"Did you fucking plan this? Tell me!" Benji shouted.With the door closed, the room seemed cramped with the four of them. More importantly, Benji kept anxiously pacing around the room.As though he had done something wrong, Shane explained, "Someone tricked me yesterday. I had a spiked drink."The blanket on the bed was scrunched into a ball. The pillow he had slept on was also still indented, and small torn square packets were in the trash can on the floor.Benji felt himself falling apart even more. Why did he invite Thaddeus and Jessamine in here? He should've just talked outside. He felt as if he was giving them a sneak peek into his private life.Thaddeus simply watched him quietly. He thought it wasn't a big deal. "We're all adults here. It's not a big deal if you slept with someone."Benji wanted to break off his friendship with Thaddeus. Thaddeus was an awful friend. He was pissing him off even more. Benji didn't believe in casual relationships. He didn't know Shane wel
Thaddeus frowned. He couldn't figure out what had happened to Jessamine. They were just talking when she suddenly started crying. After thinking about it, he felt that he had done nothing wrong."It's true. I don't want kids," he affirmed.Jessamine couldn't stop her tears from falling. "Do you not want children, or do you not want children with me?"Thaddeus rubbed his temples as he felt a headache happening. "Is there a difference?""There is." Jessamine insisted on getting an answer. Even if his answer would hurt her, she wanted him to tell her the truth so she could finally give up on him.Thaddeus took a cigarette from his pocket. He lit it and took a big puff. As he exhaled the smoke, he said coldly, "I don't want children, no matter who it's with."Jessamine looked at Thaddeus, who was smoking. She laughed coldly. So, he didn't want Amy's children either. He was really cold-hearted.The atmosphere turned heavy for a moment. Then, Thaddeus' phone rang.Jessamine felt her
Jessamine hummed in agreement, her tone filled with suspicion.The man sighed and said, "Of course, you threw it away. I'm Jerome Langston. Your brother and I were classmates in elementary school. I'll visit your grandpa another day. Do you mind if we exchange numbers?"Jessamine's thoughts were still focused on the business card. She had totally forgotten that Jerome had given her his business card yesterday.Jerome was an outgoing person. He opened his phone and handed it to her, waiting for her to give him her number.Since Jerome had already held out his phone to her, she couldn't think of a good reason to refuse. She might as well give him her number. At worst, she could just block him later.Jerome seemed to have noticed Jessamine's intentions. As he saved her number, he joked, "You're not going to block me as soon as you leave, are you?"Jessamine sputtered at his words. He was pretty clever. "Ms. Holt, you've been sitting here for so long. Didn't you notice someone follow
As Thaddeus dragged her along, Sasha protested, "I can't leave, Ted. No one will take care of her if I'm gone. What if her condition acts up again?"She had made a big mistake. She knew Thaddeus would come to teach her a lesson. It was actually Amy's idea to fake an illness and call him over so that he couldn't worry about anything else.However, he ignored the sick Amy and dragged Sasha away instead.Thaddeus dragged Sasha into the car, not caring if it was raining outside.…When Jessamine returned to Jardin Estate, she received a call from Holt Manor. Heather was so anxious that she wasn't speaking clearly. "Jessie, do you know what Sasha did to upset Ted? Thomas put her on house arrest."Jessamine was stunned for a moment. "I don't, Mom.""Can you help persuade Thomas to let her off? He loves you the most," Heather pleaded.Jessamine sighed and said, "Mom, I can't interfere in Grandpa's punishments."Heather hung up the phone in disappointment.The call had just ended whe
"Do you really want a divorce?" Thaddeus asked.Jessamine couldn't figure out what he was thinking. She didn't know if he was serious or messing with her."Are you willing to divorce me?" she asked.Thaddeus scoffed before shoving his lips against hers, kissing her aggressively. "You can't ever bring up the divorce. Got it?""Since I can't bring up the divorce, you're the only one who can do that, right?" she retorted.Thaddeus saw how determined she was to leave him. He questioned, "Will you divorce me even if you don't get a single penny?""I told you. I don't want your money," she said.Thaddeus was furious. "Did you not read the divorce agreement?"When he made the divorce agreement, he considered all the problems she would face in the future. Therefore, he planned to give her money, a house, and a car. However, she didn't even look at it, brushing aside his goodwill."You don't have to worry about the division of assets. I can leave this family with a clean slate." She ev
A few moments later, Thaddeus strode back into the living room and held his hand out for Jessamine.Jessamine was stunned. Did he want to hold her hand?Thaddeus told Thomas, "Grandpa, let me borrow her for a while. You two can talk later."Thomas happily waved his hand. "Go ahead."Jessamine didn't know what he was up to, but she couldn't brush him off in front of Thomas. Therefore, she stretched out her hand and let him hold it.Thaddeus pulled her up with a little force and took her to the bedroom upstairs.The first thing he did after entering the room was to close the door behind him. Jessamine's heart skipped a beat when she heard the door close. She couldn't figure out why he was being so mysterious. It was as if they were about to do something shameful, and he had to close the door to do so.Thaddeus let go of her hand and opened a recording on his phone. Then, they heard the sound of rapid breathing, along with a man's explicit, teasing voice. Anyone who listened to thi
It was bad enough if other people saw that. But if her friends and family heard that recording, her life would be over."Can you take that post out of the trending topics?" Jessamine pleaded softly. Her determination to get divorced was long gone.Thaddeus couldn't handle her looking at him pitifully with her upturned eyes. He stroked the corner of her eyes with his thumb."Enough. I'm not crying, so why are you? No one can see your face. I probably forgot to end the call back then, and someone recorded us. It's not a big deal," he assured.Jessamine suddenly felt resentful. She looked sad as tears fell from her eyes. "Why were you on that call back then?"Thaddeus licked his lips, not knowing how to answer her. His intuition told him it was a rhetorical question, and he would get reprimanded no matter what answer he gave her. He just wanted to spice things up back then. He didn't expect this to happen."Don't cry. It's not a big deal. I've asked Jordan to handle it. Refresh th
Jessamine licked her lips. "I don't want to look at your phone, so don't look at my phone."Thaddeus nodded slightly before forcing the phone into her hand. "It's up to you if you want to look at my phone, but I have to see your phone."Jessamine was pissed. He was just that unreasonable, and sometimes, he was as childish as a preschool kid.Thaddeus tried to fish the phone from her pocket without waiting for her reply. He wanted to know who texted her, which made her want to hide it from him.When his hand reached her thigh, Jessamine panicked. "You're being unreasonable, Thaddeus! I already said I won't show it to you. If you keep doing this, I'll call Grandpa for help."Thaddeus had already reached his hand into her pocket. However, Jesasmine gripped her phone with both hands, putting all her strength into protecting it.No matter what the text said, she couldn't let him see it. That was how things were. However, Thaddeus was an extremely arrogant and overbearing man. He could