Jimmy smiled. "What do you think I want?"
He was smiling, but the smile didn't reach his eyes. There was a coldness in them instead.
Seeing his terrifying expression, Lindsey was frightened.
"You... better don't mess with me. My parents are still here." Lindsey was so scared that her knees almost go weak and she felt guilty because she had tried to frame Jimmy.
At first, when Felix came home to scold him, he just kept silent.
So Lindsey thought that he was just another weak man who didn't dare to stand up for himself when being framed.
"Tsk, if it's not for your sister's sake, do you think you could get off easy today?" Jimmy gave her a scornful look.
"Wh-what do you mean?"
Was he not going to blame her?
Jimmy looked at her coldly, then lowered his voice and said something to her.
Upon hearing what he said, Lindsey trembled a little, and her expression suddenly changed.
Her eyes were filled with fear as she stared at him.
After a while, she suddenly turned to Felix and said, "Dad, I'm sorry. I framed Jimmy. He didn't try to take advantage of me. It was just that... I admire him and wanted to be with him, but he refused me. So I got angry and did all these..."
"What?"
Hearing that, Felix got furious. Earlier, he had been questioning Jimmy angrily, and now it turned out that everything was done by his little daughter shamelessly.
Felix was so angry that he gave Lindsey a slap and yelled, "Go back to your room!"
"Dad, you hit me?"
Covering her face, Lindsey looked at her father in disbelief.
"Beat it!"
Lindsey stamped her feet and ran upstairs.
Now, the living room was finally silent.
A while later, Felix came to Jimmy and said awkwardly, "Lindsey is still young and immature. I will discipline her later. This time, please do me a favor and let it go..."
Emily was surprised to hear that. "Ah, is she still young? I think she looks older than me. Ariah, how old is your sister?"
Lindsey was only one year younger than Ariah. It was ridiculous that Felix had used this as an excuse.
As soon as Emily asked that, Felix's face instantly became grave.
Seeing that, Ariah had to hold back her laughter and answered seriously, "I remember that Lindsey is only one or two years younger than me. Dad, how old is she again?"
Felix's face completely darkened now.
Quickly, Dakota tugged on Ariah's sleeve and Ariah turned around to look at her. Dakota seemed embarrassed as she whispered to her daughter, "Ariah, please forgive us this time. Your father didn't know the truth and he was tricked by your sister too."
The smile on Ariah's face instantly disappeared.
"Mom, when Jimmy was wronged by Lindsey just now, why haven't you thought he could be framed?"
Now that they knew that Lindsey was lying, they started to ask for forgiveness? So was Jimmy being framed for nothing?"
Dakota was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to say.
Right then, Ariah was pulled into an embrace. Shocked, she turned around and saw Jimmy looking at her with a burning gaze.
Her heart jolted and she struggled. "What are you doing?"
How could he hug her in front of her mom? Was he slowly ignoring the manners now?
Meanwhile, Jimmy just said without looking at the Myers, "I have no intention of going deep into this matter. Ariah, let's go home now."
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