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?”
After Jenna landed in Hevedburgh the next day, she received a text from Mario informing her that Grandma Joy had been buried. She thanked him and wired him some money as a tip for his service. On her way to the company, Jenna passed by a dessert shop named Unique. She was immediately reminded of the cake that Sam had given her that day. She suddenly felt peckish and requested the driver to stop so she could buy something from the shop. However, she could not find the two-toned chocolate cake she ate the other day. She asked the clerk, “Don't you have a two-toned chocolate cake in your store?” The clerk immediately understood which item Jenna was referring to based on the description. She informed her politely, “It was our boss who made it. The boss only comes around sometimes so it’s not available today, but we have plenty of other delicious cakes in our shop for you to try.” Jenna was a little disappointed to hear this. She chose a red velvet cake instead. After s
She remembered that Tom lived in the building in front of hers but forgot which exact floor he lived on. So, she sent him a text to ask. Tom came to open the door wearing an apron. Jenna could smell the aroma of the kitchen on him and commented, “You should join some kind of cooking variety show. I’m sure you’d boost the ratings.” “I’m not interested in variety shows,” Tom remarked faintly lightly while holding the door open for Jenna to enter. Since Jenna had already been to his place once, she swiftly took a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and put them on. Then, she handed him the bottle of red wine she brought with her. “I’m no freeloader.” She gestured at the red wine inside the bag, “This bottle of wine costs almost two hundred thousand dollars. I’m sure it’s enough to cover the meal you’re preparing for us, right?” Tom chuckled. “More than enough.” Jenna followed him to the open kitchen and noted a large pile of ingredients set on the kitchen counter.
Tom put the items by the bathroom door, then knocked and left the room. After Jenna put on the new dress, she went to the dining table. She became slightly awkward when she met Tom again. “I’ll transfer the money for the couch to you later.” “No need. It’s still usable even if it’s dirty.” Tom remarked as he brought over two bowls of hot and steaming rice, “Don’t worry about it, Boss. It’s no big deal.” “After dinner, I'll make you some tea.” Jenna nodded. Then, she took a bite of a slice of braised pork. It was very delicious, with the perfect amount of fat. It was so delicious that she could not help but be in awe. “Tom, how are you such a good chef? You can easily match the chefs in expensive hotels. You’re going to ruin my appetite altogether if I keep eating your food! “Any other food outside is not going to be good enough for me anymore. I’ll starve to death!” Tom handed her a small dish of homemade sauce and said with a faint smile, “In that case, you can com
Tom walked to the living room and grabbed a pack of cigarettes from the drawer. He lit one and then dialed Sam’s number. “Still nothing?” On the other side of the phone, Sam was struck speechless. It had only been days since he last checked. How could he possibly expect progress so soon? Regardless, he answered tactfully, “I’ve been trying my best and have put people on the task.” The problem was that the drug research center closed down five years ago. All of the personnel either died of illness or went to work for the government, so it’s been very difficult to trace them. Tom took a long drag of the cigarette and continued in a hoarse voice, “Hurry it up. If needed, you can speak to Shawn about this as well.” “Mr. Shawn is not a fool. He’s going to suspect you if I do that.” “What else is there to do?” Tom expressed in a suppressed voice, “She’s going to forget about me entirely if this goes on any longer. Even Duo is going to forget about me at this point.” H
After finishing her work at the office the next day, Jenna asked Millie to have lunch with her. After they ordered food, she grabbed the teapot and poured two cups of tea. One for herself and another for Millie. Then, she brought up candidly, “Millie, do you have any plans tonight?” “No.” “I haven't made any plans, either. Do you want to go to the lantern festival at Trine River tonight?” Jenna took a sip of tea and mentioned with a witty smile, “They say that if you make a wish at the lantern festival, it will come true.” Millie took the teacup and accepted the invitation without thinking about it. “Sure.” Once the food was served, Jenna forked a piece of stir-fried beef and took a bite. She immediately frowned. It tasted nothing like the ones Tom made. She was a regular at this restaurant, so why did their food suddenly lose its charm? Perhaps she had truly thought too highly of herself. All it took was a couple of meals for Tom to capture her appetite. Upon n
Shawn asked without bothering to turn up to look at him, “What are you doing, going to the lantern festival by yourself.” “I’m going on a blind date.” Hearing this, Shawn finally looked up with a strange expression. “A blind date sounds about right for someone your age. Alright, go on.” Damian nodded. Before leaving, he casually brought up, “It was Miss Jenna who set up the blind date for me. The girl is very pretty. I think she is President Forester’s cousin.” Shawn made a look and asked uncertainly, “Millie?” “Yeah.” After Damian left, Shawn suddenly became slightly irritable. He grabbed his phone and called Jenna. “Jen, why did you set up a date between Millie and Damian?” “What’s wrong? Damian doesn't have a girlfriend anyway.” Shawn frowned and pressed a finger to his brows. “With Millie’s condition, how can Damian…” “I already told Damian about it!” Jenna interrupted Shawn and remarked with a brisk smile, “He says he doesn’t mind. “Hey, you can’t let him
Millie was staring at the mass of lanterns and considering asking Jenna if she wanted to join in. Then, she realized Jenna was nowhere to be seen. Just as she grabbed her phone to send her a text, she received a call. She immediately answered the call without hesitation. “Hey.” “Where are you?” “I’m with Jenna right now. We’re at Trine…” “I know.” Shawn was panting on the other end of the phone. It sounded like he was walking very quickly. “At which location, near the temple?” Millie did a double take. “No, on the other side, where the cafes are.” She glanced up and turned to look at the opposite bank. The lanterns above had illuminated the area. Millie immediately spotted a tall man standing a head above the rest of the crowd. The man was marching very quickly while speaking on the phone. The man’s sharp eyes caught her staring immediately. The two made eye contact. Shawn did not stop pressing onward. After he hung up, he gestured at the bridge only a shor
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