"Wow, this guy only took one bite and he passed out already?” "My throat hurts just looking at it..." The parents crowded around saw one of the challengers only taking one bite of the Devil’s Spicy Noodle before passing out. They were so frightened that they took their child and scuttled away. Even the others crowded around drew a few steps back. There were many people drawn to the commotion, but only a few dared to try. Upon noticing Jenna staring at the plushie inside the store, the staff went to her. "Miss, would you like to try?" Jenna glanced behind her. Quinn had already caught up to her. He glanced at the banner, then at the cat plushie hung inside the shop. He frowned slightly. "It's just a plushie, you can easily get one at the claw machine.” "Sir, you can’t find this in a claw machine." The staff stated with a smile, "This is a limited edition plushie that you can only find in our store.” "How much for it?” The staff shook his head and stated polite
The man who was speaking to Jenna approached and gaped at Quinn with his eyes wide open. "You're amazing! I am the champion of our state’s spicy food competition but I can’t even handle one bite of this Devil’s Spicy Noodle. You’re already on your second bite…” Jenna had only intentionally lured Quinn into the store to put him in a tough situation. Upon hearing what the challenger said, she sat up straight from the chair. Quinn was not a picky eater, but he was not very trained with spicy food either. The challenger claimed that he was the champion at eating spicy food but even he could not handle a second bite of the Devil’s Spicy Noodle. How did Quinn… A thin layer of sweat was forming on his forehead and his neck was slightly reddening. The spiciness was getting to him but he refused to let it show. Something suddenly came over Jenna and she reached forward to take his fork away. Quinn held onto the fork tightly. He coughed before insisting. "I'm almost done, it’s not
Quinn became so infuriated he could only laugh. He took Jenna’s hand and shifted toward a wall, then he stood in front of her. "Jenna, why are you so fixated on this? "I explained it before. Nothing is going on between me and Ivy after we broke up. You got hurt this time because I got careless and I came here to see you because I care about you. I took you shopping because I saw you were in a bad mood, not to make up for anything.” Jenna’s head was spinning when she asked, [Why do you care about me?] Quinn fell speechless for several seconds. Then, he caressed her chin. “We’re married by law, shouldn’t it go without saying that I should care about you?” They were married, but it was only part of an agreement. Jenna still remembered the reason he married her. [I feel you're lying to me, you care a lot about Ivy.] She hung her head low and began typing, [A person's eye never lies…] Inside those pictures, the way he looked at Ivy was full of tenderness and affectio
Jenna had to resist the urge to fling the phone at him. [You were the one who force-fed me! If you don’t want to take the pills, then fine! You’re the one who has to suffer anyway!] She put the pills on the bedside table. Then she went to get her nightgown before going to take a shower. After the shower, she dried her hair in the bathroom. She figured that Quinn must have taken the pills. When she stepped back into the bedroom, she glanced at the bedside table and noticed that the box had been untouched. Quinn was lying on the other side of the bed and reading a financial book she had brought with her for her business trip. The audacity of this man! Jenna took a deep breath and took out two pills from the box. Then, she walked around the bed and approached Quinn’s side. She put the pill into her mouth, then promptly bent over and planted a kiss on his lips. Quinn smirked and tossed the book away. He put his hand around Jenna’s waist and effortlessly tossed her onto
Jenna instinctively shook her head but suddenly nodded again because that image was too scary. The moonlight poured in from outside the glass dome, allowing her to make out the features of the man on the opposite side of the bed. She pursed her lips and pulled up the blanket to burrow inside it. After a few seconds, she started wriggling under the blanket and crawled toward Quinn. She took away the pillow in the center of the bed and burrowed underneath the man’s blanket. When she tightly wrapped her arms around his firm waist, she could feel her restless heart settling down. "You were the one who came crawling.” Quinn chuckled and gently pried off the blanket to reveal Jenna’s head so she could breathe easier. He pressed his fingers into her hair and gently massaged her scalp to help her relax. "Sleep, doofus.” That was when she recalled the note she had written to him before going to bed. She cringed and burrowed her head deeper into his embrace after that.
At noon, Jenna and Quinn went to the hotel restaurant for lunch. Shortly after they returned to the room, they received streams of visitors knocking at the door. The visitors were all the store managers of a variety of major women's luxury brands in Moonshine Mall. They had all picked out dozens of apparel from the newest collection of the season, all tailored to Jenna’s size for her to choose from. The outfits ranged from dresses to casual wear. A select few of these luxury brands even made a point of cutting out certain outfits from their current season’s retail collection once Jenna picked them out. Jenna spent the afternoon picking out clothes from the comfort of her living room. From time to time, she would open the door to yet another store manager with more clothes for her to choose from. Quinn went to the bedroom to work. Around six o'clock in the evening, Jenna had picked out more than thirty sets of clothes along with six sets of dresses. After that, she wen
With her hair tied up, Jenna jumped into the pool and swam like a fish. Occasionally, she would pop up from the surface of the water and see Quinn sitting in the rest area and talking to Sam beside him. Kevin showed up as well. Jenna invited Kevin to join her in the pool, but Kevin politely refused with a shake of the head. Some of the guests who just checked in at the hotel were not aware that the swimming pool was reserved. They brought their children in swimsuits to the pool only to be stopped at the entrance to the area. "Sorry, ma'am. The outdoor swimming pool is reserved today. There is another large indoor swimming pool on the twelfth floor. You can take your children there to swim.” "I paid for the hotel and you’re telling me that my daughter can't swim here?” The lady expressed angrily. The waiter stated politely, "Ma'am, our outdoor swimming pool usually charges an entry fee, but it has already been reserved tonight. The boss who reserved the outdoor swimmin
Quinn swallowed. He walked down the steps with large strides and squatted beside the swimming pool.“Jenna.”Jenna had just finished racing a lap around the pool with a few kids when she heard the man’s baritone voice and surfaced to swim in his direction.Her wet hair was plastered to her face as she looked up at Quinn, somewhat confused.Quinn looked at her eyes and knelt on one knee. Then, clasping the back of her head, he lowered his head to kiss her tenderly.“Wow!”The kids surrounding them gasped in shock, some even covering their eyes.“Mommy said we can’t look at adults kissing.”“That uncle is so shameless! He kissed her without asking first!”“That’s right, that’s right! Let’s get the policeman to catch him!”At the rest area, Kevin was leaning lazily against the chair listening to Sam talk when he saw Quinn go over to the swimming pool and kiss Jenna.The intimate action stung him.Kevin stood up to pick up the cup of water on the table and turned away to drink
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