“But, how did you do it? I’ve been contacting him multiple times previously, but I didn’t even get to meet him. What kind of benefits have you offered him in return?”“The Wades have a big business, so he might not be interested in what I have to offer.”“So… You threatened him into it then? Did you ask the mafia to force him?”Damon chuckled as he said, “His daughter’s fallen for me.”“What? You sold yourself?”Damon rubbed his temples as he instantly felt speechless. ‘What the heck does
As she massaged her shoulder, she slowly walked up the stairs. Because Jeanette was so exhausted, she did not even want to walk up the stairs. ‘I should ask Damon to have an elevator installed here.’At that moment, she even felt as if she could fall asleep on the stair’s railing. Before she even came around to her senses, she was suddenly carried in someone’s arms. Jeanette immediately let out a shriek before she saw Damon’s jet-black eyes through the light coming from the moon.“What a
Grace was standing outside the emergency treatment room at the time. She was pacing around anxiously, and there were even tears on her face. The moment she saw Jeanette, she immediately rushed over and grabbed onto her collar. “You! It’s all because of you! Will you only feel happy after Mr. Leighton dies?”Damon immediately pushed Grace away to protect Jeanette.“You’re the one who’s been taking care of Magnus the entire time, so if something’s happened to him, you should be the one to blam
“What? You’re pregnant!?”Grace took a report from the obstetrics and gynecology department out of her bag before throwing it at Jeanette.The report clearly stated that Grace was truly pregnant. At that moment, Jeanette almost felt as if her vision had gone dark.One of the directors asked, “Ms. Holden, what’s the meaning of all this? Could it be that the child within you is Mr. Leighton’s?” Grace nodded her head. Instantly, the crowd was in an uproar. It was only at that moment when
Jeanette demurred, “Damon, maybe we shouldn’t—”“No. Show a fox too much mercy, and it will bite the hand that feeds it.”Damon told the doctor not to hesitate the moment Grace woke up and swiped a sample from her fetus for the paternity test. To let the woman herself hear him, he even raised his voice.Grace’s eyebrows jolted ever-so-slightly, but her eyes remained close. It did not evade Damon’s stoic, meticulous eyes, though, and it certainly informed Damon enough about what she was going
Nevertheless, he told his butler to welcome the woman, who strode in with a pair of reddened eyes and a question right off the bat. “Where’s Jeanette?”“She’s taking a nap. If it’s not too urgent, please don’t wake her up over it first.”“But it’s hella urgent! Let me—”“If you’re here because you caught wind of Mr. Leighton’s worsening sickness, then I’m the one you should talk to. Not her,” Damon interrupted calmly.Jenny froze.In the end, she relented and followed Damon to the living ro
Jeanette slept all the way to three or four in the afternoon. She opened her eyes to the sight of Damon sitting by her bedside. His keen eyes had been watching her in silence.She rubbed her eyes blearily. “Oof… What time is it?”“Day’s still early. You can sleep a little more,” he said.Jeanette’s hand fumbled with the phone next to her pillow and glanced at the clock on the screen. She quickly sat up straight. “Nope, not doing that. If I nap too much in the day, I won’t be able to sleep at
Damon furrowed his brows.Good at fighting? It looked like they were not dealing with those two-bit thugs and loan sharks this time. Damon had, at first, suspected this was another case of Jenny lapsing back to her spendthrift habits and borrowing money from the loan sharks again. Now, the evidence seemed to have scrapped that possibility off the table.“Don’t make this public yet, please. I’ll send more people to investigate this. In the meantime, you focus on your recovery,” he instructed.
…In jail, Xavier stared at Jeanette’s face through a layer of glass. His expression was filled with hatred.Jeanette stared at him and took a deep breath. Then, she picked up the phone.“How’ve you been?”Xavier smirked. “Since my own brother has decided to send me to jail, why has he asked you to come all the way here? To insult me? You really are a match made in heaven.”Jeanette sighed. Actually, Xavier was a very smart man, on par with Damon. Besides, when she had first joined the Godf
In the car, Mimi turned to look at Zeke, who was next to her. For a moment there, she had no idea what to say to him.They had pretty much silently admitted to the media’s claims over their engagement. Over the past few days, Zeke had been making preparations for their engagement party. She had been the one to suggest getting married, but now she was beginning to feel cold feet. She wasn’t sure if she was ready to spend the rest of her life with Zeke.Zeke seemed to be in a good mood. He had
“Damon Godfrey! It was you, wasn’t it? How could you do this to me?” His expression was ruthless. His eyes were filled with a terrifying expression, unlike ever before. He looked like a wild animal that had been suppressing its urges for a very long time.Jeanette had never seen such a terrifying look on Xavier’s face before. She paused in fright as she stared at Xavier from afar.Damon seemed perfectly calm. “You brought this on yourself, Xavier. I know what you’ve done. It’s just that I neve
“You’re overthinking it!” Elias slapped her hand away.Vanessa laughed bitterly. “Oh, I wish I was, Elias. But the facts prove that you’re in love with Mimi Norton. You’re in love with your best friend’s fiancee!”“That has nothing to do with you!” Elias was like a cat who had his tail trampled on. He was tense. He had grown increasingly annoyed now that the heart of the matter had been prodded at.“Nothing to do with me? Elias, do you really think that I was only in love with your position?
