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
On the other end of the call, Shawn hummed in acknowledgment. “Yeah.”Jennifer’s personality was as different from Jenna’s as heaven and earth. Even if Shawn wanted to hide it, anyone who had interacted with Jenna before would be able to tell.He happened to need Caleb’s help to protect Jennifer too, so he simply admitted it.With just a few short words, Caleb, who spent months on end holed up in his studio alone and had cultivated a monk-like temper, lost his calm as he kept looking over at Jennifer beside him.When he ran into Jenna that night at the bar, Caleb had thought her aura had changed because she changed her hairstyle…Unexpectedly, she turned out to have a split personality.Although the Brahms had been in politics for three generations and Martin did grow up with them, he did not have the air of a politician.The boy had only just come of age in January this year. He was tall and slender, had dark hair and thin lips, and was full of endless vitality and enthusiasm.
“I know him.” Jennifer smiled lazily, her chin propped on her hand.When the man came over and sat down, Jennifer finally saw who it was. She just never expected an actor like James to have such a good relationship with Martin.James glanced at Jennifer and smiled. “We do know each other, but this is our first time meeting.”“How did you guys get to know each other?” Martin asked.James took two sips of his champagne and said casually, “She was the one who connected me to the rich lady supporting me right now.”“Pfft!” Lester spat his champagne out. “James, you’re so poor that you have to sell your body now?”“Why would I be showing my face on TV if I wasn’t poor?” The man spread his arms and rested them across the back of the couch. He was not as refined as he seemed on TV, with a wild air about him that made people fear him.“My body is pretty valuable. If you guys tried this life, the rich ladies might not even be willing to pay ten thousand dollars for you.”“James is still
The wall was too hard and cold for Jenna so she raised herself slightly to lean her entire body weight on Quinn’s arm. “Aren’t you scared James Faulkner will come over and then you’ll have to act out a scene of who’s the real one and who’s the fake?”“He won’t. He’s staying in his apartment.”Jenna reached out to feel for Quinn’s cheek before moving to his forehead. Soon, she peeled off a thin, mask-like object from the man’s face.It was only then did she feel for the light switch and turned on the warm wall light. At the sight of his familiar face and his dark but smiling eyes, Jenna held her breath and she caressed his face lightly.She leaned in to lick away the blood on his lips before kissing him gently. Quinn leaned in, reciprocating just as tenderly.After a long kiss, Jenna’s voice was a little hoarse. “I haven’t seen you in such a long time.”Even if Quinn met with her previously with Tom’s face, that was not him. She had also realized that the last few times she saw him was
If it were not for that heart-stopping glance Jenna threw his way near the church back then that made him look into Jenna secretly…They probably would have passed each other by forever.If he did not have Jenna, his life would have remained stagnant and felt long and lonely.Worried that Jenna was tired of standing, he carried her over to the couch and sat her on his lap.He tidied her mussed hair. “Your acting was so good that we all thought you had dissociative identity disorder. Xavier hates that split personality of yours and is contacting hypnotists already.”“How did you notice then if my acting was that good?” Jenna asked, poking his cheek.Quinn chuckled. “You slipped up that night at Shawn’s place.”Only Jenna would play with his hair, his Adam’s apple, or his digits like a child when she was bored. Jennifer’s type of personality would not do that.The more he thought about it over the past two days, the more suspicious he felt.After finding out Jenna had come to No
Quinn's expression stiffened. Then, he quite candidly expressed in a tone that implied innocence, “When I came into the room, a drunk woman pressed threw herself at me. I guess I must have picked up the stain from there.” “The dance hall has surveillance cameras. Feel free to review the footage.” As a woman, Triss was aware of how fast the smell of perfume can cling to fabric. She seemed to buy Quinn’s explanation, evident by her tense expression slowly drooping. Then, using the light overhead, she managed to catch a glimpse of Quinn’s bruised lower lip. It looked like someone had just bitten his lower lip only moments ago. She stared fixedly at his lower lip and suddenly looked like she was going to pounce on Quinn like a ferocious tiger. “Are you going to tell me that the bruise on your mouth was also left behind by that woman?” Quinn was speechless. In an instant, the room filled with a tense silence. Everybody stiffened when they saw how Triss was interrogating
Everyone was aware that Triss and Jacob got along very well and that there were rumors the two would get married. After the video, everyone was further convinced that the two families were going to join hands. One was the family of a pharmaceutical industry titan, while the other was a real estate tycoon. It was a marriage that would strengthen both parties involved. The entire Internet started reporting on the union between the two companies. The shares of Lebouse Corporation and East Mill Corporation saw vast increases overnight, leaving the shareholders to celebrate merrily. Upon seeing the news, Carina was beyond furious and felt like tearing Jacob apart. She called Jacob, but no one answered. Excellent! She immediately deleted all contact information of Jacob and forbade her housemaids from ever letting Jacob into the house in the future. She then called Jenna out for a drink. To keep everything under cover, Jenna agreed to meet her and proceeded to fake a
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