Chapter 3: The Rage of Throwing a Cup

"I won't get married!"

This statement shocked everyone. No one expected that Jessica would suddenly smash the glass. The harsh sound instantly penetrated the hall, and even the onlookers who were whispering in the corner were attracted. Sophia couldn't dodge in time, and the glass fragments flew everywhere, and the wine almost splashed all over her skirt, making her look embarrassed. Miriam came to her senses and hurriedly pulled Sophia to her side. After confirming that she was fine, she looked up and glared at Jessica: "What are you doing!"

Facing Miriam 's reproach, Jessica sneered, "What she lost was the pair of earrings that grandma left for me, right?"

" Yes..." Miriam answered with a guilty conscience. The earrings were originally a relic left to Jessica by her grandma . She originally intended to leave them to Jessica , but because Sophia accidentally saw them and showed extreme love for them, she gave them to Sophia without authorization . After all, it was just a pair of earrings. Although they were valuable, they were nothing special. She knew that her little daughter was petty and calculative, so she planned to buy a more expensive piece of jewelry for Jessica at the auction in the future as compensation. Therefore, she did not think she was wrong, but felt that Jessica 's behavior at the moment was a bit unreasonable.

" Will you buy me a more expensive one?" Jessica 's eyebrows instantly turned cold, but her smile became more sarcastic, "That was a relic left to me by my grandma. Why do you give it to an adopted daughter? Do you have the qualifications?"

"Jessica!" Miriam was so angry that she couldn't breathe smoothly. And Sophia hated to hear the word "adopted daughter" the most. She hadn't heard it for many years, but now it was mentioned in public, and her face was extremely ugly.

Jessica ignored Miriam 's warning, turned slightly, and stared at Justin with a sharp gaze : "I didn't lie, she did bump into me, and I did see the earrings. Justin , do you believe her or me?"

For Justin , there was no need to hesitate about this question. He used to believe Jessica unconditionally ; but now, even if he felt that Jessica was not lying, he still chose to side with Violet . He slowly said: "Jessica, stop making trouble. Return the earrings to your sister and apologize to Violet."

He held Violet 's hand tightly and protected her the whole time, as if announcing his position to everyone. The audience around witnessed this scene, their eyes widened, and there were discussions everywhere. What is going on? Does the young master of the Thomas family have someone outside?

Jessica did not expect Justin to defend Violet at this moment , but after thinking about it, she was not surprised. Justin has always been an impulsive person for love. When he loved her, he would stand up to protect her at all costs when she was wronged. Now, Violet is disheveled and in tears, and he will naturally stand up for her without hesitation.

"Apologize--" Jessica deliberately dragged out the last word, suddenly snatched the champagne from a young man next to her, and threw it at Justin. The glass broke at his feet, but Jessica just tilted her head and said lightly: "I'm sorry."

Everyone was stunned.

Justin's face was gloomy, and he said nothing, but stared at Jessica fiercely . Jessica looked at him fearlessly, and the atmosphere was tense. At this time, the nanny Aunt Zhang hurried over, holding a half-open brown-red carved wooden box in her hand, and faintly visible inside was a clear green. The earrings were found, and it turned out to be in the corner of the sofa in Sophia's room.

Sophia patted her forehead, as if she suddenly remembered something, and took Jessica 's arm guiltily: "When my mother gave it to me, I was so happy that I took it out and looked at it, but forgot to put it back. I read the information all night last night, and I didn't sleep well, so my brain is not working well. Jessica , I'm sorry."

Reading the information all night, no one doubted this. Sophia is a well-known workaholic. She has become the vice president of Changsheng Group at the age of 30. In recent years, she has devoted herself to work and has no time for love. The Alexander couple is both relieved and distressed. Therefore, for this birthday party, they specially selected many young talents for her.

The earrings were found, and Jessica was cleared of suspicion. However, she did not take her eyes off Justin: "Did you hear that? It was Sophia's own carelessness, I didn't steal it. Justin, after you became a scumbag, is your brain not working well anymore? Do I need to steal what I want?"

Violet provocatively and accused her without hesitation: "I'm not as shabby as Violet , who even steals men." When she said this, she held up her slender, white and tender swan neck, with an extremely proud attitude. Since Justin was not afraid of exposing Violet , and was not afraid that his protection of Violet would make Jessica , his fiancée, lose face, why should she save face for them? Since they were going to embarrass her, then they could embarrass themselves together.

The discussions around them were getting louder and louder. Violet turned pale and looked embarrassed because of the sentence "She even stole men". She clutched Justin's sleeve tightly and looked at him with tears in her eyes. Justin patted her hand to comfort her, then turned to Jessica and said, "You've drunk too much." He was very angry, but he didn't want to argue with Jessica in this situation . But his voice was very low and his handsome face was cold and hard, which was enough for Jessica to feel that his anger was burning. He motioned to Jessica to go out and talk with him, but Jessica seemed not to notice and looked away. When Sophia reached out to take the earrings, she snatched the box first.

