"Lyse, what are you doing?" Winston warned her.


    "Dad, please trust Jasper," Alyssa pleaded in a coarse voice, her eyes shimmering in tears.


    As witty and calctive as she was, she couldn''t stop herself from going up to Jasper.


    Winston felt sorry for his daughter and said sternly, "I never said I distrusted him. But he''s at odds with


    Javier, and he''s involved with the Harpers. If he''s a man worth marrying, I would like to see how he''ll


    resolve the situation."


    The situation grew extremely tense and awkward. Judging from Jasper''s steely expression, he seemed


    reluctant to show any regard for the Harpers.


    Cornelius could not take it anymore. He pulled Zoe along to confront Jasper, "Jasper, you are free to


    love whoever you want, but how could you not offer an apology or an exnation six months after you


    slept with and dumped my granddaughter? What do you take her as?"


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    Zoe started sobbing on cue. Cornelius continued with his stinging remarks. "Are we wrong for wanting


    you to take responsibility for Zoe? Why did you even get involved with her if you imed to be in love


    with Alyssa?"


    He added, "Do you think you could be a jerk because you''re good friends with Landon? Or do you think


    Zoe can be easily bullied because no one could stand up for a poor, kind girl who lost her father at a


    young age?"


    Cornelius'' words brought up memories of the earth-shattering sex scandal involving Jasper and Zoe.


    Starting from then, the Harpers had pressured the Becketts to take action, only to be ignored by


    Jasper. He watched as Zoe made a scene until she gave up after the futile attempts.


    Jasper fixed his icy gaze on Zoe, causing her to tremble in fear. He began in an authoritative and firm


    tone, "I have neither slept with your granddaughter nor keep in touch with her in any way.


    "I was framed in that scandal, and I''m still investigating it. Zoe might not be bothered by her


    reputational loss, but I care about mine. I will not let Alyssa down."


    After his speech, he turned to look at Alyssa. The guests started casting judgmental looks at Zoe,


    whose reputation had been in tatters even before the scandal. They mused about the possibility of Zoe


    orchestrating the scandal to marry Jasper.


    "Grandpa, I wasn''t behind the scandal at all. I was the victim." Zoe grabbed Cornelius'' arm and cried,


    her tears smudging her eye makeup. Cornelius certainly preferred to have trust in Zoe''s character, and


    he assumed that Jasper was merely finding an excuse to get out of marrying Zoe.


    "Jasper Beckett, you have two choices," Javier hissed. "Pick Zoe, and I''ll appoint you as my sessor.


    I will transfer 10% of my stocks to your name, making you thergest shareholder in thepany with


    the ultimate decision-making power.


    "But if you insist on Alyssa, you will be fired from the president role. I will announce the decision next


    Monday, and you''ll have nothing to do with the Beckett Group in the future—"


    When Javier was speaking, Jasper marched toward Alyssa without hesitation. She had been waiting


    silently for him in the corner.


    He would never trade the love of his life for anything.