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
During the period, a nurse came over and asked Hannah if she wanted to go in and see Foster.She shook her head and said, "I'm not going in."She didn't want to go in.It was no use going in, he didn't want to wake up, and even if she went in, it would only make herself feel worse.These past few days have been the nurse's shift, and she has become familiar with Hannah and Joe. Seeing Hannah's exhausted appearance, she let out a slight sigh and didn't say anything.The cycle of birth, aging, illness, and death is a daily occurrence in the ICU.Hannah stood there for a moment, then she turned and sat down on a nearby chair."Ms. Howell."When Samuel called her, Hannah only lifted her head slightly and asked, "Is there something you need, Mr. Compton?""I had something I wanted to give you."Hannah bit her teeth and said, "Let him do it himself."Samuel didn't respond to her words, taking out a box from his pocket and handing it over. "This is what Foster bought when he first arrived in
Foster did not wake up until after 5 o'clock in the afternoon.The attending doctor delicately stated Foster's condition, "The patient's condition, the patient's family should be mentally prepared."Hannah heard these words and her legs immediately went weak.She instinctively reached out and grabbed Jessica, who quickly supported her. "Hannah, you have to believe him."Hannah grabbed Jessica's wrist, her strength was so strong that her nails almost embedded into Jessica's flesh.But she was completely unaware: "Jessica, I also want to believe him, but he has always been deceiving me, he has been deceiving me all along!"She also wanted to believe him, but Foster had never told her a single truth.He didn't even give her any promises, he didn't even say "I love you" to her.What did she use to trust him, and how should she trust him?Jessica didn't know what to say either, at this moment, anything she said would be futile."Foster, I hated you, I hated you!"She gritted her teeth and,
"Five minutes, Ms. Howell, you couldn't stay here for long. If you have anything to say to the patient, say it quickly."Hannah gratefully glanced at the nurse, "I would soon be leaving."The nurse glanced at her again and entered the nearby monitoring room.Hannah reached out and tugged on Foster's pinky finger, "Were you dreaming for me? Are you leaving? Are you a coward, Foster? Are you not seeking revenge anymore? Are you really never going to see me again?"If possible, she really wanted to slap him hard to wake him up."I don't care if you are Dominic or Foster, I have prayed to the Buddha beads for you. Your life will be fine, don't listen to the nonsense of those evil spirits, I won't allow you to leave! I don't want you to go!""Foster, you were doing fine. If you dare to just walk away like this, I will hate you for the rest of my life!"Hannah almost gritted her teeth as she finished speaking. She didn't stay for the full five minutes, but only two minutes before leaving.J
Hannah also had no intention of asking further: "Well, forget it then."No one spoke, and the entrance to the ICU ward returned to calm.Joe remained silent for a moment before he couldn't hold back and said, "Ms. Howell, there are two reasons why Mr. Carroway came back, and one of the reasons, if I were to say it, would not be good for you."He said, pausing for a moment, "But the second reason, I can tell you.""What is it?""For you."Hannah's little finger trembled slightly, and she sneered, "Is that so?"She didn't believe much."I followed Mr. Carroway for over two years. Mr. Carroway had a severe case of insomnia, and there was a period of time when he could only fall asleep by drinking a large amount of alcohol."Once, Mr. Carroway got drunk and in the middle of the night, he called me in a daze, saying he had a stomachache. I hurriedly rushed to his apartment and when I carried him on my back to the hospital, I heard him shouting your name.That night, when he rushed to Foste
He had just been about to take the jade bracelet to the bathroom for Foster when the man had already briskly emerged from the bathroom, his indifferent eyes carrying a hint of panic: "Have you seen my bracelet?""Was it this one?""It was this, thank you."Foster took the bracelet back and neatly placed it inside his pocket.That was the first time he saw Foster, and he only felt a chilling aura emanating from the man, devoid of any trace of vitality.Hannah swallowed and raised her hand to rub her eyelids. "So, how did you end up working for him?"After my mother passed away, I was chased by loan sharks and evicted by my landlord. With only ten dollars, I went to the bar where I worked part-time to spend the night. That evening, Mr. Carroway got drunk and had his wallet stolen. He fought with the person who took it, and I saw someone pull out a gun and point it at Mr. Carroway.Joe reminisced about the past, saying, "Not two days after that day, Mr. Carroway drove to the bar to find
"I understood how you felt, and you didn't need to explain to me. You grew up, and you had your own judgment. Brother believes in you."This was probably a moment of warmth for Hannah in her anxious day. She covered her face and took a moment to relax. "I'm going to wash my face."Eden sighed as he watched Hannah's figure disappear.He indeed looked down on Foster, but now that Foster is in trouble, he doesn't want to rub salt in Hannah's wound.Hesitating, Eden had already taken out his phone and made a call to his secretary.Eden's secretary knew that he was going to have dinner with Hannah tonight. When she received the call just now, she thought that Eden had finished so quickly, and couldn't help but be surprised, saying, "Mr. Howell?""Help me check something.""You said.""Foster was involved in a car accident last night. Can you please check for me if those people were responsible for the accident?"Eden's secretary was somewhat shocked, both by Foster's car accident and by th
Hannah kept her head down and remained silent. Eden's patience ran out, "Hannah, you're not a child anymore, you're thirty years old. Uncle and Aunt love you, and you should also understand them. Let's not even talk about whether Foster is worthy of you or not. He deceived you out of a large sum of money and disappeared for over three years. He is not someone who truly cares for you."The waiter pushed the food cart over, Eden pursed her lips and fell silent.Hannah took a deep breath. She knew everything Eden said, and she had no intention of getting back together with Foster. In fact, even before today, she had already prepared to throw away everything they had once had and move on.But unfortunately, at that very moment, he had a car accident.She also didn't know how to describe her feelings. Fear had already taken up most of it, with reason and pain pulling in opposite directions. She was caught in the middle, feeling like her head was about to explode."Let's eat first."Eden si
Joe went home at noon and took some clean clothes. These days, he planned to stay at the hotel across the street from the hospital.Just as he returned to the ICU, he saw Hannah walking out of the elevator.Joe was somewhat surprised and quickly sat up from his chair, "Ms. Howell?"Hannah nodded and handed him the anklet she had in her hand, saying, "This is Dominic, Foster gave it to me before, it's been blessed, you can put it on him later."She didn't want to say more, so she put down the ankle chain and left.Joe didn't know what to ask either, so he had to take the chain.The nurse came over and let him go into the ICU to talk to Foster. Joe removed the poison from the red string that Hannah gave him and took it with him into the ICU.Foster still didn't wake up, the instruments showed everything was normal, but he still didn't wake up.After the nurse left, Joe took the red rope and looped it around Foster's left hand.He didn't know what to say either, so Joe stood for a moment
But she couldn't control it at all, tears just fell down from the corners of her eyes, as if they were free.Hannah couldn't suppress her emotions any longer. She immediately squatted down, burying her head between her legs, and started sobbing softly.How did he become like this?In the spacious ICU room, there was only the sound of Hannah's sobbing.After crying for a while, Hannah finally gritted her teeth to calm herself down.She didn't have any tissues, her palms and the back of her hands were covered in tears, so she had to lift her skirt and wipe the tears off her face. Only then did she stand up again and look at Foster on the sickbed, choking up as she spoke, "The doctor said you have no will to live, and I don't know why you suddenly lost your will to live. You did so much for your family's sake, why would you give up now?"At this point, Hannah choked back her tears and felt a surge of grievances: "You abandoned me without a second thought back then, all for the sake of yo