The next day, Jenny was woken up by Max's phone call."What time is it? Why are you disturbing my sleep?" she answered, her tone gruff and unpleasant. It surprised Max, but he quickly recovered. "Did you not sleep well last night?"She had a hard time sleeping last night as the image of Alec's face plagued her mind. As a result, she didn't sleep a wink for the first time."Is something wrong?" Jenny took a deep breath to steady her emotions."Aren't you going to attend Mr. Faust's birthday party today? That's why I'm calling. I'm going to bring you to a stylist this morning," Max said. He felt a little hurt as Jenny was the first woman he had treated so well. Unfortunately for him, Jenny didn't care at all.Jenny slapped her forehead. Barely keeping her anger in check, she replied, "If I remember correctly, the birthday party will only begin at night. Why must I go to the stylist so early in the morning? Is your brain still asleep?""Don't girls usually spend all day at the styli

Jenny and Gilbert talked on the phone for a long time. After discussing how to attack the Dickmans, they ended the call.In the blink of an eye, it was already 4.00 pm, and there were only two hours left before Jenny had to leave for the birthday party at 6.00 pm. She rose from the sofa and headed to the closet, where she dressed herself.The birthday party was held at Empire State Hotel, which was the most luxurious hotel in Parrington. Nonetheless, it was a small feat for the Fausts to book the entire hotel.As the organizer of the party, Alec arrived at the hotel early to oversee the preparations. After all, it was his grandfather's 70th birthday, so of course he had to help out."Please go and rest, sir. I'll watch over the preparation," Warren said, seeing him busy himself all day.However, Alec didn't leave. "Where's Grandpa?" "He's resting upstairs. Do you want to meet him there?" After a moment of thought, Alec nodded. "I'll check on him. I'll leave the preparations to

The car crawled on the road. A short silence later, Max said, "I assume you already knew that Steven Dickman had something to do with your abduction.""Yes." She nodded and gave him a confused look. He chuckled wryly and asked nonchalantly, "Are you going to let this slip?"She raised a brow questioningly and waited for him to speak again."The Dickmans are very influential in Parrington. Gilbert's power alone isn't enough to get rid of them," he explained."So?" She smiled as though she could anticipate his next words, but he wasn't bothered by it. He offered, "I can help."She chuckled and stared at him before quickly looking away. "Helping me? Haven't you been eyeing them, waiting to acquire them just to expand your influence?"After all, the fight for clients and resources was a zero-sum game for the families. Jenny found it easy to read his mind."You could say so." Max didn't deny her assumption. Indeed, he wanted to acquire Dickman LLC to strengthen his influence for the

Jenny begged to differ. In her opinion, it was uncharacteristic of Alec to give up love for an arranged marriage. He must have had feelings for Yvonne, but whether or not he loved her was a secret only he knew. Anyway, Jenny didn't bother to reveal her thoughts to Morgan since they were just assumptions.They stopped talking when the event started. Old Mr. Faust appeared in the hall and was receiving well wishes from the guests, but Jenny and Morgan were not in a hurry to meet him. Morgan marveled, "The Fausts are truly the elite family of Parrington. No one could beat them when it comes to the scale of their events..""Why? Are you envious?" Jenny chuckled and said, "Tell your parents to keep it up. Maybe you could enjoy all these riches someday.""That's impossible." Morgan was sensible. "Jenny, when are we giving out the presents?" She noticed that everyone was giving Old Mr. Faust his birthday presents, both to wish him personally and to get acquainted. The Goldings also planned

"I hope you don't mind." Jenny took out the mid-sized gift she had prepared, which appeared rather average at first glance. Zachary didn't ask Warren to accept it nor take it himself. Instead, he shot a look at Alec. "Why are you still standing there? Get over now. Don't leave her holding on to that box."Everyone's jaw dropped to the floor, and Jenny was dumbfounded. Alec thought his grandpa didn't have to be this obvious in matchmaking. He walked up to Jenny, took the gift box, and whispered, "Thank you.""Why thank me? This is for Grandpa, not for you," Jenny said to him without a care about his feelings. He didn't mind it too, because he was accustomed to her slight. Zachary opened the box without hesitation when it was handed to him. There was a lapis lazuli stone in the box, to everyone's shock.Someone started gossiping, "Did she not have enough money for a better gift? Is that why she bought that old thing?""I don't think so! She's Mr. Birkett's last mentee, after all."