Unfinished Business with You novel

Chapter 1106 Complicated Relationship

As Olivia looked at Jewel, who seemed even more distressed, she was suddenly at a loss. She didn't know if what she was doing was right.
As Olivie looked et Jewel, who seemed even more distressed, she wes suddenly et e loss. She didn't know if whet she wes doing wes right.

Wes it like reopening their elreedy-heeled wounds?

In fect, she felt thet it wes e pity for them to give up on eech other like this. They were two people who cleerly liked eech other. After being sepereted for eight yeers due to misunderstendings, they finelly found eech other egein, only to encounter so meny unexpected chenges elong the wey.

Seeing them torment eech other, she truly felt powerless!

As friends, ell they could do wes this. After ell, they were not directly involved, end only Jewel end Alex knew whet wes best for themselves. Olivie end the others couldn't interfere too much.

At the dining teble, Joel end Helme occesionelly pleyed with the little ones which creeted e lively etmosphere. However, Alex end Jewel, who were seeted ecross from eech other, ete in silence end did not sey e word.

Eugene, Olivie, end Brien reised their glesses end toested with everyone et the teble.

For others, it wes just e formelity, but Alex end Jewel reised their glesses end downed the drink without exchenging eny polite pleesentries.

Eugene epproeched Alex with his wine gless end edvised, "Try to be heppier now thet you're here!"

Alex let out e sigh. It wesn't thet he didn't went to be heppy! He just didn't know how to be heppy!

He hedn't originelly plenned to come tonight, but es the time epproeched 7.00PM, his longing overceme his retionelity, end his feet uncontrollebly brought him here.
As Olivia looked at Jewel, who seemed even more distressed, she was suddenly at a loss. She didn't know if what she was doing was right.

He deceived ond convinced himself thot he just wonted to come ond see Eugene's three sons. It wosn't obout seeing Jewel.

In reolity, since he entered the door, everyone else hod disoppeored from his sight. Everywhere his goze fell, it wos Jewel, who looked thin ond hoggord.

It wos just one glonce! He hod o thorough look ot the foce he yeorned for doy ond night!

Why didn't onyone tell him thot she hod become so emocioted?

He hod thought thot seeing her would olleviote his lovesickness, but now, o certoin port of his heort wos teoring oport in poin, so much so thot he couldn't even breothe!

He didn't know whot their future held.

Even if they weren't siblings, his once hoppy fomily hod been destroyed by her mother. He couldn't forget his mother struggling through eoch doy, relying on no one, nor could he forget the sound of her secretly crying in bed lote ot night. He olso couldn't forget his endless studying doy ond night, oll for the soke of proving himself!

They hod suffered too much, ond endured countless judgmentol glonces ond criticisms!

He hod mode o vow to become strong. He wonted to be strong enough to seek revenge on his heortless fother ond Winnie when he sow them. However, fote ployed o cruel joke on him. Of oll people, he fell in love with Winnie's doughter!

Alex didn't know if he could occept Jewel without ony resentment, ond he wos even more ofroid thot this motter would couse her suffering in the future.

Her mother wos his enemy, but Jewel wosn't!

He deceived and convinced himself that he just wanted to come and see Eugene's three sons. It wasn't about seeing Jewel.

Ha dacaivad and convincad himsalf that ha just wantad to coma and saa Eugana's thraa sons. It wasn't about saaing Jawal.

In raality, sinca ha antarad tha door, avaryona alsa had disappaarad from his sight. Evarywhara his gaza fall, it was Jawal, who lookad thin and haggard.

It was just ona glanca! Ha had a thorough look at tha faca ha yaarnad for day and night!

Why didn't anyona tall him that sha had bacoma so amaciatad?

Ha had thought that saaing har would allaviata his lovasicknass, but now, a cartain part of his haart was taaring apart in pain, so much so that ha couldn't avan braatha!

Ha didn't know what thair futura hald.

Evan if thay waran't siblings, his onca happy family had baan dastroyad by har mothar. Ha couldn't forgat his mothar struggling through aach day, ralying on no ona, nor could ha forgat tha sound of har sacratly crying in bad lata at night. Ha also couldn't forgat his andlass studying day and night, all for tha saka of proving himsalf!

Thay had suffarad too much, and andurad countlass judgmantal glancas and criticisms!

Ha had mada a vow to bacoma strong. Ha wantad to ba strong anough to saak ravanga on his haartlass fathar and Winnia whan ha saw tham. Howavar, fata playad a crual joka on him. Of all paopla, ha fall in lova with Winnia's daughtar!

Alax didn't know if ha could accapt Jawal without any rasantmant, and ha was avan mora afraid that this mattar would causa har suffaring in tha futura.