Henry didn’t expect Joe to ask him such questions. He frowned and was a little displeased. "Why do you ask this?"
Joe scratched his head. "Just somewhat curious. You married Jacqueline six years ago, but after the marriage, your attitude towards Jacqueline was dull. It's unlike how a wife should be treated, so I’m a little confused."
Henry looked down. "I don't love her."
Joe opened his eyes slightly, a little surprised at this answer, but he believed it without a doubt.
So Mr. Lancaster didn't love Jacqueline!
Joe asked again, "Why did you marry her if you didn't love her?"
Henry rubbed his fingers. "A promise."
"Huh?" Joe was stunned. “A promise?"
Henry gave a hum, but a trace of regret flashed across his eyes. "Six years ago when I lost my memory of three years, the only memory I had was the moment I first married Yvonne. I didn't forget Jacqueline at that time, so I recognized her immediately after I woke up. She learned that I had lost some memories of Yvonne, so she took the initiative to make a promise to me."
"What’s the promise?" Joe became more and more
curious.
Henry held his forehead slightly. "When my mother was still alive, Jacqueline indirectly saved my mother's life. To thank her, I asked her what kind of remuneration she needed. She said that she wanted to marry me when she grew up and I agreed.” 1
Joe's mouth twitched. "So when Jacqueline brought it up again, you really married her, Mr. Lancaster."
"Yeah." Henry nodded.
That was indeed the case.
Yvonne had just died at that time. He forgot the memory of those three years with Yvonne, so it didn't matter who he married.
But after he got married, he didn't want to share the same room with Jacqueline or become a real husband and wife. Jacqueline happened to have a child in her stomach, so he took the opportunity to find an excuse t o let Jacqueline live in a room by herself for six years.
In the past six years, he saw a Jacqueline who was completely different from the one he used to know.
In his impression, Jacqueline was a gentle and euphemistic woman, not a narrow-minded and selfish woman who was eager for quick success and instant benefits after marriage.
But with the passage of time and a better understanding of Jacqueline, he realized that the gentle and euphemistic Jacqueline who had been with him was an illusion and that selfishness and narrow-mindedness were her true colors.
After recognizing what kind of person Jacqueline was, his indifferent feelings for her became weaker and they had long disappeared.
Therefore, he didn't love Jacqueline!
And he always had a voice in his heart telling him that he didn't love Jacqueline a long time ago. He loved another woman, which was Yvonne, his wife at that time.
It was just that he had no memory of it and he couldn't prove whether it was true or not.
But now it seemed that it may be true. Otherwise, it couldn't be explained that he was so interested in Shannon, who looked like Yvonne.
Not knowing what Henry was thinking, Joe asked puzzledly, "Since Mr. Lancaster doesn’t love Jacqueline, why don't you divorce her?”
Henry looked at him. “There’s no such thing as divorce in the Lancaster family.” 1
He was a responsible person. Since he married Jacqueline, he never thought about divorce as long as Jacqueline didn't do anything that was intolerable.
Joe sighed, "I know that divorce is unacceptable in the Lancaster family, but Mr. Lancaster, you don't love her anymore. It's unfair to you."
Henry's eyes flashed. Instead of answering him, he changed the topic. "Alright. You better tell her what I said. Let her find a way to refund the tuition fees. She should sell the school if she doesn’t have any money. I won't help her. It's something she did herself. She has to bear the corresponding consequences.”
To be honest, he was shocked to learn that the police arrested Jacqueline because of tax evasion.
He was also shocked that she had the courage to do such a thing.
But what was even more shocking was that Theo's parents found the evidence of Jacqueline’s tax evasion so quickly, and the evidence was complete.
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