“I thought you said you are getting married to a multi-millionaire and will not act again?” she asked very happy about my downfall, and yes I remembered her. When the original Jennifer was still an actress she used to be the receptionist around here.
“Awn honey you are still a receptionist, I thought you would have become a huge movie star by now,” I said with a sad tone but it did not match the smug look on my face. “Who are you here to see?” she asked, her smug smile morphing into a frown. “I am here to see Ramona” I replied. “Hmm your old manager?” she laughed out loud. “Don't tell me you want to become an actress again?” she asked as she laughed mockingly. “I am here to see Ramona” I repeated again with a do not mess with me look on my face and she calmed down. “Do you have an appointment?” she asked and Amelia who stood beside me immediately looked nervous, because we forgot to make an appointment. But that was not a problem for me with my hacking skills. “Of course,” I said with a fake smile and she immediately started searching on her system while I started typing away on my phone, just in time for her to press the enter button. “Oh you have an appointment for 10 am,” she said in a monotone voice and I simply nodded. “Go ahead, you are quite familiar with this place so there should be no need for my directions” Using my memory I made my way up to Ramona’s office using the elevator while Amelia waited for me at the reception. Once I got to her office I went in. “Who is that can you not knock?” Ramona asked angrily, she was middle-aged with dark brown wrinkles on her forehead. She had been working at times entertainment agency for more than ten years yet she was still in this old cramped office. “It's me, Jenna,” I said unapologetically as I took my seat, I guess I still had my princess attitude from the Hidden Valley. “Why the hell did you come back here?” she asked as she typed away on her computer not even paying any attention to me. “Of course, I want to renew my contract,” I said as I crossed my legs in a carefree manner. “Jenna you don't just get to walk in and out of this agency like you own the place, okay? You had so much potential back then and what did you do you just left me, at the peak of my career also, and now you think you can just waltz back into my life?” she suddenly stood up, banging her hands on her desk in anger. I felt bad, for both Romona and myself, sigh, Romona was abandoned by a rising artist, and I entered into the wrongdoer's body and now I have to take all the blame for her. “I am sorry okay, I have realized my mistake, that is why I want to come back” I replied also standing up, I did not like the feeling of somebody looking down on me. “Well I am sorry Jennifer, even if I want to accept you back, the company would not even look in your direction, I don't think any company would be willing to sign you” she sighed as she sat back in her seat. “Why is that?” I asked. “That's because you have been canceled okay, you have been canceled by the Stirling family, apparently you offended them and now they do not want you to be able to go back to the entertainment industry, I am sorry but there is nothing I can do” she turned her face away. And I was filled with rage, how dare those people? Who did they think they were to meddle in my life? Before I did not take the whole acting thing seriously, but now I was filled with rage. “Okay, your conditions in this company do not seem good anyways, why don't you quit and come work for me, I can start my own entertainment agency” Yes I could make one that could rival the stirlings and make them bankrupt. “It does not work like that Jennifer, first of all, my contract with this company has not expired, and secondly even if you start your own company it would be swallowed up within minutes, you do not have a backer, the world of business is tough, even if you want to act on your own, the Stirlings have blocked all your chances to bag any big role, I suggest you just give up,” she said as she went back to her business. Without even replying to her I walked her out of her office, I was going to confront those stupid Stirling, who did they think they were, maybe when I give one of them an incurable illness, the rest would learn to fear me. I had to get my prestige back as the miracle doctor. As I came down from the elevator I saw Amelia who asked me how it went but I just shook my head and we started to walk out together. And then I saw him, in a navy blue tuxedo, his dark brown hair gelled perfectly to the side, an air of nonchalance and ruthlessness around him that made me shiver. Of course I knew him, he was Adrien Lockwood, at just the age of thirty he is the successful CEO of the Lockwood Industry, the top leading industry in the world. His company dabbled in almost every business there is, he had five-star hotels, he manufactures cars, televisions, phones, and other