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“No, that gentleman is just a friend of mine. This is my husband”, Jane explained.Miranda Winston had the grace to feel very embarrassed but quickly composed herself.“I am sorry. Earlier, I thought your husband was very handsome. I did not expect him to be… uh… such a fine man.” Miranda Winston saw Ethan in his wheelchair and wanted to offer him some polite praise, but when she noticed his scarred face, her eyes darted away, unable to lie outright.She had no idea what a beautiful, young lady like Jane saw in her husband. She had thought, at first, that it was probably money. But Jane didn't seem the type.Well, he may not have had these challenges before they got married, she thought. She liked Jane even more because in today's world, some ladies would have left the marriage.She caught herself and realized she had not been a good host for leaving them standing at the door.To relieve the awkwardness, she invited them to tea.Jane looked at her husband with a silent question and he
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Ethan glanced at the artist’s name and was surprised; it was a friend of his.“What makes you say that?”“I don't know much about art but I know enough to say that art often communicates emotion through its representation.”“When I look at the painting, something flickers in my heart, and I want to smile… to laugh… to cry… Am I making sense to you, dear?”Jane was torn, unable to express her thoughts clearly.Ethan held her hand.“And that feeling resonates with you. That is why you were touched. Right, Jane?”Jane was stunned. She wanted to question why she had been struck by such strange emotions, but if she had never experienced them, how could they be so easily – and vividly – triggered by a simple painting?She changed the topic.“The artist is really impressive, to demonstrate such a high level of mastery is absolutely amazing.”“Jane, you do not have to hide your emotions from me. If you are happy, you can laugh. If not, you can be sad. Be honest with me.”Ethan gazed at her wit
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They arranged to have dinner with the artist in a mansion so luxurious that it could have passed for a palace.Jane walked in and heard lively music. She saw many people wearing masks and looked at Bruce in confusion.Bruce was also confused. Silas Maverick did not say that they were here for a masquerade party – only a meal. It was obvious that they had been tricked by him. He went to find three masks for them.“Hey, hey… you guys are here!” A man approached them wearing a vampire mask and a smile.“I did not believe it when I heard that you were married.”He placed his hands on Ethan's wheelchair and looked at Jane who was wearing a cat mask.With a faint smirk, he whispered, “Your little kitten has a good figure. Why are you hiding her even after the wedding? Afraid someone will snatch her away?”“Me? Afraid?” Ethan replied calmly.“You could not snatch her away even if you tried.”Ethan's smirk was very confident.Silas Maverick raised his eyebrows at the other man’s assured tone,
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Bruce shot Silas Maverick a warning look. If anything happened, his Young Master's anger would be too much for the other man to bear.But Silas Maverick did not care. He wanted to see Ethan lose control of his emotions – and how entertaining that would be.__________In the garden, Jane stopped and suddenly said with an air of mystery, “Dear, I want to give you something.”She rushed off towards the bushes.Puzzled, Ethan looked at her worriedly.“Jane, do not run around like that. There are mosquitoes here.”Headless, Jane emerged after a while with something hidden in her palms.“Dear, look what I have!”Ethan watched curiously as her palm slowly opened, revealing a few fireflies. She smiled brightly at him and he could not tear his gaze away for a moment.“Fireflies! Do you know what their light is for, Jane?”Jane looked up at a shooting star that raced across the sky.“Some people say the way fireflies glow represents hope. My hope is for your legs to recover as soon as possible.
