Shawn could not leave with things in this state, so he asked Mrs. David to prepare a guest room for him to stay in.After getting to the guest room, he checked every corner before calling Quinn back and telling him what happened the past few days.The two spoke for more than two hours until Shawn was tired.He took a sip of the tea that had gone cold to soothe his throat. When Quinn remained silent, he added, “The day before yesterday at the hospital, Xavier Pascal got so angry that he tried strangling Jen to death twice.”“Take Jen to see Jacob tomorrow.” Quinn’s tone was still quite calm. “Let him take a look.”Shawn was exasperated as he sighed. “Jacob’s a neurosurgeon, while Jen’s mentally ill. Which category does a fucking split personality fall under?”Quinn was silent for a few seconds. “I’ll call him later.”The next day, after breakfast, Shawn took Jennifer back to the hospital with the excuse that she looked pale.Jennifer saw through him right away and swung the car
The secondary personality was full of resentment as he told the old doctor about how they were brothers, but his brother ate him, trapping him in his brother’s body forever. Now that he was awake, he would not let the brother out again.His brother had used this body for more than twenty years, so it was his turn to use it for the rest of their life.“I tried searching for the secondary personality’s weakness to wake the patient up, but my hypnotism was no use. Then, he said he wouldn’t be coming back in the future,” the old doctor said seriously.“Later on, I bumped into him at a shopping mall and noticed that the secondary personality had already completely taken over the body…”The old doctor looked at Shawn whose expression was grim. He said solemnly, “The twin that was consumed harbors resentment towards her sister. If we delay much longer, I’m afraid the main personality won’t appear again. We have to find a way to make the secondary personality break down as soon as possible
Shawn’s words touched Jacob deeply.He always said he loved Carina very much, but the worst argument they had was when they divorced. They were not like Quinn and Jenna, who could not be together even after so many years of separation.“I haven’t seen Candy in a while.” Jacob opened the car door and got out. “I’ll eat there while I’m at it. Call me if something comes up.”Shawn glanced at him. “Want me to drop you off?”“No need.” Jacob waved at him without looking back and walked towards a taxi that just arrived outside the hospital. He got in and told the driver to Carina’s address.He called Carina, intending to inform her beforehand. However, Carina did not pick up the phone.When he got to the villa, Jacob rang the doorbell.Around two minutes later, a helper hurriedly walked out of the main building. When they saw Jacob standing at the gate, they hurriedly opened the gates.“Mr. Tennyson.”Jacob raised an eyebrow. “How do you know my name?”“Miss Jackson told us.” The h
RNM.Jacob remembered now. It was an international fast-fashion brand Carina founded. There were three owners in total, who were also the brand’s designers.At the thought that this man had spent so much time with Carina over the years, day and night, and the possibility that he might be even closer to Carina than himself, Jacob felt very uncomfortable and even felt a sense of danger.Previously, he had even laughed at Quinn for having so many rivals for Jenna’s affection that Quinn could not reconcile with his wife. Now, karma was biting him in the ass.“Jacob.” Jacob shared a simple handshake with the man and glanced at Carina as he nonchalantly added, “Her ex-husband.”Lars’ eyes seemed to light up at this.Although he had known Carina for many years, he had always been based overseas, and they normally chatted online. That was how he knew she was married and had a child, but he did not expect her to be divorced now.Jacob noticed Lars’ gaze and harrumphed internally. “What w
“You guys go ahead with your work. I’m going to see Candy.”To prevent himself from sneering at Lars, which would make Carina defend him, Jacob simply left.Lars watched Jacob leave the greenhouse and suddenly laughed bitterly. “When I heard he was your ex-husband earlier, I was going to invite you to dinner tonight and ask you to give me a chance…”Unexpectedly, Carina’s ex-husband was more handsome than he was and was super rich, too.He asked Carina, “Do I still have a chance?”“To work together or pursue me romantically? Either way, the answer is no.” Carina did not hide it and decisively rejected Lars.Lars still wanted to keep trying for a little bit. “Is it because I’m not as rich as your ex-husband?”“We founded RNM together. Every year, I get more than 10 million dollars for my share of profits. No matter how luxuriously I live, I won’t run out of money.”Carina laughed and said to him, “You don’t know how Jacob is. He gets jealous very easily and has a very poisonous
Ring?Carina narrowed her eyes, not expecting him to have progressed from having lunch with Triss Lebouse to picking out a ring in just a few short days. A burst of anger welled up in her heart, and she whacked Jacob hard with the blanket.Jacob immediately woke up from the pain of the whack and sat up, looking around in a daze.By then, Carina had already thrown aside the blanket and left for the dining area.Jacob looked at his baby girl in the stroller and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw she was playing on her own, undisturbed. Then, he grabbed his phone before heading to the dining area.When he checked his phone and saw Triss’ text, he was somewhat speechless.Jacob was about to pull out a chair and sit down when Carina, sitting opposite him, said unhappily, “You’re just here to see Candy. When did I give you my permission to stay for lunch?”“There’s so much food. I don’t think you can finish it alone.” Jacob calmly sat down.When he saw the helpers bring out the fo
Jacob’s expression darkened, and the slight smile in his eyes vanished.Despite knowing each other for so many years, this was still the first time Triss had seen him with such a frightening expression on his face. Goosebumps rose all over her body. “Okay, I was wrong. I’ll stop teasing you now.”She gave Jacob a suggestion. “Why don’t you just say you want to remarry Carina?”“And let your dad go harass her and my daughter?” Jacob glanced at Triss. “Call your boyfriend over here.”“He’s gone to Parille to film.”“Fine. I’ll just say whatever then.” Jacob walked around her and strode towards the hospital room.When he pushed the door open, he saw President Lebouse, sitting by the bed and chatting away happily with Timothy Tennyson. Both were wearing smiles.“Dad, Uncle Larry,” Jacob greeted.“You’re here, Jake.” President Lebouse looked back to glance at Jacob and asked with a smile, “Look at you, you even have dark eye circles now. Is the work at the company tiring you out?”
Timothy Tennyson stiffened upon hearing this.“I don’t think you need me to say it to know Carrie and Auntie Helen’s relationship.” Jacob placed the peeled orange on the plate and grabbed a wet wipe to clean his hands with. “She tried to force Carrie to abort the baby and even tried to kill her when she was in a coma because she was afraid Carrie would ruin her good life.“Do you think a woman like that would genuinely like the child?” He asked Timothy in return.“It was natural for you to remarry after Mom died. I may never have considered Auntie Helen a mother in the dozen or so years she’s been married into the family, but I’ve always been very respectful of her.“However, she’s seriously pissed me off with everything she’s said and done to Carrie.”Jacob threw the wipe into the trash and stood up. “There are many ways for me to make a living. I can do whatever and still earn too much money to finish spending in a lifetime. East Mill isn’t all that important to me, either. So,
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