Then, under everyone's gaze, she took off her own earrings and put on the earrings in the box. Sophia tried to remind her in a friendly manner: " Jessica , this earring was given to me by my mother. It's not appropriate for you to wear it like this."

Jessica put on the second earring and said coldly: "This is a relic left to me by my grandmother. Your adoptive mother has no right to give it to you. You can only take my things if I don't want them anymore. If I don't agree, you are stealing."

Miriam protected Sophia: "It has nothing to do with your sister. I told you, I'm the one who wants to send her off."

Jessica refused to give in. "The earrings are an heirloom of the Smith family. Sophia is just an adopted daughter. Is she included in the family tree? You gave the heirloom to an outsider. Aren't you afraid that the ancestors of the Smith family will crawl out of the underground to settle accounts with you?"

The noblewoman who was on good terms with Miriam stood up and accused: “Jessica, how could you talk to your mother like that!”

Jessica glanced at her and said, "It's none of your business, get out!"

The noble lady was speechless.

Then , the socialite who was on good terms with Sophia also stood up: " Jessica , it's just an earring. After all, Sophia is your sister. Do you have to be so aggressive?"

Jessica sneered: "It's easy to talk without any pain in the waist, you can also get out!"

The socialite was speechless.

Jessica's indiscriminate attacks made Miriam lose face and tremble with anger. Sophia quickly held her arm and said sympathetically: "Mom, forget it. If Jessica likes it, give it to her. I don't want it anymore." Jessica sneered again: "You don't want it anymore? Is this your thing? What qualifications do you have to say no? Did you arrange this drama tonight? You conspired with Violet to provoke me first, force me to admit that Justin doesn't love me anymore, and let me recognize my position in the Smith family. Okay, I'll satisfy you, I'm crazy. So, what else do you want? Kick me out of the Smith family? I'll show you a way. Daniel is divorced and just needs a wife. Anyway, you——"

Bang!

A heavy slap landed on Jessica's face. Miriam roared angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about! You are mad to ruin the reputation of your brother and sister like this!"

Jessica is not only crazy, but also wants to go to heaven: "Try to hit me again. Believe it or not, I'm going to reveal something. Sophia will never get married in her lifetime!"

" Revelation? What revelation?" The crowd of onlookers pricked up their ears almost instantly.

Only Justin frowned. He and Jessica had known each other since childhood and knew her better than anyone else. The more upset this girl was, the louder her voice became and the more she made a fuss. But her behavior tonight was very wrong. She didn't seem to be just making a fuss or going crazy.

The hall was unusually noisy. Alexander and his son had been negotiating with someone in the study. At first they did not pay much attention to the noise, thinking that the guests were just having a great time. However, at this moment, they finally realized that something was wrong.

Justin watched the Smith family slowly walking down the stairs , and strode towards Jessica , reaching out to hold her wrist. "Come out with me." He said firmly. Jessica stared at him, her eyes red, and her voice was full of determination: "Justin, I'll give you one last chance, really the last time." Before Justin could react, Jessica had already shaken his hand away.

In the astonished eyes of the crowd, Jessica held Violet tightly with one hand and Sophia with the other, and walked out resolutely. Violet struggled instinctively, but Sophia glanced at her lightly, and she immediately calmed down.

In the courtyard, the swimming pool with rippling blue waves comes into view.

Jessica , a well-known "landlubber", kicked Sophia and Violet into the pool one by one in front of everyone , and then jumped in without hesitation.

When the cold water instantly submerged her, four voices rang in Jessica's ears .

One was her brother Daniel, who was anxiously calling "Sophia"; one was her father Alexander, who was also calling "Sophia"; one was her mother Miriam, whose voice was full of worry, and who was also calling "Sophia"; and the last one was her fiancé Justin, who was calling "Violet".

Before her vision gradually blurred, she saw two people jumping into the water first. Daniel hugged Sophia tightly, and Justin protected Violet. After the four of them got ashore safely, Miriam hurriedly put a cloak on Sophia, and Justin, regardless of his own embarrassment, hugged Violet tightly in his arms with lingering fear .

Sophia and Violet can swim, and everyone is worried that they will catch a cold, but they completely ignore Jessica who can't swim .

Of course, Jessica was eventually rescued to shore. Among so many people, someone must have noticed her helpless struggle in the water.

A young man quickly pulled her out of the water and gentlemanly put his coat on her.

Justin finally breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Violet was safe and sound. He noticed a strange sight, turned his head and froze instantly. Jessica was soaked and sat on the ground weakly, with a men's suit jacket on her shoulders. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her watery eyes stared straight at him. She didn't cry, and there was a dead silence around her. This abnormal silence made people feel cold.

In the past, Jessica would have already started to curse. Justin recalled what she had said before, "I'll give you one last chance," and suddenly he had a bad feeling in his heart, as if something was quietly disappearing.

