The man, dressed in a suit, was about forty or fifty years old. But as a man of his age, he was still of proportional built. The watch on his wrist was a classic and limited model of Vacheron Constantin. There were only ten worldwide, and it was priced at more than 1 million dollars. Olivia said in disgust, "I don't know him. Maybe he is Jessica's sugar daddy. Jessica is rich now. She just said that 400,000 meant nothing to her..." "Does your brother know about it?" Trissy's words reminded Olivia of something. She fished out her phone quickly to take a few photos. "My brother doesn't know yet. I will tell him now!" Trissy averted her gaze onto Olivia and frowned slightly. "But Lucas divorced her. Your brother probably doesn't want to know about it." After that, Trissy added, "After all, Jessica was once Lucas' wife. It's better not to spread this out. Let's keep it a secret. If somebody else knows about it, it will disgrace her and the Thomas family too." Olivia though
Jessica sat up and drew back the curtains. The sky was not bright yet, and a tinge of light orange could be seen on the horizon. Jessica narrowed her eyes slightly and grabbed a sweater and put it on. Then, she wore a pair of soft, fluffy slippers and shuffled into the bathroom. After that, she turned on the speakerphone. "Many Instagram users have uploaded photos of us when we went out for dinner last night. In these picture, you and uncle Hall are holding hands. The people we met yesterday were none other than Olivia and Trissy. It's either Olivia or Trissy who took these photos." Jessica was brushing her teeth and didn't have time to respond. She just gave a vague answer. Hannah was just an onlooker in the beginning. She did not expect such a funny gossip about them early in the morning. The screenshots were sent to Hannah by Mona. Both of them were all killing themselves laughing. The person who spread the rumor that Jessica was kept by her father was a "talent". "Do
After lunch, Morgan and Jessica left the private room. Morgan still looked sullen. Jessica held his hand and said with a smile, "Dad, don't be so upset, please!" Morgan looked down at his beloved daughter and forced a smile. Seeing that, Jessica couldn't help but laugh. "It's such a fake smile." Then, Morgan was truly amused. "What can I say? At school, you would take revenge if someone bullied you. You have grown up but lost your spirits. Whatever you do, I'll protect you." Hearing Morgan's words, Jessica stopped smiling. "I'm an adult now. Of course, I can't be as impulsive as before." Morgan thought of the past. He started talking about Jessica's unruly life at school. As he spoke, Morgan forgot about the matter that made him upset. The father and daughter chatted happily. Jessica was still holding Morgan's hand. From a distance, they looked very intimate. People who knew them would compliment their good relationship. However, people who didn't know them might mis
Morgan was the CEO of the Hall's Group. Consequently, he was busy the whole day. It wasn't easy for him to ask his secretary to save a day to come over to LA to see his precious daughter, but he didn't expect that such a thing would happen. Morgan still had an important dinner party tomorrow, so he had to go back to New York tonight. Otherwise, he would wait for Wendy to find out where the so—called "Sugar Daddy" rumor came from and then take Jessica to find the one who spread the rumor. Jessica had a business dinner tonight, so she couldn't send Morgan to the airport. Before Morgan left, he repeatedly asked Wendy to tell him at the first moment as soon as Wendy found out who started the rumor. Jessica promised again before Morgan got into the nanny van. After sending Morgan to the car, Jessica got into Wendy's car and was ready to go to the business dinner tonight. The winter was still cold in LA at the beginning of April, and the wind at night was a little fierce.
