After that, Jenna hung up the call without waiting for Jacqueline’s response. She put her phone on the table and sipped her fruit tea. Shortly after, Shawn came into the rooftop garden.Shawn sat down beside her. “You sent the video to Jacqueline?”“Yeah. She was pissed as soon as she saw the video.” Jenna’s red lips curled up. “She said she knew why Quinn married me, claiming my family was destitute, and it is very easy to deal with me.”Shawn picked up his now cold coffee and drank. "Quinn didn't make you sign a prenuptial agreement, which is why you haven't divorced him."He was not asking a question. Shawn was sure of it.“Quinn is the head of the Forester family, one of the four major families in Portica, and the boss of Elysian Group. He is worth over a hundred billion, holds considerable power, and is the one Ivy cares the most about.” Since Shawn had guessed it, Jenna did not hide anything. “I want to use his hands to deal with the Langham family and destroy everything Ivy
As Jacqueline was Old Madam Forester’s beloved daughter, Quinn held a deep respect for her. However, Jacqueline could sense Quinn’s killing intent hidden beneath his cold exterior.She sneered and pulled out the chair next to her, sitting down. “Quinn, I’m not just your Auntie. If it weren’t for me standing on your side back then, do you think you could have taken control of the Forester family?“What? You’re going to cut me off over an insignificant woman?”“She is not insignificant. She is my wife.”Quinn repeated it with a calm voice. “Auntie, if you have a grudge against the Sadler family, go ahead and deal with Shawn Sadler however you want. I won’t intervene in the slightest. However, you are not to touch Jenna again.”Hearing about the Sadler family, Jacqueline’s expression fell. Even her eyes trembled slightly.“If it weren’t for Mom, you wouldn’t be where you are today,” Jacqueline said. “When Mom passed away, only Jenna was in the room. However, you ordered the police t
Sam frowned with concern. “Miss Jacqueline manages the subsidiary company in Yorknew City and handles the clients. She’s also aware of Elysian’s clients and some confidential cooperations. She will definitely take this information to Sebastian…”“Don’t bother about that. Just do what you need to do.” Quinn’s expression was calm. It was as if he was not worried about what Sam said.He handed a document to Sam. “Contact this person and arrange a meeting with them. I’ll treat them to a meal.”“Understood.”After Sam left, Quinn took his phone and dialed a number.……Around six in the evening, Quinn returned to Sandalwood Palace.After changing his shoes and entering the house, he saw Jenna snuggled on the sofa, reading a book.She occasionally picked up a grape from the fruit platter and threw it into her mouth.Jenna wore a casual cotton dress, her legs propped up on the sofa. As her dress’s length only reached her calves, a portion of her fair and slender legs were exposed when
“Didn’t he fracture Aunt Lily’s grandson’s bones? I let Shawn break his limbs and fed him the same poison Aunt Lily put in my food. I even sent a video to Jacqueline.“Mr. Forester, I know Jacqueline is your aunt, and I can’t touch her. However, the pain I suffered can’t be for nothing.” Jenna stared at Quinn without a blink. “Mr. Forester, you won’t blame me, will you?”Quinn had planned to ask Jenna about it after coming home.Now that she had laid it out all clearly, he was in no position to say anything else.His expression did not change as he said, “Look for Sam next time. Don’t be so close to Shawn.”“Okay.” Jenna’s lips curved upwards. She took the bowl beside Quinn’s hand and filled it with soup for him. “This soup tastes good. Drink some more, Mr. Forester.”Quinn’s fork paused in mid-air. He looked at her and raised an eyebrow. “Can you change how you address me?”Jenna mumbled, “You call me what you want every day. Do I complain? Fine, I will stick to Quinn, okay?”
The more frustrated and furious Ivy became, the more composed and calm Jenna appeared.She said lightly, “Is that so? Why don’t you tell Quinn that the girl he met in the hospital fourteen years ago was not you but me? Let’s see what expression he’ll have, then.”“Jenna!” Ivy growled. “I returned you that violin. Have you forgotten your oath?”“Of course, I haven’t forgotten. I don’t want to die right now either.” Jenna chuckled.“But Ivy, I’m younger and prettier than you, and I am the one married to Quinn. As for you, you’ve become the Forester family’s third daughter-in-law and are pregnant with another man’s child. What do you think you have that Quinn would be attracted to?”Her words hit Ivy where it hurt.She shouted, “Shut up! Shut up!”Jenna not only heard Ivy’s furious shout. She could also clearly hear the sound of things smashing on the other end of the phone. Her red lips curled into a higher arc.“Ivy, no matter how hard you try to convince Quinn, he won’t divorce
Quinn reached out for the phone and saw the ongoing video call.When Ivy saw Quinn on the screen, she let out a scream. “Quinn, don’t touch Jenna! I forbid you…”“Quinn… Don’t touch her, okay?” Not getting any response from the man, Ivy started to beg while crying. After a few sentences, she suddenly groaned in pain. Soon, the servant’s panicked voice sounded. “Miss Langham, what’s going on?”Quinn could tell that chaos had erupted on the other end just from the sound. However, he did not seem to care about it, ending the call as he looked at Jenna on the bed. His eyes were as dark as the night. “Why were you video calling with Ivy?”“Ivy called when you were in the bath. She didn’t believe I was with you.” Jenna sat up on the bed cross-legged, looking innocent. “She insisted on a video call.”Quinn leaned in. His palm suddenly gripped the back of Jenna’s head and pulled her towards him.“That’s why you kissed me?” Thinking of what Jenna did, Quinn nearly wanted to strangle her
After the servant saw Quinn leave the house, she went back to sleep. The next day, she noticed that his usual leather shoes were missing from the entrance, and his coat was not on the hanger. It seemed Quinn had not returned all night.Hearing that, Jenna merely smiled faintly. “He probably had urgent business to attend to.”The servant stole a glance at Jenna. Quinn’s expression did not seem like he had urgent business. It looked more like he was angered. Did they quarrel in the room last night?However, these thoughts remained unspoken in the servant’s heart, who dared not gossip.After breakfast, Jenna messaged Sam to ask about the cemetery’s location. Looking at the cemetery’s name sent by Sam, her eyes started to water.Her parents and grandmother were also buried there.While driving to the cemetery, Jenna stopped by a dessert shop and bought two boxes of cream puffs.Since she had been to this cemetery twice, there was no need for navigation. She arrived quickly using
Quinn not only gave him a lifesaving sum of money at his most difficult time. He also learned much after following Quinn.Sam went from being a middle school dropout to earning his Ph.D. and broadening his horizons. He was promoted from Quinn’s driver to the head of Elysian’s secretary department and no longer needed to worry about basic needs. Due to his gratitude toward Quinn, he decided to keep Kevin by his side and work for Quinn after picking him up from a trash bin and raising him into an adult. Even despite knowing that Kevin was talented and needed by many organizations. Sam planned to set Kevin free after two years. He would let him do whatever he wanted and marry any woman he chose. However, he never expected Kevin to fall for Jenna.Sam never told Jenna his story and why he was absolutely loyal to Quinn. Jenna had thought he had grown up with Quinn and had no idea about the harsh conditions of his childhood. If Quinn had not given him a hand and changed his life, h
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