Jane was not an unreasonable person.Moreover, his main goal was not to seek Jane's forgiveness or anything else.He simply wanted to protect her to the best of his ability.He didn’t want her to be hurt by Nina or looked down upon by the Collins family simply for being with Zachary.Frank followed Zachary out.It wasn't his choice, Charlotte had asked him to check the situation.He was frustrated with Zachary for dragging him into this mess, grumbling as he poked at him. “Given the current situation, Michael is doing better than you.”Zachary was too tired to engage in a verbal sparring match. “Contact Prof. Kilburn and see if there's any way to perform a paternity test now.”Frank replied, “It won’t help to rush. Even if you want to test now, Nina won’t allow it.”“If the dirt is thrown on you, that’s one thing, but if she thinks to throw it on Jane, your future with her will be even tougher.”He wasn’t unwilling to intervene, but the elders of the Collins family had been
Charlotte didn’t understand. “What does that mean?”Frank leaned in to explain.Charlotte quickly grabbed the phone and looked at it seriously.Earlier, she hadn’t examined it closely due to the ambiguous sounds.Now, she muted the audio, and with Frank’s hint, she understood the problem.“Does that mean Nina has the surveillance footage from when Jane and Zachary lost their memories?”Frank nodded. “95%.”Charlotte understood why there was a remaining 5%. With someone as scheming as Nina, who managed to entrap such a clever person like Zachary, she must have kept something she was very confident about.But it was also possible that in her aggressiveness, she had overlooked something.That was why Frank said 95% instead of 100%.“You have to tell Zachary,” Charlotte urged.Frank remained calm. “He doesn’t even have his phone. How can I tell him? What if someone from the Collins family sees it?”Charlotte cocked her brows. “You’re right, but I know you must have a way.”Fra
She chuckled as she took the phone. “What instructions do you have, Mr. Smith?”Frank glanced behind her. “Turn around.”Charlotte shot him a look. “You went to the film crew, I don’t believe you don’t know.”Everyone in this area was his subordinate.Frank smiled faintly. “My wife is really smart.”Charlotte saw he was still in the car. “You really can’t get into the courtyard gate, can you?”Frank chuckled, his voice always brimming with confidence. “I’m waiting for the right moment.”“You eat, I’m hanging up.”“Okay.”Charlotte returned the phone to Alan and said, “You go about your business, I can handle the food myself, or you can arrange for someone else to deliver it.”Someone like Alan, who could accomplish the work of 10 people, was a rare talent, so it was better not to make him do something trivial like delivering food.Frank had asked Alan to come because he was naturally concerned.Even the bodyguards he personally trained weren’t enough.He was always cautiou
But Nina was unwilling, persistently reaching out her hand toward Zachary.At that moment, Zachary was still worried about Jane, and not being able to be by her side was already frustrating enough.Nina was the cause of it all, he returned to keep this child, not wanting to be continually threatened by her.“My patience is limited, Nina. It’s not that I can’t handle you, I just want you to have evidence that leaves you speechless. Don’t think you can completely control me with this.”Nina's hand dropped, and with it fell her tears, her trembling lashes hiding the malice in her eyes.If it were Jane, he would never say such things.She had already learned that Jane was injured and had gone to the hospital, Frank had taken him away just now to see Jane.If she hadn’t used some tricks to call him back, that close care would have only intensified their feelings.At that point, if pushed too hard, Zachary might just decide to go down with her.“Julie, thank you for your help.”“Th
“Isn't it all because of Jane?”“It was her sudden appearance that changed everything between us.”Zachary had been facing away from her, but at these words, he turned around.His gaze on her became even colder.“If you could say one truthful thing, maybe there would still be room for us.”“What do you want me to say?” Nina glanced at his pocket.“Zachary, you’re smarter than me, you should know that recording without permission doesn’t hold as evidence.”Zachary simply turned and walked away, ignoring Nina’s calls to stop.Nina, however, didn’t show much emotional fluctuation.No matter how much Zachary hated her, she didn’t want to return to how things used to be.As long as he and Jane had no chance together.Frank waited at the gate for a while.He occasionally checked his watch to keep track of the time.Just as he lowered his raised hand, his phone vibrated.Seeing the contact name, he slightly curved his lips and answered, “Can you come out?”Zachary asked, “How i
“Zachary, you’re still worried about me, right?”Zachary’s expression remained impassive. “Take the medicine.”Nina’s eyes brightened as she eagerly asked, “Can you feed...”“Not going to happen.” Zachary’s refusal was firm.Even if he needed to find the deleted surveillance footage from that night, he couldn’t suddenly change his attitude toward her.Since she had calculated everything to this point, it would be difficult for her not to be suspicious.“I’ll leave it here. Whether you drink it or not is your business. You don’t want this child, I can’t help that. The right to reproduce is yours, and you’re the one most qualified to decide its fate.”With that, Zachary left the room.Nina stared at the medicine, deep in thought.Jane woke up in the early morning, wanting to go to the bathroom.Charlotte quickly stepped forward to help her, asking, “Are you still feeling dizzy or nauseous?”“Much better,” Jane replied, her voice hoarse. Her steps were still unsteady. “But the bump on my
