The Rejected and the Pursued

4-Miss Taylor Is Truly Devoted

"Vivi's back." Mrs. Jones opened her eyes, saw Vivian beside her, and smiled broadly. She reached back and held Vivian's hand.

"Grandma, Mrs. Wong said you weren't feeling well. What's wrong? Should I call Dr. Kumar?" Vivian suggested.

"No need, Vivi. I'm fine. Mrs. Wong is fussing over nothing... You were working just now, weren't you?" The old lady looked kindly at her.

"Your health is the most important thing." Vivian held the old lady's hand tightly.

"Ah, Vivi is always so good to me. If only Beau were half as sensible as you are, he's a naughty boy who always refuses to come and see this old woman." The old lady spoke affectionately.

"Grandma, I will always take care of you with Beau."

…

She thought she would be with Beau for a long, long time. But now, the reality in front of her is just too cruel.

The woman Beau wants is not her. The thought of Barbara carrying his child feels like a thousand needles stabbing Vivian's heart, making it hard for her to breathe.

"Vivi, Beau is not worthy of you. That bad boy said he went on a business trip and hasn't called back in two days. His phone is off, what's going on...Vivi, has Beau contacted you?" The old lady is getting on in years and her memory is not particularly good.

"Beau went to Africa. The communication signal there is not particularly good...it's okay, he just contacted me last night." Vivian suppressed the pain in her heart and said.

She didn't want the old lady to know that Beau not only did not go on a business trip, but also got into a car accident and is lying in the hospital, his life hanging in the balance.

Three years ago, when she lost her son and daughter-in-law, the old lady aged ten years overnight. Three years later, if she found out that her beloved grandson is lying in the hospital, the old lady might not be able to bear it.

Vivian can't take that risk. She can only keep it from grandma.

Now that she thinks about it, she should thank Jared. If it weren't for him suppressing all the news about the car accident, the grandma would probably have known about it and would have been very upset.

"Really? That little brat only remembers Vivi and forgets about me." The grandma always believes what Vivian says because she has never lied since she was a child.

But this time she lied, and for the first time in her life, it was for the man who deceived her.

After the old lady fell asleep, Vivian took her phone and returned to the garden.

Now that Beau has had a car accident and his condition is unknown, Jones Company still needs someone to steer the ship. They can hide it for a day or two, but they can't hide it for a week or a month. Moreover, she is not familiar with the Jones executives, and she is not qualified to take charge of Jones.

She can only ask for help from one person.

She dialed the number and waited quietly for the call to connect, her palms sweating. To be honest, these past few years, the number she feared most was this one.

After a while, an unhappy voice came from the other end. "What's the matter?"

"It's Vi. Beau had an accident. Can you come back?" Vivian's voice was gentle.

"What happened to Beau?" Laura Jones' voice was even colder.

"A car accident." Vivian's voice was very low.

"A car accident? When did it happen? How could he have a car accident out of nowhere? Beau and I had a video chat a few days ago and everything was fine. Did you do something to upset him?" Laura Jones was aggressive.

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"Aunt Laura，It's not me this time." Vivian tried to steady her voice.

Laura Jones had never liked her. Since Vivian came to the Jones family, Laura had treated her as a burden, even a jinx. Whatever happened with Beau, it was always Vivian's fault.

And now it was the same.

"Vivian, I knew you were a witch. Are you planning to kill everyone in the Jones family? What do we owe you?" Laura Jones was practically yelling.

Vivian knew that if she were in front of Laura Jones right now, this woman might actually strangle her.

"Beau is still unconscious, and the Jones family needs someone to take charge. Please come back soon. That's all I have to say for now. We can talk about other things when you return." Vivian tried to emphasize the main point and control her emotions.

"I'll come back, but never appear in my sight again. If anything happens to Beau, I'll make you pay with your life." Laura Jones hung up without another word.

Vivian looked at the hung-up phone, feeling heavy-hearted. She thought of Laura Jones's hurtful words, and her fists clenched and hurt her nails.

