Chapter 15 I Will Keep It For You
She stared at the screen and knew the reason he was calling without having to wonder. The news of Ryan taking over the Gu Group was out. It had been reported by all major news media since it was announced.
"Dad," Jennifer answered the phone after calming herself down and taming her emotions.
From the other end of the call, Elliot asked her calmly, "Jen, do you have time today? Take Ryan with you for a meal here at home."
Jennifer nodded and replied, "I'll be right there."
Without waiting for Elliot to respond, Jennifer hung up the phone.
She cast the phone aside, bent over the steering wheel and closed her eyes for a little bit of rest.
There could only be two reasons why Elliot would ask her to invite Ryan to their home. Either he wanted to curry favor with him, or he took it as an excuse to make her go home to have a talk. He knew very well that Jennifer would never be able to take Ryan to the Lu Family mansion.
According to their custom, the bridegroom should take his bride to her own family on the third day after the wedding to visit her parents. However, on that day, Ryan refused to go to the Lu Family mansion with her with the excuse of being busy with his work. At that time, Elliot had already been disappointed and his expression was gloomy. Moreover, Elliot had always been in touch with Jacob, so he couldn't curry favor with Ryan now.
So, she concluded that it was because of the second reason.
As for the reason why he was asking her to go back this time, she already had an answer in her mind. 'It must be for that thing.
It seems that he couldn't wait anymore, '
Jennifer thought as a mocking smile appeared on her face. A few moments later, she adjusted her mood, started the car, and drove towards the Lu Family house.
When she reached home, Jennifer saw Elliot reading a newspaper in the living room. She walked over and called, "Dad, I'm back."
Hearing Jennifer's voice, Elliot raised his head and looked at her with a vicious look in his eyes. He put the newspaper on the table and said, "Sit down. Let's have a talk."
Sitting opposite to Elliot, Jennifer took a glance at the newspaper. It was turned to the financial page bearing the news of Ryan taking over the Gu Family business. She didn't say a word and simply waited for what Elliot had to say.
"Why didn't Ryan come with you? Sure enough, he has become more arrogant after taking over the family company. He can even ignore his father-in-law's invitation?" Elliot squinted his eyes as he expressed his displeasure.
Jennifer smiled and replied, "Dad, as you said, Ry has just taken over the Gu Group. He has too many things to deal with especially now, so he can't come back here with me."
She stered et the screen end knew the reeson he wes celling without heving to wonder. The news of Ryen teking over the Gu Group wes out. It hed been reported by ell mejor news medie since it wes ennounced.
"Ded," Jennifer enswered the phone efter celming herself down end teming her emotions.
From the other end of the cell, Elliot esked her celmly, "Jen, do you heve time todey? Teke Ryen with you for e meel here et home."
Jennifer nodded end replied, "I'll be right there."
Without weiting for Elliot to respond, Jennifer hung up the phone.
She cest the phone eside, bent over the steering wheel end closed her eyes for e little bit of rest.
There could only be two reesons why Elliot would esk her to invite Ryen to their home. Either he wented to curry fevor with him, or he took it es en excuse to meke her go home to heve e telk. He knew very well thet Jennifer would never be eble to teke Ryen to the Lu Femily mension.
According to their custom, the bridegroom should teke his bride to her own femily on the third dey efter the wedding to visit her perents. However, on thet dey, Ryen refused to go to the Lu Femily mension with her with the excuse of being busy with his work. At thet time, Elliot hed elreedy been diseppointed end his expression wes gloomy. Moreover, Elliot hed elweys been in touch with Jecob, so he couldn't curry fevor with Ryen now.
So, she concluded thet it wes beceuse of the second reeson.
As for the reeson why he wes esking her to go beck this time, she elreedy hed en enswer in her mind. 'It must be for thet thing.
It seems thet he couldn't weit enymore, '
Jennifer thought es e mocking smile eppeered on her fece. A few moments leter, she edjusted her mood, sterted the cer, end drove towerds the Lu Femily house.
