"Jason, calm down, Claire won't hurt Calvin and he won't be able to escape. Trust me," Mandy said, trying to calm her cousin. Jason frowned at her, "What do you mean?" Mandy replied, "Laura told me she has a special contract with Claire." "Special contract?" "Yes, she is her assistant." Jason already knew that, but now he looked at her and waited for her to continue. "If Laura fires her first, she will have to pay a large fine, and if Claire resigns, she will have to pay Laura a large sum as well. Because of this contract, Claire will eventually return to Laura to continue her work as her assistant, and you can easily find her." "Who could make such a strange contract, are these two people related?" As an actress, it was a bit strange that Luara would ask a lawyer to draw up such a contract. Mandy shook her head, "I don't know who did it, I asked Laura once, but she couldn't explain it. She just said that her boss asked her to sign it." "Her boss?" Jason muttered
Calvin looked around the room as Claire cleaned the house. "There's a painting just like this in my father's room," he said as he saw a painting of a woman's back on the beach watching the sunset. Surprised, Claire stopped abruptly. When they got married, Claire had nothing to give Jason, so she gave him the painting. She hadn't expected Jason to keep it. Maybe he wanted to relive his hatred by keeping the painting. There was no other reason. "Ah, it smells good." Calvin said happily as the smell of food wafted from the kitchen. Claire just remembered that she had to wait for the food to cook while she cleaned the house. So, without responding to Calvin's words about the painting, she went to the kitchen and brought the food to the table. "This is the best meal I've ever had." Satisfied, Calvin ate heartily as soon as Claire served him. Claire looked at him with mixed feelings, but also a little sad. If her son were still alive, he would probably enjoy the food she had
Claire's eyes widened in shock. He kissed her? But why? Didn't he hate her? She struggled to recover from the shock until Jason finally let go of her, but he rested his head on her shoulder and didn't move. Then he fell to the floor. Claire pulled herself together and looked at her ex-husband. He was really drunk. Claire smiled contemptuously. "He kissed me, must have been because he thought I was Alice," she muttered, deciding to leave the man on the floor and go into her room. She paused at the door for a moment, then looked back at her ex-husband and thought, "If Jason freezes to death tonight, my revenge will be complete. And there will be no more people to threaten me." But... She looked at Calvin, who was sleeping on the bed, and then doubt began to creep into her heart. Kimberly and Calvin were two good children. They would be very sad to lose their father. After all, she still had to prove her innocence to this cruel man, so she couldn't die. After a whi
Had he really forgotten Alice? If so, whom did he love? Thinking about it, Claire shook her head. It was not her business now. She had been worried the whole morning. But luckily Jason didn't come. Maybe he was resting at home because he drank a lot of alcohol last night. At least when Laura finished her work in the afternoon, Claire wouldn't have to come here again. It was also unlikely that she would run into Jason. While she was thinking about that, she ate heartily, since she didn't have breakfast at home. Suddenly, the director rushed over and said to Laura, "I have news for you." Claire continued to eat because what the director said was mostly none of her business. "Laura, you will be playing the female supporting role from today," the director said again. Claire was very surprised. She immediately spit out her food and coughed. Laura was going to play the second female role? So she has to come to the set every day, and that means the chances of Claire meetin
"Claire, hurry and leave before Jason scolds you. He hates you now more than ever. He even said that you should have died 5 years ago, you shouldn't have come back to life," Mandy said as if she felt sorry for Claire. Claire originally thought that she couldn't feel sad anymore because of that man. She was already numb. But after hearing Mandy's words, she couldn't help but feel depressed. She laughed, "If he wants, he can make me die again, I don't care." "Claire..." Mandy was really in a hurry, "Jason's hatred for you has never changed, why do you defy him and hope instead? Hurry and leave before he comes." Mandy's words pierced Claire's heart. The man she loved wanted her dead. She remembered well the last words she heard before she passed out in the fire five years ago. That Jason had set the fire on purpose to kill her, right? How tragic. Mandy looked into Claire's eyes and said, "Let's go quickly. You're lucky to have survived, so it's better to go so he can't hurt you
"Claire!" Madison screamed in shock as her friend suddenly vomited fresh blood. But it also startled Jason. He hugged Claire and said worriedly, "You... what happened to you?" Claire looked at Jason and tried to smile. Her face was pale, and there was still blood at the corner of her mouth that made others panic. "I'm going to die... Jason. Now... are you happy?" Jason shook his head and started to say something, but Claire slowly closed her eyes as she lost consciousness. Madison cried, and as Mandy went to find a doctor, Jason picked up Claire and rushed to the emergency room. The emergency lights came on and Jason was asked to wait outside. Mandy pulled Jason into a chair and he sat down. Then she comforted him, "Jason, Claire is going to be fine. Don't worry." Jason didn't say anything. He looked at the blood stains on his shirt and was suddenly afraid. No one knew the fear that was in his heart. He looked so calm, but his trembling hands said it all. Madison was
Madison kept banging on the gate, screaming Jason Bradford's name.She screamed for over an hour with no one answering until the guards finally kicked her out.She cried in despair.Besides, she had seen how he treated her friend that day, Jason hated Claire so much and even wished her dead, there was no way he would be willing to save her.It was simply impossible.She thought she shouldn't have come here to beg that cruel man.At the window on the second floor of the mansion, Mandy looked toward the gate and saw Madison leaving. She chuckled triumphantly and thought: "You want to save Claire? Oh, you're dreaming."Shortly after Madison left, a car pulled into the courtyard.Arthur carefully carried Calvin, who had been released from the hospital after recovering, while Kimberly obediently followed them.As soon as they entered the house, Mandy approached and quietly said, "Let me take Calvin to his room.""No need, I can take him back to his room." Arthur avoided Mandy and went upst
Seeing that Jason was watching Calvin, Arthur shook his head and hesitated for a moment before saying, "If possible, maybe you should actually bring Mrs. Wynne back.""No way!" Jason gritted his teeth.Arthur said hastily: "But Calvin's health is very important. We all know that his health is very poor, and it is rare that he likes someone as much as he likes Mrs. Wynne."This time a hint of doubt appeared between Jason's furrowed brows.Arthur continued hastily: "What if I told the guards to find Mrs. Wynne's whereabouts and then ask her to come home?""No." Jason clenched his fists. "I'll see her myself!"* * *At home, after going through so much suffering and having to take quite a lot of medicine in a single day, Claire's condition finally began to improve.Madison didn't know either, but somehow the hospital called Claire's cell phone and offered her treatment. They said it was free. It was completely free, although Madison knew very well that the money needed to treat Claire wa
"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