Hearing Jenna's words, Sara's eyes surged with anger again. "I didn't expect Hansen to be such a b*stard and hid the fact that you've both divorced from each other. Since that's the case, he shouldn't ever lay his hands on my daughter anymore. Now, you're forced to contend with the role of a single mother. How despicable."
Sara's eyes were bristling when she said this. "Jenna, you have to find a man, and a good man at that. Only in this way can I live a peaceful life, and only then can I be more at ease."
Sara's words made Jenna's heart twinge. Would she still love someone else in this life? Would she be able to love again?
Even an outstanding man like Rayan could not pry open her heart. Was there any man in this world who could make her fall in love with him?
She sat there blankly, her eyes empty. After a long time, she said in a low voice,
"Mom, it's not entirely his fault."
Jenna saw the wrath in Sara's eyes. Sara was insanely angry with Hansen, and Jenna was worried that her hatred for him had been buried too deeply. She had to pacify her solemnly, "All of this may have been fate. Our family may have been destined to be like this. Not to mention that I have already divorced him. Even if we didn't, and he was willing to marry me, I would not be willing to play the part of the lady of a wealthy family. That kind of life is a attracts trouble. It's too taxing. My life now is all I'd ask for."
She remembered the scene in the ward of the Hospital where Hansen had fallen ill because of her. With his lips chapped and dry, his face was pallid. From the bottom of her heart, if she was willing to lead a life with him, he would be fully responsible for her.
Therefore, she spoke up for him.
Sara's anger subsided a little, her eyes as deep as the sea. She stared at Jenna and asked, "Jenna, tell me the truth. Are you still in love with that b*stard?"
Jenna was stunned, for she never thought that Sara would broach such a question. Panic flashed in her eyes. She averted her gaze, her face slightly warm.
The answer sinking in, Sara felt a stinging pain in her heart. She had never been so crestfallen before.
Now that Hansen was married, her daughter would probably not be able to leave that life behind her for the rest of her life.
She struggled to stand up and moved gently, step by step. Jenna snapped back to her senses to help her up, but she refused.
Jenna looked at Sara's lonely, old figure from the back as she determinedly moved to the outside, as if she was contemplating over something. Her heart was heavy with sadness.
After Sara had left, she sat there staring blankly for a while.
After a long time, she turned on the computer and felt confused. She looked at the drawings in a daze and didn't know what she was looking at!
She had to work!
The last time when she had left A City, she'd pocketed the dividends from the design of the car model obtained from the Whalen Group and the Richards Group. In this year, she'd donated to two schools and given birth to a child. She'd also installed a prosthetic for her mother, and then bought this house here. Her savings were running thin.
Now, both Jerry and her mother needed money, as the latter would have to depend on medicine. After contracting uremia, she needed money to take medicine to take care of her body, but she didn't have much money left on her.
During the day, she found a teaching job in a school nearby, and at night, she designed car models in front of the computer, and then sold her designs on the Internet with the hopes of attracting a big company to purchase them.
She was unwilling to sell her designs at a low price, so although she had designed a lot of good models, she would not sell them if the price wasn't right. Instead, she would look for better buyers online.
She found an overseas car company on the Internet the night before. The company was based in Switzerland, and it was not very large, just newly established. After learning about it, she knew that it was a subsidiary of a large company set up overseas and was recruiting car designers.
She clicked in and enquired about it, but she didn't reveal her identity. She simply shared her views of the automobile industry, which attracted the other party's interest and made them want to sign a contract with her.
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