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 aJessica 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,
Lucas could tell from Jessica's tone that she was afraid. Though he felt a bit upset at Jessica's fear, he handed her the tie and reached out both of his hands. "Tie me up." Jessica paused for a moment and realized what he had just asked. She hurried to button up her blazer and then walked toward Lucas. Jessica looked up at Lucas. He wasn't making any moves. Thus, Jessica walked over and tied him up. Jessica actually didn't have much strength, and her body was uncomfortably hot. She used all her strength to bind Lucas' wrists tightly. After tying him up, Jessica stepped back and kept her distance from Lucas. She leaned against the wall and looked at Lucas. "Done." Lucas only opened his eyes when he heard that. He didn't look at Jessica and turned to the bathroom. "I'll stay in the bathroom. Leave me alone." Jessica didn't respond. She didn't collapse on the floor until she heard the door of the bathroom close. Jessica
Jessica tried to list all her enemies in the past year. But still, she had no clue. Jessica collected her thoughts and looked up at Lucas. "That's strange. You know all of those who hate me and dare to plot me." Lucas understood what she meant, and his face darkened. "I'll look into it." "I see." Jessica responded. She looked at the remote control on the table and picked it up. "It's a bit cold." "You may raise the temperature." Jessica didn't respond. Lucas gazed at her but didn't speak, either. The room fell silent. They then heard a noise outside the door. Jessica glanced at Lucas and said, "They've come to open the door." "Yes." Lucas looked at Jessica and rose from the sofa. When the door was kicked open, both Jessica and Lucas were dumbstruck. The man who kicked the door was surprised to see them, too. "What?" The hotel manager turned around to the man behind him, who had claimed that her cou
Vincent did not dare to ask, but reached out and handed the bag of clothes to Lucas. "Your clothes, Mr. Thomas." Vincent not only did not dare to ask, but he also did not dare to look around. Half an hour ago, he received a call from Lucas. He had been serving Lucas for years. How could he miss the suppressed anger in Lucas' voice? Lucas did not say much on the phone. He just told Vincent to bring a clean set of clothes to the hotel. Vincent felt nervous along the way. Now that he saw Lucas, he was even more uneasy. Apparently, something terrible had happened. As for what it was, Vincent had a wild guess. Lucas was probably tricked into something last night. Lucas had always hated these tricks. Lucas' father used a trick like this as an excuse for his affair back then. That was why Lucas was so furious four years ago. That was why he never really cared about Jessica after marrying her. Yet, this time, the same thing ha
Hannah knew that Jessica was unharmed, so she didn't stay long at Jessica's place. After Hannah left, Jessica grabbed something to eat and took a nap. By the time she woke up, it was already afternoon. She felt much better now. Thus, Jessica decided to drive to a boutique. Lucas tore the collar of her dress apart yesterday. She needed a new one. Jessica's apartment, located in an expensive area in LA, was quite posh with good privacy. She didn't have to worry about being snapped there. With a sound, the elevator came to a halt. Jessica walked into the underground garage. She turned a corner, and she immediately saw Lucas standing in front of her car. It had only been a few hours since they parted. Jessica wondered what brought Lucas here. Besides, Jessica didn't understand why Lucas had decided to wait in the garage rather than going upstairs and knocking on her door. "Mr. Thomas. Why are you standing there? You are not askin
"I do have a question for you." Terry put down the pizza in his hand as well. "Which is?" "You and Lucas, did you really get back together?" Jessica didn't expect that question from Terry. She was dumbfounded at first and then chuckled. "What does this have to do with you, Mr. Davison?" Terry did not answer the question. He placed the glass on the table, and then stood up and said to Jessica with a smile, "I think I'll leave you to a good rest." "You may see yourself out, Mr. Davison," said Jessica, following Terry to the door. "Jessica." Terry opened the door and suddenly stopped. He looked at Jessica and asked, "If the person four years ago hadn't been Lucas, would you still have married him?" "What are you suggesting?" Jessica's voice turned cold. Terry looked at Jessica. "I'm not suggesting anything. I'm only curious. If that man hadn't been Lucas, would you still have married him?" "Terry, you know something about
Hearing that, Lucas looked even more sullen. He then had a quick review of what had happened the other day. He attended a private gathering between the Thomas family and the Hartley family that day. The chosen restaurant was private property owned by Hari's family. It was rarely opened to the public. The Hartley family only treated their friends and business partners there. During the gathering, Lucas had only taken a glass of wine Hari poured him. And that glass was never out of Lucas' sight. Besides that, Lucas had only accepted a bottle of water from Olivia when he was about to leave. He happened to be thirsty then, so he took a sip. Lucas recalled that and his face darkened. He picked up his car key and left the company. Lucas drove back to the Thomas villa soon after. That was when the Thomas family had just had their breakfast. Lucas went upstairs directly to Olivia's door and knocked on it. Olivia
"No! Don't call the police!" Olivia ran to Lucas, crying, and grabbed Lucas by the arm. Lucas flung her away in disgust. Olivia stumbled two steps and fell to the ground. Rebecca finally realized what was going on here. She thought Olivia was joking about patching things up between Lucas and Jessica. But Rebecca never thought that Olivia would actually do it. Justin also had a rough picture of the whole story. Justin had originally put pressure on Rebecca in hopes that she would become the mediator. He chose Rebecca simply because she was the only one in the Thomas family who never had any conflicts with Jessica. However, Rebecca proved to be useless. Not only was she rejected by Jessica many times, but she leaked her task to Olivia. "If I don't turn you over to the police, I have no idea what wrong you will do next." Lucas held Olivia's wrist tightly and dragged her to the door. "Lucas, where are you going? She is your sister!" Reb