“Where is your phone?” “Gone. That man threw it away.”
“In that case, I’ll give Alex a call,” Olivia replied. Jewel exhausted all her energy to raise her hand in an attempt to stop Olivia from doing so. However, before she could do so, she heard Stefanie’s voice. “Why would you want to call him? I just want to have a word with Miss Fenton, that’s all. There’s no need to make a scene.”
Then, Olivia shifted her gaze to Stefanie and said curtly, “You could have given Jewel a call to talk to her or told Alex to bring her back to you. Instead, you sent someone to drug us and had your henchmen kidnap Jewel. So, why don’t you tell me which of us here is making a scene?”
“How dare you talk to me like that?! Don’t you know how to show your elder some respect?” Stefanie knitted her eyebrows.
“Considering the things that you have done, I think I’m being polite enough, Miss Mayer,” Olivia answered.
“You don’t get to disrespect me like that just because you think Eugene is your lover. I watched him grow up, and he’s never spoken to me with such an attitude before.” Stefanie gave Olivia a disdainful stare.
“I don’t care how much Eugene respects you. Our relationship isn’t going to change even after I marry him. You’ve just kidnapped an innocent lady, and Jewel is the only reason I’m talking to you patiently. Otherwise, you wouldn’t even get to pull the elderly card on me!” Olivia mocked Stefanie with a smile.
Piqued by Olivia’s words, Stefanie slammed the table and questioned, “How dare you?! Is this how you talk to your mother-in-law as well?!”
“Of course not.” Olivia jutted her chin and glared at Stefanie coldly. “Unlike you, Eugene’s mother would never do such a thing.”
Stefanie got so mad that she struggled to gasp for air, pointing at Olivia while snarling at her. “Y-You… I’m going to make sure Eugene punishes you. Don’t make me do that!”
“That’s enough, Olivia.” Jewel weakly pulled Olivia’s sleeve, feeling anxious when she saw the situation escalating.
Meanwhile, Olivia acted as if she just heard a joke, laughing it off with a snigger in response to Stefanie’s threat. “Come on, do you think you can make him do that? You can’t even seem to discipline your son, yet you want to boss Eugene around, huh? Go ahead, then. I dare you, I’d like to see if he’d listen to you.” She finished her words and helped Jewel to get back on her feet. “Let’s go.”
“I’m not done talking to you. How dare you walk off just like that?!” Stefanie snapped at Olivia.
Olivia gave Stefanie a glacial look. “I know what you’re going to say next-you’re going to keep Jewel away from your dear son, right?”
“Yeah, but so what?” Stefanie added unhappily, “She didn’t deserve my son eight years ago, and that hasn’t changed eight years later. She should go back home and ask herself whether she deserves my son after looking at herself in the mirror.”
While Jewel knitted her eyebrows and was about to say something, Olivia sniggered and beat her to it. “Well, in that case, I think your son is going to miss his chance of living a happy life with such a wonderful woman. I don’t think you have any idea that it was your son who went pestering Jewel on set every single day.
More importantly, he refused to leave even though we tried to chase him away, just like a stubborn roach. Thus, I’d be happy if everyone are on the same page on this. Go home and keep an eye on your son. Tell him to leave Jewel alone! Also, stay out of Jewel’s hair! You’re only taking advantage of her because she’s not good with comebacks. If you ever do this again, I won’t be this nice anymore!”
She then looked at Jewel and said, “If Alex comes looking for you again tomorrow, tell him to settle his problems before taking things further with you. Otherwise, he should forget about dating you and move on!”
Jewel secretly peeked at Stefanie’s gloomy look, feeling somewhat satisfied all of a sudden. Olivia is right. She’s taking advantage of me because I’m not good at comebacks. Now that she’s arguing with Olivia, she can’t even get a word in.
“Let’s go.” Olivia helped Jewel to her feet and assisted her out of the room without even bothering to observe Stefanie’s reaction.
‘Let me tell you something, Jewel. You’d better leave Summer City and stay away from my son! I’d rather die than let him be with you,” Stefanie retorted.
Olivia stopped in her tracks and turned to look at the lady. “You don’t own Summer City! If I were you, I’d worry about Alex. After all, he’s the one who won’t leave Jewel alone. Technically speaking, you and your son are the ones who should leave Summer City. Now, if you insist on stirring up more trouble, I’m going to call Alex and tell him about this. By then, let’s see who is going to feel more embarrassed.”
