Chapter 703: Helen Is Undeserving of Marrying Into The Affleck Family


    George’s POV:


    My mother turned on theputer and directed me to the mailbox from which she had received the


    photos.


    "I‘ve had someone check it out but he came back empty handed."


    "Let me try and hack it."


    My mother stood up quickly and gave me her seat.


    I sat in front of theputer and typed as fast as I could on the keyboard.I tried really hard to keep my


    anger under control.


    "George, will you be able to trace the sender?" my mother asked, her voice much softer than before.


    "Yes!"


    After all, I worked in the Inte industry.


    Finding out an IP address would take me under ten minutes.


    As I expected, this mean act had Jane‘s name written all over it.My mother asked with angst, "George,


    who sent it? Are they targeting our family?" She had always put the family honor ahead of her own.


    "No.It has nothing to do with our family.They‘re after me," I replied casually, while my attention was


    focused on those photos.


    Those photos were all of Helen and me, taken in the elevator, in the garage and by theke in our


    neighborhood.


    Some were really intimate.


    Although I was very angry that someone had secretly revealed my rtionship with Helen to my mother


    in such a despicable manner, these photos were indeed perfectly captured, showing that Helen and I


    were unmistakably close.


    The shooting angles seemed deliberate which meant that they were taken by a professional.


    Before I saw these photos, I never knew how gentle and sweet Helen could be whenever she came


    close to me.


    These photos said it all.


    As I looked through these photos, I sent them to my email to save a copy for future reference.


    But my mother was still worried.


    She asked again, "Are you sure no one is trying to target our family?"


    "No, it‘s from someone I know," I replied briefly.


    "Don‘t worry about it.I‘ll handle it."


    "Then why did that person send the photos to me? What‘s their intention?"


    "Mom, it’s obvious that they are aware of your belligerent character.So clearly they wanted you to


    create trouble between Helen and me in an effort to separate us.They were just using you to get their


    work done as smoothly as possible.If you really want to argue with me about this matter, then they


    would have seeded in their mission.Don’t fall into their trap."


    It wasn‘t hard to guess why Jane sent those photos to my mother.She wanted to inform her about my


    rtionship with Helen in a roundabout way.


    Obviously she was devious enough to provoke my mother into separating us.I thought Jane would


    have remembered how her evil n backfired thest time and she would learn her lesson.


    But no! She actually took her revenge a step further.


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    My mother had always valued family rtionships, so I made it a point to remind her not to allow


    outside influences to sabotage our family.


    However, she still gave me a dose of her stubborn medicine.


    "George, you are still young.I don‘t mind if you just fool around with Helen for fun.But fooling around is


    very different from making that person your life partner.Your bride muste from a family of equal


    social stature as our Affleck family.You can‘t just randomly pick up some cheap tart from the street.I am


    advising you as a concerned mother who knows what is best for you.There is no room for negotiation


    on that matter."


    I retorted firmly, "Mom, I love Helen.She‘s the only woman I want to spend the rest of my life with.I


    won‘t marry anyone else except her.There is no room for negotiation on that matter!"


    I threw back her words into her face.


    "I hope you and Dad can ept Helen and not cause any unnecessary drama."


    When I looked at my mother, I sensed a dark storm cloud hover over her head.She said threateningly,


    "Let me make myself abundantly clear.Young man, as long as I am still alive in the Affleck family, I


    won‘t allow you to marry her."


    I was not at all surprised by her words.


    My mother had been in the Affleck family for more than a decade.Her sense of social hierarchy was so


    deeply ingrained in her bones that her attitude toward Helen would not change overnight.


    So, I came here just to show my attitude.I wanted her to know that I was willing to challenge her


    authority and break her principles too.


    Helen would be my wife and no other.I was sensible enough not to expect them to ept Helen


    immediately.


    They could take their time.


    "Mom, in that case, there is no need for us to discuss this topic any more.You are set in your ways and


    so am I. I refuse to budge.Just one thing.Please stop bothering Helen.And more importantly, whatever


    your agenda regarding the Leeson Holdings project, just get over it."


    I thought about it for a long time, but still couldn‘t fathom out why my mom would introduce Helen to the


    project.It made me feel apprehensive.


    "Did she talk ill about me? What purpose could I possibly have? I introduced a client to her out of


    kindness.Not only was she ungrateful, but she even suspected my motive was not pure! How could you


    believe her words over your own mother? She is trying to make me look bad in your eyes."


    My mother was bitter and spoke of Helen venomously.


    The more she said, the blunter she became.


    "So, in my opinion, girls from poor families are all just gold diggers."


    I couldn‘t bear her humiliation of Helen.I exined to her seriously, "Mom, don‘t speak about my future


    wife like that! Helen is a wonderful soul.She doesn‘t know your identity, nor does she care.She didn‘t


    tell me about this.I stumbled about this truth on my own.I want you to have no contact with her in the


    future.Otherwise, don‘t me me if I break off my rtionship with you."


    Helen was the apple of my eye.I had never entertained a single bad thought about her.


    How could I allow others to bad mouth her? Even my parents were not exempt.


    "What do you mean? You will cut ties with your parents for a woman? What has that vixen done to


    you?" my mother asked incredibly.


    I had anticipated my mother‘s opposition regarding social rank, but I didn‘t expect her to show Helen in


    such a bad light.


    Looking at my mother‘s face pregnant with fury, I realized that I could not talk to her, for she would not


    understand.My parents‘ orthodox views had apanied them in their journey in life.It would not be


    easy to make them see life from a different perspective.It was just hard to teach an old dog new tricks.


    Both of us were very angry with each other when I marched out of the study.


    I went back to New York from Washington, and then drove to Princeton, my mother‘s words echoing in


    my mind all the time.I couldn‘t wait to see Helen and hug her.


    Unfortunately, when I arrived at the hotel, Helen rejected me.She said that it was not yet Wednesday,


    and that she was too busy with her work to spare any time to see me.


    As usual, she stuck to her principles, leaving me high and dry.


    She would always devote herself wholeheartedly to her work and be oblivious of my feelings


    whenever she was busy.She had no idea how consumed I was with worry.