Chapter 208
Theresa’s silence made Jimmy think she had been hurt by his question. He thus continued, “Isn’t Charlie nice to
you? How come such a nice husband didn’t advise you to bring the two kids with you? So his kids count,
while yours could be neglected?”
Theresa still remained silent. She knew Jimmy would stick to his conjecture that Charlie would never be really nice
to Theresa since Jimmy believed she didn’t deserve that.
And her quietness now made Jimmy even more confident about his guesswork. He thus said as though being wisely,
“I’ve no interest in your business. I advised you to keep away from Charlie and you wouldn’t listen. You
just think you’ve married above yourself. But I still have to remind you to be cautious, out of our past relationship.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtJimmy believed men, especially the shrewd ones like Charlie, were always too smart to be trustable. Charlie might
be interested in you when you were young and beautiful, Jimmy thought, but he was not willing to marry you but for
his grandfather’s request. And he was doomed to dump you when he got fed up with you!
Despite his seemingly sincerity, Theresa still detected his real intention from his advice — to deprecate her
and gaslight her that she was not worthy of a man like Charlie. What an artist Jimmy was as he could display his
contempt in such a solicitous manner!
Theresa finally smiled. “Thank you for you kind advice. But I will be responsible for my own choice. And I’ll
stick to him even if he is weary of me some day, because I really enjoy watching your timidity in front of him!”
Jimmy’s face got grimmer. “Theresa Cameron!” Her words just reminded him of the apology Charlie forced his
mother to make at supper. “Don’t be too much! However gleeful you are now, you are bound to be very
miserable when he stops backing you up!”
“It sounds that you are going to take revenge when he leaves me?” said Theresa. “But you will have to get very
upset, because that day will never come as I will be with him sweetly forever!”
Jimmy’s hands clenched into balls as he watched her gloating. “Don’t you feel sad at all?” snapped him. And he
had never expected Theresa to be flaunting here now, as his intention was to get her remorseful for herself.
“Feeling sad for what?” asked Theresa.
“Do I have to remind you again that Rose is pregnant?” explained Jimmy. “I believe you must be quite
remorseful that we might have our own kid by now if you had obeyed my instruction to do the abortion back
then and hadn’t divorced me.”
Theresa just found his remark so hilarious. “I’d rather die than have done that. You know what? The worst
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decision I’ve ever made is to marry you and give birth to your kids!” She then played with her hair casually and
resolutely, “I’ll go back to my room now. Goodbye.”
She was about to turn round when Jimmy dragged her back by the arm from behind. “Did I allow you to leave?”
snapped he with a glare, as though turning into an authoritative dictator at that moment. In fact, he had
always been that arbitrary in front of Theresa, which was quite different from the gentleness he displayed to Rose.
Theresa rebuked, “Do you have to be so rude, Jimmy Watson? Don’t forget you are in the Calsis’ Resident now,
and getting too close with me only makes it embarrassing for you yourself.” Theresa couldn’t care less about
the so-called marriage with Charlie since it was only a protocol. She had nothing to be afraid of even if the
truth was exposed. Yet it was a different case for Jimmy. Rose had just got pregnant and the couple had always
been in a good relationship in front of others. What was more, Rose actually had contributed a lot to Jimmy’s
prospect in Nandlall’s Group. Jimmy obviously had every reason to be cautious.