Jalen leaned back in his chair and smiled brightly, "I'm really curious. If Ella knew what you were thinking about her, would she still take you as her brother?"
Jalen was threatening Theodore, but Theodore was not angry. Instead, he asked Jalen, "Mr. Halton, do you feel that your relationship with Ella is better than mine? Do you think she will believe you if you tell her?"
Jalen did not speak, but he knew very well that Elaina would believe in Theodore.
"Mr. Murphy, if you are willing to maintain a sibling relationship with Ella, I won't say anything," Jalen said.
"No matter what my relationship with Ella is, I won't let you be with her!" Theodore snorted.
Just as Jalen and Theodore were arguing, the door to the study upstairs opened, and Elaina and Andrew walked out.
"Theodore?"
Elaina was the first to notice that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the living room. She looked at Jalen and Theodore in confusion.