Jenna rested at home for two days and resumed working at Elysian once her leg injury was almost healed.At this time, quite a few colleagues had arrived at the Translation Department. Some were arranging documents, while some were chatting. When they noticed Jenna, who was dressed in a black suit, one of them was stunned and exclaimed, “Jenna, you’re back to work already?”Jenna?After the colleague’s words fell, the others turned to look at Jenna with widened eyes. It was as if they had heard something astonishing.After what happened, they thought Jenna would not come to work anymore. “Yeah. Good morning.” Jenna smiled and greeted the colleague.She walked to her desk and sat down.The department had been buzzing with chatter. Now, everyone was silently staring at her, making no noise.Jenna realized the unusual atmosphere as she put down her bag. She raised her eyes and glanced at her colleagues. With a smile, she said, “I wasn’t feeling well. I also sprained my ankle not
“I heard Madam Forester’s death has something to do with you.” Another colleague threw out a sharp question. “Jenna, why are you at the Forester family home?”Jenna kept quiet for a while. “Would you believe me if I say I’m President Forester’s wife?”Her colleagues had noticed the similar pattern between her ring and Quinn's, speculating about it. However, they dismissed the idea because of the significant gap between the two.They were not people in the same world.Now that Jenna said it herself, nobody believed her.Someone laughed. “You’re funny, Jenna. If you really are President Forester’s wife and our lady boss, then I would be his second wife!”Several colleagues around laughed at this.“Well, I just thought some jokes would make you all smile.” Jenna chuckled along.“The Forester family’s third daughter-in-law, Ivy Langham, taught me violin before. She could be considered my teacher. She invited me for tea at the Forester family home, so I went. I didn’t expect Old Mad
Shawn did not reply. He ordered his assistant to queue for a meal and smiled as he said to Jenna’s colleagues, “Sorry, I would like to talk to Jen alone.”He had a handsome face. Coupled with the glasses, he exuded an air of refined elegance. His smile even enchanted one of Jenna’s colleagues.A few others nodded, quickly gathered their lunch trays, and moved to the table behind. They glanced at Jenna’s table and gossiped quietly, “Why do I feel like Shawn didn’t come for business but deliberately to see Jenna?”“The way he looked at Jenna was too gentle. Are they really not remarrying?”“Seriously, who is Jenna’s second husband? Perhaps she had remarried Shawn but didn’t want anyone to know.”“I think it’s possible…”A few colleagues whispered in the background.At this moment, Shawn pulled a chair back and sat down opposite Jenna. He lowered his voice, “Quinn has an uncle called Sebastian Forester. His men caught Yvonne and obtained quite a few confidential files of Seabri
After reaching the president’s office on the top floor, Jacob opened the door and walked in.Seeing that Quinn was having a phone call by the window, he lazily strolled over to the sofa. Then, he unpacked his lunch and dug in.He ate barbequed pork ribs while glancing over at Quinn.Quinn hung up the call and walked toward the sofa. Jacob teased, “Quinn, guess who I saw at the cafeteria just now?”“Shawn Sadler.” Quinn unpacked his lunch. “I asked him to come to Elysian.”“Huh?” Jacob did not seem to grasp Quinn’s intentions. “Bro, what are you doing? Did you ask him over to accompany your wife for lunch?”Quinn immediately caught on and furrowed his brows. “He’s with Jenna?”“Indeed. They looked like they were having a great chat while enjoying lunch!” Jacob played the video he secretly took for Quinn to watch. “Everyone in the cafeteria was craning their necks to get a look.”Quinn saw a woman and man sitting at a table, enjoying lunch. From his angle, he could only see Jenna
During the years he dated Ivy, Quinn accompanied her on trips around the world, attended concerts with her, and gave her various presents she wanted.Though he did not know when that hint of shallow tenderness hidden in his heart completely disappeared.He had thought his love for Ivy was not deep enough. Quinn believed it would get better once they got married, so he asked Sam to prepare a ring, planning to propose to Ivy. However, before he could propose, he heard about how Pete had visited the Langham family in hopes of her hand in marriage.Even though she was the girl he liked and they had been dating for thirteen years, Quinn did not feel betrayed. Instead, he heaved a sigh of relief. “You don’t know if you like Jenna?”Jacob chuckled and leaned back on the sofa lazily. “If you don’t like her, would you have arranged to change hotels that day? Would you really have married her to keep her by your side? Would you be so mad when you see her with Shawn?”“Was I angry?” Quin
After a long while, he finally pulled off his tie to wrap it around his bleeding hand. He walked to his desk and made an internal call. “Ask a janitor to come clean up my office.”After lunch, Jenna sent Shawn and his assistant off.As she pressed the button in the lift to go down, she asked Shawn, “Do you have a trusted friend in Portica?”“A few.” Shawn raised his head and looked at her from the mirror in the lift. “What are you thinking?”“Isn’t the Langham family hiring servants?” Jenna put her hand back in her pocket. “Ask your friend to look for a few local hires through a housekeeping agency. They should be in their forties with many children but from disadvantaged backgrounds.”Her brows were slightly raised, emitting a hint of assertiveness. Shawn’s heart started thumping with just a glance. “I will make a call once I return and ask my contact in Portica to arrange it quickly.” He knew all of Jenna’s plan from a single sentence.Fortunately, he was still of use to her.
Jenna sat down next to Quinn and waited for him to reach over so she could undo the tie for him. That was when she saw his hand covered in dried blood. There were bits of flesh hanging onto his palm and his wrist. It must have been from the glass cutting him. She only took a glance at the damage before reaching for the bottle of iodophor in the medicine box to disinfect his wound. She then cleaned the blood caked around his fingers. Quinn looked down briefly at the girl busy attending to his wounds. He could see her fair and white neck peeking through the collar of her shirt. He asked faintly, “Why were you having lunch with Shawn?” “Wasn’t your secretary the one who told him to eat at the Elysian Group building before leaving?” Jenna said without looking up, “He bumped into me at the restaurant and approached me. You’re not expecting me to just ignore him and walk away, are you?” Quinn sneered. "Why can’t you?” “He's here to talk to you about business.” Jenna
The Jenna in the past always hung a bright smile on her face and never had reservations about talking to him. There was always a coquettish look in her eyes whenever she looked at him as if she was always flirting with him. Things had changed now and it seemed like she was always wearing a mask. She concealed herself from others and him as well. ... Even after Jenna left the office, her mood did not seem affected at all. She went back to her tasks and stayed busy all afternoon. She was prudent with her time even when she was taking a sip of water. When it was about time to finish up, her colleagues went around asking if there was anyone who did not drive and needed a ride. It occurred to her that the Pagani drew too much attention. In the past whenever she came to work with Shawn, they would drive into the underground garage. That way, hardly anyone in the company knew that it was her car. When her colleagues mentioned that they needed a ride from her, she immed
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