However, to buy a house in Oceaton, one had to have an Oceaton household registration.


    Anneliese begged the White family to transfer her into the White NFR, but she absolutely refused to change her surname to White.


    Selina took advantage of the situation by encouraging Timothy to make Anneliese kneel in the courtyard all night. Only then would they allow her to keep her surname.


    Someone as proud as Anneliese actually knelt the entire night, and her legs remained red and swollen for more than ten days before recovering.


    Anneliese''s grandmother had hated the Fullbuster family with a passion and would never allow Anneliese to be with Jonathan.


    With her grandmother against the rtionship and her health fragile, Anneliese couldn''t simply disregard her grandmother''s well-being to be with Jonathan.


    Absolutely impossible!


    The more Zacharias thought about it, the more convinced he became that Jonathan was lying to save face after Anneliese''s rejection.


    Jonathan looked at Zacharias, whose face was full of doubt, and merely curved his lips slightly in a cold, sarcastic smile.


    "The fire back then was an ident, and the sacrifice of Mr. ude was truly tragic and regrettable. But it was not my responsibility. For you to call me a murderer, an enemy of the ude family, Mr. Shaw, you truly are quick to assign guilt without evidence.


    You knew her grandmother had just had heart surgery, but you still told her about Anne and me, hoping to provoke her. You used this to try to destroy our marriage.


    Your actions truly inherit the same lineage as your mother and sister, who are on the verge of attempted murder."


    Zacharias gritted his teeth, his breathing deep and heavy.


    "Mr. Fullbuster, you''re really skilled at spinning things to exonerate yourself. The fact is, if Mr. ude hadn''t saved you, he wouldn''t have died, and the ude family wouldn''t have fallen apart.


    "If you hadn''t deceived Anne and secretly manipted her, I wouldn''t have lost her! I only wanted to stop you from deceiving Anne and her grandmother and tell them the truth. What is my fault?"


    Jonathan nodded. "If you believe you did nothing wrong, then you shouldn''t mind if Anne finds out what you''ve done, right?"


    Zacharias'' face darkened. "Jonathan, what do you mean?"


    He felt uneasy. Of course, he didn''t want Anneliese to know.


    He still hoped he had a chance to win her back. If Anneliese found out he was the one who told her, she would hate him and never let him get close again.


    Zacharias forced himself to remain calm and let out a bitterugh.


    "Jonathan, you''ve deceived Anne, and your credibility in her eyes is already in shreds. Even if you tell her, she won''t believe you; she''ll only think you''re ndering me, won''t she?"


    "Oh, really?"


    Jonathan raised an eyebrow and smiled. The next second, he pulled a phone from his pocket.


    Zacharias saw at a nce that the phone was turned on!


    Could it be...


    Zacharias'' uneasy premonition intensified. Sure enough, the next second, Jonathan flipped his wrist.


    The phone pointed at him, and on the screen, Zacharias saw Anneliese''s icy, cold little face.


    "Zacharias! You truly disgust me!"


    Anneliese red at Zacharias, speaking each word slowly and deliberately.


    Just now, after Jonathan hung up with her, he quickly initiated a video call.


    When she answered, the screen was still ck and shaky.


    At first, she thought Jonathan had dialed her by mistake. Soon after, she heard Jonathan and Zacharias talking.


    These past few days, she had been


    grandmother and had been fully absorbed by the truth about Jonathan being that older brother from the past. She hadn''t had time to think much else.


    It turned out that on her grandmother''s side, it had actually been Zacharias who spilled the secret!


    Absolutely infuriating!


    Zacharias met Anneliese''s gaze, filled with hatred and cold contempt, and felt his chest tighten in anger.


    D*mn Jonathan, setting me up like this!


    His expression faltered, and he tried to exin.


    "Anne, listen to me, I—"


    But before he could finish, Jonathan


    twisted his wrist, cutting off his chance to speak to Anneliese, and said to her instead "Honey don''t look at him. His swollen bruised face is painful to the eyes. Look at me instead, hmm? I''ll purify your eyes."


    Zacharias froze.


    D*mn... how had my face ended up so bruised?


    On the other end, Anneliese was slightly amused by Jonathan''s words.


    Thinking about Zacharias'' current state, she felt even more satisfied, curling her lips into a smile.


    "Yes, honey, you''re the most handsome!"


    Her voice was sweet and soft. Even though Jonathan knew she might


    have been intentionally teasing


    Zacharias after hearing his words, he couldn''t contain his excitement.


    Being praised by my wife, and in front of her ex-husband, no less!


    Complete victory-could anything feel better than this?


    He immediately lifted his eyelids and threw Zacharias a triumphant, "See that?"


    look.