Chapter 6 The Guilt
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"You ungrateful girl! At least you still have some conscience to come to keep me company on my birthday." Quentin exclaimed with pleasant surprise. He wanted to hug Cassia, but then he remembered that she hadn't come back to see him for half a year. He couldn't help but feel a little upset, so he could only turn away with feigned arrogance.
"Mr. Parker, I was wrong. I promise to come see you more often in the future, I swear." Cassia ran to Quentin and raised four fingers. Her mischievous look successfully made him laugh.
"Alright, it's good that you're back." After all, she was just a junior. Quentin couldn't really stay angry with her, so he immediately resumed his amiable and kind demeanor.
He looked Cassia up and down, his expression growing more serious. Then he scolded angrily, "You've lost weight! Has that brat been mistreating you?" As he spoke, Quentin glared fiercely at Ivor.
"No." Cassia took Quentin's arm and shook it gently. "I've been eating and sleeping well recently. I've even gained two whole circles around my waist. Mr. Parker, you must be seeing things. You must have mistaken me for being thin."
"Really?" Quentin looked at Cassia skeptically. "I may be old, but my mind is still sharp. Don't try to fool me."
"Of course I wouldn't lie to Mr. Parker."
Willa, who was standing by the side, saw how well Cassia was getting along with Quentin, and she couldn't help but feel angry. Unwilling to be ignored like this, she suddenly said, "Mr. Parker, Ivor and the others have come all this way. Why don't we have dinner first?"
"That's right." Quentin took Cassia's hand and arranged for her to sit beside him.
Willa looked at the scene in front of her, fuming. This seating arrangement clearly showed Quentin's attitude. A sense of crisis welled up in Willa's heart. She adjusted her emotions and raised her glass to Cassia in a friendly manner. "So you're Cassia. I heard that you've been taking care of Ivor all this time. It must have been hard on you. Here's to you."
Cassia looked up. This was her first meeting with Willa. She was wearing a white dress and had a pair of watery eyes that were full of affection. She was delicate and charming. No wonder she was able to bewitch Ivor.
"It's all my duty."
Taking money to do her job was only right and proper. Cassia returned the toast. Her every move was graceful, neither servile nor overbearing.
Willa didn't expect Cassia to have such an attitude. It seemed that she was a tough nut to c***k. Willa picked up a piece of meat and put it into Ivor's plate. Ivor, who was usually a clean freak, only frowned slightly but didn't blame her.
Cassia swirled her wine glass. Willa was looking at her with the air of a victor. She said slowly, "Cassia, you don't know this yet, do you? Ivor and I grew up together. I still remember that when we were young, we would climb through the dog hole after school to avoid being caught by the teacher. You would never have guessed that someone like Ivor would have been so pathetic when he was young. And..."
Cassia listened quietly to their past. Under the light, her face was cold and stunning, with an added touch of aloofness. '
Is she trying to show off to me? Unfortunately for me, she is bound to be disappointed.'
Cassia wasn't interested in Ivor's past, and she couldn't wait for Willa and Ivor to get together so that she could get away from this mess and do her own thing.
If it weren't for the fact that the medical project was still tied to Ivor, she wouldn't want to have anything to do with this man at all. However, now that the project had progressed to this stage, Ivor was no longer her only choice. The Andrews family was her next target.
Facing Willa's provocation, Cassia just smiled. "Ms. Taylor, you and Ivor have such a good relationship."
Cassia's simple sigh came across as jealousy to Quentin. He patted Cassia's shoulder and comforted her, "Those are all things of the past. Cassia, you and Ivor have been dating for so long. When are you planning to get married? I can't wait to have a great-grandson."
Clang!
Cassia's hand trembled uncontrollably, and the wine glass in her hand fell onto the table. Quentin's sudden urging for marriage and a baby shocked her.
The smile on Willa's face froze.
Silence suddenly descended upon the table. Cassia took two big gulps of wine and said, "Mr. Parker, we're still young. There's no hurry for that."
Cassia let out two dry laughs. Her relationship with Ivor was just a business deal. It could never be real.
However, she couldn't tell Quentin about this yet. Otherwise, with his health, he might not be able to withstand the blow.
"Ivor is almost thirty. If he doesn't hurry, he'll be an old man.
I'm half a foot in the grave now. All I want is to have a great-grandson before he goes. Don't you want to help me fulfill this wish, Cassia?" Quentin's sincerity made Cassia feel even more guilty. In this family, Quentin was the only one who treated her well.
The Green family was ruined, and she no longer had a family. Ivor, who was by her side, wasn't worth relying on. It could be said that Quentin was the only relative in her heart. She didn't want to hurt Quentin's feelings.
Cassia secretly shot Ivor a look, asking him to think of a way out of this.
At the same time, she also pinned her hopes on Willa.
In the end, the two of them seemed to have yet to come back to their senses, and neither of them said a word.
Cassia cried internally as she thought about what to say. Just as she was about to speak, Ivor suddenly said, "I won't marry Cassia."
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