Kendall's Sacrifice

Chapter 34

Dylan had ordered Kendall to return home before 12.00PM because Terence would be arriving at 12.30PM to do her hair.

Thus, Kendall had to refuse her parents' plan to have lunch at Dynasty Hotel as she still needed to collect her car from the Parkers so that it would make things easier for her when she needed to leave Coleman Mansion.

"Why are you in a hurry to leave?" asked Charlotte. "Is Master Dylan looking for you? How is he treating you? Does he treat you like a nanny?"

Before Kendall could answer, Adam interrupted, "That's between Kendall and Master Dylan. I'm sure they would be able to settle this, so let's not meddle in their business. Although Master Dylan seems heartless, he is not an unreasonable person, and he wouldn't do anything to our daughter. So, don't worry, and don't act like our daughter is having a hard time at the Colemans. You're going to cause trouble for her if you do that."

"Of course, she's having a hard time. If you hadn't listened to Kelly, Kendall wouldn't have to go through all this," Charlotte complained.

"Kelly was doing it for Kendall's sake. What Kendall did back then… It's nothing. Let's not talk about that anymore." Then, he turned to Kendall and commented, "Kendall, no matter what Master Dylan orders you to do, just do whatever he says. We can postpone our family meal today as the three of us can have a meal together whenever we want."

After that, he sent his wife and daughter out while reminding her, "Kendall, once you see Master Dylan, ask him about his opinion on you coming to work."

If Dylan didn't object, Adam was happy to train his biological daughter to be his successor. There were still a few years before his retirement, and if Kendall could withstand the hardships, he could successfully train her to take over the company.

No matter how talented Kelly was, she wasn't his biological daughter. Who would give their company to an adopted daughter if their biological daughter could bear the responsibility?

"Daddy, I will ask him later."

Charlotte turned to her husband and asked, "Adam, Mrs. Whittle called me today and mentioned Jackson and Kendall's engagement. Do you think—"

"Refuse it!" Before she could finish, Adam quickly interrupted her.

He had a severe expression while he elaborated to Charlotte while reminding Kendall, "From now on, don't ever speak of Kendall and Jackson's engagement. They're not suitable for each other."

Kendall is Master Dylan's wife. How can she think of marrying Jackson? Isn't that akin to suicide? he thought.

He added, "Kendall, I know you like Jackson a lot. Although he is quite the excellent young man, he is not a match for you, so you better stop liking him."

"Daddy, I've stopped liking him since long ago."

After Adam carefully observed her expression, he saw that Kendall seemed to be telling the truth, so he commented, "It's good that you have made up your mind. You don't know how upset and helpless I felt when you did so much for him."

Kendall thought, Daddy changed his opinion because he saw that Dylan treats me differently. He almost hit me yesterday.

The mother-daughter pair entered the elevator with Adam, who was sending them off.

A moment later, the family of three exited the elevator.

"Adam, head back and continue your work. I'll be heading home with Kendall."

"Nevermind. I'll see the two of you out," he offered.

Just as the family of three exited the building, Kelly came chasing with the bouquet Jackson brought.

"Kendall."

She ran with the flowers and stopped in front of Kendall before giving them to her while explaining, "Jackson asked me to help give you these flowers on his behalf. He said you had misunderstood him and were unwilling to receive these flowers. Actually, you did misunderstand him, Kendall. He didn't visit you because he was swamped. Now that he's done with his work, he came to visit you immediately, didn't he?"

However, Kendall didn't accept the flowers. She looked at the bouquet and found it was arranged with roses and baby's breath. Although it was arranged beautifully, they weren't flowers that she liked.

"I don't like roses," she stated as she looked at Kelly. Then, she argued, "Mommy and I decided to come over in a spur of a moment, so how could Jackson have known that I would be at the office and come with flowers? Can he predict the future, or was it because someone told him? Also, since he wanted to give me flowers, how would he still buy roses after knowing I didn't like them? Is this his way of showing his sincerity?"

After that, she concluded, "This bouquet isn't supposed to be mine, right?"

Kelly kept a lid on her emotions as she explained, "Jackson was asking me about work-related things, and I told him that you were at the company. Maybe he was so rushed to come over that he couldn't recall what flowers you disliked and bought roses."

She was the one who liked roses.

Kendall merely snorted as she stated, "I won't accept them, so please return the flowers to him. Thank you." After that, she urged, "Mommy, let's go." Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

As Charlotte gave Kelly a meaningful glance, she tugged on Kendall and left.

"Kendall. Kendall," Kelly called out twice, but Kendall ignored her without stopping her footsteps.

A while later, Charlotte's car left Parker Corporation.

Withdrawing her gaze, Kelly raised her head and met her father's deep gaze. She felt her heart skip a

beat as she explained, "Daddy, it was Jackson who asked me to give these to Kendall. I wasn't expecting that she would still be angry at him. If I had known, I wouldn't have told him that she was at the company." Then, she mumbled, "She even slapped him, but she's still angry at him."

After taking the bouquet from her, Adam observed it and concluded that the flowers were well chosen. The baby's breath complemented the roses nicely, and they looked stunning.

"Kelly, don't interfere with Kendall and Jackson's affairs. We, as bystanders, can't help them with their relationship. If Kendall doesn't want to be with Jackson anymore, we should support her decision because we're her family. Throw this bouquet away."

Then, he stuffed the bouquet back into her arms and walked around her to the elevator.

He had raised this daughter for twenty-six years, so how could he not know her preferences? The one who liked red roses was Kelly!

Moreover, Adam hadn't seen her look at her phone since Charlotte and Kendall had arrived and until they left, so how did she tell Jackson that Kendall was at the company?

It was clearly a lie, but he didn't expose it.

After all, she was the daughter he raised and doted on for twenty-six years, so even if they weren't related by blood, they still had their father-daughter relationship. Thus, he had chosen to forgive her lie.

Meanwhile, the mother-daughter pair hadn't spoken since they left Parker Corporation. Still, when they neared the Parkers, Charlotte asked, "Kendall, did you decide not to marry Jackson and stop liking him because you found out there was something between him and Kelly?" She stopped for a moment

before continuing, "They've known each other for a long time, and they look good together. That's why many thought they were a couple, but Jackson confessed his love for you after you returned home, making us think their relationship was purely friendship."

Finally, Kendall asked calmly, "Mommy, you've been through these situations. Do you think there's a pure friendship between a man and a woman?"