Chapter 893: Chapter 893 Shattered Filter_1
But that very thought became his filter for Tiffany Lynch, continually beautifying that past which now seems, upon reflection, not at all earth-shattering but rather dull.
Yet, the so-called obsession had only fully shattered now.
George River remembered the evaluations he once made of Hannah and Tiffany Lynch.
The former was vain, the latter pure and simple.
Thinking about it now, Hannah was right in her accusations; he had indeed been blind.
George River’s mind was in turmoil as he recalled the conversation he had with Jimmy Simmons that day.
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It had been their first official meeting since their fallout.
Actually, they should have expected it; they had many mutual friends and were bound to run into each other in the same circles sooner or later.
The others smartly gave them space to talk.
Jimmy Simmons just leaned back lazily on the couch, with his shirt collar undone, holding a glass of strong liquor, taking sips now and then, always giving off an impression of arrogance and defiance, someone not to be provoked.
But for George River, he had long since grown accustomed to this image of him, pouring himself a drink before finally speaking up, "You’re going to get Tiffany out of her contract?"
Jimmy Simmons’ gaze shifted to George River, cool and mocking, "What, can’t bear to let her go?"
George River didn’t respond to Jimmy Simmons’s jeers.
Between the two of them, it was true that he was the one who owed the other first.
But regarding the matter with Tiffany Lynch...
"We’ve already broken up," George River said calmly and forthrightly, with no intention of hiding anything.
However, Jimmy Simmons just sneered, "Seems like you really have fallen for someone else, abandoning your first love for a woman who covets vanity, George River, you’ve really got some balls!"
The glass in his hand was slammed down forcefully onto the glass table, producing a crisp sound from the exertion.
Most of the strong liquor spilled on the table, adding a somewhat acrid smell of alcohol to the air.
Back then, Jimmy Simmons hadn’t actually met Hannah yet, and his impression of her wasn’t good, influenced by Tiffany Lynch’s involvement.
But George River frowned, "This is between us, it has nothing to do with her."
Enraged to the point of laughing, Jimmy Simmons clenched his fists as if ready to charge at any moment, "George River, do you still remember how you promised me back then? You assured me that you would treat Tiffany well, that you would never do anything to wrong her. That’s why I chose to step back. If I had known it would turn out this way, I would never have let her go to you!"
Feeling jealous because a good brother liked the same person was never a good feeling, but with Jimmy Simmons’s character back then, once he took a fancy to someone, he would pursue her no matter what.
But it was precisely because it was his good brother that he chose to step back.
Who could have known it would end up like this?
Facing Jimmy Simmons’s accusations, George River remained remarkably calm, with only a slight flicker in his eyes as he stated a fact, "When the Lynch Family went bankrupt, we both betrayed that so-called promise."
With those words, Jimmy Simmons did indeed calm down.
Back then, they were both young, and family matters were not theirs to decide, but as heirs, they were acutely aware of the adage, ’Business is like a battlefield.’
Though conflicted inside, they wouldn’t stop the inevitable.
In a sense, Jimmy Simmons and George River were the same kind of people, equally merciless.
Seeing Jimmy Simmons’s silence, George River finally spoke again, "Regardless, Tiffany Lynch and I have ended it, nothing to do with anyone else. As for the matter between you and me..."
