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Chapter 681

Angeline looked at the light shade of red on the flesh of this throat and there were questions in her gaze. “Why can’t I make a darker-colored hickey?”

Jay,

Angeline removed the first button of her top to reveal her fair and long neck. On her neck were multiple seductive hickeys.

Those were markings that Jay left this morning when kissing her.

“Mine looks more like bruises, so why do yours appear so mild?”

Jay smiled like a sly fox. “Do you want me to teach you some of my skills?”

Angeline happily nodded her head.

Jay hugged her, leaned forward, and kissed her shoulders, but in a way that seemed as if he was punishing her. Finally, it progressed into a bite when his teeth sank into her skin.

Angeline inhaled a deep breath and could not tolerate the pain as she yelped in surprise. “Ahh!”

Jay’s gaze appeared flirtatiously cold with a darkness that could destroy the world as he deepened the kiss.

He wanted to leave his markings on her body.

“Love, it’s painful,” she cried out with tears.

He went gentler on her as her tears flowed. He used his fingers to gently rub on the red marking.

Jay’s eyes feared when he looked at that deep red marking that was left by himself.

“Angeline, sleep with me,” he said.

Angeline felt that Jay was acting out of the norm today and analyzed what could be the possible reason for his abnormal behavior. She felt that it had something to do with the private discussion he had with he grandfather.

“What did you discuss with my grandfather this afternoon?” she inquired.

Jay thought about it for a moment and said, “I wish that Severe Enterprise would once again rise to the top and help fill up the gaps in Grand Asia.”

Angeline believed him and responded, “Oh.”

She fell asleep in his arms, but the tears in her eyes remained.

Jay’s slender fingers caressed her eyes over and over again.

“I’m sorry Angeline, I can’t lose you again.”

He hugged her tightly but felt as if he was hugging sand. The tighter he tried to grab on to her, the more he could not grab on to what fate was planning for her.

Finally, he released her with a vexed feeling, placed her gently on the bed, kissed her forehead, and carefully studied every inch of her face until he had her image stored securely in his mind. Then, he made up his mind to leave that night.

Jay navigated his wheelchair over to the door and stared into space for some time. When he closed his eyes, gloominess shrouded his gaze as he hardened his resolve to leave.

Early the next morning when the sky was still dim, Angeline turned around to feel only a pillow rather than a person when she hugged it.

Angeline felt that something was amiss and opened her eyes. She threw the pillow away and searched around, but she did not see the person she wanted to see.

“Love.” Angeline got down the bed without her shoes.

She ran upstairs and downstairs, calling out “Love” the whole time.

In the living room, Old Master Severe was sitting on his rocking chair with his eyes closed. When he heard his granddaughter’s anxious voice, his voice was heard saying, “Stop looking, he’s gone.” Angeline stood in front of Old Master Severe, looking perplexed. “Why didn’t he wake me up when he wanted to leave?”

Old Master Severe dared not open his eyes to look into his granddaughter’s gaze. He could imagine how hurt and muddled Angeline must be feeling right now.

“He couldn’t leave if he had woken you up.” The reality was cruel, but Angeline needed to learn to accept it.

Old Master Severe said further, “He left you a letter. Have a look.”

Angeline just realized that there was a neatly folded letter on the side table.

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Angeline scrambled to pick up the letter and switched on the table lamp on the coffee table. Under the faint yellow glow, she began to read.

“Two years ago, you left without a goodbye. Let it be my turn this time. We’re even now, Angeline Severe.”

There were no emotions to be read within the resolute and indifferent words.

Angeline broke apart with a loud wail. “What does he mean?”

The old master felt his composure crack under his granddaughter’s heart-clenching wails. Opening an eye, he looked at his granddaughter with guilt spilling from his eyes. “I’m sure understanding one letter isn’t difficult for a girl as intelligent as you.”

Angeline ripped the letter to shreds. “I understand the letter, but what I don’t understand are his feelings. Wasn’t he supposed to be someone who’s heart is as open as the seas? How could he still hold such a grudge? After- After all that I’ve done to apologize, he’s forgiven me already, hasn’t he? So why is he just leaving like he’s angry again?”

The old master had been worrying about how to separate the two for some time.

