Chapter 294


    Evander helped Olivine to the couch. He stared at her, asking, “What happened?”


    Olivine held his arm and put on a puppy pout. With a sad, broken voice, she responded. “I did nothing,


    Evander. Trust me. I couldn''t help you guys since I couldn''t cook, so I cut up some fruits for the boy.


    However, he tossed them away and shoved me to the table.”


    Angelineughed mirthlessly. Boy. she''s getting better at making up stories.


    “As if,” she interjected adamantly. “Sebastian''s a quiet boy to start with, and he''s harmless. Also, he''s a


    good kid. He never threw any tantrums. Yet you say he tossed fruits around the room and shoved you,


    an adult, into a table?”


    As if shocked, Olivine quickly huddled closer to Evander. Sarcastically, she said, “So you''re saying I''m


    using a child for no reason? Oh no, I have a reason. Yes, they aren''t grown up enough toe up


    with plots or schemes, but their parents? That I can''t say for sure.”


    “Oh, please. You''re not even worth my time.” A wave of fury swam within Angeline''s voice. She took a


    step forward and demanded. “Even if you wish to use me, you''d need proof. Or else I reserve the


    right to sue you for nder.”


    Olivine was no match for an aggressive Angeline, so she turned to Evander and cried again. “You have


    to believe me, Evander. I wouldn''t have hurt myself, so someone else must have done it. And the child


    is... different to begin with. Who knows what he would do?”


    Incensed and furious, Angeline felt like biting Olivine''s head off. but Evander remained calm. He


    listened to Olivine''s lies, but not once did he even spare her a look.


    Angeline pursed her lips—pale as paper—and stayed silent for a moment. Then, beset by frustration


    and a desire to know, she asked, “Do you believe her?” she said, almost in a whisper. It sounded like


    she didn''t have confidence.


    Evander frowned. He noticed the look in her eyes. The look of determination and sadness mingled


    together. Subsequently, he felt something squeezing his heart.


    Noticing Evander''s look. Olivine panicked and touched her leg. Then she moaned. “Ow...”


    That snapped Evander out of it, and he rposed himself. “You should get that treated at the


    lounge,” he said. Then Evander picked her up from the couch.


    “Thank you, Evander.” Olivine leaned on him, her eyes twinkling with bliss. Then, she limped behind


    him.


    They''re leaving? Angeline was disappointed, especially at Evander. seeing how he chose to solve


    matters. She felt like her whole world was spinning. He didn''t even ask for our side of the stoiy.


    She protested, “Are you going to take her away just like that, Mr. Golding?” Angry and disheartened,


    she grumbled, “I would''ve let it slide if she had juste at me, but she went after my child. I''m sorry,


    but I cannot let that slide.”


    “Angeline!” Evander shot her a look of disapproval. “Stop throwing a tantrum. Grow up.”


    He thinks I''m throwing a tantrum? She was hurt by his remark once again. Angeline looked up at the


    ceiling and held her sadness down by force. So that''s what he thinks of me.


    “I am not throwing a tantrum. All I''m asking for is an exnation.” Angeline stayedposed as best


    she could, and she stared right into Evander''s eyes. “I will not allow anyone to use my child of


    something he didn''t do.”


    The air itself seemed to freeze, and everything was plunged into a pit of awkwardness. Angeline wasn''t


    someone this petty, but this time, she would not back off. Part of it was for her son, and part of it was


    because she wanted to know what Evander would really do. She wanted to know if he would pick her


    side over his fiancee''s. Sadly, she had an answer, but Angeline refused to face the truth. She was


    holding on to a sliver of hope that he still cared.


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    “Your son injured me. Angeline. I''m already letting it slide, so can''t you do the same?” Olivine''s eyes


    glistened, and she put on another victim act. “He''s already tiled from all the work he has to do. Can you


    stop bothering him with your personal problems?”


    The audacity. It was brazen of Olivine to speak so boldly of Angeline''s actions and even bolder of her to


    even use Angeline of being unreasonable when Angeline had the right to demand an exnation.


    “Hey, Ms. Sherrock. Honesty is the best policy, didn''t you hear? Stop the lies.” An angry Floretta came


    in and berated Olivine, “You said you''d take care of Sebastian. He was fine with me, so why would he


    attack you?”


    The girl tilted her head and blinked innocently. Then she feigned surprise. “Oh, and not even I could


    push that table, and you im Sebastian pushed it down on you? I didn''t know he was Superman.”


    Angeline was touched that the girl would speak up for her. and she teared up. It''s like she knows what


    I''m thinking. What a joke. I have to rely on a child to save me. Worried that Floretta might face further


    abuse after this, Angeline pulled the girl into her embrace. “All right, that''s enough. Floretta.”


    “No it''s not. She''s lying. I''m not scared of her!”


    Floretta spoke of the truth in a jovial, almost joking manner, but she pointed out the gist of the situation.


    Angeline gave her a look of praise. She''s smart. After all, she''s her father''s child, so she would inherit


    his intelligence.


    “I...” Olivine frowned. Getting exposed by the girl made her panic, but she held it down and forced a


    smile. “Sweetie, you don''t know that woman''s true colors. If she''s really nice to you, she wnuld''vee


    to you a long time ago.”


    “Shut up!” Floretta screamed like a banshee. Nobody talks like that about Angel.