Jenna took a sharp breath and asked, “How unlikely are we talking?” “Very unlikely…” Jacob answered in place of the doctor. Unlike his usual nonchalant tone, his voice now sounded choked up. “He might be stuck in a hospital bed for the rest of his life.” Which meant…he was in a vegetative state? Jenna knew that Jacob tended to like joking around, but he would not joke about something as serious as this. Upon hearing this, Sebastian hardly reacted and seemed as indifferent as usual. However, Jenna could see the two of the men standing behind Sebastian cracking a faint smirk. Soon, several nurses stepped out of the operating room pushing a stretcher. Thick layers of gauze were wrapped around the head and the bare shoulders of the man lying on the stretcher. His eyes were tightly shut and the color was drained out of his face. There was no longer any sign of his past powerful presence. They had a respirator strapped on him and he looked like a patient who was going to
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Sam entered and handed a phone to Jenna. “Ma'am, Mr. Shawn is looking for you.” Jenna took the phone from him. “What's the matter?”“Jen, are you okay?” Shawn asked worriedly, “I just saw the news about Quinn's car accident. Were you with him at the time?” “I’m fine.” Jenna wiped at the corners of her eyes, her voice grew hoarse. “He was the one who got hurt.” “I’m just glad you’re safe.” Shawn heaved a sigh of relief. “I got to North City at around six yesterday and I'm on my way to Hevedburgh now. Also, have you read the news this morning?” “I don't need to read it to know what they’re reporting. It must be about Quinn’s accident and his injury,” Jenna answered distractedly. “That’s not all, there’s also…” Upon hearing what Shawn had to tell her, Jenna’s eyes grew wide with disbelief. She promptly hung up and opened her social media app. Most of the time, the trending page was filled with news about celebrities or poli
Fearing that the media would not believe her, Rox even revealed the exact private hospital where she gave birth to Hugh. She also showed them the only picture she took with Hugh after he was born as well as the record of Leah’s transaction of eighty million. These conclusive pieces of evidence shocked the media as well as the general public. Who would have ever imagined a scandal of such degree to come out of the Foresters, one of the four major families in Portica? The length of the two videos combined was hardly five minutes and yet they stunned Jenna to the point of being completely speechless. Quinn was not a child of the Foresters? How was that possible? After a long pause, she turned back to Sam who was standing beside her. “They're saying that someone broke the news that Quinn was not born a Forester. Someone who is supposedly his biological mother stepped up and announced to the media that Quinn was a child she had with one of her customers in the past. She even t
The first missus lost her mind when she found out she accidentally had her son killed in the explosion instead of Quinn. She made Ivy shoot Quinn and the bullet nearly went through his heart. In the end, it was Old Madam Forester who put an end to things. She heavily reprimanded the first missus and got her to stop. While Quinn was still recovering in the hospital, he secretly sent someone to do some investigation. The results were the same as the findings Pete revealed to him. That was how Quinn found out that he was not born a Forester. However, he still grew up in the family and Scott always took care of him. Out of all the children in the household, he was the most favored one. Regardless of whatever reasons Leah had to get rid of Scott, the fact was that he was already gone and it was all over. Quinn did not want the media to drag Leah’s name through the mud and ruin the Forester household beyond repair. He was not sure if Pete arranged some sort of contingency pla
Upon reading the articles, Ivy’s eyes grew wide open in disbelief. She declared vehemently, “This is impossible! Old Madam Forester loves Quinn and would offend everyone else in the family to support Quinn to power. What do you mean that Quinn was not a Forester? This must be Sebastian and the others spreading false rumors.” Ivy was aware that Sebastian had always been bitter about Old Madam Forester entrusting Forester Corporation to Quinn. After Quinn rose to power, he took further measures to erase all of Sebastian’s influences in Forester Corporation. How could Sebastian be expected to not hold a grudge? “I’m going to call my brother and tell him to deal with these articles…” Ivy murmured to herself while reaching for the phone in her bag. Just as she was about to call Walter, it was Walter who called her instead. “Brother…” “The news is true. Quinn is the son of Rox Houston. She was a hostess at a bar and the father was one of her customers.” Walter answered Leah
The story of Quinn being the child of a famous hostess in Portica as well as the major accident he was involved in that led to his coma spread on the Internet like wildfire. The news that broke out subsequently affected the stock prices of Forester Corporation and Elysian Group. The stock prices fell off a cliff over the next few days. The combined market value of the two corporations shrank by more than eight hundred billion. Most of the shareholders of Forester Corporation were the big players in Portica. After Jacqueline returned to Forester Corporation and took control of things over there, the situation stabilized over time. Meanwhile, things continued to spiral in Elysian Group. Everyone in the corporation from top to bottom was panicking. Jacqueline took Quinn’s place and notified all the shareholders that there would be a general meeting between shareholders of Elysian Group on Wednesday morning. They would be electing one person to take over Elysian Group to kee
“Can the will apply if Mrs. Langham hasn’t given birth yet?” One of the shareholders raised the question and cast a glance at Leah. “Besides, his adoptive mother is with us. Then again, I suppose his shares in Elysian Group should be divided according to the will even if he’s currently unconscious.” Another shareholder nodded and raised another point. “I heard President Forester got married a long time ago. Has anyone notified his wife about this meeting?” Something shifted in Jacqueline’s eyes. “Here's the thing, his marriage with that woman has only been a part of an agreement this entire time. One of the terms they agreed on before the marriage was that she would not have any claim to his assets.” The shareholders had to process this information. That was when Leah suddenly spoke up, “I’m only his adoptive mother and I won’t get involved in the division of his assets as I’m only here today to see what’s going to happen. Since Quinn has written a will, Ivy should have a r
Ivy's expression shifted. She held back her anger and said sharply, “My husband was Pete, the third young master of the Foresters. He was very close with Quinn and cares a lot about our child’s future. That’s why Quinn decided to write the will.” “Oh? You could have said that right from the beginning. Look at you, with your face all red.” Rox smiled slyly. “I’ve been in Portica this entire time. I know you’ve been dating my son for thirteen years. My son must still have feelings for you to do such a big favor for you.” “That's all in the past.” Ivy's expression turned cold. “I broke up with Quinn a long time ago. I would appreciate it if you don’t try to slander us.” She was highborn and would rather not get involved with the son of a common bar hostess. The thought of it made her feel sick! “Alright, alright. I won’t bring it up!” Rox reached for a pack of cigarettes from her bag. There was something so catty about her gestures that the shareholders could not withsta
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