After Betrayal - I Married a Handsome Tycoon-Chapter 115: Do You Want to Kiss Me?

The moment Connor Quinn finished speaking, the living room fell deathly silent.

Master Jennings met his gaze, his expression ugly.

The Jennings Family had always been strict. For all these years, he had ruled with an iron fist, and no one from the younger generation had ever dared to contradict him.

Let alone someone speaking as harshly as Connor Quinn had.

The grandfather and grandson remained at a standstill for a moment. Laura Cheney, who was sitting to the side, took a sip of tea and said, "Connor, your grandfather is only doing this for the good of the Jennings Family. After all..."

Connor Quinn replied, "What does the good of the Jennings Family have to do with me?"

Without sparing Laura Cheney a glance, Connor Quinn looked directly at Master Jennings. "In my thirty years, I don’t believe I’ve ever benefited from the Jennings Family in the slightest."

Master Jennings’s hand tightened on his cane.

This was Master Jennings’s sore spot.

His son had disowned him over a woman, only to die in a car crash away from home. In all these years, he had never once laid eyes on his grandson or granddaughter.

To say he felt no guilt would be a lie.

But as long as that guilt remained buried and unmentioned, he could keep it hidden.

Now that Connor Quinn had dug it all up and laid it bare, he felt as if his heart—already riddled with a thousand holes from the pain of losing his son in his old age—was being torn open, raw and dripping with blood...

Connor Quinn’s words were powerful and resonant. Sitting beside Madam Jennings, Moira Sloan pressed her recently upturned lips into a firm line, her luminous eyes trembling for no apparent reason.

’This was the second time.’

’The second time Connor Quinn had so openly protected her.’

A sliver of doubt suddenly crept into Moira Sloan’s mind. ’How does he do it? How can he protect me so resolutely, so fearlessly?’

’After all, not even Shane Jennings, the man she had loved for seven years, had ever gone to such lengths for her.’

’Whenever the Jennings elders—mainly Laura Cheney, of course—were displeased with her, he would only placate her in private, telling her to endure it and swallow her grievances.’

With the atmosphere at a breaking point, Laura Cheney noticed the pained look on Master Jennings’s face. Worried he might give in, she spoke up. "Dad, Shane was indeed in the wrong here. But think about Cassie Blanchett. If this whole affair is confirmed, the Blanchett Family will likely..."

At the mention of the Blanchett Family, Master Jennings frowned.

The marriage between the Blanchett and Jennings families was a union of powerhouses.

Whether the two of them had any feelings for each other was one thing, and whether they had lovers on the side was another. In their circles, such things weren’t a big deal. But if the scandal became public and caused the other family to lose face, then...

As Master Jennings was weighing the pros and cons, Moira Sloan, sitting next to Madam Jennings, suddenly spoke up. "Second Aunt, you mentioned Cassie Blanchett? Well, the reason I was able to expose Rachel Yates so smoothly at the competition is that Cassie worked with me."

Laura Cheney was stunned speechless.

Master Jennings was equally dumbfounded.

They had never imagined that Cassie Blanchett had actually helped Moira Sloan expose Rachel Yates.

Seeing their expressions change drastically, Moira Sloan raised a hand to pinch her delicate, jade-like earlobe. She looked at the man at the center of it all, Shane Jennings, with a grin. "If I were President Jennings, I’d be on my way to offer a humble apology right about now. What if..."

Moira didn’t finish her sentence.

But her smile was so striking that one could imagine the unspoken words were anything but pleasant.

As Moira Sloan looked at Shane Jennings, he looked back at her.

Their eyes met. In contrast to the mockery in Moira’s gaze, Shane’s was filled with a thick, suffocating pain.

Shane Jennings’s Adam’s apple bobbed. He looked as if he wanted to say something, but Laura Cheney, still seated, grabbed his wrist.

Laura Cheney glared at him. "Are you crazy?"

"Mom, I..." Shane began.

Laura Cheney cut him off fiercely, "You think the family isn’t in enough chaos already?"

Shane Jennings clenched his jaw and shut his mouth.

Seeing this, Moira Sloan gave a scornful smile and looked away.

’Which eye was I blind in to have fallen for a piece of trash like him?’

’It’s true what they say. When your hormones are raging, you’ll put anyone on a pedestal.’

’In reality, once you stop loving them and look back...’

’...he’s just an ordinary person.’

’Just another face in the crowd.’

As the atmosphere in the living room solidified, Master Jennings frowned and said, "We will discuss this matter further at a later time."

Hearing this, Laura Cheney grew anxious. "Dad, this matter..."

Master Jennings cut her off in a cold voice, "I’m tired."

Moira Sloan was in a good mood as they left the Jennings Estate, a smile playing on her red lips and her eyes crinkling with amusement.

Madam Jennings had invited her and Connor Quinn to stay for dinner. She hadn’t refused, but Connor did.

His reason for refusing also delighted her. Connor had said, "Grandma, she can’t eat here."

*Tsk.*

’His words were music to my ears.’

’He was practically my perfect mouthpiece.’

’And wasn’t it the truth? In a place like the Jennings Estate, looking at those two rotten people, Shane Jennings and Laura Cheney, she had no appetite at all. Even if she forced herself to eat, she’d just get indigestion.’

Lost in thought, Moira Sloan suddenly stopped and turned to look at Connor Quinn, who was walking behind her.

Ever since they left the Jennings’ house, the man had maintained a distance of one step behind her, following her every move.

Now, as she stopped, he stopped too. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

She strode up to him, rose onto her tiptoes with a light laugh, and lifted her chin proudly. Her tone was like she was bestowing a great favor, yet it held a hint of seduction. "Connor Quinn, don’t you want to kiss me?"