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
“I’m just asking.” Xavier shrugged. “Since President Forester isn’t blood-related to the Foresters, and Miss Millie is so beautiful, you guys could make a good match too.”Millie pursed her lips. “Please stop speaking nonsense. Quinn is my cousin, and I also…have a fiancé.”Jenna did not know if she was getting the wrong impression, but when she heard Millie say ‘fiancé’, it seemed resentful.Xavier did not say anything further and handed Jenna the menu.Jenna had vomited once on the plane and was indeed a little hungry at the moment. She ordered some spaghetti and some roasted potatoes.Quinn, on the other hand, said to the waiter, “I want everything on the menu except for the soups.”After they finished ordering, Quinn asked Xavier with a not-quite-there smile, “Mr. Pascal, you don’t mind me ordering so much even though you’re treating me, do you?”“Of course I don’t.” Xavier smiled faintly.He picked up a handful of pistachios from the bowl of nuts on the table and began cra
The car arrived at a big shopping mall in the heart of the city.Jenna instructed the driver to wait outside while she and Millie explored it level by level.Now that no one was around them, only then did Millie open up to Jenna. “I don’t want to marry Walter Langham at all, but not many Forester children can decide their own marriages.”Jenna could not help asking, “The Langhams are already in this state, and your father still wants you to marry him?”She had encountered Sebastian Forester a few times and knew that he was the kind that valued power highly. Now that the Langhams had gone bankrupt, why would he still consider Walter Langham?“I met Quinn today not just to have a meal with him…” As Millie spoke, she started to cough, rubbing her chest.Jenna stopped looking around and helped Millie to a chair to sit down.When Millie unzipped her bag, Jenna saw pill bottles of all sizes in it.Millie took one bottle, shook two pills out, and swallowed them.Once her chest felt a
Due to her pregnancy, she specifically chose loose-fitting clothes that would hide her stomach.Millie thought that was the style she preferred and could not resist helping her pick. “Miss Radcliff, you have such a good figure. Don’t hide it. Try this style of dress.”Jenna could not win against her and brought the dress with her to the changing room.She was taking off her clothes and changing into the dress when she vaguely heard the sound of footsteps.She thought it was Millie who came in, and it just so happened that she was struggling with the zipper in the back. “Miss Millie, help me pull up the zipper.”Jenna felt a hand rest on her shoulder as the other pulled the zipper up.The hand on her shoulder was big and warm. It did not seem like Millie’s hand.Jenna was shocked and pushed the hand away, turning around quickly.When she saw the tall man behind her, she was stunned. “This is the female changing rooms. How did you get in?”The man stared at her for a few seconds