Love Mission: Ex-wife Strikes Back

"Dad, what's wrong? Is there anything amiss?" Jean asked, looking at Barton with confusion and unease. "Why are you acting so strangely?"

Barton smiled and replied gently, "Nothing's wrong. Anyway, no matter what other people say, I will believe you."

"Dad, thank you!" Jean was moved by Barton's words. She was actually nervous about his reaction to the gossips, but it turned out that her worries were misplaced. "In fact, I know that many people have gossiped a great deal about me since you came back, but your trust in me is unwavering. I really don't know what to say."

"Silly girl!" Barton smiled. "You're my daughter. Of course, I trust you."

Jean lowered her gaze, but her eyes were gleaming with a mixture of suspicion and delight.

Barton brought the topic up right out of the blue today. Someone must have said something to him earlier to rouse his interest in the subject.

The first person that came to her mind was Zoe. The secretary was almost always around Barton day an

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"Okay..." said Jean, trembling.

She couldn't help trembling when she thought of those three dark and long years she had spent abroad.

It was not easy for her to escape and return to H City, nor was it easy for her to forget the torment. She would never jump back to that hellish life!

Mandy was right. Things were different now. She had Barton. Even if George Deng really came back, she would never yield to him.

"Well, you can go upstairs and rest." Looking at her blank stare, Mandy couldn't help but sigh. "Don't think about that man. I'll prepare some tea to help you sleep. Rest well tonight."

"Got it." Jean nodded. She filled the bathtub with warm water and dipped inside. She put some herbal essence in the water, hoping it would soothe her mind and body. But her mind kept going back to the three years she had spent with George Deng.

"No, no!" She quickly got up from the bathtub.

'George!'

She clenched her fists. She couldn't let him ruin her present life.