Chapter 229 No Longer Important


    Luke’s gaze unsettled Mandy. She tugged his sleeves and said nervously, "Luke, I really didn''t know


    things woulde to this, I thought...”


    "Enough." Luke''s eyes were icy. "I have nothing more t o say to you."


    "Luke, don''t get mad at me. I know that it''s my fault, I really do..." Mandy pleaded but Luke''s


    expression only grew more distant.


    Madam Ainsley was still shocked by the revtion that Madam Jenkins was the murderer after


    havinge all the way for the hearing as well. But she was instantly upset by how Luke treated


    Mandy.


    She went to them. "Luke! How could you me Mandy for this! She doesn''t know that your mother


    would do something as abominable as killing her own husband. If I have my say, she deserves to be


    imprisoned.”


    Mandy oftenined about Madam Jenkins''s peremptory ways to Madam Ainsley, causing the


    latter’s dissatisfaction. Now that Madam Jenkins was serving her time, she was kind of gloating in it.


    Luke nced at her coldly. "Madam Ainsley, it’s good that you''re here. The Jenkins won''t be able to


    amodate someone so sublime like Mandy. Take her back to the Ainsleys."


    What? Back to the Ainsleys?


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    Madam Ainsley and Mandy were both shocked.


    "Luke, are you chasing me away?" Mandy paled immediately as she cried out shrilly, "I''m not going


    back to the Ainsleys. I''m already married to you. I''m a Jenkins. I''m still bearing your child."


    There were only thickyers of frost in Luke''s eyes. When he looked toward Mandy, there was also


    forbearing hatred. "Child? I''ve never anticipated this child! Go back to the Ainsleys. You can decide


    whether to keep or abort the child. Whatever it is, we’re getting a divorce. I’ll have someone send


    the divorce papers to the Ainsleys."


    Luke turned to leave after that.


    Mandy nched, subconsciously wanting to chase after Luke. However, with the violent mental


    stimtion, her eyes rolled back as she copsed on the spot.


    "Mandy, Mandy!" Madam Ainsley caught the former as she gasped.


    There was a slight pause in Luke''s stride, but he left without turning back in the next instant.


    In the lobby, Luke saw Julian and Susan.


    "Luke." Charlotte got nervous unknowingly.


    "Charlotte, go home first. I still have matters to attend t o!" Luke gritted his teeth as he tookrge


    steps toward Julian and Susan.


    "Susie." Luke stopped Susan.


    Susan was a little dazed looking at Luke.


    It had only been a few hours, but it felt like Luke had transformed into another person. There was no


    more calm warmth in his eyes that used to be there. He exuded cutthroat belligerence now,


    prompting an involuntary sense of difort. 1


    "Are you really not letting my mom go?" Luke stared at Susan.


    Susan was puzzled. "You should ask the legal system. Why are you asking me? I can''t change the


    reality that she’s killed someone."


    Luke bit his lips. "Susie, why have you be this! You weren’t this cruel in the past."


    There was disappointment in Luke''s gaze toward Susan, and a tinge of despair too.


    "Cruel?” Susan was confused.


    What did she do? Why was she called cruel? 2


    "You knew the truth about my dad’s death before the court hearing, right?" Luke gritted his teeth.


    "So everything was set from the beginning of the hearing t 0 the end! You guys sent Jade to Mandy,


    and that’s why she pressed charges so confidently. Things were blown out of proportion before the


    hearing and I thought that Mandy was the one behind it. Now that I think about it, you’re the culprit.


    Your goal was none other than to attract more attention. When the hearing started, your scheme


    began too, until you sent my mother to jail! Susie, when have you be so deceitful and


    maniptive like you are now?" 1


    Luke''s gaze was agonized, as if seeing something of fantasy vanish.


    Looking at him, Susan was bewildered and felt even a little tickled.


    "Susie, let''s go." Julian took a nce at Luke before his arm went to Susan''s waist to leave


    together. There was nothing to talk about with Luke.


    "Wait." Susan put a hand on Julian''s hand and looked calmly at Luke. "Yes, we set this up. But Like,


    all I ultimately want is innocence that should’ve belonged t o me in the first ce! Your mother


    used me of killing your father. Can''t I even prove my own innocence?"


    Luke clenched his jaw. "Yes, my mom used you, but she didn’t send you to prison!"


    Susan actually let a bark ofughter escape.


    "Should I be thanking her for that then?" Her tone picked up on her emotions. "With how much your


    mother loathes me, wouldn''t she send me to jail if she could? It''s just that she couldn''t because I am


    innocent!"


    There was a moment of silence from Luke. "But you were fine anyway..." "I was fine?! So I deserve


    the days being gued by the nightmare of me killing someone, so I deserve all the uncalled for


    rumors and allegations - so I can’t fight back each time your family attacks me with this incident as


    their bargaining chip? Luke Jenkins, I just have one question for you. Why?" Susan''s gaze at Luke


    was of disappointment. "Why should I take these pains that shouldn’t have been mine to take? The


    murderer punished and the innocent imed guiltless - this is justice!"


    Luke was speechless for a long time before he said," Susie, you weren''t like this before..."


    Susan smiled suddenly. "Yes, I wasn''t like this. When I was with you in the past, you asked me to


    endure it when your mother made my life difficult. I put up with it. I thought that it was the right thing


    to do, that it was what I was supposed to do, until..."


    Susan nced at Julian, her gaze turning gentle." Until I met Julian. That''s when I knew I didn''t


    have to live so lowly. Someone would stand on my side unconditionally too, giving all his love and


    trust. Luke, I''ve changed indeed. With the love and pampering I’ve been given, I couldn''t possibly


    make myself suffer anymore. I''m happy with my change. If you can''t ept it, fine, because what


    you think is no longer important to me.”


    "What you think is no longer important to me." A tremor ran through Luke as he stumbled back


    subconsciously. When he broke out of his daze, Julian and Susan were already some distance


    away.


    Luke held his head suddenly, squatting on the floor in anguish.