Love Letters, Divorce Papers (Jared and Amber)
Chapter 551 Conversation with Mrs. Lyon

Amber curled up her lips into a sneer. "No."

"What?" Makayla's expression stiffened.

Amber looked at her coldly. "I won't collaborate with you. Just leave."

"Why not?" Makayla approached her in confusion. "Makenna is your mortal enemy. She has escaped. I'm sure she'll take revenge on you. If we work together, it'll be easier to deal with her."

"That's correct, but I don't have to work with you." Amber snorted. "What power do you have? Even if you do, I won't agree. Don't forget you've betrayed me once. Do you think I'll still trust you?" Makayla was rendered speechless, looking annoyed.

She knew she had betrayed Amber, so Amber wouldn't trust her anymore.

However, she indeed wanted to work with Amber this time.

It was challenging for her to replace Makenna by herself.

As Amber said, Makayla had no power, connections nor much money. She could only work with others to replace Makenna.

Hence, the person she turned to was Amber, who had a feud with Makenna.

However, Amber refused.

"Ms. Reed, I'm sorry for last time, but things are different. Can we put away the past aside for the time being? The most important now is to replace Makenna as soon as possible. She's a huge threat to both of us if she's still out there, so..."

"Stop it," Amber raised her hand and interrupted her impatiently. "Like I said, I won't work with you. I'll look for Makenna myself. My friend is here. You've taken her seat. Get out of here. Now! Or do you want me to ask the waiter to send you away?"

"You..." Makayla glared at her in anger.

Amber parted her red lips and said in disgust, "Get lost!"

"You're gonna regret it!" Makayla couldn't bear Amber's attitude. Trying to suppress her anger, she stood up and stormed out.

When arriving at the entrance, she almost bumped into Mrs. Lyon, who was entering.

Fortunately, the latter reacted quickly to move aside, so she wasn't knocked over by Makayla.

Seeing Makayla stride away as if nothing had happened, Mrs. Lyon frowned in disgust.

"Auntie!" Amber waved at her. "Here."

Mrs. Lyon heard her voice and turned to look over. She put away the disgust on her face and walked to Amber with a smile. "Sorry for keeping you waiting so long, Amber. There was a traffic jam on my way here."

"Not really. I've just arrived as well." Amber stood up and pulled out the chair for her.

Mrs. Lyon patted the back of her hand dearly and sat down.

Amber sat down as well. Pushing a cup of coffee to her, she said, "Auntie, this is your favorite iced Blue Mountain Coffee."

"Thanks, Amber." Mrs. Lyon picked the mug up and took a sip joyfully.

She suddenly asked, "By the way, Amber, who was the girl leaving earlier? When I got down my car, I saw you two talking. Do you know each other?"

Amber nodded. "Sort of. She is Trenton Gardner's eldest daughter, who has returned home recently."

"His eldest daughter?" Mrs. Lyon understood. "I see. No wonder she's so rude."

Amber nodded in agreement.

"All right. Forget it. Let's talk business. Amber, do you know why I've asked you out?" Mrs. Lyon put down her mug and looked at Amber.

Amber stopped stirring her coffee. "I could only guess. It's for Cole, isn't it?"

Mrs. Lyon nodded. "Yes, Amber. Cole has been pretty abnormal recently. When he came home two days ago, he stank with alcohol"

"Did he drink?" Amber raised her voice in surprise.

Mrs. Lyon hummed. "Right, a lot. When he returned home, he was so wasted that he fell from the stairs."

"Is he OK?" Amber asked anxiously.

Mrs. Lyon said, "No, worries. His forehead was injured. but he's fine."

"Really?" Amber muttered, feeling pretty guilty.

She hadn't expected Cole to react fiercely after their conversation two days ago. He even got drunk. "Amber." Mrs. Lyon looked at her and continued, "You should know Cole has a crush on you, right?" Amber bit her bottom lip and hummed slightly. "Yeah. I figured it out when talking to him two days ago." "Were you scared?" Mrs. Lyon asked with a smile.

Amber cast down her eyes. "Yeah, I was, a bit. Over the years, I only regard Cole as my best friend. Although the way Cole calls me is too intimate, we get along like friends. I never thought he would have a crush on me."

"Right. I've seen how you guys get along. On your wedding night six years ago, Cole got drunk. If I hadn't heard him crying and expressing how much he loved you, I wouldn't have known his feelings for you. He's too good at hiding it," said Mrs. Lyon. She took a sip of the coffee.

"Six years ago?" Amber gaped. "Since six years ago, Cole has been..."

"Not exactly." Mrs. Lyon shook her head. "Since he was a teenager, he had fallen in love with you."

Amber gaped at her.

Teenager?

That was over a decade ago.

She realized that Cole had liked her for years.

Amber couldn't tell her feelings at this moment.

Surprise, sentiment, and guilt stuck her, but she wasn't moved.

She still couldn't love him like a woman loved a man.

Although Cole had loved her for almost twenty years, she was moved, but she couldn't love him in return.

Mrs. Lyon had been studying Amber's face all the time.

She purposely told her when Cole had started loving her, so she could see if Amber would be moved by the truth.

However, she was disappointed.

"Amber, you have rejected Cole, right?" Mrs. Lyon asked.

Amber shook her head and nodded. "Sort of. Cole didn't confess his love to me two days ago. I only figured out his feelings for me when talking to him, so I didn't directly refuse him. I hinted to him indirectly that we wouldn't be together. I hoped he could give up on me and replace someone who suited him."

"No wonder he suddenly got drunk that night." Mrs. Lyon sighed, having a migraine.

Amber held her mug tight. "I'm sorry, Auntie. I didn't want to hurt him in that way..."

Mrs. Lyon smiled. "You don't need to apologize, Amber. I'm not blaming you. It's good for him you've refused him because you don't love him. You didn't do anything wrong or harm him. It was Cole's fault. He was too fragile..."

She wasn't saying this just to make Amber feel better.

She really didn't think Amber had done anything wrong.

Amber had the right to directly reject someone she didn't love.

If she didn't reject Cole for fear of breaking his heart, she would be really fooling around with Cole, who would think he still had a chance to win her heart. In the end, things would go too far. By then, Cole would be hurt severely.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