To Be Yours Again novel (Jenny and Alex) novel Chapter 686

After he said those words, Jenny's expression changed slightly as she looked at him and asked, "Did she offend you somehow?"

"Not really. I just don't like that kind of woman." Jolene's success in her scheme indirectly encouraged other women who intended to make a move behind the scenes to take a leaf out of her book. Julian would have to watch every drink he had from then onward. Countless women would try to carry out their plans at any cost, not caring about the consequences.

"If you want to teach her a lesson, that's your business. Don't drag me into it." Jenny didn't want to be implicated later on if Julian did something and blamed it on her for teaching him. She wouldn't be able to explain herself to either the Fausts or Graham.

Hearing her response, Julian felt aggrieved. "Jen, I just wanted to help you express your anger."

"Come on. Don't pretend to be innocent in front of me, Mr. Faust. Just tell me what's your purpose in approaching me." She was tired of playing along with him, so she decided to call a spade a spade.

Julian's expression changed abruptly, but he quickly recovered and said, "What purpose would I have? I just want to be friends with you."

"With your status, there's really no need for you to be friends with me." Jenny laughed humorlessly. Brandon had just said he also wanted to be friends with her earlier. Even a fool would find it hard to believe. Seeing how Julian refused to speak, she felt a little helpless and asked, "You're here about Alec, right? Do you want to find out more about him from me?"

Julian didn't deny it. Any pretense was futile and unnecessary in front of someone as intelligent as Jenny.

Based on the information he'd found, Alec was evidently not heartless. Either the information he'd dug up was too superficial, or Alec was pretending—Julian leaned more toward the latter. He believed that Alec didn't want Jenny to get involved with his affairs to protect her; he loved Jenny but kept it to himself.

Jenny couldn't read Julian's mind. If she could, she would probably give him a high five because she had thought the same before. But after talking to Alec, she no longer thought so—he really didn't like her. It had nothing to do with protecting her.

"I'm curious, Mr. Faust. Many other Fausts returned this time. Out of all of them, why did you choose to pay attention to Alec? Could it be that you really think he can take the Faust family away from you? Are you that lacking in confidence?"

She was genuinely curious, so she casually asked Julian about it. By doing this, she might be able to get an answer to issues she'd been wondering about.