Jessica hadn't even finished speaking when a familiar male voice came from the side. Terry walked over to her. His brownish eyes curved slightly as he looked at Cedrick. "I'll pay one billion and I'll take her away, Mr. White." Jessica had been in the hall for more than ten minutes, but she hadn't met Terry. She thought that he hadn't come tonight. She didn't expect to meet him at this time. Cedrick could not afford to offend Terry, so he gritted his teeth and looked at Jessica before turning to leave resentfully. Jessica tilted her head and glanced at Terry. She raised her glass and smiled. "Thank you." "My pleasure." Terry raised his glass and lightly clinked it against the edge of hers, looking at her wryly. Terry took a sip of red wine. "Miss Hall, you seem to be in a good mood today." Jessica looked at him and raised her eyebrows slightly. "Kind of." After all, nothing particularly bad happened recently except for the rumors. However, Jessica would never allow
The conversation between the two women was clearly recorded. As soon as the recording was finished, the two women turned pale. They could afford to offend Jessica, but they could not afford to offend Terry. They also did not know why Terry took a fancy to Jessica. Terry had publicly declared that he wanted to pursue Jessica after she had just divorced for a few months. Now it looked like he wanted to protect her. They were right. After listening to the recording, Terry raised his eyebrows and clicked his tongue. "So this is how the Graves family and the Garraway family raised you?" They were from the same social circle. Even if Terry did not have any personal relationship with those two women, it was not difficult for him to recognize which family they were from. Tess Graves and Nina Garraway froze when they heard Terry's words. Jessica, who was standing next to Terry, looked at the two wryly. "Miss Graves and Miss Garraway, aren't you going to apologize to me?" Tess
The black car that Jessica was in was moving in the moonlight. She tilted her head and looked out of the window. Recalling what Lucas had said, she frowned slightly. Wendy called her softly, "Miss Hall?" Jessica came to her senses and then asked Wendy, "What's wrong?" "The rumormonger has been found." Wendy paused and glanced at Jessica before continuing, "It was Miss Thomas." It didn't surprise Jessica, who chuckled, "Olivia is marvelous!" Jessica smirked. Wendy didn't know what Jessica was thinking. "Should I tell Mr. Hall about it?" "Of course! Why not?" They bullied her again and again. Why should she continue to endure? "Got it, Miss Hall." Wendy sorted the evidence and sent it directly to Morgan's secretary. That night, Morgan's secretary called to report it to Morgan. When Morgan finished the call, he was so angry that he slapped the table. "This is too much. The Thomas family is going too far!" Mrs. Hall heard the news and came over. She didn't kn
Mrs. Hall saw their stealthy interactions and clicked her tongue. "Jess, the issue is not about you alone. Mom and dad don't just uphold justice for you. Don't be confused." Of course, Jessica knew it. She was just worried that they were tired from the flight. Now, it seemed that she was overthinking. Jessica laughed, "I'm not that stupid." May snorted and thought to herself, "If she is not stupid, why did she insist on marrying Lucas?" But Jessica was her daughter, so May could not bear to render her more wretched. "Let's go to the parking lot." Jessica led them to the parking lot. When she opened the door, she found that Morgan was carrying a box. She couldn't help but frown. "Dad, what's that?" "Nothing." Morgan waved his hand and bent down to get in the car following May. Jessica did not ask any more questions. Instead, she said to Wendy, "Wendy, let's go to Thomas' house." Wendy was stunned for a moment but soon reacted. The Morgan couple rushed over in a h
Roberto lived alone and didn't even have a refrigerator in his house.After Julie bought the watermelon, she had no choice but to tie it inside a wooden barrel and then put it into the well.Before leaving, Julie was worried that the rain would smash the melon. She had already covered the well in advance. The rain was still pouring heavily. Julie held an umbrella and walked to the edge of the well, saying, "It's inside."Terry handed her the umbrella, and she reached out to take it. Then Terry lifted the well cover and saw a rope tied to the well ring next to it. He thought it must be Jessica's tied watermelon, so he put the well cover aside, untied the rope, and pulled it up with force. Soon, Terry pulled up the bucket.The watermelon, weighing over ten kilograms, was tightly bound by Jessica and placed inside the wooden barrel. The barrel was also filled with water, making it weigh over thirty kilograms when lifted.Luckily, Terry had strong arms
Just then, Morgan and a few others happened to walk over, holding umbrellas on the side.Roberto, upon seeing the situation, immediately closed the door again.Julie acted quickly, placing the umbrella aside, stepping inside with one foot, and pushing the door with her other hand. "Old man, I don't care about others, but you're going too far by not letting my parents inside the house, aren't you?""This was my house! I used to let anyone in that I wanted! If I didn't feel like it, I wouldn't even let you in. What's so unreasonable about that?"Roberto hadn't finished speaking when Julie's other hand, which wasn't blocking the door, suddenly pinched his cheek.Roberto immediately jumped and let go of Julie's hand, slapping it lightly. "What are you doing? As a girl, why would you touch someone without permission?"Julie took advantage of him loosening his grip and pushed the door open, laughing, "You talk so tough, I've always been curious if
