Ann Nolan shook her head, "I'm not considering his pride, it's just that Grandpa is old, and his health hasn't been good this year. He's been recuperating at the holiday villa. If I bothered him with such trivial matters and upset him, I wouldn't feel right about it."
"Zaiden Santos is only picking on you because he knows you'd never go to Grandpa," Jasmine said, indignant on Ann's behalf.
That's exactly what Zaiden was counting on, wasn't it?
Otherwise, why would he treat Ann like this? It was bad enough that he kept a mistress, but he even forced Ann to resign from her job.
He did everything excessive to Ann without a second thought about her being all alone in Landon, having married into the city from afar.
"Jasmine, you don't need to worry about me, I'll handle my relationship with Zaiden Santos," Ann reassured her as she placed another crab on her plate, "Eat up, this is really tasty."
"Mhm!"
