Being Dumped by My EX, I Marriied His Older Brother-Chapter 77: Nina Thorne, I Will Expose You and Big Brother Sooner or Later

Chapter 77: Chapter 77: Nina Thorne, I Will Expose You and Big Brother Sooner or Later

In the restaurant, Nina Thorne received a call from Serena Kane.

"Nina Thorne, even if you used some trick! Cole still came to see me. I’m still important in his heart. Don’t get cocky. The truth about you and his big brother will be exposed sooner or later!"

"Then I’ll be waiting. As long as you’re not afraid of offending Justin Kane!"

Now that she was no longer in love with him, Nina Thorne felt nothing whenever Cole Kane was mentioned.

Looking at the contact name on her phone, Nina Thorne changed "Serena Kane" to "Serena Locke."

After their food was served, Jessica Jenkins finally returned.

But her face was long, as if something had happened.

"What’s wrong?"

Nina Thorne asked with concern, seeing her friend’s glum expression.

Jessica Jenkins distractedly poked at her char siu rice with her chopsticks, her head bowed and her expression dejected.

"It’s just some family trouble."

Jessica Jenkins looked at Nina Thorne, hesitating as if she wanted to say something but couldn’t.

Nina Thorne raised an eyebrow. "Is it about money?"

Jessica Jenkins hummed in agreement. "A father who loves to gamble, a mother with no backbone, a little brother in high school..."

"The entire family’s financial pressure is on my shoulders. My pay from acting isn’t high to begin with, and I give it all to them."

"Don’t laugh, but I just gave them thirty thousand a few days ago, and they just called again asking for a hundred and fifty thousand. Where am I supposed to get that much money?!"

The more Jessica Jenkins spoke, the more aggrieved she felt, and she was on the verge of tears.

Nina Thorne patted her shoulder. "Let’s eat first. We’ll find a way to solve it."

Jessica Jenkins felt completely powerless. She tried to compose herself and continue eating, but she just had no appetite. After a few bites, she put down her chopsticks.

When they were about to leave, she went to pay the bill.

Nina Thorne didn’t stop her.

’Jessica said she was treating me. If I insisted on paying, it would only make her feel worse.’

There was a bustling pedestrian street near the restaurant.

Jessica Jenkins said they should live in the moment and pulled her along.

"You only live once. You have to roll with the punches and try to be happy."

She gave Nina Thorne a carefree smile. "Nina, you have to think more about yourself. If you like something, buy it.

And of course, if there’s someone you like, you have to fight for them bravely. Otherwise, if you lose them one day, you’ll definitely regret it."

Nina Thorne was stunned, as if she had been transported back five years.

’When I was seventeen, I thought the same way.’

But in the end, after she bravely pursued Cole Kane, he was the one who pushed her into the abyss.

"Watch out!"

Jessica Jenkins yanked Nina Thorne back forcefully.

CRASH!

A flower vase suddenly smashed onto the spot where Nina Thorne had just been standing.

Nina Thorne’s eyes widened. She looked at Jessica Jenkins, her heart still pounding with fear. "Thank you."

Jessica Jenkins patted her chest. "What’s there to thank me for? Good thing I pulled you away in time. That was terrifying."

"Do people have no public decency? Throwing things from upstairs like that."

Hearing Jessica Jenkins’s words, Nina Thorne subconsciously glanced up at the building.

This area was full of residential buildings, with the street below.

’It’s usually crowded with people. Logically, no one would dare to just throw something down...’

Nina Thorne thought of the call from Serena Locke. ’Cole Kane is such a troublemaker. I’m not even in love with him anymore, he’s my ex-boyfriend, so why are people still coming after me?’

She walked around with Jessica Jenkins for over an hour.

Around four o’clock, Justin Kane called. His gentle voice asked softly, "Are you still out shopping?"

"Mhm, I am," Nina Thorne replied, her meek and gentle expression making Jessica Jenkins perk up her ears, sensing gossip.

"Are you ready to head back? I’m nearby, I can come pick you up."

Nina Thorne was indeed tired. She replied softly, "Okay, I’ll wait for you by the road."

"Mhm, good girl."

Justin Kane chuckled, his tone doting and gentle.

