To Be Yours Again novel (Alec and Jenny) novel Chapter 217

Chapter 217 He’s Your Brother, Not Your Son

Marigold left right after she spoke. Jenny stole a glance at Gilbert’s expression. It was worse than before.

“Didn’t you always tell me not to judge a book by its cover?” Jenny said after a moment’s silence. “Maybe the Wagners are dislikeable, but that doesn’t mean that every member of the family is bad. At least, I think Marigold’s decent.”

Gilbert said nothing. She didn’t know what he was thinking. He stared at the direction in which Marigold left for a long time, still lost in his thoughts.

“Gilbert?” Jenny called. He came back to his senses.

He looked at Jenny and said, “You’re just too naive. Is she going to announce her motives while getting close to me?”

“Aren’t you overthinking things? Marigold is just a girl. You can choose not to like her, but accusing her of evil intentions that she may or may not have is going overboard,” Alec finally said, unable to bear it anymore. He and Marigold were not close, only coming into contact with her through Paul, but he could tell that Marigold was just an innocent girl. She was not as vindictive as Gilbert thought.

“Don’t you think interrupting my conversation with Jenny is going overboard?” Gilbert looked at him, the hatred in his eyes clearly shown.

Alec was about to speak, but Jenny cut them both off. “Stop. Gilbert, it’s okay if you don’t like Marigold. You don’t have to get angry over this.”

Perhaps Gilbert thought that he had been overreacting, as well. He took a deep breath to calm himself down. “Alright. I’m not angry. Just ignore her if she comes looking for you.”

Jenny nodded. “Okay.”

In her eyes, Marigold was an outsider. It was not worth getting into a fight with Gilbert over someone they barely knew.

The launch was still ongoing. Zack was the true star of the show, surrounded by a few people. His face flushed red, and he was stumbling on his steps.

“Gilbert, you should go help Zack out.” Jenny couldn’t bear watching it. She worried that Zack would pass out at his own business launch.