“Sure.” Coco was the first to agree. Jenna was still fiddling with the cards with some degree of unfamiliarity when she turned to Diana and asked curiously, “What kind of bid?” “Take off one article of clothing for each round you lose.” Diana glided her fingers across the card and smiled. “If you have nothing but your underwear left, you have to go to the ballroom and put on a show for us. Does that sound fun?” Jenna cupped her chin and frowned disapprovingly. “Don’t you think that’s a bit too much?” “No, we used to play like this all the time.” Coco remarked, “If you don't believe me, go ahead and ask everyone.” The other girls knew that Diana and Coco were trying to humiliate Jenna. Many of them also came from the entertainment industry and did not want to risk offending Diana. With that, they played along with some reluctance. When Coco noticed that Jenna was planning to worm her way out, she quickly assured Jenna about the notion of beginner’s luck. There was n
Coco was a celebrity and often frequented beauty salons to take care of her appearance. Her figure was also far more voluptuous than a lot of the ladies attending the party. When she was on the dance floor, many men came up to rub against her. The party was going in full swing in the ballroom when suddenly, the large LCD screen mounted on the wall was turned on. A scandalous scene was cast on the display. Even though the sensitive parts were censored, the passionate scenes and the moans of the woman left everyone witnessing in the ballroom completely speechless. Even Coco’s half-nude dancing on the dance floor paled in comparison to what was on the screen. “Hey, isn't this Diana?” When someone pointed this out, everyone quickly recognized the woman in the video who was pincered between several men. They turned to Diana in unison. Diana dug her nails deep into her palms but managed to keep her cool. “You guys, quit messing around.” She forced herself to smile. “I lo
Upon hearing Triss’ reply, Jenna realized the situation had gone awry. “Millie still hasn't come back yet, please tell the staff to help me look for her.” After hanging up, she went to the security office. To honor the guest’s privacy, the cruise ship did not install surveillance cameras along the corridors, inside the ballrooms, or the bars. Jenna could not track down Millie using the scarce amount of surveillance cameras. The staff searched for Millie on the first and third floors. Since Jenna happened to be on the second floor, she began her frantic search by scouring down the corridors. When she was about to head to the next floor, she vaguely heard some strange noises coming from the utility room right below the stairs. She immediately rushed over. The door was not locked and she threw it open effortlessly. She was met with the scene of a man who reeked of alcohol pinning Millie to the ground. The man was tugging at her clothes mumbling incoherently about how
Although Forester Corporation had changed its ownership for a long time, news of the previous owner's passing was not public information yet. It was mostly kept a secret by the upper management of the corporation as well as the Foresters on the Portica side. Most people were still wary of the Foresters and nobody would dare to harm Millie. Jenna faced Triss and told her severely, “She has a heart condition, and the medicine she usually keeps with her has been stolen.” Triss was stunned by this information and quickly understood what Jenna was hinting at. “You knocked Johnny unconscious. Either way, I don’t think he will remember anything even when he wakes up tomorrow morning since he’s blackout drunk.” “No need to wait until tomorrow morning.” Jenna said with a knowing squint and stated, “Apart from the people manning the cruise, tell everyone on the cruise to go to the ballroom, including the cruise’s staff as well.” More than ten minutes later, all the staff were told
“Coco, I want you to think about this carefully.” Diana hissed urgently. “My grandfather is General Hale. Even if Jenna finds out it was me, all I have to do is apologize to get it over with, but things will be different for you. “My grandpa adores me, that’s why he’s fine with me being in the entertainment industry. However, I can’t say that he will be very fond of the idea of someone in the entertainment industry marrying into the family. After all, our family comes from a military background.” Her tone was gentle but the underlying threat was clear. “If I get into my grandpa’s ears, you can say bye-bye to your chance of ever getting into the good grace of the Hales.” Coco clenched her teeth and stared fixedly at Diana. Diana straightened her hair and said with a cunning smile, “Coco, you have no choice. If you are not going to do this for me, not getting into the Hales will be the last of your concerns. “I assure you that I’m going to make your life hell.” In the e
The cruise was three stories tall, a quite terrifying height above sea level. Coco's upper body was hanging over the railing. Even if the cruise was moving very slowly across the sea, the powerful currents of the seas below were enough to scare the wits out of her. “Jenna, please let me go quickly, I’ll tell you everything, I…” She was so terrified that she began to cry. Soon, Triss and the others hurried to the deck. When Diana saw Coco bawling her eyes out and ready to confess, she immediately cried out, “Jenna, what are you doing? Are you trying to kill her? “She’s going to be my sister-in-law in the future, you better put her down, or else I’m never going to forgive you.” Upon hearing the second half of what Diana said, the terrified Coco managed to calm down slightly and no longer planned to confess. Jenna realized that she could not get anything out of Coco anymore since Diana was here. With that, she suddenly released her grip. Coco fell into the sea whil
Diana got in touch with Madam Ross and pulled some strings in the circle to get Diana cast into a role she could not refuse. It was a major film with an excellent production team and significant investment. After Diana signed the contract, Jenna had Shawn contact a certain investor to let them use his money to pour a giant sum of funding into the film to become the largest investor in the production. After that, she stealthily got in touch with two actresses whose roles were previously snatched away from Diana and cast them in the upcoming movie with Diana. These two actresses did not come from a background as powerful as Diana’s. However, they are not exactly easy targets to mess with in the industry, either. When Diana received the full version of the script and realized that the protagonist she was playing would go through countless torment by the other two female leads, she wanted to back out of the film. The producer immediately reminded her that the severance fee for t
Helen no longer tried to hide it now that Jenna had blatantly exposed her. “Yes, but I do it for Jacob's sake.” “I’ve been married to Timothy for many years. I know him better than his son.” Helen stated, “He does not respect Carina. The kind of daughter-in-law he has in mind is someone like Triss, who is both beautiful and can also help Jacob develop his career.” Some time ago, Helen accompanied Timothy to a party and met President Lebouse there. President Lebouse had always been very fond of Jacob and had nothing but praises for him. He mentioned he heard Triss on the phone with Jacob and that the two sounded very close. Triss even had to flee back to her room because she was afraid he had overheard their conversation. The next day, she got together with a group of friends and held a party on the cruise ship. She found herself in a better mood when she returned. President Lebouse wagered that the two had to be dating. When Helen saw Timothy chatting away so happi
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