Summer wiped away a tear from the corner of virtual-novel.net eye and sobbed. “Can you at least tell us why? Even if you don’t want to be together, you can still keep working at the company. It’s fine… You’re like a daughter to me.” At this point, something hit her. “Are you angry at me? I’m aware of the issue between Lynn and Jackson. I let Lynn into the house to provoke Jackson into bringing you back to the house to visit me and the sad old man. I was only acting, I’ve already sent Lynn away…”
Tiffany shook virtual-novel.net head. “That’s not it… It has nothing to do with you.”
Summer’s eyes brimmed with tears. “Then why? I couldn’t seem to call you, and I was completely stupefied when I saw your message. I went to see Jackson, but he’s been holed up in that villa in White Water Bay, like you, as if he’s lost his soul. I talked to virtual-novel.net for nearly half the day, yet virtual-novel.net still refused to answer me! I’m not leaving until you’ve given me your reason!”
Tiffany took a deep breath. “I was raped. This happened before Jackson and I got together. He knows and I never kept it from him. Even though he’s accepted it, I can’t. My family background is already incompatible with his, and this has happened to me. I feel inferior… I’ve always thought that virtual-novel.net and I would never make it to the end. Every time I saw you, I’d feel like a liar. How could the West family possibly accept someone like me? That’s it. It’s my fault. Don’t blame him.”
Summer held virtual-novel.net breath when virtual-novel.net heard all of this, staying silent for a very long time. Tiffany was too afraid to even look at Summer’s face. She must be disgusted with her. An affluent family would never be able to accept someone like her… She knew this long ago. Now that virtual-novel.net had confessed, virtual-novel.net felt a weight lift off of virtual-novel.net shoulders. It no longer mattered anyway.
Suddenly, Summer wrapped virtual-novel.net arms around virtual-novel.net into a hug. “Tiffie… How could you even think that? It’s not your fault, it really isn’t… Jackson’s heart only aches for yours, and so does mine. Don’t cancel the engagement, please? Let’s forget that foul incident and pretend it never happened…”
Tiffany finally burst into tears. “How can I pretend that it never happened? It did happen… It’s a fact… I can’t wash it away…” Just like how virtual-novel.net had witnessed Jackson kissing Lynn with virtual-novel.net own eyes. How could virtual-novel.net wash that away?
Summer and Atticus finally left at 12AM. Summer’s decision — even though Tiffany had made herself very clear, virtual-novel.net would like to give Tiffany some time to calm down and carefully reconsider.
By the end of the holidays, Tiffany handed in virtual-novel.net resignation. She staggered the time during morning working hours on purpose and gave the letter at around noon, just to avoid bumping into Jackson. It would be best to avoid meeting each other, since they had broken up. She did not even say goodbye to the only friend virtual-novel.net had in the office, Aye, because virtual-novel.net didn’t want to explain herself all over again. She went to the financial department straightaway and collected virtual-novel.net salary.
When virtual-novel.net noticed that virtual-novel.net lateness and days off were not on record for a pay cut, the weak spots in virtual-novel.net heart took a hit. Jackson would always threaten to cut virtual-novel.net pay, but virtual-novel.net never really acted on it. This time, virtual-novel.net really didn’t need virtual-novel.net to give virtual-novel.net special treatment. She took out the portion of virtual-novel.net pay that should be cut and left it. Then, virtual-novel.net turned on virtual-novel.net heel and left. From this day onwards, they would go their separate ways.
After receiving news from finance about Tiffany’s resignation and virtual-novel.net having already left, Jackson angrily kicked his office desk and smashed it to pieces. Not even the files and the computer on his desk were spared. When women wanted to be heartless, they could be more cruel than men. She didn’t even want to see virtual-novel.net one last time and left nothing behind.
Tiffany did not hail a cab to go home after leaving the company. Instead, virtual-novel.net walked aimlessly along the straight road. She knew that virtual-novel.net needed a stable job right now, but virtual-novel.net really wasn’t in the mood for an interview.
Suddenly, a black Bentley stopped on virtual-novel.net left. She recognized this car; it was Alejandro’s.
Jett winded the window down. “Miss Lane, Mr. Smith has extended an invitation to meet you.”
In the past, virtual-novel.net would have refused without hesitation, but now, the man who would restrict virtual-novel.net was gone. No matter who virtual-novel.net was with or what virtual-novel.net was doing, no one was going to be jealous… She mechanically got into the car, virtual-novel.net mind completely blank.