Jessica suddenly cried, making Hannah, who was beside her, feel sad. They had been friends since they were little.
For so many years, Jessica had always been a smart and noble young princess. Hannah had never seen Jessica being ill—treated like now. It was all Lucas Thomas' fault! A few minutes later, Jessica gradually calmed down. She took the tissue and wiped her tears. She took out a mirror to fix her makeup. Jessica quickly adjusted her mood and turned to look at Hannah. She asked, "Hannah, I heard that your cousin knows reporters from the Los Angeles Times? Is he interested in an exclusive report?" "No problem, I will call my cousin Eden right now." Hannah froze for a moment and then figured out what Jessica planned to do. Hannah then took out her phone. Jessica nodded and looked out through the window. After three years, Jessica finally accepted the fact that she could not replace Trissy in Lucas' heart. She lost. However, Jessica would not let the Thomas family get away with the ill—treatment she had received in the past three years. "Do you want to hang out tonight?" After Hannah hung up the phone, she turned to look at Jessica and asked. "Nope. Tomorrow is a big day." Jessica smiled. Jessica went to bed before ten in the evening, yet Hannah didn't stop quarreling with the strangers who blamed Jessica on Twitter. Thus, Hannah had trouble getting up the next morning. When Hannah rubbed her eyes as she walked out of the door, Jessica was already ready to go. Today, Jessica had a simple and sexy outfit. She wore a loose dark brown sweater, with her long blonde hair down on her shoulders, and a pair of dark blue denim pants. The black high heels she wore revealed her slender ankles. Hannah nodded in satisfaction and said, "Go, say goodbye to the past and embrace the future." Jessica opened the door with a smile and walked out of the room. When Jessica arrived at the entrance of the court, Lucas had not arrived yet. Yesterday, she had already asked the lawyer to submit the divorce application to the court. Thus, she only needs to go through the process today. Five minutes later, Jessica saw Lucas walking in from outside the gate. Lucas, as usual, was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, his angular face expressionless. When Lucas noticed Jessica's gaze, he tilted his head slightly and looked coldly at her. In the past, Jessica would always immediately get close to him, but this time, she just stood there still, not intending to move at all. Lucas had to walk toward her. "Good morning Mr. Thomas, the judge is already waiting for us." Jessica nodded moodily toward Lucas. "Have you thought it through?" Lucas' face darkened, he thought Jessica was feigning relief. "I have." Jessica answered, word by word. Lucas looked gloomy. He frowned and said, "Very well. I hope you won't regret it in the future." After the divorce, Jessica would no longer be a member of the Thomas family, and she could not live a luxurious life anymore. Lucas thought that Jessica would definitely regret it when life became hard for her. The two did not speak again and walked into the court together. When they came out again, the two were no longer husband and wife. They were like strangers. After all, they could not even be considered friends. Lucas looked at Jessica and said, "Even though we are divorced, Trissy was hurt because of you, I think you should at least go to the hospital and take care of her until she recovers." A cold wind blew by, and Jessica felt that the wind was not as cold as her heart. Jessica found herself a fool that she once thought Lucas could stand on her side. Jessica tucked her hair behind her ear and looked at Lucas. "What? Can't the Thomas family even afford an escort anymore? If that's the case, I'll pass on the divorce gift I prepared for you to Trissy, and I hope she receives it for a speedy recovery." With that, Jessica took one last look at Lucas and left. Lucas looked at Jessica's tall and graceful figure from the back. He found that he had never sized Jessica up properly in all these years. Somehow, the thought troubled Lucas. Lucas never thought about divorcing Jessica, though he was not very willing to marry her. Now that they were really divorced, Lucas felt a bit sad as if he had lost something. But he quickly adjusted his mood. After all, Jessica was just a woman he was not in love with.When Jessica returned to Hannah's place, Hannah had already cleaned up the house. Hannah was putting the fried steak onto a plate, and the red wine was on the table as well. "Welcome back!" Hannah looked at Jessica excitedly. "Let's have a lavish meal today and hang out tonight." Jessica sat down in front of the table and smiled at Hannah. "No, I'm leaving LA tonight." Three years ago, for the sake of Lucas, Jessica had left New York, where her parents lived. Now that Lucas and Jessica were done, she didn't want to stay in LA anymore. However, before leaving, she had to send the divorce gift she had prepared, so she said to Hannah, "You can get someone to send out the audios I sent you." Hannah said excitedly, "No problem, I've been waiting for you to say that. Wait for me, I'll make a call now. Let's go back to New York together tonight!" "Aren't you having fun here with Mona?" Jessica asked, surprised to hear her say that. "I haven't been back to New York in years,
