"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
Alec abruptly opened the door and cut Old Mr. Faust off. Upset, he stared at his grandpa. "Why are you still here chatting instead of going home?" "You rascal! I'm doing this all for you!" Old Mr. Faust was frustrated at Alec's insensibility. Alec shot a look at Warren and ordered, "Send Grandpa home. He shouldn't be lingering around." "You little punk!" Old Mr. Faust raised his stick at Alec, and Jenny hurried over to protect Alec when the stick was about to hit him. "Grandpa! He still hasn't recovered from his injuries!" In the end, Old Mr. Faust didn't beat Alec up because he had never intended to do so, apart from the fact that Jenny was standing between them. Smiling, he winked at Alec. "I'll let this slip for Jenny's sake." Speechless, Alec thought, "You're such a childish old man." After the old man left, Jenny and Alec returned to his room. She opened the thermal food container and said, "Time to eat." "Mmm. Did you make this?" he asked without thinking, but her
Jenny dodged his question and asked instead, "Aren't you going to speak up for her?" "I gave her one last chance when she framed you for the murder." Alec looked frigid. "Even if you don't do anything against her this time, I will not let this slip." Somehow, her heart fluttered with joy when she heard his promise. She said, "We'll need to go against the Blooms to deal with her." She had a rough idea of what to do but had not found a loophole yet. "The Blooms…" Alec muttered, "They're definitely not an easy target. Remember, they're old money in Parrington with hundreds of years of history and lots of connections. It will be complicated." Even Alec dared not guarantee that he could ostracize the Blooms in Parrington. However, in the event that he wanted to make a move, he'd have to get rid of the Blooms once and for all. Else, he would be planting a ticking time bomb for the future. "That's why I'm still thinking hard." Jenny had no bad blood with the Blooms, and her actions
"Why?" Christopher gave Harvey a perplexed look and waited for an explanation. Harvey merely glanced at him and said casually, "It's good to have more friends."It puzzled Christopher even more. "Grandpa, don't take me as a fool." He was speechless at the lame excuse. "Friends? Since when do I need friends?" he thought.Harvey coughed in embarrassment after his intention was exposed. "I think Jenny is a decent lady. I'd like you to bring her around Bardoff and bond with her.""But didn't you say that it was a joke?" Christopher recalled that Harvey had asked him to pursue Jenny in Parrington, but they both took it as a joke. He had long put that memory at the back of his mind. Something felt off when Harvey brought up the matter again after a long time.Feeling annoyed by the barrage of questions, Harvey grumbled, "What's with all the questions? Don't be noisy, and get it done!""I won't!" Christopher shook his head furiously. "I don't even love her. Why do we need to bond?""W
A week later, Alec was finally discharged.He looked at the woman beside him in the car. "Have you checked the file I sent you yesterday—the one on the adoptive family?"Jenny nodded and handed him a tablet. "I dug deeper into their background based on your information. For now, the couple seems nice and checks my boxes."Alec had found an adoptive family in Parrington for Justin and Lillian. The family was not wealthy by his standards, but they were upper middle class and got by comfortably. Raising two kids should be easy for them. Most importantly, the couple was loving but couldn't have children, and thus they were searching for kids to adopt. Jenny believed that Justin and Lilian would be treated well in that family."Let's seal the deal then. Should we set up a time and get the kids to meet with the couple?" Alec asked."Sure." Jenny wanted to get it settled as soon as possible too. "I'll need to pick the kids up at Orchid Village.""Can I go with you?" Alec was curious ab
An angry Jenny burst out laughing at the ridiculousness of the situation. Miller Little was probably the most shameless person she had come across in her life. She couldn't imagine how tough family life was for Joey with such an alcoholic father, and she started feeling bad for the kid.Miller shot a threatening glare at her during her silence. "Are you paying up or not? If you don't, I'll make him get back to work!" Hearing that, Jenny walked up to him from behind Alec and stared at him coldly. Miller cowered underneath her stare but gritted his teeth and barked, "What can you do? You can't beat me up, can you? Get over here. Punch me!" He pointed at his face provocatively and inched closer to her. He planned to fall to the floor and demand compensation if Jenny punched him.Jenny rolled her fists and lashed out in the next second. However, instead of punching him, she grabbed him by his collar and lifted him off the ground. "I'm warning you, you'd better not cause trouble for Joey.
The following morning was Jenny and Alec's trip to Orchid Village. Before they left, she gawked at the trunk of the car, filled to the brim with all sorts of gifts. "We're bringing the kids to Parrington. This is not a holiday visit.""The two can go hand-in-hand." He beamed and added, "We're meeting relatives who had watched over you as you grew up. I can't visit them empty-handed.""Why can't you? It's not like you're my boyfriend or anything," she fired back. People might mistake Alec for her lover at this rate."Well, maybe not now, but we'll be in a relationship in the future. I want to leave a good impression early on. Don't you agree?" He didn't wish to face any objections from her family and friends in the long run. Even if her relatives were easygoing, he didn't want to put Jenny in a difficult place. Therefore, he wanted to do his best.She was a little dumbfounded at his seriousness. Finally, she muttered, "Whatever."The car moved slowly on the road. Orchid Village was