Rebecca frowned. "But I don't think Jessica wants to see me."
Rebecca was timid, but she was not stupid. In the Thomas family, Rebecca was just like Jessica. But she didn't have Jessica's pride or her family background, so Rebecca never fought back. Now that Jessica and Lucas were divorced, Rebecca believed that Jessica wanted to keep a distance from the Thomas family. If Rebecca were Jessica, that would be what she wanted. "That depends on how you do it, Rebecca. You won't shut outside the door, will you?" Justin was making it clear that Rebecca had to bond with Jessica. Rebecca had never dared to go against her strict father—in—law. Although she was reluctant, she had to nod. "I see, father." Rebecca went out of the study with a pale face. When she returned to her room, she thought of what Justin had entrusted her with. Although Jessica hadn't gotten over with Rebecca, they had never actually bonded before.When the matter was exposed, discussions about Jessica and Lucas started again. When Hari learned about that, he thought Lucas had finally learned how to play tricks. Yet when he called Lucas, he realized that Lucas was not the mastermind. After hanging up the phone, Lucas' face darkened. Vincent felt a bit overwhelmed by Lucas' grim face. He thus said, "Mr. Thomas?" Lucas glanced at Vincent and said, "I'll go back to the Thomas' villa now and come back soon." Vincent did not dare to say anything else. He could only watch Lucas leave while holding the documents that needed to be handled immediately. On the way back, Lucas' face remained stern. He knew it must be Justin. He must have asked Dwayne to release the news. Lucas recalled what Jessica had said the other day and felt as if he was slapped by an invisible hand right in the face. The traffic light turned green, but Lucas didn't notice it until the following cars started to honk
Lucas went to get the phone he had thrown into the garden before he even realized what he was doing. The garden was quite earthy. It was a dumbphone from ten years ago, something even a man as old as Justin wouldn't use now. The phone was locked. Lucas found himself hilarious when he saw the cue reading "Enter the password". Lucas thought that he must have lost his mind that he even got curious about what was on the phone. What was so entrancing about it? It was nothing more than a phone Jessica had deserted. Yet still, Lucas didn't stop trying to unlock the phone. When his fingers fell on the keyboard, he subconsciously entered Jessica's birthday as the code. It didn't work. Lucas frowned, and for some reason, he tried his own birthday. Lucas felt a throb in his heart when he unlocked the phone. It was hard to tell what Lucas' feelings were like at that moment. It was like a hunch for winning a lottery was prov
"You may head out now," said Lucas as he gestured at Vincent. Vincent wasn't sure if it was just his illusion that he found Lucas a bit strange. Lucas seemed to be in a better mood? Not exactly. Anyway, Lucas looked less terrifying. But still terrifying. Vincent did not dare challenge Lucas. Thus, he responded and left. Lucas was left alone in the office. He glanced at the phone on his desk again. After a while, Lucas put the dumbphone into his pocket. Perhaps Vincent was right. How could Jessica let go of her affection for Lucas that had lasted for over ten years? The gossip over the land in the north was soon suppressed by Vincent, only a few hours after Dwayne posted it. Jessica soon found out about that, too. Jessica assumed that Lucas must have been behind that. Jessica knew about Lucas' pride throughout their three—year marriage. He disdained to play such a trick. Jessica didn't
Wendy was a skillful driver. The car stopped after thirty minutes. Wendy said softly, "Miss Hall?" Hearing Wendy's voice, Jessica slowly opened her eyes. Having seen the familiar surroundings, Jessica nodded. "Good night, Wendy." Jessica then got out of the car. She then spotted Terry. It had been a week since Jessica last saw Terry at her place, together with Lucas. "You just had a drink?" Terry flickered his eyes when he smelled alcohol. Jessica nodded and raised her eyebrows. "What are you doing here, Mr. Davison?" Terry smiled at what Jessica said, "What? Can't I just drop by and check on you?" Jessica felt a bit dizzy because of the alcohol. She didn't want to stay with Terry. "So now you are done?" "Sure." Jessica felt uneasy under Terry's gaze. She looked away and said, "Then I'll go upstairs. Good night." "Good night." Standing there, Terry waved at Jessica as well. Jes
Rebecca suddenly recalled that Lucas, who was never close to Rebecca, suddenly came to her to ask about Jessica. He wanted to know how Jessica spent those three years. Rebecca felt more determined and took the initiative to say, "Sorry for asking you out when you are so occupied, Jessica." Jessica had been silently sipping her coffee, waiting for Rebecca to speak. Jessica smiled faintly when she heard that. "Mrs. Thomas, it's very kind of you to say that. You've been asking to see me several times, yet I didn't meet with you until today. It's me who should say sorry. Besides, I was late today and kept you waiting. It's so rude of me." Rebecca found it hard to go on with Jessica's polite formula. The private room fell in silence. Rebecca felt so embarrassed, sitting there. Jessica didn't feel embarrassed. Rebecca must have something to say. Otherwise, she wouldn't have asked to meet with Jessica over and over again. Jessica poured herself a glass
