Getting My Ex-wife Back

Jenna was so angry that she didn’t know what to say.Content © NôvelDrama.Org 2024.

“How can you say that? This young man is fine. I know a suave man when I see one. What’s there not to be acknowledged about? I think he is worthy of Deanna. Don’t talk nonsense. What do you know about him? Besides, weren’t you young once, too?”

Jenna looked at Jacky. “Your name is Jacky, right?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“Don’t listen to his nonsense. There’s no such thing. Don’t worry, I’m on your side.”

Jenna immediately turned around. Looking grumpy, Hansen said, “Alright, I’m starving. I want something to eat. Let’s eat.”

“Well, it’s about time. Jacky, stay and join us for the meal.”

Jacky stared strangely at Jenna, completely clueless as to what was going on.

Santiago walked to the side and handed an apple to Jacky.

When he threw it over, his movements and thoughts were unintentional. However, Jacky’s response was swift. He raised his hand and grabbed the apple, taking Jenna by surprise.

Hansen frowned slightly and glanced at his youngest son. Only then did he size Jacky up again.

“Great skills.”

With the apple in his hand, Jacky replied very modestly, “It’s kinda average, I guess.”

“What do you mean?”

Hansen watched Santiago grow up. The youngest son possessed guile, as if he was using unconventional means. He could invent ideas that no ordinary people could think of. He was quite the tough nut to crack, in Hansen’s opinion.

He didn’t know what tricks Santiago had up his sleeves that time.

“I suggest that Mom accept Jacky as her godson.”

Jacky was also disconcerted by Santiago’s words.

Jenna, on the contrary, said, “Really? Is Jacky willing? It would be an honor!”

Hansen’s face was riddled with displeasure. This mother-and-son had obviously planned this beforehand and yet they were putting on an act in front of him. They had really thought of themselves as actors, hadn’t they?

Hansen glared at Santiago and looked at Jacky. “Do you share their opinions?”

Jacky slightly lowered his eyes. He had never thought about this matter. He knew that Santiago had thought about it for his sake, but he had never thought of aligning with the powerful.

He would marry no one but Deanna, but he did not want to be at the mercy of the public’s criticism.

With his present status, he would not lose to anyone. The Whalen family may be a rich family, but he was also a king in his own right. There was no need to build either connections or alliances.

Jacky shook his head. “I may have to refuse.”

Jenna was slightly stunned. Had she hurt this child in any way? It seemed that they were all quite the snowflake generation those days.

Santiago lowered his head and wore a lopsided smile. His judgement of Jacky’s character was right on the mark.

Hansen was still sitting across from him. His gaze deepened a little before he asked Jacky, “Oh, yeah? You sure? Because if my wife were to adopt you as her godson, with the relationship between Rayan and her, it would pave the way for you and Deanna to be together. Add to that bargain, you get to climb the social ladder.”

“The person that I, Hansen Richards, will take as an adopted son is definitely not mediocre. You will certainly have a meteoric rise in the future.”

“I appreciate your kindness, Mr. Richards. I believe that if I can move Deanna with sincerity, then I can also win her family over with sincerity.”

“Status-wise, I believe that Deanna wants to be married to someone who loves her, not someone who covets her trust fund.”

“Hansen, are you fond of Jacky?” Jenna, for one, liked him very much. She looked at Hansen, and a smile was etched on her face.

Hansen found it funny. Jacky didn’t have a drop of their blood in him, and here he was, charming Jenna’s pants off with his sweet talk.

Hansen looked at Jacky for a while. “Two days, take your time chewing on it. I can accept you at any time.”

“No, thank you. I won’t be considering it.”

Jacky looked at Santiago. “Come with me. Let’s discuss what happened in the past few days.”

Santiago grabbed an apple and followed him outside. He walked out through the door and wrapped one arm around Jacky’s shoulder, brimming with excitement. “Come on, isn’t it great being my big bro?”

Jacky laughed. “Quit it, I don’t need such high and mighty support like you.”

“Well, the offer’s closed then. You see, I haven’t tripped up on my character judgement. My old man is very powerful here.”

Lifting his hand, Santiago pointed a finger to his temple. “You performed pretty well in front of him this time. What he hates most is those who try to climb the social ladder by using relationships.”

Jacky laughed. “How do you know if your father didn’t suspect that we were putting up a show?”

“Your performance has already explained everything. Where’s the need for a show?”

Santiago let go of him and sat down on one side. He took a bite out of his apple. Jacky leaned against the side and sat down. The apple in his hand wasn’t his favorite, but he very much preferred to take a bite out of Deanna, the forbidden fruit.

Leaning against the wall, he began to think of her.

At that time, Santiago said, “I will deal with the hospital myself. Help me with the investigation now. Who is the mastermind in the Moore family? In addition, you’d better go abroad and help me look into what’s going on with the Doyle family. I suspect that Stella was the one who planned this accident.”

“You mean, Stella and the Moore family are colluding?”

Jacky hadn’t for the life of him expected this either.

Santiago found it amusing. “With Flynt being disowned, it had already raised a lot of doubts. It wasn’t easy for Johan to find a young man. How would he give up so easily? Maybe this is a smokescreen. If we let down our guard, then trouble awaits.”

“Flynt is always hanging around Raeleigh. His entire being oozes suspicion.”

“You’re harder to deal with than your brother. Jepherson is righteous, but you’re worlds apart.” The more Jacky thought of Santiago, the more unfathomable he felt about him.

On the contrary, Santiago chuckled. “Then, you don’t know my brother that well, I must say.”

“Yeah? I’m all ears.”

“When I was a child, I lost a fight outside. I went home and told my brother. He might look very honest, but he took me out and found someone to kidnap the one who bullied me. He had him beaten to a pulp. He told me that if we were bullied, then we had to repay evil with evil. The things that the adults couldn’t handle had to be solved by ourselves.”

“You can’t even begin to imagine how cruel my brother is, and you have never seen his modus operandi in ending lives.”

“However, he has always been good at maintaining a calm composure and would never reveal his intentions through his emotions.”

“As my father once said, you can offend anyone but my brother. I am a real villain, but my brother is two-faced. What people fear most is the two-faced.”

Jacky laughed, feeling inexplicable. “Aren’t you afraid that I’ll be walking on eggshells around you guys after telling me these things?”

“That is never my intention. I’m asking you to be careful when dealing with my brother. Like they say, don’t try to poke a hornet’s nest.”

Santiago was amused. He picked up a pack of cigarettes and handed one to Jacky, and one to himself. He then lit a cigarette.

Jacky grinned as he smoked, but the two of them stopped talking at that moment.

Jacky took a puff and left. Santiago went to rinse his mouth and turned back to Raeleigh’s ward. After checking that nothing had happened, he called Xanthus to see Stuart.

The two of them went to Stuart’s side and Santiago introduced Xanthus to Alvin. That time, Jepherson stood up. Alvin was quite surprised as Jepherson had been sitting for two days and two nights without a drink of water. When he saw Xanthus, he actually stood up.

“My apologies for the trouble,” Jepherson said, to which Xanthus looked at him. It seemed that Stuart was really important to him. After two days of not seeing him, Jepherson had lost a lot of weight.

“I will do my job to the best of my ability.” Xanthus followed and changed his clothes. He pushed the door open and went in to see Stuart. After entering through the door, he walked towards Stuart and stopped in front of him. He looked down at Stuart and said, “Stuart, I am Xanthus.”

Stuart had no response and was still in a coma. But as a doctor, Xanthus believed that Stuart could hear him.