Frank knew Charlotte wouldn’t return home that night, so he didn’t go back either. When dawn broke, he went around to the back of the courtyard, climbed over the wall, and landed gracefully. He clapped his hands, casually stuffed one into his pocket, and walked leisurely to the entrance of the Collins family. Zachary opened the door for him. "Take a shower." Zachary didn’t pay him any mind, he knew where his bedroom was. Before Frank went upstairs, he ran into the Sir Collins returning from the backyard after practicing boxing and greeted him with a smirk. "Good morning, Sir Collins." Sir Collins knew he couldn’t stop Frank and couldn’t be bothered to lose his temper. "Just in time for breakfast." "I'll take a shower first." ‘Well, he’s certainly making himself feel at home,’ thought Sir Collins. Sir Collins looked at Zachary, "Even if Frank helps you, I still won’t agree..." "Julie, bring me the medicine." Zachary ignored the rest and took the medicine to Nin
Zachary walked in and set the tray down. “Eat.” Nina looked at him, her face devoid of color, making her dark pupils appear deep. Zachary stood there with one hand in his pocket, his expression neutral. After staring at each other for a while, Nina smiled. “Zachary, you want something from me, right?” Zachary remained silent. Nina picked up the oat porridge and took a sip, her tone leisurely. “This feels quite pointless. Why don’t you agree to one condition? I’ll get rid of the child, and we can go back to how we used to be.” Zachary likely guessed what that condition was. He had thought that her feelings for him were just youthful infatuation, something that was normal given they lived under the same roof and spent nearly every day together. He assumed that after being abroad for so many years, and as she grew older, those adolescent feelings would have long faded away. Unexpectedly, not only had they not disappeared, but they had become more stubborn. Af
Later, he didn’t know why Westley was so determined to be with Jordan.Even now, he still didn’t understand.He had long known that Jordan’s mother’s heirloom would be auctioned, and he had put in a great deal of effort to prepare for it in advance.Before Nathan appeared, they had already known about Jordan’s background.Knowing that she and Jane were biological sisters, they began investigating.Zachary intervened to mislead the information, trying to prevent them from finding out.They simply went along with it, pretending they couldn't find anything.Westley’s attitude toward Nathan was the same—he knew he had made a mistake, and even being polite wouldn’t help anymore.This time, because of the heirloom, he had offended the entire country.The heirloom had never been put up for auction before, great effort had been made to orchestrate things so Jordan would receive them.Back then, Leanne had been waiting at the door every day for Westley, trying to solve the obstacles s
It was always going to come to this, there had to be a resolution.If Westley didn't keep his word this time and unilaterally tore up the agreement, she would have to take other measures."Can I give my sister a video call?"As soon as she asked, Roy’s phone vibrated.He handed it to Jordan.Jordan took it and pressed the answer button.Jane's face appeared on the screen."Jane.""What's wrong? Did something happen to you?"Jane moved closer to the screen. "Why are your eyes so red?"Jordan was worked up and shocked.She cried very easily."I just went to the auction..." She explained everything again. "I wasn't hurt in any way. It’s just about that estate..."Jane asked her, "So, you think he never hurt you before?"Jordan used to think Westley had stepped over the line before, but after this period of time, she felt that Westley hadn’t actually done anything wrong.He didn’t love her, and he was forced to marry her—why would he show her any kindness?If he had been ni
She didn’t dare to move.It was Westley who came over, holding her hand and signing at the bottom of the document."No, no, no!"Jordan quickly shook off Westley’s hand, repeatedly refusing."I don’t want it!"Westley chuckled. "Don’t you like money?""You can stay in this estate if you want, or you can sell it. If you sell it, it should be 20 billion dollars."Jordan’s hand that was holding the pen trembled.Her eyes widened, and she could hardly believe what she had just heard."You, you, you..."Westley forcefully held her hand and signed her name.Buck wisely left the room."What else do you want?"Jordan couldn’t say a word, her whole body frozen in the action of signing.Westley sighed softly and reached out to pat her head."Forget it, no need to say anything."Jordan bit her lip, unable to find her voice.She actually wanted to say that she didn’t need anything else.After all, the estate was enough for her to spend for several lifetimes.But for some reason,
