"Where is Alice?" Jason asked Claire matter-of-factly.Seeing his cruel look, Claire calmly replied, "You're such an idiot, do you really think I'm going to tell you where she is?"Jason blinked and looked very angry, "Do you really want to die?"Claire smiled and pursed her lips, "Do you regret it? It turns out you're not that smart. It was too easy to fool you." After saying that, she spoke to Matt beside her, "I helped you get him to come, if you want revenge, go ahead."Paul was furious and criticized her, "You are so mean. I told you Mr. Bradford would always protect you, but you set him up instead?" He turned to Jason with difficulty as his legs and hands were bound. "Sir, this woman and Matt are working together, they want to hurt you, hurry up and leave, don't worry about me or Alice."Matt chuckled. "He's already here, do you think he can still get away?"Meanwhile, Jason still looked calm, and there was no panic at all on his face. "What do you want, Matt?" he asked Matt.Ma
Claire pointed the knife at Matt and quickly walked over to him and held the knife to his throat. "What are you going to do?" asked Matt angrily.At that moment, everyone was surprised by the change, especially Paul.Jason looked at Claire as he pressed the wound on his chest. It was all an act, but he felt that Claire wasn't really pretending. He was pretty sure that for a moment Claire had thought about hurting him."Tell your people to let us go!" Claire said in a cold tone."In your dream!" Matt was too angry and laughed, "I don't want to kill you, but if you don't stop threatening me, I will," he said cruelly.Claire didn't care. "It doesn't matter. My life is worth nothing anyway. Do you want to die with me?"Matt gritted his teeth, he had never been threatened by a woman before. Besides, he seemed to have underestimated this woman.Feeling the pain in his neck, Matt had no choice but to order the guards, "Let them go!" he said. His breath was ragged with anger.As soon as the
Claire approached Jason to give him something to eat, but Jason continued to ignore her as if he was completely asleep.But as Claire started to leave, Jason grabbed her hand and asked, "Didn't I tell you not to leave the hotel room? Why won't you listen to me?" Claire tried to explain, but the man sneered, "Are you trying to get me killed? So you deliberately went out to be kidnapped by Matt?"Claire hated the ironic tone. She had been kidnapped because of him, and now this man was angry with her. "Yes, you sent me to prison five years ago. I lost my son because of you. Of course I want you dead," Claire said without thinking.It turned out that Mandy had other things to do in Paris, so she didn't come home with them.Jason blinked and looked at her, "So why did you choose to deceive Matt instead of killing me?"Claire was a bit confused.Yes, this was a good opportunity to get revenge on Jason, but she never thought of killing this man.Since she didn't answer, Jason approached her,
"You're back." Calvin walked happily into Claire's room and approached her as soon as he heard about her arrival. He frowned when he saw the medicine chest in her hand. "What is it? Are you sick?" he asked worriedly.Claire stroked his head, "No. I'm fine."Calvin shook his head vigorously, "Arthur told me that we cannot ignore the slightest illness, I must tell my Daddy."Calvin left immediately, so fast that Claire could not stop him.She pursed her lips sadly, because even if the boy told Jason that she was sick, he wouldn't care.Calvin had just left when Theo came in, deliberately looking for her to grumble. "Why are you so cruel? You could have killed him!" He spoke bluntly, his arms crossed over his chest.Claire smiled. "If I had killed him, would you have killed me?" Then she casually swallowed the pill in her hand. Ignoring him.Theo looked at the pill and said quietly, "Those pills will only make your illness worse. Go make up with Jason. If he forgives you, I will cure you
Claire was startled and looked at the bedside machine. The lights on the machine showed a rapidly flashing red heartbeat, and that meant something very abnormal was happening to her grandmother.The doctors and nurses arrived quickly after hearing the alarm.Claire turned pale and quickly stepped aside to make room for the doctor. "What happened? How is she?" she asked worriedly, but suddenly her arm was grabbed tightly.She looked up to see Jason, his expression cold and angry."Theo, save my grandmother," Jason said frantically, then pulled Claire's arm and carried her outside.He threw her mercilessly to the ground and seemed to really hate her. "My grandmother is already in a coma, aren't you satisfied? Why do you still want to hurt her?""No, I didn't do anything to her." Claire started to explain, but Jason cut her off."Her physical condition was stable the whole time, so there's no way she would have gone into such a shock if you hadn't hurt her!"Claire could say nothing. She
In his office, Jason angrily threw the documents and sneered, "Whenever she makes a mistake, she always disappears. Does she really think she can get away?"Seeing that there were still blood stains on Jason's shirt, Paul hurriedly said, "Sir, don't be angry, let's treat your wound first."Jason sighed and said coldly, "Tell them to keep looking for her!""Okay." Paul replied cautiously and then left. Later he met Theo and said to him, "Mr. Jason is so terrible, he looks like he wants to kill someone. It's only natural that Madame Claire wants to avoid him."Theo looked inside and saw Jason sitting in a chair smoking a cigarette. Behind the smoke was a very grim face. He shook his head, "He's looking for Claire because he wants to know if she's still alive or not.""What do you mean?" Paul didn't understand what Theo was saying because he hadn't heard about the incident at Jason's grandmother's house.Theo didn't want to talk about it. "Nothing, forget it. We'd better have a drink," h
