After dinner, Xavier and Jenna returned to the hotel.As it was Christmas Eve, Xavier gave instructions for a Christmas tree and decorations to be bought and placed in the corner of Jenna’s room. The tree was set up and lights were hung on the tree.It was already nighttime, but Xavier could not bear to leave. Jenna had to forcibly chase him out of the room.Just as Jenna went to the bathroom to take a bath, Carina happened to call her. She chatted with Carina over the phone for a while as she bathed, telling her that she would return to Hevedburgh in the afternoon the next day.When she got out of the bath, the doorbell rang.It was a hotel employee, who was holding a tray with a drink and a shiny red apple on it. “Mr. Pascal sent this over.”“Oh, thank you.” Jenna accepted them and closed the door.The drink was a coconut sago slushie that smelled good.Jenna happened to be feeling hungry, so she drank the slushie and placed the empty glass on the bar.She took her skincare
“Xavier Pascal’s parents died many years ago.” Shawn continued, “I can’t find any of his parents’ relatives and I also don’t know how he managed to survive after they passed. Later on, he managed to go back to school with the help of the community and was admitted to the University of Southern California with excellent grades.“I’m staying in Dresark for a few more days to see if I can dig up anything else.”Quinn hummed in acknowledgment.He had just hung up when the doorbell rang.Outside, Sam was holding a handphone with a face full of anxiety. When he saw Quinn come out, he immediately went forward and handed it to Quinn.“Sir, look at this…”Sam had just received a message from an unknown number. He opened it in confusion, not expecting to see Xavier Pascal and Jenna in the video.He was so shocked he hurriedly paused it and went to find Quinn.Quinn played the video and his eyes darkened after a few seconds. Swiping out of it, he tapped on the link below it.A real-time
Jenna was like an obedient robot. She would follow whoever called for her and give her orders compliantly.At that moment, she pushed Xavier away, wanting to get away from him.Xavier immediately grabbed her arm, coaxing softly, “Jen, don’t go anywhere, just stay by my side.”“But he wants me to go over there.”Quinn had been with Jenna for so long and knew what she was like.When he saw Jenna look down in such an obedient manner, he immediately felt something was wrong with her and walked forward, pulling Jenna straight out of Xavier’s arms.After pulling her aside, he shoved Xavier to the ground and punched him viciously.“You’re a fucking monster, Xavier Pascal! You used such a disgusting trick!”At the thought that if he had just been a little bit later, Jenna would have let Xavier Pascal take her under the drug’s influence, Quinn snapped completely.He threw a punch at Xavier, one that carried enough force to kill him.Xavier was not a sitting duck either and after dodgi
When Jenna woke up, she did not even know what time it was.She sat up from the bed and saw Quinn sitting in the chair beside her bed with his phone in hand, looking like he was working.When he heard movement, he looked up.“Why are you in my room?” Jenna asked in confusion.As the layout of the hotel rooms was similar, she naturally assumed Quinn was in her room when she woke up and saw Quinn.Quinn glanced at her, and when he saw she was in a good state, said calmly, “Xavier Pascal drugged you with your drink last night. You’re in my room right now.”Jenna did not remember what had happened after drinking the slushie and froze when she heard Quinn say that.“What drug?”“A kind of drug that makes you compliant. Whatever other people ask you to do, you’d do it,” Quinn said darkly.Jenna’s expression suddenly darkened and her hands clenched into fists in the sheets.She remembered that last night, Xavier was reluctant to leave after setting up the Christmas decorations in he
After leaving the hospital, Millie wanted to take Jenna to a cafe for breakfast, but her father Sebastian Forester called, asking her to go home.Millie asked, “Jenna, do you want me to send you back to the hotel?”“There’s no need.” Jenna shook her head in refusal. “The hotel isn’t in the same direction as your home. I’ll just call a cab myself.”Millie took off her gloves and gave them to Jenna, saying that she had to keep warm because she was pregnant.Jenna walked to the roadside and successfully flagged a cab down.When the light turned red, the cab stopped at the intersection.A rough and rugged man wearing a knitted hat hurriedly walked down the street and toward the cab.The driver noticed that his ‘occupied’ sign was not turned on and immediately did so before rolling his window down to wave at the man walking toward him.“I already have a customer—”Without waiting for the driver to finish speaking, the man took out a gun and held it to the driver’s head. The sound o
Upon hearing the untenable tone of the man’s voice, Jenna spoke with a tremble in her voice, “I'll call my friend to borrow…” Since they had her surrounded, they doubted she would play tricks with them. They permitted her to get her phone to make a call with the loudspeaker turned on. Jenna first tried to call Sam. However, his line was busy. She had to resort to calling Damian. Fortunately, she was able to get through to Damina’s number. She immediately asked without any prelude, “Damian, I need fifty million dollars very urgently. Could you lend me the money?” A few seconds later, she heard a confused voice coming from the other end of the phone. “I run a small company and haven’t even settled some of my vendor’s accounts this month yet. Where am I supposed to get fifty million dollars from?” “Just come up with something, please!” The man beside her warned her in a low voice that she had three minutes to get her friend to transfer the demanded money to the app
Noticing Millie's hesitant expression, Quinn asked, “What were you going to say?” “Nothing.” Millie shook her head. Then, Quinn's phone suddenly rang. Upon noticing that it was Shawn calling, he answered the call. Shawn immediately told him off. “What’s your problem, Quinn? Isn’t Portica supposed to be your territory?” “What's wrong?” Quinn immediately frowned. “Damian just called me and told me Jen contacted him. Her tone was very desperate, and he could immediately tell something was off. It sounded like she got kidnapped,” Shawn told him urgently. “Hurry up and find out where Jen is!” Quinn's expression changed immediately upon receiving this information. After he hung up, he called Sam. He never expected someone to kidnap Jenna on his territory! Upon noting Quinn's expression, Millie asked cautiously, “What’s going on, Quinn?” “It sounds like something happened to Jenna.” Quinn picked up his coat and prepared to leave. He asked Millie, “Did you leav
Just as the man climbed back into the car, Jenna suddenly grabbed her phone and slipped past the man to get out. The car drove down the road and soon made a U-turn toward Jenna’s direction again. One of the men rolled down the window and waved to Jenna. “See you, pretty. Go home and get the money ready. We’ll collect the rest from you in three days.” Screw you! Jenna threw out all the profanities in her vocabulary at them. She suddenly became worried they would stop the car and double back on the previously agreed terms. With that, she quickly scrambled away from the road and found somewhere that could shelter her from the wind. She was relieved when she noticed they had driven away instead. Soon, the car vanished from her view. She took off one of her gloves and unlocked her phone to make a call. However, there was no signal in the area, which meant she could not call anyone even if she wanted to. She inspected her surroundings again. It was a very remote area