Jenna took a taxi to Elysian’s office and had just gotten out of the car when the media rushed over from who-knows-where and surrounded her.The repeated question was: “President Radcliff, Miss Langham has alleged that you killed Mrs. Langham. Is that true?”“When did Mrs. Langham die?”Jenna was extremely shocked as countless cameras flashed to capture her expression. “After I left the office yesterday afternoon, I’ve been with my husband at the hospital. You can check.“I’ve been at the hospital all this while, so where has this accusation come from?“Anyway, I don’t hold any grudges against Miss Ivy Langham. So why would I kill her mother? Has she gone crazy, or have I?”Every word of Jenna’s explanation was reasonable.Some reporters still would not let up. “Miss Ivy Langham dated Mr. Quinn Forester for thirteen years. Did you kill her mother because you were resentful that Mr. Forester still had feelings for her?”Jenna smiled calmly. “I know they dated, but I wouldn’t do
“Carina!” Jenna quickly rushed to Carina’s side.She saw a short arrow stuck in Carina’s chest.It had stabbed deep, the tail of it almost disappearing into Carina’s skin.Carina started to pale rapidly from the excessive blood loss as she said weakly, “I’m fine. My chest just hurts a lot…”“You’ve been shot by an arrow,” Jenna said. Then, she used a silk scarf to wrap Carina’s wound as she called for somebody to come in.Elysian had a dedicated infirmary, but they had all clocked out.Lana, who had not left yet, rushed in and was shocked to see Carina lying in a pool of blood. She helped Jenna into the car to go to the hospital.Carina was sent to the accident and emergency department while Jenna and Lana waited outside.“President Radcliff.” Lana took out two wet wipes and handed them to Jenna, asking in shock, “ How did Carina get hurt?”Jenna wiped away the blood on her hands and narrowed her eyes in thought. “Maybe there was something wrong with the parcel Seabright sent.
Jenna thought, ‘Even though you can’t take care of yourself anymore, you still want to make yourself suffer more because of your pride?’However, she very quickly recalled that in the past, others had to pay attention to his mood and listen to his instructions. Now, he had to pay attention to others’ moods.The difference was huge indeed.Carina, who was listening to their conversation while leaning against the bed, widened her eyes in surprise. She said, “Jen, your vegetable of a husband… has woken up?”“He woke up this morning.” Jacob laughed. “Aren’t you happy for your President Radcliff?”“Didn’t you say he wouldn’t be waking up?” Carina pouted unhappily. “Now that he’s woken up, he’ll steal Jen from me! What bad luck!”Jacob almost burst into laughter and deliberately said, “He’s not only awake. You’re also staying next to him. Isn’t that a pleasant surprise?”Carina immediately said, “No, I want to change rooms!”“We have a shortage of rooms at the moment, and I used my l
Jenna slept over in Carina’s room. By the time she woke up the next morning, Carina had as well, looking full of vitality.She wanted to follow Jenna to the office but was rejected.Jenna ordered two breakfasts. Once Jacob arrived at the hospital, she instructed him to feed Quinn breakfast and to make sure Carina did not leave the hospital. That way, she could recuperate properly.When Jacob saw that he had so many instructions, he suddenly lost all his will to live.Jenna first checked the parcel Carina opened last night once she arrived at the office.It turned out a jack-in-the-box had been fixed to the bottom of the box. In its hand was the short arrow. Once the box opened, the jack-in-the-box would pop out, and the arrow would fly out of its hand.The arrow was very sharp. Coupled with the speed at which it flew, it could almost certainly kill someone on the spot.The perpetrators had carefully planned this to kill Jenna.She checked last night’s security recordings again,
Jenna knew it would turn out like this. Although what she had foreseen was true, she felt indifferent. In the past, she wanted Jacqueline and Shawn to destroy each other. However, Shawn later helped Jenna a great deal while Quinn was injured and in a vegetative state. Shawn helped her grow more than she ever thought she could. What Shawn did to her family and everything that led up to the present point was caused by Jacqueline. For more than two decades, he was nothing more than a pawn in Jacqueline's hands. Jenna figured if she was going to get revenge for her parent’s death, it was Jacqueline who should pay. She shoved the file back into the folder before stuffing it into the drawer. She decided to show the report to Shawn when he returned from abroad. If he chose to side with Jacqueline, she would no longer be merciful to him. As soon as she shut the drawer, there was a knock on the door. It was Lana. “President Radcliff.” Lana set a document on the table.
“Last night, when Doctor Tennyson was delivering dinner to the ward next to mine, I went in to have a look.” Carina leaned against the table, fiddling with a pen holder while telling Jenna. “Wow! Your husband looks even better than in the pictures! The only problem is his temper. Jacob told me that he’s blind…” “Last night?” Jenna frowned. “He’s still in the hospital?” “Yeah, he's never left.” Carina shrugged and said morosely, “Besides, where else could he possibly go in that state?” Jenna pressed her brows. Then, she reached for her phone before dismissing Carina. “I need to make a call.” “Alright.” Carina obediently left. The moment the call was connected, Jenna asked Jacob sharply, “Didn’t I tell you to sort out the discharge documents for Quinn before I went on my business trip? Weren’t you supposed to bring him to Sparrow Garden?” “I wanted to, but I’m not his wife,” Jacob expressed. “I can’t get him discharged even if I could.” Jacob was one of the prima
“Quinn!” Jenna bent over and tried to help him up. “I said I don’t need help.” Quinn’s voice came out in a menacing hiss, and he rudely shoved Jenna’s hand away. Jenna watched as he continued grabbing at the arms of the wheelchair, struggling to pull himself up. However, his body was too heavy. Whenever it looked like he was about to pull himself up, he would topple over along with the wheelchair. Within minutes, large bruises had formed all over his arms and knees. Jenna could only imagine how difficult it must have been for him when he woke up at the hospital. He would fall over pathetically when he tried to get up. Her heart ached as she watched him clench his jaw and stubbornly try again and again. After falling nearly twenty times, he managed to climb onto the wheelchair by himself at last. Meanwhile, Jenna went to get a first aid kit. “Your legs are not crippled. It’s not like you’re going to have to sit in a wheelchair for the rest of your life, either. You
Jenna decided to get some rest now that she had set aside her work. She ended up tossing and turning on the bed without managing to fall asleep. Now and then, scenes of Quinn falling from the wheelchair would slip into her mind. She snuck into the gym and opened the door silently. She saw Quinn balancing himself on a parallel walking bar. His leg was still drained of strength, so he could hardly stand. All he could do was hold onto the bar with a death grip until his knuckles turned white. It took him several minutes just to take a single step forward. Pools of sweat formed on his forehead. She watched on. Just as it looked like Quinn was going to manage a second step, he tumbled to the floor without warning. Her first thought was to rush over to help. However, the man began groping for the bar again and pulled himself up from the floor. She continued to look on silently, a certain tightness in her chest. It would be hard for anyone to find out they could not wa
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