"I did not!" Hayley Cole denied swiftly without even thinking.

Jason Cole looked calmly at Hayley Cole: "I know everywhere you went during training camp."

"You had someone watch me? Do you think I’m a criminal?" Hayley Cole questioned Jason Cole in disbelief, "Am I less than an outsider now? In your eyes, I’m just someone to be guarded against, am I right?"

Jason Cole furrowed his brows, looking at the unreasonable Hayley Cole: "Hayley Cole, why do you blame everyone else for mistakes, yet don’t look at the problems within yourself?"

"Yes, I’ve made mistakes. My biggest mistake was being born, being beaten and scolded every day, living in constant fear!" Hayley Cole shouted madly, veins popping out, indistinguishable from a lunatic, "Did I want to be born?"

"If it wasn’t for my father insisting on dating my mother and not marrying her back then, would I have been born? If they hadn’t been involved back then, how would my father beat us for no reason? My mother is just an indecent person; she ruined me! She remarried shortly after my father died. If she hadn’t been flirting around, how could..."

Jason Cole interrupted Hayley Cole’s filthy words with a slap. He stared at Hayley Cole, who was clutching her cheek, and spoke emphatically: "My father never cheated; he was faithful to my mother. Mom remarried my father out of mutual love, and she is a good woman. I will not allow you to insult her like that!"

"Ha?" Hayley Cole sneered, turning her slapped face slowly towards Jason Cole, "Of course you say my mother is good. To stay in this family, she catered to you all so much! If it wasn’t for timing, I would have thought you guys were her biological children, and I was the one picked up!"

"Hayley Cole, I’m warning you. The Cole Family can support you, but they will absolutely not allow you to make mistakes! Don’t even think about bidding for contracts, or the consequences will be beyond what you can bear!" Jason Cole had given up reasoning with her.

She can live in her tragic world if she wishes, as long as he can protect the Cole Family and his mother.

"Also, stay away from James Reed; this is my last advice to you." Jason Cole didn’t want to say another word to her. Hayley Cole was a lost cause.

"Mind your own business!" Hayley Cole felt incredibly embarrassed after being slapped and having her relationship denied, not wanting to stay any longer, she turned and ran out of the study.

As the door opened, she froze, seeing Hazel Bennett standing at the door holding two glasses of juice, tears streaming down.

Hayley Cole’s heart tightened, but her angry words came faster than her emotions, blurting out directly: "Why are you blocking the way here? Eager to please the Eldest Young Master of the Cole Family? Go ahead!"

"Hayley Cole!" Jason Cole shouted angrily, stepping out of the room quickly.

Hayley Cole paid him no mind, rushing straight out.

"Jason, don’t be mad at her, she’s just..." Hazel Bennett didn’t know what to say. Even if she felt sorry for her daughter, she couldn’t simply excuse her behavior as a child’s tantrum.

Hayley Cole was already in her twenties; how could she not understand anything? 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Mom, I’m not angry, please don’t be sad." Jason Cole sighed softly, gently hugged his frail mother, "Mom, let’s each have a glass, shall we?"