“This is my niece. She came to Hevedburgh two days ago for a short trip…” The housemaid noticed her niece covering her face and who appeared to have been slapped. She hurriedly explained to Jenna, “Ma'am, this is her first time in Hevedburgh. She’s still young and this place is very foreign to her, I was going to take her to the hotel after I finish grocery shopping…” “She's young?” Jenna squinted and said aggressively, “She knows more than she lets on if you ask me. She was trying to work her tricks on my husband when you weren’t around.” The servant seemed shocked by this and turned to the girl. “Clara, was that…was that what you were doing? You better hurry up and apologize to…” “No need.” Jenna interrupted her. “Go to your room and pack up your belongings, I want both you and your niece out of here!” The housemaid’s lips quivered. She wanted to plead for mercy. However, she had been attending to Jenna long enough to understand what she was like. She would be very co
Jenna sat in the living room and called Golden Elegance to order something to eat. While ordering, she noticed Quinn entering the pantry in the wheelchair. She only glanced at him briefly before looking away. After she was done ordering dinner, she suddenly heard the sound of something smashing against the floor. The sound came from the pantry. She hurried to the pantry and saw broken shards of glass scattered all over the floor next to the wheelchair. There was also a puddle of boiling water with steam still rising from it. Quinn sat on the wheelchair and his trousers were still wet, his left arm was burned and turned red… Jenna was shocked by the sight. She hurriedly brought Quinn to the bathroom and filled the bathtub with water. After that, she turned on the shower head and sprayed it against his arms and legs. “Haven’t I told you about the arrangement of the things inside the pantry? Why did you reach for the kettle?” She could not resist the urge to tell him
“I’m only here to apply some ointment on you, why lock the door?” Jacob said frightfully, “Hey now, don’t try any funny games with me. Your wife is already getting suspicious, what if she starts overthinking?” Quinn was getting impatient. “Enough of your nonsense, just lock the door when I tell you to, alright?” Jacob went to lock the bedroom door and when he returned to the bathroom, Quinn had already stepped out of the bathtub by himself. He had a towel wrapped around his waist and was wiping his hair with another towel. Jacob was shocked by the sight of this. “Look at you go, when have you ever needed advice on getting girls from me? It seems like you’re an expert yourself!” “I only managed to start walking around a few days ago, I can only walk slowly right now.” Quinn said bluntly, “And my eyes have not recovered yet, everything I see is a blur.” Jacob chuckled. After stepping out of the bathroom, Jacob opened the medicine kit and produced a bottle of ointment fo
“What the hell?” Jacob was stunned with silence. Even the hairs on his skin stood up on its end. “You guys sure are cruel!” “If I was Ivy and found out that you were behind everything this entire time, I would have died from shock… She’s your ex-girlfriend, how did you find the heart to do something so terrible?” “Would it kill you to stop talking about this?” Quinn said gravely, “If you feel so bad for her, why don't you marry her?” “No, no, I'm afraid I don’t have the privilege.” Jacob brushed off the idea and quickly changed the subject. “Ivy’s brother was the one behind most of the parcels sent to Elysian Group last time. Now that Ivy lost her baby, he’s going to blame it on Jenna for sure. I know that Sebastian and Jacqueline also came to an agreement at Forester Corporation…” He swiped a look at Quinn and said disapprovingly, “Your wife is in hot water now, are you still going to keep feeling sorry for yourself in a wheelchair?” “What do you mean by that? My leg ha
After dinner, Jenna cleared the table and went to the bedroom to get the medicine. She took two capsules as instructed by the label and had Quinn swallow them. “Are you going to get some work done later?” Quinn asked as he firmly placed the glass on the table. “No, I’m going to get some rest.” Jenna turned on the TV, then she turned to Quinn and muttered, “What do you want to watch…” It was only halfway through her sentence when she remembered that Quinn could not see. His pupils had not turned white nor did he have a permanent squint like other blind people do. There was always the same sparkle underneath his eyes. This led to her forgetting that he was blind sometimes and forming the impression that only his legs were disabled. Quinn did not seem offended, he remarked with a look, “I want to listen to some classical music. Would you like to play something on the violin for me?” “I’ve been signing documents all day, my hands are pretty sore,” Jenna remarked faintl
Quinn Forester asked, “Who organized it?”“President Talbot of Leclair Group.” Jenna sipped her lemonade. “He called me earlier this afternoon to invite me.”Quinn had a neutral relationship with the President of Leclair Group. “You don’t have to go if you don’t want to.”“I represent you right now. If I don’t go, won’t those big shots think you’re looking down on them?” Jenna glanced at him and said, “It’ll be good for me to gain some experience too. If I run into trouble, I’ll call you.” “Get Sam to go with you.”“I’ll just bring Carina with me. You need someone to take care of you too.” Jenna saw Quinn feel for his cup and put the cup into his hand.She wiped off the grease around his mouth while she was at it and sighed. “I feel like I’m taking care of a son who can’t take care of himself. It’s just that this son is older than I am…”The corner of Quinn’s mouth twitched. “Does poking fun at me make you that happy?”“Don’t you think so?” Jenna asked in return.Quinn reache
The other people at the table glanced at Jenna, just watching the show.Jenna swallowed her fruit juice, but it tasted like blood.However, she only smiled politely at Walter. “President Langham, that’s not quite right. I've been married to my husband for quite a while now and have enjoyed life together. He’s just temporarily unconscious. And, I’m young, so I’ve got all the time in the world to wait for him to wake up. Mr. Langham, on the other hand, you have it hard…“I heard you’re dating Miss Millie Forester? I also heard she has a rare heart disease and can’t go to crowded places. She’s also not supposed to experience emotional extremes. You have to handle her like she’s an extremely fragile piece of crystal.”Jenna saw Walter’s expression visibly darken, and she gently reminded, “President Langham, Miss Millie Forester is young, beautiful, and delicate. You must take good care of her. I’m still waiting for the day I get to drink wine at your wedding.”“Oh, right.” Jenna asked
Jenna noticed that in circles like these, you could find maybe one Quinn Forester out of a hundred men.He had none of the bad habits these men did. He was rich, but low-key, and did not have any vices.Jenna even began to wonder how she would have ended up if the one she had met back then was not Quinn Forester.Would she have become one of the women these company presidents talked about who were coaxed with money and thrown away when they had gotten bored with her—a rich man’s plaything?Right then, President Dickson said, “It’s no fun drinking like this. Look at you guys—you’ve been dawdling so much you haven’t even finished one glass.”He called a server over and muttered some instructions to him.Two minutes later, the server returned with a rectangular box and placed it on the table.President Dickson picked up the box and shook it. “I asked the server to write some notes and put them into this box. We’ll take turns picking one, and drink however much is written on there.