Hearing that, she almost giggled at Paul's hubris. "Did Alec tell you that I'm petty?" Smiling, she looked him in the eye and said coldly, "What if I told you I wanted to make her pay? What will you do to me?"Paul's expression sank. A murderous gleam flashed across his eyes. "You'd better not challenge me.""Paul Wagner!" Stephanie was at her limits and jumped out to shield Jenny. "If you dare lay a finger on her, I'll fight you!""Get out of my way. This is none of your business." Paul was seething, but Stephanie stood her ground, determined to give her all.Jenny pulled her aside and smiled. "Don't worry. He can't do anything to me." She looked at Paul, hoping that he'd back down. "Paul Wagner, you shouldn't forget that I am holding the evidence of your family's appalling doings."He merely smirked without care. "You're too naive. After the last incident, your evidence is no longer effective. Why don't you try to bring it on?" He would never let Jenny hold evidence against him.
Marigold was most afraid of Paul since she was a child. Under his scrutiny, she tensed up and held her breath. "Killing her wasn't my plan." She lowered her gaze and dodged his eyes."Not your plan? But the speed at which you charged at me seemed to say otherwise. You didn't look like you would spare me." Jenny was slightly terrified after she checked the surveillance footage of the incident. Had it not been for Alec's timely appearance, she could've lost her life.Marigold wanted to retort but held her tongue when she sensed Paul's sharp gaze. "I planned to brake the car right in front of you as a scare. But the brake wasn't working, and that scared the heck out of me as well.""Do you think that sounds believable?" Jenny stared at Marigold in disbelief. Marigold gritted her teeth. If Paul weren't around, she wouldn't have wasted her time responding to Jenny's interrogation. "Believe it or not, it's all up to you. I never intended to kill you," she scoffed and lay back on the bed
"Don't you worry. I didn't get to where I am today because of Alec's help." Jenny shrugged without a care in the world. Paul was known to be merciless, but Jenny was confident that she wouldn't lose to him even without Alec's help.Seeing that Jenny was adamant, Paul turned to Alec for help. "Don't you have shares in that factory too? Are we going to give it to her for free?""I don't care." Alec shrugged. Paul was about to follow suit and said he didn't care either, but Alec added, "You have to compensate me for my loss in your factory anyway because it's your family's business."Jenny almost burst out laughing as she didn't expect Alec to be such a sly bastard."What if I refuse to give it to her?" Paul clenched his teeth, lamenting his bad karma for having a friend like Alec."If you refuse, I'll have no choice but to help Jenny to the best of my ability and send Marigold to jail. It doesn't affect me anyway." Alec grinned widely, oblivious to Paul's rage.Marigold, who had be
Alec was worried that the deal would fall apart, and he advised Jenny, "Take the factory and let this slide. It won't affect how you protect Stephanie later."In his opinion, protecting Stephanie was tangent to the factory deal in exchange for Marigold's freedom. No one would agree to such conditions—not even himself. Therefore, he knew that Paul would never agree to both requests.Jenny thought it through and agreed with Alec. What mattered most was to secure the immediate benefit. Instead of hoping that Paul would keep his promise to stay away from Stephanie, Jenny believed it was wiser to grow her power so she could better protect her friend."Alright. I'll get the factory, and Marigold gets her freedom." She nodded and sealed the deal. Worried that Paul might walk back on his words, she quickly had him draft an agreement. After they signed it, she finally allowed him to leave the hospital with Marigold.Alec walked Paul to the hospital entrance. "It's just a factory. Don't take
Marigold's case was finally closed, and Jenny reaped huge rewards from the incident that gave her a good scare. When she looked into the operations of the garment factory, she was surprised to find that Paul had been raking in a few hundred million annually through this asset. Even if she sat back and did nothing, she would earn a considerable amount yearly. She felt rather uncomfortable at the discovery as she finally realized that Paul had given up the cash cow purely for the sake of his friendship with Alec. Had it not been for Alec, he would have gotten into a huge fight with her and refused to cave in, given his personality. She hesitantly knocked on the door to Alec's hospital room. When she entered the room, she found him working instead of resting. "What's wrong?" Alec thought something had happened when he saw her. She walked up and handed him the agreement she had signed with Paul. "I looked into this factory and found out that it makes a huge profit annually. Paul
At that moment, Jenny shone brightly in Alec's eyes. He stared at her admiringly for some time. "Jenny." Feeling touched and excited, he asked, "Does that mean you're willing to be my girlfriend?" "No." To his disappointment, she shook her head. She added, "I need more time for observation." His eyes lit up, and he grinned. "Sure. I can wait." As long as she was working toward accepting his feelings, he could afford to wait. Jenny changed the topic and brought up the factory, "I will have someone draft a new agreement and get it delivered to you. You'll own 40% of the shares, just like before." "I don't need that many shares. 10% is enough for me," he replied. He no longer turned down her offer, but he refused to accept all the shares. Seeing her frown, he explained, "You deserve the factory. It was Marigold who wanted to take your life. You're worth more than the factory." If Paul were not a friend, Alec would have gotten everyone in the Wagner Family to make it up to Jenn
"I'll double your year-end bonus." Vincent instantly became invigorated upon hearing the reward. He declared with a righteous air, "I will complete the mission." He thought, "Sure, I might have lacked the experience, but so what? I can run some searches on the Internet. If I run out of ideas, I can ask for the advice of those in Faust Group with relationship experiences. There has to be something I can come up with." After Vincent left, Alec continued his work but struggled to focus because he was constantly distracted by his thoughts of Jenny. Smiling wryly, he never thought that he'd be so smitten with a woman. It was late when Old Mr. Faust visited Alec at the hospital. He barged into the room in a great hurry and looked at Alec with unspoken worries in his eyes. "Grandpa? Why are you here?" Alec remembered that he had clearly informed Vincent to keep the hospitalization a secret from his grandfather. In the end, he still found out about it. Fuming, Old Mr. Faust glared
Standing outside the room with an insulated food container in her hand, Jenny listened to Alec's words. She felt glad and conflicted at the same time, not knowing whether to enter the room. After listening to what Alec had to say, Old Mr. Faust's expression sank, and he fell silent for a long time. "Do you still want to be with her even if it would cost your life?" he sounded distant and unhappy. Alec nodded without hesitation. "Yes." Old Mr. Faust gave him a long look and finally sighed in defeat. "Whatever. Do what you want." Alec heaved a sigh of relief after his grandfather yielded. "Grandpa, you don't have to worry. I'm not that weak. I can protect Jenny and myself." Underneath Old Mr. Faust's silence, he had come up with a plan. He couldn't afford to wait, for no one would know how long it'd take for the family in Bardoff City to discover Jenny's existence. She might be in greater trouble if her birth family's enemies found out about her before anyone else. Old Mr. Fa