Chapter 22 Do You Want Me to Dispose the Ring?
“The juice is so sweet.” Makenna smiled at Jared nicely and put the glass on the table. “Thank you for remembering what I like.”
His lips curled up, “I remember all the things you like. I know a nice fruit farm. I will ask the owner to send two boxes of mangoes to your house. If you want to eat something else, you can tell me.”
“Yeah,” she responded with difficulty.
She started to feel uncomfortable, pushing away the chair and stood up with a paler face. “I‘ll go to the bathroom. Jared, you can chat with my father for a while longer.”
She lifted the hem of her skirt, turned around and walked away as fast as she could.
She grew up allergic to mangoes and only a bite could make her severely sick. Before she reached the bathroom, she found it hard to breathe. Then she twisted her ankle and almost fell.
“Makenna, Makenna!” Mrs. Gardner hurried to her and held her.
Mrs. Gardner looked at her uncomfortable look and got anxious. “Are you crazy? You are allergic to mangoes. Why did you drink the mango juice Jared gave you? You‘re killing yourself!”
“Mom, I feel so bad…” Makenna wheezed, clutching her mother‘s hand. “Go get a doctor and don‘t tell Jared about it. If he asks you, you must tell him that I love to eat mangoes.”
“Don’t say these things now!” Mrs. Gardner scolded, trying to help her get to the rest room.
However, after only a few steps, Makenna fainted and collapsed on her directly.
“Makenna!” Mrs. Gardner almost cried out, not knowing what to do. “Help! Somebody helps
us!”
In the banquet hall, Jared had a long chat with Trenton. When he looked at his watch, he found twenty minutes had passed. But Makenna still did not return.
Since her body was still weak, Jared feared that something might happen to her. So he got up, saying, “Mr. Gardner, I‘ll go look for Makenna.”
“Don’t worry. Makenna is fine.” Mrs. Gardner came back in time and smiled when hearing his words, “She accompanied us for a whole day and felt tired and sleepy. I let her rest in the lounge.”
She added, “Jared, you must be exhausted too. Go home and have a good rest. When she is awake, we will bring her back home.”
“Thank you, Mrs. Gardner. When I am not so busy, I hope you and Mr. Gardner will be gracious enough to have a meal with my mother.”
She smiled, “Sure. Be careful on your way.”
He took his suit jacket and left. When he turned around at the door, he saw Mrs. Gardner saying something to Trenton. Then the two walked towards the back of the banquet hall in a hurry.
On the roadside, Ben, his assistant, was already waiting there. When seeing him come out, he hurriedly pulled open the back door of the car.
The car drove smoothly towards the Farrell family house.
It was quiet in the car. But Jared felt more irritable, recalling the things that Amber did and said at the banquet.
And he also thought of the gentle and handsome youth beside her.
He tugged at his tie and after a while, he asked Ben in a low voice, “Have you found out about Jeremy Lynch‘s family background?”
“Yes.” Ben report to him truthfully, “Jeremy was born in Ensford Town which was a poor place near the mountains with undeveloped transportation. There is a school ten kilometers away from that place. Six years ago, when Miss Reed went there to visit the poor children, she met him and chose to sponsor him.”
“Yes.” Ben agreed, “Mr. Farrell, although you were forced to marry Miss Reed, I could see that you still care about her. She just took over Goldstone. Co. and you feared that Mr. Gardner would revenge on her in business out of love for his own daughter, so you gave her Corazón Azul and let her leave.”
Every time he and Amber went back to the Farrell family residence, his grandma would hold Amber’s hand and talked to her nonstop. But when he took Makenna to see his grandma, she showed her dislike right in Makenna’s face.
After replying the message, he looked at the ring in his hand under the car light. Then he instantly remembered that day he went to the court to divorce Amber. After coming out, he took off the wedding ring and casually threw it into his suit pocket.
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The readers' comments on the novel: Honey, I Don't Dare Again (Amber and Jared) novel
And…….terrible ending, the story is not finished....
Jared needs to find a way to sleep with Amber, find the letters in her bedroom and realize he has given his love to the wrong woman through Makenna’s deception. Don’t want he or Amber to live a life of misery due to someone else’s lying. Makenna and her family are terrible people, using Jared for his status and wealth....
Amber needs to lighten up a little too, their relationship was not all Jared’s fault as she didn’t tell him the truth about being his pen pal either. As for his mother, let her drop dead along with the Gardners....
Jared needs to state his feelings so Amber can feel his sincerity which means dumping Makenna, the fake, despicable woman...
Wow Jared needs to grow a set and dump that lying deceitful witch and her whole family and remarry Amber asap. Otherwise he will be a miserable man for life with that terrible woman....
Jared needs to wake up and dump Makenna particularly since his true love is Amber not the wicked witch....
Ugh, why do the horrible conniving people always win. Terrible Makenna is wicked, she’s a thief, stealing Ambers identity as Maple Leaf and pretending to be someone she’s not. Awful person....