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
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