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
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, “Jen, do you feel uncomfortable?” Jenna shook her head. She was not expecting to see him upon waking up and asked, “How did I get here?” “You 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.” 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
Jenna could not bear it any longer and suddenly threw up everything she had just eaten on the floor. Some of her vomit splashed onto Xavier's suit pants. She emptied her stomach and even threw up gastric at one point. Xavier quickly poured her a glass of water to rinse her mouth. Then, he apologized. “I forgot I shouldn’t mention gory things around you while you are pregnant. I’ll remember this next time.” He called over the cleaners to clean the vomit. Once the cleaners were done, his men showed up, bringing another serving of chicken congee. He scooped up a spoonful and was going to feed it to Jenna when he noticed she had her lips pursed. He told her, “The doctor took a blood test for you last night and told me your blood sugar is low. It could hinder the baby’s development. Why don’t you want to eat? Think of the baby, won’t you?” The two of them exchanged a look that lasted more than ten seconds. In the end, Jenna took the bowl from him. “I can feed myself.” S
The audio clip ended at this point. It felt as if Leah’s anger had seeped out of the USB drive and infiltrated the room. Sam was in shock. He could not believe what he had just heard. As for Quinn, he hung his head low in deathly silence. He was very young when his sister was born, and his memories of what happened then were very vague. He did vaguely recall his sister being born with pneumonia. When she was hardly one year old, she suddenly became sick and had to go to the hospital. However, she died on the way there. At that time, Leah held his sister’s corpse in her arms and broke down crying. The atmosphere in the study had become so oppressive that Sam could hardly breathe. After a while, he told Quinn cautiously, “Sir, none of this is your fault.” To which Quinn responded, “My father bringing me into the family is what caused all these tragedies to happen.” Quinn never understood Leah's indifference and hatred toward him. Leah had always been gentler an
Since it was New Year's Eve, it was very lively on the street. The central square was especially crowded. The large electronic screen mounted by the plaza usually used for playing advertisement clips was now playing live footage of a certain New Year’s Eve party. The enchanting voice of a singer played across the central square. At first, Jenna did not seem particularly intrigued. However, she then saw Carina and Jacob clinging to each other. At one point, Carina had her arms wrapped around Jacob’s, affectionately calling him hubby while asking him to buy a bubble machine from the stall. Jenna was caught off guard by this and even began to suspect she had misheard. She pulled Carina over. “What did you call Jacob just now?” “Hubby.” Carina asked, “What's wrong?” Jenna looked at her with a baffled expression. “What do you mean what's wrong? Why are you calling him hubby?” That was when Jacob returned with two bubble machines he bought from a stall. He happened to
Jenna tightened her grip around the doorknob and asked indifferently, “Did you need something, Mr. Forester?” “I came to give you something,” Quinn said with a hoarse voice while opening a violin case. Inside the case was a red violin mixed with a tinge of brown. It looked very new. However, upon closer inspection, one could see the traces of cracked marks that joined up to form a beautiful and intricate pattern. It was the same violin her father gave her on her birthday that she ended up breaking later on. Quinn took the violin and handed it to Jenna. He spoke faintly, “I found the best craftsman I can to repair this violin. I know I have made some mistakes in the past, but I hope you can give me a chance to make up for them. “I don't know how to express my feelings.” As he gulped, his Adam’s apple rolled up and down. He looked at Jenna fondly before continuing, “But I hope you will stay by my side.” He took the violin again and got down on one knee. “Sweetheart, c