Chapter 2531


    Under Forrest’s dark gaze, Jessica felt awkward. “ What are you trying to say?”


    “Did you really… resign?” Forrest asked with a hoarse voice.


    “Mm. I’m currently handing over my job to someone else. After two days, I won’t need to go to work


    anymore.”


    Jessica fastened the seat belt. Then, she noticed that the gaze of the man beside her became even


    more unstable. “In the future, you…”


    After pausing for a moment, Forrest pursed his thin lips in annoyance. “Did you actually resign because


    of me?”


    “…”


    At the sight of his distressed look, Jessica somehow found it amusing. Forrest had asked the same


    question numerous times today. “Yeah. After my parents learned about it, they called me over and gave


    me a piece of their mind. Considering my identity, they might think that they should be the ones


    deciding on what kind of man J should marry. They were afraid that I would be deceived because I’m


    the president of Snow Corporation, so I resigned straight away.” Forrest was astounded for quite a


    while. He had probably guessed what her parents said.


    However, he found Jessica’s direct manner unbelievable. “Can you bear to leave Snow Corporation?


    Ever since you graduated, you’ve put a lot of effort into Snow Corporation…”


    “In fact, I prefer freedom to power,” Jessica exined solemnly.


    At that point, Forrest believed everything Ryan had said.


    Jessica snatched the position from Rodney just so she could be with Forrest after she gained freedom.


    Nevertheless, Forrest was not the sort who was expressive when it came to rtionships. Especially


    after he had been single for a long time. He had be a little dull.


    He could only express himself by grasping her hand firmly.


    “What are you doing? My hand hurts,” Jessica suddenly yelled in pain.


    “I’m sorry…” Shocked, Forrest promptly loosened his grasp. “I was thinking about something.”


    “What was it?” She looked at him, her eyes glowing.


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    Forrest’s handsome face was burning. A momentter, he clenched his fist and let out a deep cough.


    “Don’t worry. No matter what you do in the future, I’ll support you.”


    Jessica straightened up and clicked her tongue with her eyes settled on him. “You’re still the same as


    before. You don’t know how to say honeyed words, but you were quite clever at scolding me earlier


    on.”


    “IT misunderstood you earlier.” Forrest was embarrassed.


    Jessica shook her head and denied it. “You didn’t misunderstand me. Back then… I was indeed selfish.


    Despite knowing that we couldn’t really get together, I chose to be ina rtionship with you. I promised


    to meet your parents after I went back to the country, yet I stood you up. I even said that you were


    undeserving of me in order to force you to give up on our rtionship. Although I knew that you were


    arrogant, I made those hurtful remarks to ruin your self-esteem.”


    After Forrest listened to what she said, he kept quiet for some time before he asked, “Can you tell me


    what was actually on your mind when you said you wanted to break up with me back then? I want to


    know the answer. You owe me the truth.”


    All of a sudden, silence descended on the car. Jessica’s eyes twitched. She turned around and stared


    at him. The corners of her eyes reddened in spite of herself. “We were too young. No matter how hard


    we tried to be together, both our families wouldn’t ept it. You would have to go back to Melbourne to


    inherit your family’s business, whereas I would have to return to Canberra to help stabilize my dad’s


    company. I also had to help my uncle secure the position of prime minister, so I couldn’t help but do


    that to you. Since I was young, my uncle’s family has treated me very well. The Snow family was the


    one who brought me into this world and provided me with food and everything else. If I turned against


    the Snow family, they might harm your family if things got worse.”


    Forrest grasped the point and nodded firmly.


    His eyes were slightly burning. After so many years, he finally learned the truth. “Why didn’t you tell me


    the truth, then? If you had, I wouldn’t have hated you and misunderstood you.”


    “Forrest, if you knew that I broke up with you because of external factors, you definitely wouldn’t let go


    of our rtionship considering your stubbornness. You would look for my parents or give up your family


    business. If things got worse and the matter involving us was exposed to the Churchill family and the


    Snow family, your life would be at stake. That’s not what I want to happen. I just hoped that you could


    live the way I had described earlier.”


    Jessica said with a forced smile, “At that time, I really hoped that you could forget me and start afresh


    with another woman in Melbourne. Butter, I learned that… you had always been single wee ”


    Forrest thought for a moment. Even if he had previously known that Jessica loved him, he would not


    have been able to stop her from breaking up with him.