Who would have thought that Jay’s plan would be so extensive, easily misguiding Angeline with his words?

He understood Angeline best, after all.

With his hold over Angelina’s heart, he could easily have her hate him the same way he had her falling for him.

The old master had his work cut out for him. All he had to do was comfort this crybaby.

“Who told you his heart is as open as the seas, Angel? That is but your misguided impression. Other people say that he’s a petty man who pulls revenge on every little thing, that he’s a complex man who spends every moment scheming. Didn’t you know?”

Angeline cried in agony. “I have to find him. I’m going to ask what he means myself. Does he want to separate for good?”

Angeline ran with tears streaming down her face.

The old master sighed hopelessly.

He loved both Angeline and Jay from the depths of his heart. There was nothing he wanted more than to have them spend the rest of their lives happily together.

However, he was still a selfish man. In the case that both of them had their hands tied, he would choose to save Angeline if he needed to make a choice.

It was a choice he had no other choice but to make.

The old master closed his eyes as he leaned back onto the rocking chair. Confusing scenes began to play in

his mind.

“Severe, oh, Severe. What do I do? I’ve made a grave mistake. This is the end of the Ares family,” rambled Dylan Ares incoherently that day as he knocked on his door in the pouring rain.

As the richest man in Imperial Capital, he had always believed the ruthless other to be a man so high up on the social caste, he decided the fates of others.

As far as he was concerned, Dylan had always been a man whose composure remained intact even in the face of monumental change.

Yet that day, Dylan resembled a weak, lost child.

“What happened, Ares?” He shuffled out of his blankets to pour Dylan a cup of tea.

Dylan’s hands shook as he held the cup of tea, spilling it everywhere.

“I’ve accidentally- My daughter-in-law-“

He felt his mind blank at the words Dylan stammered out.

“Which daughter-in-law?” he asked anyway despite his fear of the answer.

He prayed it not to be her.

His prayer had not been heard.

Dylan muttered, “Jordan’s.

“Chloe Yorks?” he muttered another name.

“Have you gone mad? Does she look like someone you can afford to offend?”

“I didn’t expect such a thing either. I felt like I was possessed by something. Please, you have to help me think of a plan, Severe. Or tens of us Ares’… We’re as good as dead!” “A plan? Give me a moment.”

The old master’s eyes snapped open, revealing a painful look in his eyes.

What an inhumane plan it had been.

His heart still dropped in fear from the memory of it today.

For the Ares family, Dylan had dyed his hands red with the blood of innocents.

He minded not another grandchild or another granddaughter-in-law.

In return, he lost the power to stop the other ever again.

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Chapter 683

Jay returned to Tourmaline Estate, bringing Storm alone with him.

He had left in high spirits, thinking he would be able to bring the love of his life home with him. He had never expected to return lonely and by himself.

Jay hid away in the study, sitting half a day away.

Storm asked wearily, “Why didn’t we bring the missus back, Mr. President?”

It was evident that the president’s foul mood and the aura of heart-breaking sadness were due to the lack of the missus by his side.

Jay replied, “As the precious gem of the Severe family, she’ll no longer have anything to do with the Ares family from this moment onward.”

Storm understood. The president’s usage of ‘Ares family’ instead of ‘me’ meant pushing the missus away from this puzzling and dangerous maze of the Ares family.

To protect the missus, the president had chosen to draw a clear line between them.

It would be undoubtedly difficult for the president who would be suffering day and night by himself.

Without Angeline, even heaven would feel like hell.

What once was a lively Fragrant Vessel Court now seemed dull and gray through Jay’s eyes.

“Storm, inform Grayson I’m going to the company tomorrow.”

Storm halted in surprise. The president’s legs still required rest. However, if resting the day at home would put the president in an intolerable amount of loneliness, he might as well spend it working in the office. “Yes, Sir.”

Jay’s phone began to ring, and the melodious ringtone of Red Spider Lily drifted in the room.

Jay closed his eyes, shackling the hesitation and restraint behind his eyelids.

The ringtone ended and Jay opened his eyes again. He breathed out what seemed like a breath of relief.

However, the same ringtone sounds stubbornly again the next moment.

