Chapter 232 – Back Home to Marry Off Myself Novel

In the evening, she went back to take a shower after her walk as usual. Then, she went to bed and read a book till eleven o’clock before sleeping.

As she put down her book and prepared to sleep, she heard some movement downstairs. Normally, the house would be very quiet at this time and the servants would be resting already.

All of an instance, her heart raced. Who would be here during this time?

She got out of bed, opened the door and went out to see what was happening downstairs. She saw a servant supporting Jayden, who was wearing a black shirt. His suit was simply draped on his shoulders and his face was slightly red. It was obvious that he was in a drunken state. He glanced at the living room and said in a hoarse voice, “Where is she?”

The maid answered truthfully, “Madam went back to her mother’s house and said that she would not return for quite some time.”

Jayden froze at first, then he smiled.

Although Victoria was standing quite far away, she could still feel the bitterness in his smile.

She walked downstairs and helped the servant to support him to lie on the sofa, “You go and get him a blanket.”

“Okay.” The servant answered.

Victoria went to the kitchen and made a cup of honey water. Then, she came over to help him up, “Drink some honey water, it will make you feel better.”

He lifted his eyelids slowly. A blur figure appeared in front of him. It was a delicate face with a pair of clear eyes. However, this face was completely unfamiliar to him.

“Who are you?” He seemed to have forgotten all about that night.

Or maybe it was because he was drunk and his memory was in a mess.

Victoria’s face turned white instantly. Her hands were trembling and she didn’t know how to answer him.

At this moment, the servant came back with a blanket. Victoria handed the honey water to the servant and said, “You feed him this.”

The maid reached out to take the cup, but Jayden waved his hand and knocked it over. With a loud bang, the glass fell to the ground and shattered instantly, which sounded very clear in the quiet night.

“I ask you again, who are you?” Jayden wobbled as he stood up, staring at Victoria’s face.

“You’re drunk.” Victoria lowered her head, not daring to look at him in the eye. She looked towards the servant and said, “I’ll leave this place to you.”

After saying that, she intended to leave, but Jayden grabbed her wrist and threw her on the sofa. She was caught off guard and fell so hard on the sofa till her eyes saw stars. After she came back to her senses, she realized that he was standing tall and glaring at her.

His eyes were not clear. The smell of alcohol gushed into her senses, so strong as if he had just crawled out from a wine vat. This made Victoria feel that he really drank a lot wine.

And he was also really drunk at this moment.

Her heart, which was racing, began to settle down eventually, “I’m your new maid, you’re drunk…”

Before she could finish her words, the man above her collapsed and fell on her suddenly.

He was tall and really heavy. Victoria’s face changed instantly. She used all her strength to ‘escape’

from under him.

The servant handed her the blanket, and Victoria reached out and took it. She covered him with the blanket.

He was too heavy and he was really drunk right now. Hence, it would be impossible for she and the servant to carry him upstairs. So, he could only sleep on the sofa tonight.

After covering him with the blanket, Victoria let the maid to go and rest first, while she cleaned the broken glass scraps on the floor and the water splashed all over the floor.

The servant nodded and left. She didn’t know who was she, but Madam had instructed her to treat this woman as her master.

So, the servant listened to her.

Victoria cleaned up the floor. It was already past midnight, the man who was already asleep, started murmuring constantly, “Water, water…”

Victoria went to the kitchen again and made another cup of honey water. She handed it to him, “Here’s water.”

Jayden didn’t move, he just kept murmuring for water. Victoria had no choice but to help him up and feed him to drink the water.

Perhaps his lips touched the water and he felt moist, he lowered his head and drank the water.

After drinking a cup of honey water, his dry mouth felt relieved. Victoria held his head and tried to help him lie down, but Jayden grabbed her hand and refused to let go. He put his head in her arms.

Victoria stiffened. She looked down at the man in her arms, who had his eyes closed. He may have owned a lot of things, but at this moment, he was like an abandoned child, feeling lonely and helpless.

He just wished to grabbed someone to accompany him. No matter who it was, as long as the person was willing to stay with him, it would be enough for him.

Victoria looked at him, and he reminded her of herself. He was abandoned by his wife and she was also abandoned by her boyfriend.

In that instance, Victoria felt that they were in the same boat.

Later, Jayden fell asleep again. Victoria also relaxed a little. She bent over to put the cup on the table.

In order not to wake him up, she didn’t move. She didn’t know when she fell asleep, but when she woke up, she realized that…

There was a man who wore a suit sitting opposite to her on the sofa. He looked fresh and he sent forth a delicate fragrance of body wash. She was not dispirited like last night anymore.

Victoria felt nervous suddenly. Although they knew each other’s identities, they didn’t look face to face so clearly yet.

