's masterpiece.
Angeline could not help but swallow her saliva.
Two red heart shapes started popping up in her eyes.
Plumes of dark smoke hung on top of Jay's head." Don't you dare look," he ordered in a gloomy tone.
Angeline murmured, "Isn't it a waste of God's creation if you have such a good body yet refuse to let others take a look at it?"
Jay glared fiercely at her. "You have a pretty good body yourself. Would you like to go out and run two rounds bare naked? Isn't that a waste of God's creation too?"
Angeline was dying to dig a hole in the ground after Jay's retort.
She clammed up immediately and squeezed a facial cloth dry, gently wiping off the bloodstains on his back.
Her hand would come in contact with his back from time to time, sending microcurrents to his back immediately.
Although he knew that it was just an unintentional touch, he still frowned.
Her touch did not irk him out. It was worse. He actually liked it a little.
That irritated him even more!
After Angeline was done wiping his back, she grabbed the healing cream that she carried with her in her handbag and used her fingertips to gently apply the cream to his wound as there was no cotton swab. She did it ever so gently.
However, the words that came out of her mouth were rough and domineering. "Tell me which *sshole was it that cut you with a knife? Watch me exhume his ancestors and whip their corpses!" "What does that have to do with his ancestors?" Jay's lips lifted a little.
Angeline gnashed her teeth and said, "It's their fault they gave birth to a damn b*stard."
Chapter 992
Chapter 992
Jay said mildly, "This isn't his ancestors' fault."
Angeline said in an obstinate and wayward manner, "I don't care. For anyone who hurts you, I'll make sure all nine generations of his family will feel my wrath. I want him to be so filled with regret so that no one will ever harm you in the future."
After Angeline was done treating his wound, she walked to the closet to find him a clean shirt.
What greeted her, however, was an empty closet with a few cheap clothes hanging in it. What was more, the colors and styles were not of his taste.
Angeline said, "These non-mainstream clothes aren't suitable for you."
Jay replied calmly, "My wife bought them."
A hint of heartache flashed through Angeline's eyes. That woman did not know how to appreciate Jaybie's noble and proud elegance aura. It must have been really hard for Jaybie.
Jay yanked the shirt from her hand, then put it on while enduring the sharp pain.
Fortunately, he looked good in anything he wore.
Angeline took the bloodied T-shirt next to her, walked to the washing sink, and started washing it for him.
A touch of helplessness spread in Jay's eyes when he noticed that she had made herself at home.
"You can go home now, Ms. Severe."
Angeline sauntered to him and squatted in front of him very suddenly. She took his hand in hers and said in a voice that sounded almost like she was pleading with him, "Don't push me away, Brother Ben, okay?"
Jay said cruelly, "It's not appropriate for you to stay here."
Angeline raised her teary eyes and said while choking with sobs, "I like you, Brother Ben."
Jay's good-looking face stiffened up. "I know.
"You confess to me every day, proclaiming it to the whole world almost like you're banging the drums and sounding the trumpets. It's really naive of you to pursue someone in such a high-profile way." Angeline automatically filtered every dissatisfaction and discontent he had just expressed.
"I'm worried about you staying here alone. The fishermen are always finding faults with you and harming you in all sorts of ways. I can't eat or sleep well when I think about how unsafe you are. "Come and work with me, Brother Ben. Just take it as though you're repaying me the 100 million I paid to help you out of trouble?"
Jay was furious the moment she mentioned the 100
million.
"Are you nuts? Why do we still need police if you're so obedient to the kidnapper?"
Angeline stared at him with resentment.
She felt so aggrieved that tears welled up in her eyes.
"I was just worried about your safety."
Somewhere in Jay's ice-cold heart, a part of it was slowly warming up.
Despite that, he had always been a person who was rational and clear-headed.
"Thank you for lending me the money, Ms. Severe, but I ... really can't stay with you. This is for your own good."
Angeline burst into tears and lamented, saying, "How do you know if your so-called for my own good isn't a dose of poison?" Jay fell silent.