Turning to look at the president, Storm read the resolution of not answering in his expression and turned to walk over to the study table. Picking up the phone, he declined the call.

Then, he blacklisted Angeline’s contact from the list of recent calls.

With that, the world began to quiet down.

Jay’s balled fists began to unfurl.

Unable to reach Jay through calls, Angeline turned to texts.

The texts started gently.

Then, they turned impatient as text after text flooded his messages without a response.

‘Even if… Even if my impulsiveness has worn out your love, shouldn’t you still tell me face to face that you’re ending things with me after so many years?’

‘If you’re not going to answer, I’ll take back the love I have for you. Every bit of it.’

Storm tapped open the messages icon and hovered it in front of Jay’s closed eyes. Blinking his eyes open, Jay shivered as he took in the heart-aching texts.

Realizing that the context of the words was far from good, Storm moved the phone away.

Jay reached out, his thin lips parting to give way to a chilling tone. “Give it to me.”

With no other choice, Storm handed the phone over.

Jay scrolled through Angeline texts, reading each and every one a few times.

“Leave me alone for a moment, Storm. Go out.” Jay held his head down as his voice thickened with emotion.

Storm walked out sympathetically.

Jay lifted his head as tears began to trickle from the corner of his eyes down his handsome features.

‘If you’re not going to answer, I’ll take back the love I have for you. Every bit of it.’

His heart was breaking into countless shards.

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Even with an inhumane amount of willpower and restraint, there was no way he could hold back the throbbing desire his heart felt at that moment. He wanted to have her by her side regardless of everything else happening around them.

“I’m sorry, Jay. You can call me selfish, but the Severe family cannot lose Angeline again. I can no longer watch Angeline run blindly toward you like a moth to a flame. That’s not her calling.”

“I promise you, Old Master. I promise I’ll take care of her. Even if it costs me my life, I’ll keep her safe.” He had pleaded and begged the old master not to take away his right to love Angeline. However, he was sentenced to death by the old master’s next sentence.

“Don’t you understand, JJ? Only with her alive would the two of you have a chance of a future together.

What will you do if she dies?”

Jay gave a strong shudder at the suggestion. “I won’t let her die.”

He had suffered the aftermath of her death once, and it was an immense amount of helplessness and grief that had his heart drained.

“Are you sure that you can protect her? Do you know who this evil within the Ares family is? No, you don’t. You don’t even know who you’re fighting at all, Jay.”

“Shh, Angeline, it’ll be okay. Just give me some time. Let me walk out of this haze and into the clearing.

Then I’ll fetch you home. Trust me, my love,” Jay murmured to himself.

In Imperial Capital.

Angeline pushed open the door of the rented apartment, frightening Josephine with her resemblance with a Lady in White.

“Ah! A ghost!”

Lifelessly, Angeline flopped onto the sofa and remained unmoved like a puppet with its strings cut.

Josephine crawled over to flick away the long locks of hair that obscured her delicate features. Taking in the lack of anger in her expression, Josephine fell backward on the floor in shock. “What happened, Sis Angeline?”

“I got dumped by your brother,” Angeline replied in despair.

Josephine was too shocked for words.

“By my brother? How could that be?” “He’s not answering my calls or my texts. He’s clearly

drawing a line between us now.”

Josephine was angry. “Zayne dumped me, now my brother dumps you. What do they take us women for? Dolls that come and go on their whims?”

Angeline stood slowly. “I’m going to talk to him myself.”

However, she was pulled back by Josephine as the other took a glance at her loungewear and bird’s nest of a bedhead. “You’re only going to make him more certain about his desire to leave you if you meet him like this.”

Then, she pushed Angeline into the bathroom. “Go take a shower and doll yourself up. I’ll bring you to get even with my brother.”

After a shower, Josephine had Angeline seated in front of the vanity as she began to pull a look together.

Despite her extraordinary appearance, Angeline’s eyes remained spiritless and tired. The sight of her especially broke Josephine’s heart.

Angeline stood away from the vanity and walked out without another word.

Taking her purse, Josephine rushed after her.

They called a cab to Tourmaline Estate.

