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
As the two walked, they failed to notice the car trailing behind them a distance away.Though Alec didn't seem to care, he was rolling in waves of jealousy. That was why he never left the restaurant after dropping Jenny off.He ended up reaching the concert hall with the both of them, only stopping when they entered and disappeared from sight."The fuck is wrong with you, man? Jenny would never tolerate you stalking her like this," he groaned, rubbing his face tiredly.After thinking things through, he drove off, leaving the two alone. There were far more important things to do right now.…Graham never expected Rowena to show up in front of him ever again. He'd thought she'd be wise enough to stay hidden for the rest of her life with the money he gave her.She really did think he wouldn't do anything to her, huh?"What are you doing here?" Graham grunted coldly. No point faking the pleasantries now.Rowena didn't get upset with his attitude. She was there to ask for help, aft
Graham knew reasoning with her was pointless and waved her off. "The court will decide what happens. I have no power over them nor will I use my power.""Will you really not give him a chance?" Rowena pleaded. She had prepared herself for Graham's cruelty, but her heart was still pained at actually experiencing it. She had loved this man once, after all."See her out." Graham no longer wanted to speak to nor see her again. "From this day onward, I will no longer see to Ms. Glass nor do I want her in my house!"Some of the servants in the household were used to Rowena's presence over the years and would still treat her as the matriarch whenever she came around. Surely they'd no longer make the same mistake now.Rowena glared at him, eyes red with unshed tears. "I'll remember this, Graham Walter!"She had decided to let go of the past after their divorce and instead spend her days doing what she loved with the money she had. In fact, she'd been happier than she'd ever been when she
When Jenny entered the living room, Graham was still fuming from his conversation with Rowena. He hadn't anticipated how bold she was, even begging for Randy's life.Jenny noticed how angry her father was and asked kindly, "What's up, Dad?"Only then did Graham come to his senses. "Nothing much, just Rowena. She asked if I could let Randy go. I don't understand where she got her confidence from.""No point ruminating on it. We'll never understand people's minds." The Glasses were important to Rowena. That woman was even willing to destroy the family she married into, so Jenny wouldn't put this past her.Graham sighed, dropping the topic. "It's late. Did you do overtime?""Nah. Evan invited me for dinner, then we went to a concert." Jenny poured a glass of water as she spoke, then sat across Graham,The man seemed pleased by that. "How was it? Was it fun?""It was alright." Not too fun. Just…normal."You've heard of the circulating rumors, haven't you?" Graham then asked, observ
Graham knew his daughter wasn't being sarcastic. "I just worry about you, you know.""I know, but you don't need to. I've survived on my own all these years, haven't I?" She was already an adult, for God's sake.But the man felt guiltier hearing that. "It's because you had to survive on your own without my help that I feel guilty, Jenny. All I hope is that you can finally find a nice young man to be with so he can protect you when I can't.""Then you've got it wrong, Dad. There's no upside to relying on others these days." She had never considered finding someone to protect her. Even if she did, she wanted to actually like that person.Graham shook his head, sighing again. "Where you got your steadfastness from, I have no idea."Jenny smiled but said nothing in return."You still have feelings for Alec Faust, don't you?" her father asked, still worried.Jenny stiffened up instantly. She hadn't prepared herself for that question. "Why do you ask? It's been ages since we were toge