"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
Carina was no match for Jacob. Whenever she finished peeling a prawn, Jacob would eat it the moment she was not paying attention, which infuriated her.In the end, she had no choice but to peel prawns for both Jenna and Jacob, one at a time.That was the only way Jacob would stop stealing the prawns.Once they were done eating, Jenna got Shawn to send Carina home while she called a taxi to go to the hospital.She nodded at the men guarding Quinn’s hospital room before entering it.She had not been there in only two weeks. Although the man in the hospital bed was still sleeping soundly, it seemed somewhat unfamiliar to her when she stepped in.Jenna went to the bathroom to wash her face. Then, she sat by Quinn’s bedside and looked at him quietly.He had been unconscious for more than a month now, and there were still no signs of him waking up. A faint sadness enveloped Jenna’s heart.Jacob told her Quinn had the best chance of waking up within a month. If he did not wake up duri
Not having spoken for more than a month, Quinn’s voice was very hoarse.Jacob made a surprised sound and quickly leaned toward the hospital bed. He waved his hand in front of Quinn’s eyes. “Quinn, how many fingers am I holding up?”Quinn seemed to realize something and said calmly, “I can’t see.”Jacob’s expression suddenly became serious.He was an excellent doctor, but that did not mean he knew everything. He got Shawn to stay with Quinn while he got the ophthalmologist.Shawn glanced at Quinn and calmly picked up the fork on the table. Once he got close to the hospital bed, he suddenly stabbed the fork toward Quinn’s eyes.However, Quinn grabbed Shawn’s wrist tightly.Quinn was so calm that he did not even blink. “Shawn Sadler, I might not be able to see, but I can hear.”Seeing that Quinn was not pretending to be blind, Shawn pulled his hand back and sneered. “Who would’ve thought that the renowned President of Elysian Group would become disabled from a car accident and is
Shawn was stunned for a moment before he immediately understood.How could he mock Quinn earlier? He was no better than him.“There’d better not be.” Shawn pushed up his glasses, his tone thick with warning. “If Jen gets hurt even a little, I won’t let you off!”Just as the two finished talking, Jacob rushed in with another doctor.Shawn pushed up his sleeves, about to pick Jenna up off the bed. However, Quinn kept his hand at her waist.“Let go! It’s inconvenient for the doctor to check your eyes if she’s lying here.”“He doesn’t need to get on the bed to check my eyes.” Quinn said, “And she’s my wife.”“Wife, my ass!” Shawn’s expletives popped out. “You’re really fucking shameless, making a collaboration sound so good!”“Bro, calm down…” Jacob pushed Shawn to the side with one hand, gesturing with the other for the other doctor to check Quinn’s eyes. “He can’t walk, and now he’s blind. Why are you arguing with a disabled man?”Shawn slapped Jacob’s hand away and said with a
Jenna was sleeping soundly but woke up when she heard her phone ring.She reached in the direction of the sound. Someone seemed to put her phone into her hand.Jenna drowsily looked at the screen of her phone before accepting the call.“Hello?”“Jen, the news of Mrs. Langham’s death has spread.” The caller was Carina. “The company is surrounded by reporters right now. Do you need me to come pick you up?”“There’s no need. I’ll head there myself in a bit.”“Okay.”After hanging up, Jenna looked at her phone, much more awake than before.It was already almost 9 a.m.That was weird. In the past, she would wake up naturally, even without setting an alarm. However, today, she slept in so late.Had she been that tired?Jenna suddenly recalled that when she reached for her phone earlier, her hand had not reached the bedside cabinet before someone put her phone into her hand.Her waist felt a little heavy, too, as if something was on it…Jenna looked down. Seeing a strong arm rest
Quinn made a sound in acknowledgment. From beginning to end, he was calm, as if losing his sight was not a big deal.Then, Jenna remembered that this man had lost his sight once fourteen years ago.It had been very serious that time, and his eyes had been covered in thick bandages. However, he had been calm back then, too.Occasionally, when he spoke to her on the balcony, he would even smile faintly.‘His injury was his problem,’ Jenna thought. ‘Why am I remembering all that now?’She frowned slightly and dismissed those memories from her mind.Once they returned to the hospital room, Jenna washed up and put on some light makeup. “I’m going back to Elysian. Should I get Dr. Tennyson to sit with you?”“Leave a little later,” Quinn requested. “Sweetheart, I want to drink some water.”Jenna had already reached the door by then. When she heard his hoarse voice, she paused before finally walking back.She raised the bed so Quinn could sit up and lean against it. Then, she poured a
“The Foresters value their bloodline the most. So, of course, they couldn’t tolerate someone with a tainted bloodline managing Forester Corporation for them,” Quinn said.Jenna scooped another spoonful of porridge and shoved it in his mouth, saying coldly, “The Regency era is long over. Bloodline? Do they think Portica is a monarchy and they’re the ruling family?“If we follow that way of thinking, are the children of farmers and vagrants not considered human?”Quinn almost choked on that mouthful of porridge.However, when he heard Jenna’s concern for himself, he smiled. “I have my wife to help manage the company and even wait for me to wake up. Why should I feel sad because of others?”Jenna ignored the first half of his words and shoved another mouthful of porridge at him. “Of course, I hoped you would wake up. Who would want to take care of you for the rest of their lives?”Quinn choked.He swallowed the porridge, but all he could taste was bitterness.As he had only just w