“If it wasn't for him, there wouldn’t be so many people talking about you online.” Carina angrily set her glass against the table. “He never even came to check on you. What’s with that?” Just as Jenna was about to say something, several girls suddenly appeared in front of their booth. Since it was very dim inside the venue, one of the girls turned on the flashlight on her phone and shined it right in Jenna’s face. “Are you Jenna?” The girl with the flashlight was wearing a camisole top with a pair of hot pants. She regarded Jenna with a look full of disdain. “Ha! You look like you’re trying to be a clone of Sis Diana!” “That's right!” Another girl chimed in, “Sis Diana is way prettier than you!” Jenna noticed that the girls were relatively young. They also mentioned Diana in every sentence. They must be big fans of her. She knew how delusional some fans could be about their idols. Out of concern for the baby in her belly, she decided to ignore them and proceeded
Jenna shifted backward without a word until she bumped into an unoccupied booth. She grabbed a bottle of wine on the table and used her bag to obstruct it from view. She clenched the bottle tightly and looked at the man with the buzz cut. “Do you need something?” The man was chewing on a piece of chewing gum while bellowing angrily, “You messed with my girlfriend and her friends and expected to just walk away? You wish!” “It was your girlfriend and your friends who started it,” Jenna said calmly. The man scoffed. “You’re the one who’s run around, getting married three times. Was what my girlfriend said wrong? Where I come from, a woman like you would be flogged to death!” Jenna determined that the man had to be at least six feet tall, with large tattoos all over his muscular body. There was no way she could confront him head-on. The air circulation in the surrounding area was very poor. All kinds of smells mingled in the air. With every breath she drew, her stomach
The man was very muscular and large. However, he could not fight back anymore after Shawn punched him in the face, not once but twice. That was when the previous girl rushed to the scene. She shrieked in a frightened voice, “Hey, you! Why are you punching him? Let go of him…” Shawn immediately marched toward her and grabbed her before slapping her twice across the face. She felt like she could see stars after the two swift slaps. “Do you know why I slapped you?” Shawn asked with a murderous expression. The girl covered her swollen cheek with her palms. Through the scarce lighting, she finally recognized the man in front of her. When she retreated a step backward, she also recognized Quinn, who was standing menacingly. She felt her legs give under her and nearly collapsed on her knees. She was under the impression that Shawn had a tense and complicated relationship with Jenna. Why was he so protective of her now? Shawn seized the girl and brought her before Jenna
It was still trickling snow outside when Sam saw Quinn exiting the venue with Jenna in his arms. He immediately stepped out of the car and opened the rear door for Quinn. After getting in, Quinn handed Jenna a bottle of water. Jenna took two gulps and immediately felt significantly better. When she noticed Sam was about to drive, she pointed out, “My car is still here.” “You can come get it tomorrow morning.” Quinn told Sam, “Go to the hospital…” “No!” Jenna interrupted him. Quinn turned to shoot a look at her. Then, he remembered how she was not fond of the smell of a hospital. With that, he turned back to Sam. “See if there are any pharmacies in the area still open.” “Alright.” Sam drove away from the bar’s entrance. Worrying that Jenna would feel uncomfortable, Quinn lowered the window to allow some fresh air into the car. Soon, Sam found a pharmacy. He was about to get out of the car when Quinn instructed him to stay while he entered the pharmacy himself.
Quinn did a double take. “Aren't the oranges enough for you?” Jenna stuffed another slice of orange into her mouth and muttered, “I just threw up, so my stomach is empty now. Just drop me off at a barbecue place. I'll take a taxi home after I’m done.” Speechless, Quinn rubbed his eyebrows before instructing Sam to find a barbecue restaurant. Sam was very resourceful and quickly found a barbecue restaurant. He parked the car in front of the entrance. By the time Jenna opened the door and tried to step out, Quinn had already wrapped around the other side of the car to meet her. He carried her out in his arms. Jenna had no choice but to wrap her hands around his neck to hold herself steady. When they were leaving the bar, Quinn was too frantic to pay attention. This time, he immediately caught a faint smell of Jenna’s body as he drew close to her. There was a faint, milky smell that was quite unlike the rosy one she used to have. His first impression was that she ha
Quinn was completely unaware of this being a thing. His expression scrunched into a scowl. “Why didn’t you tell me?” “What is there to say? My left ear went deaf, that’s all.” At that time, compared to turning deaf, the truth revealed to her, along with the loss of her stillborn, was more traumatizing. Around this point, Jenna's phone rang. When she recognized the number, her eyebrows perked up with surprise. After a brief silence, she decided she had to pick up. “Hello?” “…” After the phone call, she turned to Sam. “Sam, just park by the roadside. Someone is coming to pick me up.” Sam told her reluctantly, “We're almost at Sandalwood Palace. Why don’t you let me send you home…” Before he could finish his sentence, a Ghost suddenly appeared on the right side of the car like an apparition. The windows slowly rolled down to reveal Xavier, who was gesturing in a direction while pulling his car closer toward them. Quinn glanced outside. He instructed Sam to pu
Xavier took out the necklace and helped Jenna put it on. He said gently, “Do you like this apology gift?”Jenna could not pull it off to throw it away, so she smiled. “Thanks.”Xavier felt happy when he saw Jenna liked the gift he gave her and caressed her face. “I also got you a square yellow diamond, but the purchase procedure is a little bit troublesome, so give me a bit of time.”Jenna was speechless.“Jen.” Xavier pinched her chin and sighed. “We might not be able to register our marriage this year.”When Jenna heard that, she was secretly pleased and endured his touching.She had been afraid and fretting that Xavier Pascal would get his residence permit and bring her to the Civil Affairs Bureau again. Now that he said they could not, she felt like setting fireworks off in celebration.Jenna did her best to maintain a cold expression and hummed in acknowledgment. “It’s fine, I’m not in a rush.”“But I am. I can’t wait to marry you and take you away from here.” Xavier looke
When the door opened, the woman outside smiled politely at Jenna.“Miss Radcliff, I’m one of the helpers from Sparrow Garden. When you went to Sparrow Garden before, you asked me for some sour plums, remember?”“Oh, it’s you.” Jenna was just wondering why she looked a little familiar. “I’m sorry, my memory’s been bad lately.”The woman smiled. “It’s fine. Mr. Sander said you don’t have any helpers here and sent me over to take care of you. You can call him to confirm this.”“It’s fine.” Jenna pulled the door open further to let her in.The woman said Jenna could call her Mrs. Samson.After walking in, when she saw the milk being heated up on the little pot on the stove, Mrs. Samson asked, “Miss Radcliff, do you drink milk first thing in the morning?”“Yeah. I have it with bread.” She did not feel like ordering takeout first thing in the morning.“That won’t do. There’s not much nutrition in bread. Let me make breakfast for you.” Mrs. Samson rolled up her sleeves, and seeing a f