Angeline said again, "I know that as a gentleman, you won't respond to my feelings. But I just want you to know that there's a woman in this world who may understand you better than your wife and loves you more than you love yourself. It's just a pity that the heavens have failed to show her favor and made both of you star-crossed lovers. I'm just trying to protect the man I love, Brother Ben! I won't force you to make a choice against your will! So don't feel bad about me either."
Jay said, "Since we're star-crossed lovers, Ms. Severe, we should learn to accept our fate. Humans are called advanced species because we have the willpower to make choices that seek advantages and avoid disadvantages."
Jay paused and said, "I have a good wife at home, and I won't do anything to hurt her. You're not wrong to fall for me, Ms. Severe, but you're wrong when you fail to control your emotions and allow them to develop."
Angeline was discouraged by how decisive he was at rejecting her.
"Fine, if this is the life you want to live, then I will leave."
She got up to her feet while shaking and left with longing, reluctant eyes.
Chapter 993
Chapter 993
Perhaps he was trying to completely eliminate any possibility of committing a mistake, so Jay brought Marilyn and Tiger over to Imperial Capital the next day itself.
The family of three lived in a tiny apartment.
The apartment was different from the single-bedroom courtyard house they used to live in. Back then, he shared a room with Tempest instead of with Marilyn. Even so, things still went well.
Right now, Jay and Marilyn would meet each other often. Even though they were husband and wife, Jay still found himself suppressing and holding back.
Marilyn thought otherwise.
She treated him as her man. After taking a shower, she wore a thin slip dress and embraced him from behind, acting coquettishly. "Darling, you haven't slept with me for so long. Tempest was there last time, so we couldn't do it because you had to take care of him. But now..."
Jay frowned when he smelled rosemary mixed with the natural odor of fisher girls from her damp hair.
He tried his best to hold in the discomfort in his stomach and reminded himself that he was Marilyn's husband. Therefore, he had the obligation to fulfill his duties as a husband.
"Mm." He nodded with a frown.
Marilyn reached out and unbuttoned his shirt. When her slightly rough hands rubbed his delicate skin, Jay could not help it anymore.
He pushed her away and ran to the bathroom, vomiting to his heart's content.
Marilyn stood at the bathroom door, sighing. "What kind of strange disease do you actually have?"
After a long time, Jay tottered out of the bathroom and slumped on the couch. "I'm sorry, Marilyn. Please give me a bit more time."
Marilyn nodded. "Mm."
She had no other choice but to wait.
The couple did not say anything else.
At night, Marilyn carried her quilt and went to her son's room.
A trace of guilt emerged on Jay's charming face.
Marilyn treated him well, and he did hope to live with her in complete harmony and felicity as husband and wife, but he just could not understand why he felt uncomfortable all over the moment Marilyn came close to him.
He stood up abruptly and walked slowly to the next door. He tried to use his willpower to overcome his quirks, but as soon as he reached Marilyn's door, he relented.
He returned to his room in silence.
My world would collapse without you!
Angeline was soaking in the bathtub, and Jay's heartless words echoed in her mind.
"Since we're star-crossed lovers, Ms. Severe, we should learn to accept our fate.
"I have a good wife at home, and I won't do anything to hurt her. You're not wrong to fall for me, Ms. Severe, but you're wrong when you fail to control your emotions and allow it to develop."
It felt like someone had ruthlessly poked the bubble of hope in Angeline's heart. Then, her world began to snow.
Tears rolled down her face. It was only when she noticed that her vision had become a little blurry did she realize that her intermittent vision loss had recurred. Terrified to go on venting out her emotions, Angeline raised her head to fight back her tears.
She quickly climbed out of the bathtub, her long and wet curly hair stuck to her back. Her bare face that carried no trace of makeup looked as fresh as a freshly peeled egg.
The mixture of innocence and glamor on her sorrowful face made her look more enticing.
Every time she lost her vision, Angeline would call
Josephine for help.
With her blurred and double vision, she attempted to call Josephine but accidentally pressed the name beneath it-Jay Ares.
