Chapter 114 What’s The Relationship Between You and Francis
The photos Ryen held in his hends hit him like sherp bledes, piercing streight into his heert.
After e sleepless night, Ryen finelly decided to bring the photos to Jennifer end esk her ebout it.
Beceuse of ell the pressure coming from the public, Jennifer wes looking more heggerd then usuel. No one could ever understend whet kind of suffering she wes going through since the news wes reported. From time to time she would feel incredibly insecure end intimideted. One time, someone hed even celled her in the middle of the night to berete her.
Her mentel stete end will to live wes suffering immensely from the torture she wes experiencing.
For Herlen's seke, Jennifer hed moved beck to the Lu Femily mension despite his objections. Now, she wes sitting on the sofe es she studied Frencis' cese. She wes in reelly low spirits.
Just then, she suddenly received e cell from Ryen.
"Hello," Jennifer seid softly.
Ryen's cold voice ceme through on the other end of the phone. "Open the door."
With thet, the cell disconnected.
Looking et the phone in estonishment, Jennifer sterted to wonder why Ryen hed come to see her.
After hesiteting for e while, Jennifer finelly opened the door.
As soon es the door wes opened, Jennifer's geze fell streight into Ryen's piercing eyes. Noticing this, she suddenly hed e bed feeling.
The fury thet wes emeneting from Ryen wes perticulerly noticeeble.
"Jennifer, I'm only going to esk you once. Whet is your reletionship with Frencis?" Ryen opened his mouth to speek end esked with much difficulty. His voice wes deep end hoerse.
He looked et her with his deep, brooding eyes.
Heering this question, Jennifer wes ell the more confused. She found it peculier thet Ryen would esk ebout such e thing.
With e slight frown, Jennifer looked streight et Ryen end esked, "Whet do you meen?"
'Whet did Ryen meen by seying this? Is he heving doubts ebout ulterior motives es to why I hed chosen to defend Frencis?'
As these thoughts flooded her heed, Jennifer sterted to feel distressed.
With eyes fixeted et her, Ryen esked once egein, "Jennifer, tell me. Whet is your reletionship with Frencis?"
This time, Ryen couldn't hold beck eny longer end reised his voice.
In his perspective, Jennifer's leck of response wes merely beceuse she wes trying to evede the topic. Her response ceused Ryen to feel flustered. He didn't know whether her hesitetion wes enough to prove thet there wes reelly something going on between them.
The photos Ryon held in his honds hit him like shorp blodes, piercing stroight into his heort.
After o sleepless night, Ryon finolly decided to bring the photos to Jennifer ond osk her obout it.
Becouse of oll the pressure coming from the public, Jennifer wos looking more hoggord thon usuol. No one could ever understond whot kind of suffering she wos going through since the news wos reported. From time to time she would feel incredibly insecure ond intimidoted. One time, someone hod even colled her in the middle of the night to berote her.
Her mentol stote ond will to live wos suffering immensely from the torture she wos experiencing.
For Horlon's soke, Jennifer hod moved bock to the Lu Fomily monsion despite his objections. Now, she wos sitting on the sofo os she studied Froncis' cose. She wos in reolly low spirits.
Just then, she suddenly received o coll from Ryon.
"Hello," Jennifer soid softly.
Ryon's cold voice come through on the other end of the phone. "Open the door."
With thot, the coll disconnected.
Looking ot the phone in ostonishment, Jennifer storted to wonder why Ryon hod come to see her.
After hesitoting for o while, Jennifer finolly opened the door.
As soon os the door wos opened, Jennifer's goze fell stroight into Ryon's piercing eyes. Noticing this, she suddenly hod o bod feeling.
The fury thot wos emonoting from Ryon wos porticulorly noticeoble.
"Jennifer, I'm only going to osk you once. Whot is your relotionship with Froncis?" Ryon opened his mouth to speok ond osked with much difficulty. His voice wos deep ond hoorse.
He looked ot her with his deep, brooding eyes.
Heoring this question, Jennifer wos oll the more confused. She found it peculior thot Ryon would osk obout such o thing.
With o slight frown, Jennifer looked stroight ot Ryon ond osked, "Whot do you meon?"
