Hearing this, Isabella shook her head and explained, "We were friends before, but now we aren't friends. Nina doesn't like me anymore."
Isabella pretended to be bitter.
She heard someone say that Jessica fainted with anger when she knew that John and Nina got married on Vivian's birthday. It was Jason who took Jessica home that night.
This meant that Jessica didn't like Nina. Vivian called Jessica sister, which proved that Jessica wanted Vivian to be John's wife.
If Isabella didn't make an explanation, she was afraid that she would irritate Jessica.
"What? Does she think she is now John's wife and is a noble woman so she looks down upon her former friend?" Jessica had always disliked Nina. Hearing what Isabella said, Jessica was even more disdainful.
Isabella hurriedly waved her hand with a trace of timidity in her eyes. "No, no. Miss Jessica has misunderstood Nina. If Nina hears this, I'm afraid our Zhang family..."
She was about to speak, but said nothing.
Vivian watched them talking with great interest. She thought she could use Isabella.
"Isabella, what are you afraid of?" Vivian said at the right time. She frowned with sympathy and her eyes suddenly lit up. "I suddenly remember something. Did it have anything to do with Nina that the Zhang family was suppressed?"
Vivian's words hit the nail on the head. Isabella looked down sadly and nodded.
Jessica had almost forgotten about it. As soon as it was mentioned, she immediately remembered. "Why did it have anything to do with Nina? I heard that you used James."
James was Jessica's nephew. There was hatred in her eyes at the thought that Isabella had used her nephew.
Isabella explained in a hurry, "Things didn't happen like that." She denied it.
However, she couldn't give any unnecessary explanation. She was afraid that she would get into trouble if she explained more. She looked at Vivian.
Vivian frowned. She quickly mediated, "Sister, how could Isabella be such a person? She knew that Nina was a student from the countryside and was still willing to be friends with her for two years."
She brought the topic back on Nina.
"You used to have a good relationship with Nina. You must know her very well, right?" Jessica asked.
Vivian said gracefully, "Sister, let's have a seat first. You can ask anything you want to know."
"Okay."
As soon as the three of them sat down, Isabella answered truthfully, "When we were good friends, she never hid anything from me, except the marriage with Mr. John."
Indeed, in the past, Nina would tell Isabella the truth no matter what Isabella asked her. However, at that time, the reason why Isabella made friends with Nina was that Isabella wanted to get close to Albert so Isabella didn't ask Nina much about her things.
"Humph! Marriage." Jessica asked Isabella, "Is Nina just a countrywoman?"
Jessica didn't know where Nina came from. She only knew it from the principal of LD University that Nina was a villager from a small fishing village in Spring City.
She half believed and half doubted.
Scared by the sharp eyes of Jessica, Isabella didn't dare to lie. "Actually, Nina is not a countrywoman. Nina has told me that she has a sea view house in a fishing village. I think it should be the heritage left by her deceased parents."
Isabella accidentally knew about it during the first summer vacation. Nina would go to Spring City to spend her vacation every year. Isabella just asked casually and Nina said that she had a house there.
The last sentence was made up by Isabella. She was not sure whether Nina was an orphan or her parents died at an early age. She only knew that there had never been any family member or relative around Nina, who was always alone.
Jessica thought for a while. She knew Isabella and Nina were good friends when she investigated Nina.
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