It was from Mimi Norton looking for a companion for a shopping trip. It startled Jeanette. She could not tell why Mimi would ask her on a hangout.Nevertheless, she agreed. She met the other woman with the expectation of some purpose, but her motive turned out to be genuine. She really just wanted to do some shopping. Or rather, window shopping—she did not buy anything on her trip, as it was dominated by the two strolling around while chattering endlessly about all kinds of novel topics and adv
“Mimi, you really…”“Jeanette, I’ve misunderstood you a lot and hurt you many times because of my feelings for Elias, but you never blamed me for it, and you’re still willing to be my friend. I’m very grateful to you. Now, I think that after struggling for so long, I have no regrets.”Jeanette could see her sincerity. It didn’t look like she was joking at all.‘Has she really let go of Elias? Well, that’s good too.’Mimi smiled casually. “I don’t want to care about Elias anymore. We’re just friends now. I think that’s pretty good too.”Just then, someone passed them by in the shopping mall, paused for a while, and stared at Mimi. “You’re Mimi Norton!?” he cried.Mimi was wearing a face mask and hat. She quickly lowered her head. “No, you’ve got the wrong person.”“It’s you! I recognize your voice! Oh my God!” The passerby was excited over his rare sighting of a female celebrity. He whipped out his phone to take a picture with Mimi.The passerby was a little loud and drew the at
Damon sat on the ice-cold bathroom floor, not moving a muscle.Parker approached him worriedly. “Are you alright, sir?”He shook his head and looked at her. “I’m sorry… I lost my composure just now,” he said apologetically.“Mr. Godfrey, what happened between you and the missus?”Parker immediately realized that she had spoken out of turn as soon as she uttered those words. A secretary like her had no right to pry into her boss’ personal affairs.Damon wasn’t annoyed. He gave a bitter, drun
“Jeanette… What are you hiding from me?” he finally asked, but there was no answer from the other end.He pulled his phone away from his ear and realized that his phone had run out of battery.‘Did she hear my question?’He held the dead phone and stared at it for a while, then chuckled bitterly.Two days later…Now that his business trip was finished, Damon scheduled two hours into his time to buy her a birthday present.Just then, Parker rushed toward him. “Sir, our flight has been cance
“If you really can’t make it home, don’t. Why put yourselves through such trouble?” she told Parker.“But Mr. Godfrey…”Another wave of static interrupted her, cutting the conversation. Jeanette had no idea what Parker had said.She assumed that he would be going back to the hotel since he wouldn’t be able to come home. ‘Why should I be worried? It’s Damon, after all.’Jeanette put down her phone and did not concern herself with the matter anymore.‘It’s my birthday, and I’m spending it all alone at home.’She heaved a long sigh.Just then, the security guard informed her that a guest had arrived.Jeanette was taken aback. ‘It’s pouring rain right now. Why would I have a guest?’She discovered that it was Elias when a servant brought him in.“I knew that Damon wouldn’t be able to come home in this storm, so you’d probably be all alone at home. I guessed right.”Elias smiled as he walked in.The distance between the doorstep and the entrance may have been short, but he was d
That night, the wind howled. The storm was even more violent than it was during the day. There was thunder and lightning too.Damon was worn out by the time he arrived home.He had intended on driving home through the highway but was met with roadblocks. Parker had tried to advise him to turn back, but he insisted on taking a smaller road and that he had to come home tonight, no matter what.However, one of the smaller roads had been flooded by the storm and was extremely muddy, so the car sa
“Were you hoping that I’d never come home? Or did you not want to come home to this house at all?” he questioned icily.Jeanette was confused. “What are you talking about?”His clothes smelled of dried mud, wet from the rain, and dried naturally. She was beginning to wonder if he had rolled around in the mud.Of course, she never would have imagined that he would debase himself and personally push his car, just to arrive home in time for her birthday. The rear end of the tire had splattered m
When Damon stepped out of his shower, Jeanette was already lying in bed with her eyes closed. He wasn’t sure if she was asleep.She had not taken off the necklace. The collar of her pajamas was slightly lower than the clothes she was previously wearing. It made her collarbone particularly sexy and enticing.He couldn’t resist bending down to kiss her neck.However, she jolted up instinctively and screamed, hugging the covers as she shrunk backward.Damon never expected such a huge reaction from her.“What’s with you?”“I…”Jeanette noticed her lapse of character too. However, she couldn’t seem to calm herself.That man had closed in on her, just like this, that very night…Her nightmares were just too terrifying.Damon did not detect the fear in her eyes that she had tried so hard to hide. He sat on the side of the bed and thought carefully, then apologized to her. “I was wrong, I shouldn't have been angry with you. I’m sorry.”Jeanette never expected him to apologize. “You
…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