"Not only did I fail Nolan’s grandmother, but I also failed Jackie’s grandmother.I couldn't give her the
love she wanted.In the end, she died because of depression, and it caused Jackie's father to hate me
to the core.That's why I shower all my love on Jackie, as that's the only thing I can do to make up for
it."
Violet did not say anything in return.She was so shocked that she did not know what to say.
Thomas lifted his head to look at her.
"Violet, the only reason I agreed to let you both get a divorce with Jackie is that I don’t want you two to
follow in my footsteps, and I don’t want you two to hate each other for the rest of your life.”
"I also hope that you can put aside all the preconceptions from the past and get to know each other
again as new friends.Both of you still have a long way to go.There are some people and things that
can't be forgotten as it's ingrained deep in your heart.However, life has to go on."
Violet grabbed the chess piece in her hand and pressed her lips tightly.
When Violet came out of the study room, she lifted her head and was stunned when she saw the figure
in the corridor.
Jackie was leaning against the window.He was looking outside, and she did not know how long he had
been standing there.
Crossing her arms in front of her chest, she walked up to him and asked, "You’re not eavesdropping on
our conversation, are you?"He retracted his gaze and said, "Is there anything I need to eavesdrop on?"
Violet turned her face sideways.
"Who knows?"
She was pretty certain he was not someone who would go around to eavesdrop on other people's
conversation, but who knew?"
"Violet," he called out to her.
Just when Violet felt strange, he took a step forward to get closer to her and said, "You’re not that
annoying after all."
Violet was stunned slightly and looked at him in disbelief.
"What did you say?"
Jackie fixed his gaze on her face and continued.
"If we didn’t get married, maybe I’d want to know more about you."
He had not wanted to know more about her because he had been forced to marry a stranger.For the
marriage between two rich families, they just needed to show to the public that they were a pair of
loving husband and wife.
If she acted properly to her status, it wouldn't affect him either for her to be his wife.
However, she refused to act properly to her status and tried everything she could to cause scandals
that would make people misunderstand.
Honestly, he did not think of her as a disgrace because he did not care about her.He did not care about
her, did not love her, or had any expectations of her, so he let her do everything she wanted.He even
hoped Violet could cause more trouble and destroy their marriage.
This was what he wanted as well.
Violet slowly came around to her senses and said, "What a surprise.I didn't expect you to say
something like that at all, Mr.Clifford.You want to know more about me?"
Jackie looked at her intently but did not say anything.
All he could see was her self-denigration.
"without this marriage, we wouldn’t even know each other.There's no way you would go around and
ask about a woman with a notorious reputation, right? You would only run as far as possible away from
me."
Jackie took another step closer, and his tall figure loomed over her.
"Unfortunately, this assumption is no longer valid."
What happened happened, and no one could change it.
He parted his lips open and said, "I don’t think it’s too late for me to get to know you as well."
Violet was stunned again.
"You're joking, aren’t you?"
"Nope," he replied, his expression stern.
"I’m being very serious right now."
Realizing that he was not joking, Violet averted her gaze and looked somewhere else.
"You really are a strange guy."
"Yeah," he replied.
"Whatever you said."
Violet was tongue-tied.She did not know what made Jackie change his mind.
He clearly loathed her, but now he said he wanted to know more about her.
Thinking about his actions and attitude after the change, she might have suspected that he was not
Jackie if he did not have the same face and identity.
Violet pressed her lips and said haughtily, "There's nothing much you need to know about me."
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