"I won't do it. It didn't have anything to do with me." Jenna retorted as her face darkened.
"You won't go?" Hansen's creepy smirk became more apparent, and his cold words were like a sharp knife. "It's fine if you won't go. I'll just have to chase Sabrina and Zoey out of Richards Manor since they're the ones who started it. You better consider which consequence is more important."
Jenna's face turned pale in an instant. He was going to treat Sabrina and Zoey so cruelly just because they offended his fiancee? That was inhumane of him.
"Hansen, you're too much. You should know that Sabrina is Norton's fiancee. She loves him and Norton wants to marry her as well. However, Sabrina might now be able to forgive Norton if she knows his dark backstory. So, you should be flattering her instead, yet you're trying to chase her out? That's very daring of you! What about Zoey? She's your cousin. Your beloved cousin since you were kids. You're going to treat her like that just because of Aria?" Jenna couldn't believe what she was hearing. How did Hansen become such a narrow-minded and petty man, who would mistreat his own family members just because they offended his fiancee?
"That's why it's better that you apologize to her." He extended his arm and pressed against the wall, his face leaning closer and closer to her, as he stared at her with immense hatred. His warm breath rushed onto her face, and his sharp gaze shifted from her face to her stomach.
"You b*stard. You're so petty, you would even be so ruthless to your cousin. I must've been blind to like someone like you," Jenna murmured. Making her apologize to Aria in front of everyone was technically trampling all over her pride and dignity. It was humiliating. It wasn't fair to her at all, as she was unaware of the whole matter, and it wasn't her intention too.
"Now you know." Hansen smirked wickedly. "You should know that my tactics have always been malicious and ruthless, and whatever I say will be done. Now that you've ruined the reputation of Richards Manor, and failed to take charge of the household affairs, you should apologize. This is the baseline. If you don't do it, I'll have no choice but to chase the two of them away."
He held her chin with his hand and stared at her coldly.
"You devil." Jenna gritted his teeth and looked into his eyes. Staring at the roguish face in front of her, she really wanted to give his eye a punch and let him go blind.
"You're right. I am a devil, but you're no more a saint than I am. Don't forget that you're the one who was being affectionate with me, while secretly doing dirty things with other men outside at the same time. You're a cheating and disloyal woman, and you think you're any better than me?" Hansen said with a sinister tone and then gave her a wicked smile afterwards. "Actually, we're a match made in heaven, since we're both such devilish people. How about we continue our lives together? You can satisfy my needs as my secret lover, while I'll allow you to have other men outside. What do you think about that? It's a win-win situation."
"You... assh*le." Jenna was very angry, raising her fist to punch his face.
"Trying to hit me?" Hansen grabbed her hand lightly and she could no longer move.
"Where's the ring?" His eyes were fixed on the ring finger of her right hand. The middle of her ring finger was smooth and bare, yet there was a clear and obvious mark of the ring.
That morning, he saw that she was wearing the ring, but now it was gone. It was obvious that she had just taken it off not too long ago. Staring at the mark of the ring on her pale flesh, his eyes became even gloomier, and his gaze became poisonous.
"I threw it away," Jenna replied coldly. She had already witnessed him being unreasonable before, but didn't expect that after all they've been through, he would still act so inhumane and cruel to her. He did not trust her at all, and his words made her utterly disappointed.
"That's great." Hansen gave an unbothered smile all of a sudden. "After all, you're not worthy of wearing it. Let's talk about the baby in your stomach instead. Which unlucky man does it belong to? Rayan Whalen? Or another unknown man? Or do you not even know the name of the man it belongs to?"
He said it so calmly and naturally, as if he didn't feel ashamed of insulting her, but felt delighted instead.
Jenna felt a sudden surge of sorrow that she'd never felt before. It was a pain deep in her heart. It was so painful that she shut her eyes. It felt as if she had put in all the effort to fix something she loved dearly, yet it fell onto the floor and was broken again. She was heartbroken.
Although she was the one who hurt him first, could he not feel her efforts at all? At least he shouldn't be thinking so badly of her in her heart! Or perhaps, they never truly understood each other.
Her miserable expression couldn't escape Hansen's eyes, but his face darkened even more. His eyes were so dark that she couldn't see how deep his eyes were.
Ever since he had fallen ill, he was heartbroken. So, he could never love again. He no longer felt sorry for this woman. He once had a strong passion for her, and was willing to fight everything for her, but it was useless. At the crucial moment, she betrayed him and hurt him deeply.
"So? Are you done deciding? Are you going to apologize in person, or do you want me to chase them out of Richards Manor?" he continued ruthlessly.
"I am in charge now. I have the right to decide. I will not choose either of the choices." After a while, she opened her bewitching eyes and answered frankly.
"In charge?" Hansen sneered. "Even if you're in charge, you're just an outsider. How could you be in charge of Richards Manor? Even if you were in charge, do you think you have more power than I do? As long as I give my orders, Sabrina and Zoey will have to be chased out immediately. Your lover, Rayan, will have to be chased out too. If you don't believe me, you can give it a try."
Jenna was completely speechless. She glared at him angrily, and the gleam in her eyes impaled him.
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