Chapter 585

Chapter 585 Cunning Beast Fortunately, Joe understood my meaning the moment I walked in Or, he already knew I would come to see him, so he was waiting 1n the study earlier Before I even had a chance to ask him anything, he took the initiative to tell me, "I had just warned Charlie Marilyn earlier to stay away from Olive."

To be honest, if I had known beforehand that Olive's boss at the company she joined was him, I would never have let her go, no matter what This is the second sentence Joe said to me today, and it is also the first time he openly expressed his concern for Olive in front of me, after what happened before But I had no more time to ponder, the only thing I wanted to know now was what exactly happened between Joe and Marilyn, what kind of story unfolded beneath Marilyn's gentlemanly appearance Joe's account, in fact, confirmed my seemingly absurd speculation There is much more to the story between him and Marilyn than just what happened in the past. It can be said that Marilyn still holds a great misunderstanding towards Joe to this day The root of that misunderstanding still lay in the fact that his wife, who died in a plane crash at a young age, was the cause However, in Joe's version of the story, Marilyn didn't care about his wife as much as he later portrayed Joe and Marilyn's wife, Meiling Chen, met at a school alumni gathering At that time, Meiling had just entered university, while Joe was returning to school as an outstanding graduate representative. Due to their similar personalities, the two quickly became good friends During the time I was not in New York, Joe spent most of his leisure time with Meiling and a few other close friends But Meiling had already established a romantic relationship with Marilyn at that time To be honest, as a man, I would occasionally feel jealous of opposite-sex friends who were closer to my wife But that was just occasional jealousy, I couldn't bring myself to interfere with my wife's normal social life, nor did I consider it to be a big deal If I had to get her attention, I think I would express my inner thoughts to her in a gentler way But Marilyn was different. After Meiling had attended a party with her friends, that same evening, she knocked on Joe's door "He ordered me to leave his fiancée."

Even after so many years have passed, when Joe talks about this matter, there is still a trace of helplessness and indignation on his face For Joe and Meiling, a pair of innocent and pure friends, commands like Marilyn's were nothing short of insults and humiliations However, Joe has never been a person who would actively engage in conflicts with others Even when Marilyn rudely interrogated him, he patiently explained the situation "And in my mind at that time, he was still someone who cared a lot about Meiling," Joe picked up the coffee on the desk and took a sip, his eyes gradually filled with a hint of regret. "If only I could have seen his character flaws back then, and could have reminded Meiling a few words, perhaps her life would have changed a bit."

"This is not something you could decide, Ms Meiling died in a plane crash."

I came to my senses and spoke up to remind Joe, but he shook his head "Meiling could have avoided the plane crash if it weren't for Charlie's strong possessiveness towards her. She wouldn't have chosen to get married right after graduation, nor would she have avoided all social interactions for him. She also wouldn't have realized her husband's excessive control over her only after marriage, and after a heated argument, she left for her parents' house overnight."

When I saw Joe speaking these words, his eyes were slightly reddened His tone carried a hint of elusive self-blame and regret, and I was also greatly shocked by hearing this version of the story for the first time Originally, the so-called love for his wife was nothing more than a persona created by Charlie Marilyn for himself He might not have even loved Ms. Meiling; he Just wanted to find a perfect and obedient wife for himself, or rather, he wanted to find a plaything that he could control Inexperienced Meiling, was nothing more than a sacrificial lamb in his hunting game But this cunning beast has now turned its sights on my Olive!

After realizing this, I tightly clenched my fist, wishing I could rush downstairs right now and drive him out of the Morris' house, so that he would never be able to get close to Olive again