“Kev, what happened?” Sam walked over.Kevin did not hide anything and told Sam the whole incident.Sam’s expression changed. “Where is that man?”“I was focused on sending Jen to the hospital and didn’t have time to deal with him. I guess he ran away.” Kevin rubbed his temples and sounded calm.“Stay here, big bro. Call me if there’s anything. I’ll try finding that man. We have something to settle.” “You must be tired too. Take a rest.” Sam frowned slightly. “Someone will deal with this…”“She almost died. Big bro, I’m not kidding. If I were a second later, Jen would have died,” Kevin cut him off and said in a suppressed tone. “If it weren’t for my carelessness, Jen wouldn’t have been attacked. I will deal with this.”He turned around and left immediately, not wanting to hear what Sam had to say.Kevin returned to the shooting range and asked for the surveillance video. In ten minutes, he had traced the man’s trail after leaving the shooting range.He followed the trail an
The helper was coming up with some tea when she saw the state of the room. She quickly set the tray on the table before approaching Ivy. “Miss Ivy, don’t upset the baby inside you.” "Tell me, why isn’t Quinn coming to see me?” Ivy asked the helper. Her hands pressed against the dressing table were still trembling. “Do you think he’s fallen for Jenna? He said he would wait for me. He can’t go back on his word…” She muttered while looking at her swollen belly. A sharp look appeared in her eyes. If only she did not have this child… The helper could tell what was on Ivy’s mind. Hurriedly, she kneeled and placed her hands on Ivy’s belly. She tried to advise her, "Miss Ivy, please don’t overthink it. You know how much Young Master Quinn cares about the baby. Even Old Mr. Forester…” It was not the Foresters who assigned this helper to Ivy. Once a trusted helper of Madam Langham, the helper was assigned to Ivy after she got pregnant. The helper remembered what Madam Langha
The man had placed a chair in front of him, serving as a desk for him to put his laptop on. The cuffs of his shirt were slightly folded, revealing his toned arms. Jenna’s weak cough caught his attention. He looked up and noticed Jenna was awake, staring blankly at him. After a brief pause, he shut the laptop. "Do you want some water?" Jenna did not respond. Instead, she pulled the blankets up and burrowed underneath them. Quinn cocked his eyebrow when he saw the way Jenna acted. He got up and approached the bed. Then, he gently but firmly pulled away the blanket before taking her in his arms. With his free hand, he reached for the carafe on the bedside table and poured half a glass of water. He held the glass to Jenna's lips. “Drink some.” Jenna tried to resist. When she realized she could not wring herself free, she smacked the glass away. Fortunately, Quinn held onto the glass tightly, so only a little water splashed on the blanket. "Jenna,” Quinn said grav
When she crashed her car into Shawn’s, she was prepared to die with him. Then, she was ready to face death as long as she got to avenge her parents. Now, she wanted to live. She had to take back Seabright Group, so the souls of her parents and grandmother may rest at ease. Even if Quinn only liked her a little, she still thought it was worth a shot. However, it was clear he was too lenient with his previous beau. Ivy had tried to get her killed countless times, but Quinn remained passive. Jenna had thoroughly given up on him. Upon reading the words on the display, Quinn's eyes darkened. He spoke faintly, “What are you talking about? We’re not even close to the point of divorce yet. Also, the sheer idea of divorce does not exist to me…” He paused briefly before continuing, “Only widowhood.” Jenna's fingers clenching the phone turned white. [What? Were you hoping Ivy would kill me?] “I was careless this time." Quinn lowered himself and rested his chin on her head.
When Kevin noticed Quinn stepping out, something shifted in his eyes. He straightened up. Quinn closed the door and gestured Kevin over to him. He asked in a grave voice, "Your brother told me that you were the one who took care of things last night?” “Yes." "What happened to that man?" Kevin clenched his hands and answered with his head lowered. "Dead." He punched the man harder than he thought. It was only after he finished the call with Ivy that Kevin realized the man was dead. Quinn's expression was still as ever upon hearing this. He nodded. "Call the hotel and ask for a suite. Also, get me a new phone.” Kevin grunted, “Understood.” After Sam finished attending to his email, he noticed Quinn entering the ward again. He quickly approached Kevin. “Kev, what did the boss tell you just now?" “He told me to get him a suite in the hotel and a new phone." When Kevin looked at the closed door, his eyes darkened. “He probably knows Jen doesn’t like the smell o
Everyone in the group began texting. [Huh? Are you using internet explorer or something? Everyone saw the boss’ wedding ring a long time ago!] [Why are you so surprised? Did you manage to see his wife in person?] The receptionist was excitedly typing. There was no way her colleagues would be able to guess who the wife was and that the wife wanted to get divorced! Just as she was about to send the text, her finger hovered above the button. Something was not right. Until now, nobody knew who Mrs. Forester was, which meant the boss wanted to keep it under covers. If she broke the news, the boss would surely come for her. As she weighed the pros and cons of revealing the information, a shiver ran down her spine. She quickly deleted the text she was about to send and sent something else instead.[Huh? Does the boss wear a wedding ring? Who is he married to?] [I can tell you don’t pay attention to the news.] [Damn, I thought you saw the wife in person! Lame!] ..
