Chapter 939


    Agnes knew that getting Berlin back behind bars was going to be tough. With no new evidence to be found, Laura had been


    sentenced to life without parole, taking the fall for everything.


    But Agnes wasn''t one to throw in the towel.


    “May the best woman win," Agnes said with a steely resolve.


    Valeria weighed in, "The mess with my dad, | didn''t want to drag Jared into it. He was in the dark about it. Sure, he introduced


    me to Mr. Mansfield, but he had no clue it was to deal with my father''s case. At the end of the day, he was an outsider. He only


    found out after my father was released."


    Agnes took a moment, letting the silence hang between them.


    She chuckled, a wry smile crossing her face. "You don’t need to cover for him. The fact remains that he knew and he didn''t tell


    me.


    "Jared has his own stance and thoughts on the matter. If you broke up with him over this, then you are not giving credit to how


    much Jared cares for you."


    Agnes had pondered thister on.


    What really bothered her wasn''t exactly that. It was the closeness between Jared and Valeria, the kind that usually belonged only


    between couples or spouses.


    Agnes felt it was toote for regrets.


    "Ms. Thomas, if | may be so bold, is your rtionship with him really just professional?" Agnes probed.


    Valeria held her gaze steady on Agnes.


    After what seemed like an eternity, she finally said, "Ms. Pritchard, I''ll be honest with you, | love him. | love him more than


    anything, much more than you do.”


    This wasn''t a surprise to Agnes.


    Women have their intuitions, after all.


    No woman would gamble her whole life on a business deal.


    But she would use that deal as a front to stage a real romance and secure her marriage.


    That was Valeria''s ybook.


    She had almost gotten engaged to Jared once.


    He had exined it to Agnes—it was all for their vineyard business in France.


    But men often oversimplify these things.


    Valeria''s feelings were either love, or profound love.


    Agnes smirked, "Then why not tell him? Why keep exining your rtionship to me on his behalf, afraid I''d get the wrong


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    "Because my love is different from


    yours, Ms. Pritchard. | love Jared, and


    | want him to find the heppinesshe|


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    u dncoaie, as long as he''s happy. |


    know his heart belongs only to you,


    so I''m willing to step aside. | stay


    silent to avoid burdening him with my


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    Agnesughed, "That''s noble of you, but it''s a kind of nobility | can''t understand."


    Perhaps such selfless and noble love did exist in the world.


    But Agnes considered herself an ordinary person. To love was to care, to be greedy, to crave for more attention. Which was why


    she and Jared were always at loggerheads.


    Maybe she just wasn''t as enlightened.


    Valeria spoke again, "However, | feel


    it''s unfair to Jared. He''s pesledeyeued


    to you fro theygtant, Gis


    Pris keeps taking his love for


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    "| have a question for Ms. Thomas,"


    Agnes asked pointedly. "If you tr


    wanted Jared ehmpetbide happy


    tate step down from your


    COO position at the Thomas Group


    to be a marketing manager at


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    Valeria''s response from back then still echoed clearly in Agnes'' mind.