Chapter 285: Chapter 285

Dear Sweetheart Chapter 285 Let Us Talk The distance between them was negligible to the point that Theodore could smell the faint fragrance wafting off Jasmine. He frowned, not quite used to it.

He wanted to leave from the side, but she blocked him off with her other arm.

“There’s no need for you to do this.” His voice was as cold as ice.

“Are you unwilling to explain, or is there really something between the two of you?” Jasmine pressed, her eyes brimming with hurt.

She was livid back at the restaurant, but after calming down and mulling things over, she felt that it wasn’t like him to do such a thing. Furthermore, she didn’t discern any signs of him having another woman at the hotel that night.

“Think whatever you want,” Theodore murmured placidly without the slightest hint of emotion.

Whatever? Has he become so perfunctory with me now?

His cold and flat tone made Jasmine’s blood boil, and she jabbed a finger at his chest.

“Theodore Xavier, is it going to cost you your life to say a few words of explanation? What exactly do you want? Was it my fault that I broke up with you? It was your mother who intervened in our relationship! If you had sided with me, things wouldn’t have ended up like this!”

Seizing her arm, Theodore spun around and pinned her against the pool wall, his gaze dark and dangerous.

“Why did you take her money?”

“That was because—” Not only did Mrs. Xavier threaten me to such an extent, but I was also pregnant back then, and my status in the Sanders family was as lowly as ever. How could I have afforded to have the baby if I hadn’t taken the money?

“What’s there for you to be resentful about, Jasmine? Have you ever discussed with me or informed me before doing anything?”

Theodore sneered, cutting off her hesitant reply.

Jasmine closed her eyes for a moment. “I was just afraid that you’d worry. Moreover, that letter—”

“If so, I should thank you for having gifted me a bright future, Ms. Sanders. There’s no need to speak of the letter anymore. It’s over between us anyway.” Theodore’s expression was icy.

Dropping his hold on her, he climbed up the stairs and left the swimming pool.

Four years ago, I’d rather accept my father’s terms than compromise and secretly had someone help her elevate her status in the Sanders family, yet she backed down. It’s as though all my hard work and struggles were nothing but a joke. D*mn it! If I’d known that we’d meet again, I’d definitely have Wyatt and Jeremy come back while never stepping foot into Norwal City!

In the pool, Jasmine inhaled deeply time and again.

Argh! I must have my wires crossed to fall in love with such an obstinate man and even give birth to his child! Fortunately, Carl took after me partly in terms of personality, and I taught him well. If he were to take after Theodore, he wouldn’t even be able to get himself a girlfriend in the future!

Meanwhile, Rayna and Curtis played in the billiard room for the entire afternoon.

Thanks to Curtis’ guidance, Rayna’s skills swiftly advanced to the elementary level from a mere rookie, and she ended up winning a lot of things from him.

When it was time for dinner, it was only them both and Jasmine.

Wyatt pestered Jessica shamelessly, and they had seemingly gone to the card room. As for Theodore, Curtis claimed that the man was handling some business in the room, so he would bring dinner back for the man later.

Noticing Jasmine’s disconsolate expression, Rayna couldn’t shake off the feeling that the woman must have had a row with Theodore. But then, it would be insensitive of her to ask about it.

After dinner had ended, Curtis went back to the room with the food he bought, only to see Theodore still busy handling business.

“Did you fight with Ms. Sanders that you’re wearing such a grim expression, Theodore?”

“No!” Theodore fibbed coldly.

That promptly struck Curtis dumb.

Considering his expression and tone, they’ve certainly had a row. Anyway, it looks like the altercation this time is pretty bad.

When Theodore saw that Curtis was changing, he inquired with a frown, “Why, you’re still going out later?”

“There’ll be a ball and seemingly some other interesting activities at eight o’clock. Rayna wants to join, so I’ve got no choice but to accompany her.” Curtis took off his crystal cufflinks.

Theodore’s expression darkened, and he barked in dissatisfaction, “Is Faymon Group mine? I’m the one doing everything, whereas you guys either go off wooing women or dancing!”

“Well, I was worried you’d be bored, so I gave you some work to divert your attention. Why don’t you join me, then? There’ll undoubtedly be plenty of beautiful ladies at the ball,” Curtis drawled.

In response, Theodore snorted. “Only you guys like such a boring activity! I’m too lazy to go!”

Curtis merely shrugged.

I don’t really like it either, but Rayna is interested, so I can only go with her. I can’t sit back and watch as my wife dances with other men, no?

At that precise moment, someone knocked on the door outside.

Seeing that Theodore remained seated on the chair without budging an inch, Curtis walked out and opened the door.

It was Jasmine.

She looked him up and down before querying with a smile, “You changed to go to the ballroom to have fun?”

“Yeah. Rayna wants to go and join in the fun,” Curtis answered. He was all ready and didn’t have to retrieve anything, so he had Jasmine go in by herself while he left. While at that, he offered, “You guys can also come to the ballroom and enjoy yourselves after talking things out.”

Jasmine bobbed her head in acknowledgement.

When the man had left, she immediately locked the door and headed straight for the bedroom.

Hearing movement, Theodore lifted his head. The instant he saw that it was her, his expression turned stony. “Is something the matter, Ms. Sanders?”

“Yes!” Jasmine took off her windbreaker and tossed it onto the couch, revealing a thin fitted sweater beneath that exposed her slender figure under the lights.

“Come here, and let’s talk.”

Lowering his head, Theodore continued dealing with the documents and stated frostily, “Go ahead and say whatever it is you want to say.”

“You’ll definitely regret it if you don’t come over.” Jasmine didn’t back down but remained standing there ramrod straight.

Theodore stalked over with a dark look and sat down on the couch. “Satisfied now?”

Sitting down next to him, Jasmine crossed her legs, putting her long and slender legs on display.

She unlocked her phone and played an audio recording, upon which the voices of her and Emma drifted out.

As soon as she learned about the switched letter from Jeremy that day, she had long since turned on the voice recorder on her phone when she sought Emma out for no other reason than to have her admit to her duplicity.

After Theodore had listened to the audio recording that lasted a few minutes, his face had gone as black as thunder.

“I know you would be promoted soon, so I accepted your mother’s money and promised to break up with you to appease her and your father. After going back, I quickly wrote a letter and had someone deliver it to you, vowing to wait for you to return, no matter how long it took. Never had I expected her to have swapped the letter before it got to you.”

“So, the letter had been swapped...” Theodore balled his hands into fists, his brows knitting together deeply and eyes blazing with hostility.

Thinking about it now, there was something very wrong with it. The words in the letter were sharp and callous, making for a stark contrast with her style. But at the time, I was blinded by anger and didn’t bother mulling things over.

The smile on Jasmine’s face was tinged with sorrow. “I didn’t expect a letter to cause us to misunderstand each other for so many years either. When we met again at the hospital that time, I thought you were mad because I didn’t discuss things with you.

If Jeremy hadn’t told me about it, perhaps this misunderstanding would have remained unresolved for the rest of our lives.”

“Yeah. I thought you found a better man after reading that letter,” Theodore admitted.

Little did I know that it was my mother sabotaging things so that we’d misunderstand each other.

For the first time, he detested his family to the core.

“If I’d truly found a better man, I would’ve silently left long ago. Would I still tell you about it? With such pitiful EQ, you’re going end up duped by countless women in the business world!” Jasmine rolled her eyes at him.