Cutie, Please Marry Me Again (Jenna and Hansen)
Chapter 87

Chapter 87

At this time, the chandelier in the living room was turned on and the place was brightly lit.

The front row seat in the living room was empty. It was a large mahogany upholstered couch thathad been Grandma Richards' seat.

There were many masters and descendants of the Richards family sitting in the back row withoutany outsiders, not even Marissa's family or Claude's wives' families. Even when General Deliawanted to send Sabrina over, Grandma Richards turned him down.

Since Trevor couldn't come, Claude would naturally be the master. He was sitting in the middle ofthe back seat, and both of his wives were sitting on either side of him. Trevor was the eldest amonghis siblings in the Richards family, but because Trevor was bedridden and in a vegetative state, andalso because Marissa was a woman, she had to sit behind Claude. Wives were valued by theirhusbands, and if their husbands were absent, they would naturally lose their positions in the family.

It was because of this that Marissa had some prejudices towards Jenna as she was the one whohad put her husband in the hospital. Ever since Trevor was admitted to the hospital, whenever therewas any family gathering, she never really had a genuine or happy smile on her face.

As for Grandma Richards' daughters, one was temporarily staying in the Richards Manor due to herhusband's downfall and the other one was sitting in the back row with her husband.

The next row was the descendants of the Richards family. Norton was sitting on the left and Andreawas sitting next to Norton. The two main seats in the middle were for Hansen, but there was onlyone seat left as Aria occupied one as she waited for Hansen to come over.

Earl and Georgia were seated as the guests of honour. However, this was all because of Marissa,who wanted to make sure that Grandma Richards recognized Aria as her future granddaughter-in-law in front of everyone at the birthday celebration.

All the workers of the Richards family had arrived, but they were all standing without a sound in theside room connected to the living room.

When Hansen appeared in the living room holding Jenna's hand, almost all the eyes in the livingroom fell on them with all kinds of expressions on their faces. At first they were looking at theirfaces, but soon, their eyes fell on their interlocked hands. He held her hand tightly, determined anddid not care about what people were saying.

Jenna felt very embarrassed and awkward under their gazes. There were all kinds of gazes such ascontempt, indifference, disdain, resentment, calm, and inscrutable. However, none of themdisplayed any warmth or affection. Just like three years ago, she was still despised and unacceptedby those in the room.

The only difference this time around was that Hansen held her hand throughout, even when he sawAria, he did not let go of her hand. He didn't take Jenna to his seat because Aria was sitting thereand there was only one empty seat left. So he took her hand and sat down in a separate chair nextto the couch.

Aria had been waiting for Hansen next to his seat. The moment she saw Hansen, her face lit up andshe was overjoyed. However, her face soon darkened!

Her eyes were fixed on Hansen as he walked into the room. He held Jenna's hand tightly and hiseyes were gentle and caring as he looked at Jenna. Aria's eyes soon filled with resentment andhatred.

She turned her head and looked at Norton, who had a tense look on his face and was glaring atHansen's hand on Jenna's. His hands were on his knees, gripping his pants tightly and the veins onhis hands had popped out. He gritted his teeth and did not make any sound, and no expressioncould be seen on his face.

"Coward," Aria was amused yet angry at the same time. Suddenly, she felt relieved as there wasnothing to be afraid of. She was not the only one who did not want to see them together. Shewanted to know how long they were going to last. Deep down, she despised Norton who lovedJenna but did not dare to openly pursue her and didn't want to think about how to win her heart. Hekept his eyes on them and played tricks behind their backs. He was really a sinister and despicablesc*mbag.

Jenna felt a little uncomfortable at the others' gazes on her. If she had not promised GrandmaRichards that she would come, she would have definitely turned around and bolted out. Hansen, onthe other hand, seemed to have read her mind. He kept holding onto her hand as if he was afraidthat she might run away.

Jenna thought, "He must be afraid that I would run away and he would break his promise to hisgrandmother, otherwise, why didn't he go over and sit with Aria? Instead, he's accompanying me."

She had no interest in coming over to stick her nose into other people's family affairs in the cold andaloof Richards Manor.

Everything was just for show. After today, she might not need to come back here ever. She was justgoing to let other people think what they want to think and say what they want to say. Why shouldshe care about them?

While she was thinking about it, Meroy came out.

Everyone immediately turned their attention to Meroy.

Meroy was wearing a red dress and looked lively. After she came out and greeted the masters, sheinformed everyone of Grandma Richards' request, "Jenna, please come in. Grandma Richardswants to have a word with you."

Everyone looked surprised, with incredulous expressions on their faces when they heard her words.Grandma Richards only wanted to see Jenna alone before paying her respects to the ancestors?What was the purpose of this?

