Chapter 2820


    While waiting for Tia to pick the kids up, Stanley nced at Tia from the back, his gaze strained and


    intense.


    “We’re done eating breakfast. What other excuses do you have now?” Gloria questioned Stanley with a


    dour look on her face.


    “Alright Mom and Dad.” Stanley put on a more serious look.” This is what actually happened…”


    After narrating the entire story to Gloria and Daniel, Stanley felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders at


    an instant. Now that he had finally gotten it out of his chest, the family would no longer pester him


    about Cherry anymore.


    “So, your rtionship with Cherry has all been an act?” Gloria choked.


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    “Yes.” Stanley nodded and apologized. “I’m sorry. I’m afraid I’ve let you down.”


    “But, how are you going to exin this to the Jean family, then?” Gloria asked, bing worried sick.


    She always thought that Stanley was a well-behaved child. The fact that he would engage in something


    so questionable was something Gloria could notprehend.


    “We’ll have to see what the family’s attitude toward this is.” Stanley continued, knowing that it was not


    appropriate for him to deceive the Jean family by conspiring with Cherry.


    Therefore, he had created a n in advance to address the fallout. When the time came, he would take


    all the me from the Jean family and remain silent.


    “Oh boy.” Daniel sighed. “What if the Jean family chooses not to forgive him?”


    “Mom? Dad? Stanley is not the only one at fault here. Think about it. Cherry is in on this as well, so


    they can’t just pin all the me on him.” Nicole chimed in tofort Daniel and Gloria.


    Ultimately, Cherry had fled the country without her family’s knowledge. At most, Stanley was just an


    insider or an aplice. He was not the one who had sent her away. While the Jean family’s anger


    would be understandable, there would be a limit to how livid they would be, and how much me they


    could pin on him.


    “But…” Gloria looked at Nicole, struggling to find something to say.


    But before she could, Nicole smiled andforted her,” Things have happened.


    We can’t change anything, so we might as well focus on what we can do.” Moreover, it was an


    agreement which Cherry and Stanley were party to. Their rtionship had never existed to begin with.


    It was all just a show. Even if Cherry had remained in the country, there was no chance in hell they


    would both get together.


    “I think it’s best if I pay the Jean family a visit soon.” Daniel sighed. “I’m sure they know the entire story


    already. We should go over there to show our concern and exin ourselves.”


    “No Dad, let me handle this on my own.” Stanley requested.


    “Forget it. It’s easier for me to persuade them aspared to you.” Daniel shook his head.


    He felt that it was better for the patriarch of the family to show up as the representative and meet the


    Jean family.


    Stanley, who did not want Daniel to be roped into this, was about to insist on his position, but before he


    could, Nicole stopped him and shook her head.


    Then, she turned to look at Daniel and suggested, “Dad, if they’re still unhappy about this entire fiasco,


    you may suggest a business coboration as apensation.”


    “That’s not right. We can’t drag thepany in to settle a personal score.”


    Stanley immediately declined.


    He could not believe that Nicole would even suggest such a thing.


    “Don’t worry. It will be a partnership that benefits both parties. We will not conduct any business at a


    loss.” Nicole smiled and cheered Stanley up.


    “That’s right. Do you think we have no standards?” Daniel asserted in a rare disy of


    authoritativeness.


    Seeing that his family had already decided on what to do, Stanley could only ept their suggestion.


    “Alright then.”


    “So, you and Cherry were never an item. So, your girlfriend is…” Gloria asked, attempting to probe for


    an answer from Stanley.


    If Cherry was his fake girlfriend, that would mean that Stanley was still single.


    And if he was, there was a possibility that Gloria would have to set him up on more blind dates.


    During the previous round, the blind dates were set up together with Emery. And now, Emery was mere


    weeks away from getting married while Stanley had gotten himself involved in such a huge mess. He


    was single and alone once again. With all things considered, it was impossible for his family to not be


    worried about him.


    “I have a girlfriend. I’ll introduce her to all of you very soon.” Stanley stood up.


    Then, he looked at Gloria, solemn and unsmiling. “Mom, I got this. You don’t have to worry about me.”


    “You have a girlfriend? Since when?” Gloria asked, experiencing another shock of her life.


    ‘How did I not know about this?’ she wondered.