“I said that you’re hateful!” Jewel said before she stood up to leave. A furious Stefanie grabbed her. “Hold it right. there, you! Who are you calling hateful? Is this how you speak to an elder?”
“Someone like you deserves no respect,” Jewel replied as she enunciated each word clearly. “You’re the one clinging on to my son shamelessly!” Stefanie snapped. Jewel snorted, “You think so highly of your son, huh. With a mother like you, your son would be a bachelor sooner or later!”
Stefanie was utterly enraged by Jewel’s words as she raised her hand and swung it at Jewel’s face, but Jewel stopped her mid-air. Despite her boiling fury and struggles, Stefanie could not break free from Jewel’s grip.
Jewel fixed her cold, deadly gaze on her as she warned, “Don’t start a fight, or it will be bad if you’re hurt.” Then, she shoved Jewel aside and stormed off.
Stefanie staggered backward from the force of Jewel’s actions, but she didn’t forget to curse at Jewel. “You should just forget about that idea. I’d rather die than let you date my son!”
However, Jewel didn’t care about her anymore. Perhaps she had been too irritated and spoke so much that her throat felt like it was burning. I’ll ask Olivia to check it for me, she decided. / don’t want my voice to be ruined again after spending so much effort to cure it.
In the meantime, Olivia and Eugene were in a restaurant and she was surprised to answer a call from Jewel. “Why are you calling me,Jewel?”
Jewel’s raspy voice sounded from the phone. “Where are you, Olivia?” “I’m eating in a restaurant. What happened to you, Jewel?” a worried Olivia asked. “In that case, I’ll wait for you in your studio,” Jewel said shortly and hung up without further comment.
Olivia turned to Eugene and said, “Let’s go. Jewel said she would be waiting for me in the studio. Somehow, I have a feeling that she’s upset. Isn’t she working in Alex’s company?”
Eugene frowned slightly. “Alex’s mom saw Jewel a few days ago. Could it be related to this?” She became more anxious when she learned of that. “Let’s check up on her quickly.”
After he sent her back to her studio, he didn’t rush back to his company and accompanied her to the studio instead. When they saw Jewel, she seemed to be alright and she even stood up to greet them when she saw them. “Are you finished with lunch?”
“Yeah, we were,” Olivia answered. “What brings you here? Don’t you have work to do?” Jewel pointed to her own throat. “My throat feels unwell.” That immediately caught Olivia’s attention. “What happened? Let me take a look.”
Then, Jewel swapped to sign language. ‘Maybe it’s because I talked too much. Olivia hurriedly used the torchlight feature from her phone to inspect her throat. “It’s a little red and inflamed. How much did you say that made your throat inflamed?”
Jewel could feel the pain intensifying, so she didn’t dare to speak as she continued in sign language, I didn’t catch a break and finished speaking in one shot. Olivia asked in astonishment, “Who were you speaking with?”
Jewel stole a look at Eugene and didn’t mention Stefanie. If Alex found out about this, he might think that she was complaining about hist mother. ‘No one. It was a conference.
“Why do you need to speak at a conference?” Olivia asked. Jewel deflected and changed the subject by asking in sign language, ‘Can I recover my voice?’
“I’ll prescribe something for you and include some anti-inflammatory medication,” Olivia replied. Then, after Jewel nodded, Olivia turned to Eugene. “Jewel is fine. You can leave, Eugene. I’ll take care of her.”
Eugene nodded in agreement before he turned his attention to Jewel. “Come over for dinner tonight.”