They had all been sitting and waiting for a long time and Grandma Richards hadn't asked them togo in to talk even when Marissa informed her that the McAdams family was there to visit her.However, not long after Hansen came in with Jenna, Grandma Richards had requested to have aword with Jenna. What were her intentions?

Aria's face darkened. Initially, she had Marissa's permission to sit next to Hansen. Anyone withdiscerning eyes knew her intentions. However, after Hansen came in, he did not respond to her.Instead, he walked over to another seat and sat with Jenna. Now, Grandma Richards had evencompletely ignored her and her children and grandchildren and only invited Jenna in. Wasn't that aslap in the face?

What could this woman have done in order for Grandma Richards to favour her so much? Knowingthat Hansen and her were already divorced and she was no longer part of the Richards familyanymore, why was Grandma Richards still treating Jenna so well? Even with Aria's father by herside, it was not enough to make Grandma Richards accept her. She had lost her face and evenEarl's face was lost and looked sorrowful and mysterious.

Even Hansen didn't understand it. He just turned and looked at Jenna blankly, who was sittingbeside him.

Jenna herself was even more confused and did not understand why Grandma Richards would wantto see her only. She knew that Grandma Richards liked her, but no matter how much she liked her,she was still an outsider. Moreover, she was no longer the daughter- in- law of the Richards family.Did Grandma Richards like her more than her own grandchildren? This was something that shewouldn't believe.

After Jenna left, Aria walked towards Hansen and sat next to him, full of grievances and tears in hereyes.

Hansen was still in shock and did not notice her at all.

Everyone in the living room was silent. Claude's second wife was discreetly laughing at Marissa andAria. Marissa was in such a hurry to invite Aria's family over and everyone knew her intentions.However, it seemed like her efforts were in vain. Grandma Richards was not willing to accept Ariaafter all.

It seemed that Aria was longing to be the Young Madam of the Richards family. Hansen had notsaid anything and yet she was so anxious. She was really thick- skinned, but they just smiled intheir hearts and didn't show it on the surface.

However, to everyone's surprise, Jenna stayed in the room for more than an hour. At first, they allwaited patiently, but later, they all got impatient and started complaining.

Finally, as everyone waited, Jenna finally walked out from the room.

Her face was a little pale, and the light in her eyes was not clear and she looked a little absent-minded. She just stood there with her eyes looking down. She caught a glimpse of Aria sitting nextto Hansen from the corner of her eyes. She did not walk towards them, instead she walked to aquiet corner and stood there alone. She was trying to hide herself, not wanting anyone to notice her.

Hansen took a deep look at her as she didn't walk towards him. In addition to being a little cold, herexpression was indifferent, absent- minded, and distracted. He had no idea what Grandma Richardshad said to her. However, he knew that it was more than a simple catch up since she had been inthe room for more than an hour. He wanted to go over and ask her what happened, but Aria held hisarm and it was unpleasant to push her away in front of so many people, so he had to sit down.

After a while, Meroy came out again and said loudly, "Grandma Richards wants to invite MayorMcAdams to come over and have a talk."

This time, there was an uproar again!

Everyone turned and looked at Earl.

Aria's heart perked up. Grandma Richards had finally invited them for a talk. It seemed thatGrandma Richards had finally figured it out and was willing to acknowledge her the granddaughter-in-law of the Richards family. When Aria saw Jenna's blanched face, she immediately understoodthat the reason why Grandma Richards invited her in first was to inform her that she had beenofficially removed from the Richards' family tree and had decided to pass the title over to Aria.Otherwise why would Jenna look like that?

Wasn't it obvious now that Grandma Richards had invited her father to have a talk? She was soexcited that her hands began to tremble.

Earl was very calm. He stood up and walked towards Grandma Richards's bedroom. When hewalked past Hansen, Hansen was inexplicably worried and his eyes drifted to the corner again andlooked at Jenna, who was standing there silently. She stood there alone and she looked lonely.There was a kind of inexplicable sadness in his heart. Did Grandma Richards break any bad newsto her when she went in to talk with her? Did she really want to remove her from the Richards'family tree? Was Grandma Richards finally going to acknowledge Aria?

What's going on? Didn't he used to have his heart set on her leaving him? Didn't he want her nameto be removed from the Richards' family tree? Then where did the feeling of fear of losing her comefrom now? What was wrong with him?"

He looked at her again, but she just stood there silently and did not even look at him. It seemed thatshe had forgotten him, and she seemed to have forgotten that he brought her here. For a moment,

he was exasperated, as if anything related to her would make him feel uneasy.