Filed To Story: Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel
Olivia was astounded. “Y-You mean that Young Master Jared? Are you saying he’s in love with Ellen?”
Selena replied, “I didn’t believe it at first, but today… When I went to Ellen in the office this morning, he said he loved her and warned me not to bully her. Mom, in what way am I inferior to her?” She was aggrieved and upset, but at the same time, she was also resentful.
“Stop crying, sweetheart,” Olivia said, comforting Selena while holding her in her arms. At the same time, she looked surprised and anxious. Is there such a coincidence? That Young Master Jared is in love with Ellen? Don’t tell me that ghosts really do exist in the world and that this is the work of Ellen’s dead brother? “Your dad is to blame for this, too. I told him not to get Ellen into that company, but he insisted on doing so,” she said resentfully.
Upon hearing this, Selena couldn’t help but look up in surprise. “Mom, what did you say? You mean it was Dad who got Ellen into the Presgrave Group?”
Seeing that she had let it slip, Olivia had no choice but to admit, “Yeah, that’s right. Your dad got Ellen a job at that company while he was pulling strings for you.”
Selena replied, “How could he do that? It was me who wanted to work there. Why did he have to get Ellen into the company as well?” She was beside herself with rage after listening to this. If Ellen hadn’t joined the Presgrave Group, she wouldn’t have met Jared, and these things wouldn’t have happened.
Olivia replied, “It’s your dad’s fault indeed.” She was vexed, too. I should’ve stopped him back then. Now I have shot myself in the foot. To think Ellen and Young Master Jared hit it off so quickly as to fall in love with each other! No, I can’t let her and Young Master Jared become a couple no matter what, or what happened before will certainly be found out.
“Mom, I hate her guts,” Selena sobbed in Olivia’s arms.
“That little brat will come to a bad end.” Olivia was resentful, too. At the same time, she was even more afraid of Ellen, fearing that she would learn about the truth of what had happened back then and that she would take away everything that they owned right now.
Meanwhile, in the restaurant….
Ellen obediently explained the incident in the morning where she had lied to Selena that Jared had a girlfriend.
Jared had forgotten about it long ago. Instead, he thought she was doing the right thing. She’s keeping me from being pestered by other women. “Alright, let bygones be bygones!” he said, ending the subject. Then, he asked, “Are you still gonna quit your job, then?”
Ellen asked him in reply, “Do I really have to pay eight million in breach-of-contract damages if I resign?”
Jared nodded. “The breach-of-contract damages for your job are more than eight million.”
Ellen involuntarily gulped at once. Then, thinking that she wouldn’t suffer any losses if she didn’t quit her job, she replied with a wave of her hand, “I won’t quit my job, then. I’ll keep on working until you sack me on your own initiative!” There’s no way I can afford such an exorbitant amount of breach-of- contract damages.
Jared couldn’t help but let out a snort of laughter. “Seems like you’re quite sensible.”
Ellen let out a wry laugh. “I’m just doing what suits me best at the time.”
“Are you free this Friday night?” Jared asked her.
Ellen pondered for a moment. She didn’t have to work extra hours on Friday night, nor did she have anything else to deal with. So, she nodded, saying, “I am. Is there anything I can do for you, President Presgrave?”
“Attend a dinner party with me.”
“What dinner party?” Ellen was startled; she had never attended such an upper-class dinner party.
“A charity dinner.”
Ellen’s cheeks burned. She couldn’t help but say honestly, “President Presgrave, I’ve never attended dinner parties before, so I’m afraid I’ll make you look bad. Why don’t you invite someone else instead?”
Jared was both amused and annoyed by her reply. He said, “How can you possibly embarrass yourself in my presence? This is part of your job, so you have to go with me.”
Ellen blinked her eyes before asking for confirmation, “Do I really have to go with you?”
“Yes, you have to,” Jared asserted in an authoritative tone.
Ellen nodded. Mustering up her courage, she replied, “Okay, I’ll go with you.”
At the end of the dinner, Jared drove her home, telling her on the way to go to bed early and be careful while living alone.
