Shawn had been through a lot and was no longer a young man. Despite that, Millie’s declaration of love shook him and made him feel like a teenager who was being confessed to for the very first time again. He was very fond of her, but he never knew how to express his feelings. He held her tightly in his arms and rested his head on her shoulder, then he sighed. “I’m so lucky to be loved by you.” “Me too.” Millie looked at the platinum ring shining on her finger and smiled faintly. She put her arms around Shawn's neck, pulled him toward her, and kissed him. Shawn’s grip around her waist began to tighten gradually. In the end, he still ended up pushing her away with the final trace of self-control left in him and told her with a low grunt, “Go take a shower.” Millie refused, then she rubbed up her cheek against him. “I want to be with you.” “You have to be good. We talked about this, didn’t we?” “I haven't given you a Christmas present yet.” She looked at him with a
When Jenna woke up, she saw the man lying on her side perching his head on his hands and staring at her. She had no idea how long he had been staring at her. All she remembered was him seducing her last night. It was so awkward to recall what happened that she only lasted three seconds of eye contact with him before pulling the blanket over her head. Tom pulled off the blanket and asked with a reserved smile, “Boss, weren't you the one who made me do it last night? Why are you being shy now?” “It’s just a little cold.” Jenna made up an excuse but her reddened ears gave her away. “It's morning now. You can go.” “But this is my house.” “…” Jenna began to question him. “Isn't this your friend's house? If he found out about what you were getting up to inside his bedroom, he’s going to kill you.” She thought that if she was the owner of the place and found out about what Tom had been getting up to, she would butcher him. Tom could not suppress a soft chuckle. “If
“No idea.” Jenna was very content with getting to enjoy his cooking after two months. She cocked a look at Tom. “What about you?” “I was thinking I could spend it with you,” he answered bluntly while gazing at her with a deep-set look in his eyes. Jenna nearly choked on her food and started coughing furiously that her face turned red. She grabbed two pieces of tissue and wiped the corners of her lips. “We are not dating, I don’t need you to keep me company. If you need any kind of resources from the company, just say the word and I’ll do my best to give it to you.” To which Tom told her, “If you won’t let me spend time with you, I don’t think I should exploit the company’s funds. “Boss, you can just think of me as a pet for entertainment which you can discard at any time. Just like Triss.” Jenna gave him a baffled stare. “Are you...crazy?” “No. I want to spend time with you, I just didn’t want to be a pain for you.” Tom said solemnly, “If you don’t want me around
“Heh, did you think my kisses are that cheap?” Jenna smirked, she was full of personality. “If I give you a kiss, you better get me at least ten dolls.” “Sure.” Tom lowered his lips toward hers. “Confident, aren’t you?” Jenna refused to believe that he could get ten dolls when she could barely get one even after going through several claw machines. She only gave him the kiss he wanted because she wanted to see him make a fool out of himself. “Which one do you want?” Tom asked. After Jenna had identified the doll she wanted, he put a coin into the slot and started navigating the claw with the joystick. Soon, he managed to get the doll effortlessly. Jenna was baffled, then she walked up to another claw machine and pointed at a doll inside. “This one too.” Tom came over and repeated the same thing with the same result. Jenna could not believe that he could have gotten so lucky and explained unconvincingly, “You only managed to get them because I have been trying a
When they got home in the evening, Tom prepared the grill and washed some meat along with vegetables. With that, the two of them enjoyed some grilled meat at the dining table. Tom took care of all the grilling while Jenna helped herself to the food. She looked outside the window and noticed that it was snowing outside again. She suddenly put on the sweater and made Tom go outside with her to play in the snow. The street lights lined along an artificial lake in the neighborhood illuminated the road with a gentle orange glow. A carpet of snow strewn across the road and there was not a single person to be seen. Jenna grabbed a big wad of snow on the field and shaped it into a ball to throw at Tom. She then laughed at the sight of Tom with his face splattered with snow. “You’re throwing snowballs at me?” Tom made a show of being angry and made a snowball himself to throw at Jenna. Just like that, a round of snowball fight commenced next to the artificial lake. Jenna lande
“No.” Shawn shook his head. He already looked into the surveillance camera footage in the surrounding area since the time where Millie left the house. After she left the area, he completely lost track of her. He did not have any connections with the people of Hevedburgh Police Station and therefore had no way of tracing Millie's phone activity. Jenna frowned. “Did she say or do anything suspicious when she left?” “No, she only mentioned that she wanted to go back to Portica.” Shawn pressed his hand against his forehead and relayed what he knew in a depressed voice, “But at the time, I already had a feeling that it was going to be the last time I saw her.” At the time, he told himself that he was only being paranoid. If only he trusted his gut feeling and kept Millie with him back there. He should have asked if something was bothering her. Sam suddenly remarked, “President Shawn, I don’t think you should continue keeping secrets from Miss Jenna at a time like this.
In the morning, at the Hales residence in North City. Old Master Hale had just returned home from his morning walk when he received an ill-fated phone call that made his face turn dark in an instant. He immediately ordered the housemaid, “Tell Diana to get over here right now!” He went to the living room and sat waiting, his aura was vicious. Upon being told that the old man wanted to see her urgently, Diana immediately had a bad feeling run through her. She hurried downstairs without even having time to change her clothes. When she went downstairs and saw the old man in the living room with a severe expression on his face, her heart tightened. “Grandpa.” She slowly tiptoed to the living room and called out softly, “You wanted to see me?” The moment he saw Diana, he got up from the couch and approached her. Without warning, he slapped her as hard as he could across the face, making the attending housemaid jump in fright. Diana covered the side of her cheek that
Everyone knew about the Foresters of Portica. Besides, North City was relatively close to Portica. Old Master Hale was aware of who Sebastian Forester was. At first, he assumed that all Walter did was break out from prison. He never expected him to have gone and killed someone already. A wipe of horror appeared on his face. “Did he break out of prison just to kill the girl?” The driver shook his head since he could not provide a clear answer. “Sir, there’s another matter that I’m not sure if I should tell you.” “What is it?” “The victim is Millie Forester who was working in Jenna's company. She was also very close with President Shawn Sadler of Seabright Group and as you know, Miss Diana has some history with Jenna…” Old Master Hale had been in the military for long enough that he had developed an acute read on people. He immediately understood everything the driver was trying to imply based on his hesitation. He even began to form a wild theory inside his mind: D
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