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,
In the private box at Golden Elegance.Diana took a sip of her tea, sneaking a look at the man sitting opposite her.He wore a thin black turtleneck sweater paired with slacks, fiddling with a steel lighter. Even just sitting there, he made people feel like they were far below him with his dignified and reserved aura.She glanced at him a few more times, frowning in confusion.Diana knew just how talented Tom Gunner was. When they shot ‘To Alice’ together, it was Tom who walked her through the script every day.He could swiftly get into character no matter what role he got.Still, Tom had not been born to a wealthy family. So, why did he feel like an unattainable rich young master?Had he always given off that impression?Diana was trying to remember the memories of when she filmed with Tom Gunner when the door suddenly opened, and the server led Xavier and Jennifer in.When she saw Xavier, she almost dropped her cup.The beating Xavier gave her the previous time had finally
Jennifer pushed the fruit bowl towards Quinn, who had remained silent all this while. “Peel an orange for me.”Quinn put down the lighter and grabbed a wet towel to wipe his hands before taking an orange from the fruit bowl. He peeled it, removing all the piths completely, and arranged the orange segments neatly on a small plate.Jennifer pulled the small plate towards herself and ate the orange in satisfaction. “Brother-in-law, even her one-night stand is more obedient than you are.”Diana’s eyes widened upon hearing this.Xavier stared at Jennifer with a frosty expression on his face. “You can see everything she does?”“I have all her memories from when she was young until she became an adult.” Jennifer suddenly leaned closer, resting her slender arm on Xavier’s shoulder.Pointing at the man sitting opposite, Jennifer whispered into Xavier’s ear, “She slept with this actor quite a few times. I think it was right before New Year’s. They were staying together and embracing each o
When Xavier saw the ring, his face immediately darkened. “How dare you just casually give away something I gave you?”Jennifer shrugged. “It’s just a stupid rock.”Xavier’s hand clenched into a fist as he suppressed the urge to strangle Jennifer. Snatching the ring away from Diana, he dragged Jennifer out in a very ungentlemanly manner.After a long moment of silence in the private box, Diana looked at Tom. “Have you noticed something off about Jenna Radcliff?”Jenna had said quite a few times that she was “not her”.“Dunno.” Quinn looked unconcerned as he stood up from the chair. “I have something on this afternoon so I’ll leave first.”Diana watched the man leave, her eyes filled with inquisitive curiosity.Xavier’s bloodthirsty aura terrified even her. Should he not be even more afraid of Xavier since Tom Gunner had slept with Jenna before? Why was he so calm?She really wanted to know who it was Tom owed that would make him unafraid of Shawn Sadler and Xavier Pascal and hel
“Then, tell him I’m sleeping obediently when he calls.” Jennifer tapped her high heel and stood up. “I might not come back tonight.”She waved at Mrs. David without looking back and left.Mrs. David stood there, dumbfounded.Jennifer rode her motorcycle to Golden Elegance, where a few servers had happened to be getting off work and were about to head home. One of them was the man who served Jennifer the cocktail earlier that afternoon.She deliberately came to a stop in front of him and took off her helmet, revealing her beautiful face.“Hi, we meet again.”The man named Stanley Towers got onto Jenna’s motorcycle under his colleagues’ envious gazes. Jennifer even grabbed his hands and put them on her waist.Up until they got to the bar, Stanley still could not believe his luck.He turned his head, only to find the woman looking at him with her chin propped on her hand and a smile on her face. Her twinkling eyes made his heart skip a beat.He opened his mouth and said something
“Be careful.” The man helped Jennifer up out of her kindness.Jennifer looked up. When she saw the man’s features clearly under the light, she grabbed his hand instead. “Hurry, help! They’re beating my friend up.”“Jenna?” Caleb Hale was stunned. He recalled what happened at his grandfather’s birthday as well as Shawn and Jenna’s actions and pulled Jennifer’s hand away forcefully in an ungentlemanly manner. Destiny had already caught up to her by them. “Bitch, you’re dead!”Jennifer hid behind Caleb in fear, tightly gripping his shirt. “I only got together with your boyfriend after he broke up with you! You should just get plastic surgery if you’re ugly! Why blame me?!”Destiny’s expression twisted in anger. She wished she could skin Jennifer alive.Jennifer kept hiding behind Caleb. Since Destiny could not catch her, Caleb’s shirt was torn to pieces.Unable to bear it anymore, he pushed Destiny away. “That’s enough!”Caleb was originally going to tell them not to involve hi
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