CHAPTER 89: CHAPTER 57: THUNDERBOLT ON A CLEAR DAY 1_3

Why did he do this?

Why did he lie to me?

Was he sweet-talking me while being intimately involved with other girls?

Laura Quincy’s mind was in a haze, she rubbed her eyes, wishing that what she saw was just an illusion, a lie...

"Laura Quincy? Is it really you!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice pulled her back from her thoughts, she glanced at the person, it was Crystal Langley.

She then casually fixed her hair, "Mm."

Crystal gave her a curious look, "Weren’t you on a business trip to Port Sovereign?"

Laura Quincy nodded, "I was called back last minute to act as Mr. Wells’ escort translator. I just arrived a while ago."

Only then did Crystal understand, "So that’s why! I was wondering why I hadn’t seen you."

After she spoke, she noticed Laura Quincy was staring intently at the Eldest Grandson of the Hawthorne Family and couldn’t help but tease, "Laura Quincy, you wouldn’t be interested in Young Master Jasper, would you?"

Laura Quincy looked at her in a daze, "What did you call him?"

Crystal replied without suspicion, "Young Master Jasper! The Eldest Grandson of Old Master Hawthorne, and also our BOSS’s nephew."

Laura Quincy stumbled slightly, almost falling.

Jasper is actually Jason Hawthorne’s nephew?

Ha! How did I never suspect he was related to the Hawthorne Family?

Does having the surname Hawthorne necessarily mean being part of the famous Hawthorne family?

Originally skeptical, she had to believe it this time...

Jasper is the Eldest Grandson of the Hawthorne Family, which means he knew she worked at Aegis Group but never mentioned his background...

No wonder he got so agitated when he heard about her involvement in the kidnapping of the Hawthorne Family’s young master, but in the end, he said nothing...

At that moment, Laura Quincy felt like she’d been struck by lightning, she wished that the Jasper she knew wasn’t the person she saw now.

Perhaps, it was just someone with the same name and appearance?

Crystal saw her in a daze and couldn’t help but ask again, "What’s wrong with you?"

Laura Quincy took a deep breath, "I’m fine, I need to go to the restroom."

She urgently wanted to escape, she felt like she was suffocating, just thinking about her boyfriend’s deceit and betrayal made her feel like a fool...

He was so gentle and considerate, celebrated her birthday so romantically, so why was he suddenly appearing with other women?

Not even telling her his real identity...

Was he afraid she’d be attracted to him because of his status?

Ha-ha!

Laura Quincy felt like every step she took was like walking on needles, piercing her heart painfully. She had an impulse to confront Jasper Hawthorne directly and ask him face-to-face...

But she restrained herself.

After leaving the restroom, Laura Quincy didn’t want to return to the banquet hall at all, afraid she’d be unable to resist confronting Jasper Hawthorne.

She would not be the kind of girl who silently accepted humiliation!

She detested being played with in matters of the heart!

If he didn’t like her, he could have just told her the truth, why be so duplicitous?

Jason Hawthorne, after finishing socializing with business partners, gave Mason Cross a knowing look, who immediately went outside to make a call.

A minute later, he returned to his side, "BOSS, Miss Quincy has arrived."

Jason Hawthorne glanced around the banquet hall, seeing Mr. Wells chatting with friends but not seeing Laura Quincy’s figure, he frowned slightly, "Did she see Jasper?"

Mason Cross shook his head, "I don’t know, the banquet hall tonight is too big, divided into four areas A, B, C, and D, and A and D areas can’t be seen from each other, maybe Miss Quincy is in District D right now."

Jason Hawthorne furrowed his brows and headed toward District D, after just a few steps he saw Laura Quincy looking lost and disoriented, and couldn’t help but frown further.

Following her gaze, he saw that she was staring intently at Jasper’s back...

Then he briskly walked toward her, without a second thought, he grabbed her and led her outside.

Laura Quincy was hesitating whether to confront Jasper Hawthorne, but then someone forcefully pulled her out of the banquet hall, when she realized who it was, she said irritably, "What are you doing? Let go!"

Jason Hawthorne maintained a cold expression, "I should be the one asking you that, as Mr. Wells’ escort translator, what are you doing?"

Laura Quincy hesitated for a moment, then looked at him coldly, "You’ve known all along, haven’t you?"

Jason Hawthorne raised an eyebrow, "Known what?"

Anger flickered in Laura Quincy’s eyes, "You know Jasper is my boyfriend!"

Jason Hawthorne kept his calm demeanor, "Oh? Your boyfriend is also named Jasper Hawthorne? I’ve never heard you mention this."

Jason Hawthorne’s innocent yet flippant tone was especially annoying, Laura Quincy was infuriated, unable to hold back, she vented all her anger on him, raising her fist and swinging it at him.

"Bastard! You definitely investigated it!"

Laura Quincy recalled some previous events, more convinced that Jason Hawthorne knew Jasper was her boyfriend, otherwise why were his actions and words so strange?

She wasn’t stupid, nor did she like being played for a fool!

Jason Hawthorne grabbed her wildly swinging arm, "Calm down! Even if I found out Jasper is your boyfriend, so what? Was it me who made him deceive you? Bring other women to the banquet?"

Laura Quincy hated him so much in that moment, she didn’t care about his explanations, "You knew, why didn’t you tell me? You devil! You just wanted to see me make a fool of myself, right?"

Jason Hawthorne sneered coldly, "Tell you? Don’t you think you’re accusing the wrong person? From the day Jasper returned from his business trip, he knew about your involvement in kidnapping his brother. Given your relationship, he must know it was a misunderstanding, but he never pleaded for you in front of me, not a single word."

"He knew you worked at Aegis Group, did he ever tell you about his connection to Aegis Group? The one who deceived you all along was him, yet you come here to blame me?"

His words hit Laura Quincy’s heart deeply, yes! The one deceiving her all along was Jasper, what did it have to do with The Demon King?

Even if he knew she was his nephew’s girlfriend, what motivation did he have to expose it?

In the end, he was just a bystander watching the show...

And she, was the monkey being played with by them...