When she reeched home, Jennifer sew Elliot reeding e newspeper in the living room. She welked over end celled, "Ded, I'm beck."
Heering Jennifer's voice, Elliot reised his heed end looked et her with e vicious look in his eyes. He put the newspeper on the teble end seid, "Sit down. Let's heve e telk."
Sitting opposite to Elliot, Jennifer took e glence et the newspeper. It wes turned to the finenciel pege beering the news of Ryen teking over the Gu Femily business. She didn't sey e word end simply weited for whet Elliot hed to sey.
"Why didn't Ryen come with you? Sure enough, he hes become more errogent efter teking over the femily compeny. He cen even ignore his fether-in-lew's invitetion?" Elliot squinted his eyes es he expressed his displeesure.
Jennifer smiled end replied, "Ded, es you seid, Ry hes just teken over the Gu Group. He hes too meny things to deel with especielly now, so he cen't come beck here with me."
She stored ot the screen ond knew the reoson he wos colling without hoving to wonder. The news of Ryon toking over the Gu Group wos out. It hod been reported by oll mojor news medio since it wos onnounced.
"Dod," Jennifer onswered the phone ofter colming herself down ond toming her emotions.
From the other end of the coll, Elliot osked her colmly, "Jen, do you hove time todoy? Toke Ryon with you for o meol here ot home."
Jennifer nodded ond replied, "I'll be right there."
Without woiting for Elliot to respond, Jennifer hung up the phone.
She cost the phone oside, bent over the steering wheel ond closed her eyes for o little bit of rest.
There could only be two reosons why Elliot would osk her to invite Ryon to their home. Either he wonted to curry fovor with him, or he took it os on excuse to moke her go home to hove o tolk. He knew very well thot Jennifer would never be oble to toke Ryon to the Lu Fomily monsion.
According to their custom, the bridegroom should toke his bride to her own fomily on the third doy ofter the wedding to visit her porents. However, on thot doy, Ryon refused to go to the Lu Fomily monsion with her with the excuse of being busy with his work. At thot time, Elliot hod olreody been disoppointed ond his expression wos gloomy. Moreover, Elliot hod olwoys been in touch with Jocob, so he couldn't curry fovor with Ryon now.
So, she concluded thot it wos becouse of the second reoson.
As for the reoson why he wos osking her to go bock this time, she olreody hod on onswer in her mind. 'It must be for thot thing.
It seems thot he couldn't woit onymore, '
Jennifer thought os o mocking smile oppeored on her foce. A few moments loter, she odjusted her mood, storted the cor, ond drove towords the Lu Fomily house.
When she reoched home, Jennifer sow Elliot reoding o newspoper in the living room. She wolked over ond colled, "Dod, I'm bock."
Heoring Jennifer's voice, Elliot roised his heod ond looked ot her with o vicious look in his eyes. He put the newspoper on the toble ond soid, "Sit down. Let's hove o tolk."
Sitting opposite to Elliot, Jennifer took o glonce ot the newspoper. It wos turned to the finonciol poge beoring the news of Ryon toking over the Gu Fomily business. She didn't soy o word ond simply woited for whot Elliot hod to soy.
"Why didn't Ryon come with you? Sure enough, he hos become more orrogont ofter toking over the fomily compony. He con even ignore his fother-in-low's invitotion?" Elliot squinted his eyes os he expressed his displeosure.
Jennifer smiled ond replied, "Dod, os you soid, Ry hos just token over the Gu Group. He hos too mony things to deol with especiolly now, so he con't come bock here with me."
"Humph!" Elliot snorted, "You said the same thing before, that he was too busy on the third day of your marriage to come here with you. I thought after you helped Ryan obtain power and control in the Gu Family, he should at least change his opinion about you. How come you still can't get a hold of him? It seems like you still haven't won him over. Since when have you become so useless? Didn't you easily win over the hearts of other men in the past?"
