Angeline jumped off the bed and dragged Jay back at lightning speed, begging, "Don’t go, Jaybie."
Jay turned around, looking down at her from above.
"You're going against me for someone who has hurt you. You're really...” Jay was so furious that he did not know what to say.
Angeline wrapped her arms around his waist and coaxed him quickly, "Let me finish, okay, Jaybie?"
Jay said helplessly, "Alright then."
"She has learned from her mistakes and turned over a new leaf."
Angeline looked at Jay’s indifferent gaze and added," You must believe me, Jaybie."
However, Jay's trust in Chloe had been exhausted. Whenever he recalled the things she had done, he could not bring himself to trust Chloe even just a bit.
Angeline let go of him, rushed clumsily to the safe, and took out two jewelry boxes.
"Look, these are the gifts she gave me," Angeline said with delight.
Jay said self-deprecatingly, "Looks like I've not taught you well enough. How can you allow others to bribe
you with meager gifts like that?"
Angeline said, "Why don't you take a look first before you say anything?"
She opened the box and took out the ancestral necklace Chloe gave her. "See?"
Jay looked at the jade necklace and his eyes became filled with disappointment. "So this cheap thing is what moved you?"
Angeline,"..."
"This stuff isn’t cheap."
"If you like it, I'll buy you all the jade necklaces all over Imperial Capital. Return this to her." He reached out to snatch the jade necklace.
Angeline took the opportunity to press onto the jade necklace using her body to prevent Jay from snatching it.
Angeline explained, "The necklace isn't expensive, Jaybie, but it has an extraordinary origin."
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