Isabella gritted her teeth and unwillingly entered the restaurant to change into the bikini in the washroom. It was not as if she did not consider running away, but there was only one way in and out of the restaurant. She had to go through the main hall to get into the kitchen, so Kevin and the others, who were outside, would have spotted her right away. After stalling for as long as she could, Isabella walked out of the restaurant. Seeing that Isabella froze there, Kevin uttered, “Why aren’t you dancing? Oh, is it because there’s no music? Alright, I’ll play a song for you.” Kevin tapped into his music app and played a sizzling hot song. Isabella looked around at the onlookers. The restaurant patrons were also looking out. It had just escalated into a major event. She looked at Jenna with a stiff smile. Gnashing her teeth, Isabella lost the arrogance from yesterday and took a humbler approach. “Must you do this, Jenna? We’ll be working together…” Jenna, standing among
Although Kevin was quick to close the jewelry box, Jenna, standing right next to him, gasped at the sight of the pink diamond. As an heir to the Radcliffs, she had seen an array of jewelry collections in her lifetime. Nevertheless, Jenna had never seen such a huge diamond, and a pink diamond at it. Kevin shoved the flowers and gift to Jenna and exclaimed, “I got to give it to Boss. He sure knows how to spoil his wife, but my only complaint is that he should’ve set a more romantic scene.” Back then, he wondered if Boss got the pink diamond from an auction to give to Jenna. Kevin could not believe that his guess was right. Jenna got the picture from Kevin’s reply. She looked at the black roses in her arms, puzzled. While the gifting was possible, Quinn was unlikely to present the gifts in a flamboyant manner. The way she saw it, it was not in Quinn’s nature to do such a thing… Before Jenna could dwell further into the matter, the crowd started to whistle and shout, “Is
By the time Sam pulled into the Elysian Group’s underground parking garage, Kevin had ushered Jenna out of the crowd at the restaurant. The pair jumped into a cab, and Kevin finally caught his breath. Looking horrified, Kevin grunted. “We were supposed to watch Isabella make a fool of herself, but we were surrounded instead. Jesus, Boss’ gift sure gave us a hard time.” “Nobody can resist gossip.” Jenna was helpless about the situation too. It never occurred to her that despite the passage of time, the public still hounded the Radcliffs and was still keen on her personal life. Jenna glanced at the black roses in her arms and remarked with furrowed brows, “Are the flowers really from Quinn?” Kevin replied with certainty, pointing at the jewelry box in her grasp, “Duh, of course. You can’t find another pink diamond of its kind in the world. Some wealthy man bought the pink diamond off the auction, but Boss told me to get the buyer’s contact and bought the diamond from the buy
The assistant took a moment in silence before opening up. “Mr. Sadler, you might be overthinking this. The Foresters are one of the four most influential families in Portica, and I trust that there are strict family rules to follow. Even though Mr. Forester holds power in his family, he has to walk down the path of a marriage alliance to strengthen his connections and wealth. There’s no way he’d marry Jenna…” Shawn would turn a blind ear to these comments in the past. However, his assistant’s remark came off as harsh to Shawn. He scowled. “The Radcliffs were pretty high up the social ladder in Hevedburgh, so we can’t rule out Jenna marrying into the Forester family.”“The Radcliffs were in the prestigious social class but not anymore…” The assistant fixated on Shawn before cautiously adding, “Don’t you hate Ms. Radcliff, Mr. Sadler?” Why was Shawn angry that he mentioned Jenna? Shawn froze, noticing his abnormal behavior too. He loosened his tie for some air. “Did you pick
Jenna returned to Sparrow Garden at sundown. She was going to take a cab ride all the way home, but the taxi was not allowed inside the villa compound, so she had to walk to the villa on foot from the community gate. With a bouquet of black roses in her arms, Jenna furrowed her brows like something weighed heavily on her mind. “Miss.” Aunt Lily opened the door for Jenna. Aunt Lily was taken aback by Jenna carrying a bouquet of black roses and lamented, “I’ve been with you for over twenty years, miss, and I’ve never seen anyone presenting you with so many black roses. I heard these roses don’t last very long and are hard to grow…” Jenna looked down and realized that she had brought the roses back with her. The roses suddenly became a burden that Jenna wanted to get rid of right away. “It’s just a bouquet of roses. That’s all…” Had she seen the card right from the start, Jenna would not have accepted the flowers and pink diamond. “I’m not talking about the one you’re hold
“Sam! Sam!” Kevin burst into the house. Kevin jumped on Sam and gave him a smooch. “Sam, how did you know I’m into Pagani? I can’t believe you bought it for me! You’re the greatest! I’m so lucky to be your brother!” Sam wiped away Kevin’s spit on his face and emotionlessly replied, “The car isn’t for you. It’s for the missus.” “Huh?” Kevin’s expression fell. “It’s hard enough for me to raise you. Where am I supposed to find the money to get you a new car? The car is a limited edition too.” Sam rolled his eyes before handing the key to the Pagani to Jenna. “Ma’am, Mr. Forester bought you a new car. You can drive the car to work.”“Thank you.” Jenna helplessly took the car key. She had told Quinn that she was fine with any ride, but… The limited edition Pagani was a sure-fire way to stand out, which was what she did not want to. “Never mind. I’ll be working in the Elysian Group too anyway, so I’m driving. In a way, the car is mine too.” It only took Kevin a moment to sul
“Gee, I was only kidding!” Kevin joked around, but the grimacing look on Quinn’s face was Kevin’s cue to stop with the cheekiness. Jenna, who was tuning the violin, lifted her chin and looked at the aloof man on the sofa before turning her attention to Kevin in close proximity. Her mind flew back to her conversation with Jacob at the hospital. The change behind her eyes was unfathomable. With his keen senses picking up on her subtle expression, Kevin got the creeps. “Jesus, Jen. What’s with that look on your face?” “What’s wrong with my expression? I thought you looked handsome, so I couldn’t take my eyes away from you.” Jenna innocently looked at him. As if Kevin would believe her. He stressed. “I was only joking with Boss. I’m straight! It’s not like I can give up on voluptuous women.” He took a fleeting glance at Jenna’s chest before shaking his head. Jenna caught him staring and pulled a stoic face. “Why did you look at me and shake your head? Are you trying to say th
Kevin happened to see the large bouquet of black roses sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and he was shocked. “Holy sh*t! How did you get the supply of black roses, Boss?” He did not know much about flowers, but even he had heard black roses were not the easiest to nurture. Plus, these flowers had a shorter lifespan than other roses. There must be at least a thousand black roses. “I don’t know. Your brother bought them. The flowers are for Jenna for getting the job.” Quinn took a sip of tea with a stoic face. Kevin clicked his tongue. “Boss, I knew you were a domineering CEO, but there’s no need to be flamboyant about it.” Quinn prepared a special delivery of the pink diamond to Jenna in the afternoon, and now he got Kevin’s brother to purchase over a thousand black roses and deliver them to the villa. “Is this flamboyant?” Quinn raised his brow. Nearby, Jenna had her heart in her throat, afraid that Kevin would talk about the incident at the restaurant. S