Jay frowned when he saw Angelina's phone number.
He picked up the call reluctantly, his voice filled with impatience. "May I help you, Ms. Severe?"
Angelina heard the voice that she had been longing to hear all day and night. In her memory, this voice was always gentle and filled with pampering, yet all of a sudden, it sounded so alienated and impatient. Angelina's tears streamed down her face.
Her throat moved several times, but she bit back and swallowed her words.
Jay was startled. "Are you crying?"
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Chapter 994
Angeline hung up the phone in a hurry for fear that she would reveal her emotions.
Jay stared at his phone in a daze.
Why did she not say anything after giving him a call?
He tossed his phone aside and lay on the bed. Even so, Jay started to feel a little uneasy.
Eventually, he got up irritably, picked up the coat next to him, and walked outside.
Marilyn walked out of the bedroom and asked with concern, "Darling, where are you going this late at night?"
Jay was stumped. What was he doing?
A responsible man was not supposed to worry about other women besides his own wife.
"I'm going downstairs to get some fresh air." He was in an irritable mood.
A bitter smile emerged on Marilyn's beautiful face. She walked up to Jay and looked up at him. Using her keen intuition as a woman, she admonished her husband who was attempting to cheat on her. "Darling, they said that you grew close to a rich and influential woman, is that true?" Marilyn's interrogation sounded so tender and weak.
For a moment, Jay did not know how to answer her.
Yes and no was no longer the correct answer to this question.
Take how uneasy and worried he was about Angeline earlier, for example. He knew his heart was moving closer to her.
He was not someone who knew how to lie.
"I'll cut off all contact with her. Don't worry." His gaze looked firm and decisive.
Marilyn broke out in a grin. "I'm glad to hear that."
Jay looked at the innocent-looking Marilyn and made up his mind to never let a dazzling and splendid woman like Angeline go anywhere near her. Marilyn was equipped with no ability whatsoever to compete with her or fight with her. She had nothing but him, her husband, who was the only one who could protect her.
Jay said softly, "Go to bed. I'll take you and Tiger to the mall tomorrow to buy some new clothes."
Marilyn's eyes were filled with delight after hearing what he said.
"I haven't worn new clothes for many years." She smiled coyly.
Jay's pupils darkened. "I promise to give you and Tiger a good life from now on."
Marilyn nodded with a smile. "I believe you."
Garden Of A Diary.
After receiving Angeline's text message, Josephine immediately dropped everything she was doing and flew to Angeline's side.
Wrapped in a bath towel, Angeline was sitting obediently on the bed.
She had lost her vision completely.
Josephine questioned her anxiously as soon as she entered the room. "What's the reason for your loss of vision this time? It has been so long since you last lost your vision."
Angeline's eyes were scarlet as she choked with sobs." Your brother is going to go ahead with his mistakes. He asked me to learn how to resign myself to my fate."
Josephine was stumped. This was no doubt a tremendous blow to her.
Even so, Josephine did not feel entirely hopeless. "My brother likes you, Angeline. We're talking about the sort of love that's etched into the bones. As soon as his memory recovers, I guarantee that he'll throw everything away and return to your side."
"But what if his memory never recovers?" Angeline was swayed by her gains and losses.
"He's an honest and upright man. He'll never abandon his current wife," Angeline said dejectedly.
With that, Josephine fell silent.
That made Angeline even more depressed.
The boundless night carried the rustle of autumn, creeping into the screen window and carrying a trace of coolness to the person lying on the bed.
Angeline was so cold that she sat up on the bed.
Worried that Josephine would catch a cold, Angeline groped her way to the closet and took out a quilt.
When she returned to bed, she went the wrong way by accident and hit the door.
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Chapter 995
"Ouch." Angeline cried out in pain.
"Angeline?" Josephine switched on the lights and saw Angeline sitting on the ground with a quilt sprawled out on the ground. She quickly ran over to help her up. "Why didn't you ask me to help you?" Josephine complained.
"I just think that I need to get used to the dark eventually," Angeline replied.
Josephine felt a pang in her heart.
