Chapter 43
“Jon!” She called him, but this time it was loud. At the same time, both hands were pressed firmly against his face.
A trace of clarity emerged again from his gaze. His pitch–black pupils showed that he regained focus, reflecting her face. However, his gaze was extraordinarily intricate.
“What’s wrong with you?” she asked.
“Nothing.” He exhaled a sigh of relief.
“I’m glad you’re fine.” She breathed a sigh of relief. “The way you looked just now, it was like…” She thought for a moment and came up with a description. “It’s like fragile glass. You gave me quite a shock.”
“Fragile glass?” He chuckled. A hint of chilling coldness and ruthlessness flickered in his eyes. However, that glint vanished in an instant, quickly returning to normal. “Rosie, there’s no one in this world who can shatter me!”
She felt as if the person before her had transformed in that fleeting moment just now. “Maybe there’s something wrong with my vision,” Rosalie thought.
“Rosie, you’ll never leave me alone, right?” He stared at her and asked.
She smiled. “Didn’t we talk about it before? If you don’t leave me, I won’t leave you.”
“Yeah, we talked about that before. I forgot for a moment,” he murmured. He stretched his arms and pulled her into his embrace, feeling her
presence.
Jonathan pondered, “Even though she said she won’t abandon me, why do I start to feel uneasy? Am I afraid someday she’ll leave me once she learns about my true identity? Jon can stay with her, but what about Jonathan? Will that be okay?”
In the living room of the Xanthos residence, Frank asked Zachary, “Zachary, Yvette said Jonathan had his secretary pick you up to meet him. Why did he suddenly want to meet you alone?”
About Jonathan, there was a trace of apprehension in Frank’s voice. After all, unlike the Youngblood family, the Xanthos family’s business was declining. The marriage of convenience with the Hamilton family was a path to revive the Xanthos family’s business in Frank’s eyes.
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He was afraid that Jonathan held a bias against the Xanthos family, which could potentially hinder the marriage of convenience plan.
“Nothing,” Zachary replied.
“You said nothing to Yvette. Why do you still refuse to tell us? Why did Jonathan ask the secretary to pick you up?” Frank questioned angrily.
“That’s right, Zachary. Tell us honestly if there’s something wrong.” Olivia also persuaded Zachary.
Zachary took a deep breath and responded, “It’s really nothing.”
That was because he could not say it. Revealing it would truly anger Jonathan. Thinking of the scene when he met Jonathan that day, Zachary still shivered at the memory.
“Could it be that Jonathan is still holding a grudge against us? Is he planning to take action against us?” Frank speculated.
“It has nothing to do with the Xanthos family. Jonathan met me that day just to talk about the engagement party.” Zachary could only simply make up a reason.
Frank and Olivia finally heaved a sigh of relief, and their expressions turned better.
Zachary’s younger sister, Zendaya Xanthos, remarked angrily, “After all, it was Rosalie who caused this. If it weren’t for her, would our family live on the edge?”
When speaking of Rosalie, Zendaya was furious. After Rosalie
orchestrated that car accident, Zendaya often heard people gossiping at some socialite gatherings, saying things like “the Xanthos family was doomed“. It was utterly humiliating for Zendaya.
It wasn’t until Zachary and Yvette were dating that no one finally said so.
“Rosalie is practically a jinx for the Xanthos family. Fortunately, Zach broke up with her in time back then. She was never worthy of him. I heard she’s even a street sweeper now, a total embarrassment. And as for the judge last time, why did they only sentence her to three years? In my opinion, they should sentence her to imprisonment for at least ten or twenty years!”
Zendaya spoke of Rosalie with a look of disgust, but the more she commented, the more fearful Zachary became.
One had to know that Rosalie was Jonathan’s woman now. Even if Jonathan did not explicitly state the nature of their relationship, as a
man, Zachary could infer something.
“Enough, Zendaya! Stop talking about her. You better be nice to see
Rosalie whenever you meet her,” Zachary said.
Zendaya retorted dissatisfiedly, “Zach, what’s wrong with you? In the past, whenever I mentioned her, you did not have any reaction. Why are you suddenly defending her now?”
“Zachary, are you still in love with Rosalie?” Olivia asked worriedly.
Upon hearing that, Frank raised his eyebrows and said, “Don’t even think about it. That Rosalie, she better don’t even think about setting foot on the Xanthos residence’s doorstep.”
Zachary felt overwhelmed. The reality was completely different from what they were assuming. However, he could not reveal the truth right now. He clenched his teeth and explained, “I have no feelings for Rosalie, but she’s someone that we can’t offend! That’s all I can say!”
“We can’t afford to offend her?” Zendaya scoffed at the statement. “Zach, what nonsense are you talking about? Rosalie is a sanitary worker. What do you mean we can’t afford to offend her?”
“Anyway, just listen to me. Don’t end up causing harm to the entire Xanthos family,” Zachary warned sternly.
Frank had gone through a lot, and seeing Zachary like that made him realize something was amiss. “Zachary, what exactly is the situation with this Rosalie?”
“Dad, there’s something I can’t tell. You all better respect her, at least… for now, show her a little more respect,” Zachary replied. After all, it seemed that Jonathan held a special significance for Rosalie for the time being.
Frank appeared lost in thought while Olivia remained silent. Only Zendaya could not care less, disdainfully pursing her lips. She found it unbelievable and she thought, “Respecting Rosalie? It’s obvious that Zach still has feelings for her. He must be finding excuses! She has been to prison, yet she still dares to come out and cause trouble. She knows Zach is about to get engaged, yet she’s trying to seduce him. She’s beyond shameless!”
Jonathan stared at the box of gastric medicine placed on the office desk. It was the gastric medicine Rosalie had bought for him when he suffered from gastric pain. After his gastric pain had subsided, half a box of the medicine was left untouched.
However, he did not throw the medicine away and kept it on his desk.
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“Carlos, what will happen if Rosalie knows my true identity?” A melodious voice with a hint of subtle laziness sounded in the CEO’s Office.
Carlos, who was about to leave the CEO’s Office, was startled when he picked up the documents Jonathan had reviewed. “Well…”
“Why? Is it difficult to answer this question?” Jonathan raised his eyebrows.
Carlos pondered, “It’s not difficult. It’s just a matter of whether you’re willing to accept the answer or not, Jonathan.”
“Maybe Ms. Leighton will feel deceived,” Carlos said euphemistically. Perhaps it was not a possibility but a certainty.
