Amber seemed to understand something. She looked surprised and said, "Do you mean Mr. Gardener still hasn't given up on thinking that I'm Makayla Gardner? Is that why she behaved so when seeing me?"
Jared slightly nodded. "Nothing else can explain why Mrs. Gardner has changed her attitude when seeing you."
Amber mused for a moment. "You are right, Jared. I cannot think of any other reason besides this one. After all, she always disliked me whenever we met before. I can't believe Trenton Gardner and his wife haven't realized how hilarious their suspicion is. After all, the real Makayla Gardner is around them. They should have realized I'm not Makayla Gardner."
"Trenton Gardner should have given up that suspicion, but his wife cannot. Like I said, she still insisted on her suspicion. She might find it more difficult to keep being rational as a woman. Especially, she's a mother," Jared said while staring at Amber.
He didn't tell Amber that it would be difficult for Mrs. Gardner to forget her suspicion even after she understood Amber couldn't be her daughter, as long as she had thought of it.
Mrs. Gardner would probably be reminded of that idea whenever seeing Amber, so she would behave or speak weirdly to Amber in subconsciousness, such as she would care about or pay attention to Amber.
If this went on, Mrs. Gardner would pay more attention to Amber and have feelings for her.
After all, the blood ties were the most mysterious.
In that case, Mrs. Gardner would suspect Amber to be Makayla again.
Amber didn't know what was in Jared's mind. Upon hearing his words, she nodded thoughtfully. "I agree. Women looked upon feelings more than men. Then I can understand why Mrs. Gardner has behaved so weirdly to me."
A trace of complex feeling flashed through Jared's eyes. He changed the subject. "What has Judy Lashley said to you?"
Amber curled her lips. "Her words were more hilarious. She asked if I thought of myself as Makayla Gardner."
Jared's face darkened. "Did she really ask so?"
He wondered what on earth Judy was doing. Wasn't she afraid to raise Amber's suspicions?
Amber nodded. "Right. She was jealous, so she deliberately said those words to me."
"Oh?" Jared squinted.
Amber sneered, "She told me when Trenton watched the press conference, he suspected me to be Makayla Gardner. Then she asked me if I regarded myself to be Makayla Gardner. She was afraid I would pretend to be her to deceive the Gardner couple into revenge on them. What is the problem with her? How could she think about those ridiculous things?" She pointed to her head, with disdain in her tone.
Jared was silent.
He had never expected Judy to cover such an evident flaw and made Amber believe it.
Thinking of that, he glanced at Amber.
No wonder Amber didn't believe it at all. After all, she wouldn't think she could be Makayla Gardner or dared not to think about that.
Hence, Amber would definitely fall into Judy's trap. Even if she knew Judy had lied to her subconsciously, Amber would still deny it.
Jared cast down his eyes. "Don't take Judy Lashley's words to heart."
"Of course not. How silly her words are! I won't take it seriously," Amber said with a chuckle.
Jared replied to her with a grunt. Then he asked, "Did Mrs. Gardner ask you any other questions?"
He wanted to see if Judy asked her about a red mole or a birthmark on her body.
If Judy did, the situation would be challenging.
Fortunately, Amber shook her head and answered, "Nothing else."
Jared was finally relieved. "That's good, then."
Upon hearing his words, Amber glanced at him weirdly. "You seem relieved that Mrs. Gardner didn't asked me other questions? Are you hiding something from me?"
"Nah." Jared covered the expressions in his eyes. Holding her hand, he answered calmly, "I'm just worried Mrs. Gardner has made the trouble to you by questioning."
"No worries. She didn't this time." Amber shrugged. "Besides, for the sake that she cared about me for no reason, I didn't talk to her as rudely as before. This is the first time we get along peacefully. Honestly speaking, it didn't feel bad."
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