Angeline was probably worried that she would go permanently blind one day and that was why she was trying to face the dark with a positive mind.
The next day.
It was a windless and gloomy day. The rumbling of thunder was heard over and over again.
This was an indication that a storm was coming.
Angelina's intermittent loss of vision did not recover a s quickly as it used to.
Her vision was still completely dark.
Josephine asked Angeline as she sat in front of the dressing table, "Should I apply the honey for you?"
Angeline uttered listlessly, "I'm not going anywhere
today, so just a moisturizer will do."
Josephine applied toner for her followed by a moisturizing lotion.
Josephine was used to seeing Angeline covering her face in honey in an attempt to look mature. When Josephine saw her fresh and ethereal face now, she could not help but think of her as fragile little grass. Josephine said, "Angeline, you look like a mature queen with a mighty aura when you put on the honey, but once you remove your makeup, you look like a soft and cute lolita. If my brother sees you without your makeup, I'm sure he won't have the heart to utter those ruthless and cruel words to you, don't you agree?"
Angeline replied, "He's not a man who judges people by appearance."
Josephine exclaimed, "If he's not, then who is? Just look at the ones around him previously. Were any of them not good-looking at all?"
All of a sudden, Angeline remembered how Jay had complained about her honey-oiled face...
She grabbed Josephine's hand without warning and exclaimed emotionally, "I was wrong. I used to think he's a man who only valued inner beauty. I've completely forgotten about his obsessive-compulsive disorder!"
Upon realization, Angeline said in a rather dejected manner, "It's my fault I didn't appreciate the
opportunity I was given when we met."
Josephine pulled her up. "Let's go shop for some new dresses, Angeline. After this, you'll appear in front of him beautifully dressed and made up. I'm sure your captivating looks will make him go crazy," Josephine said while teasing.
Angeline was not someone who would give up easily. She loved Jay too much, hence she did not want to miss out on any chance to win his heart.
"Alright, give me a second. I'll go and fetch my white cane."
At a shopping mall in Imperial Capital.
Angeline held Josephine's arm in one hand and a white cane in another. She wore a vintage bohemian dress as her wavy hair hung loosely. She had neat bangs across her forehead, making her look like an ethereal fairy.
Josephine took her to a women's fashion store. She grabbed clothes that caught her eye and pushed Angeline into the fitting room to try them out. Angeline laughed. "Your brother likes light colors, Josephine. I don't want any striking red or purple. He likes light red, light green, light purple..." Josephine said, "Angeline, my brother likes whatever you wear, provided you don't apply honey on your face.
Meanwhile, at the entrance of the mall.
Marilyn and Jay walked in.
Jay was holding the Tiger in his arms.
Marilyn could not contain her joy when she saw the dazzling array of products in the mall. She touched and felt the fabrics of the clothes as a look of yearning and desire was written all over her face. Jay said, "Why don't you try on a few more and see if you like them?"
When Marilyn flipped over the price tag and saw the price, she trotted to Jay and whispered, "Darling, the clothes here are very expensive. I think we should just leave."
Jay laughed. "As long as you like it, I will buy it for you no matter how expensive it is."
Then, Marilyn summoned up her courage and walked i n again.
When Josephine and Angelina walked out of the fitting room, Josephine saw Jay and Marilyn at once.
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Chapter 996
Josephine let go of Angeline's hand without warning and whispered," Angeline, nature's calling and I need to go to the toilet to answer. Sit here and wait for me."
Therefore, Angeline sat on the bench specially prepared for customers in the shop.
Josephine hid in the dark and observed Jay in secret.
She wanted to see Jay's actual reaction when he saw Angeline.
Jay and Marilyn walked into the store. Most of the time, Jay would hold Tiger in his arms and stand on one side like an ice sculpture while Marilyn picked out the clothes that she liked.
"What do you think of this one, darling?" Marilyn lifted up a bright red dress suddenly.
Jay nodded. "Mm."
Overjoyed, Marilyn brought the dress to the fitting room and was about to try it on.
Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper came over and snatched the skirt from Marilyn's hand, then sized Marilyn up and down with a look of disdain. At the sight of her cheap fashion, she spoke in a slightly harsh tone, "Madam, this dress costs 130,000. Can you afford it?"
Marilyn looked extremely embarrassed.
The shopkeeper continued, "If you can't afford it, then don't try it on lest you stain our clothes." Having said that, she even dusted the spot where Marilyn had touched earlier.
Jay walked over with a sullen look on his face after seeing what happened.
"I'm buying this dress."
When Angeline heard the familiar voice, she panicked and dropped her cane. She bent over to pick it up, then turned her back to the voice.
Her heart was a mess.
She did not want him to find out about her loss of vision no matter what. She did not want him to worry about her.
She had forgotten the fact that she did not put on any makeup today.
The shopkeeper's indifferent eyes fell on Jay.
Although she was surprised by how good-looking Jay looked, the moment she saw the cheap T-shirt he was wearing, she passed him off as a 'vase' that was merely pleasant to the eye yet served no use at all "Do you have money?" the shopkeeper asked harshly.
Jay replied coldly, "I wouldn't be buying if I don't have any money."
The shopkeeper was stunned by his aura and returned the dress to Marilyn timidly.
Angeline's eyes flashed an envious and resentful smile. This woman was truly blessed to have Jaybie's protection.
Though unfortunately, not all people knew how to count their blessings.
Growing up in the countryside, poverty had blinded Marilyn's senses, causing her to value money more than her dignity.
Marilyn did not take the clothes from the shopkeeper, but instead, walked up to Jay timidly and said, "Forget it, darling. This dress is really expensive. 130,000! Are they trying to swindle us?"
The snobbish shopkeeper was very impatient with Marilyn to start with, so when Marilyn said that she was trying to swindle them, she flew into a rage instantly.
"Excuse me? You're calling me a swindler just because a country bumpkin like you can't afford to wear goodquality clothes? Don't you think you owe me an apology?"
Marilyn shuddered with fear, stuttering, "That's... not what I meant. We can't afford this dress. We don't want it anymore."
Like a dog with a bone, the shopkeeper continued, " Can't afford it? Why is your man trying to keep up with appearances when you can't afford it? Why didn't you say so earlier instead of wasting my time?" Jay's dashing face looked extremely embarrassed...
Angeline closed her eyes as a wave of anger surged in her heart.
This ignorant woman! How dare she trample on Jaybie's dignity like that?!
No matter how poor he was, there was no way he would let her live a difficult life.
Despite that, she showed no due respect for his feelings at all.
130,000 was all it took to sweep all of Jaybie's dignity away?
Angeline tossed her cane away and stood up.
Her aura was imposing.
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Chapter 997
"Miss, this mister right here is a good friend of mine. I'll pay for all their expenses in the mall today." Angeline's voice might have sounded like a breeze, but it was also compressed in ice. The shopkeeper sized Angeline up skeptically and thought, 'What sort of status does this woman have to speak in such an arrogant and haughty tone?'
Before the shopkeeper could say anything to jeer at her, Angeline pulled out a supreme membership card from her handbag and handed it to the shopkeeper. " Here, swipe it."
At the sight of the card, the shopkeeper's face changed abruptly.
Although she was just an employee at the company's grassroots level, her boss would often emphasize supreme membership cards like that in the meeting.
Her boss had always said, "Customers who enter our store with this card are the mall's VIP. No matter who they are, you must treat them with even greater respect than your boss. You must provide them with first-class service and never, never make her feel even the slightest bit of discomfort."
At this moment, the shopkeeper nearly fell to her knees in front of Angeline. She had already broken out in a cold sweat. She had a hunch that she was going t
o lose her job.
Fortunately, in order to survive, snobs like that were usually crafty and two-faced. Knowing that she had offended someone she should not have, she immediately tried to redeem herself.
The shopkeeper walked over to Jay and apologized in a trembling voice. "I'm really sorry, Sir. I was too ignorant earlier and spoke too harshly. Would you be so kind as to forgive me, Sir?" Jay did not respond to her.