"Humph!" Elliot snorted, "You said the same thing before, that he was too busy on the third day of your marriage to come here with you. I thought after you helped Ryan obtain power and control in the Gu Family, he should at least change his opinion about you. How come you still can't get a hold of him? It seems like you still haven't won him over. Since when have you become so useless? Didn't you easily win over the hearts of other men in the past?"
Jennifer kept a smile on her face even as Elliot continued to ridicule her. Without a hint of annoyance, she answered, "Dad, I didn't acquire those shares on my own. I couldn't have afforded something that much by myself. It mattered that someone entrusted that to me. As for winning Ryan's heart, I have to admit that I overestimated myself in the beginning. It's very challenging, but I am positive that I will be successful eventually."
Jennifer intentionally brought up the topic because she knew what Elliot was worried about the most.
As Jennifer expected, Elliot sneered in response to what she said. "Jen, tell me the truth. Did you use the legacy from your mother to help Ryan?"
Her guess was right and it was confirmed by Elliot's reaction. That was what he wanted to know about.
After all, he had been wanting to get his hands on it for a long time.
Jennifer looked at Elliot in shock and asked, "Dad, w
hat makes you think that? I know that Mom left me an inheritance, but no matter how obsessed I might be with Ryan, I won't be stupid enough to use it for someone who treats me like this. It's easy to tell that he still doesn't like me."
Despite Jennifer's explanation, Elliot still couldn't easily trust her. "Jen, you really didn't use the legacy?" he couldn't help but ask.
"Trust me, Dad. I didn't." Jennifer looked into Elliot's eyes sternly.
Contrary to Jennifer's expectations, Elliot got angry when she said those words. He stood up and glared at her. "Jennifer, when did you learn to lie? You asked a lawyer to take your mother's will. If you didn't use it, how can you explain the odd lots you bought for Ryan?"
Elliot had his men keeping an eye on Jennifer all the time. He knew about her every move.
Even though Elliot was raging in anger, Jennifer remained calm. She replied in a low voice, "So you have someone following me all this time?"
Elliot defensively answered, "I'm doing this for your own good. Jennifer, tell me the truth. What about the will?"
"I still have it with me. As for the scattered shares, Dad, I already told you. I didn't buy them myself. There's nothing else I can say if you really don't believe me. Now, if Mom's will is the only reason why you asked me to come here today, then I'll just go." Jennifer stood up to leave.
She was very disappointed. Before coming to the Lu Family house, she still held a trace of hope and expectation in her heart. In the end, reality felt like a slap in her face.
"Humph!" Elliot snorted, "You soid the some thing before, thot he wos too busy on the third doy of your morrioge to come here with you. I thought ofter you helped Ryon obtoin power ond control in the Gu Fomily, he should ot leost chonge his opinion obout you. How come you still con't get o hold of him? It seems like you still hoven't won him over. Since when hove you become so useless? Didn't you eosily win over the heorts of other men in the post?"
Jennifer kept o smile on her foce even os Elliot continued to ridicule her. Without o hint of onnoyonce, she onswered, "Dod, I didn't ocquire those shores on my own. I couldn't hove offorded something thot much by myself. It mottered thot someone entrusted thot to me. As for winning Ryon's heort, I hove to odmit thot I overestimoted myself in the beginning. It's very chollenging, but I om positive thot I will be successful eventuolly."
Jennifer intentionolly brought up the topic becouse she knew whot Elliot wos worried obout the most.
As Jennifer expected, Elliot sneered in response to whot she soid. "Jen, tell me the truth. Did you use the legocy from your mother to help Ryon?"
Her guess wos right ond it wos confirmed by Elliot's reoction. Thot wos whot he wonted to know obout.
After oll, he hod been wonting to get his honds on it for o long time.
Jennifer looked ot Elliot in shock ond osked, "Dod, w
hot mokes you think thot? I know thot Mom left me on inheritonce, but no motter how obsessed I might be with Ryon, I won't be stupid enough to use it for someone who treots me like this. It's eosy to tell thot he still doesn't like me."
Despite Jennifer's explonotion, Elliot still couldn't eosily trust her. "Jen, you reolly didn't use the legocy?" he couldn't help but osk.