Claire finally drove herself to the set in a taxi.It was cold and rainy when the reporters suddenly swarmed her, asking over and over, "Chloe, are you really Mrs. Claire Bradford?""Does Mr. Bradford know your true identity? Has he forgiven you yet?" "Mrs. Bradford, what is your relationship to Gabriel?""Mrs. Bradford, what really happened in the prison fire a few years ago and how did you survive?""If you are really Claire Wynne, the wife of the head of the DA's office, why are you hiding your identity now?""Ms. Chloe, are you really Claire?"The questions were fired at Claire relentlessly until she felt nothing but a dizzy sensation in her head. She wanted to run, but she couldn't. She wanted to cover her ears and scream to stop the journalists who kept asking questions and taking pictures, but no one was listening. Suddenly, someone stood behind her, drawing the attention of all the reporters.Surprised, Claire immediately raised her head. It turned out to be Jason, and she t
Claire ended up not working. She went home with Jason while Gabriel met with the director. Jason pulled her into the car even though it was pouring rain, and during the ride home, the atmosphere in the car was quiet and somber. When they got home, without saying anything, Jason slammed the door, leaned back in the seat and smoked a cigarette.He and Claire were soaking wet.Claire followed him in, hugged herself from the cold, and said shakily, "You can say whatever you want, or you can punish me directly. There's no need to act like this," she said. She hated this silent treatment. Especially when she was cold and in pain.Jason's face darkened. It was frightening.Remembering his grandmother, Claire pursed her lips and asked, "Is Grandma okay?""Shut up! You don't deserve to ask about her!" Jason shouted angrily, then the wound on his chest started bleeding again. It kept bleeding because he was supposed to rest at home and not move around much, but today even the bandage was wet
"Where are the maids at home? Why did you make the noodles?"Claire scoffed. "I didn't bother calling the maid, it was easy anyway."Jason narrowed his eyes. "You can't seduce Theo, he already has a girlfriend and he won't love you."Claire laughed affectionately, and her hands gripped the newspaper as tightly as if she were squeezing the neck of the man in front of her.Why did he think she was seducing Theo? It was just a plate of pasta.Thinking that her priority now was to treat her wound, Claire didn't want to engage him, but to Jason, her silence seemed like consent.Jason's tone became worse, "You should listen to my advice, he loves someone and he would do anything for this woman, then you won't be able to get close to him. So you better give up."Claire was silent, holding back her anger, but all she could do was roll her eyes uncontrollably while maintaining her silence.Sometimes this man's imagination really was as big as the universe.Claire threw down the newspaper and w
Jason unconsciously raised his hand to touch Claire's head, but he suddenly realized that Theo was standing at the door, and the man was so startled that he reflexively pushed Claire's head away from him.Claire, who had been concentrating on applying the medicine, fell to the bed in a daze. "What the hell?" she asked irritably, holding her head as she tried to get up."Looks like I came at a bad time." Theo, who was standing in the doorway, saw the incident and couldn't help but laugh."At least close the door!" Jason said to Claire. He really didn't notice that the door to his room was not closed. "And you, couldn't you have knocked before coming in?" he said to Theo.Theo came in with medical equipment: "The door was open, so I didn't have to knock."Jason looked at him angrily. "Who told you to come? I didn't call you today.""She told me to come." Theo pointed at Claire. "She called me last night and said you had a high fever. But I couldn't come last night, so I came today."Cla
Calvin came out of his room, probably because he heard Claire's scream, while the others knew they could not interfere."Dad?" Calvin greeted his father. "What happened? Why is Aunt Claire screaming?""I had a quarrel with her," Jason answered honestly. "You don't want her to leave, do you? So don't try to help her out of the room this time!"Calvin hesitated for a moment before nodding."Good. Go back to your room," his father ordered, and Calvin went back to his room without saying anything more.Claire's screams could no longer be heard as she collapsed exhausted on the floor next to the bed. She hugged herself as she shivered and cried. She looked around. What if there was another fire? What if she couldn't get out of here while the fire consumed the entire building?Just then, someone opened the door and walked in. It was Jason.Claire ran to him immediately. "Jason, please... don't lock me in. Don't keep the door locked. I promise... I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going anywhe
