“I don’t want that,” Quinn said helplessly. He looked at her earnestly and determinedly.“I’m loyal to my marriage and the person I love.”Jenna coldly harrumphed. “How are you loyal? You dated Ivy for so long but didn’t you still get tired of her and break up with her?”Quinn’s mouth twitched. “Why do you love bringing that up?”“Why, did I hit the nail on the head?” Jenna asked with a raised eyebrow, a carefree and generous look on her face. “If you want to get back together with her, I don’t mind di—”Without waiting for Jenna to finish saying something that would piss him off even more, Quinn covered her mouth with his.He rolled over and pressed her under him, kissing her deeply and punishingly, almost suffocating her.In the end, to her embarrassment, Jenna cried and begged Quinn with teary eyes. She did not dare to joke around with him anymore.“Now you know to be afraid?” Quinn harrumphed coldly.“I know, I won’t bring it up again.” Jenna wiped her tears on his shoulde
“Oh, right. What do you want to eat for lunch, Quinn?” Jenna asked Quinn.“I’ve been tied up by you and I can’t even eat breakfast, so what do you mean lunch?” Quinn coaxed her, “Let me go, Sweetheart, and I’ll make lunch for you. Okay?”Jenna smiled faintly. “I’ll just eat at the office. You don’t have to worry about that. Since you don’t want to eat lunch, just forget it then. When I get back, I’ll grab dinner for you. And if you sleep, you won’t feel hungry anymore.”She leaned down to kiss his jaw.Quinn could smell the fragrance of Jenna’s body and felt like something was tickling his heart. He raised his head to kiss her, but Jenna stepped back nimbly.“I’m off to work, Quinn.” Jenna waved at him and left the bedroom.Quinn moved his right foot and the rope tightened, wrapping around his ankle tightly. He felt incredibly helpless as he looked at the chandelier above him.Jenna’s vengefulness was getting stronger and stronger.When Jenna got to the office, Carina was right
Quinn replied: [Walter Langham got some insider information that Whitham is going to be designated as a free trade zone, complete with plans for an airport and high-speed rail station. Artem will lead this initiative, transforming it into a thriving economic zone, so Walter Langham mortgaged everything he could and borrowed a lot of money from others. He spent three billion dollars to buy that piece of land.]Jenna carefully read Quinn’s latest message twice.She was very smart and quickly understood.Jenna: [The insider information he received was fake?]Quinn: [I’ve said all I should. My wife is so smart, I’m sure you know what to do next.]He said it so clearly that Jenna knew.This billion-dollar project had already emptied Langham Corporation’s coffers, so if any of their other projects had issues, they would fall heavily into debt.It would be a fall they would not be able to get up from and Walter would even have to go to jail.A perfect plan had already formed in Jenna’
It was sunny and a little hot out. Since it was the weekend, there were quite a number of people at the amusement park.As the automatic ticket machine was malfunctioning, the park arranged for two employees to check the tickets. They were slow, so soon, many visitors had gathered, waiting in line for their tickets to be checked.As they were waiting in line, Quinn noticed that Jenna’s jeans did not cover her legs entirely and exposed a small section of her fair calves and ankles.He dug out a bottle of sunscreen from the bag and squatted to apply sunscreen to her legs.There happened to be a young couple lined up behind them.The girl saw Quinn’s considerate actions and was very envious as she muttered to her boyfriend, “Look at that girl’s boyfriend. He’s applying sunscreen on his girlfriend’s legs. Now look at you!”The guy glanced at Quinn and scratched the back of his head unhappily. “I’m only twenty and this is my first time dating. It’s a given that I don’t know these thin
Quinn watched all this with great pleasure.He took the empty lemonade cup from Jenna and threw it in the nearby rubbish bin. Then, holding the umbrella with one hand, he took her other hand and walked into the amusement park.He said in a low voice, “Sweetheart, will you call me that again?”Jenna ignored him.After they got their tickets validated, Quinn grabbed a map from the rack nearby which also indicated the most popular attractions.Quinn had never been to an amusement park like this. Now that he was here, looking at the park full of children, he was even less interested.However, for Jenna’s sake, Quinn accompanied her to every attraction.When they rode the roller coaster, Jenna screamed excitedly. However, Quinn grabbed her hand tightly the whole way through and was frowning the entire time, even until they got off the roller coaster.Jenna opened a bottle of water and handed it to him. “Are you afraid of heights? Is that why you were so scared of the roller coaster?
After all, Jenna had spent enough at the stall to buy several sacks of dolls. “Thank you!” Jenna took the two dolls. The octopus doll was particularly quirky. One side of it was blue and seemed very grumpy. The other side, however, was pink and smiling. Then, they went rafting. A boy inserted several coins into a row of water spray guns positioned by the railing to enable them. Whenever a raft passed, he would run to the spray gun closest to the raft to fire at the passengers. Then, he would laugh merrily. Jenna was a quick thinker and immediately covered her hair and face with the raincoat when she got on the raft. However, the raincoat she wore was too thin. It did not take long before the water found its way through the layer. Even though Quinn held her in his arms to protect her, she could not be shielded from the water projectile. Eventually, her hair was drenched. Later, when she saw the same child getting into a raft with his sister, she decided to get r
After the fondue, Quinn took Jenna to the cinema on the fourth floor. Though it was a holiday, not many people were at the cinema because nothing interesting was showing today. Quinn spoke to the staff about his intention of reserving an entire hall for himself and putting on a specific movie of his choice. His offer was so ludicrously high that the staff agreed without even bothering to speak to the manager. Shortly after, the staff led them to a hall designed for a couple’s viewing. It was certainly a special hall. The decoration was beach-themed, and the seats were adjustable so one could lie down and enjoy the movie. There was also a round table attached to the side for popcorn and drinks. Jenna lay down and glanced at Quinn, “Is this the movie I was talking about?” Quinn nodded. “Yes, will you get spooked?” “What’s there to be afraid of? It’s just a movie.” Jenna said in a dismissive tone. However, she had to admit she was slightly nervous. This movie was r
There were countless questions forming in his mind. However, this woman had been dead for more than thirty years. Everything there was to know about her, even her name, had been completely wiped away by Old Master Forester. Furthermore, his father was dead. His foster mother, Leah, was probably the only person left who could know anything about this woman. While still looking at the woman in the picture, he received a text from Jenna. “Come inside my bathroom.” Quinn's eyes darkened. He immediately went to the master bedroom with his phone in hand. He slid open the glass door to the bathroom, only to find Jenna squatting on the floor with her hair still wet. As soon as he entered, Jenna turned up to face him. Water droplets still dripped from her face, and she had never seemed more vulnerable. Seeing her clothes were soaked wet, Quinn immediately asked, “Why are you squatting here? Why aren’t you going into the shower?” “The bathroom is too big and quiet.” Jen
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