My Flirtacious Husband (Genevieve and Armand)
Chapter 416 Nothing To Do With You

The audio recording ended right there, but Isabella's hatred seemed to loom in the study.

Steven couldn't believe his ears.

Armand hung his head low silently.

He was still young when Ellen was born, so he didn't remember much.

All he remembered was that Ellen was born with pneumonia. She was barely one year old when she had an attack. On the way to the hospital, she passed away. Back then, he recalled seeing Isabella crying with Ellen's corpse in her arms.

A tense silence ensued in the study, and Steven could barely breathe. A long while later, he broke the silence. "Mr. Faulkner, this has nothing to do with you."

Armand responded, "It was Father who brought me back, resulting in the following tragedies."

When Armand was young, he couldn't understand why Isabella had hated him and treated him harshly.

All the while, Isabella had treated his brothers and his cousins better than him. She would never give him any presents on his birthday. In fact, she couldn't be bothered to wish him a happy birthday.

As Isabella had done a one-eighty after Ellen's death, he had thought she had been too upset by her daughter's death.

Now that he finally got to hear the audio recording, he realized why she had acted that way.

It took Armand a while before he snapped out of reverie. He then put the photos and flash drive back into the file.

"Has Genevieve regained consciousness?" he asked.

Steven said hesitantly, "Yes, Jack is taking care of Ms. Rachford now."

"Mm. You don't have to go to the hospital anymore." Armand's voice sounded tired. "You may leave now. I'm tired, so I'd like to take a rest."

Steven parted his lips, intending to say something, but he eventually decided against it and left as told.

Initially, Genevieve planned to head back during Christmas so she could spend the day with Johanna and the rest. However, she was forced to remain in Xedells after the kidnapping.

A day before New Year's Day, Genevieve and Jack went back to Jadeborough.

Johanna had no idea what had happened to Genevieve in Xedells. After learning of her return, she invited Genevieve to have dinner before counting down to the new year together. Jack tagged along.

Johanna loved the movie directed by Jack. She nearly fainted in excitement to see her favorite director. Jack beamed and played along when she asked to take photos with him and get his autograph. Soon, Johanna realized Genevieve seemed out of sorts. She then whispered something in Timothy's ear.

The four of them were having dinner when a bunch of girls rushed into the restaurant. The girls then surrounded Jack and screamed so loudly that the rest nearly went deaf.

Johanna took advantage of the commotion and dragged Genevieve away to have a private talk with her.

Once they fled the scene, Johanna told her, "I realized you seemed out of sorts during dinner as though you didn't want to spend time with Jack, so I told Timothy to inform Jack's fans that we're having dinner at this restaurant."

"No wonder so many of them rushed into the restaurant all of a sudden..." Genevieve did not expect that her friends were behind this. "Thanks." Johanna gave a dismissive wave. "Didn't you marry Jack? Why do you look awkward with him? Is he too possessive?" she asked curiously.

Genevieve didn't want her to worry and shook her head. "He's too handsome, so I sometimes replace it annoying."

"Genev, that's too funny!" Johanna burst out in giggles.

Genevieve and Johanna were having barbecued food in a restaurant beside the mall when Jack texted her. He claimed that he couldn't get rid of the fans.

After reading his text, Genevieve reminded him to head home after escaping from his fans. She also told him that she was having dinner with Johanna and would go home herself.

Genevieve was much more relaxed when Jack wasn't around. After dinner, she followed Johanna to the central square.