Lucas stared at his phone. His face turned grim when he saw who was calling him. Lucas paused a bit before he pressed the answer button and said, "Grandpa." "Did Jessica post that video online? Where is she now? Tell her to delete the video and take her home!" Justin's deep voice was filled with anger. "I see, Grandpa." Lucas hung up the phone and dialed Jessica's number. A cold system message came from the phone. "Please leave your message after the beep." Thomas Group's stock price had been falling ever since the scandal of Trissy and Thomas family was posted online. Justin's blood pressure rose out of anger, but Lucas could not reach Jessica at all. Lucas could only go home by himself to face Justin's fury. "Where's Jessica Thomas?" Justin asked loudly when he saw Lucas coming alone. "Grandpa, I divorced Jessica already, so she's not Jessica Thomas anymore," Lucas said with a frown. "I don't care if you've divorced or not. The company's stock price is dropping rapidly
Three months later, in Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel Hotel. Jessica and her secretary Wendy had just taken their seats when they heard someone call out behind them, "Mr. Thomas." There were not many Mr. Thomases who were qualified to attend this business banquet in Los Angeles. Jessica subconsciously looked back. As expected, the person who came was Jessica's ex—husband, Lucas Thomas. What an unsurprising acquaintance! Wendy, sitting next to Jessica, stood up and greeted Lucas politely, "Mr. Thomas, this is Jessica Hall, general manager of the Hall Group." "Mr. Thomas, I've long been looking forward to meeting you." Jessica smiled and extended her hand toward Lucas. Lucas fixed his eyes on Jessica. She seemed to have become someone else. She looked vibrant. Her wavy chestnut hair, which used to be blond, was worn down on her shoulders. With a faint smile and a pleasant voice, Jessica looked polite and decent. She looked at Lucas as if she didn't know him at all.
This is the first time that Olivia suffered a loss. It was she who bullied Jessica all the time. Today Jessica actually slapped, so she ran to Justin as soon as she returned to the Thomas family's villa to complain. But Olivia was slapped by Jessica this time. So, as soon as Olivia returned to Thomas villa, she ran to Justin and complained. When Justin heard that Jessica had come back to LA, he was filled with fury again. Justin immediately called Lucas and asked him to bring Jessica over the next day so that she could kneel and apologize. "Grandpa, we are divorced." Lucas said calmly. "So what? She released the video. If we call the police, she will be thrown into prison!" Justin coughed as he spoke. "The police won't arrest her, because what she posted was exactly what had happened." Lucas was a little impatient. Justin froze for a moment. When Justin came to his senses, Lucas had already hung up. Lucas threw his phone on the sofa and lit a cigar. Three months
"Jessica, do you think we should have a concert? We didn't have enough fun yesterday!" Hannah called Jessica in the morning and told her the big news. "The whole upper—class social circle is going to be shocked when you do that. We'd better stay low—key," Jessica said smilingly, and then walked into the bathroom to wash up. "I am the queen! Why should I stay low—key!" Hannah snorted and said, "I'll leave you be. Time for breakfast now." Jessica hung up the phone. She was somewhat distracted when she looked into the mirror. Jessica recalled how she and Lucas got married. Their first night together was an accident. After that, Lucas offered to marry Jessica. Jessica knew that Lucas felt sorry and his offer only served as a remedy. After that, Jessica tried to tell Lucas about her family background more than once, but Lucas always said he didn't care. He just wanted to get back to work. Later, Jessica accidentally heard Olivia complain to Rebecca about how low—born Jessica w
Jessica attended the banquet, mainly hoping to get familiar with the upper—class society of Los Angeles. After all, she was now the general manager of the Hall Group rather than Lucas' wife. Unlike the ladies, the businessmen were more concerned about whether Jessica had a say in their cooperation with the Hall Group. For that reason, a lot of people went to greet Jessica. Too many business chats made Jessica tired. Thus, Jessica found an excuse to end the conversation with a man and made her way to the dining area. Jessica put down her red wine and took a glass of juice. When she looked up, she saw Olivia and her girl friends storming over. "Jessica, you are far from qualified to be here. Did you manage to come in by hooking up with a playboy?" Looking at Olivia, Jessica smiled. "If you don't know what's the right thing to say, you should just go back to school. Learn harder this time so that you won't disgrace your family's fame again." "How dare you insult me! Just