She didn’t know where to look at and she didn’t dare to look at him. When she sat up from the sofa, she found out the blanket that was covered on him last night was put over her now.

Victoria lowered her head, “You, you’re sober.”

Jayden Mendelsohn answered her faintly.

She hurriedly stood up but tripped over the legs of table and fell back to the sofa as she stood up too quickly. She was in a hurry, “I’ll clean up immediately.”

“Don’t be afraid of me.” He stood up and he could feel that Victoria was nervous to see him. This awkward relationship made him uncomfortable indeed. He also felt unaccustomed to her sudden appearance at home.

“You’re the one she found. Just stay here at ease. If you need anything just tell me and you can go out if you feel bored to stay at home, but I hope that no one knows our relationship.”

She looked down, “I know.”

He left after he said that and he didn’t stay for breakfast.

From that day onwards, he came back home every night, but he didn’t sleep with her in the same room.

He just rested in the guest room downstairs.

Later, Victoria knew that he came back home everyday just to show Jolene Harris.

Since she was free at the daytime, she decided to work outside so she wouldn’t waste time and have a rough time.

She was well-educated but she had no work experience before. It was still easy to find a clerical work.

After passing the interview, she started to work and she had been worked for more than two months until now.

Jayden came back late and rested downstairs, so they almost never met each other.

Her life was productive as she was busy working and studying after back from work. She would take notes of things that she didn’t understand in the company and look for information after having her dinner.

This day was the same as usual. After finishing her work and dinner, she took a shower and nestled down in her bed, looking for information.

When she was concentrated on it, she received a call from Victoria, who was the only person she contacted and the only person who knew her whereabouts.

Her father had died and Victoria was her only family member.

“Nathan White wants to see you.”

Nathan went abroad on business as the company was expanding a project, so he needed to introduce some equipment which were not available in China.

However, it wasn’t going well and caused some delay. He just knew something big had happened tothe Forbis family after he returned.

The most important thing was that he couldn’t find his girlfriend, Victoria, whom he loved so much.

He had came to the Forbis family several times but Victoria said he had no ideas on Victoria’s whereabouts and rejected him.

Once again he came to the Forbis family after he had arranged the new development projects. At that time, he was particularly determined to ask her whereabouts. If Victoria didn’t tell him, he wouldn’t leave and he would follow him anywhere.

Even when he went to the toilet, he had to follow him.

Victoria didn’t know what to do with him, thus he could only call his sister.

When Victoria heard his name, she was distracted for a long time, then cried uncontrollably.

She couldn’t control herself. She was aggrieved and heartbroken.

“He seemed to still have feelings to you…”

“What feelings does he have to me?” she interrupted his brother. If he cared about her and loved her, he wouldn’t be missing and lose track of her when she needed him.

“I don’t want to see him. Don’t interact with him as the Forbis family has nothing to do with the White family anymore.”

After saying this, Victoria hung up.

She buried her head beneath the blanket and cried loudly, “You had reneged on our promise…”

“Have you seen that? She’s not willing to see you.” Victoria looked at Nathan who was getting thinner by the day.

“Why didn’t you look for my mother when you were in trouble? Although I wasn’t in China, she was there…”

“Don’t say it anymore!” Victoria sneered. Once he heard of Mrs. White, he even felt disgusted with Nathan. If Nathan didn’t mention her name, he wasn’t yet so disgusted, “Victoria had found her, but she didn’t agree…”

“Impossible!” Nathan interrupted him. Nathan’s mother was very fond of Victoria and she was also in favour of this marriage at that time. How could be she not willing to help when Victoria sought for help?

“If you don’t believe, just go back and ask your mother. She had personally held a press conference to announce that the marriage was cancelled!” Victoria was angry and felt disgusted by her approach.

“She knew the Forbis family had been defeated and had no value, so she asked for our fabric technology, but Victoria refused. Your mother soon turned hostile, she not only unwilling to help, but also announced to break off relations in the most difficult time, making the Forbis family to face an even worse situation. Don’t you want our fabric technology since you were close to my sister?”

“No! I love Victoria! I like her!” Nathan interrupted him, “I’ll go back and ask her now! If it’s not my mother’s problem…”

“If it’s not her problem, I’ll chop off my head for you to sit on. You should have asked her earlier. You’re out of Victoria’s league now as you’re the master of the White family. Victoria was nothing more than a stray dog, just to save our family and me…”

His voice was getting softer and finally he broke down and cried.

As the saying goes, men don’t easily shed tears unless they are deeply grieved.

The Forbis family was defeated overnight. But for Victoria’s help, he would have been imprisoned, the Forbis family would have gone and the fabric technology would have been snatched away.

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