Standing outside the facial-recognition entry system, Angeline felt her heart shrivel as tears began to fall at the lack of permission to enter the premises. Jay was too extreme, rejecting her at the Ares’ main doors.

Josephine walked over. “Let me.”

Yet right as she took the place in front of the interface, a head popped out from the security hut. A voice said in a cold tone, “Second Lady, Old Master Jack has informed us that you’re not allowed to step foot within Tourmaline Estate until you make a name for yourself.”

Josephine felt the corners of her eyes burn as a hot liquid threatened to fall from them. Biting her lip, she held her head up and was unwilling to cry.

Jack Ares was blatantly disowning her as his daughter.

Angeline pulled Josephine away by the hand with a strong tone. “Let’s go, Josie.”

Following protocol, any changes or news at the door required a report back to the person of the highest authority.

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At Tourmaline Estate.

The security in charge walked up to Jay and reported,” Young Master, both Miss Severe and the second lady returned a moment ago. Following your orders, I didn’t allow Miss Severe to enter.” Jay felt his heart clench inexplicably.

Not even in his wildest dreams would he have imagined Angeline getting rejected outside Tourmaline Estate, least of all by him.

“And the second lady?”

“The old master specifically instructed us not to allow the second lady to return home as of this moment.”

Jay’s eyes hardened. “Does he no longer care for Josephine’s well-being?”

However, Jay had not the ability to worry about Josie’s future right now, for his main priority was how the duo would leave this desolate estate. “Get a car ready, Storm.”

Storm froze slightly. Understanding the president’s intentions, he went to the Ares family’s basement and drove out a normal-looking car.

The car had a wooden insulating panel that separated the driver’s seat from the back passengers’. Its

bulletproof windows had also been customized into one-way mirrors, where people outside could not see into the car.

Jay took shotgun while Storm drove. He stepped hard on the accelerator toward the main entrance of Tourmaline Estate.

Both Josephine and Angeline walked while supporting each other, their figures lonely on the mahogany brick pavement beside the asphalt road.

From afar, Jay stared on, looking at Angelline’s stilettos stepping on the uneven grassy bricks. Jay sighed deeply.

Her legs would surely hurt should she keep walking like that.

“Fetch them a ride, Storm,” Jay spoke.

Stopping the car in front of Angeline and Josie, Storm rolled down the back seat window and spoke with a raspy voice, “Would you like a ride, ladies?” Unable to walk any further, Josie dragged Angeline with her inside.

Angeline allowed, letting the other do whatever she wanted with her like a zombie ragdoll.

Jay listened for any movement behind. His despair was not maskable at the lack of Angelina’s voice.

She had always been an energetic girl. It was only logical that he began to worry about her quietness today.

The only solace was Josephine’s voice that sounded in the car from time to time. It was the only hint he had in deducing Angeline’s condition.

“Please say something, Sis Angeline. Your silence is scaring me.

“So what if Jay won’t let you in Tourmaline Estate? We’ll just have to intercept him at the company, then. I find it hard to believe that he’ll give up on Grand Asia as well.” Josie’s decision had Angeline staring blankly out the car’s windows.

Despite knowing that Angeline was sitting right behind him, her exceptional silence had Jay unable to grasp her existence as if she was transparent air.

Jay’s throat tightened. Angeline’s lack of speech had his heart threatening to jump out of his chest. Angeline sniffled…

Jay felt his heart settle, only just slightly.

Angeline finally found her voice and began to speak, “Yesterday, he asked if I had ever missed him.

“I had no idea what prompted such a question at all. So I brushed him off, afraid that he would worry.

“Had I known he was dead set on leaving, I would’ve opened up and told him everything. There wasn’t a second I spent not thinking about him in all those

years.

“I wondered if his reticence would have him ending up more frustrated and lonely without me by his side.

“I wondered if the need to entertain clients and guests would force him away from his preferred light palate o r to drink. I wondered if his gastric would relapse. I wondered if the doctors there knew about his intolerance for gastric relief drugs.

“I wondered if taking care of three young children would take too much of a toll on him. I wondered if he had taken breaks from work to rest.

“I spent every waking moment worrying about even the littlest things.

