Jeffery looked over at his sister’s blushed face. He let go of Eddie. He said to Jolene, “Let’s get in the car and go back.”
After they went back, Mrs. Harris make the brown sugar soup for her daughter, let her take a shower, and change her clothes.
Jolene went downstairs after everything was done, and she was wearing that white dress. Her hair was loosed. She was quite fair and slim. When she smiled, her eyes curled like a new moon as if her charm emanated everywhere.
Eddie was stunned when looking at her. His heart hammered fast as if it would pop out of his chest.
Jeffery poked him. “I know my sister is good-looking. Can you just tear off your gaze from her?”
Eddie hurriedly lowered his head. He believed that he was nuts. How could he fall in love with a teenage girl?
However, he couldn’t help but always look over at her.
She looked extremely pretty when smiling.
Mrs. Harris suggested taking photos in the yard since Jeffery was leaving.
When they got on the bus, Jolene was seeing them off. She watched them get on the bus. She was only fifteen, but she had been so charming. When she was standing on the roadside, she was too attractive for others to look away.
Eddie felt as if his heart was stung by something. He always thought of her. He planned to chase after her after retiring from the military in a few years when she had become an adult. He also tested Jeffery on purpose and said half-jokingly, “Jeffery, could you let your sister be my girlfriend in the future? Then we would be closer.”
Jeffery thought he was just kidding, so he also answered half-jokingly, “Of course. After you become successful in your career and become a man who deserves her, I will.”
Although he was close to Eddie, he didn’t like Eddie’s appearance. He never thought that Eddie would deserve his sister.
In fact, in Jeffrey’s eyes, nobody deserved his sister.
While Eddie was lost in his memories, Jeffery was also recalling what had happened that day.
Frowning deeply, he said, “She was only fifteen at that time…”
Jeffery was extremely upset as if his sister had been insulted by someone.
Eddie kept standing with his back to everyone.
“Dad, you are so disappointing!” Chloe couldn’t accept that her father planned for her in the same of for the family’s good, but as the matter of fact, he wanted to accomplish his secret love. The great father figure in her heart collapsed.
She cried and trotted out of the study.
Mrs. Chambers looked at her husband. “No matter how regretful or reluctant you are, it has been so many years, and you should let go.”
After that, she walked out of the study. When passing by Jeffery, she said, “As the old saying goes, ‘It is better to knock down ten temples than wreck one marriage’ You both are out of your minds.” Jeffery turned away. Although he had let go of Loredana, he still couldn’t forgive Victoria. In his opinion, Victoria had ruined Jolene’s marriage.
The study was quiet. Jeffery had never expected that his pal who he had known for decades loved Jolene secretly.
He couldn’t tell what kind of feeling he had now. Anyway, he was quite uncomfortable.
“You all claimed that you loved her. What have you offered her? For interest, you forced her to marry a man she didn’t love at all,” said Eddie ironically.
“We’ve done it for her own good.” Jeffery still insisted that what they had done was right. “The brat from the Lennon family was an illegitimate son, and his mother was a whore. How could he deserve Jolene? “Jayden Mendelsohn is tens of thousands better than the brat from the Lennon family!” Although Jayden had betrayed his sister, Jeffery didn’t think it was Jayden’s fault at all. It must be Victoria who had seduced him.
As a man, Jayden met all the requirements of being the brother-in-law in Jeffery’s mind — tall, strong, handsome, and capable. Jeffery could tell that Jayden truly liked Jolene at that time. They were a perfect match.
They deserved each other a lot.
Eddie snorted. “Just for your own selfishness. Don’t make it so high-sounding.”
“If it were twenty years ago and I knew your mind, I would definitely beat you up!” Jeffery said fiercely.
Eddie turned around to look at Jeffery. “What’s wrong if I do like her?”
Jeffery panted. “It seems our relationship should end.”
“Can’t I have the right to like a woman?”
Jeffery was silent.
He didn’t forbid Eddie to like his sister, but he felt quite awkward. They had been best friends for so many years. He had thought that Eddie just treated Jolene as his own younger sister.
Much to his surprise, Eddie had that kind of mind…
“A man is bitter but not content.”
Eddie knew what it meant. However, he suffered a lot that the knot in his heart couldn’t be resolve at all. He had a crush on Jolene when he was young. His yearning for her had become the obsession that he couldn’t gain her heart.
He always believed that if Jolene could have married him, she wouldn’t pass away so early. They would lead happy life. At least, he loved her and could care and dote her.
“Good that you understand it. You’d better behave yourself. You are so old now. If your wife dumped you and your family was broken, others would mock you.” Jeffery turned around and walked out of the study Sitting in the car, he felt so depressed. The adjutant asked, “Would you like to go home?”
“Go to the cemetery.” Jeffery started missing Jolene. He wanted to visit her.
The adjutant drove towards the cemetery in suburbia. Once, Jeffery mentioned the cemetery, the adjutant knew whom he was going to visit.
“Wait. I’ll get a bouquet in the florist shop first. Otherwise, there’s nothing in her graveyard. She would be quite lonely.”
The adjutant turned around in the intersection ahead.
Jeffery didn’t buy the chrysanthemums. Instead, he bought a bouquet of iris proantha, which was Jolene’s favorite when she was alive.
Holding the bouquet, Jeffery sat back in the car. When the adjutant was starting the engine, Jeffery cast a casual glance out of the window, only to find Victoria and Loredana on the street with two kids, followed by a few bodyguards.
“We can’t stay outside for a long time. You would be too exhausted. Let’s go home after buying the cake.” Victoria was worried about Loredana’s strength.
Loredana agreed.
The two kids suddenly wanted to eat the thousand-layered mousse cake. Loredana didn’t think it would take a long time. She also wanted to have a walk with the kids.
“I’ll go get the cake. Please wait for me here.” Victoria entered the cake store.
Jeffery couldn’t hear what they were talking about, but he could see that they looked quite happy. Immediately, he withdrew his gaze. Looking down at the flowers in his arms, he stroked them gently. He muttered to himself, “Your son is a big trouble.”
The car roared away. Jeffery still didn’t look back. He only bent down his head while looking at the flowers in his arms.
Victoria came out with the cake. “Let’s go home.”
“Yeah! Let’s go home for cake!” Simona said excitedly.
Victoria smiled. “Silly girl, do you still have a space for it?”
“Of course. I have,” Simona immediately emphasized as if she couldn’t be allowed to eat it.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.