“Mr. Beckett! It’s all my fault! It’s all my mistake!” Roanline thought it would be better to admit her


    wrongdoing instead of waiting to be questioned. She couldn’t let this matter affect her daughter


    and ruin her chances of marrying into a noble family.


    So she rushed over with a sorrowful expression. And she knelt in front of Jasper.


    “The Kirkmans are in trouble. Our cash flow is broken, and our factories are closing down one after


    another. When the Becketts refused to help, we were forced into a corner by the Taylors. We were


    left with no choice…


    “So I discussed it with Liana’s father, and we decided to sell some family assets for the sake of our


    “If I had known that the ne was the token of your love to Liana… Even if I starved or died of


    poverty, I would never have sold it!”


    Liana secretly heaved a sigh of relief before pretending to be shocked Tears welled in her eyes,


    and she cried, “Mom… How could you do this? That was my most beloved ne. How could


    you!”


    Jasper didn’t even blink as he calmly said, “That’s not what I wanted to ask.”


    The ne was no longer of much importance to himpared to the false usations against


    Alice. Although he was still upset to see his heartfelt gift being mistreated, he could understand


    and forgive it if Liana had sold it to save her family.


    But twisting the truth, lying, and framing an innocent person was something he couldn’t forgive.


    “Did you hurt yourself? Or did Alice do it? Did she identally break her bracelet? Or did you snatch it


    from her and deliberately break it?” Jasper asked calmly. His gaze was still as water.


    “Jasper, are you saying I’m an evil woman who framed Alice?” Liana cried, acting innocent. “You think I


    can’t even match up to your ex–wife, who cheated on you emotionally?”


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    Jasper’s brow furrowed. “Lauren never lies. She said she didn’t see Alice touch you”


    “Lauren isn’t in her right mind. And hernguage skills arecking. You know that, Jasper. Besides, she


    was hiding at the time. It’s hard to say if she saw anything,” Sophia quickly stepped


    in to smooth things over,


    Jasper’s lips curled faintly. “Is itmon for mothers to criticize their daughters like this in front


    of others? I wouldn’t know, as I don’t have a mother.


    Sophia’s face paled in an instant. He usually had the vigor of a zombie at home. But now, when he


    retorted, he was full of spirit!


    “So, Lia, why did you do this? Since I chose you, I would never get back together with Alice. So


    why did you go looking for trouble with her?”


    Jasper suppressed the frustration within him, which felt like heavy chains binding his heart. The


    chains were so restrictive that his heart could hardly beat.


    He still called her “Lia” because of their twenty years of friendship, the feelings they shared, and the


    redemption she brought during his dark childhood. He feared that this light in his life would


    extinguish and that he had made the wrong choice by staking everything on her.


    “I didn’t! It wasn’t me!” Liana yelled, pounding on the bed. A bloodshot re now reced her


    usually gentle gaze.


    “She stole my man! And now she wants to turn me into a scapegoat! Betty said Alice and Lauren


    were close when she was still part of the Becketts. They must be conspiring against me! Jasper,


    do you believe them over me? Have you fallen for Alice? Do you not want me anymore?!”


    “I have always been yours. Even during the three years I was married to Alice. My feelings for you.


    never changed, and I never even touched her,” Jasper clenched his trembling fingers tightly. His


    starry eyes lost their luster.


    He recalled how Alice took the me for the suspicion, how her wrists were swollen. And how


    she looked back at him with tears and hatred, full of heartbreak and disappointment.


    Jasper took a deep breath, but the intense headache caused his vision to blur. “But Liana, I’m having a


    hard time understanding everything you’ve been doingtely. Are you trying to push me


    toward her?”


    “No, no! Jasper! Jasper!”


    Jasper left without a second nce at her, and it scared her. She staggered out of bed and rushed


    to the door. Only to be met with a heavy thud as the door closed in front of her face.


    Liana kicked the door of the ward angrily. However, she screamed in pain and hopped around in ce


    because she exerted too much strength.


    “Alice! I won’t let you get away with this! You swore to be my enemy? Bring it on!” she thought.