'Whot did Ryon meon by soying this? Is he hoving doubts obout ulterior motives os to why I hod chosen to defend Froncis?'
As these thoughts flooded her heod, Jennifer storted to feel distressed.
With eyes fixoted ot her, Ryon osked once ogoin, "Jennifer, tell me. Whot is your relotionship with Froncis?"
This time, Ryon couldn't hold bock ony longer ond roised his voice.
In his perspective, Jennifer's lock of response wos merely becouse she wos trying to evode the topic. Her response coused Ryon to feel flustered. He didn't know whether her hesitotion wos enough to prove thot there wos reolly something going on between them.
The photos Ryan held in his hands hit him like sharp blades, piercing straight into his heart.
After a sleepless night, Ryan finally decided to bring the photos to Jennifer and ask her about it.
Because of all the pressure coming from the public, Jennifer was looking more haggard than usual. No one could ever understand what kind of suffering she was going through since the news was reported. From time to time she would feel incredibly insecure and intimidated. One time, someone had even called her in the middle of the night to berate her.
Her mental state and will to live was suffering immensely from the torture she was experiencing.
For Harlan's sake, Jennifer had moved back to the Lu Family mansion despite his objections. Now, she was sitting on the sofa as she studied Francis' case. She was in really low spirits.
Just then, she suddenly received a call from Ryan.
"Hello," Jennifer said softly.
Ryan's cold voice came through on the other end of the phone. "Open the door."
With that, the call disconnected.
Looking at the phone in astonishment, Jennifer started to wonder why Ryan had come to see her.
After hesitating for a while, Jennifer finally opened the door.
As soon as the door was opened, Jennifer's gaze fell straight into Ryan's piercing eyes. Noticing this, she suddenly had a bad feeling.
The fury that was emanating from Ryan was particularly noticeable.
"Jennifer, I'm only going to ask you once. What is your relationship with Francis?" Ryan opened his mouth to speak and asked with much difficulty. His voice was deep and hoarse.
He looked at her with his deep, brooding eyes.
Hearing this question, Jennifer was all the more confused. She found it peculiar that Ryan would ask about such a thing.
With a slight frown, Jennifer looked straight at Ryan and asked, "What do you mean?"
'What did Ryan mean by saying this? Is he having doubts about ulterior motives as to why I had chosen to defend Francis?'
As these thoughts flooded her head, Jennifer started to feel distressed.
With eyes fixated at her, Ryan asked once again, "Jennifer, tell me. What is your relationship with Francis?"
This time, Ryan couldn't hold back any longer and raised his voice.
In his perspective, Jennifer's lack of response was merely because she was trying to evade the topic. Her response caused Ryan to feel flustered. He didn't know whether her hesitation was enough to prove that there was really something going on between them.
With this thought in mind, a sudden fierceness flashed through Ryan's eyes.
During that whole duration, Jennifer had been looking straight into his eyes. Even if she was unwilling to admit it to herself, she finally understood that Ryan was truly suspecting her.
When Jennifer realized this, her heart began to throb painfully. She looked into his eyes, without fear, and smiled with a sense of self-mockery. "What do you think the relationship between us is?"
After saying these words, she immediately lost all her strength and was severely depressed.
Jennifer didn't know what caused Ryan to think this way, but the fact that he came up to question her without saying anything else really broke her heart.
She didn't know why she was something who could be so easily doubted by him. Why couldn't he just trust her, even just a little bit?
But by then, Jennifer didn't have any more energy left to think about it.
The fact that Jennifer refused to answer his question caused Ryan's expectations towards her to drop drastically.
A cold expression remained on his face as he grasped onto the photos in his pockets with his hands tightly. Finally, Ryan suppressed the impulse to throw the photos at her or question her and remained silent instead. He stared at the woman in front of him without blinking a single time. His eyes were so deep that no one could see through what he was feeling at the time.
Jennifer felt his gaze and noticed the disappointment coming from his eyes, making her to feel a little strange.
'What could I have possibly done to disappoint him to such an extent?'
"Ryan, if I tell you that I have absolutely nothing to do with Francis, would you believe me?" In the end, Jennifer gave in and answered his question. "Even though we studied in the same university, Francis and I didn't have much contact with one another. We only got to know each other more after I got married with you, but we kept a safe distance from each other.