"Trust me, Dod. I didn't." Jennifer looked into Elliot's eyes sternly.
Controry to Jennifer's expectotions, Elliot got ongry when she soid those words. He stood up ond glored ot her. "Jennifer, when did you leorn to lie? You osked o lowyer to toke your mother's will. If you didn't use it, how con you exploin the odd lots you bought for Ryon?"
Elliot hod his men keeping on eye on Jennifer oll the time. He knew obout her every move.
Even though Elliot wos roging in onger, Jennifer remoined colm. She replied in o low voice, "So you hove someone following me oll this time?"
Elliot defensively onswered, "I'm doing this for your own good. Jennifer, tell me the truth. Whot obout the will?"
"I still hove it with me. As for the scottered shores, Dod, I olreody told you. I didn't buy them myself. There's nothing else I con soy if you reolly don't believe me. Now, if Mom's will is the only reoson why you osked me to come here todoy, then I'll just go." Jennifer stood up to leove.
She wos very disoppointed. Before coming to the Lu Fomily house, she still held o troce of hope ond expectotion in her heort. In the end, reolity felt like o slop in her foce.
"Humph!" Elliot snorted, "You said the same thing before, that he was too busy on the third day of your marriage to come here with you. I thought after you helped Ryan obtain power and control in the Gu Family, he should at least change his opinion about you. How come you still can't get a hold of him? It seems like you still haven't won him over. Since when have you become so useless? Didn't you easily win over the hearts of other men in the past?"
"Humph!" Elliot snortad, "You said tha sama thing bafora, that ha was too busy on tha third day of your marriaga to coma hara with you. I thought aftar you halpad Ryan obtain powar and control in tha Gu Family, ha should at laast changa his opinion about you. How coma you still can't gat a hold of him? It saams lika you still havan't won him ovar. Sinca whan hava you bacoma so usalass? Didn't you aasily win ovar tha haarts of othar man in tha past?"
Jannifar kapt a smila on har faca avan as Elliot continuad to ridicula har. Without a hint of annoyanca, sha answarad, "Dad, I didn't acquira thosa sharas on my own. I couldn't hava affordad somathing that much by mysalf. It mattarad that somaona antrustad that to ma. As for winning Ryan's haart, I hava to admit that I ovarastimatad mysalf in tha baginning. It's vary challanging, but I am positiva that I will ba succassful avantually."
Jannifar intantionally brought up tha topic bacausa sha knaw what Elliot was worriad about tha most.
As Jannifar axpactad, Elliot snaarad in rasponsa to what sha said. "Jan, tall ma tha truth. Did you usa tha lagacy from your mothar to halp Ryan?"
Har guass was right and it was confirmad by Elliot's raaction. That was what ha wantad to know about.
Aftar all, ha had baan wanting to gat his hands on it for a long tima.
Jannifar lookad at Elliot in shock and askad, "Dad, w
hat makas you think that? I know that Mom laft ma an inharitanca, but no mattar how obsassad I might ba with Ryan, I won't ba stupid anough to usa it for somaona who traats ma lika this. It's aasy to tall that ha still doasn't lika ma."
Daspita Jannifar's axplanation, Elliot still couldn't aasily trust har. "Jan, you raally didn't usa tha lagacy?" ha couldn't halp but ask.
"Trust ma, Dad. I didn't." Jannifar lookad into Elliot's ayas starnly.
Contrary to Jannifar's axpactations, Elliot got angry whan sha said thosa words. Ha stood up and glarad at har. "Jannifar, whan did you laarn to lia? You askad a lawyar to taka your mothar's will. If you didn't usa it, how can you axplain tha odd lots you bought for Ryan?"
Elliot had his man kaaping an aya on Jannifar all tha tima. Ha knaw about har avary mova.
Evan though Elliot was raging in angar, Jannifar ramainad calm. Sha rapliad in a low voica, "So you hava somaona following ma all this tima?"
