To Be Yours Again by Taylor

Chapter 217 He’s Your Brother, Not Your Son

Marigold left right after she spoke. Jenny stole a glance at Gilbert’s expression. It was worse than before.

“Didn’t you always tell me not to judge a book by its cover?” Jenny said after a moment’s silence. “Maybe the Wagners are dislikeable, but that doesn’t mean that every member of the family is bad. At least, I think Marigold’s decent.”

Gilbert said nothing. She didn’t know what he was thinking. He stared at the direction in which Marigold left for a long time, still lost in his thoughts.

“Gilbert?” Jenny called. He came back to his senses.

He looked at Jenny and said, “You’re just too naive. Is she going to announce her motives while getting close to me?”

“Aren’t you overthinking things? Marigold is just a girl. You can choose not to like her, but accusing her of evil intentions that she may or may not have is going overboard,” Alec finally said, unable to bear it anymore. He and Marigold were not close, only coming into contact with her through Paul, but he could tell that Marigold was just an innocent girl. She was not as vindictive as Gilbert thought.

“Don’t you think interrupting my conversation with Jenny is going overboard?” Gilbert looked at him, the hatred in his eyes clearly shown.

speak, but Jenny cut them both off. “Stop. Gilbert, it’s okay if you don’t like Marigold. You don’t have to get angry over this.”

well. He took a deep breath to calm himself down. “Alright. I’m not angry. Just ignore

Jenny nodded. “Okay.”

eyes, Marigold was an outsider. It was not worth getting

ongoing. Zack was the true star of the show, surrounded by a few

watching it. She worried that Zack would pass

and reminded her to take care of herself before walking over

Alec, he said nothing. After Gilbert was gone, Jenny looked at him embarrassedly and said, “Sorry. My brother was

for him? He’s your brother, not your son,” Alec

Jenny said nothing.

was Gilbert who had provoked him, not Jenny. Why did he lash out at her?

shook her head. “It’s okay. I know

Stephanie, she would be mad,