At first, he didn't understand what it was, but soon, he understood.

After this farce, the guests left one after another. Jessica went back to her room to take a shower and change clothes, Sophia took Violet to her room, and Justin went to Daniel 's room.

When everyone packed up and went downstairs again, Violet had already stayed in the room to rest. As soon as Alexander saw Jessica, he scolded her. He always cared about his face, and such a big thing happened tonight, which made him lose face. Jessica ignored his anger, walked straight past, sat down on the single sofa, picked up her phone and sent a message.

Justin 's phone rang immediately, he subconsciously looked up at Jessica , then picked up the phone to check. Before he could react, Jessica 's voice rang again: "I'm not marrying Justin , the wedding is cancelled."

Justin looked up suddenly and asked in astonishment, "What did you say? Cancel the wedding?" The Smith family members all looked at Jessica in disbelief. Only Sophia quickly looked away, casually playing with her half-dry hair, with a faint, seemingly triumphant smile on her lips.

Justin thought Jessica was angry again and scratched his head impatiently: " Jessica , stop making trouble." Jessica took the ginger tea handed by the nanny and gently shook the cup in her hand.

" Justin , I left for five years. When I came back, you told me that you fell in love with Violet and wanted to cancel the engagement. I didn't want to let go, so I forced you and wanted to tie you down with marriage. But you hurt me again and again for Violet . I decided to give you a hundred chances. I will deduct one point for each time you hurt me. If I deduct all the points before the wedding, I will accept my fate. In fact, I don't deduct your points every time we quarrel. I will only remember it once when you really hurt me deeply."

She pointed at his phone, her beautiful and delicate features full of sadness and determination. "But you see, even if I give in again and again, I still lose all the points. I am now completely sure that you don't love me anymore. If you want to marry Violet , go ahead and I will make way for you."

Justin also held ginger tea in his hand and was slightly stunned after hearing what Jessica said. At this moment, a crisp slap sounded in the living room. Jessica was slapped again, this time by Alexander, and her left and right cheeks suddenly swelled symmetrically.

"You were the one who insisted on getting engaged, and now you're canceling it? The invitations have already been sent out, and now you're canceling the wedding, do you want to save the reputation of my Alexander family?" Alexander was in the study tonight discussing business with someone, and he was already in a bad mood. Jessica made a fool of himself at the birthday party, which made him even more furious.

" You are arrogant, domineering, and willful . Who else would dare to marry you except Justin ? Justin just said that he would not marry Violet and it would not affect your status. What else do you want to do? Can't you just hold back? Your reputation has been bad since the incident in high school..." Alexander was furious and suddenly mentioned the incident in high school. The living room suddenly fell into a strange silence.

Miriam reacted and tried to pull his arm but it was too late.

Pah!

Jessica drank the ginger tea in her hand and smashed the third cup of the night. This time, no one spoke, even Alexander was silent, his face full of regret. Jessica looked at Justin as if nothing had happened: "Do you agree to cancel the wedding?"

Justin looked at her bloodless and expressionless face and slowly exhaled a breath and said in a deep voice: "How can I agree? You didn't agree when I wanted to cancel it. You are so bold to go to my uncle. You are my uncle's benefactor. My uncle asked me to marry you. Who dares to mess with my uncle in the Thomas family ? " Jessica didn't say anything else and picked up her phone to leave. Before leaving, she gave Sophia a thumbs up: "You are awesome. I will accompany you tonight to finish the trick. You are very proud of achieving your goal, right? But I am not happy, so wash your neck at home and wait for me."

Jessica went out in the cold wind and called Candice, but found that the other party's phone was turned off. She thought about it and found another number and dialed it. This time the call was connected.

"Jessica?" A man's low and surprised voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Yeah." Jessica responded, " Candice 's phone is off so I called you directly. Brother Charles, can you tell me Timothy 's phone number?"

In the antique box, Charles turned his head and glanced at the man next to him who was being toasted. He was even more surprised: "Why are you looking for him? Is there something?"

Timothy is Justin's uncle and the two have never had a good relationship. Jessica likes Justin and has little contact with Timothy, so why did she suddenly find Timothy?

"I want to cancel the wedding with Justin." Jessica said bluntly. Charles was Timothy's childhood friend and there were no secrets between them, so she had nothing to hide either.

"Cancel the wedding? If Justin doesn't agree, I want to ask him for help."

Charles thought he heard it wrong and asked again. After confirming that it was correct, he was silent for a moment and finally hummed: " Justin, that bastard, is indeed not worthy of trust."

He asked Jessica if she was in a hurry and Jessica said she was. Charles covered his phone and nudged the man next to him with his elbow: " The little princess of the Smith family wants to break off the engagement with your nephew and wants to see you."

Timothy paused for a moment, then put down his glass and said in a low voice with a hint of hoarseness: "Let her come."

Charles then gave Jessica an address: "Harvey and I have a dinner here. It will end in about half an hour. You still have time to come now."