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Chapter 1041 A Leftover Woman
Gideon shielded Lena behind him and glared at the middle-aged couple,
saying with anger, “Who are you?”
Lena, who had been despaired a few seconds ago, was astonished as she
grabbed onto Gideon’s clothes and said, “Why did you come? Leave quickly!”
“Who are they?” Gideon ignored Lena’s words and stared into her eyes,
asking.
Lena, in a disheveled state, dared not look at him and replied, “Nobody. It’s
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“I…” Gideon wanted to say that he was her friend, but after what had
happened that day, he felt that their relationship was no longer that simple.
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The middle-aged couple exchanged a glance and were excited.
The man grabbed Gideon’s hand and said, “I am her father. Who are you?”
“You are her father?” Gideon clearly didn’t expect this answer. He glanced at
Lena, saw her embarrassment, and understood that the man was telling the
truth.
He pushed the man’s hand away and smiled gently, “So, you’re Mr. Jenkins. It
seems I misunderstood.”
Lena looked contemptuously at Blake Jenkins, who was smiling delightedly.
Blake, seeing Gideon full of amiability, assumed that he believed his words.
However, he didn’t know that the more gently Gideon smiled, the less mercy
he felt towards others.
For so many years, Lena had always carefully hidden her unbearable birth
from Gideon and Charlotte, but she never expected Gideon to find it out.
Especially after they…
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmLena lowered her gaze, not letting Blake and his wife perceive anything
unusual.
Blake excitedly patted Gideon’s shoulder and said, “How could parents
deceive their own daughter, right? She’s already reaching a certain age.
Shouldn’t she come back with us and get married? Otherwise, she’ll become
a… What’s that word again? Leftover woman! Yes, that’s it! Leftover woman!
The leftovers that others reject, just like leftover food!”
Hearing Blake use such derogatory words to describe Lena, Gideon furrowed
his brows, and his gaze sharpened.
“To get married?” Gideon asked, “I haven’t heard that she has gotten close to
any man.”
As he said that, Gideon fell silent for a moment.
Wouldn’t it be himself getting closer to Lena recently?
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