Lawrence had something else to do and left. Just as Jessie was about to go back to her room, sounds
of applause came through, followed by the mocking and contemptuous words of Joseph.
"Wow! What a lovely brother and sister! Seeing you changed, I'm so happy for Lawrence. What he has
done for you is not in vain."
Jessie looked at him coldly. He seemed to praise her, but he spoke in a disgusting way.
Thinking of those days when he treated her with harsh means, she couldn't help but have an impulse to
strangle him.
She gave him a hateful look and was about to step into the room.
"I'm talking to you. It seems impolite not to reply." Joseph put his hand in front of her. Jessie looked up
at him, and said coldly, "Do you think you deserve it? You are insulting the word polite!"
"Wow, you are very tough. No wonder Mark liked you within a few months. I was very confused when
Mark agreed to marry you. He used to be desperate for Joyce. You have tough mind beneath your
innocent appearance." Joseph said, with a dirty look on his face. He seemed to be quite interested in
Jessie.
Jessie felt so sick that she could not help but curse in her mind, 'Disgusting!'
"What kind of person I am, who loves me and who hates me, it's none of your business. Mind your own
things. I don't have much to talk to you."
"Really? Why do I think not?"
Joseph insisted on stopping her. Jessie scolded, "Quit it! If you want to run after me, I will tell you
directly not to waste your time and mine. If you're just satirizing me, then you'd better shut up. It's none
of your business and I don't care what you say. If you keep bothering me, I will tell Grandpa. Even if
you're not afraid of Lawrence, I believe that you won't disobey Grandpa, right?"
Hearing that, Joseph immediately put away the sneer on his face. His face darkened, and he glared at
Jessie with hatred.
How dared she threaten him with Ken!
If it wasn't for the sake of MR, did she think that he was afraid of Ken?
Seeing that he didn't say a word, Jessie thought that he must be scared by her, so she just sneered at
him, bypassed him, and walked towards the house.
However, just two steps forward, Joseph's ghostly voice appeared in her ears again.
This time, she was really scared.
"You are smarter than I expected. You even pretended to be weak in order to win the sympathy of that
old man and Lawrence. Your tricks can deceive them, not me."
Hearing that, Jessie suddenly turned around and glared at him fiercely. She looked surprised that
Joseph could read her mind.
"What? Am I right?" Joseph approached her and reached out his hand to stroke her slender arm.
Although he was only touching her clothes, he still put a dirty look on his face.
"What are you talking about?" Jessie asked back, pretending to be fearless, looking straight at him.
"Joseph, do you really think that you are the smartest one in the world? You said I was pretending,
what about you? Do you really obey grandpa and obey his orders? You won't accept anyone controlling
you. You always want to be the king. Why do you compromise so much?"
"Ha ha! That's interesting!" Joseph laughed. What a surprise. Jessie was really different.
When the Lan family and the Lin family had dinner for the first time, he thought that Jessie was not that
obedient as she looked like. She was just good at disguising her true features, and her ability and true
personality were not shown.
When she was in the Lan family, she also tried her best to show the image she had created before.
However, when he saw the scene that she resisted Leslie on the roof, he was sure that Jessie was not
a simple person.
But now, the resolute, stubborn and unyielding feeling of her had completely subverted the image he
had seen when he first met her.
The way she looked now was what she really was.
However, her cleverness was beyond his imagination.
This was beyond his expectation.
Jessie now was like a mysterious gift. He needed to find out bit by bit. Maybe, more and more surprises
would appear.
He was really interested in such a woman.
"Since we know each other so well, why don't you be with me?"
"With you?" Jessie sneered, "Mr. Joseph, don't you look at yourself?" He was so shameless.
Joseph was a little confused. "I look at myself in the mirror every day. What's wrong?"
Hearing that, Jessie sneered and said, "I think you should go back home and think about why you were
born so stupid. I will think it over thousands of years later."
Not until this moment did Joseph understand what Jessie meant. She meant he was narcissistic and
arrogant.
He had never been looked down upon by a woman. Although she did not directly refuse, he could not
bear such a deriding way either.
Looking at Jessie's back, Joseph gritted his teeth. He liked smart women, but he hated being looked
down upon by her!
'Jessie, I would make you regret and beg me!'
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After Lawrence left, he was stalked by Mark's men.
They didn't know whether Lawrence was pretending, or because he was thinking about something, he
didn't notice that someone was following him. He arrived at the villa. It seemed that he didn't know
about it.
After confirming the address, Nick immediately drove away to avoid attracting attention.
"Mr. Mark, I followed him all the way here. Although it was just a villa area, they were at the innermost
area, it should be difficult to find them without any guidance. I've observed and found that there are
many bodyguards around. I think it's not a place for ordinary people to live."
"Anything else?"
"Nothing else. I just felt something was wrong with the villa. It doesn't look like an ordinary place."
"What's wrong?" Mark pressed his lips. Did Lawrence live there?
If so, Jessie should be there.
That place was not far from here, merely fifty kilometers away. It was possible for Jessie to come back
if she wanted.
But, why didn't she come back?
Was she kept prisoner?
Or something had happened and she couldn't come back!
Mark had no idea about what had happened. If he didn't take the risk to get Jessie, he had to wait for
Lawrence to bring her here.
Anyway, he had to be fully prepared, just in case.
As if struck by a sudden idea, Nick said, "Oh, right! Mr. Mark. I saw a man with blonde hair walking in
there. He seems to be Joseph, the owner behind of MR."
Joseph?
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