The Wrong Woman

Jasper felt helpless and embarrassed at Ryan's retort. He said, "Mr. Campbell, I don't mean that. I just—"

"Mrs. Campbell will take good care of her. Candice is drunk, so why put her through the hassle of moving around? Go, go, go. Go back home and sleep." Jasper said, "Candice is engaged now. It's inappropriate for her to stay overnight at your house."

Ryan was well aware of her engagement.

The sudden news had caught them off guard, which was why they had Ryan return quickly. Otherwise, his daughter-in-law would be taken away.

"Being engaged doesn't mean she has no freedom."

"That's not what I meant, I—"

Before Jasper could finish speaking, Ryan interrupted, "Just go home. Good night."

With that, the door was shut.

Feeling disappointed, Jasper left. As he walked, he pulled out his phone to call Elio.

As the phone rang, he thought to himself, "Uncle Elio, I've done my part."

voice came from the

back," Jasper

other end, Elio fell

welcomed him and had a few drinks. She got drunk. I tried to pick her up,

up abruptly and demanded coldly, "Send

just letting you know so you guys won't have any misunderstandings. Candice is safe at their house because she's stayed there many times before. Let's talk about it

that he nearly dropped his phone. He had never seen Elio so out of control and irrational. To him, Elio was

like

hung up the phone

didn't call a driver. Instead, he immediately drove toward

minutes later, the doorbell at the Campbell Residence

down but hadn't fallen asleep, got

he grumbled, "This will never end, will it? Is it really necessary? You guys-" Before Ryan could see who

person stormed past him into the living

it was a silhouette of

around. His face was grim and his gaze was cold. He demanded,

seeing Elio. He felt a bit