“Paige,”
Jasper guessed what she was going to say next and preempted her, “I have something I want to say to you. Can you sit down and listen?”
Paige gave him a look, and the words she wanted to say, “Excuse me,” were swallowed back down. She sat back down in her seat.
Yemmy also pushed Rachel and stood to the side.
Jasper looked at Paige for a long time before saying, “Paige, things have come to this, and there are some things I don’t think you want to hear, so I’ll just say it. I know that the Folsom family has wronged you and made you suffer a lot outside.”
“…” Paige listened silently, her long eyelashes slightly drooping.
The maid came closer to Paige again, placed something in her hand, and whispered, ‘Miss, this is stewed sugar-coated pears that Miss Blanca commanded be given to you. Please try it.’
Paige didn’t look at Blanca, only glanced down at the bowl with a low gaze, without saying a word or touching it.
Even though her throat did feel uncomfortable at the moment.
Jasper sat there and continued, “But you are a member of the Folsom family, and you should still come back home. As long as you are willing, Grandpa will agree to whatever terms you set.”
“Teacher,”
Paige slowly lifted her eyes to look at him, her expression extremely pale, “Regarding the fact that I am a member of the Folsom family, it is only my own speculation for the time being, and it has not been confirmed. I also don’t feel the need to confirm it.”
“If you don’t want it, then don’t.”
Blanca spoke, her pale voice full of condescension.
Upon hearing this, Paige’s gaze flickered slightly. Blanca was such a cold-blooded person, but she wasn’t afraid of her trying to deceive them.
Paige still didn’t look at her, but simply said, “I have no affinity with the Folsom family, I never have, and I hope I never will. You should also stop doing bad things on the soil of Country A.”
As long as the Folsom family doesn’t mess up in Country A anymore, she won’t do anything to the Folsom family.
How could the Folsom family not understand the meaning hidden in these words.
Beinice sat in a chair and looked at Paige, a chubby face revealing a kind expression that she had never had before, “Paige, no, I should call you Marian.”
“…” Paige was silent.
“Marian, in fact, your uncle can understand that as an outsider, you are trying to prevent the Folsom family from taking revenge. But do you know that if it weren’t for those plutocrats who joined forces to kill the Folsom family a hundred years ago, you would have grown up happily and safely in a big family, without having to suffer all this hardship?”
Beinice said, afraid that she had misunderstood, and quickly added, “Of course, I’m not saying this to change your mind, I just hope you can understand that the Folsom family has done so much over the years, and the Folsom family’s hatred is too deep. We just want to avenge those who have passed away from the Folsom family, after all, they are our blood relatives.”
Enrico leaned back in his chair and listened lazily, finding it uninteresting, so he turned to look at Paige.
She wasn’t so boring to watch.
Paige’s face was expressionless. Hearing this, she looked up at Beatrice and asked, “So, the Folsom family will continue to cause trouble in Country A in the future?”
“I won’t do it again,” the pale female voice said again, with a hint of urgency.
This time, Paige’s gaze moved, looking at the woman sitting opposite her.
Blanca sat there, with some stains on her clothes, obviously not having had time to change, her face bruised, and she sat there staring at her, her gaze urgent but restrained.
“Miss Blanca’s attitude has really changed,” Paige said indifferently. She still remembered that just two days ago, Blanca had decided to kill her for the greater good of the Folsom family, and now she was saying that she would never do it again.
Does that mean you won’t work for the Folsom family anymore?
Blanca looked at Paige with a guilty heart, but she also knew that no explanation would be useful after the fact, so she didn’t defend herself. She just said, “If you don’t like it, I’ll leave the Folsom family today and hand over all my duties.”
She didn’t know before, but now that Paige is still alive, she doesn’t want anything else.
“Blanca…”
Beinice looked at Blanca in shock. What was she going to do? Her daughter hadn’t recognized her, and she wanted to leave the Folsom family with her daughter?
Paige listened, not without surprise in her heart, but she didn’t show it on her face. She just said, “Miss Blanca is joking. Your freedom is not something I can interfere with.”
“…” Blanca’s face turned even paler. She wanted to say something, but she was afraid that it would seem like she was forcing her, so she could only restrain herself as best as she could.
“There’s no need for that,” Jasper said slowly, sitting in the main seat and listening to the conversation between the mother and daughter.
Everyone looked at him.
Jasper lifted the teacup in his hand and took a sip, his expression deep. Then, as if he had made a decision, he set the teacup aside with a heavy movement.
“Paige, if you are willing to come back, I will give you my position,”
Jasper looked at Paige with a solemn expression, “As long as you become the head of the Folsom family, you will decide the future path of the Folsom family.”
As soon as the words fell, there was silence in the entire hall, and no one spoke.
This was no longer a shock, but everyone was stunned. Even Enrico looked up at Jasper and raised his eyebrows with interest.
Jasper is quite decisive.
“…”
Paige thought she had heard it wrong and was at a loss for words.
Blanca looked at Jasper in shock.
Beinice came back from the shock, stood up and said, “Father, what are you talking about? You are the backbone of the Folsom family…”
“I’m already this old, and I can’t do things as well as I used to. If you weren’t all so mediocre, I wouldn’t have had to hold on until today.”
Jasper interrupted him directly.
Everyone in the Folsom family knew what kind of person the old man was. Back in the day, he was a domineering person who was used to being the boss.
He must have made up his mind to say something like this.
Even before Paige became a member of the Folsom family, the old man admired her very much. Now that she has become a member of the Folsom family, and before the paternity test is done, the old man actually values her so highly.
Rachel sat in the wheelchair and listened, shocked, her mind going blank.
The old man actually wants to hand over the Folsom family to Paige? Is he crazy?
She looked at Beinice, thinking that as Jasper’s only son, he could not possibly remain indifferent. However, once Jasper said this, Beinice sat back down with a depressed expression and said no more.
“…”
Seeing this, Rachel clutched the cuff of her sleeve, tightened it, and desperately suppressed herself so as not to lose her composure.
Paige sat there, and could clearly feel the shock of the Folsom family, so shocked that they were all breathing heavily.
She said, ‘Teacher…’
“Paige, don’t be in a hurry to reject me,”
Jasper raised his hand to stop her. “I know that once you leave today, you won’t be coming back. I can persuade you only today. You can think of it as a bribe or coercion. Think carefully. Even if it’s just for today, sit here and think about it. You don’t need to answer me too quickly.”