“Give me a reason. Don’t tell me that someone your age is still afraid of sleeping alone. Are you afraid of the dark?” Tiffany asked him jokingly.“Something like that. Give it a thought.” Jackson got up and poured himself a glass of wine then drank half of it in one go.Tiffany thought about it, but still refused in the end. “The cab I hailed is arriving soon. Besides… it's not appropriate for us to do this. I heard from Eric that your marriage has been internally decided, which means you already have a partner. Why are you asking me to do something like this instead of your fiancée? I don’t want to be criticized by someone else. Come on now, there’s nothing scary about sleeping alone. Don’t worry so much.”Jackson smiled, somewhat self-deprecatingly. “My fiancée? Didn’t you see her at the restaurant last time? She isn’t like you.”Tiffany was suddenly at a loss for words. What did he mean by that? Was he insulting her? Being here with Jackson alone made her feel awkward. She coul
“You did this on purpose, didn’t you?” She gave Jackson an accusing look.“No, I didn’t. The wine glass was on the armrest when I left. I don’t know how it spilled.” Jackson shrugged innocently.“You’re deliberately making things difficult for me, aren’t you? You knew how tired I am already from cleaning and created another mess for me! How am I supposed to clean this sofa?” Tiffany looked like she was about to cry because she had absolutely no experience in cleaning up a stained sofa.Jackson burst out laughing on the spot. He thought Tiffany was going to accuse him of deliberately soiling the sofa to force her into submission. He didn’t expect her mind to be this pure. It was as if her brain didn’t function like a normal person’s.It was already midnight and Tiffany finally accepted the fact that she wouldn’t be going home today. Even so, she still insisted on not sharing the same blanket as Jackson. At least, it felt safer that way.At the Tremont Estate...Nina was forcing Ar
After a wild storm, Mark finally got up and went into the bathroom. “I’ll send Nina off later. You should get more sleep after getting some food.”Arianne blushed and sank into the blankets, still panting slightly. The man looked as cold as an iceberg again after getting out of the bed, but they were talking a lot more now. In the past, he would never talk to her unless necessary.In the White Water Bay Villa, Tiffany woke up freezing cold. Except for the warmth on her back, she felt cold everywhere else. She didn’t know how the two blankets ended up being kicked onto the ground. Jackson and her were supposed to be sleeping on each side of the bed, but they were now in each other’s arms! No, to be precise, she was the one being held in his arms. She would’ve murdered him if it wasn’t for the fact that he kept his arm on her waist and not any higher than that.She only now understood what he meant by sleeping with him. Jackson only wanted her to be his pillow. It was only as simple a
Silence immediately set in. Jackson started to get a headache. Annie didn’t expect this woman to be so ‘daring’ as to not take her seriously! She stared at Tiffany and suddenly recalled meeting her in the restaurant before. Not only that, Jackson even footed a $6,600 bill for her back then!Realizing the tense atmosphere, Tiffany was finally fully awake. Upon seeing the situation at the door, she gulped audibly. “Um… this is a misunderstanding! It’s all a misunderstanding! I’m just a part-time cleaner here. Have fun chatting, I’ll be leaving now.”Naturally, Annie wasn’t buying that. She tried her best to spread her slender arms and blocked the door. “Cleaner? Are you taking me for a fool? How did a cleaner end up on his bed!”Tiffany stopped trying to explain herself. There was no way she could justify the situation with her sleepy face and dishevelled clothing. No one expected Annie to pull out her phone in the next second and snap a photo of her. After that, she barged her way in
Mark thought for a while. “We’ll talk about it later when I’m back. Still busy right now. There are still a lot of things we need to buy for Nina’s new place.”In the afternoon, Arianne met up with Tiffany at the Southern Café. Both of them looked glum. There was no news from Jackson’s side, but Annie was merciless. She immediately found someone to edit the article and posted it on the Internet. The views skyrocketed within a few hours. Tiffany was the only one exposed in the article and there was no sight of Jackson in the photo. Not even his shadow. In the end, this just made Tiffany feel like she was the only one shouldering the blame for everything.Arianne had always despised these condemning news. “I called Mark just now; he will find Jackson. Don't worry, I won't let this news stay on the Internet for more than a day. You’re not to be blamed for this.”Tiffany took a sip of her coffee then curled her lips. “How can I not be blamed? The fact is, I still slept with someone else
Arianne went to work as usual the second day and found out that Mark had not returned home the entire night.It was not that she suspected that something happened between him and Nina. She was just curious as to why he did not inform anyone in advance about not coming home.When she arrived at the office, Eric looked the usual as if nothing happened. His state of ease was supposed to relieve Arianne since the former shared a close relationship with Mark and would know if anything happened to either of them, but it still did not assuage her.Tiffany texted her then. “Ari, I realize that there are people guarding nearby my house and someone painted curses on my door in red. I dare not go out now!”Arianne was close to jumping when she read the text and decided to go to Tiffany’s house. Too afraid to go alone, she thought about it before dragging Eric along.When Eric’s car stopped outside of Tiffany’s house, Arianne took note of several suspicious people roaming the vicinity. Eric knew a
Arianne and Eric exchanged a look while Tiffany grabbed her hair in exasperation. “Put up with it? How? Starve to death at home? Or are you not scared of people breaking in at night? Stay out of this, we’re going to discuss it and solve it.”To alleviate the situation, Eric coughed twice. “Uh… Tiffany, has Jackson contacted you?”Tiffany nodded. “He came to me in the middle of the night last night, said that the articles that the woman posted online have been taken off. He found someone to erase things off the internet too, but I don’t know why it’s grown more serious today. Seems like what he’s done is ineffective.”“Tiffie, are you saying that the man involved in the scandal with you is Jackson West?” Lillian’s eyes shone.Tiffany braced herself and asked, “What are you planning?”Lillian’s eyes were practically turning into dollar signs. “The Wests are rich. They destroyed my daughter’s reputation. They gotta compensate for the mental anguish. Of course, you’ve already slept with hi
Eric was slightly etranced while staring at his phone. He had a feeling that things were starting to get rough recently…In the West Mansion, Jackson and his mother, Summer, sat facing the Norienes. Annie and her parents did not look happy.Jackson did not speak; it was Summer who spoke up. “Mr. and Mrs. Noriene, I casually agreed when you both had the intention to chuck together Jackson and Annie previously. I hadn’t asked my child’s opinion, and that’s my fault. I’ve asked him now and Jackson prefers his freedom. I shouldn’t be interrupting with that. This is my mistake. I’ll surrender 1% profit in our last partnering project as an apology.”Annie was tearful when she heard this. “I don’t want to! Isn’t this taking advantage of me? I adore Jackson! Is this measurable by money? Why didn’t he say so earlier if he doesn’t like me? How could you tell the truth only when I encountered what I did? That’s horrible! You’ve wasted at least two years of my time. Do you see me as a fool?”Summe