When Nina Thorne hung up, she realized Jessica Jenkins was squinting at her. "You’re dating someone? Is it that handsome guy from that night in Vistara?"

"...We’re not dating." Nina Thorne considered her current situation.

’It’s true, we’re not dating. We’re married.’

Jessica Jenkins didn’t believe her but didn’t press the issue. She hailed a taxi and left first.

A few minutes after getting into the car, her payment app chimed with a notification: "Received: 500,000 yuan."

Jessica Jenkins thought she was being targeted by a scammer, but when she tapped it open, her eyes instantly reddened with emotion.

The transfer was from Nina Thorne’s account. The note attached read: "Just use it. Don’t feel burdened. Think of it as a loan from me."

Tears streamed down Jessica Jenkins’s face. The helplessness she had been suppressing all day erupted in that single moment.

...

After completing the transfer, Nina Thorne put her phone away, satisfied.

’Because of me that night in Vistara, Jessica suffered a lot. And just now, she saved my life...’

’Whether as a friend helping out or as a way of thanking her, it was the right thing to do.’

A black luxury car with its hazard lights flashing pulled up in front of Nina Thorne.

The car door opened.

Justin Kane got out, walked over to her, and naturally caressed her cheek. "You must be exhausted from the heat. Get in the car."

July in Sylport was indeed unbearably hot and humid.

A wave of cool air washed over her as she slipped into the car.

Nina Thorne glanced at the time and said to Justin Kane, "Are you free tomorrow?"

"I am."

Justin Kane took her hand. "I know. Tomorrow is the anniversary of your mother’s passing. I’ll go with you. I’ve already prepared everything we need for the memorial."

Nina Thorne turned her head in a daze, looking at his gentle, handsome face. Her lips twitched. "How did you remember?"

A dark glimmer hid in the depths of Justin Kane’s eyes as he curved his lips into a smile. "You mentioned it once. I remembered."

A pang of emotion hit Nina Thorne’s nose, and her eyes began to burn. She felt like crying.

She fought it back, forcing a calm smile. "Thank you for remembering."

Still, she didn’t dare to believe that Justin Kane would actually accompany her to visit her mother’s grave tomorrow.

At first, she hadn’t planned to ask.

But she remembered that her mother had always hoped that when she grew up, she would find someone who would treat her well and cherish her.

’Even though Justin doesn’t love me, I still feel like he’s that person. That’s why I wanted to bring him to see my mother.’

「The next day, at the cemetery.」

Nina Thorne hadn’t expected Justin Kane to actually come with her. He stood shoulder to shoulder with her in front of her mother’s tombstone.

"Mom, I’m married."

Nina Thorne looked at the photo of her young, gentle mother on the tombstone, suppressing an overwhelming wave of longing.

After a long moment, she choked out, "I brought him to see you."

"This is Justin Kane. You’ve met him before. With him by my side from now on, you and Dad can rest easy."

When they left the house, the sun had been scorching.

But now, the sky had turned overcast.

Unsure if it was from the heat or the humidity, Nina Thorne’s vision gradually blurred until something cool trickled down her cheek.

She wiped her face and realized she was crying.

’So useless.’

’I’d promised myself that I would be happy this time I came to see Mom, that I wouldn’t cry.’

’But...’

’Felicia Yates said I was a jinx who brought misfortune to my parents.’

’I really, really miss Mom and Dad.’

A tightness constricted Nina Thorne’s chest, and her tears began to fall uncontrollably, silently ravaging her face.

"Ma’am, please rest assured. In your and her father’s stead, I will cherish Nina."

Justin Kane reached out, took her hand, and interlaced their fingers. He held their joined hands up and spoke to the tombstone as if making a vow.

"From now on, I will be a good son-in-law, and especially fulfill my duties as a husband. I will not let her suffer any grievances. Your spirits in heaven can be at peace."

Nina Thorne was stunned as she listened to him speak.

Her heart fluttered with a mixture of shock and joy as she stared at him, dumbfounded.

"Justin Kane, you don’t have to say these things to my mother."

Justin Kane turned to her, wiped the tears from her face with his thumb, and smiled. "This is what I think in my heart, and it’s what I intend to do in the future."

"What’s wrong, Nina? Don’t you believe me?"

’I do.’

She did believe him.

