Mr. Ford Is Jealous

Chapter 40

Yvonne was the type of person who would always stand up for herself. She would never let anyone mock or taunt her without a fight. She could sense Guinevere’s jiving tone earlier, and she didn’t care if it was intentional. She just had to fight back.

Once Yvonne was done talking, Guinevere’s face turned blank and frigid. The air got tense again. Silent awkwardness ruled the table.

Nobody spoke. Yvonne dangled a spoon aimlessly, not knowing what she said. Lucas pushed food onto Yvonne’s plate, urging her to eat. Yvonne accepted the food without saying anything

Yvonne knew that Guinevere didn’t like the fact that she had a baby out of wedlock because it was something that tarnished her pure and noble reputation, but she deceived herself into thinking that she was fine. She might pretend that it didn’t matter to her, but she was obviously troubled by it.

a couple who had spent a lot of time together. However, she found it amusing that

at the dinner table. Not only would it make things awkward, but it might also offend

into smaller pieces. He then exchanged his plate with Guievere. He did this in complete

second she noticed Weston doing this. Her fingers dug into the flesh of her thigh, but

Weston. They were in a fancy restaurant and, just like now, they were also having steak. She remembered how Weston would cut up the steak into bite-sized pieces for her just as he was doing now, as if it was his duty. She could not help but laugh at herself. She had been so foolish as to be moved by that little gesture. She had assumed that it was Weston showing

turned out, it was only a habit of his, borne out of his time with Guinevere. Guinevere’s face now gradually regained its color. She gazed lovingly at the man beside him and thanked him sweetly. “Didn’t I tell you,” Weston suddenly spoke as he

of firing back again, Lucas suddenly grabbed her hand under the table to warn her to stop, holding