The person with the placard number twenty-two was sitting in the corner. It was a dimly lit section, and the people seated with the person obstructed Jenna’s sight. So she could not tell what the person looked like. “I think so.” Jenna glanced at the person before leaning back in the chair. “It's up to two hundred million. Are you still bidding?” “Of course! I bet he won’t raise it to three hundred million.” When the person who caught their attention kept upping the bid, Jacob was left interested. He decided to raise the bid again. Soon enough, the price of the Victorian crown had gone up to three hundred million. Once again, it broke the highest price record. Even the auctioneer's hand holding the hammer was beginning to tremble at the notion of such a tremendous price. “The bid is now at three hundred and ten million. Are there any other bidders?” At last, the final price was sealed with a thump of the hammer. “Congratulations to bidder number twenty-two!” After the
The girl shivered at Quin’s cold gaze.After she returned to her friends, she kept looking over at Jenna’s table. “The man beside the lady said she wasn’t a celebrity, but I remember that she was the female lead in a movie.”“No way, you don’t even know who she is?” One of her friends made an exaggerated expression.That friend pointed at Jenna and said, “That’s Jenna Radcliff. She’s been trending for this past while—you’ll see it if you check Twitter. The man beside her is Quinn Forester. He’s the big boss of Elysian Group. Do you think his wife needs money?”The girl was stunned for a moment. “I’ve been busy with exams and haven’t been on Twitter. I thought she was a celebrity ‘cause she looks so similar to the female lead in a movie.”A friend asked, “Which movie?”“I can’t remember, I only watched the trailer…”When her friends heard that, they did not know whether to laugh or cry.Jenna did not think anything of the girl who wanted a picture with her. She was too hungry an
Carina was so angry she nearly threw her teacup at Quinn.“So what if I don’t have a boyfriend? I’m just being cautious!” Carina harrumphed. “I don’t want to end up like Jen, who has such a controlling husband like you who likes to make himself look pitiful, President Forester! It’s terrifying!”“Right?” Jacob agreed and said smilingly, “Doll, you said what I wanted to say.”He placed the peeled crab meat on Carina's plate, then wiped his fingers with a hot towel.“Jen baby, tell me if you ever divorce Quinn one day. I’ll marry you! I’m much more considerate than he is.”Quinn looked up at him and said darkly, “You want to die, don’t you?”“You can’t control his mouth—people will say whatever they want to say.” Carina sighed. “Look at you, President Forester. You’re not just controlling, but you also threaten people willy-nilly.”Jacob put one hand on Carina’s shoulder and sighed. “Do you see how much I suffer being friends with him?”“A lot. Indeed, a lot.” Carina pitied him b
Out of consideration for Jenna’s feet, Quinn bought cotton slippers. The soles were thick but felt soft when she walked.Jenna remained expressionless, but when Quinn reached his hand out after placing her high heels into the box, she let him hold her hand as they walked out together. Carina pocketed the car keys and took Jacob’s arm too. “Let’s go, darling! Seriously!”Jacob chuckled happily.This was the first time he had met a girl with a fun and cute personality like Carina’s. Ever since he entered the seafood restaurant until now, the smile on his face had not faltered once.Carina drove Jenna and Quinn back to Sandalwood Palace before dropping Jacob off.Jenna had been busy the entire day and had spent quite some time at the auction that night too. By the time she got home after supper, she was exhausted.She recalled what happened in the bathroom that day and very firmly rejected Quinn before entering the bathroom alone.She did not want to experience such an embarrassi
Quinn was busy with work in the living area.Sam called him, “Sir, have you seen the news?”“Do you think I’m very idle?” Quinn frowned and said unhappily, “You can deal with it as you see fit.”“This is something I can’t handle myself. It’s about the missus.”The moment Sam was done speaking, Quinn immediately opened Twitter and flipped through the photos of Jenna on the red carpet of the charity auction last night.The photos were all high definition without any filters and were close-ups of Jenna’s face.Jenna looked good no matter from which angle the photos were taken.Quinn only realized when he got to the last few photos that the sequined dress Jenna had been wearing last night was backless and the snow-white skin of her back was exposed.A vein throbbed in Quinn’s forehead.He secretly saved those photos and then instructed Sam via text to deal with Jenna’s red carpet photos.Then, he reopened Twitter and continued scrolling, until he stumbled upon the photos that had
”No.” Quinn did not even blink as he spoke in his low voice, “I was probably spotted when I went to North City to find you a few days ago. And yesterday, you saw that when I went to the auction, those company presidents recognized me and came over to greet me even though I was wearing sunglasses.”When Jenna thought about it, she had to acknowledge it.A lot of the company presidents at last night’s charity auction knew Quinn.When they left, there were reporters outside the hotel.The hospital had previously said Quinn Forester would not be able to wake up, so when those people saw him alive and kicking, they definitely could not resist telling others about it.Jenna dropped Quinn off at the lobby of Sandalwood Palace.As Quinn got out of the car, he turned to ask Jenna, “What do you think about shrimp dumplings for dinner?”Jenna hummed in agreement, then drove off, heading to Elysian’s office.She had just sat down in her office when Carina brought in a cup of coffee and han
Jenna pinched the bridge of her nose and said helplessly, “It’s just a small matter. There’s no need to go that far.”She did not expect Quinn to be so merciless.“Mrs. Symons posted an apology video but tried to bite you back and make the netizens scold you instead. That’s not a small matter anymore.” Carina harrumphed coldly. “She deserves it!”“Oh, right. Mrs. Symons is here in the lobby. Do you want to meet her?”“Yeah.” Jenna set the approved documents aside and her eyes flashed. “Bring her to the meeting room. I’ll go over in a bit.”Carina answered affirmatively and left.Jenna finished her work before going to the meeting room.Mrs. Symons was pacing up and down the meeting room anxiously when she saw Jenna enter the room. She hurriedly walked up to her and forced a smile. “Mrs. Forester, it was my fault. I should not have said those things when Mr. Sander told me to record the apology video. Please forgive me.”Mrs. Symons was deeply regretful.She had held a grudge a
When Mrs. Symons heard that, the arms that were supporting her against the floor started trembling uncontrollably.She had seen the video interview of Jenna and Quinn being surrounded by reporters after exiting the hospital that morning and could tell how much Quinn doted on Jenna.Quinn was also famous within the industry for walking the talk and being ruthless.That meant that even if she begged him, there was no room for maneuver!Right then, the glass door of the meeting room was pushed open and Carina led in a middle-aged man in a suit.“President Radcliff, President Symons of Grennst Corp is here.”Mr. Symons was relieved when he entered the meeting room and saw only Mrs. Symons who was kneeling on the ground and Jenna inside.He strode over and slapped Mrs. Symons viciously as he rebuked her angrily, “Look at what you’ve done! This would have been over if you’d just recorded the apology video like Mrs. Forester’s secretary told you to do, but you had to say those things!