Ex-Husband’s Love Dilemma

Chapter 78

Suzanne stood patiently as she waited for Austin and Evelyn to arrive.

As the couple joined her, they got into the car and headed back to the Jackson residence.

Unable to contain her dissatisfaction, Evelyn questioned, “What is wrong with Cassandra? She gets involved with someone like Scott and keeps the family in the dark. We’ve lost face in front of so many people. If this news gets out, it may seem like we were hard on her. And giving the painting to Peter in her name? That should have been done in the name of the Jackson family.”

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“Mom, why are you always so strict and cold with Cassandra?” Suzanne interjected abruptly, cutting off her mother’s discontent before it could fully unfold.

There was a sudden silence that fell over the car.

Evelyn turned to Suzanne and asked, “Suzanne, what are you talking about?”

Suzanne met her mother’s gaze and asked earnestly, “Isn’t Cassandra your daughter too? Why question and distrust her openly in front of everyone? She is part of our family, isn’t she?”

Suzanne’s words cast a contemplative silence over her parents.

After a long pause, Evelyn said in a low voice, “Suzanne, did she complain to you about something?”

“No,” Suzanne replied.

Evelyn added, “Suzanne, you’ve been with us since childhood. You’re kind and generous. I know you’ve got a soft heart, but in this situation, Cassandra messed up without thinking about the Jackson family. So…”

Suzanne frowned and raised her tone, saying, “Mom… Cassandra didn’t complain about anything to me. I just feel that both of you don’t like her. Is this all because of me?”

Suzanne didn’t know the real reasons behind her mother’s coldness toward Cassandra. She attributed it all to herself after hearing Rebecca’s words.

It was true that she disliked Cassandra because the latter was too cold and always seemed to have a natural sense of pride. Cassandra, however, showed no signs of frustration, even when she seemed to be defeated.

However, Suzanne’s feelings were more rooted in envying her sister.

She envied how Cassandra was genuinely straightforward and easygoing.

In the meantime, at the Dustmeadow Mansion….

go to the company. Instead, he went

entered the house, he went upstairs and pushed open the

the dim light. He turned on a lamp

Cassandra did not

said, “Cassandra, wake up.

rest as it was not

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remained unresponsive.

furrowed his brow and reached out to pinch her cheek, thinking it would wake her. But when his cold fingertips touched her face, he was startled by an intense heat. He quickly placed his hand on

so exhausted. She felt her head heavy and her body weak. She could not open her eyes and just wanted to sleep. She reacted forcefully to Orlando’s disturbance, impatiently brushing his hand aside as she said, “You’re so annoying. Stop

as he insisted, “Cassandra, you have a fever. If we

the urge to push him away and spoke indifferently, “I’m not taking any medicine. Leave me alone. If I’m sick, it’s my problem, not yours. If you want

loss for words in response

didn’t give him a second look. She just lay back down

night that persisted despite Orlando’s efforts to alleviate it with cooling patches. She even refused his help.

day, before dawn, Orlando summoned Weston. Weston prescribed some medication suitable for pregnant women and advised her to drink plenty of water,

awoke, she found Orlando entering the room with warm

from the fever, and her face was flushed. Orlando walked toward the bed and sat down on a chair, and as she watched, her delicate eyelashes quivered, and

this first. I’ve asked the

taking any medicine,”

taking medication after a whole night of fever will only make

learned that Weston had prescribed the medicine, her expression softened slightly. But as she looked at Orlando, the images of last night’s events subconsciously flashed through

frail calmness, she replied coldly, “Don’t worry

to listen, Cassandra?” Orlando said, increasingly annoyed. It was her own health she was

done nothing, yet you accuse me of causing trouble. Is

about your situation now. Why bring

that every word I say seems to somehow relate to her,” she said with a trace

of water as he said, “Take

it myself. Don’t

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really going to force

take it myself,” Cassandra