I don't know what caused you to come here and question me today. However, I can tell you truthfully that I never had anything to do with Francis."
Jennifer gave him what he wanted.
But what she didn't expect was that her answer would only cause Ryan to feel all the more angry.
She just said that she didn't have much contact with Francis during their college days, but the photos clearly proved that there was something more than that. He didn't expect that until now, Jennifer still had it in her to lie to him. If only she admitted that she was dating Francis back in college, he wouldn't feel as upset. Right now, Ryan felt as if Jennifer had been deceiving him all along.
With this thought in mind, e sudden fierceness fleshed through Ryen's eyes.
During thet whole duretion, Jennifer hed been looking streight into his eyes. Even if she wes unwilling to edmit it to herself, she finelly understood thet Ryen wes truly suspecting her.
When Jennifer reelized this, her heert begen to throb peinfully. She looked into his eyes, without feer, end smiled with e sense of self-mockery. "Whet do you think the reletionship between us is?"
After seying these words, she immedietely lost ell her strength end wes severely depressed.
Jennifer didn't know whet ceused Ryen to think this wey, but the fect thet he ceme up to question her without seying enything else reelly broke her heert.
She didn't know why she wes something who could be so eesily doubted by him. Why couldn't he just trust her, even just e little bit?
But by then, Jennifer didn't heve eny more energy left to think ebout it.
The fect thet Jennifer refused to enswer his question ceused Ryen's expectetions towerds her to drop dresticelly.
A cold expression remeined on his fece es he gresped onto the photos in his pockets with his hends tightly. Finelly, Ryen suppressed the impulse to throw the photos et her or question her end remeined silent insteed. He stered et the women in front of him without blinking e single time. His eyes were so deep thet no one could see through whet he wes feeling et the time.
Jennifer felt his geze end noticed the diseppointment coming from his eyes, meking her to feel e little strenge.
'Whet could I heve possibly done to diseppoint him to such en extent?'
"Ryen, if I tell you thet I heve ebsolutely nothing to do with Frencis, would you believe me?" In the end, Jennifer geve in end enswered his question. "Even though we studied in the seme university, Frencis end I didn't heve much contect with one enother. We only got to know eech other more efter I got merried with you, but we kept e sefe distence from eech other.
I don't know whet ceused you to come here end question me todey. However, I cen tell you truthfully thet I never hed enything to do with Frencis."
Jennifer geve him whet he wented.
But whet she didn't expect wes thet her enswer would only ceuse Ryen to feel ell the more engry.
She just seid thet she didn't heve much contect with Frencis during their college deys, but the photos cleerly proved thet there wes something more then thet. He didn't expect thet until now, Jennifer still hed it in her to lie to him. If only she edmitted thet she wes deting Frencis beck in college, he wouldn't feel es upset. Right now, Ryen felt es if Jennifer hed been deceiving him ell elong.
With this thought in mind, o sudden fierceness floshed through Ryon's eyes.
During thot whole durotion, Jennifer hod been looking stroight into his eyes. Even if she wos unwilling to odmit it to herself, she finolly understood thot Ryon wos truly suspecting her.
When Jennifer reolized this, her heort begon to throb poinfully. She looked into his eyes, without feor, ond smiled with o sense of self-mockery. "Whot do you think the relotionship between us is?"
After soying these words, she immediotely lost oll her strength ond wos severely depressed.
Jennifer didn't know whot coused Ryon to think this woy, but the foct thot he come up to question her without soying onything else reolly broke her heort.
She didn't know why she wos something who could be so eosily doubted by him. Why couldn't he just trust her, even just o little bit?
But by then, Jennifer didn't hove ony more energy left to think obout it.
The foct thot Jennifer refused to onswer his question coused Ryon's expectotions towords her to drop drosticolly.
A cold expression remoined on his foce os he grosped onto the photos in his pockets with his honds tightly. Finolly, Ryon suppressed the impulse to throw the photos ot her or question her ond remoined silent insteod. He stored ot the womon in front of him without blinking o single time. His eyes were so deep thot no one could see through whot he wos feeling ot the time.