electronic devices, he also has an entertainment agency, that was the best there is, it only signed very talented peopled and top actors and actresses. And a very well-known fact about him, he was very very ruthless. I knew him from the hidden valley, he visited once with the request for me to treat his chronically ill grandmother for a very large price, of course, I was going to agree, but Rio ruined everything, he came in and rejected Adrien's offer and banning Adrien from the Hidden Valley. When I asked Rio why he rejected Adrien, his reason was that Adrien looked at me more than once, and he hated it when men looked at me multiple times. I should have realized how crazy Rio was at that time, but I just excused him thinking that he was being overprotective. I wonder how Adrien's grandmother is doing now. He seemed to be also coming out of the Times entertainment company, I wondered who he came to see. After I came to my senses, I quickly dragged Amelia whose legs seemed to be frozen all the way to my car and I drove off. “Oh my gosh Jenna that was Adrien Lockwood, I mean THE Adrien Lockwood!” she shouted excitedly. “I saw Amelia, I am not blind,” I said as I continued driving. “Don't tell me you are not excited even a little bit, I mean it is the Adrien Lockwood” “Well I am not, now quite before we get into a car accident,” I said. I looked at the rare view mirror of my car to see his car driving behind me together with his convoy, but I did not think much about it, maybe he was just going the same way as I was. I sighed in frustration due to the sudden roadblock. “Oh freak, just a way to make my day better,” I said in frustration. My attention was quickly drawn elsewhere as I saw people gathered around an elderly-looking person asking for medical assistance. It was my time to shine and regain my title back, I guess I would start from the roadside. I turned off my car and ran towards the crowd.“We need a doctor, a doctor!” another old man who stood beside the old man who had fainted shouted as I approached them.“I know medicine,” I said in a confident tone.“Jenna, what are you doing? You don't know medicine” Amelia tried whispering but I guess some people.“Young girl this is not a game, this is about somebody's life you can't just do anything that you want,” said a lady who looked like she was the same age as me, she had black hair, reading glasses on, and she was undeniably pretty.“You don't look a day older than me,” I said feeding her the same energy she used to shut me down.“Whatever” She rolled her eyes at me and turned towards the old man who was crying for help.“Don't mind her sir, I am actually a medical doctor, let me check how your boss is doing” she said in a confident tone as she crouched down to reach the unconscious old man’s level.One look at the man and I knew what was wrong with him, the old man had pronounced tremors, and shortness of breath, and he
“What?” I asked in confusion. “Mr. Lockwood, maybe you meant to say something else, I said, trying my best not to look affected by his aura. “I saw what you did there earlier. With the sick old man,” he started. “What does that have to do with us getting married, Mr. Lockwood?” I asked. “I did my investigations; that old man has Erezobia, but you, who has no record about learning medicine, were able to give him the emergency treatment so easily, something that would require a bunch of experts to do,” he said with his legs crossed, looking all mysterious, and it clicked. No wonder he suddenly gained interest in me; it was because of his grandmother's illness. “My grandmother also has Erezobia,” he said. “Hmm, really ?” I said, trying my best to look surprised, but I guess such simple acting cannot deceive Adrien. “You don't look that surprised, Miss Lyon,” he said with a serious look. “Wait, how do you know my name?” I asked; it had been barely twelve hours, and he alrea
Jenna’s POVUpon entering my house I immediately started packing my stuff, and I eventually went to bed at midnight.I woke up and sat in the living room waiting for Adrien's guards to help me move. I also did not forget to take pictures of the house and its rooms so that I could put it up for sale on a website. The thought of the price I was about to sell the house for made me more happy.In no time Adrien's guards arrived and helped me pack my stuff into the car before they drove off to Adrien's house.And as expected he had a house in Royalville, it was very difficult to rent a property there and even more difficult to own one, but of course not for Adrien.After the brief security check, we arrived at his house, a two-story mansion that was surrounded by forest trees, his compound was very beautiful and peaceful, it gave one an earthy feeling, his house even had an artificial mountain a couple miles behind it, and I could not ignore the beautiful fountain that was in the middle of
