Harriet was Hector’s oldest daughter who had fallen for Kenneth at first sight when she was nineteen. That year, Mr. Lerman had only just gotten divorced. Though he had no children, there was still more than two decades of an age gap between them.Although Hector did not interfere with his children’s love lives, he was naturally reluctant to give his blessing when he found out Kenneth was so much older than Harriet and was a businessman.However, Harriet stubbornly insisted on marrying Mr. Lerman, so Hector disowned her.This was why Harriet never went to the Hale home and very few people knew that Mr. Lerman’s wife had a connection to the Hales.Kenneth did not let Harriet down either and stayed loyal to her.Harriet bore children in her younger days and coupled with Mr. Lerman’s doting care and her lack of worries, her skin remained fair and taut. She even retained a youthful aura, making her appear nothing like a woman in her thirties.Shawn said to Harriet with a smile, “Mrs.
Jennifer was very sexy but her beauty carried no hint of vulgarity. She was just like Eve, tempted by the snake to eat the forbidden fruit, but retained an innocent and ignorant charm.When Caleb had gone to the gallery earlier that morning, his assistant had handed him a stack of information on models. He had flipped through them one by one, but all the models started to look like Jenna. It was only then that he realized that Jenna was not just the catalyst for his inspiration.If she was not the model, the two paintings he wanted to paint would never be done, because they could only be born because of her.Jennifer looked up from her phone and looked at him with a raised eyebrow. “Do you have business with me?”Caleb frowned but assumed her aura had changed because she had cut her hair short and requested, “I would like you to continue being my model.”“I’m not available,” Jennifer said briskly without hesitation.Caleb was surprised, not expecting her to reject him.That day,
Although Jenna was smart, she would sometimes be overwhelmed by anger and act recklessly. However, everything Jennifer did last night made him feel like she was quietly planning something.A thought struck Shawn and he vaguely realized something.However, when he saw Jennifer looking at Caleb with a smile, her chin propped on her hand, it seemed like she was very interested in him and wanted to try him out. Shawn felt his head ache and palmed his forehead.He was probably overthinking it.Jennifer was just a playgirl who wanted to try picking someone up once she was interested in them.Shawn called out to them expressionlessly when he saw Jennifer was about to touch Caleb, “Lunch is ready. Come eat.”“Jen.” He even threw a warning look at Jennifer who shrugged and retracted her hand.The lunch prepared was very sumptuous.After lunch, Mr. Lerman and Shawn chatted a little more about business. Mr. and Mrs. Lerman personally saw Shawn and Jennifer off when they left.Seeing that
Harriet did not speak as if digesting everything he just said.After a beat, Harriet frowned and said, “If she could even go as far as to pose as Auntie’s daughter, it’s possible she made up everything she said after that.”“She probably does know Auntie.” Caleb said, “For the past few decades, Grandpa has tried looking for Auntie through TV but only spoke very vaguely about it. There’s no way she would dare to lie to Grandpa with that little information.”Caleb sighed when he saw Harriet did not believe him. “Big Sis, there are people from the nineteenth century who look just like people from this era but aren’t related to them at all.”“It’s not that weird for Jenna to have some resemblance to you and Auntie.”“But I quite like Jenna.” Harriet could not stop herself from saying. “I really want to get closer to her. It’s just that I didn’t want to disturb her when I saw that she was on her phone the entire time.”It was not just Harriet. Caleb was the same.When he first met Je
Shawn’s heart skipped a beat as he quickly recalled that he had been very careful in his interactions with Quinn for the past while. Even the naive Jacob had been extremely cautious when speaking outside.Even if Xavier’s men were watching them in secret, they should not have been able to find a trace of anything.So, why was Xavier asking him this?“Shouldn’t you know very clearly whether or not he’s dead?” Shawn’s expression remained unaffected as he spoke coldly, “Do you think you could stop him if he wanted to take the kids and Jen away?”Xavier turned on his tablet and handed it to Shawn. “The global financial giants MF and GS are attacking Forester Corporation.”Shawn’s eyes widened and he immediately took the tablet from him.MF and GS were consortiums that had existed since the twentieth century and had developed to a horrifying strength.The two giants had once worked together to short the currencies of a few countries, causing the collapse of their economies. It took t
Jennifer asked Shawn to inform the delivery company for the race car to send it straight to North City.It was only then that Shawn was shocked to the core to find out she was already a member of a private racing club in North City and was going to take part in a race. After he hung up, Shawn said worriedly, “I’ll go with you.”If not for Xavier’s carelessness in allowing Jenna to go to North City alone the last time, which allowed Lilith to take advantage of this opportunity to kidnap Jenna, they would not be in such an annoying situation right now. “You don’t even understand racing. What for?” Jennifer waved a hand. “I’ve texted Caleb. He’s going to North City with me.”North City was the Hales’ home ground. Since Caleb was going with her, Shawn had nothing else to say.At 11 AM the day after tomorrow, Jenna and Caleb arrived in North City. They had just left for the racing club when someone passed the news to Xavier.When Xavier heard his subordinate’s report, he narrowed h
The boy also spotted the SSC Tuatara right away and immediately walked over to Lester. “Lester, didn’t you say you weren’t able to get this car? You got someone to sneak it in to show it off today, didn’t you?”“I really wasn’t able to get it.” Lester shrugged and looked at the boy. “It isn’t your dad’s gift to you, Martin?”The boy named Martin made a face as if asking if he was joking. “I don’t even dare to tell my dad about me coming here to race. Do you think I’d ask him for a race car?“He’s influential in the government, but you can’t get this car with just connections, you know.”As the two spoke, Caleb, who was standing off the race track, spotted Jennifer who had changed into her racing uniform. He was surprised by her cold but laidback aura for a few seconds before pulling her aside and saying to her in a low voice, “Just have fun. No one will say anything even if you aren’t good at it. But don’t crash into anybody, especially that person.”Caleb pointed at the boy in bl
When the spectators saw this scene through the large screen, they all shook their heads. They thought that if that supercar belonged to Lester or anyone else, they would be far ahead in the lead. It was useless in Jennifer’s hands.Everyone felt that it was such a shame. However, they saw Jennifer, who was originally lagging behind, suddenly take sixth place with her very skilful driving during a sharp turn.At the next four heart-stopping turns, Jennifer surpassed Lester in one fell swoop to take the lead.Lester and the rest were left behind. No matter how hard they tried, no one could catch up to Jennifer.In the end, she crossed the finish line first.Everyone was frozen in astonishment before they started standing and clapping one after another, cheering.Martin was the second to cross the finish line. He hopped out of the car before it had even fully stopped to run to Jennifer. “You handled those continuous sharp turns so beautifully! Even I’m not as daring as you are.“Th