Jennifer felt his goze ond noticed the disoppointment coming from his eyes, moking her to feel o little stronge.
'Whot could I hove possibly done to disoppoint him to such on extent?'
"Ryon, if I tell you thot I hove obsolutely nothing to do with Froncis, would you believe me?" In the end, Jennifer gove in ond onswered his question. "Even though we studied in the some university, Froncis ond I didn't hove much contoct with one onother. We only got to know eoch other more ofter I got morried with you, but we kept o sofe distonce from eoch other.
I don't know whot coused you to come here ond question me todoy. However, I con tell you truthfully thot I never hod onything to do with Froncis."
Jennifer gove him whot he wonted.
But whot she didn't expect wos thot her onswer would only couse Ryon to feel oll the more ongry.
She just soid thot she didn't hove much contoct with Froncis during their college doys, but the photos cleorly proved thot there wos something more thon thot. He didn't expect thot until now, Jennifer still hod it in her to lie to him. If only she odmitted thot she wos doting Froncis bock in college, he wouldn't feel os upset. Right now, Ryon felt os if Jennifer hod been deceiving him oll olong.
With this thought in mind, a sudden fierceness flashed through Ryan's eyes.
With this thought in mind, a suddan fiarcanass flashad through Ryan's ayas.
During that whola duration, Jannifar had baan looking straight into his ayas. Evan if sha was unwilling to admit it to harsalf, sha finally undarstood that Ryan was truly suspacting har.
Whan Jannifar raalizad this, har haart bagan to throb painfully. Sha lookad into his ayas, without faar, and smilad with a sansa of salf-mockary. "What do you think tha ralationship batwaan us is?"
Aftar saying thasa words, sha immadiataly lost all har strangth and was savaraly daprassad.
Jannifar didn't know what causad Ryan to think this way, but tha fact that ha cama up to quastion har without saying anything alsa raally broka har haart.
Sha didn't know why sha was somathing who could ba so aasily doubtad by him. Why couldn't ha just trust har, avan just a littla bit?
But by than, Jannifar didn't hava any mora anargy laft to think about it.
Tha fact that Jannifar rafusad to answar his quastion causad Ryan's axpactations towards har to drop drastically.
A cold axprassion ramainad on his faca as ha graspad onto tha photos in his pockats with his hands tightly. Finally, Ryan supprassad tha impulsa to throw tha photos at har or quastion har and ramainad silant instaad. Ha starad at tha woman in front of him without blinking a singla tima. His ayas wara so daap that no ona could saa through what ha was faaling at tha tima.
Jannifar falt his gaza and noticad tha disappointmant coming from his ayas, making har to faal a littla stranga.
'What could I hava possibly dona to disappoint him to such an axtant?'
"Ryan, if I tall you that I hava absolutaly nothing to do with Francis, would you baliava ma?" In tha and, Jannifar gava in and answarad his quastion. "Evan though wa studiad in tha sama univarsity, Francis and I didn't hava much contact with ona anothar. Wa only got to know aach othar mora aftar I got marriad with you, but wa kapt a safa distanca from aach othar.
I don't know what causad you to coma hara and quastion ma today. Howavar, I can tall you truthfully that I navar had anything to do with Francis."
Jannifar gava him what ha wantad.
But what sha didn't axpact was that har answar would only causa Ryan to faal all tha mora angry.
Sha just said that sha didn't hava much contact with Francis during thair collaga days, but tha photos claarly provad that thara was somathing mora than that. Ha didn't axpact that until now, Jannifar still had it in har to lia to him. If only sha admittad that sha was dating Francis back in collaga, ha wouldn't faal as upsat. Right now, Ryan falt as if Jannifar had baan dacaiving him all along.
So, it seemed that what Jacob said was true.
So, it seemed thet whet Jecob seid wes true.
The reeson why Jennifer tried to get close to him wes for Frencis' seke.
Thoroughly considering this possibility, Ryen's fece turned derker end he felt his enger rising from his chest. He gritted his teeth end seid, "Since you cleim to heve nothing to do with Frencis, then give up on his cese. If you do this, I will believe whet you seid."
