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
Quinn brought the drunk Jenna back to Sandalwood Palace. After helping her take off her shoes, he carried her to the bedroom and was about to put her down on the bed.However, Jenna kept hugging him, refusing to let go.Suddenly, he felt a chill around his neck and looked down to see a white jade pendant around his neck.It was the pendant Jenna bought from the charity auction previously.She nuzzled her head against the junction Quinn’s neck met his shoulder and kissed his bobbing Adam’s apple. “Quinn, sleep with me. I can’t fall asleep if you don’t.”“Figure something out yourself if you can’t fall asleep.” Quinn pried her fingers off his neck, one by one.Then, he left mercilessly.Jenna could not believe it as she watched the bedroom door close.This man had tricked her multiple times before and wanted nothing more but to swallow her whole. Now that she was taking the initiative, he walked away instead?The next day, Jenna went to the office and wanted to call Carina in fo
Quinn happened to be feeling a little tired, so he packed up and left the office with Jacob.Jacob had already booked and ordered a bunch of dishes at Golden Elegance.Once they reached the restaurant, the food was quickly served one after another, and the two ate as they chatted.Jacob poured Quinn some wine. “Are you still angry even after a month being in a cold war with your wife? Don’t overdo it. What if she gets angry and ignores you again?”Quinn gave him a dark look. “Is the food bad or something? Why can’t it shut you up?”“Alright, alright. I won’t talk about it.” Jacob was afraid of getting beaten up, so he stopped bringing it up.When they were about done with the food, the restaurant owner personally placed a birthday cake in front of Quinn.On it was written ‘Happy Birthday’.“Happy birthday, President Forester.”Quinn nodded. “Thank you.”Quinn took a forkful of cake and took a perfunctory bite of it. Right away, as he chewed, he felt like the cake was a little
He took the fan away from her face.Jenna’s eyelashes trembled before she looked up at him, a faint smile on her charming face. “Do I look good, Quinn?”“You do.” Quinn swallowed.The way she looked in the wedding dress was mesmerizing and had captured his heart, making the anger and unhappiness that had been weighing on his heart instantly dissipate.Jenna picked up the two glasses of wine on the bedside table and handed one to him.As they drank, his gaze never moved from Jenna, darkening.When she finished her glass, she kept a small mouthful in her mouth and leaned closer to Quinn. Quinn compliantly lowered his head, putting his arm around her waist.The taste of her lips was sweeter than honey.Quinn was about to push Jenna down onto the bed when Jenna stopped him with a hand on his chest. “Help me take off the circlet first. It’s worth over three million. Don’t damage it, it can still be sold in the future.”“Alright.” Quinn chuckled.However, he did not expect that asi
Jenna exited the bathroom to find the living area was very tidy as if it had been cleaned before. A porcelain vase with a bunch of green wheat ears inside sat on the dining table.The wheat had just begun to flower and when she got closer, a delicate fragrance wafted to her.Jenna doled herself a bowl of porridge and took the dumplings out of the pot. As she sat at the table eating breakfast, she could see the wheat ears in the vase when she looked up. She took a photo with her phone and sent it to Quinn.Jenna: [Were you not able to get flowers? Why are you using wheat ears as flowers?]She put down her phone and had just taken a mouthful of the porridge when she suddenly felt uneasy and ran to the sink to vomit everything she had just eaten.She turned on the tap and rinsed her mouth with some water.Suddenly, she recalled that she had this uncomfortable feeling before.Jenna was stunned for a moment before she returned to the bedroom to change into a slim-fitting sweater with
Jack pointed at the plaque indicating the name of the doctor on duty outside the ultrasound room. “The doctor on duty today is my sister. I came to get something from her.”Jenna instinctively glanced at it. She did not expect the doctor who did the ultrasound for her to be Jack Newman’s sister.Jenna noticed that the doctor’s surname was different from Jack’s, but she was not familiar with him, so she did not try to find out why and nodded at him, wanting to leave.As she was about to leave, she suddenly thought of something and stopped him. “Dr. Newman, about my pregnancy—can you help me keep it a secret?”Jack was stunned for a moment before he quickly nodded his head. “Of course, that’s your personal matter.”“Thank you.” Jenna sighed in relief.The pregnancy had come so suddenly that she had not decided whether or not she should tell Quinn about it. She did not want Jacob to make a fuss about it at Quinn’s once he found out about it.Jenna walked into the elevator and press
Quinn gestured for Ivy to sit down in the opposite chair. Once she did, he played a video for her to see.It was the security recording of Jenna talking to Ivy outside Elysian.After Jenna in the video finished talking to Ivy, Quinn paused the video.He looked up at Ivy, his voice calm. “Jen said I dated you for so long. What did she say after that? What did she want you to remember well?”When Jenna provoked Ivy with her words, that part of her words was spoken very quickly.Even when Quinn asked a professional lip reader, they could only figure out the first half and what came after, not what was spoken in the middle.Ivy’s hands clenched together tightly under the table at the fact that Quinn only looked for her to ask about this.Very quickly, she raised her head to look directly at him. “Jenna said, at the thought of you dating me for so long, she felt beyond disgusted when she looked at you. She even said she never loved you and that she only got together with you to get r
Quinn’s footsteps paused slightly before he quickly exited the visitation room.He personally met with the head warden to request a single cell for Ivy Langham, along with a full body check-up every other month, allocating a million dollars to the prison on the spot.Separately, he gave the head warden three hundred thousand dollars. The head warden grinned from ear to ear after receiving the money and he repeatedly assured Quinn that he would take care of it.On the way back, Quinn thought about what Ivy said and his eyes darkened slightly.What on earth had Jenna said to Ivy outside Elysian that day?Right then, the delivery rider for the groceries he had ordered called. “Mr. Forester, the groceries you ordered have been delivered to your apartment reception.”Quinn came back to himself and hummed in acknowledgment.He was afraid he would be too late to buy fresh ingredients for dinner that night, so he had placed an order for them three hours in advance.Once they got to the