“I’ve lived two lives, both as if for him and him alone. Every moment I stay breathing is a moment I spend wondering about him. Yet he might never understand… Just how deep my love for him runs.”

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Buried in Josephine’s arms, Angeline bawled to her soul’s content. Jay’s sharp eagle-like eyes glistened with unshed tears in front.

He clenched his jaw. He took every bit of pain and regret from his heart into his bones and forced them away, locking them into his bones as they yelled and screamed for his attention. They finally turned into blissful and warm foam that rose within him.

Storm’s eyes reddened as well.

This pair of lovers were right in front of one another. The fact that they could only hear and not see each other was torturous for the heart of passersby.

“What am I supposed to do?” Angeline wept helplessly.

Josie started to sob as well.

“Let it all out, Sis Angeline. You’ll feel better with it all out.”

“I’m tired, Josie. I love him, but I’m so tired,” Angeline murmured repetitively.

Jay clenched his fists. He suddenly raised one to his mouth and bit down on the back of his hand. The sight of bright red liquid flowing from the corner of

the president’s mouth had Storm immediately stepping on the breaks.

“The entrance of Imperial Capital is right in front, ladies. We’ll part ways here.”

Josephine helped Angeline off the car. She ended up leaning wobbly on Josephine.

Jay stared out the window. Angeline was standing right in front of him-So close yet so far away.

He reached out to touch her cheek, only to come in contact with the icy glass window instead.

His hand stopped at the glass.

Recollecting her sad thoughts, Angeline wiped away her tears and left with a slight tremble. “Angeline,” Jay yelled out of a sudden.

As if reacting to it, Angeline turned around.

However, with the blackout windows, the view inside the car was a knowledge unreachable to her.

Jay found himself unable to meet the disorientation and disheartenment in Angeline’s eyes. He raised a hand slowly toward Storm, a sign to quickly drive away.

He feared staying a moment longer would have him losing control. He was scared he would run out to pull her back into his chest.

The whistle of the car drowned Jay’s voice away into the dust.

Angeline was in a daze. Perhaps it was but an auditory hallucination.

Josephine yelled at Storm, “Thanks for the ride!”

The vehicle turned around and drove back in the direction it came from.

Angeline watched the car drive off with suspicion in her eyes. “Why’s the car driving back, Josie?”

Absent-minded as she was, Josephine dragged Angeline away. “Let’s go, Sis Angeline.”

Angeline turned to look back every three steps until the car finally vanished away from sight.

Jay retrieved his gaze from the windows as well, the suffocating feeling slowly lessening in the air.

The strong need to seek out and deal with the secret behind the Ares family suddenly spiked, for only then could he find closure for the torment both he and Angeline were subjected to.

Driving the car back to Tourmaline Estate, Jay suddenly spoke, “We’re going to Grand Old Master’s Chateau de Selene, Storm.”

Storm gripped the steering wheel tightly as he stared at the president in shock.

The president’s decision was evidently driven by anything but logic.

Seeing Miss Angeline must have provoked the president to speed up and rush the process. He must

want to end such a frustrating situation.

“Mr. President!” Storm tried to persuade him otherwise.

Jay replied, “I’m going to have to take this step if I want to know the truth.”

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Storm stopped the car outside Chateau de Selene.

Pulling out a foldable wheelchair from the boot, he opened the passenger seat door and helped Jay into the wheelchair.

Chateau de Selene was the largest building within Tourmaline Estate, designed to look like luxurious French buildings. Within it held thousands of guards and five to six hundred nannies and servants alike. The place was an embodiment of wealth.

Every movement made since the second Storm pushed Jay through Chateau de Selene’s garden entrance was watched by the castle’s surveillance system.

Xavier, the grand old master’s personal butler, approached the duo and welcomed Jay courteously.” The grand old master is waiting for you at the Atrium Garden, Young Master Jay.”

Jay replied in a deep tone, “Lead the way.”

The butler brought both Jay and Storm to the Atrium Garden where Grand Old Master Ares was currently lying on a rattan chair, basking in the warmth of the sun.

Well-trimmed hedges surrounded the entire garden, decorating the grass in shapes of animals that represented its owner’s influence. Despite the

tranquility of the garden, it had been made to look alive and energetic as if one were situated amid the wilderness.

