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
Jacob’s expression changed the moment he heard this. He had forgotten Jenna had a special blood disorder and poor health in general, too. “Our hospital has two bags of supply of her blood type. It should be enough to last us through the operation." He instructed a nurse to head to the blood bank to collect the blood bags while he went and got changed into surgical clothes. Soon, the door to the operating room closed again. Upon hearing the doctor’s exchange with Jacob, Carina almost broke down. All the strength had been sapped out of her limbs, and she leaned weakly against the wall. Quinn tried his best to remain calm. He called Sam and told him to make sure Ivy was caught and brought to the hospital. A few minutes later, Sam informed him that he had found Ivy at the dock. She had a knife to her neck and threatened to kill herself. She was aware Jenna's life was in danger and that she was the only one who could give Jenna a blood transfusion since they had the sa
“Yeah.” Jenna confessed and pursed her ashen lips, “I noticed the knife she had hidden inside her bag and figured she was going to try to attack me but was only afraid to do it. I intentionally provoked her because I knew if she did something to me, the Langhams would never recover.” Quinn hissed sharply, “Elysian Group is already under your control. Haven’t I already told you what the right way to deal with the Langhams was? “Don't you know about your poor health? Why would you resort to such a dangerous tactic? What if she happened to stab a vital spot? You wouldn’t even be here talking to me right now!” Jenna could tell by Quinn’s tone that he was truly furious. “I know what I’m doing…” “Great. Now that you’re awake, you already have the strength to argue with me, is that it?” Quinn was so furious that he could only laugh. Then, his expression darkened again. “Jenna, you can be so selfish sometimes. You only want to do things your way and don’t care if it endangers your l
Jenna showed Sparrow Garden’s address to the driver. After most of the staff at Sparrow Garden was removed last time, the only ones left employed were the aged housemaids. When Jenna showed up, they were all astonished to see her. “M-madam.” Jenna nodded briskly in greeting before entering the house. She was then informed that Quinn had moved here about half a month ago, and he was always in a foul mood. She told them to keep her appearance a secret. She did not head downstairs until Quinn returned home for dinner late in the evening. “Quinn.” Jenna immediately approached him and said with a downcast look, “I was wrong. I should have considered my safety before doing something like that.” Quinn gave a faint response before stepping past her and heading to the dining room. Jenna seemed at a loss. She followed Quinn to the dining room and sat across from him. Whenever she tried to speak to him, he would only grunt in response and act indifferent. The housema
“Who is this lady next to Mrs. Forester then?” One of them gestured at Carina. Carina raised her hand and introduced herself with a polite smile. “I’m single and available! Also, I’m a big fan of doctors. If you’re interested, we can chat a little and see what happens. Even if we don’t end up dating, we can still be friends. “That way, I can get a discount from you whenever I go to the hospital!” Carina was wearing a fitting sweater paired with a short pleated skirt and a baseball jacket today. Her pleasant appearance and lively personality had always allowed her to charm people the moment they met her. Everyone at the table laughed at her funny introduction. Two of the young doctors asked for her twitter on the spot. Jacob cocked a look with his eyes and glanced at Carina, leaning against the chair and smoking, looking quite aloof. After dinner, everyone went to the karaoke together. Not only was Carina a wonderful singer, but she was also great at stirring up
As soon as he entered, the temperature inside the room dropped several degrees. When Carina saw him show up, she quickly pinned Jena’s head against her shoulder while exclaiming, “President Forester, you’re here? Jen is drunk, but she still insists on drinking with the birthday boy. You better hurry up and take her home!” Jenna grew speechless. Then, she understood why Carina had been behaving so strangely. Quinn immediately went toward Carina. He glanced at the table and noticed the pile of empty wine glasses set on top. Then, he looked at Jenna, who was leaning against Carina. The look in his eyes suddenly sharpened significantly. “Who told you you could bring her drinking?” Carina met the sharp glare in his eyes and immediately felt coldness creep up her back. She shrugged and expressed innocently, “I tried to stop her from drinking, but she wouldn’t! She’s in a bad mood and insists!” “Here.” She shoved Jenna into Quinn's arms. “You can have your wife back!”
“I’ll be damned if he understood.” Jacob patted his cheek and advised her, “Once they make up, you should fleece President Forester for a sum of money.”Carina harrumphed. “Of course! I must get President Forester to give me a raise!”As the couple chatted, they walked out of the karaoke.It was very cold at this hour. When the wind blew, Carina unconsciously shuddered and hid behind Jacob, using him to block the wind.Jacob called his family chauffeur to come over and help drive him home in his car.When he looked down to see Carina hiding under his arm like a quail, he was amused and spread his coat, wrapping her in it.Right then, Carina’s phone rang.Carina saw the incoming call display and her eyes lit up as she immediately accepted the call. “Hi, Mom!”After Carina hung up, she said happily to Jacob, “My mom’s waiting for me at the convenience store up ahead. I’ll leave with her, so bye!”She pushed aside his coat and ran eagerly toward the illuminated convenience store
When Carina saw Helen coldly question her, she, too, blew up.She yelled at Helen, “Then what did I do wrong to be abandoned by the both of you? If you guys didn’t love me, why did you give birth to me?“I was still a minor when you sent me to study overseas alone. That’s what you call being good to me?“When I was studying overseas, everyone else had a home to go back to during the holidays, but me? I could only go back to the apartment. On my birthdays, I had to buy the birthday cake myself. And when I called you, you’d hang up after not even two sentences.”Carina began to sob loudly, her tears blurring her vision. “I was a kid then too. Why did I have to bear the burden for your mistakes?”“If I wasn’t good to you and you went with your dad when we divorced, do you think you’d have a life as good as you do now?” Helen said coldly, “If it weren’t for the high tuition fees I paid yearly, do you think you’d have been able to graduate?”Carina pulled her lips into a laugh. “So, y
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