Carina gently massaged Jenna’s shoulders. She understood that Jenna was upset with Quinn. “I heard that Beluga Media invested thirty million dollars in Director Jonathan’s upcoming movie. The vice president of Beluga Media and Director Jonathan graduated from the same school and are still very close. Doesn’t Shawn know the vice president of Beluga? “Ask Shawn to get in touch with the vice president of Beluga Media and see if he could get a role for Tom in the movie as a supporting male lead.” Jenna gave Carina a look and wondered, “Why are you so interested in Tom?” “I used to be a fan of his. Also, he’s handsome.” Carina said with a straight expression, “Besides, we signed him under our label. We can’t just let him sit around idling. He has to make some money for us!” Jenna pressed her brows and replied, “Alright. I’ll ask Shawn after the meeting.” Since they had a meeting scheduled in the morning, they went into the conference room together right away. As soon as t
Inside a certain luxurious apartment in Portica. Quinn, Shawn, Jacqueline, and another were seated together on an expensive and exquisite couch in the living room. Seated on one edge of the couch was an old lady with graying hair and arched back. She was telling a story from many decades ago to the others gathered in the living room in a shaky voice. Old Madam Forester only had one daughter, Jacqueline. She doted on her more than anything else. She did not want her daughter to marry Michael, who had not achieved anything significant at the time. Fearing her daughter would face hardship after marriage, she intercepted the arrangement and split up the two of them. She used Jacqueline's prematurely born child as a bargaining tool to make a deal with Michael. She forbade him from ever stepping foot in Portica again and wanted him to marry another woman. She masterfully schemed behind the scenes and led Jacqueline to think that it was Michael who abandoned her. What was on
Jacqueline could easily wager a guess that this woman had to be Quinn’s mother. She picked up a cup of coffee and expressed with a sigh. “Quinn, Forester Corporation is an important asset to our family. Your father put a lot of effort into it. I’m sorry for being so incompetent and letting it fall into Xavier's hands. I hope you can get Forester Corporation back before Xavier gets the chance to rebrand it to his name.” She had always known that Quinn was the favored son of her fourth brother, Scott. Despite that, she always hated Quinn for marrying and protecting Jenna. It was why she never told anyone about Quinn’s background. When she thought of this, she was filled with remorse again. If the Sadlers' bloodline had ended back then, she would not have been so fixated on revenge. Shawn was the foster child of the Radcliffs and would help the father manage the company. One day, he would marry Jenna, and they would live happily together. Who knew how old their children wou
Meanwhile, somewhere in the middle of the sea around hundred kilometers to the west of Hevenburgh. Silver rays of moonlight spilled across the surface of the sea like thin, almost transparent silk. The natural formation of the rock protruded several meters outwards and hovered above the sea while roaring waves continued to beat away at the island from below. Standing at the edge of the cliff, President Norman's wife was dragging along Jenna, who had her hands and feet bound. She was only a couple of steps away from dropping off the cliff. If she was not careful, she would fall and be crushed underneath the shattering waves. Melissa was unbothered by the furious wind tousling her hair. She continued to hold Jenna steady with one hand while gesturing at the edge of the cliff. “Look. It’s beautiful, isn’t it?” A look of bliss filled her expression when she recalled her past, “I was in the same kindergarten as Henry, and we grew up together ever since. Before he went to s
Quinn looked at the two women by the cliff, his hand clenching and unclenching as he spoke in his low voice, “Mrs. Norman, I can promise you that Miss Radcliff has no relationship with your husband.”Upon hearing this, Melissa Porter looked at Quinn and Shawn Sadler who was beside him. She recognized them both.Melissa looked back at Jenna, suddenly laughing coldly. “Look, Miss Radcliff, you’re so impressively beautiful that both your ex-husbands are here.”“No wonder Ol’ Norman kept inviting you over to his house. I can’t blame him for not resisting that appearance of yours.”President Norman could acutely feel the strong killing intent radiating off Shawn.As he watched Melissa’s mouth run off without a filter, he wished he could duct tape her mouth shut.Melissa swept her gaze over the car behind the men and looking like she just had a good idea, she said, “Let’s play a game, President Forester, President Sadler. If you guys win, I’ll let Jenna Radcliff go.”“What game do you
Jenna held her breath, waiting for his response.Just like the last time they played truth or dare at the bar, Quinn remained silent.After a long moment, he finally spoke calmly, “Mrs. Norman, if you let Jenna go, President Sadler and I will promise you that we won’t pursue this matter any further.”Right then, President Norman woke up.He scrambled over on all fours, begging Melissa, “Darling, she really only is Sally’s music teacher. You know Sally really loves the violin, but she’s made many teachers quit in anger.“Miss Radcliff is the only teacher who’s managed to make Sally open up.“I sent you to your parents’ home so that you could rest. I didn’t want to see you so sad over our daughter acting like a block of wood and ignoring you.“Please come over here, darling.” President Norman beckoned at Melissa. “Even if you won’t do it for me, won’t you do it for our daughter? How would Sally handle it if you leave us?“We grew up together. You even went overseas together with
After a long while, Sam and Jacob rushed over.Jacob glanced at the tightly closed doors to the operation theater and asked Jenna with a serious expression, “How long has Quinn been in there?”“It’s been more than an hour.” Shawn said gravely, “You should go in and help.”However, Jacob did not move. “It’s already been that long. If I go in now, it’ll just be disruptive to the surgeons, so I’ll just wait here.”He asked, “What on earth happened?”Shawn did not hold back the truth and told them all about how President Norman’s wife kidnapped Jenna and how he and Quinn followed after them.As Sam listened, his expression grew more pained.He walked up to Jenna and begged, “Miss Radcliff, I’m begging you, can’t you leave him alone? Four years ago, didn’t you witness how seriously injured that car crash left him with your own eyes?”Jenna’s lips moved wordlessly.Shawn pulled Jenna behind him, his eyes cold behind his glasses. “This was unexpected and has nothing to do with Jen. Y
Sam stood to the side, his hands behind his back as he looked down and said, “Not only did the second madam know about this very early on, but she also knew her inability to have children was the master’s doing, because that was the only way he could bring the boss back for her to raise legitimately.“That’s why the second madam hates the master and the boss so much. She was always very cold and indifferent toward the boss and never celebrated his birthdays.”Sam continued, “When the first madam first laid hands on the boss, it was also due to the second madam’s instigation.“The second madam had also hired men to install a bomb on Young Master Pete’s car. If the boss had taken his car, he would have died, just the same.”At first, Sam thought Leah hated Scott Forester for not saving their adopted daughter. However, as he investigated further and forced answers out of Leah’s longtime helper, he realized the situation was much more complicated than he expected.By the time Sam fini
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