Upon seeing the look in Angelina's eyes, Jeremy couldn't help but frown.
'What is wrong with her?' Jeremy silently thought.
Even if he didn't have the full picture, Jeremy didn't want it to escalate any further. He also didn't want his parents to know about it right then.
Before anything else, he had to discuss this matter with his father.
Although Belinda had been getting better since this girl whom they thought was Camelia came back, her body might not be able to handle such big news.
Hence, Jeremy thought that he should really think about the consequences of this matter blew up.
He had already decided that whatever he would do, he had to minimize the harm that might come out of it.
Otherwise...
Thinking about the implications, Jeremy closed his eyes for a while. He couldn't imagine how furious Belinda might be if she found out about it.
It would be better not to tell her about it right then.
He then turned to Angelina and softly said, "I will send you abroad in a few days. I will also transfer some money to your bank account. Don't come back unless it's absolutely necessary. More importantly, if Mom and Dad ask you, tell them that you just want to go abroad and that's it.
You can go now. Someone will pick you up tomorrow. You can pack your things tonight."
Then, he turned around as if he didn't want to see Angelina anymore.
Because of what he said, Angelina collapsed to the floor. At that point, she didn't know how to react or what to do.
"Jeremy, no, you can't do this to me!" Angelina begged him while pulling on his sleeves.
"I may not be your sister, but we've lived together for so many years. Please don't do this to me, Brother!"
Angelina continued to beg while staring at Jeremy.
Jeremy finally looked back at her, looking extremely disappointed. "Didn't you understand anything that I said?
I'm furious. It's not just because you pretended to be the daughter of the Gu family. It's the fact that you knew and you didn't even care to tell me about it. Why did you keep it from me for so long?"
"I can explain it. I didn't mean to do it on purpose.
I only found out about the truth later on. But by that time, I already met Mom and she was so nice to me. If, if she knew that I was not really her daughter, I was sure that she's going to be disappointed again. You and I both knew that she wouldn't be able to handle the truth.
So I thought that there was no harm in pretending to be Camelia for a while. But please believe me. Since then, I had already planned to leave when she comes back. Brother, you have to trust me. I did all of this with everyone's interests at heart."
But Jeremy only smirked at that. He then asked, "Is that so? That's just your selfishness talking right now! If it was true that you had my best interests at heart, you would have told me. Yes, Mother wouldn't be able to bear it but did you think I wouldn't? Did you actually think that keeping it from me would help? If you had just told me, the real Camelia would have been found by now!"
At that moment, Jeremy was so baffled that Angelina could have the audacity to defend herself with those selfish excuses. She kept on painting herself as a good person.
If she had been really considerate of what was good for Belinda, she wouldn't hide it for so long.
Maybe, everything would have been different.
Staring at Jeremy's back, Angelina struggled to stand up. She couldn't believe that Jeremy would be so cruel.
"Jeremy..." Angelina called out to him.
But Jeremy didn't even turn around to look at her.
Now, the sight of Angelina would make him recall every single mistake that he had done.
If he had been more careful and he had investigated more, perhaps things would not have been like this.
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