"When have I ever not made an improvement?" Alec retorted, rolling his eyes.Paul shook his head, laughing. "Alright, fuck off then. I still have things to do."Alec got up. He was about to leave anyway. "Be patient with Stephanie. Do some gestures that are meaningful to her, and don't force her to do anything again. You wouldn't be able to take any of Jenny's retaliations right now.""Fine, goddamn it. I know I'm no match for either of you." Paul rolled his eyes. Alec clearly just didn't want to get on Jenny's bad side.Still, even as Jenny was powerful on the surface, she might not have the same reign and tenacity in the underworld where Paul ruled.Knowing Paul had his backup plans, Alec left the office. He soon got a call from Zeke, asking him to come over. Alec didn't refuse, having already guessed what it would be for. He might as well explain himself, seeing they were still working together.Meanwhile, Blake was under her family's spotlight back home, their gazes mixed w
Blake was boiling with rage in her room. She had finally realized why Alec broke up with her—the man had seen just how little importance she held in her family, so not even breaking up with her would stop their working together.As much as Blake knew it herself, she still couldn't accept it.She had spent so many years trying to win her family's approval. A man like Alec on his way to becoming head of his family could've been her one-way ticket to gaining stronger footing in her family, but that dream had dissipated in just one night.Blake's anger rose the more she thought about it, especially how Jenny was the cause. She played a part in it too. If not for her operating on Alec, he wouldn't have recovered his memories and broken up with Blake."Just let it go, dear. Your father and your brother can handle the business world. You just focus on finding a nice young man to marry, hm?" Oblivious to Blake's train of thought, her mother could only try and console her.Blake snapped, "
Alec, meanwhile, had gone to meet Zeke to talk to him about the breakup with Blake."I didn't feel like we were compatible after some time together. That's why I chose to do it," Alec explained. Though it was just a way to placate them, and they both knew the real reason why, Zeke still didn't point it out. "I see. Might as well save everyone some time, hm.""Yes. Thank you for understanding." Alec gave him a bow out of respect.The two conversed briefly for several more minutes, with Alec reporting how the company was doing and getting the old man's approval before he finally left.Zeke immediately dropped his polite mask afterward."Why do you think he broke up with Blake Watkins?" he asked his butler, who had appeared behind him.The butler gave it some thought, then said, "Probably because he doesn't think he needs the Watkins'' help to become family head."No one had any idea where he got that confidence from."I doubt it. Do you really think the Watkins would call off t
As unbothered as Jenny was, she still remained polite. "Of course. You two suit each other very well."At least they wouldn't break other people's hearts now that they could break one another's. Jenny couldn't guess who would be the loser in this relationship, though. Right now, Derrick seemed the most likely, yet Jenny knew he wasn't the kind to bear losses. Who knows what he was planning already?"Let's just forget about what happened before, Dr. Walter. We'll remain as colleagues from now on. I hope you don't mind," McKenna continued.Jenny nearly rolled her eyes. "Rest assured, there has never been anything between Mr. Clearwater and me, nor will there ever be."It had all been in McKenna's head from the start.Derrick felt embarrassed though McKenna scrunched her eyebrows up, upset. "I should hope so. I wouldn't want my boyfriend to cheat on me with another woman."Jenny smiled but said nothing, thinking, "One man's trash, another man's…gold-plated trash, I guess."After
Jenny would've agreed to dinner with Luke if it weren't for her needing to go to the police station. She had just inherited the title of the family's head, after all. There was no reason not to keep the peace with the Fausts."You misunderstand, Mr. Luke. I really do have an errand to run. The police need me to make a statement at the station about what happened last night."Sometimes it didn't seem like there were any upsides to inheriting the title. If it weren't for her family, she wouldn't consider going out for dinner with Luke Faust.The man believed her. "Why don't I drive you there? I have time.""Uh…no, thank you." Now Jenny was at a loss for what to do. She really, really didn't want anything to do with Luke.Just then, Alec came by. "Hey, Jenny. Off work already? C'mon, let's grab dinner."Jenny was surprised to hear that, then quickly recovered upon realizing what Alec was doing. "Yeah. Okay.""Let's go." Alec ignored Luke entirely. He'd usually show him decent respe
Silence enveloped the car for a moment before Jenny said, "Thank you. You can drop me off now.""Aren't you headed for the police station? I'll drive you." Alec replied, not slowing down.Jenny shook her head. "I can call a cab." She didn't want to be involved with Luke, nor did she want Alec to overthink just because she chose to leave with him.Alec still wasn't slowing down. "I know you don't feel the same way I do right now. In fact, you might even hate me. But you don't need to worry about me doing anything to you. All I'm doing is driving you to the station.""You misunderstand. I just don't want to trouble you, that's all." Jenny didn't hate Alec; she just didn't think him doing this for her right now was appropriate for their current relationship."I don't mind." Now Jenny didn't know what to say. She pursed her lips and left it at, "Alright then."If Alec insisted, there was no point insisting otherwise. It'd be silly to get into an argument over something so trivial.
"Here we are, thank you for driving me here," Jenny said, ignoring Alec's question. She wasn't going to answer something so childish.Alec could only shake her head. "Go ahead then."Jenny got off the car and hurriedly entered the station as if worried Alec might snatch her back. The sight made Alec scowl. Was he that terrifying?Jenny left the station half an hour later. She was about to hail a cab to go to the dinner date she had with Evan when she noticed Alec was still by the street."What are you still doing here?" Did he plan to have dinner with them?That…would only spell trouble."Don't you have dinner plans with Evan Clarke? I'll drive you." Alec's flat expression wasn't helping Jenny guess what he was thinking.She stared at him for a while to make sure he wasn't bluffing before laughing. "You'd willingly drive me over?""Yeah." Alec nodded. "Don't worry. I won't be a bother. I'll leave once I drop you off.""Why?" Didn't Alec despise Evan? Why help her get to dinner
Jenny was spotted by Evan the moment she walked into the restaurant. He waved her over. "Here, sit. Food's almost ready.""Sorry for making you wait." Jenny went to sit opposite Evan across the table.Evan waved her off but didn't ask her how she got there. He'd seen Alec drop her off from the restaurant windows. Evan respected Alec for being generous enough to drive Jenny over for their dinner, knowing it was with his love rival. He wouldn't have been kind enough to do that himself.The food was soon served, most of it Jenny's favorite. "Eat up while it's hot.""Don't mind if I do." Jenny had been starving since the afternoon, so she quickly helped herself to dinner."This is really good, Evan. Where'd you find this place?""I drove by a couple of times and saw they had a lot of customers, so I figured they must be doing something right. I wanted you to try it out, so here we are," Evan happily answered, passing some mashed yams to Jenny."Wow," Jenny thought. "I wouldn't hav