"sis- sister-in-law?" Jenny's mind blanked for a second before she registered what she heard."but- wasn't she dead?"Charles frowned; his facial muscles tightened as he clenched his jaw. "is that what your grandpa said?""No, your grandpa said that," Jenny said.A shadow cast on Charles's face and fear crept into jenny's heart. She knew what she saw now was real, not her imagination like before. Charles was not the harmless man he looked to be.Jenny took a step back, and Charles moved a step forward. "it doesn't matter who told you what. You shouldn't have done what you did when Christian was here."Jenny regretted it now. she shouldn't have acted out of jealousy. The way Charles looked at Elizabeth and a genuinely happy smile stung her harder than she anticipated. She stayed with him for three days, and every smile she received from Charles never met his eyes. But she was fine until she saw how Christian, her soon-to-be husband, was running chores for that woman. She thought he wa
Charles then stands up, walking towards Jenny. " shall we go?"Jenny blinks, coming out of her shock. "T- that- shouldn't we help them or something?""It's okay, don't worry, they won't die," Charles dismissed her concerns."is it really okay, though? shouldn't we at least-""It's really okay.""Still-""you might be in shock, huh? Now that you are under the protection of the Ford clan, you really shouldn't be. You might encounter situations like this, especially if you're going out alone. This really isn't your hometown, you know?""your rules don't apply here, Jenny," Charles said."S-Sorry. I wasn't aware and ju-""It's okay. Let's just go."Jenny gulps yet again. He was acting all nice and friendly now, which made her cautious. "wait! what if someone reports you if you go out with that much blood?" really, that's the best she could come up with. Jenny closed her eyes."Oh." Charles looks down. "I suppose that can happen. It's alright; I can just remove the hoodie."Charles turns a
Charles had always been a light sleeper. When he was just 13, his father had him trained to be someone like that.Who'd even know if he was being attacked in the dead of night?To be someone who is always ready to defend himself. A killing machine even when doused in sleep. That is how Charles has grown up all these years.So when he hears the tiniest bit of sound coming from inside his room, he immediately wakes up, putting his hand under his pillow to get his knife.Confusion settles in when he finds it empty."Looking for this?" A familiar voice asks, and Charles turns around, surprised."Jenny. Hi." Charles says, still sitting on the bed.Jenny, who's leaning against the wall of Charles's room, and who's twirling his knife around her finger, walks out of the shadows and walks towards him."Hey there. It's been a while, Charles.""It sure has been.""You thought I went back to my hometown?" Jenny asks next, a smile blooming on her face just like Charles's does, both of them smiling
Jenny peeks out of her room, trying to see if a particular annoying young master is still lurking around. Jenny did see his car taking off, but she shouldn't be sure of it, Right?It had almost been two days since Jenny had confronted Charles in his bedroom, and Charles professed his nonsensical perpetual love for her.Yeah, Jenny realizes that Charles is as crazy as the rumors say about him. Her only mistake is that she should have discovered it way earlier.But she was too busy looking for normalcy in the Ford family, out of everywhere, that she completely missed the fact that Charles could be crazed and demented behind that stupidly charming façade of his.Now, Jenny just finds him nuts and tries to keep her distance. But it had been two days after that distressing night, and Charles had been annoying the sh*t out of Jenny.How, you might ask? By not leaving her the f*ck alone.If Charles had been charmingly kind and sweet to Jenny during the initial period of meeting each other an
A maid quickly pushed open the door. She shouted into the house, "Sister Lima, did you see Young master Earl?"Lima was making milk for Alora. Then, she walked out with a milk container. Looking at the maid with a shocked expression, she asked, "What's wrong? Is the young master missing? He didn't come to the kitchen today. I'm making milk for young Miss Alora. Hold on, let me ask the young Miss if she saw him."Alora was sitting obediently on the chair. When she heard the sounds made by the maids, she lifted her head and pouted her lips. Alora's big sparkling eyes made her look like a little elf."Young miss Alora, did you see your Brother Earl?""Erm… Sister Lima, Brother Earl said he doesn't want me to tell you."The maid came in hurriedly, "What trouble is young master going to create this time around? Why can't he tell me?"Alora said, "Sister Lima, Brother Earl will not create trouble. He's going to do some important things."Lima heard her words and sensed that something was wr
Elizabeth boarded the car, switched on her mobile phone, and watched the news."Ford Industries bought over the Alpha Group, expanding their realm to half of the state.""After the Ford and Wilson families joined forces, the individual value of Christian has doubled, and the number of his supporters have also increased in the clan. So Christian could easily takeoevr the company""Regarding the expansion of Ford Industries' business empire this year, Christian expressed that he will only control the headquarters. As for the development of individual portfolios under Ford Industries, he would observe them as he did not want any of them to hinder his personal development.""Staff from the internal department revealed that Christian has fully taken over Ford Industries. The previous head of household Adrian Ford has now retired."In fact, Elizabeth had already known about this. Susan had informed Elizabeth angrily, saying there was a vixen around Christian.She was one year older than Eliz
Earl replied, “Fine, you came at the right time. I want to see my father, but they wouldn’t let me in.” He pouted cutely in front of Riya.Riya’s heart melted with love. She said with a soft tone, “Your mother is worried sick, Earl. You have to leave with me quickly. I will bring you out.”Fortunately, there were not many who knew that Earl came out on his own. If someone knew that Christian’s son was roaming around the streets, that would be trouble.Earl wanted to resist, but when he saw the convoy that came together with Riya, he simply shrugged his shoulders and said, “All right then. Let’s go.” Riya was surprised that he actually listened to her. She hurriedly took him to the car and thought that Elizabeth might be mistaken.Elizabeth said that he was a little demon, but from what she had seen, Earl was actually quite obedient. Riya called Elizabeth in the car, but it did not go through. Thinking that she must be in an unreachable network area, she called Susan quickly. “Susan
Christian's eyes flashed…His son was in trouble??? Earl was here, in the human world. His face was void of any emotions, but a tight clench of his fist betrayed his feelings.Luckily no one noticed."What happened?" Christian asked Riya as he started to move toward a where people were not there.* * * * * * * * * *Outside the banquet hall.Every security guard was on high alert, an unknown origin boy filtered into the hall, and they were all mobilized to search the whole place for the little boy.The order was issued by Riya, and now even Christian was showing interest in that boy, making it more important for everyone looking for the boy. They searched everywhere, but they still couldn't find the boy."What were you doing when the boy entered? You can't even watch a kid properly." The leader was scolding his fellow mate. "If that kid bragged into the banquet hall and knocked into anyone important inside, You will be solely responsible for the consequences!"The leader of the securi