After leaving the Jones family, Vivian went back to the hospital.

She looked through the glass of the ICU and saw Beau with tubes sticking out of him.

"When will you wake up, Beau? I want to hear your explanation in person."

She didn't want to believe that Beau had betrayed her.

As soon as Jared got out of the elevator, he saw the woman lying outside the ICU.

Emmm, Love sure runs deep.

Beau had done something unforgivable, lying unconscious in the ICU, but Vivian was still here, not leaving his side.

"Miss Taylor is truly devoted." Jared's indifferent voice sounded behind Vivian.

Vivian was startled and turned around to see Jared standing one meter away, looking coldly at her.

Vivian quietly looked at Jared and then smiled.

"You too, Mr. Mueller." The irony in her words was obvious.

He could come to see Barbara, and she could come to see Beau. Moreover, Jared and Barbara's feelings were not as deep as her love for Beau.

They had known each other for nineteen years, and she had liked him for almost ten years.

"Miss Taylor, since you can't seem to forget about Beau, you should have made a more decisive decision and removed the child that your fiancé had with my fiancée. It would have saved us trouble. Maybe Miss Taylor likes to be a stepmother?" Jared didn't like Vivian's seemingly deep love for Beau.

When it came to sarcasm, Jared was truly ruthless.

Vivian was somewhat upset by his words.

"Mr. Muller, don't you also want to be a stepfather?" Vivian confronted him directly.

Jared stood there, tall and lean, with a cold and dark expression, staring at Vivian. She was the first woman to dare to confront him like this.

"You have a sharp tongue. Do I need to clarify if the child is mine? Not everyone lives as blindly as Miss Taylor. I saved the baby, and it would only be evidence." Jared slightly lifted his lip, a dangerous glint in his eyes.

Evidence? He actually saw the innocent child as evidence.

"Mr. Muller, is it true what they say about you...you're heartless!" After finishing her scolding, Vivian didn't care about Jared's reaction and went straight to the elevator in a huff.

This was really unlucky.

She and this man were just not meant to get along.

Whenever she encountered him, it was never a good thing.

As a result, the elevator opened just as she arrived and Doug stepped out, looking somewhat surprised to see an angry Vivian. "Miss Taylor!"

"Um, hello," Vivian was slightly embarrassed.

"Hello, Miss Taylor. About the breakfast last time..."

"You don't have to return the box to me, just keep it," Vivian got into the elevator.

Doug watched the closed elevator door. He had wanted to tell Vivian that Mr. Muller had taken the breakfast she had made with her own hands.

"Doug!" Jared stood in place, scanning in Doug's direction.

"Sir, I just saw Miss Taylor."

"I'm not blind," Jared rudely retorted. That annoying girl had just called him a heartless animal, was he really so hated?

"Doug, am I ugly?" Jared asked seriously.

"No, sir. You're the most handsome man in the city," Doug looked at him, puzzled. It was rare for Jared to show interest in his appearance.

"What about compared to Beau?" Jared cast a glance at the comatose man in the intensive care unit.

Barbara, Vivian, they all liked those pretty boys like Beau!

Doug was not good at such topics, "um, uh, uh…sir, the Davis family，we can't keep the accident a secret from them much longer," Doug looked at Jared, wondering what he should do.

Jared had been suppressing the news of Barbara's car accident and hadn't let a single word slip.

Jared slightly narrowed his eyes and looked through the glass door at Barbara, who had various tubes inserted in her. "Doug, which do you think the Davis family would choose between a family scandal and the future of the Davis?"

Without much thought, Doug replied, "The future of the Davis."

"So, we'll gather all the information about Barbara's situation and tell Ben Davis," Jared said calmly, with a hint of calculation in his eyes.

Doug knew that Jared was not really that calm inside.

"This time, it's Miss Davis who owes you an apology, and it's the Davis family that owes you," he continued.

"Ben Davis will know what to do," Jared said, walking calmly to Barbara's bedside.