Chapter 786


    Chapter 786


    Bob quickly rose from the couch and hurried after Jay. “I’ll talk to him.”


    Cora tried to speak, but ultimately chose to stay silent.


    For some reason, she had this nagging feeling that Bob was more concerned about those around her


    than her.


    Bob gave Jay a ride home, and the journey was quiet until Bob broke the silence. “Zoe said neither of


    you made up when I took her home.”


    “Yeah,” Jay replied.


    ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    “If that’s so, why did you argue with Nancy like that?” Bob asked, finding Jay behavior unlike him since


    he never bares his emotions like this.


    “Do you think she’s been fair to Zoe?” Jay asked Bob.


    “Not at all.”


    “And I’ve been holding back for a while.”


    “But from Nancy’s perspective…” Bob trailed off, and chuckled slyly. “Fine, that felt cathartic. I’ve been


    holding back for a while, too. Sure, she was a victim, but isn’t Zoe a victim too? But she had to m all


    her pain on Zoe-I would’ve turned against her if she wasn’t an elder!”


    “Yeah,” Jay replied tly, staring outside the window with a gloomy expression.


    He obviously was in a bad mood.


    “So, you’re still in love with Zoe, aren’t you?” Bob asked.


    Jay swallowed.


    “Zoe actually told me. She felt stressed being with me, and she never did love me that much anyway,


    which was why she did that thing with you,” Bob said calmly as he drove.” And you’re hopelessly in


    love with her, aren’t you?”


    Jay stayed silent; his reaction was basically admitting to it.


    “So why did you push her away in the first ce? Please don’t tell me you only realized your feelings


    for her after she started dating me. I mean, you loved her from the start, didn’t you? I saw that time


    when you two swapped spit right outside Levine Manor.”


    As Jay turned towards him, Bob shrugged helplessly and exined, “I wanted to dere my love for


    her that day, but you beat me to it… It’s been years, but no other woman ever really reached your


    heart. That rtionship with Mandy Jessop was all business too, no?”


    “That’s why I’m curious-why reject Zoe? Because the Levines forbid it? I know for sure you’re not one


    who takes things lying down, even if you never were quick to anger. Why else did you fight Nancy like


    that? So tell me, what on earth made you reject Zoe in the past?”


    Bob was genuinely confused; everyone could tell that Jay loved Zoe, and perhaps more than they


    could see.


    If that was the case, why did Jay reject Zoe? To what extent had the Levines coerced him?


    To be honest, Bob knew Jay wanted nothing from the Levines; that meant they didn’t pose much of a


    threat.


    Moreover, Jay was a man of principles. He would neverpromise himself so easily.