The shopkeeper fell to her knees with a thud. "I was wrong, Sir. Please, please forgive me!"
Jay still did not respond to her.
Now, the shopkeeper was puzzled. Even if he refused to forgive her, he should at least say something. What was he trying to tell her by not saying a word like that?
She risked a glance at Jay, only to find that his gaze was fixed intently on Angeline. His gaze was filled with great amazement and shock.
Words could not describe the mood that Jay was feeling at the moment.
When he heard Angelina's voice, one that seemed to be bathed in a spring breeze, he frowned a little at first. He detested the fact that she was standing up for him because he thought that she was the she- devil Angeline, the same girl who had a crush on him and even tried to make him her sugar baby.
Though when his gaze fell on her face, he felt as if he had been struck by thunder-burnt on the outside and tender on the inside. Like a sculpture, he was completely petrified.
It would be an understatement to say that this woman's face was beautiful.
Her face looked ethereal and pure, like a fairy who had been left behind in the mortal world.
Her beauty sent his heart palpitating with excitement.
After catching a startling glance at her face, he was surprised to find that this face actually looked familiar. After searching his brain for quite some time, he realized that this woman was the same woman in the portrait he had painted on a whim the other day.
After taking blows after blows, Jay looked slightly dazed.
He could not comprehend it. He actually met the woman he drew out of nothing in real life?
What confused him even more was that this woman whose voice sounded so similar to Angelina... was not Angelina.
That was because as he stared into her blank eyes and at her white cane, he deduced that she was not Angelina. Angelina was not blind.
Angelina carried herself like a tough and domineering bandit with an aura of a powerhouse emanating from her entire being.
This lady here was wearing a smile on her face, looking tender and pitiable.
It was also because of her tender and helplessness that he felt his heart aching a little.
The pain was very faint, yet it was very real.
Marilyn tugged at his hand and called out, "This lady i s apologizing to you, darling. Hurry up and ask her to get up. There's no need to apologize."
Jay gathered his thoughts and stared at the shopkeeper who was down at his feet. A dark and sinister gleam flashed in his eyes. "Get lost!"
Marilyn's gaze fell on the supreme membership card and reminded Jay. "Darling, since this lady is willing to pay for us, should we-" "No." Jay's voice carried a hint of anger.
He felt ashamed to see Marilyn going out for petty advantages like that.
For some reason, his vanity was at its strongest in front of Angeline. He wanted to show her the best side of him.
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Chapter 998
However, Marilyn pulled him back to the harsh reality, making him realize just how inferior and insignificant he was in front of the flawless Angeline.
"Let's go." He took Marilyn's hand and left quickly.
After Jay left, Josephine walked out of the dark. Her sympathetic gaze followed Jay as she smacked her lips and sighed. "How did a proud man like him end up with a low and vulgar woman like that?" Angelina's eyes were misted with tears. "That's his fate after all."
Josephine took the supreme membership card from the shopkeeper and admonished her, "Do you know who she is?"
The shopkeeper looked dumbfounded. "Grand Asia's president."
The shopkeeper glanced timidly at Angeline, then apologized to her in a hurry. "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I..."
Josephine turned her gaze to Jay, then asked again, "Do you know who that is?"
The shopkeeper looked stupefied.
Josephine answered, "The former president of Grand Asia."
The shopkeeper was so astounded that her jaw dropped. Could there be such a coincidence? She actually met two Grand Asia presidents in one day?
"Do you know what to do now when you meet them again next time?"
"Yes, yes, yes."
Josephine admonished the shopkeeper with only three sentences. Even so, her admonishment had sent the shopkeeper breaking out in a cold sweat. "Let's go, Josephine."
Angeline's thoughts had flown away the moment Jay left.
Josephine took Angeline's hand and whispered to her, "You want to chase after him, don't you?"
Angeline smiled playfully. "You're full of bad ideas. Why don't you create a scene of a romantic encounter for me?"
Josephine said, "Okay. Let me take out all the famous screenplay scenarios that I've watched all these years and show you."
