You Complete Me novel (Skylar and Coralie) novel Chapter 172

Valerie didn't expect Jasper to say that. She quickly lowered her gaze and pretended to be shy. She whispered, "My, my legs are like this. I actually don't intend to marry anyone. My father insisted that I should at least meet you. I couldn't reject..."

"I don't mind."

Jasper felt distressed to see Valerie in such a sight.

"But I do. President Zac, you are such an excellent man. People will comment on you marrying a cripple. Even if you don't mind, I would still feel conscious about it."

Valerie lowered her head and pretended to be reluctant.

In fact, this was her usual trick. She had been using it for the longest time. She clearly knew that this man fancied her, but she would always pretend to be considerate and keep a distance from him. Only in this way could she make him even more fascinated with her.

"Marry me, and come with me to B City. Let's see who dares to say anything about you!"

Although Jasper looked gentle with his glasses on, he spoke in a domineering manner.

He squatted down and looked at Valerie's face with a serious expression.

Seeing how persistent Jasper was, Valerie decided to use her trump card, "To be honest, I still can't let go of Skylar. After all, I've liked him for so many years. Even though he doesn't feel the same way, I'm still willing to do anything for him. As long as he could look at me once in a while, I will be satisfied."

As Valerie spoke, her face was filled with bittersweetness, making Jasper very distressed.

However, he had no idea that Valerie was only toying with his feelings, trying to make him fall harder for her. She had never intended to marry a person whom she didn't like.

In Valerie's heart, Skylar would be hers, sooner or later.

Now, she just hoped to taunt Skylar using Jasper.

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Although Anthony Holland did not attend the charity banquet, he caught wind of what happened that night.

He arrived at the hospital the next day.

Coralie Chariott was resting when he arrived. When Skylar saw him, he put down the tablet in his hand and came out of the ward.

"Skylar, are you going to let this woman jeopardize your life again and again?"

Skylar was puzzled, "What did I do? What did she do?"

In his opinion, he was now resting due to his injury. He was supposed to be on medical leave from work. Moreover, Anthony was in charge of the company. What did all of this have to do with Coralie then?

Anthony noticed that Skylar refused to admit it, so he reminded him, "I heard that you had a good chat with Jasper yesterday. But later, you quarreled with him because Coralie had gone missing."

Skylar understood the subtle meaning behind his words.

He was indeed anxious after Coralie's disappearance, but they didn't quarrel at all.

"I didn't quarrel with him."

Skylar said lightly, but he didn't explain much.

"I don't care about anything else. I hope you understand that the illusion of the Holland Group's stability will not last much longer. If you don't do something about it, you will soon be taken down. Don't blame me for not being able to protect you at that time."

Anthony could see that Skylar was partial to Coralie, and he had never intended to make a decision from the very start. However, Anthony was a businessman, and he always placed interests above all.

"Grandma is still in good health. It's too early for you to prepare for this."

"Early? When your grandmother passes away, it will be too late for you to cry."

Anthony had been reminding Skylar that his grandmother didn't have much time left. If she were to pass away, the Holland family would definitely be in turmoil and a lot of problems would soon arise.

Therefore, he ought to marry Valerie the soonest and employ the power of the Rae family to protect himself before these problems happened. Otherwise, it would be hard to say whether the Rae family would be willing to let Valerie marry Skylar by that time.