The red wine trickled down from Olivia's long hair as she screamed in disbelief. However, Jessica did not intend to stop there. Jessica picked up another glass of red wine, intending to throw it at Olivia again. Yet when Jessica was about to make a move, Lucas suddenly grabbed her hand. "That's enough, Jessica!" "I don't think so." Jessica took the glass with her other hand and then splashed Olivia's face directly. Olivia's white dress was soiled with red wine. And then she threw a check in Olivia's face and said, "It's just a 100,000—dollar dress. Here it is 200,000 dollars. You can get two." With that, Jessica left with Hannah. When Olivia finally came back to her senses, she nearly blew up. Olivia wanted to catch up with Jessica, but Lucas stopped her. "Haven't you had enough?" Lucas said coldly. "Jessica seemed to be wearing the earrings from 'the Moon and the Sun' series," said a guest. "So she did. Her bracelet and her earrings come in a set. The series is limite
In the evening, Jessica and Wendy arrived at the restaurant. Just as she walked through the doors of the restaurant, Jessica saw a familiar figure next to a pillar in the lobby of the restaurant. Olivia? Jessica raised her eyebrows as the elevator doors opened, and the figure hurriedly stepped into the elevator. When Jessica reached the room on the fourth floor, she heard that Watson was talking to someone on the phone. Jessica seemed to have heard Watson mention "Miss Thomas". Jessica nodded at Wendy. Wendy stepped forward and pushed open the door. She greeted Watson. "Hello, Mr. Borka." Watson hurriedly hung up the phone and turned around. He gave Jessica a meaningful look. Then he walked over with a polite smile on his face. "Jessica, Megan has been bragging about how competent you are to me all the time. Please take a seat. The red wine was already decanted. Please give it a try." "Thank you very much for your invitation. See this as a sincere wish for a satisfyi
This sound was familiar to Hannah, but unfamiliar to everyone else.However, Foster, the person in question, was recognized by the people present. After all, he was the CEO of Kangsel and made headlines on his first day in office after returning from overseas.Rowan naturally knew Foster as well. Their company had a collaboration with Kangsel, but the contract expired this year. Their company wanted to renew the contract with Kangsel. Rowan had even visited Kangsel twice, just to meet Foster, but unfortunately, he didn't get to see him both times.I didn't expect to run into you here.Hannah didn't want to deal with Foster, but due to the presence of others, she reluctantly responded, "What's up?""Your skirt is wet, you need to change it. Mr. Everitt asked me to come and take you to the changing room."Mr. Everitt was the host of today's business banquet, and to have gained the favor of Mr. Everitt is enough to prove Hannah's status, not to mention anything else.Rowan and Abigail ex
Not only was Sophia, Hannah's friend, curious about Hannah slapping Foster twice, but Joe, Foster's secretary, was also curious.But the two parties involved in this matter didn't really care about it. Hannah's attitude was that if a fight happened, so be it, what else could be done.Foster's attitude was that if he got hit, he got hit, and he didn't really care.Although Joe was curious, he dared not gossip about this matter. He just recalled a few days ago when Foster asked him to investigate Hannah's affairs, and he realized that Hannah was not ordinary to Foster.So, he almost always mentioned things about Hannah to Foster, whether intentionally or unintentionally.Foster didn't expose him either, Joe said, he just listened."Mr. Carroway, Miss Howell seemed to have attended the business dinner tonight."The business dinner tonight, Foster had already declined to attend two days ago, Joe's meaning in saying this was obvious.The man paused his action of flipping through the docume
Who is Dominic?Sophia had never heard of this person from Hannah's mouth, but looking at Hannah's expression, this "Dominic" was probably more than just a regular friend.Although Sophia was gossipy, she was not someone who liked to pry into her boss's personal matters.She didn't bother Hannah anymore, loosened the collar of her clothes, poured a cup of hot water and placed it by the bedside, and then closed the door and left.Hannah didn't sleep well all night and had a lot of random dreams, which seemed real and yet also seemed fake.She dreamt that Dominic came back in her dream and asked her for money. As soon as he opened his mouth, he demanded three billion. Hannah got angry and immediately slapped him twice.She watched as Dominic's face instantly turned fierce, and he raised his hand to hit her. Hannah instinctively dodged, and the next second, she found herself in Dominic's arms. He held her and apologized, saying he didn't mean to deceive her.Hannah didn't believe his non
The people of Sophia were shocked, as they never expected that Hannah, who was drunk, would start picking fights with others!Looking at the man who got beaten again, although he looked handsome, it was clear that he was not someone to mess with!Sophia was afraid that Hannah would be hit by someone in the next second, so she hurriedly went over to try to pull the person away, saying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my boss is drunk!"But her hand reached out for a long time, and she couldn't reach Hannah.Sophia instinctively lifted her head and as soon as she did, she saw the man next to her grabbing Hannah's shoulder and spinning her around.The next second, just when she thought the man was going to slap Hannah, he instead bent down and lifted Princess Hannah up in his arms.“What’s going on?”Was she drunk?Is it because her boss was good-looking that the other person became interested in her boss?This is not acceptable!Realizing this, Sophia quickly stepped forward to stop him, saying,
