Jeanette didn’t accept Olivia’s tissue paper. Instead, she pulled a packet of wet wipes out of her own bag.“Damon and I are in the middle of a business discussion. It was rather rude of you to crash in so recklessly, in front of our clients, Miss Leighton. If the clients found out about your relationship with Damon, it would undoubtedly look bad on him. So he had to feign ignorance over your relationship for now. Please don’t overthink it, Miss Leighton.”Jeanette icily replied, “I don’t thin
Suddenly, Damon stood up. He reached out his hand and took her luggage bag, then headed upstairs.She was left to follow him from behind.“Since you’re back and you haven’t gone to the office, why didn’t you wait for me? We could’ve come home together.”Of course, she already knew the answer. Obviously, he wanted time alone with Olivia and didn’t want her disturbing them.Jeanette couldn’t help asking because her mother had been nagging for an hour on the plane. It was infuriating.However,
Damon turned around and gave her a weird look. Then he answered, “She’s an ambassador for a product from one of our subsidiary companies.”“I guess it makes sense. Miss Norton is Elias’ girlfriend. She seems to have a willful personality. I suppose she wouldn’t lower herself and have an affair with a married man like you.”Jeanette realized that she had accidentally blurted out the truth as soon as she said that and quickly put her hand over her mouth.However, Damon didn’t seem angry at all. Instead, he quietly replied, “You’re very bold lately, Jeanette.”She secretly stuck out her tongue and did not dare say another word.…Two days later, they received a call from the old Godfrey Mansion inviting Damon and Jeanette for a family dinner.The Godfrey family dinner only ever happened once a month. This time, they summoned them over before the end of the month because Xavier had returned.Xavier Madden Godfrey, Damon’s younger brother, was five years younger than him and had bee
The butler looked troubled. “Well… You should ask the young master yourself.”“I wouldn’t be asking you if he would tell me.”The butler was forced to a corner and had no choice, so he began. “In order to understand the situation, we’ll have to start from back when the young master was eight years old—”He had just begun his story when the sound of a car was heard from the courtyard outside.The butler let out a cry, as if he were a thief, and shut his mouth. He did not dare say another word
However, he probably wasn’t even interested in which company she worked in or what her job was. Why would he talk to her about this?Due to the advertising campaign, nearly everyone in Jeanette’s company had to work overtime to finish their work.By the time she arrived home that night, it was late at night.The house was quiet, with no one in sight. Damon wasn’t home either.‘Looks like he doesn't plan on coming home today.’“Not coming home is good news too,” she mumbled to herself.Damo
Damon was clearly incensed. If they were not in public, he would have immediately landed his fist on Xavier’s face.Xavier, however, continued to grin. “Are you here to send me off, bro? What, you don’t want me to leave now?”“Shut up and hand it over.”Xavier deliberately acted as if he didn’t understand him. Damon wasn’t in the mood to waste his time with small talk. He snatched his carry-on from him and opened it.Headphones, a watch, and similar small items rolled onto the ground.Many people turned their gazes toward them. Xavier could no longer maintain his grin.“What are you doing, big bro?”Damon found a small black satin box among his things, picked it up, opened it, and looked at it. ‘That’s right. This is the seal I was looking for.’Xavier icily asked, “Dad gave this to me. You’re not planning on taking it away from me, are you?”“Oh? Really?”Under Damon’s icy, intimating gaze, Xavier immediately conceded.‘It’s true. I quietly nicked it from Dad. But even Dad
“Are you alright?”Elias immediately stood up and took out a piece of tissue to help wipe off the juice stains on Jeanette's dress.Jeanette then took the tissue and lowered her head as she wiped it herself. “Don’t worry about it. It’s a good thing that I wore a dark dress today.”However, despite that, there was still a large wet patch on her dress.Elias took off his jacket and covered it over her legs without a second thought. His fingers inevitably touched her legs, causing him to shudde
‘But, I really am innocent this time.’“I don’t care if you believe me or not, but I’m innocent,” replied Jeanette.‘I’m not going to be able to clear my name no matter how I explain this time, so I might as well just confront him head-on.’“Are you really that impatient? You went out on a secret date with another man in broad daylight despite carrying my child.”“Since when was I on a secret date with someone else? Mimi was in the restaurant’s private room as well yesterday!”When she saw
…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