When he started to speak, she already had a premonition he was going to ask about this.

Christine Quinn met Skyler Jones’s deep gaze and answered truthfully, "This is called fighting fire with fire."

Skyler Jones squinted his eyes, waiting for her to continue.

"Do you know?" Christine looked deeply at Skyler. "That bracelet we auctioned off for charity, she bought it for eighty million... She claims she wants to sever all ties with you and keeps saying she won’t ruin our relationship, yet she repeatedly, intentionally or unintentionally, gets involved with you... I feel she’s doing it on purpose, buying the bracelet just to warn me she won’t give up on you, and I can’t fight her."

"You’re overthinking this, Christine..."

"Don’t say any more. If you continue, I’ll feel like you’re siding with Jennifer Douglas, even though I know you wouldn’t."

Skyler soothingly wrapped his arms around Christine’s waist. "I just want you to think about it rationally."

Christine abruptly pushed Skyler away. "You think I’ve lost my reason?"

Skyler stepped forward to hold Christine again. "Listen to me first."

Christine glared at him and bit her lip in frustration.

Skyler spoke softly, "In fact, you don’t need to worry about Jennifer Douglas because she’ll never compare to you in my heart. Why waste your time on her?"

"She’s the one unwilling to let go; she’s been plotting all along."

"Christine, ever since you told me about her intentions, I’ve had her watched, and there’s been nothing suspicious."

"That’s because she’s too scheming."

"Are you sure you can judge just by your intuition?"

At this moment, Christine slowly removed Skyler’s hand from her waist, furrowing her brows, staring intently at him, and stepping back with disbelief, she uttered, "It seems I’m simply the petty, unreasonable person in your eyes again..."

"That’s not what I meant..."

"That’s exactly what you meant!!" Christine shouted. "Even if I’m being unreasonable, so what? Now there’s a woman who used to have scandals with my husband and whom my husband trusts very much, constantly appearing in front of him with various grievances. I can’t stand her pretense and want her completely away from my husband. Am I wrong for that?"

"I’m not saying you’re wrong, but you could discuss it with me... I said you could rely on me, and I would help you solve it."

Christine’s frail body pressed against the cold wall, looking from afar at Skyler’s gentle and patient expression, a faint pain spreading in her heart. "Skyler Jones, admit it, you can’t bear to completely let go of Jennifer Douglas... If I told you I wanted Jennifer completely away from you, could you bear never having her appear in front of you again? No, you can’t..."

"Christine!!" Skyler’s tone grew heavy. "Stop being unreasonable."

"Yes, I’m petty, I’m unreasonable. In your heart, I am no longer the Christine Quinn I used to be."

With those words, Christine turned and ran towards the door.

But as Christine twisted the doorknob, Skyler swiftly stepped forward and held Christine tightly. "I’m sorry..."

Christine struggled to break free from Skyler’s embrace. "Get away... I don’t want to see you... you bad guy..."

She swung her fist at his chest forcefully, tears of grievance streaming uncontrollably from her eyes.

Skyler silently watched Christine, letting her vent on him until she was too tired to fight anymore. Only then did he release her and pull her into his embrace. "I’m sorry..."

Faced with her tears, he was at a loss and could only repeatedly express his regrets and kiss her to soothe her emotions.

Christine leaned weakly in Skyler’s arms, sobbing, "I know asking Howard Geoffrey to help me deal with Jennifer Douglas wasn’t the best idea, but I never intended to bring down ’Nonta.’ I just wanted someone to find a way to keep ’Nonta’ busy because as long as ’Nonta’ is busy, the Douglas father and daughter wouldn’t have time to play small tricks behind our backs... I never expected the person to come up with a plan to swipe ’Nonta’s’ money, causing ’Nonta’ to almost collapse due to cash flow problems... I wasn’t that malicious; I just wanted to protect my family..."