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Jonathan called his assistant over , handed him a photo , and said he wanted it edited . “ Sure thing , Mr. Lynn . Just let me know which part of the image you want to keep . cut the person out and remove everyone else
Jonathan’s fingers brushed over Teresa’s face in the photo . “ You know what I mean . Get it done , Bonus if it’s done well ”
Mr. Lynn ”
“ Thank you , Mr.
Not long after , the photo was edited . Now , it was just Jonathan and Teresa in the picture . His head leaned toward her , and her smile was radiant and beautiful
Jonathan pulled out the engagement ring he’d been saving , murmuring to himself , “ Before I leave , if give this to you , would you accept it ? ”
After the engagement ceremony . Evelyn went to Teresouth Group to see Teresa . It was her first time visiting , and when she saw Teresa looking sharp in her suit , Evelyn commented , “ Guess I shouldn’t have underestimated you . You actually look pretty impressive . ”
Teresa’s lips twitched with a smile . She’d waited so long just to hear a little recognition , and now that it finally came , her feelings were complicated . But the next second , Evelyn said she was here because of Jennifer .
“ I started a little business , and made some money while I was abroad . This is for Hannah’s dowry , Evelyn said , handing Teresa a bank card .
“ There’s 300 thousand dollars in it . Give it to Hannah for me .”
Teresa pressed for lips together , something suddenly coming to mind .
Evelyn seemed to know what she was thinking “ You were right before . I was biased . I felt guilty toward Hannah , so I gave her everything . I thought I’d already done enough for you , so when you married Jonathan , I didn’t give you a penny .
“ I figured you had your dad , and to be honest , I was just being stubborn , and still bitter about him . Looking back , it was childish ,
“ After
or remarried and had Isabel , I wanted a clean slate . A new life . A new family . So I stopped paying attention to yours . ”
But what Teresa didn’t know was that on the day of the engagement , after she left , Jonathan had a long private talk with Evelyn about her .
That day , Jonathan told Evelyn , “ Teresa really loves you , and she feeds your approval . She’s tough , but no matter how hard things get , she always handles it hersell
People say that parents should love their children equally , but i hope you can pay more attention to Teresa’s feelings . You didn’t come to our wedding . but you’ll come to Jenniler’s . That must’ve hurt her .
“ My story with Teresa is over . There’s 2.7 million dollars in this card . If Teresa ever remarries , please give it to her and tell her it’s from you , as her dowry . I think she’d be happy to accept it that way , ”
Evelyn refused , “ Jonathan , you don’t have to do this . And that’s way too much money . I can’t take it . If you really want to give it to her , do it yourself “ .
“ If I gave it to her , she wouldn’t accept it. I’m leaving Nareigh , and I probably won’t be back . We were married once . I just want her to have a better life than me , never have to worry about money , just live however she wants .”
“ Jonathan , you still care about . Teresa . If you want to get back together , make sure your mother accepts Teresa first . ”
“ Evelyn , to be honest , Teresa doesn’t love me , That’s why we divorced .”
“ Is that so ? ” Evelyn snapped back to the present and looked at Terec “ Let me ask you something Did you divorce Jonathan because you didn’t love
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Teresa frose for a second and thought . Why is she suddenly asking this . She replied , “ It’s out business . You don’t need to get involve the thought . Jennifer already lectured me enough . Now you too .
“ Alright , I won’t meddle ,” Evelyn sighed . “ Hannah’s happy now , and like I’ve always said , I just want my daughters to be happy
“ I’ve still got some savings , and I’ll try to put away more . When you remarry , I’ll make it up to you and give you the same dowry as Hannah
Teresa’s eyes turned a little red , if only she’d heard these words when she first got married , would things have turned out differently ? She didn’t know Would she marry again ? She had no idea .
Teresa said , “ Just hearing you say that makes me happy , Mom . You don’t have to give me anything I’m not short of money anymore .”
“ It’s what lowe you , and I give it , ” Evelyn said , standing up . “ Wright , I have to go pick up tabel . Just give the card to Hannah for me , okay ? ”
“ You really know how to make things difficult for me . ”
“ Hannah’s your real sister . What’s the big deal ? It won’t take you too much time . ”
Teresa didn’t argue further . She walked Evelyn out . Evelyn was driving her old Range Rover – the one she’d finally gotten back from a friend .
She mentioned she was thinking about giving the car to Hannah . Even during the toughest times , she just couldn’t bring herself to sell this cac
Teresa said , “ She’s got 300 thousand dollars . You keep the car . Hannah already has one . The Mercedes she’s driving now was from me . Isn’t that enough
for her dowry ?
“ If you give the car to Jennifer , what will you drive ? ” Teresa shot back .
Evelyn let out a sigh . “ Alright , just help me give the money to her . You can head back now , no need to see me off ”
“ Yeah , ” Teresa said . She actually had something she wanted to say to Jennifer .
When Teresa handed the card to Jennifer , Jennifer pressed her lips together . Knowing it was her dowry from Evelyn , she accepted it
Jennifer said , “ This is Evelyn’s way of paying me back for all the pain I went through as a kid . She owes me , so of course I’m taking it
Teresa frowned . “ Everyone knows your childhood was rough . But that’s all in the past . You have a good husband , and you can finally be happy – happier than anyone else .”
Jennifer didn’t continue the topic . “ How about having some tea before you go ? ”
“ No. But I have a question for you , ”
“ Teresa said . “ Your engagement went so smoothly , so you still haven’t told Donald about the DNA best, have you ? ”
“ That’s right , ” Jennifer answered without hesitation . “ It’s the only way we can keep peace . ” She glanced at Teresa , “ By the way , your ex – husband is leaving Nareigh tomorrow . Donald told me .”
Teresa suddenly went quiet and thought , ‘ Tomorrow , huh
Teresa said , “ He said a long time ago that he’d leave after your engagement party ”
“ Good , ” Jennifer said with a relaxed smile . Now that she was Donald’s fiancée , once Jonathan let , she wouldn’t have anything tow about anymore .
Teresa continued , “ Oh , and one more thing . That classmate of yours who came back from Shaville – does he know Jonathan ? ”
Jennifer raised her eyebrows . “ You mean Sanford ? He asked me about Donald and Jonathan. He said his family is friends with Jonathan’s dad , so maybe they know each other . He’s from Narigh too
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