Chapter 8 Engagement Party


    While at the same time, at the Dawson’s.


    The living room was filled with people, and everyone of the family was there – her grandmother, ra,


    her father, Philip, her stepmother, Aleena, the sister of Shawn, Katie, and a few good friends of Jessica.


    Jessica and Shawn were sitting on the sofa to the side, and the atmosphere were slightly gloomy.


    “If you ask me, Jessica, I would say you are just too weak. You and my brother love each other, how


    dare she do such a thing to you? She knew how sensitive your rtionship is and she called the cop. I


    think she just wanted to ruin you.”


    “Katie is right. She just broke up with Shawn and immediately hooked up with another man in the bar.


    She’s not some decent woman.”


    “Jessica, she did all these just because you are a public figure. Now everyone is talking about you


    online. They say you seduced Shawn and was caught by his fiancée. They even say you took drugs.


    What a nonsense! You need to do something to solve the problem.”


    “Yeah, what a vicious woman she is. You cannot just let her be!”


    Jessica cast a pitiful nce at the ra sitting at the head of the table and easily put up a fragile and


    sorrowful look on her snow-white face.


    “What can I do? How can I fight against my own sister if she insists? We are a family, after all. I don’t


    want to make it difficult for my father and mother.”


    Hearing what she said, ra cast an approving nce at her.


    However, Philip growled in anger. “Why is it difficult for me? You treat her as your sister, but you ask


    her, does she ever think of you as her sister?”


    “Uncle Dawson, it’s not her fault. After all, it’s me…”


    Shawn knitted his eyebrows and said calmly.


    Jessica hurriedly said, “No, it’s all my fault. If I did not fall in love with Shawn, she would not…”


    “Jessica, it’s not what I mean.”


    Shawn stopped her and said in a grim tone, “I just wish that we have told her everything earlier. I


    should not wait that long just because I do not want to hurt her. All the grievance you have suffered


    today is because I did not handle it well.”


    Jessica felt moved and stared at him gratefully, “Shawn…”


    “Ahem!”


    With a light cough, ra looked at Shawn with a slight smile on her face.


    “Shawn, now that things have alreadye to this point, and you have seen what those people say on


    the inte, we can not just cover it up anymore. What do you think we should do to solve the


    problem?”


    The expression of Shawn turned gloomy, and Jessica clenched her hands secretly, looking somewhat


    nervous.


    “Don’t worried, Mrs. Dawson. I would never just watch Jessica suffer. I would prepare a statement


    when I go back and announce my rtionship with Jessica.”


    Pleasure was obvious on ra’s face.


    “But everyone knows that you have an engagement. Would they buy it?”


    Shawn held her hand and exined, “They just know I have an engagement but not a lot of people


    know who my fiancée is. I just need to tell them you are my fiancée and that’s it. They won’t have


    anything to say then.”


    Only then did Jessica show a touch of joy on her face.


    But the next second, she frowned again.


    “But Natalia…”


    “Don’t you worry about that. I will talk to her.”


    ra said with the proud authority her position in this family had given her.


    “And you don’t need to announce it online, lest some unnecessary problems woulde up again. The


    day after tomorrow would be Jessica’s birthday. We can invite some reporters and make an


    announcement then and there.”


    Shawn nodded, “Alright, then that’s it.”


    “But you should talk to your parents. It’s your marriage. You should at least talk to them.”


    “Don’t worry. They have agreed. My parents also like Jessica a lot.”


    “That’s great.” ra’s face finally showed a touch of relief. “Perhaps you can stay and have a lunch


    with us?”


    “No need, Mrs. Dawson. I still have some businesses to attend to in thepany. We will visit you


    again.”


    “Right, you are a sessful business man. If that’s the case, then don’t let me stop you.”


    ra turned to Jessica, who was sitting right next to her, “Jessica, why don’t you send Shawn off?”


    Jessica stood up obediently, “Yes, Grandma.”


    It was only after both of them had left the house that ra’s face darkened.


    Her smile was gone, and she looked at Philip, who was sitting to her left, with a fierce gaze, and said in


    a grim tone, “Call your cold-hearted daughter. Ask her toe back tonight.”


    Philip said in a hurry, “Yes, mother.”


    …


    Natalia hung up the phone when she was done with the man over the phone.


    Unexpectedly, the phone rang again.


    Watching the name on the screen, she was slightly stunned, and her eyebrows was knitted


    subconsciously.


    Even her appetite disappeared in an instant.


    She answered it in the end, and her tone was cold, “Dad.”


    “So you know I’m your dad!”


    Philip’s thundering voice came over from the phone and she could not help but put the phone slightly


    away from her ear.


    In the end, she just put the phone on the desk and turned on the speaker instead.


    “What do you want?”


    “When did youe back to the country.”


    She sighed silently, and said lightly, “Why do you ask?”


    “Why? You should have told me before you came back. Do you still think I’m your father? Are we still


    your family?”


    Hearing this, she raised the corner of her mouth in mockery, “Mr. Dawson, if I remember correctly, I did


    call you when I just returned.”


    The other end of the phone went silent.


    After a while, Philip said, in a questioning tone, “When did you call? Howe I don’t remember?”


    Natalia felt hopeless.


    She did know, since the day when Jessica returned home, Philip had not paid much attention to her.


    But it still surprised her when she found herselfpletely ignored. He could not even remember she


    ever called him.


    It almost chuckled her when he asked her why she did not let him know after she came back.


    Apparently, Philip also realized his mistake, and he sound a little embarrassed.


    “Alright, thepany has been expanding its business these two years, and I have been too busy.


    Maybe I just forgot. I am your father, you should understand this. Since you havee back, why don’t


    youe home these days? What’s the matter with you!”


    Natalia did not want to waste any more time debating nonsense with him, and asked coldly, “What do


    you want exactly?”


    “I…” Philip was enraged by her cold tone, but finally suppressed his anger thinking of her temper.


    Instead, he said inly, “Your grandma asked you toe back for dinner tonight.”


    “I won’t go.”


    “Nonsense.” He growled, “We are still a family. What’s wrong with having a dinner with us. Do you even


    need me toe to you and get you an invitation?”


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    Natalia just sneered, “You never think about me even when there’s a holiday. Now, all of a sudden, you


    ask me to have a dinner. I am afraid I might be poisoned instead!”