“What are you talking about?” Damon asked.“Are you really in my life? Are you really in front of me and not a figment of my imagination?”He chuckled. “What are you babbling about?”Jeanette buried her face into his chest and smelled his familiar scent. Her heart was finally at peace.In the past twenty over years of her life, Damon Orion Godfrey had been the first ray of light in her lonely life.She had long seen the world as horrible beyond description. Even going home felt excruciating
Elias instinctively touched his muscular abs. Luckily, his muscles were still pretty defined, despite the fact that he had been lying in the hospital bed for two weeks. However, his abs were kind of fading away.He couldn’t help feeling a slight headache.The whole world knew that he was Mimi Norton’s ex-boyfriend. Now, she had openly declared before the media that she wanted a boyfriend in his exact mold. The reporters were probably going to make up a lot of nonsense now.“This isn’t the fir
Jeanette reached out and smacked him in the head. “Don’t you dare have any more ulterior motives for me again, or I’ll have Damon beat you up!”“He can’t beat me!” Elias pulled a face at her.She placed her hand over her mouth and burst into laughter.After everything that had happened, it would be a lie to say that the grievances she held had completely disappeared.However, they had been friends for more than ten years. Jeanette didn’t want them to become strangers just because of that.She acted as if nothing had happened and carefully displayed a carefree outlook, protecting their alright fragile and vulnerable friendship, which they thought would never sour.“What happened to you? How’d you end up remembering the past all of a sudden?” Elias asked her with a serious look on his face after their laughter subsided.The smile on her face immediately froze.After a bout of hesitation, she gave him an honest answer. “I went back to the Leighton home and saw my father.”“You…”
Damon seriously considered the question, then answered, “I like it better when you’re a little bit silly.”Jeanette chuckled and wrapped her arms around his neck, unable to help herself.‘Damon Godfrey. His name would always draw countless screams—in both the schoolyard and when he grew into an adult. As if it were synonymous with perfection. He’ll never know how much I envy him.‘From the tip of his hair to his toes, every part of him draws envy. It’s as if he were born to have everything in the world. He’s just too perfect. And now, this perfection belongs to me.’…A few days later, Jenny suddenly sent Jeanette an invitation to come home for dinner. She had specifically asked her not to bring her son and Damon along.She found it strange, but she went home after work anyway.Jeanette found her mother with reddened eyes as soon as she arrived home. She looked as if she had been crying.“Mom, what’s wrong?”“It’s nothing. The wind was too strong and hurt my eyes.” Jenny quick
As such, Jeanette immediately questioned Damon on the matter as soon as she arrived home.To her surprise, Damon nodded. “That’s right.”“You’re actually acquiring Leighton Inc.’s stocks?”“I’m doing more than that. I plan on buying the company. Of course, it won’t be easy. Leighton Inc. isn’t a small company. I wouldn’t be able to do it if your father wasn’t willing to do it.”Jeanette stared at him in shock. She couldn’t read his dark, limpid eyes at all.“So you deliberately lured my father’s partners to the Godfrey Group, just to make my father give up Leighton Inc.?”“Not at all,” Damon replied. “Your father may have kept a firm lid on Leighton Inc.’s tight capital chain, but his partners aren’t stupid. Of course, they’d automatically seek better advantages.”“So you took Leighton Inc.’s business away to force him into a dead end!”Jeanette stared at him in disbelief. Damon refused to comment. He never imagined that Jeanette would flip out like this.“What are you plann
However, Jeanette really didn’t need this deliberate display of goodwill.She had to be cruel, or he would never be able to get rid of his feelings for her, which would cause even more trouble for her in the future.Their 10-year-long friendship could never exist as long as he had feelings for her.At the Godfrey Group…Jeanette went to the office straight away after leaving Elias’ home. She knew that Damon would definitely be at the office at this time.After a bout of hesitation, she pres
Jeanette curled her lips. She thought he wouldn’t have been able to hear them with the door closed. Now she knew that the soundproofing in his office was really subpar.‘Fine. It’s just acting cute. I’ll just bite the bullet, and it’ll all be over.’Jeanette took a deep breath and suddenly squatted down. She placed her hands on his knees, looking misty-eyed and remorseful.“Alright. I went to Elias’ house first thing this morning and gave him a good scolding. I’ve even cut ties with him. I’ll
Damon and Jeanette shared a look. She quickly jumped off his lap. She lost her footing in her high-heeled shoes and fell, bumping into a shelf next to the office desk.Then, the files, crystal ornaments, and everything else on the shelf landed on the floor with a loud crash.The place turned into a disaster area.Jeanette really couldn’t be bothered to clean up the place. She buried her face in her hands and ran.However, gossip could travel at speed far beyond anyone’s expectation.In just