Jenna drank a sip of water to conceal the grin she had on her face and stopped asking questions after that. Soon, the waiter brought over a large serving of crab. Jenna admired the gigantic size of the crab. However, it did not seem like she had any intention of taking a serving. President Norman happened to notice the look in her eyes and took the initiative to ask, “Miss Jenna, you want some crabs, don’t you? Do you want me to peel them for you?” “It’s fine. Don’t bother.” Jenna smiled and refused with a shake of her head. “These are tasks only lovers should do.” Diana stared at the giant crab on the giant platter and felt the urge to make a statement in front of Jenna. She leaned toward Quinn. “Mr. Quinn, I want some crabs. “My manicure is too long and in the way, though. Could you peel one for me?” Over the past four years, everyone knew that Quinn not only brought Diana to all sorts of events, he also obliged all of her whims. Rumor was that one time, there
After taking the picture, Jenna went to a section by the side of the venue and waited silently. Two minutes later, President Norman approached her. He proceeded to tell her, “Miss Jenna, my daughter is very fond of playing the violin as well. I bought that violin for her. “I was wondering if you would be my daughter’s violin teacher?” “President Norman, I’m afraid I’m not a professional.” Jenna turned him down politely, not expecting such a request. “Besides, I’m sure you can easily enlist the help of any internationally renowned music tutors.” President Norman smiled bitterly, “I tried, but all who came could only manage two days before they could not take it anymore. They didn’t want to continue no matter how much I paid them…” “Is your daughter very naughty?” Jenna asked. “No.” President Norman suddenly grew hesitant. “You see, she’s on the spectrum.” The child was his only child whom he had at a relatively old age. Due to his wife’s poor health, they were
After a long time passed, the first sign of daylight graced the night sky and faintly illuminated the dark bedroom. The bed was in a complete mess. Quinn faintly looked at Jenna, who was using his arm as a pillow. She was still in a deep sleep, her eyebrows knitted together tightly in a faint frown. From the neck down, her body was covered with marks. Her skin was delicate, her hair lush and dark. Even after all these years, she still looked every bit like the girl she once was. Not a part of her body had changed. While pulling the blanket over her to keep her warm, Quinn caught a glimpse of the black tattoo on her waist. He gently rubbed it with the tip of his fingers. Jenna groaned in her sleep and burrowed herself deeper into Quinn’s arm. After a while, Quinn managed to calm his beating heart. The look in his eyes reverted to its normal state. He gently pried his arm away from Jenna and carefully covered her with the blanket before heading to the bathroom
“Good morning, everyone.” Jenna smiled at the employees before walking to the reception. “Is President Sadler here?” She enquired. “Yes, he’s here. Since it’s Monday, he should be in the middle of a meeting.” The receptionist had been working at Seabright Group long enough that she managed to recognize Jenna when she heard her speak. She grabbed a special card for the elevator and handed it to Jenna. After Jenna left, the two receptionists murmured between themselves. “It is Miss Jenna! She looks even more beautiful than she did four years ago. Her skin is glowing!” “In that case, the one standing with President Forester at the charity auction event last night must be Miss Jenna.” Although the Charity Night was very low profile and had forbidden any media presence, the staff at Spring Charity Foundation did have to put up an article to summarize the night’s events. Somewhere in between the articles, they included a group picture of the attendees. Since Diana was th
When Shawn went to Dresark back then, he did not manage to find out much about Xavier Pascal even with Quinn’s connections.He knew the Helters were powerful. As Xavier Pascal was the head of the Helters and considering that Dresark was Xavier’s territory, it was all too easy for Xavier Pascal to erase all traces of information he did not want known.Without waiting for Jenna to respond, Shawn got up and walked to his table before retrieving a photo from the bottom of the drawer.He showed it to Jenna. “Does it have something to do with her?”After coming back from Dresark, Shawn told Quinn everything but did not give him this almost completely burnt photo.The photo was so burnt that one could only vaguely make out that it was of a very beautiful young woman.Jenna looked at the photo and smiled. “Shawnie, I knew you were very smart, but I didn’t expect you to have guessed quite a few things without knowing anything apart from this incomplete photo.”“Now is still not the time.
Jenna went to the secretarial department, and seeing Carina buried in her work at her desk, she walked over and knocked on the table. “Want to have lunch together?”Carina did not even look up. “I’m busy. You should go ahead, President Radcliff.”Jenna had a bad feeling when she heard Carina’s tone.She reached out to tug on Carina’s arm and said softly, “Is work more important than I am? Am I worth less than your daily salary?“I haven’t seen you in four years and I miss you. Didn’t you miss me?”Carina finally looked up to glare at her. “How dare you say that? You left for four years, only leaving behind an email. Jenna Radcliff, don’t you think you’re too much?”“It’s all my fault. I was wrong.” Jenna pleaded. “Please let me treat you to lunch?”Carina was very angry and was planning on ignoring Jenna at first, but the secretarial department was not a good place to talk since her colleagues could come back at any time.With a harrumph, she picked up her bag and left with Jen
Jenna held her cup to her lips and sipped her coffee. Propping her chin on her hands, she looked at Carina. “What about you and Jacob? You’ve been married for so many years. Do you guys have any children yet?”“Nope.” Carina shrugged and said nonchalantly, “We’re still too young. It’s not good to have children yet.”She smiled wickedly at Jenna. “Now that you’ve given me a godson and a goddaughter for free, I’m even less inclined to have children!”“Still young? Jacob’s thirty-two, isn’t he?”Carina said, “Is thirty-two very old? Look at your President Forester. If you hadn’t gotten pregnant, he would still be childless at thirty-seven!”Jenna was speechless.Carina took a glance at the time on her phone and got up. “I’m so hungry. Let’s go have lunch now so that we don’t have to line up later. Let’s chat more over lunch!”“Sure.” Jenna paid for the coffee and left together with Carina.As they ate lunch, Carina talked non-stop. She even talked about how Jenna’s departure made
Jenna strode over, pulling on Jacob’s arm. “Dr. Tennyson, who are you shopping with here?”Jacob was pulled around to face her.He had seen from the news that Jenna was back and was not surprised to see her, but was not expecting to see Carina with her.When he saw Carina, he inexplicably felt a little guilty. “This is my friend. I happened to bump into her here.”He had come to get something from one of the stores and had not expected to bump into her here.The appearance of Carina and Jenna attracted the girl’s attention.Her heart-shaped face was youthful and she looked not older than twenty.The girl leaned toward Jacob and asked somewhat shyly, “Jake, do you know them?”When Jenna saw the girl’s deliberate acting, she rolled her eyes hard.She laughed coldly and looked at Jacob. “Aren’t you going to introduce us, Dr. Tennyson?”Jacob rubbed the bridge of his nose and could only helplessly say, “This is my friend, Beth Jugson.”Then he introduced them to that girl named