Ellen got out of his car after they arrived downstairs outside her neighborhood. She said with a wave of her hand, “Drive safely on your way home.”
Jared told her to enter the neighborhood first. After she had safely entered the neighborhood, he finally made a U-turn and left.
When Ellen returned home and saw how clean and cozy it looked after being tidied, she couldn’t help curling her lips into a smile. Recalling how the man even helped her make the bed, she felt both embarrassed and warm at the same time.
Just then, her cell phone rang. Who would call me at such a late hour? she wondered. She picked up the phone, only to see that it was a phone call from Olivia. Her heart clenched. Don’t tell me she’s gonna give me a dressing-down! Knowing that she couldn’t escape from being chastised, she braced herself and answered the phone. “Hi, Aunt Olivia.”
“Ellen, all Lena did was break that lousy thing of yours to pieces, no? How dare you hit her and pull her by the hair for that? Don’t you have the slightest respect for her? She’s your cousin! Olivia yelled angrily in a reproving tone of voice. Moreover, she even put the blame on Ellen without listening to her side of the story Before Ellen could answer, she warned her, “I’m telling you, Ellen, if you dare lay a hand on Lena again, I won’t let you get away with it! I was kind enough to keep you and your brother back then, but little did I think you’d grow up to become such an ingrate! I really regret it!”
Seeing how Olivia talked about her kindness in fostering her and her brother, Ellen had no choice but to reply, “Aunt Olivia, I admit that what happened was partly my fault, but it wasn’t my fault alone. Selena was in the wrong, too.”
Olivia replied, “Ellen, Lena has told me everything. You’ve got Young Master Jared at your back, so you’re turning your nose up at everyone right now, huh? Did you ever think about who was the one that got you into the Presgrave Group? It was your uncle who pulled strings to get you into the company, remember? If it weren’t for our family, you’d probably be working as a waiter in some obscure place now! How ungrateful!” She let out a sneer. “Don’t you worry that you’ll get your comeuppance for that?”
After she finished her speech, Selena snatched the phone from her, saying, “Mom, let me talk to her.” She then said to the other end of the line, “Ellen, I want you to apologize to me.”
Hearing that it was Selena, Ellen bit her lip, saying, “I won’t apologize to you.”
“It was thanks to my dad that you got into the Presgrave Group. If not for my dad, you wouldn’t have gotten to know President Presgrave. Without my dad, your resettlement compensation would’ve been taken by others long ago. Ellen, as long as you apologize to me, I can forget about this.” Selena just wanted to see Ellen bow down to her.
“That’s a different matter, Selena. What about my wound?”
Selena replied haughtily, “That little wound of yours is nothing. Also, how much is that thing of yours? I’ll pay you for that, but you have to apologize to me.”
“I won’t apologize to you,” Ellen said stubbornly.
Selena threatened, “You… Fine, don’t come to my place anymore. My parents won’t look after you anymore either. From now on, you’re on your own!”
The words ‘on your own’ pricked Ellen’s heart.
Just then, Olivia took the phone back from Selena. “Ellen, your parents died early, so we fostered you and your brother out of pity. Now that you’ve grown up, you don’t obey us anymore. Not only are you unfilial to you even hit my daughter. Who would dare to marry an ungrateful lady like you in the future? Your husband’s us, but family will kick you out if they learn about this.”
These words didn’t sound unpleasant to the ear, but they were as hurtful as a curse.
Olivia then threatened, “I’m telling you, don’t seek us for help in the future when you need your elders to back you up. We don’t have such a heartless niece. Either you apologize to my daughter, or we’ll sever our relations with you.”
Ellen’s heart twinged; she felt an overwhelming pressure weighing down on her.
“Apologize, you brat! Didn’t you hear what my mom said?” Selena’s voice rang on the other end. Obviously, they were putting the phone call on speaker.
Ellen took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Then, she said calmly to the other end of the line, “I’ll never apologize to you for this.” With that, she hung up right away. Her heart was heavy, and it pained her a lot, but she knew that she didn’t do anything wrong and thus didn’t have to apologize to anyone.
Selena let out a snort in anger when the phone call ended. “Mom, she hung up on us.”