Angeline reminded her. "Don't make it look forced. You know how careful he is. We might end up producing the exact opposite of the desired result if we expose ourselves." "Okay."
It was pouring rain outside the mall.
Like other customers, Jay, Marilyn, and Tiger could not go home because of the heavy rain.
Therefore, they had no choice but to wait in a lounge area that was provided for the mail's customers to rest on the left side of the mall entrance.
Angeline held her cane and walked to the entrance of the mall slowly.
Josephine hid in the dark, wanting to recreate a famous scene of two lovers reuniting.
What Angeline had was intermittent vision loss. Every time she lost her sight, her elder brother Zayne would carry her on his back. She rarely ever lived like an actual blind person, let alone walking in a strange and unfamiliar place.
She was not exactly familiar with the usage of white cane either.
When Angeline appeared, the murmurs and whispers in the lounge area stopped completely.
Everyone's attention was captured by this ethereal beauty.
Jay heard the irregular tapping of a white cane and turned around in shock. When he saw Angeline walking slowly toward the door, a trace of concern suddenly filled his eyes.
Following Josephine's instructions, Angeline walked straight ahead and out of the mall entrance. At this moment, she was exposed to the heavy rain and
retreated back into the mall.
However, at the thought of Josephine's trick, she paused for a very brief moment before stepping out bravely once more.
This time, she was almost entirely rushing to the sides blindly as the heavy rain poured down on her.
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Chapter 999
Jay's falcon-like pupils contracted abruptly. He quickly handed Tiger over to Marilyn.
Marilyn, however, grabbed his hand tightly as a flash of panic went off in her eyes. "Darling!"
Jay said, "She helped us. I should return the favor."
Despite that, Marilyn did not let go. Tears flickered in her eyes as she asked, "Have you fallen in love with her?"
Jay,
"The way you look at her just now... it's different!"
Jay was slightly startled. He was surprised to know that he, someone who had never shown his feelings on his face, had failed to conceal just how much he liked this woman.
He had barely caught a fleeting glimpse of her.
What was more, she so kindly and intelligently helped him out of the embarrassing situation, taking into account his dignity as a man. He had to admit that he found it impossible to resist such a gentle and beautiful woman like her.
Jay looked at Angeline as she stood in the rain. He saw how her green dress was soaked and how she stood there looking like a drowned rat.
A dazed and helpless look was written all over her face.
Jay struggled out of Marilyn's grip...
At this moment, however, a luxurious-looking Mercedes-Benz suddenly pulled over beside Angeline.
The door opened and Zayne stepped out of it.
His charming face looked completely heartbroken. "Angel!"
When Angeline heard Zayne's voice, she felt... despair?
Could she pretend not to hear him?
She had been acting for so long, but was Zayne going to mess it all up just like that?
Angeline turned around and walked in the other direction anxiously.
Zayne strode forward in just a few steps and wrapped a thick cloak tightly around Angeline, then picked her up princess-style.
He complained, saying, "Isn't it just your eyes that have lost vision? Why did you turn back after hearing my voice? Is there something wrong with your ears too? No way, I have to take you to the hospital to get your ears checked."
Angeline swung her weak fists and started punching him gloomily. "What are you doing here? What are you doing here? What are you doing here?"
Zayne was completely at a loss. He thought that Angeline had suffered from shock and that was why she was babbling nonsense.
Heartbroken, Zayne burst into tears and apologized to Angeline. "I'm sorry for coming late. Don't be afraid. I'll take you home right away."
Angeline curled up in his arms and burst into tears. "I don't want you to pick me up. Why did you come?" Now that her plan had failed, the sadness in her heart was indescribable.
How could Zayne possibly know what she was thinking about? He apologized incessantly. "I'm sorry, Angeline. I won't leave you behind ever again."
Behind one of the pillars in the mall, Josephine looked at Jay as he sat back in the chair. Then, she glared at Zayne with deep hatred while uttering despondently," Sigh, just a teeny bit more!" Josephine packed her gears and walked out gloomily.
