âXavier Pascalâs parents died many years ago.â Shawn continued, âI canât find any of his parentsâ relatives and I also donât 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.âIâm staying in Dresark for a few more days to see if I can dig up anything else.âQuinn 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.âSir, look at thisâŠâSam 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, âJen, donât go anywhere, just stay by my side.ââBut he wants me to go over there.âQuinn 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 Xavierâs arms.After pulling her aside, he shoved Xavier to the ground and punched him viciously.âYouâre a fucking monster, Xavier Pascal! You used such a disgusting trick!âAt the thought that if he had just been a little bit later, Jenna would have let Xavier Pascal take her under the drugâs 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.âWhy are you in my room?â 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, âXavier Pascal drugged you with your drink last night. Youâre in my room right now.âJenna did not remember what had happened after drinking the slushie and froze when she heard Quinn say that.âWhat drug?ââA kind of drug that makes you compliant. Whatever other people ask you to do, youâd do it,â Quinn said darkly.Jennaâs 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, âJenna, do you want me to send you back to the hotel?ââThereâs no need.â Jenna shook her head in refusal. âThe hotel isnât in the same direction as your home. Iâll just call a cab myself.âMillie 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 âoccupiedâ sign was not turned on and immediately did so before rolling his window down to wave at the man walking toward him.âI already have a customerââWithout waiting for the driver to finish speaking, the man took out a gun and held it to the driverâs head. The sound o
Upon hearing the untenable tone of the manâs voice, Jenna spoke with a tremble in her voice, âI'll call my friend to borrowâŠâ 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 Daminaâs number. She immediately asked without any prelude, âDamian, I need fifty million dollars very urgently. Could you lend me the money?â A few seconds later, she heard a confused voice coming from the other end of the phone. âI run a small company and havenât even settled some of my vendorâs accounts this month yet. Where am I supposed to get fifty million dollars from?â âJust come up with something, please!â 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, âWhat were you going to say?â âNothing.â 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. âWhatâs your problem, Quinn? Isnât Portica supposed to be your territory?â âWhat's wrong?â Quinn immediately frowned. âDamian 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,â Shawn told him urgently. âHurry up and find out where Jen is!â 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, âWhatâs going on, Quinn?â âIt sounds like something happened to Jenna.â Quinn picked up his coat and prepared to leave. He asked Millie, âDid 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 Jennaâs direction again. One of the men rolled down the window and waved to Jenna. âSee you, pretty. Go home and get the money ready. Weâll collect the rest from you in three days.â 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
When Jenna opened her eyes again, she found herself in a hospital bed, covered with a thick and warm blanket. She had just sat up from the bed when Xavier opened the door and entered the ward. He was carrying a thermos flask with him. When he noticed Jenna was awake, he quickly approached the bed. He touched her forehead with his palm to feel her temperature. After making sure she was not running a fever, he asked gently, âJen, do you feel uncomfortable?â Jenna shook her head. She was not expecting to see him upon waking up and asked, âHow did I get here?â âYou were left somewhere in the rural area and passed out from the cold. Your hands and feet were almost frozen when you were found, and you had a serious fever running when you got to the hospital.â Xavier informed her. Jenna was startled to hear this. When she was drifting in and out of consciousness, she vaguely remembered hearing Quinn's voice... Was it Xavier who rescued her? She suddenly remembered he
While eating, Carina asked Jenna, âYou went on a business trip with Quinn, didnât you? Where is he?â âDaddy is busy making money so he can buy me a castle!â Duo chirped joyfully. Upon hearing Duo, Carina thought to herself, âOh, 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!â She soon noticed the dark look in Jennaâs 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, âMadam, these are the clothes and toys that Mr. Tennyson bought for the young missâŠâ "Throw them out!â Carina harshly cut off the housemaidâs sentence. The servant obliged and took everything away. Jenna pointed out. âHavenât 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. âWhat if Agnes asked to see him and set up a trapâŠâ âNo.â Shawn could tell that Jenna was already thinking about the worst-case scenario and quickly assured her. âQuinn is far more capable than you think he is.â From the moment Quinn faked his own death and upon learning about Quinnâs 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 Xavierâs 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 Xavierâs 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 Xavierâs 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. âSir.â 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. âYou two, get something to eat. Iâm fine by myself.â 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, âYou are right, I have lost my mind in trying to claim you for myself. Iâm going to lock you inside this room forever. Iâll never be lonely again with you by my side.â âYou're insane!â 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. âCome on and eat, otherwise you won't even have enough strength to run to the door tomorrow.â Jenna approached the table, then she grabbed the plate, and threw it at him. âScram!â 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. âIf you waste the food, youâre going to have to starve until tomorrow morning.â âScram!â 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. âMiss Jenna, please use the landline to call me if you need anything.â 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. âIâll ask Sam to take Percival and Duo out later, weâre going to Golden Elegance to eat something. I donât have anything planned this evening so we can bring them out for some playtime after that.â 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
âI love her.â Connor spoke with a determined look in his eyes, âShe made a lot of mistakes in the past and even killed people, Iâm not going to excuse that. However, I am willing to bear the consequences with her.â 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, âIâll 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 havenât settled the score with her yet.â 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. âI will pay for Millieâs life with my own. Please give Diana a chance.â 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 Dianaâs fingers away and hurried outside to find a doctor. After the doctor attended to Diana, he heaved a sigh of relief. âPlease give her an anesthetic to put her to sleep.â 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, âHey Jacob, this is Connor. I am General Haleâs grandson.â âOh, do you need something from me?â Jacob asked impatiently. âI know that East Mill Pharmaceutical must have developed a suitable antidote for the effects of Curb.emotion.â Connor gulped, his Adamâs apple bobbing up and down. âPlease sell me one of those antidotes.â Since he was aware of the drug and its ass