Sam stayed silent for a moment before speaking. “Missus, I have been working for the boss for a long time. I know what’s going on between him and Miss Ivy as well. Trust me when I say the boss is not intentionally lenient with Miss Ivy. “It’s just that she’s the third sister-in-law in the Forester household. Besides, she’s from one of the four major families in Portica. “Right now, the boss is the master of the Foresters. He can not punish Miss Ivy no matter what she’s done because the Foresters will become the public’s laughing stock if he does. “Besides, she’s pregnant. If something happens to her because of the Foresters, I don’t think President Langham would stand for it.” Sam always assumed that Quinn had no more love left for Ivy. That was why Quinn seemed indifferent when Sam reported what had happened more than a decade ago. However, after their last visit to Portica, Sam realized he had misunderstood. There were many things Quinn had no choice over. He shot anot
Jenna closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. In another room downstairs, Kevin read Jenna's message and fidgeted against the edges of his phone. At last, he got up and grabbed the passport on the table before heading out. While sleeping, she vaguely felt the warmth of someone’s fingers against her skin and taking off her clothes. She could smell the lovely faint scent of cologne that made her giddy. With her eyes still closed, she blindly grabbed the air and caught the edges of a shirt. She held onto it tightly and leaned toward it. The man swiftly took her into his arms and put his hands on hers to calm her restlessness. He spoke in a deep voice. “Once upon a time, there was a little girl beloved by everyone. She loved a little red cap made of velvet given to her by her grandmother, and so everyone called her Little Red Riding Hood…” Jenna listened, still drowsy with sleep. She had lost interest in fairy tales when she was ten years old. However, the deep and so
While eating, Carina asked Jenna, “You went on a business trip with Quinn, didn’t you? Where is he?” “Daddy is busy making money so he can buy me a castle!” Duo chirped joyfully. Upon hearing Duo, Carina thought to herself, ‘Oh, dear, forget about a castle, your father could buy you a small nation if you wanted to. Besides, even your uncle is rich enough to buy you a castle made of diamond!’ She soon noticed the dark look in Jenna’s eyes and quickly caught on to something. With that, she stopped probing and switched to another topic. While they were busy eating, the housemaid stepped into the house with a large haul of shopping bags. She then proceeded to the dining table to inform Carina, “Madam, these are the clothes and toys that Mr. Tennyson bought for the young miss…” "Throw them out!” Carina harshly cut off the housemaid’s sentence. The servant obliged and took everything away. Jenna pointed out. “Haven’t Triss explained the situation to you? She was just dru
Shawn assumed that Quinn would only be gone for a while to take care of some of the matters that came up during the period of his false death. He certainly did not expect Quinn to completely vanish without telling anyone. Shawn may be a smart man, but there were no clues whatsoever that he could follow to trace Quinn and what he was up to. Jenna seemed disappointed to hear this. After a while, she suddenly brought up. “What if Agnes asked to see him and set up a trap…” “No.” Shawn could tell that Jenna was already thinking about the worst-case scenario and quickly assured her. “Quinn is far more capable than you think he is.” From the moment Quinn faked his own death and upon learning about Quinn’s close dealings with the Faulkners, Shawn realized that intelligence was not the only remarkable trait Quinn possessed. He was also very calculative, there were not many people who could match him in this regard. After that, he took Jenna to Carina's house to see the children.
