Zoe enthusiastically leaned toward Newton and assured him, “Jasper and I will stay by your side


    tonight. I’ll be here for as long as you stay.”


    Hearing this, Jasper scowled. Alyssa noticed his expression. Unlike others, Jasper was unreserved in


    expressing his dislikes. With a quick temper and low emotional intelligence, he relied on capability


    rather than diplomacy for business deals.


    She remembered that he always scowled at her when they were married. Was he upset at Zoe?


    She looked away, refusing to pay him any attention. Even if he was unhappy with Zoe now, he must


    have been weing toward her when she knocked on his hotel room door on the night of the


    scandal.


    “Ms. Zoe, I have undergone the checkups. It’s not a huge issue at all. I can be discharged now,”


    Newton replied.


    He always addressed Landon by his first name, but with Zoe, he stuck to “Ms. Zoe”, seemingly keeping


    a distance between them.


    He teased, “If you stay by my side when I’m at the hospital, I might never get discharged.” It was a joke


    that sounded jarring and humiliating to Zoe.


    Before this, Betty hadined about Newton to Zoe, iming that Newton was an old fool who


    didn’t know the good from the bad.


    Betty used Newton of doting on Alyssa and ignoring her. Newton not only opposed Jasper’s divorce


    but also passed on a family heirloom-a crystal bracelet-to Alyssa.


    It was a good thing that Liana had destroyed that crystal bracelet out of spite. Zoe thought that Liana


    had finally done something right for once before being kicked out.


    Panicking, she exined, “No, Grandpa. That wasn’t my intention.’


    She then cast a pitiful look at Jasper, but he didn’t even pay her attention, blocking out any


    communication with her.


    “Ms. Zoe, I appreciate your concern, but I only need Jasper and Ms. Alyssa by my side. It’ste now


    and rather dangerous for a youngdy to wander out here alone. I see that your bodyguards are here


    with you.


    Have them send you home,” Newton addressed Zoe warmly without fuss.


    Despite his kind attitude, Zoe looked ashen-faced. Newton didn’t ept her goodwill and even refused


    to have Jasper send her home. It was his way of telling her to get lost.


    How despicable!


    When Newton was sent to a care facility in the future, she secretly vowed to bribe the caretakers so


    they would neglect and abuse him.


    “Alice! Come here!” Newton changed his expression and waved at Alyssa with a smile, ignoring Zoe.


    “Sure, Grandpa,” answered Alyssa.


    She was averse to Jasper but approached Newton nheless to appease him.


    Alyssa, a sassy and capable woman, turned into a demure youngdy when she shuffled toward


    Newton.


    Her demeanor reminded Jasper of the time when she first married him.


    The memory moved Jasper.


    Alyssa was once in love with him, but he was blind to his feelings and was terrible at expressing


    himself.


    But that meant nothing now.


    Jasper cast another hurtful look at Alyssa.


    Newton caressed Alyssa’s hair and extended an invitation, “Alice, would youe home with me? You


    and Jasper can stay the night at Crescent Bay.”


    Worried that she might feel uneasy, he quickly added, “My ce is huge and has many rooms. You can


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