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.

it before, but things are different now." Jewel wasn't backing

the fact that she was now officially

that she was now officially

to hurt me with her words, but I refused to just take it. I put on a look of sudden realization and said, "Oh,

down her cheeks. "Madeline, don't use lan to attack me. I don't want you showing up around Chris, not just

ket

I'd hear how

that you moved on so quickly, even feeling that

lip. "He's too proud

want him, he's the one feeling uncomfortable," I said without

you say that about him?"

remembered my good qualities when he chose you?" My words made Jewel bite her

She fell silent.

test me. Chris is someone I've let

trembled, and

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her slightly rounded belly but decided to hold my tongue and

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