Chapter 823

After Jewel left the washroom, she didn't return to the president's office. Instead, she headed straight for Seven Degrees Cafe as Stefanie had instructed. When she arrived, a waiter led her to a private room.

Initially, she was a little formal when she met Stefanie and greeted her politely, "Hello, Mrs. Road."

Stefanie didn't move an inch from where she was sitting and merely lifted her eyes at Jewel without a word to gesture for her to take a seat.

Her unfriendly attitude struck Jewel by surprise as Jewel didn't understand the reason behind it.

She reassured herself in the next second, though. She's an elder, after all, and she's Alex's mother at that. So for his sake, I shouldn't pick on her without reason.

It wasn't easy for his mother to bring Alex up by herself, so Jewel wore a smile and took a seat with kind thoughts in her mind.

ask me out,

sounded unpleasant to the ears. At least, when Stefanie heard her, her dislike for Jewel's voice was

should have some self-awareness, though. Do you think that the Road Family will allow someone who can't even speak like a normal person to be married into the family? How many times do you want me to say the same things to you? Alex arranged a position for you in the company because he feels sorry for you, not because he's interested in you. Don't you feel that you can't be of help in any way at all? So today, I'm here to tell you this—get away from my son, the

before that she reflexively carried the same hopes for Stefanie as well. This was especially so after she learned that Stefanie had raised Alex alone and admired the older

where all the good

such terrible things to

made

had for Stefanie were gone at

I want to rise to the top with this opportunity,

from your son from the

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