When she passed by the mall's entrance, Josephine darted a glance at Jay.
She realized that, through the window, Jay's eyes were locked on the black Mercedes like magnets. His enchanting and sharp falcon-like pupils narrowed, seemingly deep in contemplation. The rain gradually stopped.
Marilyn tugged the absent-minded Jay. "The rain has
stopped, darling. We can go now."
Like a puppet, Jay stood up stiffly.
Again and again, he turned back to look in the direction where the Mercedes-Benz was earlier.
Marilyn let out a forlorn sigh. "She's gone. Stop looking, darling."
Jay snapped out of his reverie. When he realized that his wife had been hurt by his 'irrepressible affection', Jay began blaming himself very much.
He reached out and took her hand while slowly walking forward.
Back home.
Jay rushed to the corner of the living room eagerly and uncovered the canvas on the easel. Just like that, the portrait was exposed before his eyes. He stared at the girl in the portrait, then thought of the Angeline who he had bumped into today.
Chapter 1000
Chapter 1000
The exact same eyebrows.
The exact same tenderness.
The exact same beautiful eyes and the same radiant smile!
The exact same youth and liveliness-so beautiful that it was impossible to be absorbed all at once!
She looked just like a sculpture that had frozen in time!
He needed to admit that such an exquisite beauty had taken his breath away.
For some reason, he felt really happy when he saw this woman's face. It was as if the scorching sun had melted the winter's ice and snow.
Jay stood there in a daze.
As a wise and careful man, he surmised that the reason he was able to draw Angeline's bare face out of thin air was that she existed in his memory.
Marilyn entered the room with the Tiger in her arms. When she noticed Jay staring blankly at a portrait, she walked over curiously.
When Marilyn saw the portrait, she blurted out in astonishment, "Isn't this the blind woman we met today?"
Jay's gaze moved to the pair of eyes on the portrait. Those were a pair of extraordinary and lively eyes, fascinating anyone with their brilliant glow and vibrant colors.
However...
The eyes on the portrait were not blind!
Jay furrowed his brows. He felt a pang in his heart.
He was so focused on the portrait that he did not even notice the brimming jealousy and fear in Marilyn's pupils.
All of a sudden, she knocked the easel over to the ground and yelled at Jay, "Tell me, are you hiding something from me?"
A menacing look and hidden fury flashed across Jay's pupils as he reached out to pull the easel back up.
He glared furiously at Marilyn only to be pierced by her wounded pupils.
At this moment, all the unrealistic illusions he was having had fallen into place. The fairy in the painting was not his wife, whereas the lonely and helpless woman standing in front of him was his obligation. Jay recollected himself.
He sighed weakly and spoke with a hint of ingratiation, "That was my first time meeting this woman, Marilyn."
Marilyn obviously did not believe him. With tears streaming down her face, she said while choking with sobs, "I'm going to make us some food."
Marilyn put the child on the bed and went into the kitchen in silence to make dinner for Jay and Tiger.
Jay slumped on the couch in exasperation!
All of a sudden, his peaceful life seemed to have turned into a ball of mess.
Not long after, Marilyn walked out with four dishes-a bowl of chili roasted pepper salad, a plate of fries, a plate of fried pierogi, and grilled pepper steak. Jay grabbed the cutleries only to put them down again.
His careless wife had never made it a point to remember his stomach problems.
He suddenly had a flashback of the time he ate with Angeline. She would constantly be aware of his stomach problems.
It had only lasted for a fleeting moment before Jay tossed Angeline out of his mind. How could he compare his wife to other women?
Through lucky encounters, there was fate.
After the encounter, one should cherish it.
One should not give up on one's initial commitments just to chase after something better that came after that.
That would be abandoning her after having dallied with her!
After dinner, Jay sat on the couch in silence.
When Marilyn was done washing the dishes, she came and sat down next to him.
Tiger was playing with toy blocks alone in the corner.
After opening and closing his mouth several times, Jay finally asked, "Marilyn, what exactly happened to me three years ago?" Jay brought up the subject again.