Although they were siblings, Jeremy respected his sister's privacy. After all, he was not the kind of
person who would check other people's phones.
So, he just sat there and waited for Angelina.
But suddenly, Angelina's phone vibrated. It seemed that someone sent her a message.
At first, he didn't pay much attention to it.
However, the phone kept on vibrating a few more times. Since there had been many messages
already, it must be something important.
Jeremy looked around, but Angelina wasn't back yet.
He picked up her phone from the table and stood up.
While he was looking for Angelina, it vibrated again.
But since Jeremy had always respected Angelina's privacy, he didn't dare to check the messages.
After a while, the phone had finally stopped vibrating.
Looking at the black screen, Jeremy thought that it was over.
But to his surprise, the screen lit up as the latest message came in.
And since the screen was right in front of his face, he unintentionally saw the new message.
Shock was written all over Jeremy's face in an instant.
It was as if he saw something terrifying.
All of a sudden, he lost his balance, and he stumbled sideways.
Fortunately, there was a waiter near him, who was quick enough to hold him. "Sir, are you okay?"
Jeremy replied, "Yes, I'm fine. Thank you."
Jeremy pulled back his hand only to find out that it had gotten cold.
He looked at the phone again, but it had automatically locked.
As he recalled the words he had just read, he felt like a heavy stone pressed on his heart.
He could barely breathe.
Angelina hadn't come back yet, and he didn't know where to find her.
Jeremy suddenly got anxious, especially when he remembered the beads of sweat on Angelina's
forehead before she left.
He looked at her phone again, thinking of unlocking it.
But after trying a few sets of numbers for the password, none of them worked.
Eventually, he put his finger on the button. To his surprise, the phone unlocked
Jeremy remembered that when Angelina got this phone, she was so happy that she grabbed his hand
and recorded his fingerprint in there.
He didn't expect that she would use it as her phone's password.
Since the phone was already unlocked, he opened Angelina's WeChat.
Jeremy never did something like this. Even if Angelina was his sister, he never invaded her privacy.
But the message he had accidentally read made him restless.
He had no choice but to find out what was really going on.
Jeremy opened the messages.
They all came from the same person.
"Angelina, where are you?
We don't have any money left now.
Give us one million dollars right away."
"Where are you? Reply to my message." "Are you trying to avoid us?
Well, if I still don't receive any reply from you, I will tell your secret to the Gu family. I'm serious."
"Angelina, have you become dumb after being the lady of the Gu family for five years? If you still don't
reply, don't blame me."
"Angelina, you are not a real member of the Gu family. You know that, so stop pretending. I don't know
what will happen to you if they find out that you have been fooling them for a long time now."
After reading all the messages, Jeremy closed the WeChat.
He leaned against the chair behind him for support, trying to calm himself.
After a while, he opened her WeChat and read the messages again.
It was as if he wanted to make sure that everything was real.
The person who sent the messages was very persistent, but Angelina only replied once or twice.
Obviously, she was trying to avoid him.
And the only purpose of the messages was to ask for money.
No wonder Angelina had been asking a lot of money from Jeremy recently without any reason.
He was already getting suspicious, but he didn't ask. Unexpectedly, he found the answer just now.
In the past, Angelina had never squandered the money given to her. Since she was not the real
daughter of the Gu family, she thought that she should not waste the pocket money that Belinda and
Jeremy gave her. Instead, she saved them.
But over time, Angelina had learned to splurge on many things, and she couldn't restrain it anymore.
That was when she started to ask for money from Jeremy more often the before. Also, she would
always say that the Li family was asking for money from her.
Jeremy loved her so much that he didn't care even if she was just making up an excuse.
Jeremy went back to their table, took out his phone, and saved the person's WeChat ID. He also took a
screenshot of the messages and put Angelina's phone back to its original position.
He just sat there, pretending like nothing happened.
Although he looked casual on the outside, only Jeremy knew what he was thinking inside.
He was the one who took Angelina's saliva for a DNA test before. How could this happen now?
A few moments later, Angelina came back.
She smiled at him and said, "I'm sorry. I got caught up with something."
Angelina subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that her phone looked untouched.
On the other hand, Jeremy's eyes darkened when he saw such a reaction from her.
But he still replied with a smile, "It's alright. But next time, make sure to always bring your phone with
you. Don't be so careless."
Angelina put her phone in her bag and smiled sweetly. "You're right."
Meanwhile, Ashley was still in the same wedding reception and she felt a little tired.
Up to this time, she couldn't understand why Lesley wanted her to be here.
Fabio, who was sitting beside her, also felt a little bored now. When he looked around and saw
something at the other end of the hall, his eyes lit up all of a sudden.
"Mommy, I want to go there and have a look," Fabio said as he held Ashley's hand.
"What's so special in there? There are so many people here. You are just a kid. What if you get lost?"
she said.
"Don't worry, mommy. I have my phone with me. Also, I will go with my Richard."
Fabio turned to Richard and pleaded, "Brother, go with me, please."
Richard nodded unhesitatingly. "Okay."
Ashley looked around and thought, 'Fabio looks like Andrew. With Andrew's power here in J City, no
one would dare to hurt the kids.'
So, she replied, "Okay. But you have to be careful. Call me if anything happens."
"Yes, mommy,"
Fabio replied excitedly. He then grabbed Richard's hand and ran off.
Ashley couldn't help shaking her head in amusement.
Andrew's mood lightened up as soon as the two boys were gone. Finally, he could have Ashley to
himself even for a short while.
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