As they couldn't continue the conversation, Alec didn't force it. "Don't worry, I meant what I said earlier. I won't interfere with what's going on between Stephanie and Leonard. But there's one thing I have to make clear." Alec then looked at Paul with a cold gaze. "If you dare to lay a finger on Jenny, don't blame me for disregarding our brotherhood."He knew Paul well. If Jenny brought Stephanie and Leonard together, Paul would blame Jenny for it. If that happened, there was a high possibility that Paul might resort to something irrational.Paul didn't say anything, so Alec stopped talking. Some things only needed to be said once.Alec got up and made to leave. "You should go back."Then, he turned around and walked back to Jenny. Whether Paul took his advice and left wasn't something he could control, so he wasn't concerned about it.After the four of them had dinner, they didn't rush to go home but strolled along the riverbank. Jenny and Alec walked in front, deliberately giv
Behind them, Stephanie and Leonard walked together. The weather was freezing on this chilly winter night, and Stephanie couldn't help but shiver. She regretted agreeing to go for a walk with Jenny and the others. It was so cold! They should have gone home to rest instead of going for a walk. Stephanie questioned wordlessly in her heart as to why they were making themselves suffer.As she was complaining about the situation inwardly, warmth suddenly enveloped her. She turned and realized that Leonard had draped his coat over her."No, it's okay..." Stephanie tried to refuse and made to return his coat.But Leonard didn't give her the chance to do so. He held her shoulders firmly, not letting her take it off. "Keep it on. I'm not cold."Not cold? That was obviously a lie. Seeing how insistent Leonard was, Stephanie stopped refusing him. "Thank you.""Speaking of which, we haven't been in touch for over ten years. Have you been doing well all these years?" Leonard casually asked, t
Stephanie didn't give Leonard a direct answer, but he wasn't discouraged. "Then you're in luck. You can see me often in the future." The implicit meaning of his words was obvious. It meant he would appear around Stephanie frequently in the future, giving her plenty of opportunities to see him. Stephanie didn't reply, as she didn't know how to respond, so she remained silent.The four of them didn't walk for long. After all, the weather was frigid that day. After Stephanie and Leonard had finished chatting, Jenny suggested that they leave. Alec sent Jenny home, and Leonard escorted Stephanie back.On the way to Stephanie's house, she and Leonard didn't talk much. During a moment of silence, Leonard noticed a car following them from behind. He had a worried expression on his face immediately, thinking it was someone seeking revenge against him. Making enemies was very common in his line of work. He sent the license plate number to his colleague to investigate right away. Soon, he
The next day, Jenny was busy with work at the hospital as usual when she unexpectedly received a call from Evan. It was the first time he'd called her since the incident."Jenny, would you like to have lunch with me this afternoon?" Evan's tone was neutral, so Jenny couldn't gauge his emotions behind the question.She checked the time and realized she had two more hours to go before she ended her afternoon shift. Jenny thought she should be able to finish consulting her patients by that time, so she accepted Evan's lunch invitation. "Sure," she replied.After hanging up, Jenny continued to busy herself with work and didn't think much about why Evan wanted to see her.Two hours later, Jenny met up with Evan at the hospital gate."Sorry for being late," Jenny apologized. She'd been held up by a patient as she was about to leave. After she was done explaining some things to the patient, she ran a little late for her meetup with Evan.Evan didn't mind. He opened the car door of the
Jenny didn't know what Evan was thinking. But when she heard Evan speak about his experience overseas, she naturally assumed that he hadn't been doing well during all those years abroad. As a result, he ended up going astray and taking the wrong path. She sighed and didn't doubt what he'd told her. "Then, what's next for you? What do you plan to do? Are you going to continue with your current path?" She had seen Evan's people suffer losses and thought it wasn't feasible for him to carry on in the same way. On top of that, she wasn't exactly supportive of him going down that same road. "I haven't decided yet." Evan smiled, but inwardly, he wondered what else he could do if not this. "Evan, now that you've decided to return to the country, let go of everything abroad and start again. Wouldn't that be better?" She and Evan grew up together, and although she wasn't as close to him as she was with Gilbert and the others, she still didn't want him to continue down the wrong path. T
Jenny didn't quite agree with what he said. "Alec may be the mastermind behind the whole Xavier incident, but why did you agree? You know he's using you, yet you still agreed. Did you two reach some kind of a deal?"Evan wasn't stupid; he wouldn't have made a deal that would only bring him losses.At that moment, Evan was at a loss for words. Could he tell Jenny he didn't get anything from Alec in return? Alec had threatened to expose his identity to Jenny. He wouldn't have agreed to it if he hadn't been anxious about how Jenny would see him once she found out what he'd been up to.Who would have thought that Jenny would find out what he'd tried so hard to keep hidden so soon despite his efforts to cover it up?If he knew it would turn out like that, he should have just told Jenny the truth from the beginning. Then, he wouldn't have ended up being used by Alec."I'm grateful that you saved me. But at that time, I think Alec had no choice. After all, he didn't have as many men as y
Helga's sister and Amy were already waiting at the operating room's entrance. When they saw Jenny approaching, they both hurried over."Dr. Walter, the surgery…" Helga's eyes were slightly red, and she couldn't even bring herself to ask the question.Jenny nodded to her and said, "Don't worry. I'll do my best.""Okay." She didn't say anything else, fully aware that words were meaningless in a life-or-death situation like this. The only thing she could do was pray hard for her sister."Dr. Walter, will my mom be okay?" Amy didn't know what illness her mother had, but she knew her mother was about to have surgery. Her aunt told her it would be painful, so she worried.Jenny looked down at her and smiled, "She'll definitely be fine, Amy. You have to be good, okay?""Okay, I'll be good and wait for my mom to come out." Amy nodded. She was around four or five years old and didn't really understand the concept of death.Jenny entered the operating room, and the surgery began.Handlin
Alec took Jenny to the grocery store. They eventually decided to cook at home.Of course, it was mainly Alec's decision, as Jenny was already tired and wanted to have a quick meal and go home to rest. Alec insisted that she didn't need to do anything and just needed to wait for the food, so Jenny reluctantly agreed to go with him to buy groceries."You're the mighty Mr. Faust, yet you're buying groceries yourself. This really damages your reputation as a CEO," Jenny joked as she walked beside Alec, unable to resist teasing him.She looked at the man, who was six feet tall and dressed in a suit and tie, standing next to her. It looked as if he was there to acquire the grocery store instead of something as banal as buying groceries. He looked very out of place in the grocery store."You speak as if CEOs aren't human beings," Alec replied while selecting the vegetables. "Don't we still have to eat like normal people? It's just that we can just delegate many of our tasks to others."I