Amy glanced at Jessamine and asked, "Jessie, I have something private to discuss with Ted. Can you give us some space?"Jessamine remained silent and looked up at Thaddeus. Amy wanted to talk to him in private. However, since Thaddeus had already made their marriage public, Jessamine wanted to see how he would respond to Amy's request.In just a few moments, everyone's eyes were on Thaddeus.Then, Thaddeus looked at Jessamine. Although Thaddeus looked calm on the surface, Jessamine could notice the hint of turmoil in his expression. She already knew what he would do before he could even say anything. No matter what, he would always take Amy's side. It was just as natural as breathing to him."Jessie, can you—"Jessamine smiled bitterly and interrupted him. "Go ahead. I'll get something to eat."She turned and left, feeling heartbroken. After taking a few steps, Sasha caught up to her. "Jessamine!" she yelled from behind."What is it?" Jessamine asked without turning to look.
"Did something happen, Mrs. Holt?" Jerome asked.Jessamine frowned. "Why don't you ask Sasha, Mr. Langston? I'm sick of this."Sasha switched gears the moment she saw Jerome. She looked cute and vulnerable, looking miserable as if someone had bullied her. "Jerome, Jessie scolded me. You have no idea how harsh she was. I can't beat her at all." Sasha was about to cry.Jessamine felt disgusted by Sasha using the same tricks as Amy. She immediately left them behind.When Jerome saw Sasha and Jessamine arguing, he heard parts of their conversation, along with Sasha's sharp and harsh words. He felt disgusted at her causing a scene despite being the one at fault.Jerome felt sad as he watched Jessamine leave dejectedly. Once again, he confirmed that there weren't any good people in the Holt family. He was disappointed.He didn't have the mental capacity to deal with Sasha's blubbering. He didn't even like her.After Jessamine left, Jerome also turned to follow her. However, Sasha fo
Jessamine was dejected. Since everyone was just talking and eating for the rest of the party, she decided to go back to her room.When she reached the second floor, she heard two voices arguing at the top of the stairs. One of the voices belonged to Shane, and she was sure the other belonged to Benji.Jessamine climbed up the last two steps and turned the bend. At the end of the corridor, Shane and Benji were arguing about something. Shane frowned in displeasure.When both of them saw Jessamine, Benji shouted, "Fine! We'll let Jessie decide! She's not as unreasonable as you!"Jessamine heard them call her name and slowly approached them. She asked, "Is something the matter?"Benji began complaining when he saw someone who could stand up for him. "His room's air conditioner is broken, so I kindly invited him to use the one in my room. However, he said he was hot and wanted to take away my blanket. He can't just do that, can he?"Shane hugged the blanket to himself. He insisted, "I
Jessamine looked at Thaddeus, who was smoking. She felt something was off about him. It was as if he was conflicted. His current behavior was different from the cold and arrogant man he had already been. "What's wrong?" she asked.Thaddeus stubbed the cigarette in the ashtray. "Let's get a divorce, Jessamine."The news shocked Jessamine. She stood rooted on the spot. This was his second time bringing up a divorce. The first time was because Amy had returned to Crestia. Later, he changed his mind and repeatedly reassured Jessamine that Amy wasn't in the picture at all. He said he didn't love Amy. So, what was his reason for asking for a divorce this time?Jessamine was in turmoil, but she also wanted to know what drove him to make such a heartless decision.It had only been less than a day since he had made their marriage public. He even praised her in front of everyone. Every woman in Zenville envied her, for she was the beautiful and talented wife of Thaddeus Holt. She was
"I can make any request, right?" Jessamine asked.Thaddeus felt indebted to her, so he wanted to make it up to her. "Yeah, as long as it's within my capabilities.""I want five percent of Holt Jewelry's original shares, "Jessamine said without hesitation.As soon as she finished her words, Thaddeus' expression shifted. Holt Jewelry had an annual income of billions of dollars. Even five percent of those shares were worth a lot. Thaddeus only had twenty percent, while Thomas had a bit more than that. Even Noah, Corey, and Heather had a small portion of shares. The rest of them were divided among the shareholders.Jessamine was really bold in asking Thaddeus for a quarter of his shares.Thaddeus asked in surprise, "Are you sure?"Jessamine sneered, "Absolutely."Since he gave her a chance to make any request, Jessamine wouldn't hold back. He owed her two children that much. Asking for five percent of shares was small enough of a request.Although Jessamine had made her request,
Jordan looked at the elegant Jessamine and thought Thaddeus was a fool.On the other hand, Jessamine was happy. She took the divorce agreement, turned to the last page, and signed her name without hesitation.Jordan felt his heart drop. "Mrs. Holt, why don't you consider it? Mr. Holt is—"Jordan knew Thaddeus was a prideful man. He internally cursed his boss for being this way.Jessamine was very calm. "It's fine." After signing the papers, she returned them to Jordan. "Thank you, Mr. Rhodes."Jordan wanted them to reconcile. Jessamine appreciated his efforts to try to make things better. However, his efforts would just be for naught. There wasn't any hope for this marriage, so she might as well end it while she could. She shouldn't be stuck in limbo. She should be living her own life with her babies.Then, Jordan handed over the divorce agreement to Thaddeus, who was drinking with some friends in the VIP room.The sharp-eyed Benji noticed the title of the divorce agreement. H
Benji was still trying to seek justice for Jessamine. "I can't believe a scumbag like you ruined Jessie's life. If you really divorce her, we'll never talk again."I really can't stand Amy, that bitch. Since we have different views about this, we might as well pretend we don't know each other," Benji said sternly. He wasn't joking in the slightest. He really hated scumbags like Thaddeus.Corvus played peacemaker. "Come on, let's stop arguing about such pointless things. We finally have the chance to get together. When we arrive at shore in the afternoon, we have to get back to work. We're so busy that we can barely meet several times a month."With that, he picked up the glass and downed his drink. But after he did, he noticed that Thaddeus and Benji looked solemn and didn't touch their glasses.He changed the subject and said, "Ted, I found some clues about Lolly. A few days ago, I found an email Lolly had sent overseas. Guess where's the IP address?"Thaddeus perked up at the
"I feel terrible, Ted," Amy whined.Thaddeus knew a little about the pain of childbirth. When Heather had Sasha, he was seven years old and understood a lot of things. He knew that Heather's morning sickness had been severe. At one point, she vomited so much and became so dehydrated that she had to be taken to the hospital.Most people only had morning sickness for a few months, but Heather had vomited for the entire duration of her pregnancy until she gave birth to Sasha. As a result, the whole family pampered Sasha, the daughter Heather had spent blood, sweat, and tears giving birth to. Their coddling ended up making her arrogant and conceited.Thaddeus returned to his senses and put the lunch box on the table. "Come and eat something, Amy. If you keep vomiting without nourishing yourself, you'll fall apart."Amy frowned and said miserably, "I really can't eat anything! I'll throw up after eating it. It's better if I don't eat. I won't feel that bad."Thaddeus felt helpless.