Chapter 497

Before Brad confronted Jean about those compromising photos, he had already begun to doubt the woman who had once held his world together. He had also started to think about distancing himself from her. Brad was no fool. When Jean had slipped into his bed at Phoenix Villa while he was ill, scheming to make his entire family believe they'd spent the night together, he hadn't understood her motives. But later, he figured it out. Did she ever stop to think about the consequences of using him like that? Did she really believe that, once he discovered the truth, he wouldn't want to cut her out of his life? Yet, she went ahead and did it anyway. It showed that Jean had been using him all along. Even though she claimed to love him, her actions told a different story. After dropping Jean off that day, Brad had a long talk with his father, during which they discussed his past relationship with Jean. Rather than badmouthing Jean, Daniel listed everything she had done since her return to th