Chapter 261


    "Sabrina, when will your father visit A city?" Norton''s voice was soft and gentle as he asked.


    "He will definitely attend the New Year banquet," Sabrina replied shyly.


    "Oh." After Norton responded curtly, no words were further exchanged as he lowered his head in an


    attempt to kiss her again.


    Norton was indeed asking about General Delia again. What was this guy up to?


    "Ehem," Jenna cleared her throat deliberately.


    The two darted away from each other frantically with a flustered expression on their faces.


    "Jenna, you''re back from the hospital." As Sabrina saw Jenna standing in front of her, her face


    flushed in crimson. She felt very embarrassed as she tidied her disheveled hair with her hand and


    asked awkwardly.


    Norton looked even more embarrassed than her.


    "Yeah." Smiling, Jenna nodded as she said jokingly, "Tsk, what a loving couple."


    "Jenna, stop making fun of me. By the way, is Uncle Richards feeling better?" Sabrina scurried


    towards her, hugging her arm as she asked caringly.


    Jenna opened her mouth and just as she was about to speak, she felt an inexplicable gaze staring


    at her. Right as she raised her head, she saw Norton looking at her eagerly as if he wanted to know


    as well. Jenna''s heart twitched and she shut her mouth instantly.


    "Jenna, Uncle Richards is slowly recovering, right? We are all wishing for him to be able to stand up


    once again." Noticing that Jenna stopped talking, Norton asked with concern.


    Jenna forced out a slight smile with her typical calm expression. She then shook her head and


    heaved a sigh as she said, "Uncle Richards'' disease is incurable and everything''s just the same. It''s


    hard to say whether things have be better or not anyway."


    "That''s so pitiful. It''s really sad to see how the once prestigious Uncle Richards had be like this


    overnight," Sabrina sighed as she said regretfully. "Jenna, I believe that you''re exhausted. Let''s go


    home."


    Jenna moved away from her grip as she said softly, "Sabrina, how about you go back first? I have


    something to ask Norton. Don''t worry, it will only take a short time."


    "Is that so? I''ll leave first then. I''ll be waiting for you upstairs, Jenna." Sabrina smiled warmly as she


    walked away from them in light steps.


    Norton stared at her as her figure gradually became further from them with glimmer in his eyes.


    "Jenna, anything I could help you with? Well, you just came back from the hospital, right?" After


    retracting his gaze, Norton asked awkwardly.


    "Norton, do you still remember what I said to youst time?" After Sabrina left, Jenna''s smile


    disappeared as she asked coldly.


    "What is it?" Norton pretended not to understand.


    "Norton, can you at least be a man with some conscience and morality? Sabrina is pure; she would


    not stand being tricked by you. Stop hurting an innocent girl so casually, would you?" Seeing that


    Norton feigned innocence, Jenna condemned him almost disappointedly. "I don''t know what your


    purpose for approaching her was, but I will never allow you to hurt her."


    Hearing Jenna''s harsh and stern words, Norton had to face Jenna''s questioning seriously.


    With a troubled expression, he gulped. Soon, he said gravely, "Jenna, I''d never thought about


    hurting her. I am beingpletely serious about this. After the prison incident, I figured it out and


    now, I just want to find a good pair to get married, have children, and live a in and peaceful life.


    Sabrina is a nice girl and I truly want to marry her."


    As Norton gazed at the glimmering lights from afar, an unquenchable desire was evident in his


    eyes. It was an expression filled with yearning for good things out of human nature.


    Jenna''s eyebrows furrowed as she looked at him quizzically.


    "Do you love her then?" she frowned and asked.


    "Love?" Nortonughed suddenly. "That''s silly of you, Jenna. How many couples in this world


    actually got married out of love? Love is the least needed in this world; it''s everywhere. However,


    from the bottom of my heart, I want to marry her."


    Norton smiled nonchntly as he said this.


    "Norton, you are such a shameless man. You really tried to toy with Sabrina''s feelings and to my


    surprise, it was out of such an absurd and glorified excuse. You''re worse than a beast." Jenna''s


    eyes looked like they were about to spit out fire as she gritted his teeth and yelled at him.


    "Enough." The smile on Norton''s face disappeared as his voice became cold. He stared at Jenna


    cold- heartedly as he said, "Jenna, you are too naive. It''s really a wonder how you still contained


    such innocence after going through so much in life. Let me make it clear: I am not toying with her


    feelings and I sincerely want to marry her. I''ll give her a legitimate status and I will be with her in my


    entire life while she will give birth to my children. We''ll live normally like how every other couple in


    this world does. What''s wrong with treating a woman like this?"


    Was this his reason? Did he want to marry her just to achieve some purpose and not out of love


    instead?


    "Fine, allow me to ask you, can you give her happiness?" Jenna''s face was stoic but her arising


    anger was evident. If a man couldn''t give a woman happiness, why even mention marriage? This


    was too childish.


    "Happiness? Do you even understand what it is?" Norton tossed the question right back at her.


    "Well..." Jenna was at a loss of words for a moment.


