Anna had no choice but to grit her teeth and catch up with Jimmy. Her watery eyes were filled with complicated emotions and she was unsure of how to speak.
"You... are you going back to the company later? Thank you so much for today. If... if you hadn't shown up, I really don't know what would have happened. I..."
Jimmy furrowed his eyebrows at Anna's incoherent words, a glint of frustration flashing in his deep eyes.
"Get to the point."
Although Anna's current state of confusion was cute, Jimmy didn't want to see her vulnerability at this moment.
Anna took a deep breath and thought about her sick father and desperate mother before speaking through trembling lips.
"Can you help my brother? I believe he didn't do those things. Can you find someone to help him get a shorter sentence?"
Although Jimmy had expected Anna's plea for Gavyn, his handsome face still froze.
"He sold you out to loan sharks and almost caused you to lose everything. Have you forgotten all that?"
Jimmy spoke coldly, revealing his anger at this moment.
Anna suddenly felt ashamed and powerless against Jimmy's words because if it weren't for him showing up on time, she would have lost everything indeed.
But...
"He is my brother after all; he is a son of the Miller family. I can't just ignore him."
Anna's voice cracked as she spoke with heartbreak mixed with self-mockery.
"If I save him this time, maybe next time he will sell you out to someone else," said Jimmy sharply.
Anna hesitated for a moment but then nodded firmly.
"I don't want my mother to feel hopeless; if my brother gets sentenced ten years in prison, then she will collapse completely... I don't want that nor do I have the ability to take care of two sick people."
Anna was in excruciating pain; her beautiful eyes lost their luster as they became unfocused.
"I can't help someone who has done so many cruel things," said Jimmy firmly which shattered Anna's last hope instantly.
As Jimmy was about to leave, Anna quickly grabbed his arm. Her eyes were like water, with a shining starry light, full of hope as she looked at him.
"Can... can you make him serve fewer years? I believe he didn't have the guts to do those things. Maybe... maybe he really didn't participate," she pleaded.
Jimmy snorted with sarcasm.
"Do you really believe that your inhumane brother didn't do those things?"
Jimmy's deep-set eyes fell on Anna.
"I..."
Anna fell silent.
"If you can't even believe that he didn't do these things, how could the judge possibly believe it? Anna, don't be so foolish. Your brother should be punished by the law."
Jimmy shook off Anna's arm and opened the car door.
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