At breakfast the next day.Jessica was eating quietly, without saying a word.Christian sat across from her and looked at her. He felt that her mood had been bad since she had got off work last night."What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" he asked.Jessica shook her head.After eating breakfast in silence, they changed their clothes and went out together.At the door, Jessica put on her windbreaker, turned around, and took the initiative to say, "Today is my father's death anniversary. I will accompany my mother and my brothers to the cemetery."Christian froze for a second, and he then approached her and put his arm around her slender shoulders, saying, "Sorry, I can't go with you today."He took off his scarf and wrap it around her neck. "The cemetery is cold. Put it on."The warm and soft scarf carrying Christian's body temperature instantly warmed her neck. And his unique fragrance spread all over her body.Jessica looked up at him. In the cold air, drops of water were
Jessica was startled. She stopped her tracks immediately and asked, “Who are you?""It doesn't matter."The woman in black replied in a soft and pleasant voice, but she still sent a chill down Jessica’s spine. “It's enough that I know you.""What do you want to say?" Jessica also calmed down.Since this woman came over at the right moment, she must have an ulterior motive.This place was empty and there was no one else at all in sight...Jessica became alert. She subconsciously fished in her bag for her cell phone and wondered what this woman wanted to do. If this woman was going to harm her, how would she defend herself?"Don’t worry. I won't hurt you." The woman was sensitive. She saw Jessica's intention and said with a cold smile.Jessica remained alert. “What exactly are you trying to say?""I just want to say one thing. If you are really happy, Christian should help you find out the real cause of your father's death," the woman said.Jessica narrowed her eyes and replied
The private detective seemed to have expected that Jessica would ask this question. He paused for a moment and said, "To be honest, my suspicions on Maddox Group are the utmost, because the person who manipulated everything behind the scenes is too powerful. At the moment, except for Maddox Group, I couldn’t think of any other person who has such a strong network of spies." Jessica was silent over the phone. The private detective then continued, "I have not told you because I had concerns about your relationship with Christian. But you can rest assured for the time being. Even if it turns out that it really was Maddox Group, it may not be Christian. There are still many powerful people in Maddox Group. His grandpa is one. Although he has retired and stayed away from business for a few years, his influence is still there…" "I know." Jessica responded vaguely. She knew that the private detective was consoling her. 'Even if Christian did not make the plans for that matter himself,
Jessica ate lunch in the old mansion of the Maddox family.After lunch, Granny Maddox was energetic. She pulled Jessica into the room. Jessica admired Granny Maddox's folk evening dress first. Then Jessica admired Granny Maddox's new dresses. Granny Maddox enjoyed it very much and even tried on them one by one to show them to Jessica and asked Jessica to choose jewels to match her dresses.Jessica thought that Granny Maddox was suitable for these dresses very much. Especially, her grey hair matched the jewels well. She didn't look pompous at all. It seemed that she was born to be noble.Granny Maddox noticed that Jessica was absent-minded and disappointed. Granny Maddox was sensitive and smart, so she told Jessica Christian's childhood stories deliberately. She told Jessica the stupid things and mistakes he had done. She even told Jessica the embarrassing things of Wade and Christian to amuse Jessica.After Jessica felt much better, Granny Maddox changed the topic and started to te
Since Granny Maddox was in a good mood and was willing to talk with her, Jessica took the chance to bring up this topic. She hoped Granny Maddox would answer her question.Granny Maddox's eyes flashed, but she still replied in a bland tone, "That was a rumor. That was not the truth... The media just loves to make up stories..."Granny Maddox downplayed it, but she didn't completely deny it. She just didn't want to mention it again.Jessica was smart. Knowing that Granny Maddox didn’t want to talk about it, she stopped asking.It seemed that Bonnie, Christian’s ex-fiancée who ran away, meant a lot to the Maddox family. Besides, they were all reluctant to mention her. They must hide a secret from her……Granny Maddox and Jessica talked until dinner. Christian came back when they were in the middle of supper.As soon as he entered the door, he looked straight at Jessica, who lowered her head to have supper. He called her many times and no one answered.He asked his assistant to ch
"Miss, I'm sorry. If you’d like a birthday cake, you need to order one in advance and tell us the style you want," the enthusiastic salesperson explained with a smile."Don’t you have any ready-made birthday cake? I’d like one right now.""Uh..."The salesperson thought for a while and said, "If you don't mind, we happen to have a ready-made birthday cake now. A customer ordered it but told us he didn’t want it anymore. It's in the store. If you want it, we can..."Before the salesperson finished speaking, Jessica nodded, "It’s OK. I will take it.""Okay! Please wait a minute. We’d like to give you a 20% discount." The salesperson smiled and placed the order for Jessica.Soon, she got the birthday cake.That was a very delicate small cake.The round cake was divided into two irregular halves, half of which was a blue ocean decorated with small fishes, shrimps, and seaweed. And the other half was the starry sky. The stars were clustering around the moon, showing a sense of tranq
The light in Christian’s eyes dimmed, and he went to the study as usual as if nothing had happened.He closed the door, loosened his tie, neatly rolled up his cuffs, sat in the leather chair, and rubbed his eyebrows.He had always been hacking his way through difficulties and could sweep away all obstacles. He had never felt tired before, but when the servant had told him that Jessica would not come back, he had suddenly felt exhausted for no reason.He hadn’t talked with her for only two days, but he missed her very much. He just couldn’t get her off his mind.Before they got married, he had taken his office as his home. This place used to be so quiet and cold that it hadn’t looked like a home at all.But after Jessica had become the hostess of the family, Christian felt something was missing every time he couldn’t come back home, and sometimes, he even felt a little guilty.She hadn’t been home for days on end, and he felt hollow as if his heart were hanging in the air, swaying
Jessica had thought it was just an ordinary party, but it turned out to be held in a very private resort.She vaguely felt that something was wrong. The consumers who came here were all high-end people. She thought they might have invited not only the contestants and staff to the party today, but also...But she didn't think too much. She just wanted to relax. Before she reached the party, she saw Alice coming from a fork ahead."What a coincidence!" Alice said, "Why are you here?""The program group is having a party here," Jessica said bluntly, "Are you here for the party?"Alice raised her eyebrows, "I'm not attending the same party as you. This place is run by my friend. I'm a regular visitor here!""Then, I hope you will have fun tonight."Alice was blocking her way, so Jessica leaned away from her. When she was about to walk away, Alice asked from behind, "Are all the guests in the program group coming?" She wondered if Wade was here..."I have no idea."When she turned