At the other end of the phone, Jessie was stunned, and the hand holding the phone suddenly loosened, and the phone almost slipped to the floor.
What did Violet say?
George loved her?
How was this possible!
Jessie's body trembled slightly, apparently she was somewhat unable to accept this fact.
"Violet, do you know what you're talking about?" Jessie bit her lip, "You're saying that George really loves me?"
Violet said, "Yes, George is, indeed, in love with you."
"No way!" Jessie straightened her back and said with a raised voice: "Violet, we are best friends, why would you lie to me?"
Hearing the excitement in her tone, Violet sighed, then soothed: "Calm down, I know what I said shocked you, but this is indeed the truth, George really loves you."
"Violet, you're still lying to me!" Jessie was about to cry, "I have no memory of George, my perception of George is all from what I heard from you guys, you guys said how much George hates me, how much he loathes me, so he never accepts my feelings and doesn't want me to conceive his child, I believed all of these, and now you're telling me that he doesn't hate me, that he loves me, isn't that funny?"
Violet knew how she felt at this moment.
After all, if it were her, she wouldn't feel better.
If a person who had never had a good attitude towards her, suddenly one day, he was in love with her, her mood was naturally complicated.
"Jessie, calm down, OK? Listen to me." Violet rubbed her brow and soothed her.
Jessie took a deep breath and reluctantly calmed down, "Okay, I'm listening."
"In fact, I really did not lie to you, George loves you. I was very unbelievable, but this is the truth, George was very bad to you, so you think he won’t love you, and you have a complicated nood, seriously, my mood was also complicated when I knew it."
"When did you know, and how can you be sure," Jessie bit her lip.
But after a moment, she took a breath and spoke the latter words, "… he loves me?"
"I knew it not long ago, at most about half a month ago." The corners of Violet's mouth squeezed, then she added: "At first, I even thought that George loved me."
"Loves you?" Jessie's eyes widened, surprised by the words.
Violet knew that she had no past memories about George, so naturally she did not know George's previous feelings for her.
It was no wonder the surprise.
"Yes, it's me." Violet nodded awkwardly, "But instead of saying that George loves me, it would be better to say that George is treating me as a stand-in for you."
The corners of Jessie's mouth twitched, and she was stunned once again.
"How can it be?" She didn't understand and didn't comprehend.
Violet gave a smile, "George has always thought before the person he loves is me, but in fact not, the person he loves has always been you, only he cannot distinguish."
Jessie frowned, "Don’t tease me, the so-called stand-in should be two similar-looking people, but I am not similar to you, so how can I be a stand-in, George must have something wrong with his eyes."
Violet was amused by her words, "I don't mean a stand-in with a similar appearance, but a character."
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