"What did you do?" Julia asked, her voice loud and trembling. No wonder Terence had mentioned Samuel the other night. 'Turns out Samuel did go to Terence,' she thought.
"Well, I humiliated him for your sake. Most of the people find him exasperating because he is full of himself. He bullied you. Did you expect me to do nothing? I will always stand up for you, no matter what." Samuel fixed his eyes on her.
Not even blinking at all, he added, "He wants me to endorse their product, and I have made it clear that I will never accept their proposal. I already warned him that if he dares to hurt or even touch you again, I will surely go after him.
In my judgment, it’s apparent that Terence is not a good man at all. If you’ll think about it, he may be conspiring with Jean. And the scandal all over the Internet may be cooked up by them."
Thinking about that night, Julia was choked with anger. She couldn’t believe that her misery was all caused by Samuel.
She pushed away that thought. ‘Samuel is doing all these things because he only wants to help me,’ she thought to herself.
However, she didn’t believe Samuel’s speculation on Terence and Jean. She would never believe that the man she loved, and her sister, were the ones who were behind what happened to her.
Terence and Julia were not on speaking terms because of some misunderstanding. But deep down, she still believed that he wouldn’t work with Jean to deal with her. She knew too that her sister would never tell him that the rumors going around were all fake.
"What’s wrong with you?" Eyes focused on Julia, Samuel read her facial expression. He noticed that she didn't look happy at all. "Aren’t you happy? Or at least at ease that I helped you out?" he asked.
"Of course. I’m glad and grateful for your help." Looking down, she lied. "But I am never your responsibility, Samuel. You don’t have to do that for me again." She was uneasily massaging the back of her neck.
Deep inside her, she didn’t want Terence to misunderstand her relationship with Samuel. She was sure within herself that she didn’t feel anything for this man. Her relationship with Samuel was nothing romantic, she was certain.
"Why not?" His gaze was never shifting away from her. "I am just making him pay for what he did to you. He treated you badly. Did I do anything wrong?"
Words were quickly coming out of Julia’s mouth without even stuttering. "No, I’m not saying that you did something wrong. I just think you don’t have to give up this opportunity for me."
She knew very well how short-tempered and childish Samuel was.
He would act out if she would keep on stating her point. She needed to go on by carefully explaining it to him without being insensitive to his feelings.
"Samuel, I know you did it for me. But Terence is a rich and powerful man. No doubt, he was giving you a great opportunity. Taking this advertisement may make you a fortune. Refusing it for my sake will gain you nothing," Julia explained in her calm voice.
"Why are you being so vulgar like Terence?" Samuel’s eyebrows almost met in the middle. "Money won't justify and make up for his actions and awful behavior. I won’t work with a bastard like him."
"Why can’t you reconsider it?" Dismayed, Julia let out a sigh. "Think about it again. If you earned his money and used it to invite me to eat hotpot with you, do you think it would make me happier?"
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