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.

couldn't afford it before, but things are different now."

fact that she was

that she was

take it. I put on a look of sudden

made Jewel freeze, and then tears rolled down her cheeks. "Madeline, don't use lan to attack me. I don't want you showing

ket

I'd hear how this is for my

from the corner of her eye. "Chris is very resentful toward you now. He's upset that you moved on so

too proud to say it, but I can feel

Now that I don't want him, he's the one feeling uncomfortable,"

that about

my good qualities when he chose you?"

She fell silent.

to test me. Chris is someone

and she was

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