Rhianna blinked her beautiful purple eyes and said coquettishly, "Yes, Westley, are you going to increase the bid? If you don't, the jewelry Mrs. Howard wants will belong to me. But it’s a fair competition, don’t get mad, okay?"Westley curved his lips, a strong and obvious hint of sarcasm in his expression."I could give it to you..."Jordan suddenly looked up, almost thinking she had misheard.But then she realized, Westley was someone with a deep sense of revenge.It was likely that he wasn’t increasing the bid out of desire, but to set a trap for Rhianna.Sure enough, the next words she heard were his cold, indifferent tone."400 million and 200 thousand. It’s not that I look down on you. It is possible for you to come up with 200 thousand dollars, but where are you going to get the 400 million from? Will you sell your family’s castle, or pull all the investments out of your business?"Rhianna wasn’t foolish. She sensed something was wrong and tried to get Westley to raise
"I don't like it." Jordan threw the paddle she was holding at him and stood up, intending to leave.Out of sight, out of mind.Westley grabbed her arm. "This is your mother's heirloom. You really don't want it?""What?"Jordan's head was about to explode. There had been too many shocks tonight.She still didn’t even know who her mother was.And yet, Westley knew that this was her mother’s heirloom?"Stop making things up. I don’t like this..."Westley still didn’t plan to reveal her true identity.Nathan was intentionally playing this hidden identity game.He was playing along.Besides, whether Jordan was from the Jackson family or not didn’t matter to him.As long as she was his, that was all that mattered."You’ll regret not bidding. Really, are you sure you don’t want it?" he said with a cryptic tone, guiding her subtly.He had already said that Jordan could bid on anything she liked.Yet here she was, hesitating.Jordan stared at the pear blossom jewelry on the stag
Her hand, resting on her lap, slowly clenched into a fist.Westley admired the change in her expression, silently smirking.Rhianna watched the whole scene and asked Westley in a foreign language, "Why does it feel like your wife doesn’t want to talk to you? Westley, did you intentionally arrange someone to act with you to reject me?"Westley answered indifferently, "If it were acting, wouldn’t the person I arranged cooperate with me? I made her unhappy before we came here, so it's normal for her to give me the cold shoulder. I brought her here to apologize and make her happy."Jordan couldn’t understand what they were saying and didn’t care. She was looking at the auction booklet.She was drawn to a set of pear blossom jewelry displayed in the catalog.She didn’t know why, but it felt as if there was some kind of connection.If the set wasn’t too expensive, she might try to bid on it.Her entire fortune should be enough, right?Westley’s gaze shifted over and saw her thumb ge
"I want to explain."Westley embraced her, lowering his head to whisper, as though they were deeply in love."I won’t repeat the same mistakes again as before, and I won’t make the same mistake multiple times."Jordan shrank her neck, trying to avoid him.His warm breath brushed against her ear, it was ticklish.But she couldn’t break free from him, so she could only try to move away as much as possible."Let go of me first."Westley lowered his head and kissed her ear."Since you’re here, let’s finish what we started."Jordan was unwilling. "You handle your own problems, don’t drag me into your competition with other women."Westley stared at her for a moment, not loosening his arm but pulling her closer."She already holds a grudge against you. It’s safer for you to stay by my side. Oh, by the way, just so you know, she’s a princess."Jordan slapped the cream cake in her hand right onto his face.She couldn’t hide her emotions, anger clearly written on her face.She wan
Jordan finally finished planting all the saplings and now all she had to do was wait for them to bloom.But she probably wouldn’t be able to see the flowers. She hoped the pear trees would grow wildly here."Mrs. Howard." Buck brought her a dress. "Mr. Howard said that there is a party tonight and would like to request your company."Jordan refused without hesitation.Buck added, "There’s also an auction, with many fun and interesting items. Don’t you want to buy gifts for your sister and little nephew?"Mentioning her sister and nephew made Jordan waver.Jane liked interesting things, and Jordan couldn’t easily go out on her own to gather them.And now, she had the opportunity.But she didn’t want to attend the event with Westley."Mrs. Howard, if I were you, I would go."Jordan ignored him. He was on Westley’s side.Buck’s mouth twitched, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "When Mr. Howard broke your heart, you should have asked for more money from him, to get revenge and s
Carter had hit a wall at every turn.He had also been poked at his sore spot, and his long-established cold and distant persona was on the verge of crumbling."Forget about Zachary and the others, after all, they’re not very close. But how long have I known you? You won't help? I even helped you persuade Jordan."Westley didn’t fall for it. "As for you and Mandy, no one can help. I can’t bring her to Nelana now. You can try convincing Zachary, maybe there’s still a chance."Wasn’t that just stating the obvious?Carter said, "If I could get Zachary's help, would I be telling you all this?"Westley replied, "That’s your problem. Who told you to force her? Back then, she was just a young girl, barely an adult. It’s normal for her to be afraid of you and find you disgusting."A flash of sadness appeared in Carter's eyes."I was just too angry back then. It wasn’t intentional...""I’ve said that too." Westley put down the binoculars. "You saw my outcome. Obviously, it was useless."