“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
Jenna’s instincts told her she could not stop the car. If she did, it would be all over. She told herself to stay calm and quickly swerved to the side to avoid ramming into another car stopped at the red light. After swerving past the car, she turned the steering wheel to the right and frightfully merged into an adjacent road. She swerved the car to the edge of the road. She wanted to use the friction of the tire against the sidewalk to slow down the car. As soon as the tire of the car made contact with the sidewalk lining the side of the road, she heard another 'beep'. She looked up and saw a bobblehead doll that had been strapped to the car window without her noticing it previously. The doll was holding a clock. When the tire began grinding against the sidewalk and started to slow down, she noticed the bright red digits on the clock counting down faster. Now that the car had slowed down significantly, her first thought was to unbuckle the seat belt and escape from t