"Maryanne..."
The sight of Maryanne's tears falling continuously made Milton feel worse and even more uncomfortable than Hobart's beating.
He could not help but raise his hand to wipe her tears.
But the next second, Hobart abruptly pulled Maryanne behind him and warned him ruthlessly, "Don't touch her!"
Seeing that Hobart and Milton were locked in a fight again, Tony slammed the tea table with a loud thump. "Are you done? Come and sit down!"
"Come with me!" Hobart immediately grabbed Maryanne's hand and sat down on the sofa with her.
When Jazmin saw Milton standing there with a face full of injuries, she couldn't bear to say, "Milton, no matter what conflicts you have with Hobart and Maryanne, please come over and talk." "There's no need, Aunty." As Milton finished speaking, he suddenly bent his knees and knelt in the direction of Tony and Jazmin.
Now, not only were Hobart and Maryanne surprised, even Tony and Jazmin stood up in shock. "Milton, what are you doing?!"
Even if it was for the sake of making peace with Maryanne, there was no need to do this?
"Uncle, Aunt, please listen to me." Although Milton was kneeling, he was always neither humble nor pushy. "I came here today for the purpose of seeking clarification, and to apologize to you both."
Jazmin asked confusedly, "Milton, the news you are talking about, is it...?"
"That's it." Hobart cut in and passed the newspaper to his father and mother.
Both Tony and Jazmin felt a little embarrassed after reading the news about their youngest daughter.
This feeling was like their Maryanne secretly cheated on Milton, but was caught by him, asking for an explanation.
"Maryanne, is the news in this newspaper real or not?" After putting down the newspaper, Tony looked sternly at Maryanne.
In any case, Milton was still Maryanne's boyfriend. Even if she wanted to be with another man, she had to give Milton an explanation first.
Maryanne immediately fell into a dilemma. From a personal perspective, she naturally wanted to dissociate herself from Jarvy.
But once she got rid of him, her brother would go all out regardless of everything.
What should she do? What should she do...
On the other side, Hobart was staring at her with his sharp eyes, waiting to see if she would show her loyalty to him.
At this time, Milton suddenly said, "Aunt and Uncle, Maryanne has already told me that she is not in love with Mr. Tomson. I believe her."
Then, Maryanne noticed that her brother's handsome brows were tightly furrowed. It was like a signal, a signal for the upcoming battle!
After a sigh of relief, Tony asked, "Milton, since you believe in Maryanne's innocence, then why did you have a conflict with Hobart?"
"This is the main reason why I came here today." After that, Milton said again, "I'm here to apologize to you."
Milton's words were quite baffling.
"Oh?" Tony and Jazmin's expressions flickered in surprise.
Tony replied, "Milton, if you have anything to say, please get up first!"
Milton shook his head and said slowly, "Aunty, Uncle, Maryanne has worn gloves for such a long time. Aren't you curious about the reason?"
Maryanne immediately tightened the cushion on the sofa below her. Her eyes trembled as she looked at the man kneeling on the ground. Did he know what he was talking about?!
Hobart also widened his eyes slightly. Could it be that he...
Speaking of the gloves, Tony subconsciously looked at his daughter's hands and found that she was wearing a pair of gloves no matter when and where.
Even if she was wearing pajamas, hair disheveled, and a plain face, she would never forget the matter of wearing gloves.
At this time, Jazmin said, "We have asked Maryanne about this. She said that her hand is cold, so she always wears a pair of gloves to keep warm."
"It's a pity that it's not the case," Milton said as he glanced at Maryanne. His eyes were filled with pity and deep regret. "The reason for her wearing the gloves is me."
Tony and Jazmin, "What?"
"If you take off Maryanne's gloves now, you will see what her hand looks like."
After Milton finished speaking in one breath, he felt the weight weighing on his heart loosening a little. However, this was not enough, far from enough!
He felt comfortable, but the mouths of the four members of the Home of Smith began to move.
"Maryanne, take off your gloves. Let us see." Jazmin looked at Maryanne's hand in surprise, while Tony had a bad feeling.
"I..." Maryanne had never hated her hands so much!
It was this pair of hands that pushed Amelia down the stairs and was destroyed by Patrick. Milton felt sympathy for them and felt sorry for her brother. Now, her hands were going to hurt her parents. Why were they so hateful?
In other words, protecting Patrick meant protecting Amelia. Did he still like his childhood sweetheart?
After Hobart's hindrance, Milton said, "After I ordered someone to kidnap Maryanne, I asked someone to destroy her hand.
But I still felt unhappy, so I pretended to save her, and sent her to the hospital, so that she can have real feelings for me, a fake boyfriend."
"Milton, stop talking!" Maryanne, who had regained her senses, looked anxiously at him.
This person not only did not know how to say things that were beneficial to him, but also made up a story?
Milton smiled at her and said, "I did it. Maryanne not only likes me, but also promised to go abroad with me.
When she was recuperating, she lied to others that she was with me. In fact, she lied to you."
She was actually lying alone on the bed, occasionally talking to you on the phone, making you think that she was having a good life."
"You bastard!" Hobart clenched his fist so tightly that it creaked again.
Now thinking about it, Maryanne was so scared, sad, and lonely at that time. As the closest people to her, they could not accompany her.
Milton ignored them and said, "Until Maryanne went abroad with me, she has been deceiving you.
She lied to you that we are going to travel around the world. In fact, I was just transferred by the head office to the British branch.
She lied to you that I was accompanying her to eat, drink and play. In fact, I let her stay in the apartment alone, while I worked outside.
Until later, Hobart asked to see her, I thought that this could no longer be kept a secret.
Unexpectedly, she had prepared a bunch of photos beforehand, which made Hobart think that we had really gone to other countries to have fun.
When he said this, Milton couldn't help but laugh. He used to think that it was such a boring and lazy thing, but now it became his dream.
Sometimes, I think Maryanne is really stupid. Otherwise, how could she be fooled by me?
I did not know since when her willfulness had turned into love. Her companionship had become affection.
All her shortcomings seemed to have become her shining point. I have to admit that I was attracted by her, and I like her..."
Following his words, Maryanne’s tears once again silently flowed down. This was the first time she had heard such a heroic declaration of love. It should be sweet, but her heart ached terribly.

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