She Killed My Ex

Chapter 135 The Past, The Secrets

Chapter 135 The Past, The Secrets

When Caroline was dumbfounded, Bentley reached out a hand to stroke her hair and said, “Okay. I’ll order take-outs.”

When the take-outs were delivered to the office, Caroline was still in a trance. She carefully took a glance at Bentley who was standing before the windows. This was the first time that she saw Bentley make a concession.

When they ate the take-outs, Bentley compelled Caroline to finish half a bowl of soup.

“Why didn’t you drink soup? Is it because it’s not good?”

She hadn’t drunk any soup yet.

Bentley scooped a bowl of soup for her and put it before her. Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

But Caroline was still hesitant and didn’t intend to drink the soup.

He kept compelling her. In the end, she sluggishly picked up the small bowl and spoon and began to drink the soup.

Nonetheless…

Bentley shifted his gaze from her hand and her bowl. Then he gradually understood something. He snatched the bowl and the spoon from her and swiftly picked out the scallions drifting on the soup. Then he quietly stuffed the bowl of soup back into her hand.

He just looked at her silently. Caroline’s heart skipped a beat. She lowered her head and began to drink the soup, wishing so much that she could stuff her head into the bowl. She didn’t even use a

spoon this time.

“If you don’t like something, you must say it out,” he said in a bland, low voice.

Caroline’s hand which was holding the bowl shivered slightly. If it wasn’t that the soup in the bowl had been finished, it would have spilled on her hand. She raised her head and glanced at the man sitting opposite her. She wanted to tell him that she didn’t like him and asked him if he could let go of her.

He said if she didn’t like something, she must say it out. But was it useful to say it out?

She bowed her head again and curled up her lips into her smile. She thought both of them were sarcastic at this moment.

She was obsessed with him and loved him so crazily before, but he only found her annoying. Especially after Winnie’s death, not to mention sitting at the same table and having lunch together peacefully, he could even pick out the scallions in her bowl after doing those things to her. It was as if there was never a murder case or love and hatred between them.

Now that he hated her, why did he do those thoughtful things for her? His behaviors made it seem as if he loved her very much. However, if he really loved her, why was he so cruel to her back then? Why did he throw her into that dark prison? After three years, she gradually lost the courage to show her affection for him because of her fright and hatred toward him.

The best ending for them was that they turned into strangers and would never meet again. At least, Caroline thought so.

For the rest afternoon, Bentley was dealing with the company’s matters sitting behind the desk, while Caroline was reading books on the couch.

If one didn’t know about their entanglements, he or she would think this scene peaceful and beautiful.

When it was time for getting off work, there came a knocking sound from the door of the office. Then some fashionable men and women walked into the office.

“There’s a party tonight. And you’ll go there with me.” He didn’t give her any chance to refuse it and said with a note of finality in his voice, “You’d better not say no. I don’t have much patience. Do you remember Living Hope Foundation?”

Caroline’s pupils contracted. Her grandfather gifted Living Hope Foundation to her back then. But this foundation was processed by other Jamesons after she was put into prison. When giving the foundation to her, her grandfather told her it was a great fortune and told her that the premise of possessing this foundation was that she couldn’t make any big mistakes before she got married. Otherwise, the foundation would be automatically passed to the other Jamesons.

It had been many years, and Caroline was clear about why all the Jamesons made a concession after that accident.

Her family was not making concessions, but trying to snatch this big cake from her.

“Caroline, don’t you want to see what Living Hope Foundation is like now?” The foundation was developed by this woman. It was safe to say that the Living Hope Foundation equated to half of the Jameson family's total assets.

When Caroline's grandfather, Simon Jameson, was alive, he doted on Caroline very much. He treated her even better than his grandson Nathan.

No one knew why Simon doted on his granddaughter so much. When Caroline was sixteen years old, he established Living Hope Foundation with half of his fortune. And on Caroline’s eighteenth

birthday, he signed an agreement on the transfer of property rights. Thereafter, the eighteen-year- old Caroline became the chairman of such a big organization.

Probably because Simon had taken Caroline together with him and taught her by himself ever since she was young, Caroline became the most confident and proudest lady in Lehcaster.

In the big circle of the upper class, those rich and powerful families would provide their daughters with a luxurious material life before they grew up, but when they grew up, most of these ladies had to get married for business benefits.

Few ladies were taken together and taught by the patriarch of their families like Caroline did. Not to mention that Simon had begun to take Caroline together with him when he was in charge of the company’s business and would take her to all the meetings he had, he even only took Caroline with him as usual when he met the princess consort of a country.

These things were all breaking news back then. Especially when Simon took Caroline to receive that famous princess consort when she was thirteen years old.

It would be acceptable for him to take her with him at usual times, but he actually took her to such an important occasion. There was never pure friendship in the upper class. The girls all get jealous in private, but they had to show their blessings to Caroline on the surface.

Later, Simon announced the establishment of the Living Hope Foundation and declared that his granddaughter could practice with it.

This caused an uproar in the upper class. It was easy to find out that this foundation was not a shell company, but had a great fortune.

Some people were ready to see Caroline being a laughingstock. They wanted to see how this thirteen-year-old girl was going to run such a big foundation.

Not to mention the seniors of the upper class, Caroline’s peers praised and flattered her on the surface, but behind her back, most people were eager to see her becoming a laughingstock.

This was because even the sons of these rich families could not receive the cultivation that Simon gave to Caroline, not to mention the girls.

Simon seldom meddled in the management of the Living Hope Foundation after its establishment and left all the matters to his granddaughter. And Caroline didn’t let him down. She was not yet a grown-up at that time. In the beginning, she suffered a lot, but she managed to maintain the operation of the foundation and even develop it later.

This was like a slap on the face of those seniors who laughed at Simon for being a dotard behind his back. These seniors felt annoyed and vented their anger on the next generation. At that time, all the boys and girls in the rich families of Lehcaster had heard of such a sentence –

“Look at Caroline, and then look at yourself. Is our family inferior to hers? Why can’t you be as outstanding as Simon’s granddaughter?”

Bentley knew this was also the reason why those people insulted Caroline when she was down three years ago.