Jared was both amused and annoyed by her reply. He said, “How can you possibly embarrass yourself


    in my presence? This is part of your job, so you have to go with me.”


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    Ellen blinked her eyes before asking for confirmation, “Do I really have to go with you?” “Yes, you have


    to,” Jared asserted in an authoritative tone.


    Ellen nodded. Mustering up her courage, she replied, “Okay, I’ll go with you.” At the end of the dinner,


    Jared drove her home, telling her on the way to go to bed early and be careful while living alone.


    Ellen got out of his car after they arrived downstairs outside her neighborhood. She said with a wave of


    her hand, “Drive safely on your way home.”


    Jared told her to enter the neighborhood first. After she had safely entered the neighborhood, he finally


    made a U-turn and left.


    When Ellen returned home and saw how clean and cozy it looked after being tidied, she couldn’t help


    curling her lips into a smile. Recalling how the man even helped her make the bed, she felt both


    embarrassed and warm at the same time.


    Just then, her cell phone rang. Who would call me at such ate hour? she wondered. She picked up


    the phone, only to see that it was a phone call from Olivia. Her heart clenched. Don’t tell me she’s


    gonna give me a dressing- down! Knowing that she couldn’t escape from being chastised, she braced


    herself and answered the phone. “Hi, Aunt Olivia”


    “Ellen, all Lena did was break that lousy thing of yours to pieces, no? How dare you hit her and pull her


    by the hair for that? Don’t you have the slightest respect for her? She’s your cousin!” Olivia yelled


    angrily in a reproving tone of voice. Moreover, she even put the me on Ellen without listening to her


    side of the story.


    Before Ellen could answer, she warned her, “I’m telling you, Ellen, if you darey a hand on Lena


    again, I won’t let you get away with it! I was kind enough to keep you and your brother back then, but


    little did I think you’d grow up to be such an ingrate! I really regret it!”


    Seeing how Olivia talked about her kindness in fostering her and her brother, Ellen had no choice but to


    reply, “Aunt Olivia, I admit that what happened was partly my fault, but it wasn’t my fault alone. Selena


    was in the wrong, too.”


    Olivia replied, “Ellen, Lena has told me everything. You’ve got Young Master Jared at. your back, so


    you’re turning your nose up at everyone right now, huh? Did you ever think about who was the one that


    got you into the Presgrave Group? It was your uncle who pulled


    strings to get you into thepany, remember? If it weren’t for our family, you’d probably be working


    as a waiter in some obscure ce now! How ungrateful!” She let out a sneer. “Don’t you worry that


    you’ll get youreuppance for that?”


    After she finished her speech, Selena snatched the phone from her, saying, “Mom, let me talk to her.”


    She then said to the other end of the line, “Ellen, I want you to apologize to me.”


    Hearing that it was Selena, Ellen bit her lip, saying, “I won’t apologize to you.”


    “It was thanks to my dad that you got into the Presgrave Group. If not for my dad, you wouldn’t have


    gotten to know President Presgrave. Without my dad, your resettlementpensation would’ve been


    taken by others long ago. Ellen, as long as you apologize to me, I can forget about this.” Selena just


    wanted to see Ellen bow down to her.


    “That’s a different matter, Selena. What about my wound?”


    Selena replied haughtily. “That little wound of yours is nothing. Also, how much is that thing. of yours?


    I’ll pay you for that, but you have to apologize to me.”


    “I won’t apologize to you,” Ellen said stubbornly.


    Selena threatened, “You… Fine, don’te to my ce anymore. My parents won’t look after you


    anymore either. From now on, you’re on your own!” The words on your own pricked Ellen’s heart.


    Just then, Olivia took the phone back from Selena. “Ellen, your parents died early, so we fostered you


    and your brother out of pity. Now that you’ve grown up, you don’t obey us anymore. Not only are you


    unfilial to us, but you even hit my daughter. Who would dare to marry an ungratefuldy like you in the


    future? Your husband’s family will kick you out if they learn about this.”


    These words didn’t sound unpleasant to the ear, but they were as hurtful as a curse.


    Olivia then threatened, “I’m telling you, don’t seek us for help in the future when you need your elders


    to back you up. We don’t have such a heartless niece. Either you apologize to my daughter, or we’ll


    sever our rtions with you.”


    Ellen’s heart twinged; she felt an overwhelming. pressure weighing down on her.