A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 401

After John and Jessica left the crowd of reports and entered the hall, Jessica asked him, "You're not angry, are you? That I didn't tell the journalists that Dicky wasn't my son."

"I'm not," John replied, and there was no emotion in his tone.

It was as if John did not care whatever she did, even if she did it right in front of him.

There were times when Jessica felt like a clown, entertaining no one but herself.

Her eyes flashed icily, and she told herself that he would be hers eventually-that was the only way.

Thus, right now, she could bear with anything he threw her way.

Composing herself, she flashed a good-natured smile and explained, "I just didn't want people talking badly about Dicky, especially since his mother was never revealed. I'm worried there'd be a psychological effect. I’ve already considered him my own son, even when he was a baby."

it clear he wasn't interested in her

there were hardly that many individuals who had

political influence. In short, for the average Joe, they only get to meet such people on television

draw attention since they were the protagonists for

the event was held in honor of a grandchild in the Stuart family, and one could see how highly William thought of Jessica-not even James had the

the hall erupted

into the ballroom, and began to mingle with

handsome facial features in turn appeared even more pronounced and chiseled, and he was a

other hand, Jessica wore a

accentuated her trait as an open, confident person, the red magnified her noble passion-it was an absolute declaration that she

stood beside John, who projected a handsome, lofty but stoic nature, Jessica's beauty, passion

as he watched John and Jessica with guests

as well. "I earnestly hope that they

that not happen at all,"