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Julie, having nothing to do, took out a chessboard and played chess with Roberto."Old man, your chess skills are too poor. How many times have you regretted your moves?"Roberto felt no shame at all. "You, girl, don't you understand the importance of respecting the elderly and caring for the young? I am of an advanced age; can't you give in to me?""No, I won't. In chess, there is no distinction between big and small. If I can't win, I will admit defeat. Besides, I won't laugh at you. How can you still have the audacity to ask me to let you win?"The rain in August was like someone pouring water from the sky, pouring down heavily. The rain hit the eaves with a "pitter-patter" sound, and the courtyard was filled with misty rain. Occasionally, there would be arguments between an old and a young person inside the house.When the knocking sound came, Roberto's face immediately fell. "It's for you, go open the
Lucas looked at the woman in front of him, even though she was wearing the simplest and plainest clothes, her eyebrows, eyes, and temperament clearly belonged to Jessica without a doubt.He was somewhat incredulous when he heard her call out his name as soon as she opened her mouth, "You, remember me?"Some people lost their memory, but they didn't forget everything. They would remember certain people and certain things.Jessica remembered him too, didn't she?This speculation made Lucas' heart surge with excitement, but the next second, Jessica's words shattered his fantasy. "I don't remember, I have amnesia, I don't remember anything."Upon hearing her words, the brightness in the golden eyes dimmed significantly. "How do you know what my name is?""The Thomas family, Lucas; the Thomas family, Olivia, is it difficult to find online?"After meeting Olivia at the market, before she came back, I had already searched Olivia on Baidu at
Roberto was annoyed by Julie's prank and started grumbling again.The bamboo basket had already reached the shore. Julie lifted the bamboo basket onto the shore and removed the small basket on top. Three fish were lying inside."Roberto, I caught another fish!"As soon as she finished speaking, while still muttering curses, the old man walked straight over and said, "What's the matter?"Julie took another look and said, "It's not much, but I can still make you a fish soup!"The fish are indeed small, with the largest one weighing only about half a catty, and the other two estimated to be around three to four taels.Julie said as she directly carried the bamboo basket and walked into the bamboo house. Behind the bamboo house, there was a fish pond made by an old man, which was fed by the stream.However, with Roberto's fishing skills, it is estimated that even after ten or eight years, there might not be a single fish in the bathtub.
Olivia asked behind her, "So how do I find you then?""Tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, I will come to the front of this store."Jessica tightened her backpack and quickly plunged into the crowd at the market.Olivia quickly took out her phone and called Lucas.It was Jessica! She really found Jessica!When the phone rang, Lucas frowned. He thought it was something related to work and didn't even want to look at his phone.However, the phone in his pocket kept ringing incessantly. Annoyed, Lucas took out his phone and asked, "What's the matter?""Brother! I found Jessica! Brother! I found her!"Upon hearing Olivia's words on the phone, Lucas thought he had misheard, "Could you repeat that?""I found Jessica! Dude! Really! But she seemed...""Where were you?""Where am I? Oh, right, I was in Long Town, in front of a clothing store called 'Fashion Apparel Shop'.""I knew it."After hanging up th
Olivia was very excited. Since the incident of being kidnapped, she had been reflecting on many things she had done in the past. She realized that she had indeed done many childish and unwise things before she matured.It has been half a month since the kidnapping incident, she is safe and sound, but Jessica has remained silent all along.Olivia occasionally recalled that night, Jessica's hint to herself, and felt a little guilty in her heart.She wanted to find Jessica, but she couldn't endure hardships and climb mountains, so she had to bring people with her to go from village to village to find her.Long Town is only about thirty kilometers away from Copper Town, where Jessica went missing.This was her first time coming to such a backward place, where the so-called market was all on one street. Olivia called out several times, but Jessica quickly disappeared into the crowd.Olivia stood there, doubting if she had mistaken someone.
The incident involving Olivia and Jessica quickly spread within the circle. As Terry, Lucas, and Morgan, along with others, searched for Jessica, the news of her disappearance couldn't be concealed.On the fifth day of Jessica's disappearance, Lucas went straight to Terry and demanded Luna without hesitation.Terry had not had a good night's sleep for five consecutive days. Every time he closed his eyes, Jessica would cry and ask him why he hadn't arrived yet.When Lucas came over, he had just returned from Irvine.He and Morgan searched Santa Ana and Oceanside almost carpet-like, but couldn't find Jessica. The reward notices sent out also didn't yield any valid information.They still haven't been able to determine which city Jessica escaped to.Finding someone in a city was already like finding a needle in a haystack, and now there are even more cities.The only fortunate thing was that Jerry, based on the contact information provid
Terry and Lucas arrived at Jerry's place in the afternoon, and it had been fifty hours since Jessica went missing.Terry had two properties over here, which were early development projects by the Davison Group. He came over for a business trip and bought them three months ago. Now it's convenient for hiding Luna."Mr. Davison, Mr. Thomas."Jerry opened the door and Luna, who was already tied up by him, was sitting on the chair.After he opened the door, he voluntarily left. Terry, Lucas, and Luna were the only ones left in the room.Seeing Lucas, Luna smiled and said, "Lucas, did you receive the gift I gave you?"Lucas gritted his teeth, his face filled with anger, "Where is Jessica?""Dead! Didn't I send you the ashes?"Luna spoke and glanced at Terry, "By the way, did you give that ring back to Mr. Davison?"Terry stood aside, lowered his head and lit a cigarette, without saying a word.Luna giggled and said, "M