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
“I think it’s still pretty bright outside at this hour, isn’t it?” Jenna hesitated. “I’ll take you outside to have a look.” Jenna suddenly stopped him just as he was about to leave. Her voice came out in a quiver, “Let’s just wait here, then. Give me your phone. I want to scroll your feed to calm my nerves.” “You don't need to do that. There is more than one way to calm your nerves.” Quinn chuckled. He had Jenna hold the phone while he grabbed her by her waist and settled her on top of the bathroom counter. He even took care to set a towel underneath so her skin would not touch the cold counter. Then, he took the phone from her and moved it to the side. He kissed her. ‘How perverted can he get? Always finding new excuses to kiss me…’ Jenna thought. However, she had to admit it was a good way to calm the nerves. The longer they kissed, the less afraid she was of the surrounding darkness. She basked in his gentle protection and soon, her legs instinctively wrapped
After two days’ rest, Jenna went back to work. Carina was inside all of the gossipy group chats inside the company. She would frequently go through the messages to see people making fun of Jenna, saying she only got to where she was with Quinn’s help. She showed those messages to Jenna. Jenna only responded with a nonchalant flick of the eyebrow, “They’re right. I am relying on Quinn’s influences.” “So what if you are? They want President Forester's attention, but they know they will never have it!” Carina scoffed. “By the way, Jen, I found a famous barbeque place from a food blog. Do you want me to order takeout from that place for lunch?” Jenna stopped in the middle of sipping her coffee. “Quinn said he will have someone deliver the lunch he made me.” Carina was taken aback by this. “President Forester can cook?” “Yeah, he’s a decent cook. I’ve been eating his food for dinner all week.” Quinn would only make the same two dishes. However, both were incredibly d
Jenna selected the first picture in the collection of pictures. Inside the picture was a young woman dressed in a black woolen coat with a red scarf tied around her neck. She was standing in front of a majestic church covered in thick snow. Snowflakes were falling from the sky and rested on her long hair. She had her palms pressed together, praying in front of the church. Jenna scrolled to the next picture. In this one, the same young lady was running. Her coat was thrown up by the wind, and her hair fluttered freely in the air. Her face could be made out in between strands of her hair. Her eyes glittered as she smiled. Looking at these pictures, it was certainly true that both her frontal and side profile resembled Jenna even if just slightly. Carina looked at the pictures, then at Jenna before expressing, “I thought you two looked alike. Except, you are prettier than her!” “We do look a little alike.” Jenna stopped scrolling through the pictures and returned the pho
The plane arrived at Artem Airport at one o'clock in the afternoon. The CEO of the local branch showed up in person to pick up Jenna and Sam at the airport. During their drive to the main office, he gave Jenna all the relevant information concerning the project. He also offered to get Jenna something to eat before they got to work. “It’s fine. I already ate on the plane.” Jenna refused politely before going through the documents. After they arrived at the office, the CEO summoned the team in charge of the project for a meeting. It was not until six o’clock in the evening that the primary issues concerning the project were identified and properly resolved. Jenna had expected to stay in town for a day and was certainly not expecting to have taken care of things so quickly. Since it was late, Sam was worried about Jenna wearing herself out by rushing back and forth to the airport. He decided they would find a hotel and spend the night in town before returning to Hevedbur
Jenna was going to text Quinn. However, she could not find his contact on her phone. It was then she remembered she had blocked him a long time ago. Quinn had always been texted using traditional text messages instead of social media. She proceeded to remove him from her blocked list and texted him. [These actors are just ordinary people trying to make a living. Don’t you realize that? How can they build their brand if they’re shadow-banned from Twitter?] [What are you talking about?] Quinn replied. Jenna answered, [Diana White. There was a trending topic on Twitter just now about how I looked like her. Was it you who took everything down?] [It wasn’t me. I don’t pay attention to entertainment tabloids.]Jenna was convinced he was the one behind it. However, since he refused to admit it, there was no use pressing him about it. She put aside her phone and took her pajamas to the bathroom for a shower. When she stepped out of the shower, she saw another text from Quinn.
Sam was aware Quinn had come and wisely excused himself from the hotel first thing in the morning. He went back to Hevedburgh. Quinn packed Jenna’s luggage and let her sleep in. Once she woke up, they went to the hotel’s restaurant to get something to eat before heading to the airport. While waiting for the flight, he showed Jenna a text on his phone. It was a text from a government official informing Quinn about certain changes. The free trade zone that would have been implemented in Whitham had now been moved to Inksburgh instead. In other words, the high-speed rail and airport originally set to be constructed in Whitham was going to be moved to Inksburgh instead. A snide look gleamed past Jenna's eyes, “The Langhams were celebrating because they thought they managed to claim the entire honeypot. Imagine the look on their faces when they realized the honey inside had gone bad.” There was no point in Langham Corporation buying the land in Whitham and building a city
Jenna brushed past Ivy and walked away. At one point, she seemed to catch a glimpse of something sharp and gleaming poking out of the tote bag Ivy carried. She was grabbing the shoulder strap of her tote bag, ready to grab whatever was inside at any given moment. Jenna stopped when she realized what was inside Ivy’s bag. The Langhams were now on the verge of collapse. They could not afford another stream of bad news coming their way. For Jenna’s part, she did not want to allow the Langhams another chance to make a comeback. She turned around and glared sharply into Ivy’s eyes. “Ivy, Quinn isn’t a Forester anymore. Who do you think you are to address him so casually? “Next time you meet him, you better formally address him as ‘President Forester’. Otherwise, I won’t go easy on you. “The only reason you got to date him for so long and kept leeching off of him for your family’s corporation’s benefit is all because of me. Remember that!” It would be better if Jenna ha
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