Pushing Jay toward the grand old master, Storm understanding^ excused himself to the sidelines.

Had this been before, Jay would have looked up to the grand old master in respect as the rest of his generation of grandchildren. He would have been grateful for this old man in front of him and grateful for this old man’s effort to teach and nurture him.

Yet right now, knowing the grand old master had taken advantage of his biological mother and knowing that the grand old master was the true culprit behind his biological parent’s detrimental affliction, every bit of respect Jay once held for him had turned into disdain.

Sitting in the wheelchair, he held his head high and straightened his back. His rebellious streak was oozing in waves.

“I’ve been waiting for you for a very long time, Jay, but you never came. For that, I’m disappointed in you. However, I believe that you too are disappointed in me.” Grand Old Master Ares twirled the two stress balls in his hand as his voice slowly permeated the surroundings.

He spoke in a way that resembled an elderly old man whose days were numbered and was enjoying the last years of his life in peace.

Jay did not know how to respond.

It made one sigh how this grandparent and child duo who were once so undoubtedly close turn into nemeses wary of one another.

The grand old master closed his eyes. Whether it was because he dared not look at the other or if he did not find the other worth his time was unknown.

“You come to visit me, yet you’re not speaking. Perhaps you don’t know where to start? Go back, if that’s the case. Come again when you know,” the grand old master spoke.

Jay finally opened his mouth. “I’ve merely come to take a look at you. How are you doing lately?”

The grand old master sighed. “You’ve resorted to lying now that you’re wary of me.”

Anger sparked in Jay’s eyes at the other’s eliciting. “What about you, Grandfather? Have you ever been frank with me? All each and every one of you do is hide the dirt hidden away within Tourmaline Estate from me. Had I lacked the ability to seek the truth, were you planning to hide it from me for the rest of my life, Grandfather?”

The grand old master opened his eyes, a shine of shock flashing in his dry eyes. “I believed that you would remain calm instead of showing impulsivity to the point of coming to me for a confession. Just because you lost the woman you love after a trip to Swallow City doesn’t mean you can come over to your grandfather’s to throw a tantrum. This is hardly the behavior of an intelligent being, Jay.”

Jay felt his body freeze. “You’ve been watching my every move?”

The grand old master made no move to deny.

Jay felt petrified the more he delved into the heights of the grand old master’s apathy and ruthlessness.

“Why didn’t you do anything when Angeline was attacked at Tourmaline Estate, Grandfather?” Veins popped on Jay’s forehead. His tone was light, yet it shook with the threat of violence.

“The one who wished to harm her was your biological father, yet you’re asking me why I didn’t do anything to save Angeline? Why don’t you ask your father why he harmed her instead?” the grand old master refuted calmly.

“I believe that you’re well-aware of the night of my ambush, correct? Yet once again, you did nothing at all to help, Grandfather. Not even when it was me.” Jay broke into a dismal smile.

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Despite it being an investigative question, Jay’s tone was resolute.

“I used to wonder why you suddenly transferred the stocks in my name to Jack Ares, Grandfather, but I think I understand now.”

Jay scoffed mockingly at himself. “I’ve been but a chess piece on your board ever since my birth. You wish to control me, allowing me to grow in power but only to the degree of which you permit. You’d never allow me more because you’re afraid. What if I manage to overpower you? What if I overturn this kingdom of business you’ve created?

“But above all, you fear that with my newfound power, I’ll manage to find out the dirt you’ve hidden away. What if I refuse to join you in this dirt you’ve created? You’re afraid, for I may destroy your Tourmaline Estate. You’re terrified that I’ll end up destroying the Ares family. Correct?”

The grand old master stared stoically at Jay.

The rigidity of his expression hid away any hint of his emotions.

“You’re a monster,” Jay stated, “But what was it that drove you to be the merciless man you are today?”

The image of Old Master Severe’s name written on the piece of paper flashed through his mind. He stared at

the grand old master’s closed eyes, “Was it my mother?”

The hand gripping the stress balls tightened, but the grand old master’s expression betrayed nothing.

“What are you so afraid of? Tell me,” Jay asked.

The grand old master blinked his eyes open lazily.” Are you implying that I’m afraid of your mother?”

