Chapter 721
Upon hearing Otis’ question, Jessica immediately said, “Otherwise, people would figure out why we’re meeting.”
However, Otis did not agree with Jessica’s idea. He said, “A key part of my plan now is to reconcile with Annalise. If I do as you say, people will know that I’m working against Annalise. What am I going to tell her?”
Jessica scowled and asked, “Do I look like an idiot to you? If you genuinely wanted to reconcile with Annalise, you wouldn’t have met up with me. Also…”
At a slower pace, she said gloatingly, “I think what you did in the past was too much. Annalise will never forgive you.”
In simpler words, she meant for Otis to give up. But Otis was sly; he didn’t let her words affect him at all.
Otis asked jokingly, “But you’re not Annalise; how would you know what she thinks?”
Jessica shrugged and sneered. She said, “At the very least, I will not forgive a father who cheated and helped his mistress’ daughter bully me when I was young. Even more so when this person tried to corner my mother after their divorce, forcing us into a dead end.”
She continued calmly, “Even if I am living a better life now by my own efforts, I will remember everything my father did. I will wait for the day I can have my revenge. When the time is right, I will pay him back for everything that I’ve been through.” Jessica had only encountered Annalise a handful of times, so she couldn’t judge what kind of person she was or what she might be thinking. However, Annalise was a human being. From Jessica’s perspective, anyone who had gone through the same experience would react the same way.
Upon hearing her words, Otis didn’t say a thing. Instead, he narrowed his eyes on Jessica.
When Jessica saw his face, she knew that her words got to him. She waited for Otis to respond.
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After a while, Otis said, “I’m her biological father, after all. Even if she tried to attack me, she would give me some grace and not pushime into a corner.”
Jessica knew Otis was in denial of reality. She guessed that he might agree with
what she had said, but Jessica found no need to get him to verbalize that.
She said nonchalantly, “If that’s what you think then there’s nothing more I can do, I’ve said what I wanted to say, and since you’re not listening to me guess this will be the end of our conversation.” FindNovel
Then, Jessica got up to leave.
Otis thought that Jessica was trying to threaten him, so he didn’t attempt to convince Jessica to stay. But to his surprise, Jessica went straight to the door, showing no intentions to negotiate with him. FindNovel
After a moment of silence, Otis said, “Wait. Let’s talk about this.”
Since she was pregnant, Jessica was prone to mood swings. But even then, she knew she didn’t have many cards to play, nor did she have the right to be angry.
Jessica returned to Otis and took out a proposal from her bag. She said, “Look at this.”
“You want to get your comic animated?” At a glance, Otis could already see through Jessica’s intentions.
Jessica nodded and said, “In the past, I used to think it was good to rely on men. After all, they can give me a lot of money and solve all my problems.
“But later, I realized that men can go bankrupt, too. Even if I find another one right away, that man may not love me for long.”