Chapter 356
"What? Do you remember who that man is?"
Xenia knew that Coralie must have remembered when she muttered those words.
"Well, I met this man in a smallpany. He worked as a security guard there." Coralie briefly told
Xenia about the man. "At that time, the front desk said that this man knew Valerie, but I didn''t believe
it... I hadn''t expected it to actually be true..." Coralie trailed off.
"That''s right. Not only do they know each other, but I''m sure that something fishy is going on," Xenia
added on..
Xenia and Coralie had thought of the same idea, but Xenia was more direct and voiced out her
spections.
After all, Valerie was the daughter of the Rae family, a wealthy family. However, she was apanying
someone like that man to buy clothes, and even allowing him to take advantage of her. There must be
something going on.
However, Coralie felt that it had nothing to do with her.
Valerie and Finley went to pay the bill. Finley questioned, "Just a suit? What about the leather shoes
and watch?"
"I''m warning you, don''t go too far!"
Valerie replied impatiently. These days, Finley had been threatening to expose Valerie for her
wrongdoings, so she had been forced to be patient with him over and over again.
Although Valerie had warned him like this, Finley was not angry or scared. Instead, asked, "Valerie,
were those two women your friends? I think they look pretty. Introduce one to me, please?"
Upon hearing Finley''s words, Valerie immediately stopped and stared angrily at him. She asked,
"Finley, do you know who one of them is?"
"Who is it?"
Finley was still as nonchnt as before.
"It was..." She trailed off.
Valerie had wanted to tell Finley that Coralie was the daughter of the Chariott family. She was the
daughter of the man whom Valerie had escaped from justice ofw when she knocked him over, but
she shut up the moment she opened her mouth.
She knew that she couldn''t tell Finley about this. Otherwise, Finley would have another reason to
threaten her.
"What is it?" He pressed on.
"One of them is my high school ssmate."
Valerie couldn''t say anything about Coralie, so shemented on Xenia instead.
"Oh. That''s fine then. Introduce her to me so that she''ll spend a night with me," Finley said.
"She is the granddaughter of the Lowell family in A City, a wealthy heiress. Do you think she would
bother to waste her time with you?" Valerie squinted at Finley and said, "Didn''t I just spend money to
find a woman for you a few days ago?"
"That wasn''t good. How can youpare her to this kind of person? That kind of feeling doesn''t feel
good," Finley said, and looked at Valerie with greedy eyes, "Do you want me to satisfy you?"
"Get out of my way!" Valerie pushed Finley away in disgust and said, "Don''t push my buttons. If you
push it too much, I will make sure that you go back into prison again."
"Sure. Once I get in, I''ll tell everyone what you asked me to do back then," came Finley''s reply.
Finley had nothing to fear. He was using this one reason to threaten Valerie over and over again.
As for Valerie, she had asked Finley to cover up her mistakes, so she couldn''t do anything to him.
She helped Finley to buy the clothes and sent him back to thepany''s dormitory. When she came
out, she received a call from Jasper.
"Jasper," she greeted.
"Where are you now?" Jasper asked.
"I..." Valerie had lied to Jasper saying that Finley was her friend''s brother, so she could tell him that she
had been apanying Finley to buy clothes. Thus, she replied, "I just went to the shopping mall to
buy something."
"Who did you go with?" Jasper continued.
"With friends."
Valerie lied.
What she did not know was that Jasper hade to A City for a business trip from B City today. In
order to give Valerie a surprise, he had already gone to herpany to look for her. After learning that
she was going to the shopping mall, he then went there as well.
Originally, his n was to help Valerie pay the bill as a gift, but he did not expect to receive a bigger
"surprise1''.
No matter how stupid he was, he could tell that there was something more going on between Valerie
and Finley.
"Well, I''m in A City. Where are you? I''ll pick you up," Jasper said.
"There''s no need. Let''s meet at the restaurant."
Valerie did not know where he was, so she couldn''t make an appointment just anywhere.
"Sure."
Jasper was actually not very far away from Valerie, watching her sit in the car as she answered the
phone.
Because of Amenda, the rtionship between Jasper and Valerie had always been ambiguous; they
were neither friends nor lovers. Jasper knew that he had no rights to involve himself in Valerie''s
business, but how could he just take it when he had seen her going out with someone like Finley?
When they arrived at the restaurant, it was Valerie who had arrived first, and Jasperter.
In the restaurant, Jasper looked at Valerie and was unable to hold back his curiosity, so he asked,
"What''s the rtionship between you and Finley?" "We... don''t have one. There is nothing going on
between us," she answered meekly.
Valerie shook her head. There was no way for her to exin the rtionship between herself and
Finley.
Jasper had a good temper, but he could not tolerate anyone lying to him. He looked at Valerie and said,
"You apanied Finley to buy clothes. I saw you. What is the rtionship between the both of you?"
Hearing what he said, Valerie''s face immediately fell. She, who had always been calm and collected,
could not control her outburst and said, "Why should I tell you? Who are you to me? Are you qualified
to ask me?"
"I..." Jasper was at a loss for words.
He had not expected Valerie to be so agitated.
After she finished, Valerie realized that she had lost herposure and apologized in a hurry. "I''m
sorry, I''m sorry."
Her tears fell as she apologized.
"Valerie, although my mother does not approve of us getting married, you know that I''m always thinking
about you. If you really have something on your mind, just say it. Don''t keep it in your heart alone."
Jasper watched as Valerie cried and his heart felt as if it had been hit. He felt extremely sad for her.
Valerie was already upset because the ghosts of her past were haunting her. It was so overwhelming
that she couldn''t hold back her tears any longer.
However, when she heard what Jasper said, she had a n in her mind.
"Jasper, let''s find a ce after dinner and I tell you everything, okay?" Valerie said.
She couldn''t tell him such things in such a ce.
"Alright," Jasper agreed.
Jasper looked at the woman in front of him crying and told himself that she must have had her own
difficulties. At this moment, not only did he forgive Valerie in his heart, but he also loved her even more.
After dinner, Jasper brought Valerie to the most luxurious hotel in A City and got themselves a private
room.
Sitting on the sofa and nestling in the arms of Jasper, Valerie said slowly, "Jasper, actually, I have done
something terrible. Ten years ago, my mother was driving a car and identally knocked over
someone. She ran away in a moment of fear. At that time, I didn''t know about it. My mother had told me
about it."
"And then?"
Jasper immediately understood what was going on. He knew that it was probably a hit-and-run.
"Because I loved my mother, I wanted to help take her ce so that she would not go to prison. But
would find trouble with my mother after he got out of prison. So I told Finley that I was the one who hit
the person."
At this point, even if she didn''t continue, it was already clear what happened after.
However, one thing that Valerie had lied to Jasper was that she was the one who had knocked over
Coralie''s father. At that time, she was drunk and had knocked into him. After that, she was so afraid
that she ran away.
In order to gain Jasper''s sympathy, Valerie had said that it was Amelia''s fault. She was only
entertaining Finley because she was trying to protect her mother from him.
Such a small change in her story meant that she would once again be the kind woman in Jasper''s
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