“Jane, you’re not the only person who has been to jail. Why can other people provide for themselves by working hard while you have to stay here and entertain other people? Jane, you’ve become depraved.”Jane’s shoulders were shaking. She pinched the flesh on the outside of her thighs to stop herself from slapping Jason.She lifted her head to look at Jason. She had been calling this man as her big brother for the past 20 years. Those amazing memories together… Her brother’s love for, his prote
“Hey, hey, have you heard? I just bumped into that Jane Dunn. She went around everywhere asking for work to do and said that she could do anything.”“That woman has gone completely nuts for money! Seriously, though, someone like her was never meant to be in the PR department. Why did the higher-ups put a piece of crap like her here? She’s bringing down the average quality of our team.”“She hasn’t had any work for a month now, right? I bet she’s crazy desperate, that’s why she asked everybody
Jane kept her head down with all of her might.“Heh! This girl’s a shy one. Won’t you let me look at you?” Brendan immediately grew naughty. “Well, today, your great Master Hoffman insists.”Next to them, Alora said, “Don’t be afraid, Jane Dunn. Master Hoffman is just teasing you. He’s actually a pretty nice guy.”Brendan’s finger paused on Jane’s chin. He looked at the woman with her head pressed down suspiciously, but at the same time he asked Alora, “What… did you just call her?”Startled
Jane looked at the check on the table, but she did not move.Brendan sneered coldly. “What’s the matter? Don’t wanna do it?”“Leave her be, Master Hoffman. After all, she’s the proudest pearl of S City, isn’t she?” The other people who came here with Brendan tried to advise him, but their advice was clearly insincere. They sounded more like taunts.“Proud?” Brendan laughed and lit a cigarette, taking a dreg as he gave Jane a sideways look. “With the horrendous state she’s in now?”Alora was
“There’s no need to kneel and all that. It’s so cliche and unseemly! For our boss’ sake, Master Hoffman, please let her go today,” Alora tried to convince him gently.Smack! Brendan swirled around and slapped Alora across the face, shrieking, “Didn’t you hear me? I said you have no right to say anything!”Jane’s eyes reddened. “Brendan! This has nothing to do with Alora! What right do you have to hit her?!”“Hey, Jane, do you really think you’re still the mighty Jane Dunn you used to be? Do
On the couch, Alan was making a call. He said something into the phone and then called out to Jane, “Hey, Jane Dunn, guess who I was calling just now?” Alan sniggered, his eyes sparkling as he said, “It was your brother. Do you know what he said? He said there isn’t anyone called Jane in his family. Haha, Jane, you’re so pitiful! You killed your own best friend, and to what end? Rosaline must have been the unluckiest girl in the world to become friends with you!”As Alan said that, fury flashed
There was a sheen of cold sweat on her forehead, and the clothes on her back were drenched.She raised her head and looked at Brendan.“Crawl on over here.”“Do it!”“Go on, do it!”The voices in the room yelled, “Crawl! Crawl! Crawl!” in a chorus that flooded Jane’s ears.Alora tried to shout, “Don’t, Jane!” but those men clapped their hands over her mouth.“Crawl! Crawl! Crawl! Just crawl!”Their cries of schadenfreude and eyes like hungry wolves made Jane’s back straighten up even mor
“Do you still remember how you forced Rosaline to down an entire bottle of whiskey back then? Jane, Little Miss Jane Dunn, did you ever think you’d find yourself in this position today?”Jane stared blankly at Alan, whose face was hard with hatred. Meanwhile, her eyes looked mystified. “Me? Force Rosaline? To drink a bottle of whiskey?”Every single phrase was a question to her. She would never deign to force someone like that, and she would never do something so despicable to Rosaline like fo
"Your grandfather loved your grandmother like a man possessed."By the time I finished hearing out my grandparents' story, I fell silent. I no longer blamed my grandfather for not knowing his heart, and I no longer blamed Grandma for being uncertain. It was just as Grandma Alora said. It was only because one of the two of them stopped obsessing and took a step back that they ended up living happily ever after. I could not help but wonder. What if Grandma simply refused to turn back at the e
Even then, I found it unbelievable. I ran to my dad's room and immediately asked, "Is Grandpa a pervert? I saw him hugging Grandma's foot just now. Does he have a foot fetish?""Your grandfather is warming your grandmother's feet. Your grandmother's body isn't in its best shape, and her hands and feet are always ice-cold. Your grandfather can't bear to see her like that. Just pretend you didn't see anything, and never mention it to him.""But why?""Because your grandfather will make you writ
My name was Luka Stewart. It was a weird name, right? Like ‘look! A stew.’My grandfather gave me my name. All my many years of experience as a kid told me that my grandfather was not a good guy.All else aside, just look at the name he gave me. He had a perfectly nice name himself, but he had to give me such a weird one.However, every time I protested about it to him, he always said that it was my dad's fault. If Dad had been a girl, that would have been his name instead. See, Grandpa was
On the twentieth day after the surgeryHe saw the person he had his heart set on.“Elior said you were at your wedding on the day I woke up.” He fell quiet again after his initial excitement. It felt as though there was a thorn in his heart. He wanted to pull the thorn out, but it hurt just to touch it.“Is Michael Luther… good to you?”“Yeah, pretty much.”There was pain in his eyes and he hurriedly lowered them, putting on a gracious act.“Congratulations. From now on, you’ll finally be
“Not too long ago, I woke up one morning and realized that I was trapped behind bars again. He had installed metal grilles over all the windows in the room.“In my eyes, those bars were no different from the ones in prison six years ago.“He tried everything to imprison me. He only finally let go when he’s sick and dying.“He said something about getting tired of this game and getting bored of me. I believed him.“He’s dying, so he lets go.“Is that supposed to show how generous and loving
“See? Master White agrees. Move aside and don’t stop me, the boss is in a lot of danger right now!” Dos’ expression was vicious. “I need to stop…”Halfway through his sentence, the three people outside heard some mortifying noises coming from inside the room.They were all experienced in the ways of life, so no matter how slow they might be, they still understood what those noises meant.Dos’ face instantly turned completely red.“Go on, kick the door down. Your boss is in danger,” Alora tea
After the second apple, there was the third... By the time he reached the fifth, he looked at the apple in his hand with a troubled expression. No matter how much he liked fruit, he still could not eat so many at once. Besides, he never liked apples to begin with.“Eat some more, or you won’t have the strength,” she said calmly. He was completely stumped. The strength? The strength for what?The wheels in his brain were still turning as he tried to process her words when the woman by his bed
At the hospital, the ward door opened without a sound. This time, Dos did not report the arrival in advance.When Elior arrived in a hurry, he immediately saw that woman.Before he said anything, Alora pulled him back out into the corridor. The door opened and closed again.The man on the bed lay on his side, fast asleep.No one knew what he was dreaming about, but the deep frown on his face showed that he did not have pleasant dreams.His hand rested on the covers, his wedding ring still a
"Don't worry, this time Sean Stewart won't disturb you again. He never will anymore. "Go and do what you do best, Jane Dunn. Run away!"With those words, Alora turned and left.She did not know what she was mad about. Perhaps she was not mad at all, just a little sorry about the whole state of affairs.It was almost as though she was the one who was not getting her happy ending. In her eyes, one of them had done wrong in the past and was now filled with regret, determined to turn over a n