Chapter 168
Betty’s makeup–clad lace froze up as she shuddered.
“Are we close? It’s not nice to touch me all over without my permission.” Landon forcefully withdrew his arm from her hold.
“I–I’m sorry. I saw you as my brother because you’re Jasper’s friend. Nothing more than that. She worried that he might come to
her, so she had to explain hersell.
“You’re his sister, not mine. Mind your manners next time,” he dropped a frosty remark and left. He wouldn’t want a random stranger to dirty that precious shirt Alice had bought for him.
Betty clenched her fists hard. Suddenly, Landon stopped dead in his tracks, put a hand in his pocket, and squinted at her. She quickly wore a smile as her heart thumped loudly.
“Landon might be tough on the outside, but he is soft on the inside. He must care about me!” she thought excitedly.
“I can’t wrap my head around the recent fashion trends.” 1
“What?” She was taken aback.
“I didn’t know that people were putting lipstick on their teeth now. I learned something new today.” He snickered and walked away coolly.
It dawned on her that she might have lipstick on her teeth. She rushed to the restroom and bared her teeth in the mirror. She was right.
“Argh!” She screamed in shame and frustration as she fell the urge to shatter the mirror.
Landon entered the study and slumped onto the couch with his legs wide open in a careless manner.
“Your sister, Betty, is wild. She was eyeing me and touching me everywhere when I showed up. Rather shameless and cheap, don’t you think? Alice would never do that.”
Jasper was reading the files that Xavier delivered. He cast an Indifferent look at his friend. “Why are you here?”
“To visit you. I was wondering if you had caught the flu.” Landon narrowed his eyes and placed a cigarette between his lips.
“Look at that smug look on your face.” Jasper’s face clouded as he tightened his grip on the pen.
Jasper had treated Alice badly. She spent three years of her marriage alone. Not only that, he forced her to agree to a divorce. Jasper might be a good friend, but he was a horrible husband, and that upsetted Landon.
Rage churned inside of Jasper. His breathing became labored.
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