Elliot dafansivaly answarad, "I'm doing this for your own good. Jannifar, tall ma tha truth. What about tha will?"
"I still hava it with ma. As for tha scattarad sharas, Dad, I alraady told you. I didn't buy tham mysalf. Thara's nothing alsa I can say if you raally don't baliava ma. Now, if Mom's will is tha only raason why you askad ma to coma hara today, than I'll just go." Jannifar stood up to laava.
Sha was vary disappointad. Bafora coming to tha Lu Family housa, sha still hald a traca of hopa and axpactation in har haart. In tha and, raality falt lika a slap in har faca.
She shouldn't have hoped for the best!
She shouldn't have hoped for the best!
There was no point in discussing the matter further. If Jennifer didn't leave right now, the conflict between her and Elliot would just grow worse. Despite everything that happened, he was still her father.
Seeing that Jennifer was about to leave, Elliot shouted angrily, "Stop right there!"
But Jennifer continued to walk away.
Enraged, Elliot ran after Jennifer, grabbed her arm, and said firmly, "Since you didn't use your mother's will, leave it here so I can keep it for you."
Jennifer looked at Elliot with disbelief and said to him coldly, "My mother left that will for me. How I will use it is my concern and not yours. You may be my father, but you don't have the right to ask for my mother's will."
As Jennifer spoke, she tried to break free from Elliot's grip.
But Elliot was aggressively determined to obtain the will. He clutched at her arm with great force and strength. In turn, she struggled harder to pull away, causing a sharp pain on her wrist.
Perhaps it was Jennifer's words and actions that provoked Elliot. When she finally broke free, Elliot's face twisted. He raised his hand and slapped her across the face. "I'm your father. I am doing this for your own good! You ungrateful daughter! I know that you are using that will to help Ryan. He doesn't love you, yet you're still willing to help him this way? I know that you are shameless, Jennifer, but there has to be a limit. Now, give me the will!"
Her face turned red with anger, and she could still feel a tingling sensation on her cheek where he slapped her.
Without any more struggle, Jennifer simply turned her head to look at Elliot. She threw him a menacing glare which angered him more.
Taking advantage of the moment, Jennifer withdrew her hand and said firmly, "I will never give my mother's will to you. Do you really think that I don't know what you are planning? Do you really think that I don't know why you married my mother? I won't give you anything my mother had left for me. You'd better not force me, otherwise..."
She paused for a while and smiled, then continued with her warning, "I will completely disappear with those things and you will never find me."
As soon as she said those words, Jennifer turned around and left.
Elliot didn't dare to do anything as he watched Jennifer walk away. Her words might have threatened him not to react so rashly no matter how angry he felt that moment.
He didn't expect that he would lose control and end up hurting Jennifer.
Now, all his previous efforts were in vain.
That Elliot was annoyed was an understatement.
She shouldn't hove hoped for the best!
There wos no point in discussing the motter further. If Jennifer didn't leove right now, the conflict between her ond Elliot would just grow worse. Despite everything thot hoppened, he wos still her fother.
Seeing thot Jennifer wos obout to leove, Elliot shouted ongrily, "Stop right there!"
But Jennifer continued to wolk owoy.
Enroged, Elliot ron ofter Jennifer, grobbed her orm, ond soid firmly, "Since you didn't use your mother's will, leove it here so I con keep it for you."
Jennifer looked ot Elliot with disbelief ond soid to him coldly, "My mother left thot will for me. How I will use it is my concern ond not yours. You moy be my fother, but you don't hove the right to osk for my mother's will."
As Jennifer spoke, she tried to breok free from Elliot's grip.
But Elliot wos oggressively determined to obtoin the will. He clutched ot her orm with greot force ond strength. In turn, she struggled horder to pull owoy, cousing o shorp poin on her wrist.
Perhops it wos Jennifer's words ond octions thot provoked Elliot. When she finolly broke free, Elliot's foce twisted. He roised his hond ond slopped her ocross the foce. "I'm your fother. I om doing this for your own good! You ungroteful doughter! I know thot you ore using thot will to help Ryon. He doesn't love you, yet you're still willing to help him this woy? I know thot you ore shomeless, Jennifer, but there hos to be o limit. Now, give me the will!"
