Jane ignored all of the finger-pointing and accusations, pushing open the door to the dressing room and finding herself a quiet corner to sit in.There were still the whispers and odd stares everywhere, though.Jane instinctively lowered her head and touched her forehead… It hurt. She just concealed the wound even more with her bangs, not for Susie’s sake, of course, but for her own. She needed money, a lot of money.Jane was like an ugly jester compared to the other members of the PR departm
The roots of Jane’s ears immediately burned up. The man’s breath was too close and too clear, blowing right onto her ear. She could not ignore it even if she wanted to.“Please let go of me, sir,” she said.What she did not expect was for the man to not let go and back away at all. Instead, he teased her by saying extremely suggestively, "Sure thing."With that, he let go of his grip… only to nip her ear flirtily instead. Jane was stunned. She had met a lot of people, but none of them had e
She had not done anything at all, and it had been barely fifteen minutes since she came in here, but he was already giving her a hundred thousand?Her expression turned abruptly, and she raised her head to look at the man, her thoughts going all over the place… Did he mean what he said just now? Was he not saying it just to tease her after all?Did this man really want to…?"Don't overthink it. I have something else to settle tonight, so I won't take you back with me for the night."Jane hea
"Kiss me."The deep voice spoke like it was only natural. Callen's eyes were filled with jest.He could not help it. This was his guilty pleasure and bad taste.His life was just too boring, so he needed to spice it up. For the three months he was going to stay here in S City, Jane Dunn was going to act as the spice in his dull life.Callen wanted to see this woman full of contradictions struggle with her internal conflicts again. This time, however, he was doomed to be disappointed. Th
Oh, how she wanted to yell that out loud. There was just one moment when she nearly voiced her dissatisfactions, but the second she opened her mouth, she suddenly remembered— What pride did she have left to speak of?Yes, wh*res had their pride, but of all the wh*res, she was the only exception!She gripped the check in her hand tightly. In Jane's eyes, every number written on the check was the color of blood. …Knock knock. "Come in."Alora raised her head. "Why are you here? Are you
“Jane, explain!” Someone like Alora would never be fooled so easily, of course. Her pretty face was icy cold. “Are you saying that you did not actually take some time off because you were tired?”As soon as she said that, Alora picked up her phone and looked at Jane. “It’s fine if you don’t want to tell me. I’ll just call Mr. Stewart.”It was not her best move, but Alora was not thinking straight right now.“Alora, Mr. Stewart won’t care about what happened to me.”Alora blinked. This time,
It was a text about a bank transfer. When he saw the figure stated in the message, the man’s black eyes flickered dangerously.He stood up with a whoosh, scaring the other attendees of the meeting into sitting up straight. The American in the middle of his report was so spooked that his voice immediately died in his throat. He was worried that he had something wrong and offended his Asian overlord.The man walked up to the floor-to-ceiling window and dialed a number. “Doot— Doot—” After two ri
After Jane finished work, she walked home alone in the night as usual.Susie was not going to go to work and back with her, of course.When Jane returned to the dorm, she was slightly surprised to see the lights on in the living room. Susie was sitting on a simple couch there, playing on her phone.The moment Jane came in, Susie immediately put her phone down and stood up.“You’re back?”Jane was even more surprised now. Usually, Susie would be hiding in her room and sleeping by now, but to
"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