Chapter 221

I had to play it cool.

"Madeline," Jewel said as she stood in front of me. Her eyes were filled with tears.

I squinted and said nothing, waiting for her to continue

She needed to gather her emotions. I couldn't interfere

"Could you stay away from Chris?" she finally said.

I frowned. "What?"

"You've already broken up with him. He's with me now, so you're part of the past. I don't want you showing up around him and affecting his mood." Jewel's eyes were reddened, with tears shimmering.

I couldn't help but laugh. So, she was blaming me for the punishment Chris gave her just now.

"Are you saying that you can't afford the compensation and need me to share the burden, Ms. Massey?" I mocked.

Jewel's face turned pale instantly. She had previously shown her financial struggles in front of me, assuming my mockery was about her poverty

But it wasn't her lack of money I found laughable. It was her ridiculousness.

different now." Jewel wasn't backing down either. She retorted sharply

from the fact that

was now

but I refused to just take it. I put on a look of sudden realization and said,

"Madeline, don't use lan to

ket

smiled faintly. "Is that so? I'd

that you moved on so quickly, even feeling that you never truly loved him over the past ten years." I furrowed my brow. "Did Chris tell

lip. "He's too proud to say

jerk. Now that I don't want him,

say that

so good to me, that he remembered my good qualities when he chose you?" My words made Jewel bite her lip as if I had just slapped her

She fell silent.

your tricks. You don't need to test me. Chris is someone I've let go of.

lips trembled, and she

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slightly rounded belly but decided to hold my tongue and

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