"There's no need." Alec refused and was about to walk past Jenny to get in his car. Jenny didn't give up. She looked at Alec and continued, "Are you afraid of me?" "Afraid of you?" Alec sneered, "Why would I be afraid of you?" "If you're not afraid, why can't you dinel with me? Although we're divorced, that doesn't mean we have to avoid each other like the plague, right?" Jenny looked at Alec, trying to catch any unusual change of emotion from his stoic face. Unfortunately, he remained very calm and aloof."I'm not afraid of you; I'm just not bothered. You need to understand the difference between the two." Alec stared back at her, feeling a little annoyed for no reason. Jenny pouted and continued, "Then that's all the more reason you shouldn't avoid me. You want to become the heir of the Fausts, don't you? Besides working with the Watkins, shouldn't you also consider collaborating with the Walters?" Alec frowned. "Can you represent the Walters?" Nodding in response to h
"So, you think I purposely said I didn't like you to protect you?" Alec didn't understand Jenny's train of thought. He couldn't comprehend how she could come up with such an idea. It was Jenny's turn to frown. She could sense the sarcasm in Alec's words, proving her assumption was way off the mark. She took a deep breath and tried to keep her emotions under control. "It's not like you haven't done this before.""That was in the past." Alec's expression became solemn. He felt ashamed he'd done such a thing before. He couldn't imagine putting in so much effort just to protect a woman. Then again, he had unresolved mental issues and wasn't in a normal state of mind at that time. "What's done is done. So be it," he thought. Now that he was cured, he wouldn't do such a thing again."So, you no longer have any feelings for me now?" Jenny asked, still hoping for a different answer.Alec nodded without hesitation. "No, I don't.""I don't understand. What made you change overnight?
"You're not collaborating with the Fausts; you're cooperating with me." Alec felt there was a difference between the two. After all, the Fausts didn't belong to him yet.Jenny raised her eyebrows in response, unsurprised by his reply. "Do you think you have what it takes to strike up a deal with the Walters?"In her opinion, Alec wasn't qualified enough to bargain for a collaboration with the Walters."You can consider it a kind of investment. After I take over the Fausts, our families will naturally be able to collaborate better." Upon hearing Jenny's words, Alec wasn't offended. He knew he wasn't qualified to work with the Walter family yet, but by the time he could be on equal footing with them, he might not necessarily want to associate with them either.Jenny fell silent. Looking at Alec, who was right before her, she wondered where he got his confidence. "Are you so certain that you'll be the one to take over the Fausts? Have you considered the possibility that no matter
After the meal, Jenny had no reason to continue pestering Alec, so she smiled at him and said, "I'll be leaving now." As she walked away, she knew that the next time they met, they would just be acquaintances who happened to also be collaborative partners."Okay." Alec nodded, but for some reason, he felt a bit uneasy. He felt like he was losing something.It didn't take long for Jenny's figure to disappear from Alec's sight, and the feeling of loss became more pronounced. He had a strong urge to go after her. Unfortunately, Jenny's car was nowhere to be seen, and he had no idea where she went. He didn't understand why he felt that way, especially since everything should have returned to normal. When his phone rang, and he saw it was a call from Blake, he answered it. "Where are you? I need to talk to you about something."Blake gave him an address, and he drove there right away. He could tell something was off, but he couldn't understand why. Since Blake was a psychologist, he
In the private room, all the patrons had left, leaving only James sitting there alone. He wanted to leave but noticed that something was wrong with his body. He felt very restless and had an inexplicable urge. At first, he thought it was because he had drunk too much, but as the heat became more and more intense and even a little out of control, he realized something was wrong.He wasn't drunk—he'd been drugged.Realizing that, his face darkened, and he felt like killing the person who had the audacity to drug him. Just then, Jolene pushed the door open and saw James sitting there looking a bit off. She knew that the drug was taking effect."James, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Jolene stepped forward and reached out a hand to help him. She even intentionally got closer to him. As she was dressed provocatively that day, her chest was almost exposed. She deliberately brushed her body against James' arm. Normally, James would have pushed her away; but at that moment, he found it h
Rowena and Jolene supported James into the room and threw him onto the bed. After that, Rowena got up and prepared to leave. "Wake him up. I've lit an arousing incense in this room. It'll only work if he's awake," Rowena instructed before leaving. It would amount to nothing if James slept through the whole event. He wouldn't remember a thing even if the reporter she brought pressed for an answer. Therefore, if they were going through with the scheme, they had to make sure that it happened in a way that wouldn't leave James any way to escape."I know. You can go now," Jolene said, blushing and feeling a little embarrassed. With that, Rowena left. Jolene looked at the man on the bed. Perhaps it was due to the effect of the incense, she was also a little titillated at the moment. "James, from now on, you're my man. Don't you dare look at that bitch called Jenny again," she said, smiling and waking James up. He opened his eyes. In his drugged state, coupled with the arousing inc
Blake felt a little sad hearing him say that, but she still insisted and said, "Are you sure you don't want to reconsider that?""No, I don't." Alec's reply was decisive."Would you consider it if it was us?" Blake looked at him, her eyes sincere.Alec was stunned as he was surprised to hear that from her. "Are you serious?""Of course I am. Didn't I tell you before that I have feelings for you?" Blake crossed her arms and looked at him, smiling. She felt a mixture of feelings internally and was far from as calm as she appeared.She never expected that she would fall in love with a man one day and would even confess her feelings to him. On top of that, she was nervous and afraid that he didn't feel the same way. She was Blake Watkins, a respected psychologist and a daughter of the Watkins family. She had countless admirers and never thought she would be groveling for someone's affection one day.Alec looked at her and spoke up after a while, "I'm grateful that you saved me before
Alec felt that Blake was speaking the truth. Those two members of the Fausts were somewhat proud and arrogant, and if Blake were to approach them with the idea of collaboration, they would probably think she was joking. Even if she was a Watkins, they would doubt how much say she would have in the Watkins family. After all, she would need to be able to bring something of value to the table for them to consider working with her.However, for Alec, securing a collaboration with Blake was good enough, and that was the difference. "I will consider your proposal." Alec still didn't give a definite answer. He needed to carefully consider whether it was necessary.Upon hearing that, Blake didn't continue to push her luck. "It's up to you. I'm just giving you a suggestion. After all, your current situation is not optimistic."After that, the two did not continue that discussion, and Blake began to treat Alec.…It was already the next morning when James woke up in the hotel room. He fel