บททั้งหมดของ The Prison Bride: บทที่ 121 - บทที่ 130

"Do you want to cut ties with me?" Bruce clenched his jaw and asked."You're the one in the wrong, and now you're threatening to disown me? Fine, I'll go to the police right now!"Mark spun around and headed straight for the door.Laura hurried forward to grab him. "Your dad's been under a lot of pressure lately because of the company–""If he can't handle it, don't run a company! Selling off his kids just to keep it afloat? He might as well shut it down!"Mark pushed her away. He didn't hold back at all when he spoke.Bruce froze at his outburst for a long while."How can you talk to Dad like that?" Freddy finally couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up."Why can't I? Am I wrong? I remember exactly how he forced Jessie back then! This time, I'm the one taking the fall. God knows who he'll sacrifice next for his own gain!"Mark directly ran out of the Stewart family estate after ending his sentence.The truth always cut the deepest.Bruce stood still and was unable to recover

The male coworker froze and muttered nervously, "But I didn't even take notes during the meeting–""It's fine, I did. I've already sent you the file. Just make sure the summary is finished and delivered to Mr. Gerome before the end of the day. He won't wait around," Jessie calmly before getting back to her own work.As Yale walked past the guy with his glass of water, he clapped him on the shoulder. "Good luck, Woody."Close to the end of the work day, Woody noticed Jessie packing up her things. Flustered, he quickly stood up. "I-I can't write the summary properly. Why don't you do it instead?"His face burned red with embarrassment.Even if he managed to finish it, he didn't have the guts to go. Everyone had heard the rumor that Jack was a perfectionist who loved nitpicking.Even Frank had been chewed out by him over minor slip-ups. How could Woody possibly survive that?Yale leaned back in his chair and burst out laughing. "Really? You waited until the end of the day to say th

What Mia found even harder to accept were the words that came out of Mark's mouth.Even if he didn't like her anymore, did he really need to say such cruel things?Normally, she always spoke to him gently, but today she couldn't hold back from defending herself."Mark, if you'd just said Jessie needed space, I would've made room for her. But you didn't say anything, you just tossed my shoes around like this. Don't you think that's going too far?""Oh? Taking up half of the shoe cabinet, and you still say I'm the one going too far? You've gotten so used to being excessive that you don't even realize hogging half the space is outrageous!" Mark argued.Mia's eyes welled with tears.Jessie ignored their quarrel, slipped on her slippers, and went straight inside.The maid bent over to pick up the shoes, but Mark cut in immediately."From now on, the top two rows belong to Jessie. If you dare put things there again, you can pack your bags and get out of the Stewart family. We don't n

Mark slipped away quickly.Jessie didn't even get the chance to hand the car keys back.Seeing Freddy still standing there, she tossed the keys straight to him."Who are you trying to throw scraps at?" Freddy snapped.But even as he said it, he didn't return the keys to Jessie."If you think it's charity, then don't take it. Playing both sides is what's funny." Jessie sneered and lifted her chin before walking away.Freddy lunged forward and grabbed her wrist. "Don't think I don't know. The reason Mark keeps going after Mia is because of you pulling the strings. You call me two-faced, but what makes you any better?""Let go!" Jessie's voice was full of disgust."I won't–"Smack!Before Freddy could finish, Jessie's palm landed squarely across his face.He froze for a moment. He then raised his hand to strike back."Freddy, what do you think you're doing?" David's voice cut in just in time.Jessie seized the moment, gripped Freddy's arm, and shoved him hard.He staggered b

Jessie didn't see it as any kind of honor. After a moment of silence, she said calmly, "So it's fine if we break up in private, right?"Jack laughed out loudly. "What kind of logic is that? You just assume I'll definitely dump you?""That's not what I meant."Jessie paused briefly. "I don't mind if my partner has dated before, but I feel like you must have a lot of exes.""So I give someone a bag on the street, and that's enough for you to decide I've got a string of girlfriends?"Jack leaned back in his chair and cocked his head at her.It wasn't just because of that. Jessie had seen him a few more times afterward, and he always gave off the vibe of someone who played around a lot."That's not the reason," Jessie said softly.Jack leaned in closer. "Then what is it?""I just think you've got way too many options, and I'm definitely not one of them."Jessie didn't think she was unworthy, but she had spent three years in prison, and that was on record. She didn't know much abo