Let Me Go, Mr. Harvey

Mrs. Brown’s question was clearly for Angela. Then it’s not appropriate for her to ignore it, but to answer the question, she didn’t know what to say.

“Sorry, Mrs. Brown. As the saying goes, even the best judge becomes hopeless at family matters. It’s hard for Angela to judge who is right or otherwise. As her senior, please don’t push her.” James came over and put his arm around her waist.

Denise laughed, “James, how could you blame Mrs. Brown for pushing Angela? She’s a friend of Elva, so it’s impossible for her to push Angela.”

“Mom, I couldn’t agree more. I just made an indiscreet remark,” James said. “I apologize, Mrs. Brown.”

Mrs. Brown was discontent with their words, but she responded with only several sniffs and a reluctant “That’s OK,” before going on to argue with Raya.

Mr. Sutton frowned at first, and soon after he shouted with impatience: “Everybody shut up!”

“I didn’t mean to pick a quarrel, but they kept pushing me too far!” Mrs. Brown grumbled, “They took all the advantages, and now they are scolding me. How can I bear …”Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

Mr. Sutton interrupted her violently, “I said shut up, Are you deaf?”

Angela sighed to herself with the thought that Mr. Sutton had a really bad temper.

Watching her reaction, James took her hand and led her outside the room after he whispered something to Mr. Sutton.

Denise walked beside them. Noticing the two got closer than before, she demonstrated a trace of surprise, which turned into satisfaction soon.

While Angela was under plenty of people’s shield, Jessica had been going through her toughest party since she was born.

The Smith family along with the Lewis family didn’t permit her to come, but she got her invitation in her own way.

The Thompson family was prestigious, and the guests here were either wealthy or influential. It’s beneficial for her to participate, so there’s no way Jessica would give up the chance.

She had a bad time recently, and she expected the party would be a turning point for her.

Jessica avoided the members of the Smith family and the Lewis family, but it didn’t bother her at all when she saw her brother.

Her brother had treated her well since they were children. Though he went against her now, she still believed it’s just a moment of silliness.

“Hello, brother and Cathleen,” She greeted them with a smile before coming up to them.

Cathleen’s attitude towards her was not as warm as before. She uttered a simple “h’m”, without even the usual pleasantries.

“Don’t call me brother because I don’t have a sister plotting to set others up all day long.” Danis looked at her the same way as he did to Angela before.

After saying that, he walked by her straight and went elsewhere.

The disgust in his eyes rendered Jessica frozen like she was poured by a basin of water. She held his arm and said softly, “Brother, I made some mistakes, but couldn’t you forgive me?”

Danis attempted to push her hand away, and he had to prise her fingers one by one since she persisted in holding her hand tight.

Cathleen didn’t meddle in the matter between the brother and sister, but she was glad to see what’s happening.

Jessica had always been aggressive, and was arguably in charge of the whole company with almost the entire family members’ approval, leaving Danis with the least influence.

Now they had a falling-out, and with Lawson’s public endorsement to Danis, he became more likely to get control of the company, which would benefit the Delia family more accordingly after their foreseeable marriage.

“Brother-” Jessica called him tenderly, with her red eyes, “You would forgive Angela when she had done something wrong. Now it comes to me. Why couldn’t you forgive me when I have acknowledged the mistake I committed?”

Danis had intended to leave, while changed his mind on hearing her words. He stared at her and said, “Angela had done something wrong? I can’t even tell whether she had truly made mistakes or just being framed by you!”

“Brother!” Jessica raised her voice, tears streaming down her face randomly. “How old was I then? What do you think of me? A monster?”

Danis let out a bitter smile with a deal of pain on his face. “Aren’t you? You had planned the accident for three whole years since you were fifteen, and even managed to deceive the police!

“Fifteen years old! I could hardly imagine you were so vicious even as a young girl!”

Jessica wiped her tears off her face and nibbled her lip, “I was like getting possessed then, yet I had done nothing else to harm people other than that … Brother, please trust me!”

Danis glared at her with his red eyes, his fists clenched.

“Would you go or not? We have many people to meet, and there’s no time for us to drag our feet!” Cathleen worried that Danis would soften, and in that case, he would soon lose what he had gained.

Danis did soften. He asked Jessica in a low voice after a lick on his lip, “Fine. Answer me, why did you suddenly pay the balance to the Chante Group since the Smith Group had planned to make use of the default to get a project?”

Silence.

With teardrops hanging on the eyelashes, Jessica didn’t reply immediately.

“Answer me!” Danis growled.

Jessica wiped the corner of her eye and whispered, “Since I … framed Angela two years ago I have always been guilty. Mr. Shaw preferred to delay the payment for some time, but as I owed Angela, coupled with your interceding, I decided to pay in advance.”

She paused and then stared straight at him, “Though this would displease Mr. Shaw and dad, I didn’t want to put Angela on the spot. I tried to make up for my mistake. Brother, I am aware of my wrongdoing for sure.”

“Incurable!” Danis glared at her with fury and said through gritted teeth.

He felt sick even with one more look at her, so he hurried off regardless of her thoughts.

“… What you just said was fake?” Cathleen got touched by Jessica’s words and thought Danis would weaken.

But according to his present attitude, obviously, she was lying.

Jessica gave out a bitter smile, “My brother hates me so much. How could I lie to him again? Probably … Angela said something to him.”

Hearing she mentioned Angela again, Cathleen felt disgusted. She couldn’t tell whether she was telling the truth, neither did she want to. Cathleen left to catch up with Danis with a trot.

“Brother,” Jessica mumbled, “I am your family, so why did you get mad at me for an outsider?”

James chose Angela, so did her brother. She’s really confused why on earth did they think Angela was better than her and deserved their persuing.

“Jessica, why are you here?” Adeline came over arm in arm with Edward, with anxiety on her face.

Jessica greeted her mother and then turned silent with her head hanging down.

Normally, Adeline would stop if she saw how Jessica looked, but today she continued, “Your grandparents had told you not to come and to lie low for a while, hadn’t they? Why didn’t you listen to them?”