"Lyse, what are you doing?" Winston warned her.

"Dad, please trust Jasper," Alyssa pleaded in a coarse voice, her eyes shimmering in tears.

As witty and calculative as she was, she couldn't stop herself from going up to Jasper.

Winston felt sorry for his daughter and said sternly, "I never said I distrusted him. But he's at odds with Javier, and he's involved with the Harpers. If he's a man worth marrying, I would like to see how he'll resolve the situation."

The situation grew extremely tense and awkward. Judging from Jasper's steely expression, he seemed reluctant to show any regard for the Harpers.

confront Jasper, "Jasper, you are free to love whoever you want, but how could you not offer an apology or an explanation six months after you slept

we wrong for wanting you to take responsibility for Zoe? Why did you even

could be a jerk because you're good friends with Landon? Or do you think Zoe can be easily bullied because no one could stand up for a poor, kind girl who lost her father at a

brought up memories of the earth-shattering sex scandal involving Jasper and Zoe. Starting from then, the Harpers had pressured the Becketts to take action, only to be ignored

in fear. He began in an authoritative and firm tone, "I have neither slept with your granddaughter nor keep in

that scandal, and I'm still investigating it. Zoe might not be bothered by her reputational loss, but I care about mine. I

to look at Alyssa. The guests started casting judgmental looks at Zoe, whose reputation had been in tatters even

makeup. Cornelius certainly preferred to have trust in Zoe's character, and he assumed that

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