    "Nheless, a woman''s happiness is definitely not what you think it is. Do you actually think you''re


    treating her nicely? Do you even know what a woman really needs?" She came back to her senses


    after a brief moment as she questioned again angrily.


    Seeing how she was interrogating him in rage, Norton suddenlyughed.


    "Jenna, take a look at yourself. Who do you think you are now? You''re just a divorced woman, the


    outsiders still think that you are stubbornly staying here to fight against the other woman just


    because you yearned for your in-w''s wealth too much. This is the result your so-called love


    brought you. Was this the good treatment you wished for? Do you really feel that this was the love


    you tried to pursue?"


    Although Norton''s persistent questioning was harsh, it revealed a cruel reality. She, a woman who


    pursued love, was actually a failure.


    Her face turned pale as her body staggered. She couldn''t make herself to say a single word


    anymore as she bit her lips tightly. The bitterness deep in her heart was exposed as she felt


    bloodied by Norton''s words.


    "Jenna, it''s really surprising how stubborn you are, considering the fact that you''ve been hurt so


    many times. I have warned you but since you never listen, let''s just wait for the day that you''ll be


    kicked out Richards Manor by Aria," Norton said with a sneer as he ced his hands into his


    pockets. With a look of sarcasm and disdain, he continued, "In fact, I loved you so much and I didn''t


    want to see you sad. However, nothing can be helped since you didn''t want to ept my love."


    Norton shrugged with a helpless expression on his face.


    Jenna was so irritated by his words that she felt like throwing up. She couldn''t believe that he had


    the audacity to say things like this.


    "Norton," she growled deeply with a cold expression that could send shivers down the spine. "Are


    you even worthy of saying the word ''love''? You have never ever truly loved someone, how would


    you even know what love is? Even when it came to your fiancee, you only tried to use her and toy


    with her feelings. How selfish of a person are you to only think of yourself! How could a person like


    you even understand what love is? You aren''t even worthy enough to say the word itself. Sorry to


    break it to you but even I myself feel embarrassed for you when I hear you saying words like ''love''.


    If you did have even a slight bit of love deep in you, would you be so blinded by greed that you''d


    plot murder against my dad? Would you team up with others just to harm me?"


    Jenna''s eyebrows scrunched up with a cold expression on her face. Her gaze was so terrifying that


    it looked like it could kill as she red at him.


    Fear and horror shed across Norton''s face. Javon''s case had be a nightmare in him. Even


    with the mere thought of it, he would wake up abruptly in the middle of the night as he trembled out


    of fear.


    His face was pale and expressionless as he lowered his head and turned around to leave.


    "Norton, I would like to ask you something. In the interrogation room that day, you mentioned that


    ''those people'' would not let me off the hook easily. Who were you actually referring to? Is it Aria?


    How did you know about that? What else do you know?" Jenna didn''t intend to let him go so easily


    as she yelled at him and questioned sternly.


    "No, I don''t know anything. Those were just my spections." Norton froze in ce. He said slowly


    after pausing for a brief moment.


    "No, you do know something," Jenna said affirmatively. "We were all ssmates in college. You


    shared a close rtionship with Aria, I even saw you two together several times."


    "We were just mere ssmates and we were never on the same team." Right as Jenna mentioned


    Aria, panic arose in Norton''s heart and he quickly denied it.


    "What do you mean by being on the same team?" Jenna asked purposely. "Perhaps, have both of


    you actually done something unpleasant together?"


    "Never." Realizing that he had unconsciously spilled the beans, Norton hurriedly changed his


    remark. "We were just ssmates and you should know that I had always hated her."


    "Oh, really? I hope so." Jenna scrutinized his expression as she said coldly, "Norton, allow me to


    warn you once again. If you still insist on using Sabrina and ying with her feelings, I won''t let you


    off the hook so easily."


    At that moment, Norton was very flustered and he didn''t feel like staying there anymore. He turned


    around quickly and fled away from the scene.


    As she watched him gradually leave her sight, Jenna narrowed her eyes.


    Right at that moment, her phone rang. She held it up and to her surprise, it was Aria who was


    calling.


    Her heart immediately sank.


    "Hello," she answered the phone with a dark expression as she spoke solemnly.


    "Jenna, it''s me." Aria said as she chuckled devilishly on the phone, her voice crisp and clear.


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    "What''s the matter?" Jenna responded stoically.


    ''"What''s the matter''?" Aria scoffed as she said coldly, "Jenna, could you have possibly forgotten


    what I would look for you about?"


    Jenna clenched her phone tightly while she trembled, unable to say a single word for a long


    moment.


    "Perhaps, are you regretting it now? Or are you unable to leave Hansen at all?" Failing to get a


    reply from her, Aria''s tone became more aggressive as she questioned her sharply.


    "No. The time isn''t even up yet, right?" she said guiltily.


    "The time isn''t up? It''s already the eighth day today. He didn''t answer my calls and he didn''t visit me


    in the ward even once. With such treatment I get from him, are you still trying to convince me that


    he had changed his mind and had agreed to marry me?" Aria retorted with a sneer.


    "Well... You know his personality well. Things like this can''t be rushed," Jenna said dejectedly.