Jessica walked into the emergency area.She took out her phone and called the phone number again.The phone rang.The person answered the phone this time."Hello."Jessica heard the Queue Management System calling the next number on the phone, which overlapped the sound in the emergency area.Jessica asked calmly, "Why didn't you show up by appointment?""I had an accident." It was a woman's voice and sounded hoarse."Where are you? In the hospital?" Jessica asked."..."The woman sighed. She sounded relieved but still worried. She paused for a while and said, "You're right.""What has happened?"After Jessica asked, she heard a nurse saying. "You're being put on a drip. Please hang up. Be careful!"Jessica looked in the direction where the nurse who pushed a nursing trolley looked at. A woman with long hair lay on a raised sick bed which was against the wall!The woman's appearance wasn't like Jessica's, but her face feature and temperament were somewhat like Jessica's
Jessica knitted her brows.After a brief pause, she said, "Okay. If your information is indeed worth something, I'll have Maddox Group shelter you."The wariness in Perla's eyes ebbed somewhat as she perceived the sincerity in Jessica's attitude, but she still insisted, "I need to hear you say it to Christian Maddox."Though a trifle resigned, Jessica still fished her cellphone out of her handbag and ran her finger across the screen.Before tapping the dial button, she raised her head and said to Perla, "It's only fair if you give me something solid before I make the call, don't you think?"Perla pressed her pale lips together and, after a few second's internal struggle, lifted her head to look Jessica in the eye and asked, "Did you meet a woman in a cemetery half a month ago?"A hint of incredulity appeared in Jessica's eyes.Her mind racing, Jessica said, "I remember her voice. You're not her."Perla gave a watery smile, "Of course not, but I know who she is, so the online ex
Startled, Jessica glanced around.The emergency section was seething with people and rather noisy. Her eyes searched the crowd carefully, but Perla was nowhere to be seen.She hastened up to the nurses' station. "Excuse me, would you please tell me where the patient occupying Bed 26th, the one next to the wall, has gone?"All nurses in emergency were very busy, and the whole place was full of intermittent rings of call bells. Not until she repeated her question urgently did one of the nurses think back for a moment and tell her, "I think she's gone to a consultation.""What kind of consultation? Is her injury really that serious?" Jessica became faintly apprehensive.The nurse, not knowing the details, told her to step outside to ask the nurses in the on-call room.But it struck Jessica that the matter was not what it seemed. Walking out, she made a phone call to Christian. Fortunately for her, this time he answered the call. She said without preamble, "I need a favor.""Go on."
Taken aback, Jessica jerked her head around."Are you okay?"The tall, shadowy figure behind her stepped forward and put his hands on her shoulders, looking at her to gage her mood. He had seldom seen such manifest panic in her eyes."Why did you come here?""After watching the security footage you asked for, I decided I should come here," said Christian.Lips pressed together, Jessica found the hands on her shoulders scalding.The reason why she had called Christian without thinking the instant she'd realized that something might have happened to Perla was not only because Christian could pull the security video for her within the shortest possible time, but also because of, as she believed, her heartfelt trust in him.But now, her trust in him had begun to waver again."I've had someone run a background check on that woman. Her name's Perla Leah. There might be some kind of connection between her and the woman in black you met a couple of days ago," Christian told her explici
Jessica got in the car. A man in a police uniform was waiting.She told the police officer the story of her appointment with Perla today, the fire that befell Perla, and Perla’s strange disappearance at the end. The police officer got off the car after taking a statement from her. He said something to Christian and walked away.Christian took Jessica home.He went to the study to answer a phone call. When he came back, Jessica was not in the bedroom.He asked the maid downstairs. She told him that Jessica had not come downstairs yet.Christian frowned slightly. After thinking for a few seconds, he strode upstairs.Jessica’s room was next to the study on the third floor. The door was ajar, so he gently pushed it open.Jessica was sitting by the window and staring quietly and blankly at the room.His heart ached for her. He wanted to go forward, but he suddenly stopped. At the moment, she was lovely, gentle yet detached. He was enchanted by her, but he did not dare to walk forwar
Jessica had breakfast in a hurry. Then she picked up her bag and left.When she arrived at the door, she returned suddenly...She walked in front of Christian who was still having breakfast. "Mr. Maddox, you look handsome in the suit today."Christian arched his bushy eyebrows. "What do you want? Go ahead."Jessica only played the woman when she needed his help. Besides, she would call him "Mr. Maddox".Jessica smiled sweetly, "I have got a new job for Wade without permission. He will host the subsequent talent show of the girl group with me. Mr. Maddox, you have sharp eyes. Please help me persuade Wade."Christian compressed his thin lips and glanced at her. "Last time, the dating show... Do you know that I...?"Before he finished speaking, she pressed her fingers on the center of his lips. "I have checked Wade's schedule. He can make time for the show basically. Besides, our program needs his help this time. As for the shooting time, we will accommodate his schedule. Thus, the
"Wade is the judge of charm of the show, so you take part in it, right? Do you take the show seriously now?" Jessica asked Alice.Alice didn't deny it. "I have been taking it seriously! Although I had an ulterior motive, I haven't got slack at it."Jessica smiled and nodded in agreement."Besides, if I'm eliminated, I won't see Wade during the shooting anymore," Alice added. She looked aggrieved."You have taken part in Director Bacchus' movie and the dating show. You will have many chances to see Wade." Jessica was surprised slightly."Wade has completed the shooting of Director Bacchus' movie."Alice showed that Jessica didn't understand her worries. "Although it's a dating show, we don't have much time to stay alone. Also, when it's a part to show our real feelings, Wade will ask the director what the next requirements of the scripts are..."Jessica almost failed to keep a straight face. 'Christian is straightforward and doesn't know how to get along with girls, but Wade is e
When Jessica passed by Gail's office, she saw that Gail was beckoning to her excitedly. Jessica walked into Gail's office and closed the door."Jess, Amber's Muse Competition..."Before Gail finished speaking, Jessica arched her eyebrows resignedly. "Is it so popular?""Of course!"Gail pulled Jessica to have a seat. "It is the biggest event of Amber every year! The men, who are straightforward and don't know how to get along with girls, are also very influential!""I didn't take it seriously when you got the nomination. Unexpectedly, you're one of the top 16 competitors now! Since you have got such a good grade, we need to pay attention to it..."Gail made a gesture as she said. Suddenly, she saw that Jessica was glancing at her. "In the famous scenarist-director Gail's eyes, I don't deserve to become one of the top 16 competitors? Then what should my rank be? Should I rank after 100th?"Gail patted Jessica and explained with a smile, "It doesn't mean that I don't believe in yo