Jessica had lost track of time when she opened her eyes to find herself lying in a hospital bed, an needle sticking in the back of her hand for an IV.She subconsciously moved her hands and legs and discovered that the pain was gone. Also, the discomfort in her stomach had also ebbed.Feeling a little thirsty, she stirred. Moments later, Hazel walked into the compartment from outside."How do you feel, Jess? Are you experiencing any discomfort?""I feel much better now." Jessica asked, "What happened to me?""The doctor said you'd undergone a major surgery not long ago and got hit earlier this day, which was why you experienced the pain. It's nothing serious, but you need to stay another two days for observation."With that Hazel sat on the edge of Jessica's bed, tears in eyes. "Were you really hospitalized when you were abroad last month?"Knowing that she could no longer conceal it, Jessica smiled in an effort to lighten the mood, "I had an accident there, and I did undergo a
"No," Jessica replied unhesitatingly."Why not?" Hazel pointed at Jessica's cheek. "Your face is getting red.""That's because of the AC," Jessica said, rolling her eyes at Hazel."Fine. I know you're faithful to Mr. Maddox, but I'm afraid Hazel's gonna suffer for it. It strikes me he's serious this time."**Jessica stayed in the hospital for two days.She had made a remarkable recovery, and the dull pain in her wound was gone.Hawley delivered two meals of western food to them daily, and Jessica and Hazel had put on some weight because of it.Hazel declared she needed to go on a diet. She even specially told Hawley that he didn't have to cook her meals anymore...Having noticed that Jessica was eating with relish, Hazel sat further away from her in an effort to resist the temptation of the delicacies, but the aroma of the food still quickly filled the ward. Hazel began to sneak surreptitious glances in the direction of the table from time to time."If you really want a bite
Jessica dealt with the matters in France and returned home.The next day, she went to the TV station. Gail told her that Hammer had scheduled his work in the TV station and went to France to shoot the show with Alice.When Jessica and Gail poured coffee in the pantry, they heard that several scenarist-directors were talking gossip."A bigwig came to our TV station in the morning. Who is he? Why are the senior leaders so nervous?""I hear that he is a big investor that the senior leaders are trying their best to strive for. He is very powerful and influential. This time he looks for someone from our TV station to shoot the interview. The directors don't have the guts to give him the cold shoulder.""A big investor? Who is he?""I hear that he is from an overseas group! He is fabulously wealthy!""No wonder the bigwig ordered the Tartufo Bianco d'Alba cake as the afternoon tea as soon as he arrived. Our TV station has never bought expensive food like that before. It's 50 €/g!""I
Half an hour later.In Griffin's office, Jessica was informed that she was to accompany the young bigwig who had come without notice throughout the routine interview...She was almost thunderstruck.Gail who had come to the office with her blurted, "Did I just hear you right, Mr. Jameson? Are we still working for a registered TV station? Why do I feel we're working for a hotel offering the service of personal stewards or some underground nightclub?""You need to watch your mouth, Gail Long!"Griffin was torn between guilt and anger. The young bigwig had personally designated Jessica to do the job, so there was nothing Griffin could do but resort to strong-arm tactics."After being kept from the position of senior editor for so many years, you still refuse to introspect about the reasons?!" Griffin reprimanded Gail."Mr. Jameson, it's my problem we're trying to solve here."Jessica interrupted the furious director and steered the conversation back to the original topic. "Who's t
At dusk.Jessica stood in front of Morrison's hotel room door on time. Morrison's assistant opened the door for her."Mr. Morrison asks me to come here. What can I do for you?" Jessica asked."Please wait for a while. Mr. Morrison is not available temporarily."The assistant poured a cup of coffee for her and left.Jessica waited in the room for a while. Suddenly, she heard noises from the bathroom. She walked towards the bathroom. Before she approached, the door was opened suddenly. A thin and tall man walked out.He had just taken a shower. He wore a loose bathrobe casually and revealed his chest slightly. Water dripped from the hair on his chest occasionally... He was strong but looked slender if he put on clothes...When he walked out, the scent of his perfume wafted up from the bathroom. The scent of his perfume mixed with the fresh scent of the shower gel. It was fascinating.Jessica looked away subconsciously. She went to the point, "Mr. Morrison, my name is Jessica. I
For a second Jessica appeared rather awkward. She had little acquaintance with this puissant man, but this man clearly knew more than a few things about her.Why had he insisted that she do the interview and accompany him from start to finish?It struck her that things were not as simple as they seemed...She didn't deny the fact that she was married, but there was no way she was standing on her toes to fix his tie for him. That was out of line.Morrison eyed her fixedly, the lines around his mouth tightening.Another few seconds later, he impatiently whipped his hands from his pockets, grabbed his tie and, giving it a pull, snapped, "I'll do it myself!"His pull was hefty. Jessica did not know whether he did it intentionally or unintentionally, but because of the pull, she was jerked over to him as well and bumped into his chest."You did it on purpose?"Morrison's voice was tingled with a slight drawl, a ghost of a sly smile touching his lips.Jessica quickly regained her ba
The next day, Jessica was dressed formally in a suit dress and high heels. She got into Mr. Morrison's assistant's car. He drove her to a new enterprise zone. As she walked towards the entrance in spike heels, Jessica noticed some people standing at the entrance were looking at her strangely.She also noticed that she was different from them.Everyone, including Mr. Morrison, was dressed casually except her. She was dressed formally as if she was going to attend a tender meeting.Jessica followed Mr. Morrison and walked him around the enterprise zone. He was not attending a party at all today... This was a newly developed zone, and Mr. Morrison came here to inspect it.This zone was so big and divided into several large areas, including entertainment, sports, meetings areas, and so on. She could find everything here. Led by the head of the enterprise zone, they walked around in the zone for the whole afternoon.Jessica was finally too tired to feel her feet...At the end of the
Jessica breathed deeply twice before she finally managed to subdue her urge to tear the outline for the interview into pieces and throw them into Morrison's face.She slowly walked to the roadside of the shopping street and stood there to wait.The car door was shut, and the inky car window kept Jessica from seeing anything inside the vehicle.She psyched herself up for a boring long wait. Hungry, tired, her ankle aching, she took a quick glance around and found that several feet away from her was a drugstore.After casting a look at her ankle wound, she walked into the drugstore, bought a Band-Aid and covered her wound with it.The black Bentley was still parked by the roadside when she walked out.Sitting in the car, Morrison looked at Jessica who was maintaining an appropriate standing position despite the sharp pain, the expression in his eyes growing inscrutable.The assistant in front, having divined what Morrison was thinking, said, "Mr. Garan, last night Neil used your p