"I am human too. I can feel pain and sadness," Claire said. It was the first time she had ever broken down and cried in front of Jason and looked so weak.The woman cried like a battered child. "Why are you doing this to me, what have I done wrong?"But Claire was not Alice, and even if she cried with all the sadness she had long harbored, she would not win Jason's heart, because in his eyes, Claire's tears were nothing more than a tool to gain sympathy.Claire looked at his cold and indifferent expression and suddenly realized that her tears were just a joke.She could cry in front of anyone, but not in front of this man.Suddenly, Claire laughed, her tear-stained face smiling brightly. "I almost forgot, you never believed my tears, so it seems my fake crying didn't work on you."Jason's hands slowly tightened at her sides and Claire could clearly feel his anger growing."Even if that's true, do you think I care?" he asked. "Even if you don't want me to touch you while I'm imagining
When Jason held her hand, what surprised Claire was that her hand felt very warm. Oh no, it was not just warm, his body temperature was extremely hot and definitely abnormal."Jason..." She looked intently at the man on the bed again, and only then did she notice the unnatural flush in his cheeks.Jason probably had a fever.With that thought, Claire used her other hand to check his forehead.When she did, she pulled her hand back in surprise.His fever was very high."Don't leave me. Don't go." Jason muttered as he pulled Claire's hand tightly, repeating the words over and over.He must have thought that she was Alice.Claire tried to pull her hand away, but Jason's grip was so strong that her struggle was futile.She happened to see his cell phone on the nightstand, and with great difficulty she tried to grab it, then used Jason's index finger to unlock it, then found Theo's number and called him.No one answered the first time, so she tried again.It was after midnight and she didn
When Claire walked into Jason's room, the man was leaning against the bed, his face looking more tired than yesterday, his lips more dry and cracked, he looked weak.Claire stood outside the door for a long time, waiting for Jason to throw her out, but he didn't say anything, just kept looking at something on his phone, and the atmosphere seemed a little awkward.Claire thought she could leave quietly, but that seemed wrong, so she said: "Turns out you're already better than yesterday."Jason looked at her. "You came early in the morning to see if I was dead or not, right?"Hoping Jason would chase her away, Claire deliberately baited him, "Yes, but unfortunately God didn't hear my inner screams and let you live a healthy life."Jason's eyes narrowed and his jaw clenched in annoyance.Claire pursed her lips and smiled slightly, "Okay, I guess you don't want to see me either, so I'd better go, okay?" she said hopefully."Stay here!" Jason said casually, then his attention returned to h
As Claire passes Jason's office, she overhears Mandy provoking Jason by suggesting that Claire had a secret meeting with Gabriel and that they looked very intimate."Are you stalking me?" Claire angrily opened the door.At that moment, Mandy was apparently at the table preparing the food she had brought for Jason.When she saw Claire, her face darkened.Claire looked at Jason, smiled and said to Mandy, "Are you so interested in my life that you know where I am and what I'm doing? You even know that I met with Gabriel just to talk about the rumors.""Of course I care, you are my sister." Mandy said with a fake smile.Claire smiled in disgust. "But your expression is really fake and too obvious. Even though Gabriel and I tried to cover ourselves with jackets and masks, even hats, these clothes are not the clothes I usually wear, but you still recognized us. What excuse can you make unless you were following us?"Mandy was a little angry, but she couldn't get angry in front of Jason.Thi
Claire unconsciously fell asleep, and when she woke up, she found Theo sitting next to her bed.The man closed the magazine he was reading and said with a smile, "If I hadn't notice you, I would have thought you were dead."Claire didn't say anything. She had just gotten up to sit down and still felt resentment in her heart because of the previous problem.Theo knew what she was thinking. He sighed, "Actually, you don't have to argue with Jason. If you behave well in front of him, you will at least have a chance to survive. I've told you that many times, haven't I?"Claire smiled ironically. "And I've also told you many times that I don't want to do that, right?"Theo said with a serious face, "Your illness is getting worse and I think you could die in less than a year. So you'd better beg Jason. I mean... I'm willing to help you get better for free, but medicine and medical equipment and all your treatments cost a lot of money. And the fastest way to get that kind of money is if Jaso
Claire ended up not working. She went home with Jason while Gabriel met with the director. Jason pulled her into the car even though it was pouring rain, and during the ride home, the atmosphere in the car was quiet and somber. When they got home, without saying anything, Jason slammed the door, leaned back in the seat and smoked a cigarette.He and Claire were soaking wet.Claire followed him in, hugged herself from the cold, and said shakily, "You can say whatever you want, or you can punish me directly. There's no need to act like this," she said. She hated this silent treatment. Especially when she was cold and in pain.Jason's face darkened. It was frightening.Remembering his grandmother, Claire pursed her lips and asked, "Is Grandma okay?""Shut up! You don't deserve to ask about her!" Jason shouted angrily, then the wound on his chest started bleeding again. It kept bleeding because he was supposed to rest at home and not move around much, but today even the bandage was wet