<strong>Chapter 168</strong>Content rights by N?velDr//ama.Org.


    Betty''s makeup-d face froze up as she shuddered.


    "Are we close? It''s not nice to touch me all over without my permission." Landon forcefully withdrew his arm from her hold.


    "I-I''m sorry. I saw you as my brother because you''re Jasper''s friend. Nothing more than that ..." She worried that he mighte to detest her, so she had to exin herself.


    "You''re his sister, not mine. Mind your manners next time," he dropped a frosty remark and left. He wouldn''t want a random stranger to dirty that precious shirt Alice had bought for him.


    Betty clenched her fists hard. Suddenly, Landon stopped dead in his tracks, put a hand in his pocket, and squinted at her. She quickly wore a smile as her heart thumped loudly.


    "Landon might be tough on the outside, but he is soft on the inside. He must care about me!" she thought excitedly.


    "I can''t wrap my head around the recent fashion trends."


    "What?" She was taken aback.


    "I didn''t know that people were putting lipstick on their teeth now. I learned something new today." He snickered and walked away coolly.


    It dawned on her that she might have lipstick on her teeth. She rushed to the restroom and bared her teeth in the mirror. She was right.


    "Argh!" She screamed in shame and frustration as she felt the urge to shatter the mirror.


    ...


    Landon entered the study and slumped onto the couch with his legs wide open in a careless manner.


    "Your sister, Betty, is wild. She was eyeing me and touching me everywhere when I showed up. Rather shameless and cheap, don''t you think? Alice would never do that."


    Jasper was reading the files that Xavier delivered. He cast an indifferent look at his friend. "Why are you here?"


    "To visit you. I was wondering if you had caught the flu." Landon narrowed his eyes and ced a cigarette between his lips.


    "Look at that smug look on your face." Jasper''s face clouded as he tightened his grip on the pen.


    "I guess I''m doing okay. Better than those who can''t even step foot into Alice''s ce." Landon leisurely puffed a ring of smoke.


    Choking on Landon''s words, Jasper looked crossed. Landon was right, though. As Alice''s husband of three years, Jasper was pped in the face while standing in the rainst night. Indeed, his fate differed from Landon''s.


    The more he thought about it, the more incensed he felt.


    Landon stubbed his cigarette in the ashtray and sighed before he rose from the couch. He went up to Jasper and ced his hands on the table. Squinting, he stared into Jasper''s eyes. Jasper met his heavy gaze.


    "Jasper, I have to win her over. I want her to be my woman."


    Landon''s eyes were as bright as the shimmer of a de. His gaze was piercing, as though he wanted to dissect Jasper and find out why he was attractive to Alice.


    Jasper had treated Alice badly. She spent three years of her marriage alone. Not only that, he forced her to agree to a divorce. Jasper might be a good friend, but he was a horrible husband, and that upsetted Landon.


    Jasper felt his chest tighten as his knuckles paled. "Did you forget that she''s now with Jonah Taylor?"


    "Still better than with you."


    Rage churned inside of Jasper. His breathing becamebored.


    "Jonah and Alice are both single. What''s wrong with them dating each other?"


    Landon inched closer to Jasper with a lifted brow. "Let''s talk about you. Your grandpa''s birthday is around the corner, and you''ll soon marry Liana. Why did you stand in the rain in front of Alice''s ce at night? Did you think you were Romeo?"


    Feeling bitter, Jasper scoffed. "Quit it. I had my reason."


    "Bro, I don''t care. You shouldn''t harass Alice now that you''re engaged," Landon fired back fearlessly.


    "I will never do that again." Jasper took a deep breath with a hostile expression. "However, I''d advise you not to give her trouble if you truly love her. The Taylor family likes her and looks forward to weing her as their daughter-inw. You''ll be an obstacle in her path of marrying into the Taylor family."


    "Fuck you! Us Harpers are as good as the Taylors!" Shaking with fury, Landon blurted out, "I am sure she''ll never marry Jonah Taylor!"


    "What did you say?" Jasper picked up the undertone in Landon''s im and leaned forward urgently. "What makes you say so?"


    "I have my reason. Their rtionship is not as it seems. I don''t think she loves Jonah. I bet she was only with Jonah to spite you. I''d do the same if I were her. I''d show off my suitors after the divorce. That will teach you little son-of-a-bitch a lesson!"