Novels by Astraea

Jason immediately signaled his servant not to make a sound, but Claire woke up anyway. She sat up half-conscious and didn't notice that Jason was holding her hand. She asked Jason curiously, "What's wrong?" Jason pulled his hand away from Claire and looked away, "Nothing." Claire looked at her own hand, then at Jason's cold expression, then stood up, "Hey, listen, it's not me holding your hand, it's you. You think of me as Alice again." Jason was not satisfied with her explanation. He snorted, but didn't speak, and Claire didn't want to explain any more. Looking toward the door, Claire noticed that the waiter had just put breakfast on the coffee table, and she suddenly felt very hungry and wanted breakfast. "I'll change the bandage after breakfast," she said, then took Jason's breakfast and put it on the nightstand while she ate it on the coffee table. Jason looked at the breakfast, which was the same every day, and thought about the pasta Claire had made for Theo yesterda

"Where are the maids at home? Why did you make the noodles?"Claire scoffed. "I didn't bother calling the maid, it was easy anyway."Jason narrowed his eyes. "You can't seduce Theo, he already has a girlfriend and he won't love you."Claire laughed affectionately, and her hands gripped the newspaper as tightly as if she were squeezing the neck of the man in front of her.Why did he think she was seducing Theo? It was just a plate of pasta.Thinking that her priority now was to treat her wound, Claire didn't want to engage him, but to Jason, her silence seemed like consent.Jason's tone became worse, "You should listen to my advice, he loves someone and he would do anything for this woman, then you won't be able to get close to him. So you better give up."Claire was silent, holding back her anger, but all she could do was roll her eyes uncontrollably while maintaining her silence.Sometimes this man's imagination really was as big as the universe.Claire threw down the newspaper and w

Jason unconsciously raised his hand to touch Claire's head, but he suddenly realized that Theo was standing at the door, and the man was so startled that he reflexively pushed Claire's head away from him.Claire, who had been concentrating on applying the medicine, fell to the bed in a daze. "What the hell?" she asked irritably, holding her head as she tried to get up."Looks like I came at a bad time." Theo, who was standing in the doorway, saw the incident and couldn't help but laugh."At least close the door!" Jason said to Claire. He really didn't notice that the door to his room was not closed. "And you, couldn't you have knocked before coming in?" he said to Theo.Theo came in with medical equipment: "The door was open, so I didn't have to knock."Jason looked at him angrily. "Who told you to come? I didn't call you today.""She told me to come." Theo pointed at Claire. "She called me last night and said you had a high fever. But I couldn't come last night, so I came today."Cla

Calvin came out of his room, probably because he heard Claire's scream, while the others knew they could not interfere."Dad?" Calvin greeted his father. "What happened? Why is Aunt Claire screaming?""I had a quarrel with her," Jason answered honestly. "You don't want her to leave, do you? So don't try to help her out of the room this time!"Calvin hesitated for a moment before nodding."Good. Go back to your room," his father ordered, and Calvin went back to his room without saying anything more.Claire's screams could no longer be heard as she collapsed exhausted on the floor next to the bed. She hugged herself as she shivered and cried. She looked around. What if there was another fire? What if she couldn't get out of here while the fire consumed the entire building?Just then, someone opened the door and walked in. It was Jason.Claire ran to him immediately. "Jason, please... don't lock me in. Don't keep the door locked. I promise... I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going anywhe

"I am human too. I can feel pain and sadness," Claire said. It was the first time she had ever broken down and cried in front of Jason and looked so weak.The woman cried like a battered child. "Why are you doing this to me, what have I done wrong?"But Claire was not Alice, and even if she cried with all the sadness she had long harbored, she would not win Jason's heart, because in his eyes, Claire's tears were nothing more than a tool to gain sympathy.Claire looked at his cold and indifferent expression and suddenly realized that her tears were just a joke.She could cry in front of anyone, but not in front of this man.Suddenly, Claire laughed, her tear-stained face smiling brightly. "I almost forgot, you never believed my tears, so it seems my fake crying didn't work on you."Jason's hands slowly tightened at her sides and Claire could clearly feel his anger growing."Even if that's true, do you think I care?" he asked. "Even if you don't want me to touch you while I'm imagining

When Jason held her hand, what surprised Claire was that her hand felt very warm. Oh no, it was not just warm, his body temperature was extremely hot and definitely abnormal."Jason..." She looked intently at the man on the bed again, and only then did she notice the unnatural flush in his cheeks.Jason probably had a fever.With that thought, Claire used her other hand to check his forehead.When she did, she pulled her hand back in surprise.His fever was very high."Don't leave me. Don't go." Jason muttered as he pulled Claire's hand tightly, repeating the words over and over.He must have thought that she was Alice.Claire tried to pull her hand away, but Jason's grip was so strong that her struggle was futile.She happened to see his cell phone on the nightstand, and with great difficulty she tried to grab it, then used Jason's index finger to unlock it, then found Theo's number and called him.No one answered the first time, so she tried again.It was after midnight and she didn

