“I know someone has been targeting Tom.” Jenna forked some salad into her mouth before continuing, “But how could Coco’s boss possibly hold some kind of deep grudge against Tom?” Millie, who was sitting next to Jenna pointed out. “Coco is Tom’s ex-girlfriend.” Jenna did a double-take and quickly understood what was happening. It was not Coco’s boss who was targeting Tom but Coco herself instead. Even if Tom changed companies, Coco still was not going to let him off her hook. Shawn rattled his fingers against the table and turned to Jenna. “Jen, why are you helping Tom?” “I owe him a favor,” she expressed vaguely. “Remember when I went to Club YL to see Madam Ross the other day? I gifted her the calligraphy work in your collection in exchange for a favor, but Madam Ross thought it was not a fair deal for her especially since Diana was backed by someone powerful. That was when she told me about this director she knew who was very interested in Tom and needed Tom to star
Jenna turned around and saw a young woman approaching him with a large, bulky dress. It was a light pink corset dress with floral patterns designed by ES Boutique. Her skin tone was not considered fair, but she was quite pretty and cute. She wore an eye drop-shaped pink gemstone necklace and the makeup she wore tastefully complemented the style of her dress. She straightened her back and pumped her chest trying to display her high status but it had the reverse effect of making her appear comical. “It’s been so long since we’ve met, Tom.” She winked at Tom. Her innocent, gleaming eyes made her appear like a dear little fowl. Jenna suddenly felt a little sick. Although she was aware that there were all sorts of people in the entertainment industry, this was the first time she had seen someone so repulsive. Tom only spared her a glance and seemed to ignore her entirely. Upon noting this, the woman pursed her glossy lips tightly and whimpered in a child-like voice. “I’ve
After the recording ended, Tom said icily, “Stay away from me from now on. If you dare to say even another word, you’re going to see this recording everywhere on the Internet.” “Go ahead.” Coco quickly suppressed the panic swelling inside her and chuckled. “Those fans will only take this as a sign that you still love me!” Tom did not hesitate. He immediately posted the recording online. Coco did not expect him to be so ruthless that he was even uploading it from his personal account! She felt like she was going to lose it right there and immediately tried to snatch the phone away. Tom shoved the phone in his pocket and looked down at her without any affection. “If you don't get out of my way right now, I have something else that I can send directly to your boss’ email.” Coco did not know what other dirt this man had on her. However, after that exchange just now, she had learned how ruthless he could be. She shrank away at last to avoid provoking him again. Immediately
Coco’s assistant snapped back to her senses and hurried to save Coco. Jenna pinned Coco into the sink as hard as she could and could not be shaken off. It was only until Coco began to grow tired of struggling that Jenna yanked her up by her hair. She looked into Coco's pale complexion and frightened eyes through the reflection in the mirror. “Tom is now signed under my label. Trying to undermine him is the same as undermining my company. If I ever catch you plotting against him again and trying to cut off his resources, don’t blame me when I stop going easy on you!” Coco watched as drops of water dripped onto the expensive dress she was wearing, ruining it. Her heart nearly shattered. She was quaking with anger. “Jenna, how dare you provoke me?” “Why wouldn’t I dare?” Jenna grinned faintly. “You’re just a small-time actor. If I want to, I can end your career! You should be the one who should be afraid of provoking me.” With that, she flung Coco aside and stormed of
Millie touched her face and before she could explain, Hannah spoke up, “Just now when Millie was helping me hold the hem of my dress, she accidentally bumped into Diana. Diana slapped her right across her face.” Diana assumed that most people had left already and did not expect Shawn to still be around. She grew slightly cautious upon facing Shawn and quickly toned down her proud attitude. “I’m wearing a rented dress and I was worried she would damage it so I got nervous and slapped her.” With that, she took her assistant and quickly scrambled off. Shawn suddenly reached out and grabbed her. She staggered back several steps before bumping into Millie, causing her to drop the hem of the dress she was carrying. Immediately afterward, Diana accidentally stepped on it. Shawn gestured at the ground. “This boutique dress is very expensive and you got it dirty. How do you think we should handle this?” He restrained Diana and called Millie over, “Slap her the same way she sla
Millie stopped midway through wiping her tears and stared at Shawn. Shawn stared blankly at the buttons on the elevator panel and continued, “Discovering it at stage three is considered rather late, so I needed to go through chemotherapy even if there is no guarantee of curing it. I’m not afraid of death, but I owe Jen too much. I was afraid that if I died, no one would be around to take care of her and the company. That’s why I decided I have to give chemo a shot even if the recovery rate is very low. “I lied to Jen and told her I was going on a business trip abroad when I spent more than a month undergoing chemotherapy in a foreign hospital. The chemotherapy was very painful, but I toughed through it all the same. “Recently, I passed out again and had to go to the hospital for a check-up. The doctor told me that it’s the lung cancer coming back.” Millie had always seen Shawn as an equivalent of Quinn. They were the imperial presence in the business world, capable of anyth
The Goldbell Film Festival went on for three days. Apart from performing for the opening ceremony, Jenna was also one of the special guests during the award presentation ceremony. Furthermore, since she was told that the old housemaid only had roughly two days left, she stayed a few more days in North Cty. Over the past two days, she avoided contact with Tom and took Millie around the city. Millie had been feeling quite depressed. Most of the time, people only wore their best outfits at the opening ceremony of the festival. On the night of the award presentation, Jenna opted for a simple black suit. As if fate were toying with her, she was assigned to give the award for the best supporting actress. The winner of the award was none other than Coco. As soon as Coco met Jenna, she remembered the scene of Jenna pressing herself into the sink in the restroom the other night. She was terrified and just as resentful. However, her actor instinct quickly took over. Her glare only
By the time Jenna entered the ward with the doctor and nurse, the old lady had already passed. The doctor instructed the nurse to record the patient's time of death, then turned to Jenna. “She passed away peacefully. You can work out the details of how to proceed with her funeral after this.” After a minute, the doctor left with the nurse. Jenna noticed a faint smile still lingering on the corner of the deceased’s lips and that was how she knew that the old lady had a pleasant conversation with Tom. She was relieved at the idea. If the old lady got to pass without regrets, she supposed a white lie was not too bad. After leaving the ward, Jenna thanked Tom, “Thank you for your help tonight. Why don’t you get back to the resort first, I will handle the rest.” “The nurses told me that the old lady had been hospitalized for several days.” Tom's voice was deep and resonant. “Is this what you were talking about when you said you had things to take care of in North City?”
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