“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.