Chapter 285
284.Chapter 284
“I thought you’d have a better future if you stayed in Nareigh. I never planned to tell you. Please don’t quit. You worked so hard for this job p>
Ever since he and Jennifer got together, Donald had already started renovating their future home for marriage. He was genuinely serious about marrying her.
He was completely committed to Jennifer, treating her as his future wife, not just a fling. He couldn’t let her quit, leave, or break up with him.
Jennifer turned away, her face cold. “You’re really putting me in a tough spot p>
Jennifer didn’t want to owe her sister’s ex–husband a favor, and it was definitely a favor Teresa would have to pay back. After all, Jonathan only helped because of Teresa.
It felt like she’d sold out her own sister, and that made Jennifer really uncomfortable.
“Jennifer, don’t overthink it,” Donald said softly. “You’re more than qualified. Even with connections, you wouldn’t have gotten the job if you weren’t good enough. You earned this p>
Donald came up behind her, put his hands on her shoulders, and gently kissed her slender neck. “Just treat this as my favor to Jonathan, not yours. I’ll pay him back p>
Jennifer finally turned around. “Then make sure you pay Jonathan back. Otherwise, he Il definitely ask Teresa to repay him, and I don’t want Teresa to know about this. It would feel like I sold her out p>
“Okay, I know,” Donald reassured her. “I’ll take care of it p>
“Okay,” Jennifer finally said, satisfied.
Right in the center of Nareigh, at the Topspin Tower, Benny and Jonathan were having drinks. Clint helped design the place.
Officially, it was called Topspin Tower, but all the young people said it looked nothing like a spinning top–more like a pile of poop. So, behind closed doors, everyone just called it the Poop Tower.
Clint still had no idea that his so–called masterpiece had become a running joke. But Benny knew all about it, and honestly, sometimes Clint really got on his nerves.
Like back when Benny was in school and got caught playing games at an internet café, Clint grabbed him by the head and made him apologize to the teacher.
“I’m a failure as a father. I didn’t raise my son right. It’s all my fault,” Clint had said.
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From that day on, Benny started talking harshly to Clint from time to time. It had been years, and he’d just gotten used to it.
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284.Chapter 284
“I drank a ton in Jarisburg, then came back and had to drink with my uncle again. I still haven’t recovered,” Jonathan said, tapping his teacup instead of a wine glass.
When Teresa wasn’t in Nareigh, Jonathan went on a business trip to Jarisburg. That night, he got drunk and called Benny, saying he believed that Teresa had someone else, and that he was letting go.
Benny could hear how down Jonathan sounded. He was worried about Jonathan being followed by someone when he was out there alone and drunk, especially after
the last time when Simona had tailed him.
Jonathan, slurring his words, said he was staying at a hotel and it was fine, because his assistant would take him there soon.
Looking back, Benny knew nothing really happened that night after all.
“I was totally wasted,” Jonathan said, a faint smile and a bit of softness in his eyes as he talked about the trip. “Teresa stayed with me the whole night p>
Hearing his words, Benny nearly spat out his drink and started coughing.
“Who?” Benny wiped his mouth. “You found someone new that fast? And she’s also named Teresa? What does she look like p>
Jonathan let out a snort. “She looks exactly the same as the one you know p>
It finally clicked for Benny and he was speechless.
Benny had always been convinced that Teresa must have found someone else. He thought she’d fallen for some other guy, and that was why she wouldn’t come back to Nareigh. Otherwise, he couldn’t understand why she would even stop talking to Miriam
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