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who answered.
The secretary’s voice trembled, and there was an odd breathlessness in her words, yet she still handled it formally. “Mr. Brooks is currently in a meeting. Once he finishes, I will pass on the message.”
Unable to get through to Christopher, Stephen called Jasmin.
After five unsuccessful attempts, Stephen realized that he had been blocked.
In the past, he may have been able to tolerate Jasmin‘ s tantrums, but this time, he had had enough. He sent people to search for her at various venues and finally found Jasmin three days later.
When she was dragged back, Jasmin was furious and immediately threw her handbag at Stephen.
The long metal chain of the bag scratched across his face, leaving a bloody streak on his forehead.
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Before he could say anything, Jasmin started crying immediately. “Stephen! Do you have any idea how embarrassing it is for me to be dragged back like this in front of everyone? You‘ ve ruined my reputation in front of all my friends!”
“If you keep doing this, how will they look at me in the future?”
If this had been in the past, Stephen might have softened upon seeing her tears. But today, his face was darker than ever, and he yelled, his voice sharp, “Mom’s lying in a hospital bed, and you‘ re still concerned about your own image? Jasmin, do you have any heart at all?”
Jasmin was dragged into the hospital room. When she saw Amanda lying in the bed, her expression briefly panicked, but it quickly turned to defiance as she straightened her back.
“I told you already, Mom’s headaches are a chronic problem. If it gets really bad, just send her to the hospital! What use is it for
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bme to be here? Do you expect me to cure
her?”
Stephen had never expected to hear such words from her when she saw their mother lying in the bed.
Huffing in anger, he spat, “I sent you at message yesterday, asking you to come and give Mom a massage when you had the chance. Didn’t you learn this from Sheena before? You even mocked Sheena’s methods, saying she learned it online. How could it be as good as going to see a massage therapist?”
“But look at this, a whole day and night has passed, and you haven’t even come once!”
Jasmin suddenly let out a cold laugh.
“Massaging people is the maid‘ s job. Why should I be the one to do it?”
“Let’s say you want to take one more step, you have hands too. Why don’t you go and give Mom a massage?”
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“What? Has filial piety been outsourced to me? Is your hand so precious?” she
scoffed.
Stephen stood there, stunned.
It was as if he was meeting his sister for the first time–the sister he had cared for so
much over the years.
But Jasmin wouldn’t stop there. She continued to mock him endlessly, “You don’t think just because you‘ re the heir to the Brooks family that you can do. whatever you want, right? Let me tell you, I also have the Brooks surname. I’m an adult, and I’m fully qualified to fight you for the Brooks family assets!”
“I’m curious to see how many shares you’ll have once Mom is gone!”
Hearing Jasmin‘ s thoughtless words, Stephen instinctively raised his hand.
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