The man was kicked to the ground, clutching his stomach and grimacing in pain. "You bitch! I'm gonna slap ——" Before he could finish, Jessica lifted her leg and the man twitched a bit. He was too timid to challenge Jessica again. He just looked at the woman fiercely. "You wanna lose your job? Even so, you have to apologize to the general manager first. Otherwise, you are not going back!" "No, no, no! Please. I'll quit. I'll quit. Please, miss, please help me. I've just graduated from college. He offered to take me on a business trip. But I didn't expect that he would ask me to sleep with the guest..." Though the woman didn't speak much, Jessica understood what was happening. She took out her phone and pressed "911". She then said to the man, "Get lost yourself, or should I call the police?" The man clutched his stomach and cursed. Finally, he went back to his private room. As soon as the man left, the woman Jessica had been hol
Jessica was startled when she saw Lucas. She quickly walked to the bed and placed her finger under Lucas' nose. Lucas was still breathing. Lucas didn't wake up. But luckily, he was just in a coma. Jessica walked around the room. The door was locked and her phone was taken away. If she wanted to leave this room now, she could only smash open the window and jump down. Jessica walked to the sofa in the room and sat down. Obviously, the woman she saved was working with the man who had just been hiding in the room. The woman put on a show and made Jessica sympathize with her before she lured Jessica to the room. Catching Jessica off guard, the hidden man locked Jessica and Lucas up in the same suite. Those two people locked Jessica with Lucas, but they never mentioned what they wanted. Jessica found that strange. Jessica and Lucas were both famously rich in LA, but those people did not seem to want to kill them nor a
Jessica could feel Lucas' scorching gaze, which was turning her on. She paced around the room, but it couldn't help reduce her discomfort at all. Jessica could hear Lucas suppressing his breath. Somehow, she found that sound attractive to her. She held one of her arms with the other and pinched herself. Jessica hoped that the pain would sober her up. "What happened to you?" Jessica tried to sound normal. Lucas saw the wariness and concern in Jessica's eyes. He struggled to hold himself back. "I might have been drugged." It felt very similar to the night years ago, but it was more torturous now than it had been back then. He did not like Jessica that night, but now he did. One couldn't even help but get close to someone they liked, not to mention under the circumstance where they were drugged. "Don't come over here, Lucas. I don't want to repeat the mistake I made once." Jessica pinched her arm hard again,
When Jessica arrived at the Sharp Technology, Terry was still in a meeting.Jerry saw her coming and was a little surprised, "Mrs. Davison."Jessica had been called Miss Hall for over a year when she was suddenly called Mrs. Davison, and she felt a little embarrassed.However, Jessica didn't show any reaction and just nodded, saying, "You go ahead and do your thing, I'll just wait here.""Okay, I had someone prepare some food for you."Jessica thought for a moment and didn't refuse, “Thank you for your hard work."Jerry left with the door, leaving Jessica alone in the office.Soon, Jerry's assistant brought in some pastries and tea, “Mrs. Davison, if you need anything, you can tell me."Jessica looked at the half table of stuff and shook her head, "No need, you can go and do your own thing.""Okay, Mrs. Davison."This was not Jessica's first time coming to Terry's office, but it was her first time coming to Terry's office after getting married.Jerry had someone prepare a lot of food.
Jessica stopped in her tracks and turned to look at Larkspur. They were standing a little over two meters apart, and she just stood there without any intention of approaching. "Really? But I don't know what else I can do to help you."If it were in the past, Larkspur would have already cursed Jessica in response to her words. But today, she did come for a reason, so she could only pretend not to understand the sarcasm in Jessica's words, “This matter, indeed, only you can help me."Jessica pursed her lips and said, "So it seems like you didn't just happen to pass by and see me, you came here on purpose, didn't you?"Jessica directly pointed out her purpose, and Larkspur awkwardly smiled, "I did come to find you today."Upon hearing her words, Jessica clicked her tongue and said, "If you came to see me for business matters, I think you should make an appointment with my secretary. I just told you earlier that I have a meeting later, and I am tired right now. I don't want to hear anythi
Jessica was indeed sober, and she obediently loosened her mouth upon hearing his words.The couple had not had any intimate moments since they found out about the pregnancy. One reason was their busy schedule, and the other was that it was not suitable during the early stages of pregnancy.After two months, although it couldn't be completely enjoyable, it could be considered a slight relief.Coming out of the bathroom, Jessica's face was all flushed.After she became pregnant, she particularly enjoyed holding Terry. She didn't know why, but she just felt that holding him was very comfortable and joyful.Terry carried the person to the bed and laid them down. Seeing her looking at him, his eyes darkened, "Hmm?""I wanted to drink water."She spoke and subconsciously pursed her lips.The aftertaste had not yet faded, and Jessica's lips were tinged with red from the inside out. With a slight pursing, she resembled a peach blossom in March, glistening with dew.Terry looked and swallowed
