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
After returning to the room, Jenna kicked Quinn aside and went to the bathroom to shower. She had just finished drying her hair when Quinn came up to her.Holding her by the waist, he lifted her onto the bathroom sink.Jenna was only wearing a thin spaghetti-strap dress and the coldness of the marble counter made her shiver even through her dress.She frowned just as Quinn kissed her, but she could feel the scorching heat of his body through her palm, making her forget about the cold immediately.The kiss lasted a very long time, and when Jenna leaned back to breathe in fresh air dazedly, she saw Quinn remove his t-shirt and a smear of faint purple caught her eye.Suddenly returning to her senses, Jenna looked closer at the thumbnail-sized, light purple frangipani flower tattooed on Quinn’s chest.When Quinn tried to kiss her again, Jenna shoved him away forcefully.She even kicked him to get him further away from her.Following her unhappy gaze, Quinn looked down and was froze