"Does Jennifer Douglas really mean nothing to him?"

"Why would you say that, sister?"

"Becca, did you know it’s true that Jennifer Douglas was once pregnant with Oversky’s child?"

"What?" Rebecca Quentin gasped, "Isn’t that a lie made up by Charles Douglas?"

Christine Quinn lowered her gaze despondently, "Charles Douglas wasn’t lying. He genuinely wanted to seek justice for his daughter... It’s Jennifer Douglas who has been keeping this matter a secret."

"Did brother-in-law really mistake Jennifer Douglas for you that night?"

"Becca, we both know that when a man is drunk, he can’t do such things. If he did, he must have been somewhat conscious... Even if Oversky mistook Jennifer Douglas for me, if Jennifer herself wasn’t at all alluring to him, how could he have touched Jennifer?"

"Are you suggesting that you think brother-in-law actually has different feelings for Jennifer Douglas deep down?"

Christine Quinn lightly bit her lip, holding back a sob trying to escape her throat. After a long time, she finally parted her lips slightly and said, "His feelings for Jennifer Douglas... perhaps even he doesn’t know... If he didn’t care about her at all, that day when Mom hit Jennifer, his first question wouldn’t have been accusing us of bullying Jennifer..."

"But brother-in-law couldn’t possibly like Jennifer Douglas... You don’t know, when he heard about your ’death’ back then, he was so despondent and devastated that he wasn’t himself, drank to the point of alcohol poisoning, and almost lost his life..."

"Do you know why?"

Rebecca Quentin shook her head blankly.

Christine Quinn answered softly, "Because when my accident happened, we hadn’t really had a friendly conversation once. In his heart, I was still the woman who loved him silently, the woman he deeply loved. He didn’t know I had changed, that I was no longer the Christine Quinn from thirteen years ago. So, when he found me, while he was cherishing me with all he had, he realized that I had already changed... In many matters, my way of handling things had become different from how he imagined. Just like with this Jennifer Douglas matter, he thought I would trust him completely, yet he didn’t expect I’d confront Jennifer Douglas... He feels I’m no longer as innocent as I used to be."

"That’s because brother-in-law didn’t put himself in your shoes. What’s wrong with confronting Jennifer Douglas? Jennifer is indeed trying to sabotage the relationship between you and brother-in-law, isn’t she?"

"But your brother-in-law trusts her; he believes she hasn’t done anything vile."

"Honestly though, Jennifer Douglas doesn’t truly act like a bad woman..."

"Actually, I share the same perception as you all; many times, I also feel she’s not a bad person. But I feel the matter of her pregnancy is not simple... Oversky is such a clever person; if he really touched Jennifer Douglas, how could he not remember what happened that night? Unless Jennifer Douglas secretly pulled some tricks, even Oversky didn’t know."

"The problem is that it’s impossible to clear up what happened that night now. Who knows if Jennifer Douglas did something!"

"I always trust my first instinct; I will never believe Jennifer Douglas. Even if I die, I wouldn’t want Jennifer around him."

"Sister, don’t say such things... I also believe in a woman’s intuition. I think brother-in-law will see Jennifer Douglas for who she is." Rebecca Quentin comforted.

Knock, knock.

Ernie knocked on the door of the CEO’s office and then pushed it open to enter.

Seeing the lonely and desolate figure of the boss sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window, Ernie couldn’t help but say, "CEO, it’s so late, everyone at the company has gone home, aren’t you leaving?"

"You can go too. I’ll turn off the lights."

Ernie nodded and quietly exited the office.

Skyler Jones’s gaze remained on the bustling city nightscape outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Why was he so tired?

Shouldn’t he and her be living a carefree and happy life like Howard Geoffrey and Becca?

Why had he lost the sense of mutual understanding and empathy he once had with her?

The love and trust between couples suddenly disappeared between them.

His request was simple; as long as she was by his side, they could live lovingly like any ordinary couple...

Why couldn’t she feel his thoughts at all?

Thirteen years ago, she wouldn’t have done anything behind his back, nor would she have been suspicious of him. She would have tried everything to bring their hearts closer together, yet now she seemed to be pushing them further apart...