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When Silas Maverick closed the door, the room suddenly fell into darkness. Shocked, Jane grabbed Ethan's hand.“Why is it so dark?”“We are watching a movie,” he told her comfortingly, “Of course it will be dark. We will be fine.”Silas Maverick liked to play games but he was not malicious – as Ethan well knew.Jane sat down and took off her mask as a beautiful romance film began to play.“The atmosphere here is perfectly suited to watching a movie,” she said quietly.“It is so luxurious, it must be very expensive.”“Do you like it, Jane?”“I do.”Jane covered her mouth and giggled, helping herself to the snacks as she watched the movie.Ethan mused that if she liked it, he could build a room just like this in his own mansion.“Dear, I am a little warm. How about you?” Jane tugged at her clothes, sweat beading on her forehead from the heat.Ethan switched on the aircon. He reached out to touch her cheek and found it burning.“So hot? Is your fever acting up again?”Jane smiled and sipp
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Bruce pinched the space between his eyebrows. Only his Young Master could do such a thing!“Hurry up and open the door before he tears down the room.”Silas Maverick rolled his eyes.“Why didn't your Young Master just take the chance to get intimate with the woman he loves?”“He did not have to break my things! I bet he could not get it up. No wonder the film was useless and he became so violent.”Bruce chose not to grace him with a reply.Silas Maverick found the key and opened the door. Ethan was sitting on the sofa with Jane in his arms.He leveled a vicious glare at the other man and Silas Maverick flinched back in fear.Bruce hurried over and asked, “Young Master, are you alright?”“Get a room for her to rest. Silas Maverick, bring the damn antidote!”Ethan's tone turned even more terrifying.Silas Maverick chuckled.“You are the only antidote for each other.”Ethan stared at him icily. Silas Maverick felt itching on the back of his neck and quickly said, “She should be fine after
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Her lips curled into a provocative smile before she caught up with Yashi, resuming her ladylike image.Selene's words were like thorns piercing into Jane's heart. They stayed buried there for the entire day, stealing her focus.“Why don't I accompany you to visit your grandmother?” Ivy offered, trying to comfort her.“It's okay.”If something had happened to her grandmother, the nursing home nurse would have informed her.Jane forced herself to calm down and study when she heard her phone vibrate.It was a call from a nurse in the nursing home, who had not contacted her for a prolonged period. She was silent for a moment before answering the call.“I have bad news, Miss Jane. Your grandmother is missing, we have been looking for her for a long time but we could not find her.”Jane went rigid. “I will go over now!”Ivy was worried. “Jane, do not be hasty.”“She would not just leave for no reason. What Selene said this afternoon must have something to do with my grandmother's sudden disa
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Her grandmother's expression was fierce as she raised her arm to hit her.“I will make sure you learn from your heartless mother's mistake.”“I will beat you to death so that you will not embarrass the Harrison family!”Jane did not resist the beating, so Ivy quickly went to intervene.“Stop it! This is all a misunderstanding! You are her grandmother. Should you not be more caring towards her?”“What misunderstanding? She was not raised well. That is why she stole someone's fiance, and even married a cripple.”“Jane, you are too shameless. Did you not learn anything from your mother's mistake?”The mention of Jane's mother only further incensed the old woman. Ivy could not stop her, neither did Jane fight back. The situation was getting out of hand.Finally, Jane's grandmother grew tired. She held her chest and panted. Jane remained silent and red hot fury swarmed her vision.“Jane, listen to me. Divorce that man. You still have a whole future ahead of you. Do not ruin yourself for a l
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Jane woke up in an abandoned warehouse north of the city.Because the wedding was tomorrow, Jane had been resting very early recently and even slept in separate rooms with Ethan.Ever since they started having sex, her husband's self-control seemed to evaporate every night, as if he wanted to make up for years of deprivation.It drained Jane of her energy, leaving her unable to wake up the next morning. Ivy had laughed about it at her expense for a long time.However, Jane did not expect to receive a call from the old folks' home the day before her wedding. They had said that her grandmother was dying and wanted to see her for the last time.After careful consideration, Jane decided to grant her request. Ethan had been very busy recently as most of his businesses were conducted domestically now.Now, Ethan had changed and was stepping into new shoes as a new man, so Jane chose to pop down and come back without disturbing him.Unexpectedly, as soon as she stepped into the ward, her gra
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Jane was stunned silly, his father had gone that far?“Jane?...”“Continue, I'm listening. How did he even know her in the first place?”“He had an ulterior motive that he didn't want to handle directly so when Claire orchestrated the accident that took the Owens' lives, he secretly contacted her and threatened her with it.”“She was only too ready to comply with his orders. Claire had initially thought that Cassidy and I would be married when we were older and she apparently… liked me.”“So she figured marrying me as Cassidy would solve that for her but you came into the picture, she was receptive to my father's orders.”“He had told her to get you out of the house in anyway possible and he would take it from there…”“So?”“He arranged the robbery… when your passport was stolen. You would be stuck there if you didn't have it.”“He had arranged for you to meet Brock Davenport at the hospital so he would take you with him…”“Hold on, so Brock knew?”“He was in on it because my father p
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Ethan's eyes went wide, Bruce put his hands on his head and Arnold stumbled a bit.The officer finally decided he had had enough and left after tucking the speeding ticket into Bruce's pocket. He shook his head and mumbled, “Rich people and their problems”.When he had come out to work today, he had not expected to see the drama from the novellas his wife always watched in real life.The other guards stood by silently, watching and wishing they had not given in to this Young Miss. She wouldn't have been able to come here on her own.Jane clenched her fists and finally decided she had had enough and she let her words out without filtering them one bit.“Now listen here, you poor excuse of a noblesse daughter,” Everyone's eyes went wide, “I do not care where you have come from, your money, title or none of that shit.”“That is all you will say in front of me. You open your gutter and utter one more word, I will make sure to give you what your abductors did not.”“A new facial reconstruc
