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Throughout their conversation, Ivy studied Ethan. She was just pondering the reason for his mask when he removed it and she understood. She managed to clamp down on her cry of alarm in the nick of time. In her discomfort, her gaze darted to Jane.When the food arrived, Ethan gave all his beef to Jane, the affection in his gesture unmistakable. With a smile he said to Ivy, “Don't stand on ceremony.”“Around her? Of course not.” She lowered her head and dug into her noodles, trying to spare herself the sight of him. Even still, she had to admit that the man – scars or not – treated Jane well, which was more than she had expected from a member of the Harrington family. No wonder Jane thought he was a decent man.After they were done, Jane still had classes in the afternoon so she sent her husband off as he boarded his car.“Stay strong dear, you will recover in no time.”“If you want to encourage me, action speaks louder than words.”Jane eyed Ivy in the background and he switched tactic
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“You don't have to be so polite around me, Jane. I just hope you don't despise my cooking.”“Of course not.” In fact, the aroma wafting from the table full of dishes was incredibly appetizing.“I've also already prepared the cutlery and cleaned up the kitchen. Why don't you take a seat, Jane?”Before Jane could respond, Ethan pulled her towards a chair.“Just relax," he said. “She had the time on her hands anyway.”His remark made Cassidy's heart bleed, a small but swift trickle. I am doing all this for you, she thought.Not that Ethan would have cared, even if he knew.After dinner, Jane consulted a diagram of human anatomy in her textbook and asked, “Dear, how are your legs now?”“I'm starting to feel a little sensation in them.”Jane’s eyes lit up. Abandoning her book, she squatted beside his wheelchair and pinched his legs.“How about this? Do you feel anything?”He stared at her, words failing him.He wasn't really crippled so yes, he could feel her touch – including her soft palm
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Later that day, Darren Leister placed a friendly hand on Jane's shoulder heedless of her previous words.“I will treat you to lunch.”She shoved his hand away.“I should be treating you after all those times you've helped me…”He chuckled. “So you do not hate me after all. Don't tell me you are fond of me?”“I didn't catch that. What did you say?”“Nothing.”After they were done eating, Jane went off to the library. When she was out of hearing range, Darren Leister took out his phone and called Brock Davenport.“She's in the library. Take the chance to clear up your mess. I hear she got into a fight with Linda. I am not a detective but I'm placing bets that it is because you slept with her.”“Nothing happened between me and Linda!” Came Brock Davenport’s aggrieved reply. “I was drunk out of my mind, what was I supposed to do?”Darren Leister’s eyes turned hard. He had set Jane up with Brock Davenport so Ethan Harrington would divorce her; he had not expected Brock Davenport to be stupi
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The butler's head whirled around and he bowed.“Young Master,” he greeted his tone differential.Ethan recognized him, he was called Uncle George.“If you're going to call me your ‘Young Master’ then maybe you should treat my wife with the appropriate courtesy,” he said icily.“Young Master… your father is doing this for your sake. He —”“I don't care whether he did it for me or his reputation. Now get out.”Uncle George opened his mouth but said nothing; he knew the relationship between father and son would not be so easily mended. With the money hand he retreated from the cafe.It was a surprise to see her husband but a welcome one.“Why are you here?” Jane asked.Her smile soothed Ethan slightly but then her jacket caught his eye, complete with another man's invisible paw prints. The thought burned like acid.“I missed you," he said simply.How clingy. “I will be home soon.”“As long as you are out of my sight, I can't possibly be at peace.” His words were released with an underlyin
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After sending off her husband, Jane bumped into Darren Leister again to her chagrin.“Was that man earlier your husband?” he questioned.“You have a strange taste in… whatever he is.”He had been tailing Jane, the sight of her kissing Ethan Harrington had filled him with hate.Jane couldn't restrain herself from smiling at the thought of her husband.“Strange or not, I like him. He is my husband. I know you think he is nothing more than an ugly cripple, but I couldn't ask for a better man. It is not true that appearance doesn't matter to me, it's just that the other things are much more important. He makes me happy. It's as simple as that.”Growing up in the Harrison household she had lacked love and friendship, and had been perpetually mistreated. She had never dared to assert her own needs; her husband was more than enough for her, especially since she was still hopeful about his recovery.“Then I guess you are just easy to please,” Darren Leister said snidely. She nodded blithely an
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In that split second of rage, her arm nearly swept out and sent the cutlery crashing to the floor. The only thing that held her back was that Ethan had allowed her to stay in his house, by his side – and that meant he must care about her somehow.When she finished cleaning up the kitchen, she turned around and saw Bruce inviting a dozen people into the house. They were like a small army, loaded with all kinds of jewelry, clothes, shoes and even skincare products…They had to be gifts for a woman. Could it be a surprise Ethan had prepared for her?The corners of Cassidy's lips curled up as she approached the group.“Set the items down,” she instructed. “I want to inspect them.”They didn't move, instead looking to Bruce. Only when he nodded did they obey and leave.Cassidy examined the abundance of items. Which woman wouldn't enjoy being showered with jewelry and new clothes, let alone from the man of their heart? Excitement raced in her.“Who picked these out?” she asked.“The Young Ma
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“Don't disturb them, Dr Owen. Don't you have tasks to complete?”A sneer flashed in Cassidy's eyes for a second before her gaze turned gentle.“How did Miss Jane convince her husband to buy all this for her?” She asked as if they were sharing a jest.Bruce shrugged. “In the Young Master's words, what is he earning money for, if not to pamper his wife? Why would he deprive her of what he can afford?”He took care to keep his volume down.“He originally restricted his budget to twenty million dollars but he didn't quite stop there… I'm not sure how much he spent in the end.”“How generous of him.” One corner of Cassidy's smile turned mocking.“He is. He's usually more conservative about spending, but not when it comes to her. Heavens, I have never seen a man splurge so much before.”If this was what love made people do, then it was scary.Cassidy's breaths were turning shallow with fury. Eager to push the image of them kissing from her mind she turned around and walked away.As Jane was
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The customer service officer explained, “Our company clothes are easy to recognize because of their unique markings. Our label is never on the back of the collar but on the side of the pocket so as to not chafe the wearer's neck. Ma’am, this coat of yours is a poor quality defective good, not even a high quality imitation.”“But…” Selene sputtered, face contorted.“Hear that?” Now move aside. How about this coat? Is it real?” Ivy lifted Jane’s coat to the camera.“It is ma’am. It is currently our top trending item, but there's only one of it in the world. It is worth 1.1 million dollars. You are lucky to have it.”“Thank you for your help. I take back what I said about suing you!” Ivy hung up and raised a brow at Selene.“What are you still hanging around here for? You mocked Jane for wearing authentic goods dressed in those inferior goods of yours? Jane might not want to argue with you but I won't let you off so easily.”The truth of Selene’s malice and vanity began to settle over the
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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