Although they had been together for less than two months, she knew that Justin Kane was someone who disdained lying.

In that moment, Nina Thorne no longer cared whether he had someone else he supposedly liked. She threw herself into his arms.

"Justin Kane, you’d better mean what you say."

Nina Thorne wrapped her arms tightly around his waist, and the tears she had just managed to stop began to fall uncontrollably again.

Her tears soaked his dark suit.

Justin Kane tightened his embrace, his voice gentle yet firm. "I will. I won’t let you down."

His eyes were dark, swirling with deep affection.

’This was an opportunity he had waited ten years for. How could he not cherish it?’

’How could he dare not to?’

Nina Thorne nodded forcefully in his arms, her voice soft and thick from crying. "Okay. You’re the one who said it."

A smile filled Justin Kane’s handsome face. He lowered his head dotingly and kissed the top of her hair.

He kissed her again and again, his actions both restrained and fervent.

Under a large tree not far away.

Cole Kane saw the entire scene clearly. His fingers dug into the tree’s bark, his anger so intense it felt like he could tear through it.

’So it’s true.’

’They really are having an affair!’

In an instant, he seemed to understand everything.

He understood why Nina Thorne, after loving him for five years, would suddenly break up with him just like that.

She even called off the engagement that he had worked so hard to secure back then.

It was all because she had hooked up with Justin Kane!

Thinking back, it seemed Justin Kane had been protecting Nina Thorne at every turn ever since he returned to the country.

’Could it be that they had gotten together even before that?’

Seeing them leave, Cole Kane felt the urge to go over and confront them.

"Cole, calm down first."

Serena Locke suddenly appeared and grabbed his hand. "If you go over now, you’ll only tip them off."

Cole Kane frowned, his expression cold. "What are you doing here?"

He pulled his hand back, his attitude distant and cold.

A flash of pain crossed Serena Locke’s face. She said weakly, "You’ve barely been responding to my calls or texts lately. Cole, can you really be so heartless?"

The moment Cole Kane saw her, he was reminded of those sordid videos, and rage flared in his chest.

He then stared at her coldly. "If it weren’t for your pack of lies, which made me misdirect my anger at Nina Thorne all these years, she and I would never have ended up like this."

"Serena Kane... no, that’s right, you’re Serena Locke. I never would have thought you could have such filthy thoughts!"

"You made me lose so much. Nothing you do can ever make up for it!"

"The last time I went to the villa to see you was just to appease my mom! I suggest you watch your step!"

Serena Locke felt as if a knife were twisting in her heart.

She gritted her teeth, her eyes red. "Is it really my fault? If Nina Thorne wasn’t so shameless, hooking up with Justin Kane, how could she have broken up with you when she loved you so much?"

"This has nothing to do with me, so why is everyone blaming me? Ever since that banquet, all my so-called friends from the past have been laughing at me.

I can’t even hold my head up high anymore. Are you going to treat me like this, too?"

"You brought this on yourself."

Cole Kane didn’t spare her another glance and turned to leave.

Serena Locke had gone to great trouble to corner him. There was no way she would let him leave so easily.

"I have a way for you to get back everything you’ve lost," Serena Locke shouted hastily at his retreating back.

As expected, Cole Kane stopped in his tracks.

He turned back, his eyes narrowing as he scanned her. "What tricks are you trying to pull now?"

Serena Locke had expected this question. She walked closer and said sinisterly, "As long as you can get proof that they’re together, the position of president of the branch company will still be yours.

You might even be able to get into the headquarters because of it. Don’t you want that?"

"Of course, as for how to get Nina Thorne back, that will depend on your own actions."

It was a moment of sudden enlightenment for Cole Kane.

He looked at Serena Locke’s deceptively delicate face with a complex expression, realizing he had underestimated her.

But what she proposed was indeed a good plan.

’Since Justin Kane was merciless and made me a laughingstock in our circle, he can’t blame me for being ruthless!’

’Once I have leverage on them, I can smoothly enter the group’s headquarters.’

’Of course, I won’t let go of Nina Thorne either, especially not the Thorne Family’s assets.’

’Besides, how could Nina Thorne really bear to leave me?’

’No matter how angry she is, she won’t forget the favor I did for her ten years ago.’