Jenna saw a store selling rock candy and ran up to it. “Strawberry-flavored rock candy, please.”“Sure, that’ll be ten bucks.”Jenna was about to grab her money from her bag when she suddenly paused and looked at Quinn. “I didn’t bring cash. President Forester, can you help me pay for it first?”“Do I look like someone who brings cash around?” Quinn only had his handphone with him.“Use ApplePay then.” Jenna took the strawberry rock candy from the shopkeeper. “It’s troublesome to get my phone out of my handbag too. Thanks!”Quinn was silent for a moment before he helplessly took out his phone to pay for it.Jenna shuffled closer, and the moment he turned the screen on, she saw that his wallpaper was the default one and could not help but feel a little disappointed.His phone wallpaper was not her anymore…She recalled what Xavier Pascal said before she returned to the country. “Jen, no one remains unchanged. It’s been four years. Where do you get the confidence to think he stil
As Jenna fell toward Quinn, she felt a gust of wind blow past her back. When she turned to look, she saw a motorcycle speeding past.She would have been run over if it were not for Quinn.The motorcyclist was not only driving down the street at such a high speed, but he even turned and grinned at Jenna without any intention of apologizing.He was very arrogant.Quinn’s expression darkened. He saw a passing tourist sipping from a coconut he held and without hesitation, he snatched the coconut from the tourist’s grasp and threw it at the motorcyclist’s back like a shot put. The motorcyclist fell off his motorcycle and fell heavily to the ground.Pulling Jenna with him, Quinn walked leisurely toward the motorcyclist and looked coldly at him. “Are you blind? Didn’t you see you were about to run into someone earlier?“Apologize to her!”The motorcyclist was already in so much pain that he was trembling, but Quinn’s gaze made him tremble even harder in fear.“S-sorry…” He stuttered
One of the men was the same motorcyclist who nearly ran Jenna over an hour ago and was taken down by Quinn with a coconut.Eight men surrounded them on their motorcycles.Some deliberately revved their motorcycles to make them sound fiercer, wanting to scare Jenna and Quinn. Some of them even carried baseball bats, looking menacing.Jenna glanced around and realized there were no security cameras around them. No wonder the motorcyclists dared to be so arrogant.Quinn’s expression remained calm.Silently, he pulled Jenna behind him, looking at the man he had previously taught a lesson.“It doesn’t hurt, does it?”That man spat on the ground, cursing, “This is my territory! Who do you think you are, outsider?“If you know what’s good for you, you should kneel and apologize to me, or else I won’t let you off!”Quinn seemed provoked by this. His knuckles cracked from the pressure as he said darkly, “I’ll have to see how you’ll do that, then.”The man gave his fellows a look.Rev
Quinn Forester: [Call the reception to help you.]After a few minutes, Jenna texted him back. [It’s not very nice to disturb the receptionists at this hour. It’s just a small favor.][Are you scared of me, President Forester?][I twisted my ankle to save you. You can’t be so ungrateful.]In the room, Jenna sat on the side of the bed. The foot that had been sprayed with medication was propped off the bed as she checked her texts from time to time.When Quinn did not reply, she pouted.Jenna pulled up her son’s chat window and sent him the picture she had taken at the heritage street earlier.[Look, son! Isn’t your daddy handsome?]Usually, he would ignore her and was so cold he refused to appear on screen for video calls. This time, however, he called her immediately after receiving her text.Uno’s childish but cool voice was disbelieving. “He was the one who broke the record?”“What record?” Jenna did not understand right away.“The chess game.” Uno said glumly, a little una
Quinn felt like carrying her out of the bathroom was too troublesome, so he grabbed Jenna by the waist and carried her up onto the sink.After he found the hairdryer and plugged it in, he handed it to Jenna.However, Jenna had no intention of taking it from him. There was a hint of a smile in her eyes as she said, “Since you’ve helped with washing my hair, why don’t you see it through, President Forester? My hair is long, so it’s not easy to dry it myself either.” Quinn was silent for a moment before he helplessly turned the hairdryer on to help her blow her hair dry.For a while, the bathroom was silent save for the sound of the hairdryer.Jenna’s hair was long and thick so it took Quinn more than half an hour to finish drying her hair.He turned it off and was about to leave when he realized Jenna’s long legs were wrapped around him, preventing him from leaving.Quinn looked down at her.The warm yellow light of the bathroom shone on her delicate yet beautiful face. When her
Before the nanny could even finish speaking, Jenna’s expression twisted.She immediately got off the sink, but she was a little weak when her feet touched the ground, and Quinn had to support her.Once she stabilized herself, Jenna immediately brushed away his hands and walked hurriedly outside.“Don’t panic. Contact Ulysses first. I’ll head back right now…” As she spoke with the nanny, she quickly grabbed a set of clothes from her luggage bag to change into.When Quinn came out of the bathroom, Jenna walked up to him. “Can your private jet be used right now? Please get someone to contact the aviation bureau and open up a flight path to Dresark. I need to go back right away.”Quinn wanted to refuse at first but he saw how anxious she was and how her voice trembled as she spoke. After a few seconds of silence, he walked to the bedside table to grab his phone and call Sam.Sam was very efficient and within twenty minutes, the flight path was arranged for and the private jet was on
