Jacob swore in disbelief. “When did you give birth to them, Jenna?”Jenna was speechless.After finding out the two children had not had breakfast yet, Carina asked Jacob to bring them out for breakfast so she could talk to Jenna alone.Carina did not seem like she had been unconscious for a few months at all and chatted with Jenna energetically.It was just that when she looked at her rounded stomach, she sighed. “You don’t know how dumbfounded I was when I woke up to find my stomach so big now. I thought I was dreaming…”She had only seen a situation like this where a coma patient was pregnant at the same time on the news before and had felt incredulous then. She had not expected the bizarre plot point she thought only happened in dramas to happen to her.Jenna poured Carina a glass of water and stuck a straw in it so that Carina could take a few sips to moisten her throat. “Jacob didn’t want to keep the child at first, but was afraid that you’d be at risk during the surgery, s
After Jacob found out the two children were Quinn’s, he liked them even more and kept carrying Duo around, not letting her feet touch the ground at all.After they bought the things and were on the way back to the hospital room, Jacob pecked Duo’s cheek. “Duo, you can also call me Dad in the future. I’ll treat you and Uno like my own kids.”Duo shook her head and said cutely, “I only have one Daddy. I can’t let you take advantage of me, Godpapa.”When Jacob heard this, he could not help but lament that Quinn’s luck was just too damn good!Jacob wanted Jenna and the children to stay for lunch, but Jenna felt that Carina needed to rest and Xavier happened to call her then, so she left with her children.Over the next few days, Xavier explored the neighboring cities with Jenna and the kids.On the fifth day of the holiday, Xavier received a call from his secretary and had to return to Dresark. Afraid that she would not be able to guarantee her children’s safety, she made them go wit
Jenna looked at the man in the backseat in the rearview mirror. She had not expected the man that the police and even Shawn’s men could not find, to appear in her car.The sound of the gun being cocked echoed clearly in her ears. Jenna did not rashly try to resist.Walter Langham moved to the passenger seat and with a ‘click’, he handcuffed Jenna to himself. After putting the gun away, he took her phone from the armrest.“Drive,” Walter said coldly as he used her finger to unlock the phone. After finding Shawn’s number, he called him.Jenna turned the key in the ignition and started the car.While waiting for the call to connect, Walter watched Jenna in his peripheral vision. “I know you’re just as cunning as Shawn Sadler, Jenna Radcliff. Don’t even think of trying anything, or you’ll be the one who ends up dead!”Jenna asked calmly, “Diana helped you escape prison, didn’t she?”She just remembered that Hector Hale was Diana’s uncle. However, Hector lived by the book. There was
Jenna fell to the ground, feeling like her insides were being twisted.The Honda was about to run over Jenna again when suddenly, one of its back tires was shot.After the driver regained control of the veering car, he fled from the scene.Jenna tried to open her eyes with what little strength she had and vaguely saw a silhouette run toward her. Before she could make out who it was, it got increasingly harder for her to breathe and she fainted.When Quinn rushed over and saw Jenna lying in the puddle of her blood, his heart almost stopped.Luckily, he had called for an ambulance when he came here and even stocked it with a few blood bags of her blood type.Quinn carried Jenna into the ambulance and could only watch as the paramedics put an oxygen mask on her and gave her emergency treatment.He held her hand tightly, his body tensed.By the time the ambulance arrived at the nearest hospital, Shawn had also rushed over.As the paramedics carried Jenna out, Shawn barred Quinn fr
After leaving the hospital, Xavier instructed his driver to call Diana and gave her an address. Once he got to the club and entered the private box, he ordered a bottle of whiskey.In less than fifteen minutes, Diana rushed to the club. She was wearing a light beige jacket paired with a tweed skirt and white boots. Her features were delicate and gorgeous. She did look like an unattainable celebrity in reality.Pushing the door open into the private box, Diana felt fear permeate her entire body when she saw the tall man sitting on the couch.Xavier Pascal was the only person who could threaten her. If he wanted her dead, she would be dead with just a snap of his fingers.“President Pascal…” Diana’s throat was a little dry and she walked in, trembling.She did not even dare to sit and just stood in front of Xavier.Xavier acted as if he did not hear her and raised his head to down his whiskey.He spun the glass in his beautiful hand and asked Diana with a smile, “Diana, do you sti
Diana shuddered when she felt the killing intent Xavier was giving off. “I don’t know if you remember, but his name is Tom Gunner. He was sidelined by his original company when he was exposed as a domestic abuser and later signed with Hibiscus Studios.“After he made his comeback, he did not seem to get many opportunities until Jenna returned and the upper management of Hibiscus Studios started to pay attention to him.”Diana was envious of Jenna and even felt unreconciled to her in life.All Jenna had to do was stand there and do nothing. Whether it was Shawn Sadler, Quinn Forester, or even Xavier Pascal, they all loved her. Everything she could ever want was within her reach.God was so unfair.After Xavier was done looking at the photos, he shoved them back into the envelope. “Diana White, remember what I said. If you dare to even think about doing any harm to my wife…”He smiled coldly. “I’ll turn you into a live mummy and place you in front of your mother’s grave.”His crue
Diana had come to meet Xavier on her own and had not taken her company car. So, when they exited the club, Connor called a cab and took her to a private hospital.The doctor shaved the hair around Diana’s wound before stitching it up and applying an ointment.Connor noticed how pale Diana was, and she seemed to be having stomach cramps. Thus, he brought her upstairs to get an ultrasound done, where they found she was bleeding internally from her spleen.The doctors rushed Diana to the operating theater.Once the surgery was over, Diana was transferred to a ward. She lay weakly on the hospital bed, her face pale.She had not expected just two kicks from Xavier to almost make her lose her life.Connor adjusted the bed so that she could sit up and held a glass of water to her lips to drink. “I’ve asked the doctor, and she says you still can’t eat anything right now.”Diana drank a few gulps of the water and said weakly, “Thanks.”“Tell me who did this to you,” Connor said angrily.
Diana could not help but laugh.“What are you laughing at?” Connor asked in confusion when he saw she was laughing.“It’s nothing.” Diana suddenly remembered he was only here right now because she was still the old Master Hale’s granddaughter.She was an imposter, though.The smile on her face vanished. “There’s no need to get it exchanged. It’s a pretty color.”Connor scratched his face, unsure why his cousin was suddenly unhappy again. Trying to break the tension, he said, “Let me turn the TV on for you.”He turned the TV on with the remote, picking a drama at random.After just a minute, Diana lost interest. “These movies and TV dramas beautify life too much. Sometimes, the law is just a decoration.”Connor recalled this cousin of his was a famous actress and was very well-versed in this.“They’re putting on a show for others, so it has to be a little beautified.” Connor said, “But the law isn’t a decoration. The public can use it to uphold their rights and protect themse
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