LOGINJanet was playing with Kyle in the backyard when she overheard Do Yoon talking to Stefan, and she hid behind a wall to listen.“Did you inform him?” Stefan inquired.Do Yoon huffed, “I’m scared. This time, he’s definitely going to kill me!”“Exactly. How could you make such a mistake?” Janet heard Stefan say. “Boss specifically asked you to keep it confidential that Ferrari wanted to meet Janet, and instead, you sold her house to him?”Janet parted her lips.“He played smartly! I checked everything, down to every minute detail,” argued Do Yoon.“No, Do Yoon. You didn’t. Ferrari is a threat, and that’s why Boss wants Janet to stay away from him. Now, I think he’s even more of a threat than he appears.”“But didn’t Ferrari help us take down Tobias?” Janet’s sudden appearance caught them off guard as they turned to her.“Rohman showed up to help us against Demir and Tobias at Ferrari’s insistence. Isn’t that what Rohman told Sebastian?” She furrowed her eyebrows.“Yes,” Stefan replied. “
Janet made one last walk through the childhood house, where Connor lived with her mother, Olivia. The house held no memories or emotions for her, as she was unaware of the tears her mother had once shed there.As she gazed at the library, she wondered if Connor ever had a chance to read any of them. “Probably, it’s Mom’s collection.” She was about to pick out a book when Do Yoon interrupted her with papers.“Here, sign, please.”Janet took the file, signed it without hesitation, and after a final glance, she slipped on her sunglasses and left the house, never to return.She visited her mother’s grave to be alone with her thoughts, feeling like a warrior in a battle with her own mind. Connor’s betrayal had shattered her confidence, and the suspicious glares from Sebastian’s men, including Stefan, made her feel like a threat in disguise.Despite standing by Sebastian’s side when it counted, she couldn’t shake the feeling that she was still unproven. The wedding? She was excited, yet par
One month later,“The law authority has dropped all charges against Janet,” Sebastian said with a smile. His forehead bore scars from one of the worst nights of his life. “They couldn’t find any connection between Janet and Connor, and she is now cleared of the charges Ronan filed against her, since there’s no evidence to prove her guilty.”“That’s fantastic news!” Serena said cheerfully. “Now we can shop everywhere in the United States for wedding preparations. I want everything to be just right this time.”Janet and Sebastian smiled at each other. “I’ll just go and check on Kyle,” Janet said as she got up from the couch and walked away.Serena looked at her, then at Sebastian, who was watching Janet too. “Is everything okay between you two?”“Yeah,” he furrowed his brows. “Why?”“She seems… I don’t know… off since the wedding announcement,” Serena said. “I tried talking to her about the wedding plans, like the dress, flowers, and cake, but she didn’t seem that into it. I wanted ever
At that moment, Larissa arrived beside Sebastian, her father’s eyes widening in surprise. “Glad you made it here alive. I’m sure you want to see his body riddled with bullets. Stay here and watch as I take his soul out of his body.”Larissa remained silent, her gaze composed and inscrutable.Unshed tears welled in Janet’s eyes. “Let him go, Tobias. Please, I beg you!” she cried, her gaze fixed on Sebastian. With each passing moment, she was gradually losing hope of seeing another day with Sebastian and her son as Tobias forcibly made her aim at Sebastian.“Don’t worry, after his death, you’ll be my mistress. I will lavish you with all the luxuries.” He closed his eyes, sniffed her neck, and shot at Sebastian.Janet felt a strange numbness wash over her as she watched everything unfold before her. With a loud voice, she called out, “Larissa!”Tobias knitted his eyebrows and looked up casually from the base of her shoulder, then he went still at what was in front of him.Tobias’s men le
Rohman rushed down the staircase, stepping over the dead bodies as he went. “Janet, where are you?” he yelled, scanning the dark hall with his voice echoing.At that moment, he narrowly dodged a bullet and fatally shot the man. The eerily quiet hall echoed loudly as he continued taking lives and moving forward.“Janet!!” he shouted once more.A static-laced reply returned. “I’m in the west wing, near the library! I found something… a bomb! It’s rigged to blow the place up!” Her voice was a blend of urgency and terror.Rohman halted and hurried toward the voice. As he neared, he saw her arm bleeding in the glow of his phone’s flashlight. “Is Sebastian alright?” she cried out in pain.“Yes. You’ve been shot?” He asked, grabbing her arm as he squatted beside her.“It’s nothing. Dodged the bullet,” she said. “The bomb is set to go off in five minutes! I’m working on it!”Rohman nodded. “Can you disarm it?”There was a long, agonizing pause. Janet’s hands were trembling. The sounds of figh
Sebastian threw the chair onto the floor. “Who killed him?”“We don’t know,” the guards said. “He was lying in a pool of blood when we reached the security room.”Sebastian spat out a series of profanities in Italian when the study room door burst open and Janet walked in. Her eyes quickly scanned every face before settling on Sebastian.“Everyone, get out of here!” she ordered the guards, and they turned their confused gazes toward Sebastian.“Everyone, get out!” shouted Sebastian, prompting them to leave the two alone.“We can’t rely on anyone! Some guards are allied with Sherian and are attacking your men.”Sebastian frowned. “What?”They heard a distant gunshot echo again.“Stay here. Don’t move,” he quieted her.“Sebastian!” she said, holding his hand. “We’re going to fight with them together.”“No.” Sebastian held her face. “You will focus on saving yourself. For our son… wait, where is Kyle? And Mom?” His heart began to race.“They are safe. Do Yoon is with them.”Sebastian nod