The bodyguard finally snapped back to his senses and quickly went to make the appropriate arrangements. Despite Xavier’s claims, Jenna understood just the sort of person he was. He was stubborn and vicious, he would not simply let her go that easily. She dialed up her alertness and continued holding the knife to his neck. After a while, she caught a scent of the pungent, iron smell of blood. The blood trickling down Xavier’s stomach had dyed his shirt red. The blood dripped onto the ground and formed a small puddle. She started to panic and wanted to instruct the other bodyguard to get some bandages and attend to Xavier. However, she noticed how composed the bodyguard seemed and deemed that he was waiting for an opening to seize the knife from her. With that, she discarded the thought of attending to Xavier’s wound. The helicopter arrived very shortly after that. Jenna led Xavier out of the villa and approached the helipad. At last, she removed the knife from his n
Around half past seven in the evening, Xavier returned to the villa in a rather good mood. He took a serving of delicious dinner from the housemaid and went upstairs to bring it to Jenna. “Sir.” The bodyguard greeted Xavier upon noting his return. Then, they proceeded to unlock the door with the key. Xavier did not seem to be in any particular rush to open the door. Instead, he turned to the bodyguards and sent them away in an unusually gentle voice. “You two, get something to eat. I’m fine by myself.” They nodded and went downstairs. They were aware that Jenna had not eaten much lately so she was physically weak. Besides, the boss was more than capable of subduing her by himself, so they were not worried about her running off. Xavier opened the door. To his surprise, the room was engulfed in darkness. Before he could react, he heard a rush of footsteps quickly approaching him. It was then when he felt a jab of pain around his abdomen, then he was tackled. He d
Xavier leaned over to get a closer look at Jenna, then murmured, “You are right, I have lost my mind in trying to claim you for myself. I’m going to lock you inside this room forever. I’ll never be lonely again with you by my side.” “You're insane!” Jenna lashed out. She ran toward the door while Xavier was distracted. She twisted the door handle as hard as she could but failed to open it still. Xavier sat at the table with his legs nonchalantly folded. He eyed her coyly and offered casually. “Come on and eat, otherwise you won't even have enough strength to run to the door tomorrow.” Jenna approached the table, then she grabbed the plate, and threw it at him. “Scram!” The sauce of the spaghetti soaked through his shirt and strands of noodles grossly clung to his skin. Despite his humiliated state, he did not seem the slightest bit bothered. “If you waste the food, you’re going to have to starve until tomorrow morning.” “Scram!” Jenna howled at him again. Xavier ha
Jenna hung up and approached the French windows prudently. She noticed that even the sliding doors were locked shut. The French windows were bulletproof and there was no way she could break them even if she had a gun. She was going to slip away when the housemaid opened the door to bring her breakfast. Unexpectedly, it was not only the housemaid who showed up to bring her breakfast. Two large bodyguards came as well. They were the same ones who were assigned to her in Hevedburgh and they had cut off her path of freedom. The housemaid set the breakfast on the table and bowed politely at Jenna. “Miss Jenna, please use the landline to call me if you need anything.” Jenna grimaced faintly and only chuckled wryly in response. There were no phones or computers in the room, and her contact with the outside world was completely cut off. The landline phone only allowed her to call downstairs. She wondered if Quinn knew that Xavier had brought her to Dresark… She had a nagg
Jenna looked on without much sympathy as Diana died in Connor's arms. She had already heard about Diana's past from Xavier. She grew up in a slum, dirt poor, and without anyone to support her. The circumstances of her birth made her grow into someone who would resort to anything if it meant she could climb her way up. It was certainly pitiful, but she had no sympathy for Diana at all. If Diana had not done what she did to Carina and did not kill Millie, perhaps Jenna would simply let it slide. Shawn no longer paid attention to those two on the floor. He pushed the chair away and got up. “I’ll ask Sam to take Percival and Duo out later, we’re going to Golden Elegance to eat something. I don’t have anything planned this evening so we can bring them out for some playtime after that.” Jenna nodded, then she grabbed her bag and left the cafe with Shawn. As soon as the two of them reached the roadside, a Ghost suddenly screeched to a stop in front of them. The rear door
“I love her.” Connor spoke with a determined look in his eyes, “She made a lot of mistakes in the past and even killed people, I’m not going to excuse that. However, I am willing to bear the consequences with her.” Jenna was floored to hear this. Diana must be unbelievably lucky to meet someone who would still love her so deeply after all the things she had done. She spoke without sympathy, “I’ll give you the antidote if you can tell her to bring Millie back to life. Also, she nearly sent my friend into a lifelong coma and I haven’t settled the score with her yet.” How could the dead ever be resurrected? Connor was aware that Jenna would never give him the antidote. He turned to Shawn with a solemn look and pleaded again. “I will pay for Millie’s life with my own. Please give Diana a chance.” Connor was not a fool, he had a vague impression that Diana had been using him. However, there was nothing he could do about it at this point as he had fallen in love with her.
Connor realized that it was the drug taking effect again. He quickly pried Diana’s fingers away and hurried outside to find a doctor. After the doctor attended to Diana, he heaved a sigh of relief. “Please give her an anesthetic to put her to sleep.” Connor requested. He was worried that Diana would think of him again when she woke up and experience another severe attack that would kill her. The only solution was to put her to sleep. After that, he hired a caregiver to look after Diana. He did not know where Jenna was. With that, he asked for Jacob's phone number from the doctor and called Jacob first, “Hey Jacob, this is Connor. I am General Hale’s grandson.” “Oh, do you need something from me?” Jacob asked impatiently. “I know that East Mill Pharmaceutical must have developed a suitable antidote for the effects of Curb.emotion.” Connor gulped, his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down. “Please sell me one of those antidotes.” Since he was aware of the drug and its ass