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
By the time the three of them left the house, it was already dark outside. Jacob yawned before resting his arm on Carina's shoulders and remarked while playfully flicking his finger against her cheeks, “I’ve been busy all afternoon for your boss, don’t you think you owe me a proper feast?” “Alright.” Carina considered for a moment before offering, “How about I treat you to some lobsters? This food stall I went to the other day serves amazing lobster!” Jacob made a look and smiled endearingly. “I would eat anything as long as it’s tasty.” Jenna suddenly smacked Jacob's hand off Carina's shoulder with her bag, then she pulled her aside. “Don't get too close to Jacob, this is the second time he touched you already.” “It's alright.” Carina gestured with a smile. “He likes men anyway. I’m just like one of the girls as far as he’s concerned!” Jenna burst out laughing. Jacob grimaced slightly when he heard this. He suddenly marched up to them and pulled Carina into his
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