Jenna’s POVIn other not to draw too much attention to ourselves, Adrien led me towards the back entrance where the CEO of Denver's Entertainment used to enter the building when he did not want too much attention on himself.“So this CEO, is he your friend?” I asked as we passed by a group of guards who let us in at the sight of Adrien.“Kind of,” he said as walked faster and I had no choice but to speedwalk to match his pace.“Slow down okay” I whined, and then we entered the elevator leading to the CEO's office.It opened and I stepped out after Adrien and we stood in the office of the Denver Entertainment Agency CEO.And there he sat, looking all mysterious, but his face literally lightened at the sight of Adrien.“Adrien, you are finally here, what took you so long” he said excitedly as he stood up and walked towards us.“Stuff” Adrien replied as he passed the ceo side and took his seat.By“You must be my sister-in-law, I can see why Adrien could not wait to marry you, welcome to
After getting Xander's permission I went outside on my way to times entertainment. I had to book an Uber because it was Adrien who dropped me off in the morning hence no car.“To Times Entertainment Agency please,” I said to the Uber driver as I got in the car.Times Entertainment was not far away from Denver’s Entertainment because they were both located in the business district.Remembering that the annoying receptionist at times would ask if I had an appointment, I began to type in some codes on my phone, and boom I was able to hack my way into their system and secure myself a reservation.“We are here,” the Uber driver said when we arrived and I paid him.“Jennifer?” she called out looking visibly annoyed by my presence.“Hmm” I gave her a sarcastic smile“What are you doing here, I thought you got rejected?” she asked.“Oh I am sorry, I did not realize that the job of the receptionist is to ask about other people's business” I retorted.“I want to see Ramona, you can check in you
Jenna’s POV I have been trapped in this building for exactly five years now, he locked me up on my twenty-fifth birthday, and on my thirtieth birthday was the day I would escape, or so I thought. *** I lay on the queen-sized bed with nothing but different thoughts running through my head, how did I fall so low, how would I escape, would I spend the rest of my life here? I was once the proud and unreachable princess of the Hidden Valley. My brother who was twenty at that time went to the orphanage, took a liking to my intelligence, and adopted me when I was just nine years old. He was the leader of the Hidden Valley which everyone across the world feared. The hidden valley was like a mafia but my brother begged to defer, he always argued that the hidden valley was a more legal version of a mafia, but we all knew… By the age of 19, I was already a professional in medicine and anything computer related, I was so good to the extent that I was given the name ‘miracle doctor’ a
Chapter 2Jenna’s POVGroggily, I opened my eyes.Wait, I opened my eyes? I looked up at the white ceiling.Am I in heaven, or am I in the waiting room to hell? Hearing the continuous beeping sound, I looked around.I was in the freaking hospital; a drip was attached to my arm, and it was the heart monitor that was making noise. ‘I am alive’ I thought with excitement, That means someone must have rescued me. Is Rio dead? Am I free?But I became more confused when a woman who looked to be in her late fifties entered my room.“You finally tired of pretending, Jennifer, you freaking whore, just because you have not seen your husband for two years, you pretended to commit suicide. What? did you think that would make him pay attention to you again? Can you please just leave my son once and for all? Our Stirling family cannot support you any longer." She shouted in a shrewd manner, and I could only look at her in confusion. I was married, and I had a wicked mother-in-law. I clutched my he
Chapter 3In thirty minutes, I arrived at a bar, wearing a gown that accentuated my features.The bar was attached to a five-star hotel, and the customers of this bar were mainly people from the upper class.I got in easily with my charm and ordered the most drinks I could. And in no time, I gubbled them down. In my previous life, I could drink as much alcohol as I wanted without getting drunk, but this body. I did not even drink up to my usual amount, and I was already flat out drunk.I stood up from my chair in a bid to go home, but I was approached by one of the staff for payment. I brought out my card and swiped it. And the worst thing happened. The card was declined. That idiot should have sent my hundred million by now.“Swipe it again,” I drunkenly said, but it still brought out the same result.“That bastard,” I slurred.“I will pay for her.” A nice-looking gentleman said as he made a move to pay, and I just let him. Although he was handsome, I had no interest in him, Rio and