Carina studied fashion in Nueveberg which helped her develop a good sense for dressing. Upon entering every store, she would only need to briefly scan through the shelves to pick out the best selection that fitted Jenna best. She could style the worst dress into something impressively fashionable. Even the store clerks were baffled by her abilities. Jenna was very humored and could not stop laughing when she heard stories of Carina meeting all sorts of strange people in fashion school. She would then in turn tell Carina about all the odd folks she met when she joined all sorts of gatherings among the celebrities. The two got more into it the more they chatted. The conversation brought relief to the heavy, sinking feeling pooled up inside Jenna. After the two got themselves a respectable haul, they went to get lunch. Sam joined them as well. When the manager of the club found out that Sam was looking for Carina’s bag and identification, he handed them to Sam right away.
Sam was speechless. Jacob was as much a chatterbox as Carina was. The only difference between them was that Carina was full of charm while Jacob made Sam want to seal his lip shut! After the two of them left, Jenna entered the ward. Quinn's condition had improved compared to a few days ago, he no longer needed a respirator. She watched the man sleeping soundly on the bed. She could not bring herself to imagine what he would look like if he did wake up one day and realized that he had become crippled. Would he break down mentally? She held his hand tightly and felt an uncomfortable, tightening feeling in her chest. She knew she was going to be fine, but it was hard to breathe. She had never imagined that what she did that night would lead to such a serious injury… She hated the smell of disinfectant in hospitals. Now, the smell of disinfectant in the air mingled with the smell of his body managed to relieve some of the anxious feeling built inside her. She gently
Shawn previously got in touch with a Langham Corporation executive. He managed to bribe the executive into leaking crucial information about Langham Corporation. He made a point of reminding Jenna about a certain project that Elysian Group had also submitted a bid for. Jenna immediately contacted her team and had them change the terms of the offer. Just like that, they successfully won out over Langham Corporation and claimed the project. After the job was done, Jenna got another message from Shawn. She was told that Langham Corporation had allocated a lot of funds for this project. When their budget was leaked and the project was stolen from right under their nose, things inside the corporation turned chaotic very quickly. Jenna thought to herself that she had finally gotten her revenge for the bottle of brandy she drank in the club the other night. It had been one month since she took over Elysian Group. It was quite grueling in the beginning but now she was getting th
Then, Carina added, “Me getting the job suggests that I have a lot of potential at being a secretary, I can’t just give up halfway through! I’ll pay you back as I work while also staying by your side, it’s the best of both worlds! “Jen, you know how things are for me. I haven't had many friends since I went abroad because I can’t relate to anyone around me since we come from completely different cultures. After I came back, I couldn’t get in touch with any of the old friends I once had here. “For more than a month, whenever I was not trying to look for a job or coming up with drafts, all I could do was stay home watching TV and playing games. Don’t get me started on how boring life was. You have got to keep me around, I’m worth three secretaries all by myself!” Carina was certainly very talkative and hardly needed time to catch her breath when she jumped from one sentence to the next. The way she prattled on and on reminded Jenna of Kevin. She imagined having two of them ya
Jenna turned and was just about to leave when Carina caught up to her. She told Carina, “You don’t have to follow me, just stay here.” “No.” Carina stated solemnly, “You’re looking for a personal assistant, aren’t you? My job is to always stay by your side and take care of things for you.” Before Jenna could further protest, Carina had marched to the elevator. After the door opened, she stepped by the door to prevent it from closing, allowing Jenna to enter. Jenna was a little annoyed but seeing as Carina insisted on following her, she passed her the car keys. When Carina got to the garage and saw the limited-edition Pagani, she expressed excitedly, “Being a driver is the best, you get to drive expensive cars, yay!” Jenna could not hold back her laughter. The area Ivy lived in was a high-income district located in the city center. Most of the residents in the area were either celebrities or government officials. The security was very strict in the area but Jenna had a
Ivy grinned and fixed a look on Jenna. “You’re the one he bumped into at the hospital and the one that he likes. You know this very well so why even bother coming here to rave about it? Why would I go to see a man who doesn’t even like me?” “If he doesn't like you, why did you give Shawn the violin when he showed you the video? Why did you get so upset when you watched the video of me with Quinn?” Jenna struck back. When she saw the way Ivy pursed her lips tightly, she leaned forward to close in the distance between the two of them. “I know what you’ve been thinking ever since I went to see the old madam and heard about your past with Quinn. I know that you never liked him. “You only stuck with him because you knew he could give you everything you wanted. You knew that he would inherit all the fortunes of the Foresters, that he’s your ladder to the top, to becoming the infamous ‘Mrs. Forester’. I’m sure you weren’t expecting things to take a sharp turn when it did…” Jenn
Madam Langham trembled with anger. “Jenna, how dare you! Aren’t you afraid of my son…” “Do you want your daughter to die?” Jenna cut her off and reached for a pill inside the pocket of her suit. “Jen, let me hold the phone for you.” Carina went up to Jenna and took the phone from her to free up her hands. She aimed the camera at Ivy. Jacob leaned nonchalantly against the doorframe and watched with an amused look. He thought about how Sam was probably the only one in Elysian Group secretarial department who would not be scared out of their wits if they came with Jenna and witnessed this scene. However, not only was Carina not scared, but she even went up to help without being prompted to. Very interesting indeed. The moment Ivy saw the pill in Jenna's hand, she tensed up. “Go ahead and try!” Jenna accepted the challenge and proceeded to pry her mouth open. On the other end of the feed, Madam Langham, who realized that Jenna was serious, cried out, “I beg you,
"Jenna, I beg you, please let my mom go…” Ivy cried and pleaded, “I’ll apologize. You can do whatever you want to me, just stop torturing an old lady her age…” Jenna bent over Ivy and wiped away her tears. “It's painful, isn't it? Do you remember what you did back then when I kept begging you to let Kevin go? If it wasn’t for you sending your people after me and Kevin, we would have made it out of the country. What would I have possibly done to you after I escaped overseas?” She could still remember seeing Kevin die in her arms. Her heart throbbed with pain the moment she recalled the picture. “I’m not an evil person by nature, but I must get revenge for what you did to me.” She added, “You were the one who brought this to yourself.” Suddenly, a thought came to her. She turned to Jacob. “Do you have a cigarette?” Jacob fumbled in the pocket of his coat before producing a pack of cigarettes. He handed it to Jenna and asked curiously, “Why do you need cigarettes?” Jenna