The grand old master’s tone was light and casual, but Jay knew. The mention of his mother had prompted the first reaction from the grand old master.

That meant the hint Grand Old Master Severe gave him was indeed the key to walking out of this haze.

“What is there to fear from a mere woman?”

“Then why attack my mother? Why lock her in the Underground Palace if you don’t fear women? Why were you so afraid of her leaving Tourmaline Estate?” Jay’s sinister gaze stared askance at the grand old master. He did not blink or turn away at all, in fear of missing even the slightest microexpression.

The grand old master quirked an eyebrow.

“I merely don’t wish for her to tell the world of the Ares family’s immoral relationship scandals.”

The twinkle in Jay’s eyes began to dwindle.

As if Jacob and James Ares’ families lacked such scandals.

Immoral relationship scandals were the least of the two family’s problems, yet the grand old master did not seem to find the need to come up with ruthless plans to cover them up.

The grand old master gazed at Jay, wondering if his reply had rid the other of his worries.

“You’d better pray I never know the secrets you’ve been hiding, Grandfather, for I won’t take into consideration the nurture you’ve provided me. After all, you were the one who taught me not to compromise in the face of right and wrong.”

Jay’s alluring peach-blossom eyes shone, sharp and vexing.

“You’ve already lost your legs, Jay, and for what?” The grand old master looked at him, pity shining in his eyes.

“Justice may come late, Grandfather, but it’ll always arrive.”

Jay lifted a hand. Understanding the signal, Storm immediately approached and pushed Jay away.

The grand old master shook his head and sighed as he watched Jay’s figure leave.

“You’ll pay heavily for this, Jay.”

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Chapter 689

After the outburst with the grand old master, Jay no longer found Tourmaline Estate worth staying at. He returned to Garden Of A Diary with his three children in tow. That night, he locked himself away drawing in the study.

The next morning, Storm found him asleep in the wheelchair as he called the other to eat.

The ground around Jay was covered with artworks, each a portrait of Angeline Severe.

Storm picked them up and placed them gently on the study table.

The children took breakfast to stare inquisitively at their daddy.

They felt that their daddy had for some reason reverted to his icy indifference.

“Where’s Miss care worker, Daddy?” Baby Robbie asked curiously.

“She’s been fired. She won’t be coming back again,” Jay replied calmly.

Jenson’s hands paused mid-cut, and the corners of his eyes reddened slightly. “Where is she, Daddy?” “I don’t know,” Jay replied.

Jenson flung the knife and fork in his hands away. “I’m full.”

Understanding that Jenson was throwing a tantrum, Jay paid him no heed.

Instead, he placed his bowl and chopsticks down and opted to escape.

“Daddy needs to work today. Be good and listen to your teacher at home, okay?”

With that, Jay quickly left the house.

The Rolls-Royce sped on the roads.

Jay pinched the bridge of his nose to relieve the ache in his head, feeling mentally and emotionally exhausted from the turn of events.

As for Angeline, he would do his best to suppress his longing for her, something that was already far from his capability. Not to mention the kids… They needed a mother. The Rolls-Royce arrived at Grand Asia, and Jay was met with the sight he most feared.

Like the Amah Rock, Angeline stood quietly at the doors. She must have seen Jay’s car, for she began to approach it.

Jay grew frantic. It had taken a lot to harden his heart enough to reject her. Her continuous provocations would surely have him breaking down sooner or later.

“Ignore her, Storm.” Jay refused to throw all his hard work out the window.

Storm made a turn to leave, only to have Angeline running toward them without a care.

Thank goodness for Storm’s reflexes, for his emergency break was the only thing keeping Angeline from flying from the impact.

“Shit! Does she have a death wish?” Jay scolded with a tightened jaw as he felt his soul leave his body from the shock.

Angeline stood in front of the car and stared quietly at Jay.

She refused to stop unless Jay decided to alight the car and explain clearly to her.

Jay frowned. ‘Why is she so stubborn?’

The two arrived at an impasse and passersby began to surround them.

Endless criticisms drifted in the air.