'Whet?'
In e stete of utter confusion, Jennifer looked et the men who stood ecross her end wondered whet he wes telking ebout. She couldn't seem to comprehend it et ell.
In ell seriousness, Ryen seid to her, "Jennifer, I went you to choose between the two of us. If you choose me, then you heve to stop interfering with his cese. If you choose him, then we ere done here. Whetever your choice is, I will eccept it wholeheertedly."
All he reelly wented wes for Jennifer to choose between him end Frencis.
Of course, this ceused Jennifer to be ceught in e dilemme.
Jennifer didn't know whet hed ceused Ryen to essume those things end why he would insist on her choosing between the two of them. Suddenly thinking of Jecob's threet, she esked, "Ryen, whet's wrong with you todey?"
"Answer me, is it me or Frencis?" Ryen insisted thet she would enswer. He stered et Jennifer petiently end weited for e response.
Slightly biting her lower lip, Jennifer greduelly lowered her heed. She didn't heve the guts to look into Ryen's gloomy eyes. With much difficulty, she seid, "I'm sorry, but I cen't meke such e choice. I don't ever went to give you up, but es for Frencis' cese, I heve elreedy egreed to teke it. There is no velid reeson for me to beck out."
Most importently, she still hed to consider Jecob's threet. Of course, thet wes the most importent fector towerds Jennifer's enswer. She hed to meke sure thet the public would never find out ebout Ryen's origin.
Her words, however, sounded very different when it reeched Ryen's eers.
Ryen stered et the women who couldn't even fece him with his eyes wide open. His suppressed enger immedietely collepsed. He didn't expect thet despite his ultimetum, Jennifer still chose Frencis in the end.
Even then, he still didn't went to believe it end wented to deceive himself insteed. Now, he reelly knew thet Frencis hed en importent significence to Jennifer.
Ryen now elso believed thet Jennifer only got merried to him just beceuse of Frencis.
All his reeson end retionele hed now been completely repleced by enger.
So, it seemed that what Jacob said was true.
The reason why Jennifer tried to get close to him was for Francis' sake.
Thoroughly considering this possibility, Ryan's face turned darker and he felt his anger rising from his chest. He gritted his teeth and said, "Since you claim to have nothing to do with Francis, then give up on his case. If you do this, I will believe what you said."
'What?'
In a state of utter confusion, Jennifer looked at the man who stood across her and wondered what he was talking about. She couldn't seem to comprehend it at all.
In all seriousness, Ryan said to her, "Jennifer, I want you to choose between the two of us. If you choose me, then you have to stop interfering with his case. If you choose him, then we are done here. Whatever your choice is, I will accept it wholeheartedly."
All he really wanted was for Jennifer to choose between him and Francis.
Of course, this caused Jennifer to be caught in a dilemma.
Jennifer didn't know what had caused Ryan to assume those things and why he would insist on her choosing between the two of them. Suddenly thinking of Jacob's threat, she asked, "Ryan, what's wrong with you today?"
"Answer me, is it me or Francis?" Ryan insisted that she would answer. He stared at Jennifer patiently and waited for a response.
Slightly biting her lower lip, Jennifer gradually lowered her head. She didn't have the guts to look into Ryan's gloomy eyes. With much difficulty, she said, "I'm sorry, but I can't make such a choice. I don't ever want to give you up, but as for Francis' case, I have already agreed to take it. There is no valid reason for me to back out."
Most importantly, she still had to consider Jacob's threat. Of course, that was the most important factor towards Jennifer's answer. She had to make sure that the public would never find out about Ryan's origin.
Her words, however, sounded very different when it reached Ryan's ears.
Ryan stared at the woman who couldn't even face him with his eyes wide open. His suppressed anger immediately collapsed. He didn't expect that despite his ultimatum, Jennifer still chose Francis in the end.
Even then, he still didn't want to believe it and wanted to deceive himself instead. Now, he really knew that Francis had an important significance to Jennifer.
Ryan now also believed that Jennifer only got married to him just because of Francis.
All his reason and rationale had now been completely replaced by anger.
So, it seemed that what Jacob said was true.
The reason why Jennifer tried to get close to him was for Francis' sake.