When Quinn heard Shawn, he gritted his teeth. “Even if our marriage is fake, that’s between us, not for you to interfere in.”“I grew up with her! Of course, it is!” Shawn’s gaze was resolute.He knew he had no way of competing with Quinn and the Foresters, but he had already made a mistake once and did not want to have any more regrets. He would protect Jenna even if he had to put his life on the line. He could not touch Quinn, but many people secretly wanted Quinn’s life. As long as he could bring Quinn down, he would cooperate with anybody!Quinn saw something in Shawn’s eyes. In that instant, he felt suffocated, which annoyed him.He tightened his grip, crushing Shawn’s wrist for the second time, and flung it away from him coldly. Shawn stumbled backward a few steps, barely managing to stabilize himself. His right hand fell limply at his side.“Shawn Sadler. You caused her parents’ death and her family’s destruction.”Quinn scoffed. “If it weren’t for me, do you think you’d
Quinn’s heart seized for a moment and he unconsciously crushed the beer can in his hand. “Treat her with the best medicine you have,” he said hoarsely.Jacob harrumphed. “You can’t erase the damage a miscarriage causes to the body with even the best medicine. You should be thankful she only miscarried and didn’t hemorrhage. If she had, not even Saint Raphael the Archangel would be able to save her.”“What is with you?” Jacob sighed, puzzled. “All you needed was two bags of blood from Jenna. Why did you have to make things so complicated?”He took two sips of his beer. Then, recalling something, he smiled mockingly.“Is it because you resent Ivy for betraying you and marrying your brother back then, so you married Jenna to get back at her? You wanted to get back at her but couldn’t let her go—is that it?”Quinn looked down. “That’s not it,” he replied weakly.“Then tell me why you just had to marry Jenna.” Jacob raised an eyebrow. “Don’t think I don’t know. You were only going to
Jenna did not know how long she had slept when she woke up to find herself in a hospital room, wearing a hospital gown.The cold hospital room was a little warmer with the sunlight shining in from the window.She propped herself up to pour herself some water.The door opened.Sam was surprised to see Jenna awake when he entered but quickly walked over to help pour some water for her.“It’s fine. I recovered a lot of energy after sleeping.” Jenna refused Sam’s help with a smile. She picked up the glass jug and poured herself a glass of water. Then, she slowly drank it.Sam scrutinized Jenna. She looked healthier and her gaze was clear. She seemed alright.Seeing Jenna like this, Sam secretly sighed in relief.After sending Kevin off to the crematorium, meeting back up with Quinn, and finding out then that Jenna had had a mental breakdown and miscarried, he was terribly afraid that Kevin’s death would cause Jenna to become suicidal again.Jenna’s throat felt a lot better after f
Sam was silent for a moment but did not refuse her request in the end.“Alright.”Jenna smiled faintly. “Thank you, Sam.”Once Jenna finished her chicken porridge, Sam called Jacob over.When Jacob saw Jenna was emotionally stable, he was quite surprised. He proceeded to give her a check-up and told her there were not any problems. “You could even get discharged tomorrow if you want.”“Then I’ll leave tomorrow. I don’t like the smell of hospitals.” Jenna asked Sam to arrange for her discharge when he had the time.Not long after, Sam left. He had not even left the hospital when he called Quinn to report Jenna’s situation and her intent to leave.Quinn only replied after a long moment of silence. “I’ll pick her up at the hospital tomorrow morning.”The next day, Jenna, who was an early riser, was in good spirits.She washed up in the bathroom and changed into the new clothes and shoes Sam sent over the night before. Then, she ordered some breakfast.The person picking her up h
Shawn pushed up his glasses. He smiled faintly. “Alright. I won’t let you down.”He would not let Jacqueline Forester go either.Just because his father had broken up with her, that woman held a grudge and arranged for someone to cause his family’s death in a fire. For the past twenty years, she played with him like a chess piece.If it were not for Jacqueline Forester, he and Jenna would not have gotten to this point.Shawn took the apple piece Jenna handed him and bit into it. The sweetness spread to his heart. “Jen, when are you planning to divorce Quinn Forester? Instead of involving the police in his grandmother’s sudden death, he might settle the score with you in private. I’ve already found a lawyer—”“I’m not divorcing him.”Shawn was taken aback at the interruption and thought that he had heard wrongly. “Why not? Is it because…you still love him?”Jenna only smiled and did not reply.She picked up the phone on the table and turned it on, tapping on it as she said to Sh
The two were very close to each other. Jenna could feel Quinn’s breath on her face and she shuddered inadvertently.Jenna did not retreat and she met Quinn’s gaze evenly. “Didn’t you know as well, Mr. Forester? Shawn’s father and your aunt were involved once. Shawn was deceived and used as a pawn in Jacqueline Forester’s hands, killing my parents by mistake.”Quinn’s eyes darkened. “Does that mean you won’t be pursuing him for it?”“Yeah, I won’t be. He’s already told me he regrets it.” Jenna’s eyelashes fluttered. “And Shawnie and I —”“You’d better call him something else.” Quinn interrupted her.His grip on the back of her head tightened, expressing his displeasure.Jenna took a deep breath and when she spoke again she obediently changed what she called Shawn. “Shawn and I grew up together, and he’s my ex-husband. There’s still some emotional attachment there.”Quinn grew unhappier and he sneered. “You can even forgive the person who killed your parents. You’re really amazing
“There’s no need.” Jenna shook her head. “Shawn will definitely get it back.”Her tone was very certain, which made Quinn keenly feel that something was wrong as if Shawn was going to make some kind of deal with Ivy.Right then, the lift reached their floor and Jenna walked out first.Jenna pressed the doorbell twice. Very soon, Aunt Lily came to open the door. When she saw Jenna outside, she started to tear up.“Miss, it’s good that you’re alright.”“I’ve made you worry.” Jenna smiled and walked into the apartment.Aunt Lily saw that Jenna could speak now, the smile in her eyes was faint, and she seemed calmer and more reserved than before. Aunt Lily seemed to come to a realization and fell to her knees before Jenna.“Miss, I’m sorry…” Aunt Lily repeated a few times, choking up. “I’m sorry…”Jenna stood there and asked her smilingly. “What are you sorry for?”“I added something to your food that made you unable to speak…” Aunt Lily said as she wiped away her tears.“Miss, I
Aunt Lily had started working for the Radcliffs when she was young. Now, she was still taking care of Jenna. She was very old, her hair was almost fully white, and wrinkles covered the corner of her eyes. She was someone who already had one foot in her grave. Jenna used to love hugging Aunt Lily when she cried and would act pampered with her. This was Aunt Lily’s second time crying in front of her. However, she was unaffected and her gaze remained clear.Jenna squatted in front of Aunt Lily, and wiped her tears with a tissue. “Aunt Lily, you started working for my mom when she got married. You still call me ‘Miss’, and you still consider yourself a part of the Radcliffs. You say you didn’t want to hurt me, but you did—twice.”At this, Aunt Lily trembled, and her lips moved. “Miss…”“If you really didn’t want to harm me, you should have told me the moment they threatened you, and I would have handled it for you.” Jenna interrupted her coldly.“But you didn’t. You were afraid your
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