When Carina heard that, her heart trembled.Soon after, she took a deep breath and brushed Jacob’s hand away firmly and ruthlessly. “I don’t want to know about you and your first love, and I won’t get remarried either.”Jacob was stunned for a moment before he walked around to face Carina, lowering his head to look at her. “Do you still not believe me even after I’ve explained it so clearly?”Carina remained silent as she took out a T-shirt from the wardrobe and put it on.“What do I have to do to make you believe me, babe?”In all his years of life, Jacob had never humbled himself to coax anybody.Carina was the sole exception.Although he initially married Carina just for fun wanting to see what marriage was like, it had been four years now. Even two strangers living together would have developed feelings by now.He loved it when Carina would cling to him occasionally like a child.Now that they were divorced and she was not around, Jacob felt like the house and even his hea
Carina sat on the toilet in a daze holding the pregnancy test for a very long time, until the sound of colleagues chatting outside brought her back to her senses.Thinking that it could be a false positive, she went to the hospital for a check-up, with hope in her heart.However, Jacob was working at City Hospital. If she went there, she would run into him.…Around 11 PM, Carina called a taxi to head to the private hospital Jack Newman had mentioned.Just as she arrived at the entrance, she saw Jack.Jack still did not know what was wrong with Carina. Over text, all she had asked was to help contact a gynecologist for her, one who did not work at City Hospital.He just so happened to be heading here to pass his sister something, so after he arrived, he stood at the entrance waiting for Carina.As they took the elevator upstairs, Jack asked, “The doctors at City Hospital are better, and Jacob can even help you pull some strings, so why didn’t you go there?”“Precisely because
While eating, Carina asked Jenna, “You went on a business trip with Quinn, didn’t you? Where is he?” “Daddy is busy making money so he can buy me a castle!” Duo chirped joyfully. Upon hearing Duo, Carina thought to herself, ‘Oh, 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!’ She soon noticed the dark look in Jenna’s 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, “Madam, these are the clothes and toys that Mr. Tennyson bought for the young miss…” "Throw them out!” Carina harshly cut off the housemaid’s sentence. The servant obliged and took everything away. Jenna pointed out. “Haven’t 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. “What if Agnes asked to see him and set up a trap…” “No.” Shawn could tell that Jenna was already thinking about the worst-case scenario and quickly assured her. “Quinn is far more capable than you think he is.” From the moment Quinn faked his own death and upon learning about Quinn’s 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 Xavier’s 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 Xavier’s 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 Xavier’s 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. “Sir.” 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. “You two, get something to eat. I’m fine by myself.” 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, “You are right, I have lost my mind in trying to claim you for myself. I’m going to lock you inside this room forever. I’ll never be lonely again with you by my side.” “You're insane!” 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. “Come on and eat, otherwise you won't even have enough strength to run to the door tomorrow.” Jenna approached the table, then she grabbed the plate, and threw it at him. “Scram!” 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. “If you waste the food, you’re going to have to starve until tomorrow morning.” “Scram!” 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. “Miss Jenna, please use the landline to call me if you need anything.” 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. “I’ll ask Sam to take Percival and Duo out later, we’re going to Golden Elegance to eat something. I don’t have anything planned this evening so we can bring them out for some playtime after that.” 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
“I love her.” Connor spoke with a determined look in his eyes, “She made a lot of mistakes in the past and even killed people, I’m not going to excuse that. However, I am willing to bear the consequences with her.” 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, “I’ll 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 haven’t settled the score with her yet.” 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. “I will pay for Millie’s life with my own. Please give Diana a chance.” 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 Diana’s fingers away and hurried outside to find a doctor. After the doctor attended to Diana, he heaved a sigh of relief. “Please give her an anesthetic to put her to sleep.” 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, “Hey Jacob, this is Connor. I am General Hale’s grandson.” “Oh, do you need something from me?” Jacob asked impatiently. “I know that East Mill Pharmaceutical must have developed a suitable antidote for the effects of Curb.emotion.” Connor gulped, his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down. “Please sell me one of those antidotes.” Since he was aware of the drug and its ass