Chapter 46 II Give Jasper to You
jasper looked at Ingrid who was standing at the door. There was no way of knowing how long she had been standing there or how much she had heard
Ingrid remained impassive. She just stood there, watching fasper quietly. She didn’t look happy or said. Het fare was a musk of calm
But Jasper felt like a million arrows had pieced his heart. There ano anger in Ingrid’s eyes, only a yawning distance that felt impossible to cross
They locked gazes. After a few second, Jasper tried approaching her. He opened his mouth to speak, but Ingrid was festes.
“You should go if there’s something you need to do. I’ll handle things upstairs.
The calmer Ingrid was, the more panicked Jasper felt. He reached out to take her hand. “Let’s go home..!
But before he could finish his sentence, Ingrid took a step back to avoid his grasp. The careful control she had slipped for a moment. Jasper could see the disdain in her eyes
Jasper’s fingers cloud around thin air. His heart fell into his gui. Just as he was about to speak again, Cassandra walked in
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to bother you she apologized to Ingrid.
Jasper’s face was steely. In a low voice, he said, “Leave Get away from us.
Cassandra truly didn’t mean for Ingrid to know the truth. In the last three to four months, she had so many opportunities to tell Ingrid, but she had kept sent
Her eyes reddened Cassandra had never seen Jasper behave like this before. More than being angry, he looked at a loss of what to do.
What was he afraid? Was he scared of Ingrid discovering the truth? Was he scared that ingrid would cause a scene that would put him in a tight spot?Or…
Cassandra held back her tears. She turned on her heel and lett.
“Leave with her,” Ingrid said to him.
Jasper frowned. “Che me some time. I’ll explain everything to you.”
Ingrid remained expressionless. ‘Tine. We can talk later. The both of you should leave now
Jasper wanted to my more. With her hands rolled into tight fists, Ingrid brused, “I don’t even want to look at you now! I don’t want to be humiliated in front of an audience either! Don’t you understand what I’m saying? Leave!”
Ingrid gutted her teeth while Jasper’s face went pale with shock. She left him and climbed up the prales. She didn’t return to the private room immediately. Instead, she made a detour to the
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She wanted to my her heart out while hiding in the bathroom, but she couldn’t. No matter how much pain she was in, she could only squeeze het eyes shut and take in deep breaths, She felt as if she was a second away from snapping
There was still a room full of her colleagues that she had to entertain. She couldn’t cry. She repeated this to herself over and over again like a mantra.
It took countless deep breaths, but Ingrid could finally open her eyes. She had stopped herself from crying by sheer force of will. She exited the bathroom stall and locked at herself in the mirror. Her face was as pale as a sheet.
When she returned to the private room, Ingrid had already made up a reason for Jasper’s sudden disappearance. She didn’t expect to see Jasper seated in his original spot when she opened
the door
He was engaged in a lively discussion wi The people around him. Jasper looked at the door as it swung open.
“Ingrid, what took you so long) Dr. Clutford was so distracted without you here!” someone hollered
Jasper held his breath in anticipation. He was worried that Ingrid would turn around and leave.
The truth was, Ingrid did have that urge. She hesitated for a second before walking into the mom
From an outsider’s perspective, Ingrid and Jasper had only left for a few minutes. Nobody could tell that something was wrong.
As Ingrid pretended that everything was well, she thought it was rather funny. She used to think that Brandon was an expert at being two–faced. He had two different masku —one that he we in public, and another that he wore in private.
But Ingrid had realized that Jasper, Cassandra, and even Ingrid herself, were two–faced as well. Everyone was two–faced.
Jasper didn’t just have two different masku. He had masks hidden within those masks.
düne hadcracked a joke. The table erupted in laughter while Ingrid rubbed at her eyes.
“Lock, Mi. Leute thought it was so f
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Ingrid squeezed her eyes shut. She forced again onto her face as she wiped at her eyes. But the tears wouldn’t stop flowing. Jasper used a tinue to help her wipe
“Dr. Clifford, you can’t be like this,” someone said. “Thd you know that everyone has been saying that it’s been cut to find a partner after seeing how you treat M. Leone? Even those in a relationship want to dump the rent parts to find someone beite!”
Jasper didn’t say anything lingid opened her eyes. She undled and said, “I’ll give jasper to you then. Do you want him?”
