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
Mr. Weston started to sexually harass her. Jessica suddenly woke up, breaking out of the panic completely. She knew she must find a way to escape!She stood up abruptly, and the two men were startled. But they quickly reached out, intending to pull her down.Jessica took the opportunity to say, "I want to sing!"Before the two men could catch her, she quickly ran to the side of the stage to select songs.The two men behind her looked at each other and laughed presumptuously together. Making sure that she didn't run to the door, they sat back down on the sofa and gave up chasing her.Jessica was trying to buy herself some time.She wanted to figure out what was going on here.She had never seen these two men before, but she knew very well what dirty purpose they had.Mr. Weston was drunk, yelling, "How lucky we are to be able to hear Jessica sing!"Ignoring what he said, Jessica pretended to sway to the melody, but her eyes were looking around.All these contestants here with
"Oh, it's Miss Alice!" Weston loosened his grip on Jessica's waist.Alice still smiled as if she hadn't seen Jessica. Alice walked forward, picked up a glass of wine and handed it to Weston. Weston took it in a hurry.Also, Alice picked up another glass of wine. "Mr. Weston, haven't seen you for a long time. Last time, my father took me to have meal with you! Cheers!"Then Alice drank the glass of wine in one gulp."Ha ha, Miss Alice is so sassy!"A smile flashed through Alice's eyes. She curled her lips with a smile, "Mr. Weston, you also need drink the glass of wine in one gulp."Weston raised his hand and gulped the wine down. At that moment, a man contained Jessica and dragged her to sit beside Alice and Weston.Alice reached out to pick up a full glass of wine on the table and put it in front of Weston. Then she continued to drink.Weston glanced at it. A trace of embarrassment flashed through his eyes. He hid his embarrassment quickly. He took the glass but put it on the
Jessica and Alice retreated to the door as they pretended to fight with each other. Jessica remembered that Alice had said this place was owned by one of her friends, so she pinned her hope on Alice, believing she could open the door.But suddenly, Jessica’s waist was grabbed by Mr. Weston from behind."Miss Bailey, I’d like to apologize on behalf of Jessica. Please wash the clothes yourself. Jessica can't go! She must stay!""Miss Bailey, though you came here uninvited, if you don’t want to go, we can have fun together!"Mr. Weston was still acting greasy. He gave a smirk as if he had seen them through but decided not to expose their plan. Jessica kept struggling, but he pulled her back into his arms.His big face approached Jessica with disgusting and foul breath.Jessica raised her hand and slapped him!Mr. Weston glared at her furiously, "How dare you!"He yelled that he would beat Jessica up. Jessica held Alice’s hand, and they stepped back together. They were definitely n
Jessica turned around. It was Christian! "Why are you here?" She asked in a low voice. "Are you okay?" Christian did not answer her question but asked back with concern. "Who the hell are you? How dare you mess with me!" The man who was beaten covered his mouth and rolled on the ground. Since his face was swollen, his speech was slurred. He was still screaming, but he shut up immediately when he looked up and saw who was standing beside Jessica. He spoke haltingly on his knees, “Mr... Mr. Maddox..." "I did not know that you were also playing here. I am so sorry for accidentally annoying your female companion..." the man explained in a panic and stammered from nervousness unconsciously. Christian did not have time to bother with this man. He angrily shouted, “Get out!" Christian’s voice was so sharp that the man was frightened. “Okay. Okay. I will get out right now..." He ran away in a flash in case the power came