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
Jenna pursed her lips.She had almost forgotten Xavier’s connection to the Foresters was a very close one in the first place.After he was done teasing her, Xavier only said, “I invested in a tech company under the Forester Corporation’s banner and have a good relationship with Jacqueline Forester. Her sister-in-law just passed away, so of course, we have to go.”Jenna just looked at the scenery outside silently.Once they got to the airport, the two waited in the VIP lounge for a bit before following the air stewardess to board the plane.Jenna was feeling alright when she boarded the plane, but once it took off, she started having tinnitus and her stomach started feeling uncomfortable.Even eating a sour plum could not suppress the nausea. She rushed to the bathroom and vomited until she teared up.“Jen?” Xavier knocked on the bathroom door, asking in concern, “Are you okay?”“I’m fine. My stomach’s just feeling uncomfortable.”Jenna splashed her face with some water and loo
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