The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon!-Chapter 340: I Have the Final Say on This Matter

Hearing the second option given by Luca Jennings, Michael Jennings visibly panicked for a moment, and it took him quite a while before he finally managed to call out with a strained voice,

"Brother..."

Such a big middle-aged man, yet there’s a hint of grievance in his voice when he calls out ’brother’.

However, Luca Jennings was utterly unmoved.

"If you decide to separate from her and live on your own, don’t bother calling me brother anymore."

Luca Jennings was always a man of strong principles.

Even if it were any other woman today, he would never have been upset to this extent.

Now that he knows Odessa’s intentions, even if she does nothing in the future, Luca Jennings would not allow her to remain in the Jennings Family.

If the second brother can’t bear to part with his wife, then he can let go of this brother.

Considering what happened today, if Michael Jennings can still live with Odessa without any reservation, then he’s a foolish brother that Luca does not need.

In one way or another, the way the Jennings Family heads have conducted themselves through generations has been the same.

In a family, if such ethical standards can be compromised, then any principles can be broken in the future.

This decision, he has made firm today.

Odessa obviously did not expect Luca Jennings to be so ruthless; to disown his own brother just to get rid of her.

She struggled to lift her head, looking at the man who appeared as majestic as a deity, and even in such moments, she still held a sliver of hope.

Michael Jennings will not divorce her, even if it’s for the sake of the children, as long as there’s no divorce, she’s still the second daughter-in-law of the Jennings Family.

"Old Sir Jiang is still here... the family cannot be divided."

This was stated personally by Old Sir Jiang and is also the ancestral teaching of the Jennings Family.

Odessa knew that although Old Sir Jiang appeared amicable, he was very strict about rules.

Luca Jennings, seeing her daring to speak out, his gaze became even colder,

"This matter, I have the final say."

Even if Old Sir Jiang were present, he would make the same decision.

Moreover, he believed that Old Sir Jiang, knowing the truth, would only support his decision.

Michael Jennings felt some pain; he knew his older brother’s temperament, unwavering and uncompromising.

Since he had spoken, there was no chance of alteration.

Dividing the family was out of the question.

Is he to separate from his own family alone? What would people think?

But to divorce...

Michael Jennings felt a surge of resentment, his gaze towards Odessa was dark, his eyes bloodshot.

He had truly loved this wife of his.

Even if the passion of earlier years was gone, he always remembered that she was the true love he had fought to win for himself.

For all these years, as a member of the Jennings Family, the only two things he fought for himself were this path of music, and her.

He had always believed that their marriage was based on love, different from those marriages bound by family alliances.

But only today did he realize, these were all his self-righteous thoughts.

She had someone else in her heart, and that person was his older brother!

She had really kept him in such bitter ignorance.

What else could be said?

"[Actually, between Michael and me, there’s really no love. I just couldn’t refuse him at that time.]"

"[Michael has someone outside, to call us husband and wife is more like calling us kin.]"

"[You’ve always been in my heart, I know it’s impossible for us, so all these years, I’ve kept my feelings suppressed deep inside...]"

Michael Jennings had always known he couldn’t compare to his older brother, choosing the path of music was in part to avoid confronting his brother’s brilliance.

As long as the two of them were not standing in the same place, they wouldn’t be compared.

For so many years, he had also been grateful that although he was inferior to his elder brother in every aspect, at least he was happier and more fulfilled in family life.

However, this one thing turned out to be false as well.

His marriage has always been a joke!

And the person who turned him into a joke was his own wife!

Michael Jennings was unwilling to get divorced, not just because of that bit of reluctance, but more because of not being able to let go.

Odessa made him a laughingstock in front of his elder brother; he didn’t want to let her off so easily.

Odessa saw Michael Jennings’s struggle and felt a hint of guilt. Though not as good as Luca Jennings, Michael had been a competent husband over the years.

In this situation, hoping for Luca Jennings’s sympathy was impossible.

This man was too ruthless.

Rather than begging him, it was better to pin hopes on Michael Jennings.

Having thought this, Odessa immediately composed herself and cautiously moved toward Michael Jennings on the sofa, tilting her head up, her eyes filled with a vulnerable, plaintive plea,

"Michael, I don’t want a divorce, don’t divorce me."

"I admit I had feelings for your brother when I was younger, but I have always remembered that I am your wife. Think about these years; have I ever crossed a line? I haven’t even spoken to your brother much."

"After marrying you, those feelings disappeared. We’ve been together for so many years, how could I still have feelings for your brother? My meeting with him today was truly because there was a matter to discuss, the past incidents must have been someone plotting..."

Odessa had maintained herself well; even in her forties, she still looked in her thirties. Even now, with her hair in disarray and looking up pleadingly, she still retained a pitiful beauty.

She knew Michael Jennings was more responsive to soft approaches than hard ones, she didn’t completely negate her own feelings, just to add more truth to her words.

Even if she had feelings, it was just youthful ignorance.

Today, if nothing happened, yet it might result in someone else’s deliberate plotting. If they ended up divorcing, that would only fulfill the perpetrator’s wishes behind the scenes.

Sure enough, when Michael Jennings heard about someone plotting, his previously grim face slightly relaxed.

In his heart, he actually didn’t believe Odessa would be bold enough to plot against his older brother.

Seeing his softened stance and driven by desperation, Odessa continued, her voice vague and pained,

"I don’t know why I said those things. When I walked in, I smelled those fragrances and my mind got fuzzy. At that time, only your brother was in the room. Although he arrived first, somehow he didn’t seem affected..."

Perhaps seeing Michael Jennings’s attitude relax, and influenced by the bad luck, Odessa inadvertently shifted the blame onto Luca Jennings.

Although she did not say it explicitly, her insinuations were clear; she implied Luca Jennings plotted against her.

As soon as the words left her mouth, she felt a sense of foreboding and instinctively looked towards Luca Jennings.

She saw his face darkened, an unusual sign of impending anger.

However, before Luca Jennings could speak, Michael Jennings’s hand flew towards her in a slap.

With a smack.

When Odessa fell to the ground from the slap, she was still somewhat dazed.

She saw Michael Jennings stand up abruptly from the sofa, his hand still trembling with anger from the slap, his face undisguised with resentment,

"What... what are you implying?! At this point, you still want to drag my brother into this?! Do you think I’m a fool?!"

Originally, when he heard the earlier part of her words, he really began to suspect that someone might be scheming to make the Jennings Family look bad.

But listen to what she said afterwards?

Saying his brother schemed against her?

Does she even qualify?

His brother wouldn’t have eyes for a sister-in-law like her!

That’s just crazy!

Needless to say, though Michael is not particularly shrewd, he is very clear about his understanding of his brother.

This matter today could be due to any number of reasons, but the only impossible one is his brother deliberately scheming against her!

This woman’s words, clearly treating him like a fool!

At this moment, Michael Jennings lost the last bit of hesitance and struggle,

"Divorce! We’ll divorce when we return!"