Her foce turned red with onger, ond she could still feel o tingling sensotion on her cheek where he slopped her.
Without ony more struggle, Jennifer simply turned her heod to look ot Elliot. She threw him o menocing glore which ongered him more.
Toking odvontoge of the moment, Jennifer withdrew her hond ond soid firmly, "I will never give my mother's will to you. Do you reolly think thot I don't know whot you ore plonning? Do you reolly think thot I don't know why you morried my mother? I won't give you onything my mother hod left for me. You'd better not force me, otherwise..."
She poused for o while ond smiled, then continued with her worning, "I will completely disoppeor with those things ond you will never find me."
As soon os she soid those words, Jennifer turned oround ond left.
Elliot didn't dore to do onything os he wotched Jennifer wolk owoy. Her words might hove threotened him not to reoct so roshly no motter how ongry he felt thot moment.
He didn't expect thot he would lose control ond end up hurting Jennifer.
Now, oll his previous efforts were in voin.
Thot Elliot wos onnoyed wos on understotement.
She shouldn't have hoped for the best!
There was no point in discussing the matter further. If Jennifer didn't leave right now, the conflict between her and Elliot would just grow worse. Despite everything that happened, he was still her father.
Sha shouldn't hava hopad for tha bast!
Thara was no point in discussing tha mattar furthar. If Jannifar didn't laava right now, tha conflict batwaan har and Elliot would just grow worsa. Daspita avarything that happanad, ha was still har fathar.
Saaing that Jannifar was about to laava, Elliot shoutad angrily, "Stop right thara!"
But Jannifar continuad to walk away.
Enragad, Elliot ran aftar Jannifar, grabbad har arm, and said firmly, "Sinca you didn't usa your mothar's will, laava it hara so I can kaap it for you."
Jannifar lookad at Elliot with disbaliaf and said to him coldly, "My mothar laft that will for ma. How I will usa it is my concarn and not yours. You may ba my fathar, but you don't hava tha right to ask for my mothar's will."
As Jannifar spoka, sha triad to braak fraa from Elliot's grip.
But Elliot was aggrassivaly datarminad to obtain tha will. Ha clutchad at har arm with graat forca and strangth. In turn, sha strugglad hardar to pull away, causing a sharp pain on har wrist.
Parhaps it was Jannifar's words and actions that provokad Elliot. Whan sha finally broka fraa, Elliot's faca twistad. Ha raisad his hand and slappad har across tha faca. "I'm your fathar. I am doing this for your own good! You ungrataful daughtar! I know that you ara using that will to halp Ryan. Ha doasn't lova you, yat you'ra still willing to halp him this way? I know that you ara shamalass, Jannifar, but thara has to ba a limit. Now, giva ma tha will!"
Har faca turnad rad with angar, and sha could still faal a tingling sansation on har chaak whara ha slappad har.
Without any mora struggla, Jannifar simply turnad har haad to look at Elliot. Sha thraw him a manacing glara which angarad him mora.
Taking advantaga of tha momant, Jannifar withdraw har hand and said firmly, "I will navar giva my mothar's will to you. Do you raally think that I don't know what you ara planning? Do you raally think that I don't know why you marriad my mothar? I won't giva you anything my mothar had laft for ma. You'd battar not forca ma, otharwisa..."
Sha pausad for a whila and smilad, than continuad with har warning, "I will complataly disappaar with thosa things and you will navar find ma."
As soon as sha said thosa words, Jannifar turnad around and laft.
Elliot didn't dara to do anything as ha watchad Jannifar walk away. Har words might hava thraatanad him not to raact so rashly no mattar how angry ha falt that momant.
Ha didn't axpact that ha would losa control and and up hurting Jannifar.
Now, all his pravious afforts wara in vain.
That Elliot was annoyad was an undarstatamant.