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
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
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
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.
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
[Miss Jenna Radcliff, your husband is with another woman in room 2588 of the Orchid Pavilion Hotel.]Jenna turned the screen of her phone off as she waited for the elevator to rise.She had been on a business trip to Munich for the past month and received that baffling text just as she was returning.At first, she thought it was somebody’s prank on her and simply ignored it. However, after she landed, she found she could not get through to her husband’s phone despite calling multiple times and that his phone’s GPS was fixed at the Orchid Hotel.It was then she panicked.When she reached the door to room 2588, Jenna noted with a weird feeling that the door was half-open.With a vigorous push from behind, she stumbled into the dark room. Managing to steady herself, a hot body suddenly leaned over and pressed her against the door.“Honey?” Jenna called out uncertainly.The other party did not reply, and in the darkness, unerringly found Jenna’s lips and kissed her fiercely and eagerly.Wi
It was then that she remembered indistinctly—last night, after being pushed onto the bed, she was so nervous that her whole body was tightly wound. The man’s voice that entered her hearing then was very low.“Relax a little.”That was right… Shawn Sadler’s voice tended to be on the stern side. It was completely different from that man!“H-how could this be…?” Jenna looked at the photos on the bed, her face paler than even the flashes of the cameras.Who was the man who had slept with her, then?“Miss Radcliff, I heard you were childhood sweethearts with Shawn Sadler. Why did you betray him?”“Was it for novelty?”The reporters had no regard for Jenna’s state. To capture a sensational headline, they continued to press Jenna with questions, the camera flashing ruthlessly over every inch of her body and expression.“Get out! All of you, get out!” Jenna broke down and shrieked, waving her arms in an attempt to drive away those reporters.However, she could not drive them away.There was e
Shawn dragged Jenna into the hall of the Civil Affairs Bureau and forced her into a chair. His tone was cold. “We are getting a divorce!”“No!” Brought back to her senses, Jenna grabbed Shawn’s arm, pleading pitifully, “Let’s not get a divorce! I beg of you! We’re childhood sweethearts. You know how much I like you! I only have you by my side now!”“I will never accept a tainted woman!”Jenna was floored. She slumped into the chair, and the hand that had been grabbing at his sleeve dropped.He thought she was tainted?At this moment, a woman with long, wavy hair and a mature charm rushed in.“Mr. Sadler, I’ve brought the documents you wanted.”Seeing the newcomer, a flicker of hope ignited in Jenna’s heart. “Yvonne, please help me talk to Shawn so he doesn’t divorce me! Whenever I’ve argued with him in the past, you were always the one mediating.”Yvonne Nelson and Shawn Sadler were from the same university, and the three got along very well.Every time she clashed with Shawn Sadler, Y