After dinner, the two of them went downstairs for a walk.On a warm evening in mid-May in LA, Jessica spent an hour leisurely strolling outside. When she returned home, her back was covered in a thin layer of sweat.She was not someone who was afraid of heat, but this year she inexplicably became afraid of heat.Terry handed her a cup of warm water and walked into the kitchen with the newly bought watermelon.Jessica sat on the couch, still sweating, and she didn't feel like moving, not even to drink water.The air conditioner was turned on in the room, and it was pleasantly cool. After sitting for a while, she gradually recovered.I got up and walked to the kitchen to wait for Terry to juice the watermelon. Nearly ten kilograms of watermelon is too much for two people to finish. So we juiced two cups of watermelon juice and there was still half of the watermelon left. Terry was scooping out watermelon balls.Jessica had used the small tool and watched Terry digging. She couldn't help
Caspian and Astrid watched as Jerry entered the room. The two exchanged a glance, and Astrid spoke first, "I did as you instructed..."Is it that she is going to be blamed for what is happening now?Caspian looked at Astrid and asked, "How do you think I should talk to the president?"Astrid smirked and said, "How would I know?"Astrid was thinking about whether to sell Caspian, but in the company, the decision-making power is currently in Caspian's hands. She is just a junior minister, so even if she sells Caspian, she won't gain any benefits.Caspian looked at Astrid and was also thinking about how to push her out and make her take the blame.But he also knew that Astrid would not willingly take the blame.If he had pushed Astrid to take the blame, Astrid would have turned around and exposed their affair, and he wouldn't have been able to get away with it.Weighing the pros and cons, Caspian couldn't come up with a perfect solution, “It's getting late, let's go back and rest. I will
The woman left quickly, Terry brushed off the coldness on his face, and looked back at Jessica in the video on his phone, saying, "She's gone."Jessica clicked her tongue and said, "You were quite lucky."Terry knew that she did it on purpose, but just smiled and said, "Shouldn't you go take a shower?"Jessica got off work today and it was almost ten o'clock when she returned to her apartment. She had a video call with Terry for a while, and at this time, it was indeed time to take a shower."Got it, I'll hang up first.""Okay, let me know after you have finished taking a shower.""Um."As the screen went black, Terry's face also turned cold. He immediately dialed Jerry's phone number.Jerry was also just about to take a shower when he suddenly received a call from Terry. The alarm bell rang loudly, "Mr. Davison?""Come over."Realizing that things were not simple, Jerry didn't dare to delay, “Okay, I will come to your room right away."After hanging up the phone, Jerry didn't even ta
Jessica immediately blocked the number, and Terry, who was standing beside her, asked, "What happened?""The high school classmate I ran into at the hospital entrance this morning."Terry raised an eyebrow and said, "So how did they manage to blacken someone?"Jessica glanced at him and snorted, "He doesn't look like a good person."Terry wanted to say something, but the green light ahead turned on.He averted his gaze and started the car to move forward.When I got home, Hannah happened to send a message asking when she and Terry were planning to go on their honeymoon.Hannah didn't know that she was pregnant, and Jessica didn't plan on letting so many people know right now.Terry also planned not to have an excessive honeymoon. They will go again next month, as it has only been just over three months since their wedding. It is better to be cautious.She naturally couldn't say this to Hannah, so Jessica had to come up with the excuse that she was busy lately and postponed the honeymo
Larkspur hadn't heard any news about Jessica for several years after graduation, and she always thought that Jessica must have been doing poorly, which was why she didn't dare to show up.So when she saw the man getting out of the Cadillac just now, she instinctively felt that he was Jessica's husband.Moreover, Jessica's gaze just now was also directed towards that direction.And that man was tall and thin, and he didn't look bad either.However, Terry walked towards Jessica step by step, and Larkspur, looking at the eye contact between the two, instantly knew that he had just made a mistake.She looked at Terry and felt that he looked familiar.Not to mention the familiarity in her eyes, Terry's face truly made her jealous of Jessica. And if she wasn't mistaken, the man had just gotten out of a Maybach.Thinking of these things, Larkspur's complexion turned a bit pale.Terry walked up to Jessica and asked, "What's wrong?"Jessica shook her head and glanced at Larkspur, "It's nothing
After taking a break for the whole day, Jessica woke up the next day feeling refreshed and energized.Today happened to be the day for her to go to the hospital for a prenatal check-up, so both she and Terry woke up quite early.May and Morgan were also concerned about her prenatal check-up today. Early in the morning, May called to ask if Jessica needed company.She also knew that the newlywed couple naturally wanted to spend some time alone together.However, Jessica became pregnant and there were some places where Terry, being a man, couldn't accompany her for the check-ups. May was worried that Jessica would feel anxious by herself.Jessica didn't want May to accompany her to the hospital, even though she was only twelve weeks pregnant and the prenatal check-up was not complicated. However, the hospital was crowded and the waiting time was long. On their wedding day, both Jessica and Terry had a hard time, and her parents also went through a lot of hardship. So she didn't want May