It was 10 a.m., when Jenna was supposed to go to college, but today the car that was taking her stopped on a busy street, and it wasn't the street to college! Jenna asked the driver: "Where are we going?"Sarah looked back and politely helped answer, "Mr. Sean asked me to take you to his office.""Office? But I have to go to class.""But this is Mr. Sean's order."Jenna was so angry that she wanted to push the car door open and jump out. Sarah hastily added, "Miss, calm down! Mr. Sean may want to take you to lunch. If he agrees to let you go to campus after lunch, you can still attend your next class."Jenna was stunned. She knew that Sarah was right, but she still felt uncomfortable. Sean was clearly doing this on purpose. In short, he probably didn't want her to be able to finish her studies!Jenna was angry, but she had to hold it in.The car soon stopped in front of the Anderson Group building, and there were more than 30 floors where all the employees worked. The higher the flo

Almost every day Jenna begged Lily to help her escape.In fact, even though she was allowed to go to class, Sarah and her driver, who doubled as her bodyguard, watched her all the time.Jenna's life had been pretty quiet the last few days as Sean seemed to be very busy.When the door to her room was opened from outside, Jenna thought it was just Sarah or Lily, so she ignored it, but who would have thought that it was Sean who came in. The man had completely ignored her lately. Jenna almost thought he had gotten tired of her.She hardly ever saw Sean, except when he got into his car in the front yard, which was visible from the second floor window of her room.Jenna furrowed her brow, wondering why this man was never the least bit cheerful and smiling? Even when he smiled, it was a wicked, cynical smile. Did he never feel happy in his heart?Without further ado, Sean threw his coat on the chair and loosened his tie, then looked at Jenna sharply, "What did you ask Sarah?"Jenna immedia

The wound on Jenna's hand healed quickly, and she was finally able to return to campus, just as Sean had promised.As soon as the lecture was over, Jenna ran to leave the campus, but as she reached the gate, she saw Sarah standing in front of a black car, and this woman was staring at her silently.Jenna was startled and unconsciously took a step back.Sarah broke through the crowd and approached her, calling respectfully, "Miss...""Why are you here?" Jenna asked in a low voice as she looked around anxiously. Fortunately, her car wasn't the only one parked outside the campus, and the students weren't interested in such things, so no one noticed her."Mr. Sean asked me to pick you up.""But... I'm not done yet!" She told Sean that she would have lunch on campus and go home after his classes ended at 3 pm."Then why are you out?" Sarah asked. She had apparently been there since the morning."I... I wanted to get something to eat. The cafeteria is too crowded."Sarah looked at the bag o

Jenna was having sex for the first time, but Sean had been asking too much of her for several days in a row, so her face looked very pale. She looked lethargic at breakfast.In the middle of eating, she stabbed at the food with her fork, but her mind wandered.Sean narrowed his eyes and ordered in a cold voice. "Drink the milk!""Okay!" Jenna snapped out of her reverie, picked up the milk and drank it.Sean added. "Finish the food too," he said, then said to Sarah, "Get her something to nourish her body! She's pale as a ghost!" Then he left the table.Jenna sat down stiffly."Come here!" Sean shouted from the doorway, "Come here and put on my shoes."Jenna turned around in shock, unable to believe it. What did he want her to do? Put on his shoes? Was it not enough for her to warm the bed, now she had to be a maid too?Jenna got up and walked over to him, standing in front of him without moving.He looked up at her. "Put my shoes on."Jenna moved her lips but dared not speak. She crou

The next day, at noon, Jenna saw a van parked in the driveway and some workers moving furniture upstairs. She asked Sarah, "Sarah, what are they doing?"Sarah replied, "Master has bought some new things, including a wardrobe and shoe cabinet for you in your new room. The clothes and shoes themselves have also been delivered. Master just called and asked me to help you arrange them.""New room?""Yes, you will be moving into the room next to Master.""All right, thank you, Sarah." Jenna went upstairs and when she reached the room she saw that the bed and the floor were filled with bags of clothes and shoes.Jenna went over and looked at them. The room was huge, probably twice the size of her rented house. There were cabinets all around and a sofa in the middle. The layout was beautiful and very elegant.Jenna opened one of the closets and found it empty.Just then, Lily, the head butler, knocked on the door and came in with Sarah carrying a large bag, asking permission to organize the

Later that afternoon, Sean came home from work to find Jenna lying almost lifeless in her room with her wrists slashed.He walked over to Jenna, helped her up, looked at her bloody left hand, and asked, "Why did you do this?"Jenna fell into his arms and cried. She almost passed out from the pain, yet strangely she hadn't lost consciousness yet. She thought she was going to die after not calling for help."Why are you doing this?" Sean asked again in a low voice. Looking at the wound on Jenna's hand, he knew very well that this woman hadn't cut her wrist deep enough, so the wound wasn't that life threatening.It was a stupid way to commit suicide and very unprofessional. How dare she challenge Sean Anderson with that kind of skill."Please, let me go..." Jenna mumbled weakly, meaning that she wanted Sean to let her die because she had no reason to live anymore.Her family had been destroyed and now the only treasure she had left, her pride, had been taken away from her by him. Rather