My Mute Bride

Chapter 361

Chapter 361 You Are My Fiancée

Jolly did not hold back at all. Ryan’s face had a trail of blood dripping down, as Jolly’s nails had cut into his face as she slapped him. Flabbergasted, Rachel stood up.

Everyone in the office had a stunned expression. Only Ryan remained calm in this situation, as if he knew that this would happen. He raised his hand to wipe his cheek that was smarting with pain, and he saw the streaks of blood on his fingers.

Ryan stared at Jolly, who was still in front of him, and said evenly, “Do you feel less angry now?”

“You don’t need to speak to me in that tone and act as if you’re such a magnanimous person. What I despise the most about you is this indifference of yours. Do you really think that everything and everyone will always be under your control? I don’t know about other people, but Ryan Sutton…” Jolly stared straight into Ryan’s eyes and said with conviction, “I am the exception.”

Her words were a little heartless, but also straight to the point.

“Jolly!”

Ryan still attempted to grab her, but Leroy stopped him.

“Jolly already said that she’s the exception. Mr. Sutton, please leave now.”

“Get away from me. This has nothing to do with you. Jolly, you need to rein in your temper. Your parents are still back home worrying about you. Do you think you can resolve this matter properly by yourself?”

“Isn’t it just Estelle’s doing?” Jolly’s expression did not change. “Please give her a message for me. If she wants to play this game, then I’ll play it with her till the end.”

Rachel knew that Jolly was a headstrong person who would not back down on her own words.

But it seemed like Ryan was also someone who was used to getting his way.

Therefore, Rachel could not refrain from speaking up. “Since we’re clear about what’s happened now, then no matter what, there’s bound to be a way to resolve it. Mr. Sutton, I think it’s best if you leave first. After all, this matter involves your ex-wife, so it is better that we handle it by ourselves.”

Ryan wanted to say something, but Justin interrupted him before he could speak. “I’ll see you out.”

Ryan furrowed his brows, but he regained his cool and exited the office.

As Justin escorted Ryan to the elevator, he did not say anything.

On the other hand, it was Ryan who spoke up angrily. “Justin, I don’t recall having any beef with you. Why must you come and mess things up for me at a time like this?”

Justin replied, “You think that I’m messing things up?”

“Are you not? Do you think that doing this will help Jolly, and Rachel would feel grateful toward you?”

“I think you better go home and cool off for a couple of days.”

Justin responded evenly, as he could not be bothered to debate this further with Ryan.

But Ryan did not want to drop the topic. “Just tell me what you’re talking about.”

“Tell you what I’m talking about? You’re a smart man, so can’t you see things clearly for such a tiny matter? Do you think that everything would be fine if you just resolved the issue without letting Jolly know who did it? Don’t you know that the truth will come to light sooner or later?”

It was understandable if Ryan wanted to shield the mastermind, since it was his ex-wife. But he could not be as gullible as to believe that if he did not say who it was, then Jolly would never know.

“Don’t you think I know that? But how would Jolly react once she finds out that it’s Estelle who is behind it? She’ll blow up like she did just now, and everything goes back to square one.”

Justin took a look at the wound on Ryan’s face and felt rather conflicted inside.

Just then, a ‘ding’ sounded and the elevator doors slowly slid open.

“If anything happens, let me know at once. I’ll go now,” Ryan said.

“Okay.”

After seeing Ryan off, Justin was caught up in his own thoughts.

It was unlikely that this matter could be easily resolved.

Back in the office, Rachel quickly gave an excuse and left Jolly and Leroy to themselves.

Jolly was still fuming, and she downed another glass of cold water.

“You shouldn’t keep drinking cold water.” Leroy had a frown on his face. “It won’t be good for your stomach.”

“I’m already exploding from anger inside, so who cares about my stomach!”

“What are you angry about? Estelle?”

The name still felt a little awkward coming out of Leroy’s mouth.

Jolly went still.

She never met Leroy throughout her entire university life. She only knew that he was Estelle’s boyfriend, and would frequently fetch Estelle to and from university.

At the time, she was still sharing a dorm with Estelle, and they were on good terms. Jolly had not met Ryan yet, and Estelle had not married Ryan.

After hesitating from a moment, Jolly turned to Leroy. “Don’t you have anything that you want to ask me?”

“What are you referring to?” Leroy calmly replied.

“I know that you know Ryan.”

“And?”

“I also know that Estelle is your ex-girlfriend. She was my roommate when we were at university.”

“Anything else?” Leroy asked plainly.

Jolly did not feel the need to elaborate further. “Don’t look at me like that. I did approach you in the beginning in order to understand what happened back then, but I swear, everything else was really just for the sake of the endorsement deal.”

“So that means you did approach me with ulterior motives?”

“Of course not,” Jolly quickly refuted.

Leroy seemed unbothered by the situation, and he even had a pleasant smile on his face. This made Jolly even more unsettled.

“Shall I just make my apologies to you?” Jolly felt very disturbed by Leroy’s lack of reaction toward this. It felt like he was scheming to get back at her in some way.

“I’ve seen you before,” Leroy stated.

“Huh?” Leroy’s abrupt statement took Jolly by surprise. “What do you mean you’ve seen me before?”

“At the university back then. I’ve seen you before.”

“When? Are you joking?”

“Do I look like I’m joking? Back then, you and Ryan were probably still hiding your relationship. You weren’t with your other friends, and he was the one who sent you back to the dormitory.” Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

What the hell!

So he really did see me!

Jolly felt speechless. “This is what you meant by seeing me? This is spying!”

“If you want to put it that way, then sure. I was just curious to know what my girlfriend’s roommate was like!”

“Wait a minute. So what you’re saying is that you’ve spied on every girl in our dorm?”

“That’s not what I meant!” Leroy hurried to defend himself. “I’ve only spied on you that one time. Once I found out about your secret, I didn’t dare spy on anyone else again. I was afraid that it would backfire on me someday.”

Backfire was truly the best description.

Leroy was not someone who cared for other people’s gossip, and it was best for him to not know about anyone else’s secret. However, he personally witnessed the secret relationship between Jolly and Ryan, so how could it not scare him off the idea of spying on people?

Jolly was still a little shocked, and she mumbled, “So when did you recognize me?”

“The first time we met.”

“At the Grand Maple Restaurant?”

“No, on the Golden Cruise.”

Jolly was taken aback by Leroy’s answer. “You already knew who I was back then?”

If she recalled correctly, that was the first time that they had properly met in person.

At the time, Leroy had been taking a shower when Jolly suddenly barged her way in. He had jumped in fright, but once he saw her face, he was secretly rather pleased.

She was not the only one who wanted to get to know him, and his goal was never just to be her friend.

Leroy declared, “You know what, I have the perfect solution for this situation now.”

“What’s the solution?”

“We’ll announce our relationship to the public.”

“What?” Jolly’s eyes turned round with surprise, as she could not believe what she just heard. “You want me to pretend to be your girlfriend?”

“No, I will organize a press conference and announce that you are my fiancée.”