Chapter 702 Beat Them Hard for Me
Right now, the most important thing to him was the Phoebe family.
So... what did that make her?
Adeline bit her lip hard, gripping the menu tightly.
"Adeline."
Brandon sighed, reaching out to take Adeline's hand, lowering his voice to encourage her.
"If you stand up now and turn around, you'll see him. Do you want to ask him face-to-face what he really means?"
Feeling the warmth from Brandon's hand, Adeline bit her lip harder, tears welled up.
She wanted to ask Jasper what he meant, what she meant to him.
But she was afraid that it would only bring her humiliation.
After all these days, hadn't his responses said it all?
Noticing her hesitation, Brandon spoke again, "Adeline, you should strive for your own happiness."
Brandon's words finally gave Adeline the courage she needed.
She had endured so much torment for Jasper, done things that were hard to understand!
Why was she so afraid to ask him directly now?
Taking a deep breath, she told herself to be brave!
If Jasper had expressed that his loathing for the Phoebe family outweighed his concern for her coerced marriage to the Torres family, she would have walked away without hesitation.
So, Adeline put down the menu and turned around.
All she saw was Jasper walking away, talking on the phone.
Jasper's deep voice drifted over with the wind.
"Yes, Mr. Jennings, my sanctions against the Phoebe family are not over yet."
"Jasper!"
She bit her lip, just about to chase after him, but suddenly tripped over something and fell to the ground.
Adeline paused, quickly trying to get up, but her head was pinned down by someone's foot, making it impossible to rise.
From a distance, Jasper, who was heading downstairs, frowned and put his phone down.
Did he hear Adeline's voice?
Jasper turned his head, but all he saw was Daisy sitting in a booth.
Seeing him look back, Daisy smiled elegantly, waved at him, and even threw a flirtatious glance.
Jasper frowned with a hint of disgust, looked away, and continued downstairs.
"Adeline!"
After Jasper left, Brandon, who was in a wheelchair, struggled to unlock the wheels and rolled over.
"Ms. Phoebe! Don't you think this is too much?"
Daisy, who had been stepping on Adeline's head, finally lifted her foot. "So this woman is a friend of Mr. Torres? I thought she was just a petty opportunist trying to get close to Jasper."
With the weight off her head, Adeline struggled to get up, glaring angrily at Daisy.
"How dare you tripped me!"
Daisy, in a long blue dress, smiled faintly, looking Adeline up and down. "Mr. Foster told me that if I could handle the women chasing him in Oceancrest City. For each one I dealt with, he would spare one of our Phoebe family's small factories. So I hope you understand; it was just a misunderstanding. I was only doing it for the survival of the Phoebe family."
With that, she pulled a card from her pocket and handed it to Adeline, her voice indifferent.
"If you think you got hurt from the fall and being stepped on, consider this your medical fee."
With that, Daisy strutted away in her high heels.
Adeline held her aching head, biting her lip hard, just about to stop her, but Brandon held her back.
"Let it go, Adeline." Brandon sighed, holding her wrist. "Daisy is at the height of her fame. Offending her means going against the entire Phoebe family."
He sighed again, lowering his voice. "Even though you're with Jasper; to some people, you're already seen as my fiancée. My disability has already caused enough trouble for the Torres family. Don't make them offend the Phoebe family because of me."
Brandon's words made Adeline stop in her tracks.
She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath, and glanced at a distant corner.
Randy was sitting there, legs crossed, drinking and smirking.
Adeline took a deep breath and gave up the idea of chasing after Daisy.
Randy was watching.
She couldn't let Brandon lose his dignity in the Torres family because of her.
"I'm sorry, I was impulsive."
Adeline turned around, pushing Brandon's wheelchair, and left.
From Lucky Restaurant back to the Torres Mansion's annex, Adeline's mind was in turmoil.
Lying in bed, she couldn't stop thinking about Jasper and that woman named Daisy.
On the way, she had asked Brandon.
The Phoebe family had only one daughter, Daisy.
So this Daisy must be Daniel and Helen's other daughter.
Daisy was her biological sister.
But thinking about the unpleasant encounter with Daisy tonight, Adeline couldn't help but feel disheartened, not wanting to acknowledge her.
Maybe she was destined to be distant from her family.
Whether it was Daniel, Helen, Molly, or Daisy, they all had more prejudice than affection for her.
She wasn't just a failure in family, but in love too.
Thinking about love, she couldn't help but think of Jasper again.
His words echoed in her ears.
She tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
Suddenly, there was a sharp sound from the courtyard.
It sounded like a whip hitting something.
She froze, quickly getting up and running to the window.
The scene below left her speechless.
Downstairs, Fiona sat with her legs crossed, elegantly watching the scene before her.
In front of her, Brandon's wheelchair was on the ground, empty.
Between the wheelchair and Fiona was a large table.
Brandon was lying on the table, his shirt off, exposing his muscular back.
Next to him, Randy was swinging a whip, viciously striking Brandon's back.
The leather whip, with steel inside, made a loud noise with each strike, leaving deep gashes on Brandon's back.
In the night, Brandon's back looked like a web of wounds!
Randy kept whipping and cursing, "How dare you break off the engagement! I went through so much trouble to bring her back, and you want to break off the engagement! This marriage is something she owes the Torres family, and you want to give her freedom? You agree, but the Torres family doesn't!"
Fiona also snorted coldly, "Randy, hit him hard, until he doesn't dare to mention breaking off the engagement again!"
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