For a moment, even the room itself was eerily silent. Kathryn buried her face in Chris' chest, not daring to look at him.However, Chris pinched her chin and lifted her head. Kathryn squeezed her eyes shut, her face redder than ever."You have some nerve, teasing me like that," Chris said with a chuckle, but in a mysterious way that made Kathryn too scared to talk. "Open your eyes.""I'm tired, and I want to sleep.""Sleep? In what way?" Chris teased, clearly hinting at something."Um, right away?" "Right away? You're so bold," Chris's tone had unmistakably shifted to a more teasing manner as he kissed her and then got on top of her.Kathryn felt like she couldn't breathe in an instant, and she instinctively wanted to struggle. Instead, she fell even deeper into Chris' embrace. His body was so warm and so passionate.While Kathryn was under Chris' care at Sunshine Bay, Jessica's life was falling apart. Kelly must have had a huge scare today because she was now sleeping soundly
Jessica fell silent. She was already having trouble breathing, but the result made her choke up even more. Her daughter really was her daughter! Her tears started falling immediately.Kathryn hugged Jessica and tried to say something, but she didn't know what to say about the results. The kid was Jessica's, but she wasn't Matthew's.Judging by Jessica's reaction, she obviously didn't know what had happened either. Kathryn was not good at comforting people, so she had no idea what to do in a situation like this."How did this happen? How did things turn out like this? I'm a sinner!" Jessica said in agony. She had never thought that things would become like this.Back when she stayed with the Quintons, she'd always felt like she was under pressure, but that was only because of Wendy.At the same time, the Quintons had mistreated her because of Wendy, so she still resented them a little. And what did she do? In the end, she was the one who'd wronged them."Don't cry. Please stop cry
Kathryn ordered takeout for Kelly on her phone while the little girl buried herself in Jessica's arms.In just a short period, she'd gone through her parents' divorce, and now, the fact that she wasn't her father's daughter. That kid's world must have fallen apart.After the takeout was delivered, Kelly gave Jessica a chicken drumstick. "Eat, Mommy," she said, in a cautious tone that made it clear she was scared Jessica would abandon her too.Jessica felt like a criminal when she saw how scared her daughter was. "You have some, my dear." Jessica shook her head.She and Matthew might have divorced, but Kelly could have had a stable life if she was Matthew's daughter. What was she supposed to call this?"Aunt Kathryn, have some of this." When Jessica refused her, Kelly handed the drumstick to Kathryn. Kathryn fondly ruffled her hair, then said, "I don't want that. You eat it, Kelly. Okay?"When neither of them took Kelly's food, fear flashed in her eyes. Jessica took her into her
Chris led Kathryn to the dining room as he asked the question. The servants respectfully handed them hot towels, so Chris wiped his hands with them before tossing them back onto the tray.Sorrow flashed in Kathryn's eyes when he mentioned Jessica. "Not good." She shook her head. After all, it wasn't exactly nice to get the results of two DNA tests in one day."Hmm?" Chris asked."We found out Kelly's not Matthew's daughter, and Jessica herself has no idea what happened. Would you mind helping her investigate what happened five years—no, six years ago?"Kelly was already five years old, so she must have been conceived six years ago. Chris frowned. "Even she doesn't know how it happened?""Yeah, that's why she's not doing well right now." Kathryn felt a little guilty when it came to how Jessica couldn't remember anything.Back when Chris had slept with her, he didn't remember what happened either. Sometimes, things just didn't go the way people wanted them to.Chris must have th
Chris got four more calls, all from men who said Tally had asked to marry them after one blind date, on the condition that they get him to spare Johnson Group.Marry? Right away? She sure was decisive. It was obvious just how much she was risking for her family.Chris told Markus exactly what these men had said. Right now, Markus and Byron were in the middle of a meeting. When Markus hung up after Chris' call in the meeting room, his face was incredibly moody. The tension he gave off filled the room until the meeting ended.When everyone was gone, Byron picked up a glass of water and sipped from it before asking, "Why is Chris still calling you all the time even though you've already left Albert Group?""It's a different matter," Markus answered. "You've helped him plenty over the years," Byron said. Sometimes, he didn't know what to say to his little brother. Besides, they'd always been cold to each other ever since that day.Markus ignored him and grabbed his phone before
Tally was so angry that she had started crying. She cried for a long while before finally wiping the tears off her face and getting back up with renewed energy.Markus said she needed to get back to work tomorrow, so that meant she needed to find someone tonight. Whoever she picked, she needed to be able to convince him.Tally instantly gave herself the motivation to go on. By the time she'd recovered and went back into the restaurant, the table she'd just left was empty, and a waiter was cleaning it up.Tally's heart seized up, and she asked the waiter, "Where did the guy go?"The waiter answered respectfully, "Hi, miss. The gentleman's already paid the bill and left."Tally was speechless. She couldn't believe that he had left just like that. Why were all these people so scared of Chris even though they were friends with him?Usually, these men would find an excuse to leave the moment they heard Chris' name. This guy was even worse. He didn't even stay long enough to say hi.D
"That's the business you wanted to talk about?" Victor looked at Tally teasingly. Tally was so nervous that her palms were sweating. However, she did her best to remain calm and took a deep breath."Mr. Glenn, you're the kind of man who has things that will shock the world. Whoever your future wife is, she could get you killed if she isn't careful."In other words, Victor needed to choose his wife carefully. He raised an eyebrow at Tally when he heard her reply, something ominous flashing in his eyes. But in an instant, he became calm again and smiled at her cunningly. "How so?""Before your father got hospitalized, he'd been concerned about your marriage situation. To this day, you haven't found a suitable woman.""And you think you're that suitable woman?" Victor said, his teasing smile still on his face. This girl was really interesting. She was talking so seriously, even though she was clearly scared.Tally had come prepared, but her back was still drenched in sweat. Not m
Chris had gone too far. Victor nodded. "It does seem like it. Still, you two went too far with all that lying." How could they have lied about something so important for so long? And why did they try to keep the lies going?"We did go too far, but now …" Tally didn't know how to finish her sentence. It was too late to say anything at that point.Either way, Chris was the one crossing the line now. He was the one taking his anger out on someone else even though he got a wife and a baby out of this mess."In any case," Tally said, "I'll marry you as long as you get Chris to stop targeting Johnson Group."Victor swirled his red wine around. "That's all?""Yes, that's all." Tally nodded."That's easy," Victor said. After listening to Tally's woes, he thought she was getting more and more interesting.He had to admit, this woman was quite suitable. "How about a year?""What?""Three years, max." Victor looked at Tally. She was suitable, but not for life. Hence, this marriage