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Breathless and weak in the knees, Jane could only bat uselessly at his firm chest. Just as she was beginning to feel smothered by the kiss, he broke away and released her.He exhaled a warm breath, belying the ice in his voice, “Remember Jane, I am your husband, you’re not allowed to kiss anyone but me and only I am allowed to kiss you!”Gasping, Jane took a moment to calm her nerves and regain her senses. His warning left her stunned.“What’s the matter with you, dear?”She didn’t understand how her husband, who had always been gentle and considerate towards her, had suddenly transformed into someone completely different.Bruce watched them, the Young Master was finally going to let his mask fall away and reveal his true colors; the icy, brooding paranoia simmering beneath the surface. If Jane couldn’t bear it and the two of them clashed, it would only lead to disaster — screaming ruinous disaster.Ethan forced down his emotions, like the sheathing of a cold, sharp blade. “I missed y
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She stared up at him with wide glittering eyes, fire blooming in her heart. Their eyes locked in the dim light and the rest of the world fell away. His hand caressed her cheek and he lowered his head slowly. Their lips were a breath away when a phone ringing interrupted them abruptly. Startled back into reality, Jane broke away, red faced, and answered her phone. “Jane, you idiot. Why did you tell our senior about your marriage? I know you hate it when I nag at you, but I’m just telling the truth”. “After that sick husband of yours dies, you’ll still be untouched, so what’s stopping you from being with our senior? You’ll have better prospects, a better home to return to…” In her haste, Jane had accidentally pressed the speaker. Ivy’s voice blared out, her chatter reaching Ethan’s ears. Shocked at her friend’s words, Jane cast an apologetic glance at Ethan before shutting off the speaker. “You’ve told me all this before, Ivy. He’s my husband, stop talking about him like that”.
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After sending the message, Ethan glanced sideways at Jane. She was truly a beauty and a spirited one at that. It was no surprise that she would have some admirers in university, but if anyone dared to try and take his woman away from him, they were as good as courting trouble.Jane had been studying the documents intently. Out of the blue, she exclaimed.“It turns out that a man’s private area full of nerves, making it incredibly easy to get an erection. How fascinating…”Ethan was speechless.Jane was examining the information purely through the lens of a medical student, with nothing indecent in mind which is why she didn’t give her words a second thought.But then, she noticed the way her husband was staring at her and was faced with the sudden urge to bite her tongue off. Her husband couldn’t engage in sexual intercourse so this must be a sensitive topic for him, she must have wounded his pride with what she had said. She laughed awkwardly, trying to break the tension.“Are you t
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Breathing in her scent, Ethan was taken aback by how his self control had practically crumbled before him. If he didn’t do something, she would surely notice his body’s reaction. “Let me do it myself”, he said, his voice rough.Jane immediately got to her feet. Her heart was still thundering against her chest and her breaths came hot and heavy.When he tried to pull on his pants, it seemed like his legs were giving him trouble so she extended a hand to help him. He eyed her and she said solemnly, “I said I would take care of you and I mean it”.She still remembered what it was like to take care of her grandmother in the hospital. It didn’t make her current situation easy by all means, but it did make it easier.“Dear, don’t feel abashed or humiliated. I am your wife, this is nothing unusual”, she added, thinking that he was trying to preserve his dignity.Her voice was soft but her actions were firm as she helped him pull on his pants, Ethan stared at her, his eyes smoldering.“I’m g
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Ivy was taken aback, had she gotten her friend into trouble?“He heard everything? Was he angry at you?”“No”, Jane insisted, “He’s very good natured and is a good man”Ivy blew out an exasperated breath.“What use is that? He’s a cripple, he can’t give you or any other woman happiness. Why waste your youth on him? He may be rich but the way his illness keeps dragging out, it’s impossible to tell when he’ll be gone. Aren’t you the slightest bit concerned about your future?”Jane looked her friend in the eye.“I’m grateful to him, I’m willing to spend the rest of my life taking care of him. For the first time in my entire life, I’m happy”.“You’re my friend, Ivy, and I’m asking you to trust me. Even if you don’t like my husband, you should at least try and respect him, for my sake”.Her voice became stronger unconsciously, “This is my choice and I won’t regret it”.Ivy became stunned as her friend has never spoken like that to anyone before… least of all her.But Jane continued, “So sto
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“You’re still young, Jane. There are some things you don’t understand right now. You can’t have a child with that cripple, he can’t give you a normal life. Don’t you see? A woman’s life is incomplete without children. If you give that all up to spend the rest of your life looking after him, you’ll regret it”.Jane’s smile stiffened. A woman’s life is incomplete without children. If so, why did her mother abandon her?“My husband has been nothing but kind to me, Senior. Thank you for your concern but I don’t want to divorce him”.“You’re giving in just because he was kind to you?”No matter how he thought about it, Brock just couldn’t understand. That man wasn’t just ugly, he was also crippled. Whatever his character, he simply wasn’t the kind of man anyone would want to spend the rest of their life with.She must be repressing her true sentiments.“Jane, trust me please. I just want to help you”.The more Jane listened to him, the more the itch in her scalp grew. Her senior, whom she d
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Jane was dumbstruck.“Why is it considered intimacy when you kiss me, and clinginess when I kiss you?”Her husband’s face was still as cool as ever.“Ah, you’ve caught me, I just wanted more of you for myself. Clever girl”.Now he was just making fun of her. Jane steeled her expression and rose from his lap.“Bruce said you have a gift for me. Where is it?”Ethan took her hand, and like a magician performing a trick, a necklace appeared in his palm. It glittered as it caught the light, resplendent and sparkling.Jane had never received a gift like this. “It’s beautiful!” she exclaimed, elated.“Let me put it on for you”.When he clasped the necklace around her neck, Jane heard a ding noise. She wasn’t familiar with luxury goods, but surely no jewelry clasp would produce a sound like that?“What’s that noise?”“The clasp of the necklace is held together by a magnetically locked button. If it’s forcibly unfastened, the necklace will be damaged and lose its value”.Ethan’s eyes simmered
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“The Young Master’s medicine is produced overseas”, he said, scrambling for an excuse, “It can’t be bought here”.“That’s fine. Just let me know the name, and the specifics of my husband’s condition. I plan to ask my professor about it, he’s a renowned practitioner of medicine; he might be able to help us find a cure”.Bruce met Jane’s expectant gaze, at a loss for words. His gaze drifted to the upper storey, where Ethan watched them unsmiling. Is this some kind of show to him? “The medicine…”He whipped out his phone and searched for the names of several medicines, skimming over them and reciting a list of ingredients at random.“The doctor modifies the medicine according to the Young Master’s condition”, he added, after a moment’s consideration, “so I’m not quite sure what exactly he needs for his next dose”.“Does he also take medicine to aid in that area?”“That area?” Bruce echoed, confused.Jane coughed politely, a flush rising to her cheeks. I am a medical student, she reminded
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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
