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
Jack felt pain in his back from being slammed into the wall and as he gasped in pain, he tried to explain in a panic. “Jacob, I’m not in a relationship with Miss Jackson. We’re innocent.”Jacob harrumphed. “That day, at the bar, she kept talking to you and smiling at you. Did you think I didn’t see that?”“I can’t stop her from talking to me,” Jack said helplessly.“Then why did you go to that private hospital?” Jacob pressed. “Carl went to that hospital to get something earlier and said he saw you talking to my wife!”This morning, Carina mercilessly shrugged his hand off, only to head to a private hospital to meet Jack Newman the next moment…The more Jacob thought about it, the more angry he felt. Grabbing Jack by the collar, he nearly lifted him. “Even if she’s interested in you, she’s still my wife! Even if we’ve divorced!“If you dare to even touch her, I’ll fucking cut your hand off!”Jack was choked by his collar and almost suffocated.He forcefully grabbed Jacob’s hand
Carina opened her bag and took out a bank card from within.She slid it across the table to Helen. “There’s two million dollars in this. I earned it myself. It’s got nothing to do with Jacob, and this is me paying you back for everything you spent on me. From now on, I have absolutely nothing to do with you.“You don’t have to be afraid of me using the child to do anything, because I wasn’t planning on keeping it in the first place.”Carina then grabbed the box of pills and ripped it open clumsily, shaking two pills out to throw them into her mouth.Grabbing the lemonade, she gulped it down. She drank it so fast that some of it splashed onto her body, but she did not care.After swallowing, Carina placed the glass lightly on the table, looking at Helen with reddened eyes. “I wish you a blissful life with lots of grandchildren.”Helen did not want to meet her eyes and looked away.Right then, Jacob rushed into the cafe.When he got to their table, he looked at Carina first, his
A week later, Jenna returned to Hevedburgh from Dresark. After getting into a taxi, she dialed Carina’s number only to find that Carina’s phone had been turned off. So, she called the film production company and asked to speak to the deputy manager. She was told that Carina had made arrangements at work a few days ago and had never shown up at the office since. What's going on? Was she on a trip with Jacob? Confused, she called Jacob, “Jacob, are you with Carina right now?” “No.” Jacob sounded a little anxious, “She disappeared.” After that, Jenna rushed to the city hospital to meet Jacob. Apparently, Carina was pregnant, and Jacob's stepmother had turned out to be Carina's mother. After Carina left the cafe that day, Jacob frantically chased after her. Over the past few days, he went to the production company, Carina’s place, and all sorts of places where she could usually be found. Jacob even went through all of the surveillance footage in the surrounding are
Upon meeting Jenna, she did a double-take and asked, “Jen, how did you find this place?” “I know this is where you grew up. Now and then, I like to go back to where I used to grow up, too,” Jenna answered with a smile. She gently put her arms around Carina’s shoulder and entered the house. After closing the door behind them, she looked around. The place was very tidy. She could see food set on the table. At least Carina appeared to be taking care of herself. She led Carina to the couch and produced a container filled with beef noodles she had brought. “I kept throwing up when I was pregnant and would eat something sour. It’s pretty effective at settling down the stomach.” “Here.” She scooped a mouthful with a spoon and tried to feed it to Carina. Carina shook her head and refused it. Suddenly, her eyes pooled with tears. They began to fall and streak across her cheek against her will. She whimpered, “I feel awful. I don't even know what I am living for at this poin
At first, getting revenge was a small fraction of her reason for marrying Jacob. All things considered, the main reason she did it was so she could proudly call Helen her mother without any fear. She wished Helen would have at least an ounce of affection for her. She was aware she had fallen in love with Jacob over the past four years. However, she was wary of sinking deeper into this love. Aware of his connection with Claire, she intentionally used her sister as an excuse to start an argument. It was a convenient excuse for her to cause a scene and get divorced from Jacob. Jacob was heartbroken. He took Carina into his arms and comforted her in a soft and gentle voice. “You are my wife. Why would I ever abandon you? You’re the only wife I ever want.” Carina muttered, “But there is nothing that I can give you. I don’t come from any notable background…” “You are beautiful and talented.” Jacob gently pecked a kiss on her cheeks. “Nobody sings as well as you do, not even
He frantically went to the bedroom and noticed Carina wide awake and crying on the bed. “What’s wrong?” When Carina saw Jacob, she sniffed and immediately reached forward to hug him. “I thought you didn't want me anymore…” She woke up and found herself in a dark and quiet bedroom all by herself and felt aggrieved. “I was just picking up a delivery,” Jacob said as he slipped on a pair of house slippers for Carina before carrying her to the dining table. He pried the lid off the container with risotto inside and fed her a spoonful. “Have some of this. I got some ice cream for you, too. You can have some after you finish this, alright?” Carina nodded and ate the risotto obediently. After eating a half portion of risotto, she was stuffed and could not finish the rest. So, Jacob finished it for her. Then, she watched television for a while before she was taken to the bathroom to shower. Before they went to bed, Jacob went to the fridge to get a serving of vanilla
Carina had only spent three days in the apartment with Jacob before she got sick of him and wanted to head back to the film production office. Jacob was very reluctant. Despite that, he had no say in the matter, especially since Carina was very insistent. With that, Jacob decided to drive her there himself. He made sure to strap a pendant that signaled she was a pregnant lady onto her cyan-colored handbag. He also bombarded Carina with reminders. “Don’t forget to check if the floor is wet every time you go to the bathroom…” His nagging sounded like someone chanting occult rhymes into Carina’s ears and began to annoy her to the point of rage. As she left the car, she slammed the door shut and quickly marched into the building. “Hey, honey!” He shouted through the car window, “What do you want to eat for lunch?” “I’ll take care of it myself!” Upon arriving at the film production office, the employees immediately noted the pendant strapped to her bag and congratula
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