“Come, look. This is the oldest Miss Severe who was rumored to have gone missing nine years ago. I heard people say both she and Master Ares used to be childhood lovers. What a shame that Master Ares married the illegitimate child of the Loyle family while she was missing. Miss Severe must be angry, so she must be trying to pursue him again.”

“They were the right people at the wrong time. It must be fate. It would be pointless to force anything.”

“It’s been nine years. Even the strongest feelings would have faded away.”

“Master Ares doesn’t even want to get out of the car. It’s obvious that he doesn’t like her anymore.”

Angeline stated at Jay through the transparent windscreen. The two pairs of eyes locked, but in Jay’s eyes was a strong indifference.

Angeline’s were filled with begrudging.

“Come down,” Angeline yelled at him.

Jay replied coldly, “Forgive my inconvenience.”

Angeline’s pupils contracted in anger. “I’ll repeat myself one more time. Come down.”

Storm unfastened his seatbelt only to have Jay’s hand land atop his. He shook his head.

He was adamant about humiliating Angeline.

After all, it was impossible to have her give up without a bit of a bitter deterrence.

Chapter 690

Chapter 690

Angeline suddenly huffed and stomped her way toward Jay. She placed a hand on the car window. At the click of the door, Jay’s expression shifted.

The next moment, Angeline had removed the door of his car.

Jay’s eyes widened.

This girl!

The wind blew into the car, and Jay felt his blood freeze with every gush of cold air.

Stunned, he stared at Angeline. “What do you want?” he asked impatiently.

Angeline’s gaze was filled with hostility. “Why didn’t you answer my calls?”

“There’s not much for us to talk about.”

His indifferent attitude had Angeline instantly wheezing for breath.

Sucking in a cold harsh breath, Angeline’s bloodshot eyes stared intently at his as she interrogated, “Very well. All you have to do is answer three of my questions. If I’m satisfied with the answers, whatever between us ends here.”

“Ask away!”

Angeline asked, “You said you’d love me forever. Is the

claim still valid?”

Jay,

Angelina smiled wistfully. “You said that as husband and wife, we must be frank with one another. Do you still remember the words you said?”

Jay,

“Is there something that you can’t tell me, Jaybie?”

Jay,”…”

Jay could not refute her.

Angeline smiled. “Then I’ll take your lack of response a s silent agreement.”

“You’re just kidding yourself.” Jay’s tone was laced with a smidge of mockery. “What naive questions.”

Angeline felt her smile freeze as tears began to trickle uncontrollably from her eyes.

“It is, isn’t it?”

Jay felt his fists clench as he stared into her eyes that were filled with painful tears.

He wanted nothing more than to hit himself. It was merely a rejection. Why did he have to embarrass her?

Angeline wiped off her tears with the back of her hand.

Then, she grabbed his hand and raised all of a sudden. “You’ll swear to the gods if you don’t love me anymore. All you have to do is repeat after my oaths. After that, I promise, I’ll never bother you again.” “Speak.” Jay felt irritation creep up due to her strong-headedness.

“I, Jay, will never love Angeline again.”

Startled, Jay repeated after her softly, “I, Jay, will never love Angeline again.”

Angeline trembled with tears in her eyes.

How could he speak such ruthless oaths?

She clenched her jaw. “Should I, Jay, be lying, Angeline shall thus be struck by lightning and banished from all chances of reincarnation.”

Jay’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he stared fiercely at Angeline. The veins in his eyes were glistening…

That swear was too cruel.

It was so cruel that he found himself no longer able to repeat after her.

“Have you gone mad?” he berated.

“I’m not mad, love. But I’m sure you know that I’d rather not live at all than to live in a world without you with me.”

Feeling himself approaching a mental breakdown from her games, Jay suddenly roared at her, saying,” You’ve gone mad. Leave-“

Right then, Grayson had brought Finn and the rest of them over.

They forcefully dragged Angeline away, allowing the Rolls-Royce to drive into Grand Asia’s basement parking lot.

The passersby also began to point their fingers at Angeline. “So shameless. Still clinging onto Master Ares after he’s already told her to leave.”

“The Severe family is nothing but a bankrupted family. Does she still think of herself as the flourishing young lady she was back then? Why won’t she take a look at herself? She’s unworthy of Master Ares.”