Damon reached out and held her wrist. “You don’t believe me? Then come with me.”Jeanette smacked his hand away, looking very stern. “What are you planning? I’m not leaving with you.”Felix suddenly emerged from his room, holding a teddy bear, just as the pair were in the midst of conflict. He widened his large, limpid eyes and looked at Damon at the doorway. His expression filled with immense joy.“Daddy!” The little boy smiled and happily rushed to wrap his arms around Damon’s waist. “Daddy, are you here to take Mommy and me home?”Damon smiled and gazed at his clever son, a god-send, and spoke in a gentle voice. “Of course. Would you like to come home with Daddy?”“Yes!” The little boy’s voice was clear. Then, he carefully turned to Jeanette. “Mommy…”Jeanette frowned. Her heart was a mess. Felix missed his home. He was such a small child and had been forced to endure the conflict between her and Damon. He must have suffered. However, she couldn’t go home with Damon like this.
Jeanette was standing in the kitchen, staring dazedly at the pot of burnt potatoes, looking exasperated.‘I’m such an idiot! I’ve actually managed to burn potatoes… by boiling them. This is completely unheard of! It’s all my fault for being so careless. I left the potatoes to boil and ran off to do something else. I was so busy that I completely forgot about them, until two minutes ago, when I smelled the burnt potatoes. Then I remembered that mine and Felix’s dinner was in that pot. All of the water had actually evaporated!’Jeanette felt a massive headache as she stared at the blackened potatoes stuck to the pot. This was the only food they had at home. Now that the potatoes were ruined, she had no other choice except to take Felix out for food.She scratched her head in exasperation. Felix appeared from behind her, hugging the teddy bear she had just bought for him, and walked into the kitchen. He lifted his chubby, naively little face and stared pitifully up at Jeanette.“Mommy
In a restaurant, the surrounding atmosphere was illuminated by a gentle, dim light, which made it all feel warm and comfortable. Mimi stared at Zeke, who was seated in front of her. She looked hesitant and nervous. She released two soft coughs, unable to say the words she wanted to say.‘Get engaged…’These words felt very distant to her. She did believe that Zeke was the kind of man she could spend the rest of her life with, but to prepare herself for marriage with him in such a short period… She couldn’t bring herself to accept it. After all, she and Zeke had only been dating for a very short time. Unfortunately, Vanessa’s threat had rendered it impossible for her to avoid the subject. Upon careful consideration, it made sense. Since she was going to be with Zeke, why would the time of marriage make any difference?Perhaps it was time for her to truly accept this relationship and start a new life.She took a deep breath and looked at Zeke, who sat in front of her, then swallowe
“Father, even if he is my brother, he should be responsible for his crimes. We live in a civilized society. Besides, he’s worked with an outsider in a plot against our company. You know this. The company wouldn’t have been reduced to this mess if it weren’t for him. Father, your constant shelter and indulgence has caused him to make so many mistakes! If you continue spoiling Xavier, he’ll resort to something even more terrifying in the future,” Damon said with a frown.Christophe smirked in his rage. “Damon, has your search for power driven you mad? How could you be so cruel to your own brother? It’s not like you’re unaware of why I’ve been so indulgent toward him. Xavier has never been of sound mind from a young age. Are you worried that I’d leave the Godfrey Group to him? That he would take everything that belongs to you?”Damon was taken aback. He chuckled bitterly and exasperatedly. “Father, do you really think that that’s what I think? Would you really be bold enough to leave th
The car drove along the road. The driver, a woman, dressed in black wearing a baseball cap, slowly spoke. “What did you say to her?”Vanessa pursed her lips, looking particularly relaxed. “I told her to get engaged with Zeke within a week.”The sound of the car coming to a screeching halt filled the air. The car stopped in the middle of the road, just like that, forcing a row of cars behind them to stop as well. The driver widened her eyes. Her expression was full of rage. “I thought we agreed to expose her affair with Elias? It was a great opportunity for us to ruin her, and you just gave it up?”Vanessa shrugged, looking unperturbed. “Why would I want to ruin her?”“I thought you hated her? Don’t tell me you’re going soft!”The woman frowned. Her expression was filled with anger as if she resented her for not doing any better.She had been planning for so long, coming up with all sorts of schemes to find someone who hated Mimi just as much as she did. However, who would have th