Nicholas was very surprised. He saw through the tinted windows of his car what had happened to Josephine outside.Thomas Jade, standing proudly, his face clouded with rage and his hands on his hips, had just a moment before flying up to slap Josephine.Nicholas immediately recognized Thomas Jade, because a few days earlier he had studied the documents regarding the Jade property. He gripped the steering wheel hard and took something from the dashboard, getting ready.Josephine held her cheek which felt hot and throbbing. She felt dizzy for a moment, but when she realized who was standing in front of her, she clenched her fists until her knuckles turned white and bit the inside of her cheeks, then straightened up and stared at Thomas Jade with fiery eyes."Are you a lawless country bumpkin, Mr. Jade?" Josephine hissed sharply. "What you are doing can be categorized as assault and I can report you to the police!"Thomas Jade was slightly surprised to hear Josephine's words. He didn't ex
Josephine's eyes widened. She had completely forgotten about Nicholas. Thomas Jade and his bad attitude made Josephine inflamed and didn't remember that she came with Nicholas, got out of the car and got into a fight with Thomas, while Nicholas had not left there yet. She wonders if it's possible that Nicholas saw her arguing with Thomas and gets out of the car angrily, seeing Thomas trying to hurt her. Josephine thought that Nicholas had purposely not gone and she had waited, to see what would happen between Josephine and Thomas.If Thomas hadn't strangled him and they were just arguing, Nicholas would have probably stayed in the car and not interfered.Thomas' hands on Josephine's neck relaxed. His temples felt cold, taped to an object of iron and Thomas realized that it was a gun. He was breaking out in a cold sweat, his hands were shaking and his knees were weak. He had absolutely no idea where this big, tall man who had suddenly ambushed him had come from. Had he been watchin
"Come in," said Nicholas flatly. "You must be tired from what happened earlier." Josephine turned her head and looked at Nicholas. "Can I ask something?" she asked. "Hmm." "Why did you help me earlier? You could have left earlier and not interfered because it was my family's business." Nicholas's brow furrowed. "Are you senile?" Josephine was confused by Nicholas's words. "What dou you mean?" "You told me yourself that you wanted a brother and sister relationship with me. Then, as an older brother, is it appropriate for me to allow my sister to be abused?" Josephine was stunned, not at all expecting Nicholas to answer like that.After Josephine came home, she found that Rain was sitting on the sofa and typing something on the laptop. Josephine walked over to Rain, who quickly turned off the screen.Rain, what are you doing? she asked. "Was it something important?" "I was working on a project for a school assignment with my friend, and it was quite a mess. I don't want you to get confu
In Jade’s mansion, Lindsay stared at the computer screen, a hacker called Darius she hired to work for her sat in front the computer.They were going to release those fake pictures about Josephine."Do you think these photos are good enough?" asked Darius while showing some of the photos he made at Lindsay's request.He mastered the Photoshop program well and is considered a fairly experienced hacker. His rates are not cheap, but he guarantees client satisfaction with his work.Lindsay looked through all the photos shown by Darius with satisfaction. "Wow, these are great photos, Darius. You make them really look real."Darius pointed at a photo, showing Josephine sitting on a man's lap. "Did you see who this man is?" asked Darius.Lindsay studied the photo and shook her head. "Who's he?""This is a composite character between Robert Pattinson, Lee Minho, and Charlie Puth.""What? Wow!" Lindsay exclaimed in awe. "You're great.""Okay, I will post these photos one by one, so there is no
"Win, clear up all the documents for the acquisition of Jade property as soon as possible. I want us to do it in the near future," said Nicholas while loosening his tie."Jade property, boss? Didn't you say you weren't too interested because from a business standpoint the benefits might not be that significant?" said Win while stopping typing. "After all, they also probably thought we weren't interested and thus weren't prepared."Nicholas snorted sarcastically. "I don't care. Just process everything!"Nicholas couldn't forget last night, when Josephine had a fight with Thomas. Previously he had thought that the relationship between Josephine and the Jade family was only torn apart due to differences of opinion or simple misunderstandings.He also sometimes fights with Carlos or his cousins and nephews because of differences of opinion, with his father as well.However, seeing the blazing anger in Josephine's eyes and the hatred in Thomas' eyes, then listening to the topics discussed
Nicholas had just finished inspecting the Sparrow Clinic, discussed several matters with the higher-ups, and resolved some of the problems that had occurred in a small meeting.Right after he sat behind the wheel of his car, he saw the arrival of Thomas, Lindsay, and one other woman who he immediately concluded was Melisa--Thomas's wife.An unpleasant feeling overwhelmed Nicholas and he followed them into the lobby, then his eyes caught the figure of Josephine, who seemed to be preparing to leave.Lindsay confronted Josephine and it was later determined that the three had an altercation with Josephine.Nicholas had to desperately hold himself back so he wouldn't get out of the car and attack Thomas, Melisa, and Lindsay. He was sure that if he did, Josephine would be angry with him.Nicholas didn't understand how people could be as patient as Josephine, continuing to let those people pressure and bully her."Little sister," muttered Josephine half laughing. "What are you doing here?""
Josephine didn't notice everyone's eyes and comments because she was excited."Nicholas, this is really cool," Josephine whispered, bringing her lips close to Nicholas' ear, because the music might keep Nicholas from hearing her voice.Nicholas smirked. He tightened his hold on Josephine's waist. "You like in here?""Hm. It's not too noisy and the lights don't flicker too fast and make you dizzy.""What would you like to drink? I'll order it for you.""No need, Nicholas, I'll order it myself later.""Then let's head over there. I've already made reservations. Compartment 12A."Nicholas pointed to the right corner of the bar, to an exclusive corner where there were large, soundproofed, special compartments.Nicholas walked behind Josephine because he saw the eyes of another man looking at Josephine with great curiosity and interest.Josephine pushed open the door of the compartment Nicholas pointed out to her and found that the people sitting inside were serious and wearing full suits.
Renee is the daughter of a large supermarket manager and her mother owns an online cosmetics store. She lives well, but with four younger siblings and Renee's desire to own nice, expensive, branded things, she always feels poor. When she entered high school, Renee began to approach Lindsay, because she was royal and easy to please. As long as you want to obey his orders and are good at compliments, then Lindsay will not hesitate to spend the money. Renee's father's convenience store was always busy and stealing a bag or two of chips, a can or two of soft drinks, and then escalating to a pack of cigarettes, did not bankrupt his father. On the other hand, Renee became Lindsay's closest person, who was always ready to do anything Lindsay asked her to do. Because of this, Renee's room and closet began to fill with things she liked, even if they were Lindsay's second-hand items on occasion.Renee was eyeing the pearl-studded bag that Lindsay wore to a label's award ceremony a while ago and