The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella) novel Chapter 2154

Tomas' words left George utterly dumbfounded. It took a moment before he managed to ask, “If it can never be passed. then why did you marry Donna?”

It was then that everyone noticed the sorrow in Donna’s eyes.

“What’s going on?” Jennifer asked her husband George directly, “Didn’t you say that I was your first love? Had you dated other girls before you were with me? Did you even take away the girl your brother liked??”

“Jennifer, let me explain.”

Just as Jennifer was about to twist George’s arm in frustration, Donna spoke up, “The person he liked was you.”

Everyone went silent.

Even Jennifer thought she must have heard wrong. Tomas liked her? How could that be possible.

Though she had grown up with Tomas and George together, she knew very well that Tomas only saw her as a little sister.

“When you got into college, he wanted to confess his feelings to you,” Donna continued, “but then he found out you were with George. He was heartbroken for a long time.”

Hearing this, Jennifer turned to look at her husband George, having no idea about this.

George could only recount the events back then.

Only now did she realize why Tomas had been so scarce.

“Do you know how I got through that time?” Tomas' voice was filled with restraint and pain; his eyes reddened as if he were a caged animal on the verge of devouring his younger brother.

“Every day was sheer torture. I had to pull myself together under the guise of being the heir, but the agony would return every night, tearing at my heart. That feeling persisted throughout my college years, and even after I graduated and started working from the bottom up in the company, working day and night, I couldn’t escape the pain.”

Tomas paused, seemingly lost in the painful memories, before continuing, “Later, when Dad suddenly announced at the company’s annual meeting that you were the successor, do you know how I felt? It was like climbing desperately out of a pit, only to be brutally kicked down again by someone, and this person, was my dearest brother!”

Hearing this, George hurriedly said, “Brother, you’ve got it all wrong. Dad talked to me about this three months before he made the announcement. At that time, I didn’t have any real experience in managing a group, all my knowledge came from books, and I hadn’t really learned how to apply it. In addition, I was still three months away from graduation, it was simply not suitable for me to take care of such a large group.”