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Jane sneered at the television in disdain and picked up her phone to call Bruce.When he finally picked up, she stated abruptly, “Tell your Young Master not to come back!”“He should not set foot in the villa. I have changed the passcode so he shouldn't bother with anything.”__________Bruce was stunned and immediately walked up to Ethan who was on his way out after the conference was done.“Young Master, the Young Madam called.”A smile bloomed on his stoic face at the mention of his Jane.“She said not to bother coming back and that she has changed the passcode of the villa.”Ethan's smile fell and an overwhelming sense of panic set in, he ran off to the parking lot with Bruce hot on his tail, both ignoring the calls of Cassidy.He got to the car and frantically gestured for Arnold to unlock it. They both got in with a confused but alert Arnold wondering what the problem was.“To the villa, as fast as you can go!”Arnold started the car and raced out of the parking lot, no one noti
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Ethan opened his eyes first and glanced at the alarm clock on his own bedside table. It read 6:00am, he turned to admire his wife with her hair fanned out on the pillow.Smiling at the memory of last night, he tucked a stray lock of hair away from her face. It had taken some time and serious work to convince her but he did.He had to go pick up Cassidy from the abductors’ den. His guards had infiltrated the den the night before and rounded them up in minutes.They were no match for these ones as they were former mercenaries he had given shelter, a job and a new life.Ethan got up reluctantly to take a shower. All he wanted to do was stay with his little wife in bed and cuddle.He would have that soon enough, bringing back the annoying little critter was more important at the moment since his jet was more convenient than a commercial flight.Shooting Bruce a text to pick him up, he then proceeded to accessorize before planting two kisses on her lips and forehead.He left once Bruce let
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Jane's eyes fluttered open and the soreness of her lady bits hit her like a train, she recalled what had happened and blushed. She had finally consummated her marriage.The rumbling of her stomach jolted her from her thoughts, she was hungry. She sniffed the air and smiled, he was in the kitchen.She had a quick shower and tip toed out of the room, she peeked into the kitchen and watched her husband's back muscles ripple as he plated the pasta he just cooked.“Jane, baby, get over here and sit. I can feel your eyes on my back,” he chuckled and she scrunched her nose as she blushed in embarrassment.“That's impossible, how did you know?” She took a seat at the kitchen island and beamed at her plate.“I heard you close the bedroom door. Letting the door close noisily is not exactly wise if you were trying to sneak up on me.”He pinched her cheeks still rosy from her shower. She dug into the pasta with gusto, moaning at the first bite.Ethan swallowed as his brain fed him with flashbacks
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Ethan kissed her again and laid her down on the messy covers. Leaning forward, he let his mouth linger on the shell of her ear, his breath tickling her neck.Jane shuddered at his touch, eyes bright and hazy with the eagerness to learn and desire pooling in her belly.He lightly traced her jawline with his nose, enjoying the way her breath hitched.Jane felt she could burst into flames at any moment, feeling goosebumps spread down her neck and chest. He had barely touched her but she was ready to melt into a puddle.Ethan wasted no time sinking his hand into the hair at the nape of her neck with a mild grip. His free hand slipped around her body and palmed her ass as his lips hovered barely an inch over hers, making her moan into his mouth.It felt like he was everywhere at once and all she could do was hold onto him and take it. Then his mouth travelled down her neck, sucking and nipping, she was now practically panting.Ethan sunk to his knees by the bed in front of her, tugging at
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The cops tried to talk her out of it as she backed the exit and attempted to leave with the hostage but was quickly immobilized by two bullets from a Ruger SR22.Shot on target by a retired female general and shattered her kneecaps.She was quickly dragged out and calm was restored within the shocked guests.“I would like to state that the real Cassidy Owen is safe and will be returning soon, that's all.”Ethan walked out amidst shouts for interview requests from the reporters and stunned silence from the rest of the audience.Only the comments from the live stream was active even after he left.He rushed to the car and settled in, thinking of how cool he must have looked.“Take me to the villa instead, and don't wait. I will be sleeping with my wife today.”Bruce and Arnold glanced at each other, understanding their Young Master's intentions so when they dropped him off in front of the gates of the villa, they shouted some encouraging words.“Take care, Young Master. You have to do i
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There was an uproar both at the event and in the comment section of the live stream. The directors stood stunned at his statement and the reporters began taking pictures and video cameras were focused on the people at the doors of the vault.Jane went mute in front of the television while Ivy screamed in surprise.Cassidy went pale in fear and horror but composed herself and tried to defend herself.“Mr. Harrington, we have been friends for many years but I do not think I like this joke.”“Friends? I have no recollection of ever being friends with a wannabe imposter. That is extremely beneath me and very insulting.”“Mr. Harrington,” the older director, Mr Jenkins, called out to him, “You do realize that you can't just say things like this…”“Oh I can, because I've known my friend since childhood and that… is not my friend.”“Ethan, if this is about what happened at your house with your wife… I apologize. However, you can't disrupt my inauguration because you want to be petty…”“Petty
