Chapter 686: Is It Strange?
Chapter 686 Is It Strange?
Upon hearing this, Evelyn's gaze towards Jeffery changed slightly. "Do you have a grudge against Lucia?"
"Not really, I just don't like women like her." Mainly because if Lucia succeeded this time, who knew how many women would be provoked. Who knew if every drink he has from now on will be safe.
Because of such successful cases, those women kept coming forward, not caring about the consequences of failure.
"If you want to teach Lucia a lesson, that's your business. Don't drag me into it."
She didn't want Jeffery to turn around and say it was her idea, making it hard to explain to either the Doyle family or Blake.
Jeffery felt wronged when he heard Evelyn's words, "Evelyn, I'm just trying to help you vent your anger."
"Alright, stop pretending, Mr. Doyle. Tell me what you want," Evelyn saw through Jeffery's act and didn't want to play along, so she cut to the chase.
Jeffery's expression changed but quickly returned to normal. "What could I want? I just want to be friends with you."
"Mr. Doyle, given your status, there's no need to be friends with me."
Evelyn chuckled. Just now, Hubert also said he wanted to be friends with her. Who would believe that?
Seeing Jeffery remain silent, Evelyn felt a bit helpless. "You're here for Dermot, aren't you? Trying to get information about him from me?"
Jeffery didn't respond, which was as good as admitting it.
In front of someone as smart as Evelyn, any disguise seemed unnecessary.
"You can find out everything about Dermot and me easily by sending someone to Moris City. Why waste your energy on me?" Evelyn didn't see the need.
Jeffery disagreed, casting a disdainful look at Dermot and Margaret in the distance. "I did dispatch someone to investigate in Moris City. It's the discoveries from this investigation that make me believe Dermot's behavior is quite peculiar at the moment."
"Before, Dermot clearly showed he liked you. But as soon as he returned to the Doyle family, he couldn't wait to distance himself from you. Isn't that too strange?"
Evelyn felt hurt but hid it well, not showing any emotion. "Is it strange? I think it's quite normal."
"I was the eldest daughter of the Kyte family, so naturally, he liked me. But when he found out he was part of the Doyle family and had a chance to return, my status became less important."
"Look, Dermot is now with the eldest daughter of the Martin family. Compared to her, am I not much inferior?"
In terms of family power alone, the Kyte family couldn't compare to the Martin family.
Although this made some sense, Jeffery still found it hard to believe. "Do you really think Dermot is that kind of person?"
Based on the information he had gathered, Dermot clearly wasn't a heartless and ungrateful person.
Either the information he had was too superficial, or Dermot was pretending.
Jeffery leaned more towards the latter, believing Dermot was distancing himself from Evelyn to protect her.
He believed Dermot liked Evelyn but was hiding it.
Evelyn didn't know Jeffery's thoughts. If she did, she might high-five him, as she had thought the same before.
But after talking it out with Dermot, Evelyn no longer thought that way.
Dermot genuinely didn't like her anymore, it wasn't about protecting her.
"Mr. Doyle, I'm quite curious. This time, many people returned to the Doyle family from outside. Why do you place so much importance on Dermot?"
"Do you really think he can take the Doyle family from you? Are you insecure?" Evelyn was genuinely curious. Since Jeffery was here, she asked casually, hoping to resolve her own doubts.
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