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
Elias spared no effort in using his words to anger Damon. Seeing his sullen face, trying very hard to remain tolerant, and the vein popping on his forehead, it was likely that he would hit the roof of the hospital at any moment.However, Damon did not slam his fist.“Elias Burnham, you will never win for as long as I am breathing.” Damon’s tone was as cold as a knife.He obviously didn’t believe that Jeanette and Elias were having an affair. He still had some measure of confidence. What angered him was the simple fact that they were keeping a secret from him.Elias sighed. “Damon, oh, Damon. I’ve always thought of you as a smart man, but this time, I think you’ve really become a supreme dummy.”“What did you say?”“Don’t you worry. My relationship with Mimi is going very well. I’m not about to steal your wife from you. If you’re really that concerned about her, you should think of ways to make her feel more secure.”Elias stood up and curved the corners of his lips.Obviously,
Yet when death had been staring her in the face, Jeanette had enough clarity to know that she did not want to die.“Don’t worry. We have plenty of years ahead to spend with each other. I’m not going to end our lives right now,” Damon said.Just then, a motorcycle caught up to them and knocked on the car window.“Sir, you’ve broken the speed limit and ran a few red lights. Those are serious traffic offenses. Please get out of the car. I need to run a test on you.”The traffic officer had seen
…Damon arrived at Jeanette’s mother’s old home in his car. He stood at the door, ringing the bell for ages, but no one answered.After a lot of thought, he believed that Jeanette would never go back to the Leighton home, and she wasn’t at the office, either. She had nowhere else to go but here.He continued ringing the doorbell.He wasn’t sure if she was deliberately refusing to open the door or if she really wasn’t at home at all.Finally, a neighbor from across the hall lost patience, op
Sylvia scooped Felix into her arms and pouted. “Looks like it’s better to raise grandsons than sons. My grandson loves me more.”Felix pulled a face at Damon when Sylvia wasn’t looking.Damon had no idea where Jeanette was, and he was forced to stay at the old mansion for dinner instead of looking for her. He was growing increasingly anxious. He would never have thought that, at this very moment, Jeanette was sitting in Mimi’s living room.“Are you running away from home?” Mimi asked, looking at the luggage bag next to her.“Let me stay here for a few days. Don’t worry, I won’t stay too long.”“Hey, you’ve hidden all the way here after a big fight with Mr. Godfrey. What if he finds out? I can’t deal with the consequences.”“If I stay at my mom’s or at a hotel, Damon will find me, sooner or later. Your place is the only place he’d never expect.”Mimi shrugged exasperatedly. “Fine, whatever. I have space here anyway. You can stay here for as long as you like.”She and Jeanette
Blood was pouring down the gangster’s arm. The whites of his bones could be seen very clearly.Parker couldn’t bear the sight of it and turned around.Finally, the gangster couldn’t take it any more. He confessed.“There was a woman. She looked around forty, she might even be fifty years old. Whatever it was, she looked suspicious and covered her face. She gave me a lot of money and wanted me to sleep with a woman. That woman… That woman was very beautiful. Apparently, she was some rich man’s
He searched every room, one by one, until finally arriving at a small, gloomy room in a corner. Then he saw her disgusting face.“Juliana Crawford, you’re not getting away this time.”At Mimi’s home…Not too long after Jeanette had fallen asleep in her room, she heard voices from outside the door.The voice she heard sounded very familiar. She got out of bed and walked to the side of the door. She listened closely to find out that Elias was outside!‘How did he find me so quickly?’Outsi
“I’m not doing it.”Elias was taken aback again. He thought she wouldn’t refuse, however…“Fine, I won’t force you.”Jeanette stepped out of the room as soon as Elias left.“Why did you refuse?” she asked.Mimi turned around and stared at her intently. Then, she laughed in a self-deprecating manner. “I probably look like a joke to you, don’t I, Jeanette?”She shook her head.‘What’s so funny about being in love? Mimi kind of reminds me of myself, that’s all.’“When I first fell in love