Hannah almost fell asleep on the couch, but woke up to find that it was almost 1 o'clock in the morning.The mood that was disturbed by that man is still very bad now. She pursed her lips, got up and went upstairs to take a bath and have a good sleep.It was probably in the evening when Foster blocked the door, and Hannah dreamt about him all night.The next day, Hannah woke up in shock. She touched her forehead and grabbed the nearby pillow, then started pounding it fiercely.She dreamt that she was being violently beaten by Foster's wife, with her hair being pulled out in the dream.Hannah was still trembling with fear as she looked in the mirror for a while, making sure her hair was still there before she finally breathed a sigh of relief.She was too lazy to make breakfast, so she sent Sophia a message and started getting ready for work.It has been over a month of wandering, it's time to go back and be a good boss.Hannah's work attitude has always been lackadaisical. The studio'
Hannah immediately closed the car window, she didn't even get out of the car, and just looked at the man in front of her car through the windshield.Foster moved slightly and walked around to the side of the car, “Hannah."He called her again.Two years ago, Hannah's favorite thing was his voice.Dominic, oh no, he doesn't go by Dominic anymore, he goes by Foster, Mr. Carroway.Not to mention, Foster had a handsome face and a voice that was captivating.However, after two years, when Hannah heard this familiar voice again, she didn't blush at all like she used to.This man had a cruel heart, she had witnessed it.Hannah, who had lived for almost thirty years, had never experienced such a big setback.She used to persistently pursue him, which was quite good. After all, it's normal for men and women to have feelings for each other. If you really didn't like it, you could have just spoken up instead of disappearing without a word.If Jessica had come that day, Hannah wouldn't have known
Seeing her frowning, Terry took her hand and asked, "What's wrong?""Hannah kept something from me."Terry didn't know much about Hannah's situation, and he didn't have any particular opinion on Jessica's words either, “Miss Howell is not young anymore, she will have her own judgment."Jessica nodded, Hannah was indeed not young anymore, if there was really something she needed help with, it was impossible for her not to speak up and seek help.Despite this, Jessica still called Mona.Early in the morning, Mona had just woken up when she received a call from Jessica. She was quite surprised and said, "Jessica?""It was me."Jessica glanced at Terry, who leaned over to fasten her seatbelt, and couldn't help but raise her hand to touch his short hair.Terry glanced at her with a half-smile, slowly started the car.Jessica told Mona about what happened to Hannah last night, "She drank three cans of beer at once, she must have encountered something."Mona also agreed, "I indeed never saw
This was not what annoyed Hannah the most. What annoyed her the most was that she was standing in front of the doors of the middle elevator, while Foster and the others were on the left side, walking past her as they left.The aisle, which had just appeared spacious, now seemed narrow as Hannah stood in the middle while four or five people passed by together.She was quite spirited, but as soon as she saw someone, she quickly averted her gaze and looked up at the bouncing floors of the elevator in front of her.When the man passed by her from behind, she could smell the familiar scent of cedar.Hannah tightened her grip on the side of her body. Fortunately, soon enough, the elevator arrived and with a "ding," the elevator door quickly opened.Hannah lifted her leg and walked straight in, then turned around and desperately pressed the door close button.She was afraid that if she slowed down any further, she wouldn't be able to resist going up and hitting someone.The elevator went up
It is easier to get things done with acquaintances.Hannah saw that it was someone she knew, and immediately felt relieved.Jessica said that she had thick skin, and she wasn't without reason.Just then, as soon as she took her seat, she immediately struck up a conversation with Joseph, “Didn't the two of you used to skip class and go to the arcade? You haven't forgotten about me, have you?"Joseph smiled as he unwrapped the packaging paper of the straw for her, "I didn't forget."Hannah, in their circle, was also a well-known "celebrity", how could he forget.Hannah took the straw and said thank you, “Did you break up? I remember Kendall said you had a girlfriend! Or is it that your mother doesn't like her? It's okay, just keep going! Love is a rare thing, it's not easy to find in our circle. Once we find it, how can we easily give up?"Hannah was stuck on the road for nearly twenty minutes. The weather in August was hot, and even though the car had the air conditioning on, it felt t