Jonathan took Scarlett to a magnificent residential area. She had no idea that there was such a beautiful residence like this in the city, but she was mainly shocked that Jonathan would live somewhere like this. The elegant residence didn't suit Scarlett's impression of Jonathan's style at all, and she was finding it hard to wrap her mind around the fact that this was Jonathan's house.That was just how it always was with Jonathan. Just when she thought she knew everything about him, he would find some way to surprise her. Jonathan practically carried her from his car into the house. Inside, the only people in the house were a housekeeper, Ms. Zimmer, and an adorable pure-bred Samoyed. Ms. Zimmer was visibly shocked at the state the two were in but said nothing. She knew Jonathan's temper better than most people, and the reason she'd been able to retain her job as his housekeeper for so long was because she never asked questions she wasn't supposed to ask. The dog, on the other ha
Scarlett admitted that she'd never been one to say no to money, but she'd never thought that it would give others such a bad impression of her. If she were completely honest with herself, she knew that Justin was out of her league, and she also knew that there was no way she could continue her relationship with him. However, even though she knew that their relationship was doomed from the start, she was still heartbroken at the thought of cutting him out of her life. Even if they couldn't be together, there had to be a way for her to still keep him in her life.She would be the one to break up with Justin, but she wasn't going to accept Jonathan's or anyone else's money to do so. If she had no other choice but to lose the one she loved because of the mistakes that she'd made in the past, she was determined to at least maintain her dignity. As such, she refused to take the money. Besides, she just wasn't that kind of woman, nor would she ever be someone like that. Jonathan was sorely m
That was the final straw for Jonathan. This woman was seriously the boldest woman to ever openly oppose him in his entire life. No—she was the only woman in his life who dared to openly oppose him. What's more, she was also unappreciative in the sense that the better he treated her, the angrier she got at him. Jonathan had experienced her feisty nature in the past and knew full well that, though she looked meek on the outside, she was actually perfectly capable of angering someone to death when she was upset.The only issue here was that Jonathan simply couldn't find it in himself to retaliate, and it perplexed him. He couldn't seem to find it in himself to hit her or scold her. He could only direct all that pent-up anger internally, which made him want to perish from the stress of it all."Do you really think that you're some kind of princess? You said that love is the most important thing to you, right? Then why did you sign that agreement with me before? If you say that you don'
Scarlett's matter-of-fact tone as well as her heartless words only served to anger Jonathan even more. She really didn't know how to appreciate anything he did for her, and he didn't understand why he had risked his life to save her just now. She didn't even care that he got hurt to save her, and he felt as if he had done everything for nothing. Jonathan had completely lost his patience with her and picked her up to toss her violently onto the bed. He didn't care if she got hurt anymore and pulled at her clothes aggressively, exposing her pale skin to his eyes. She was beautiful and unblemished, which would have made her the perfect woman. It was such a shame that she just didn't know how to win his heart and only liked to anger him. Jonathan suspected that there was no one in the world who could anger him better than Scarlett could.Jonathan was lost in his own thoughts as he took in her alluring body, and he was suddenly struck by a dreadful thought. Was Justin so hopelessly in lo
"Do you think I'm your pet? Do you really think that I should just do whatever you ask me to?" Scarlett shouted. However, despite her shrieking, Jonathan didn't even pause at all and simply said expressionlessly, "You are mine; do you understand?"Scarlett scoffed bitterly at that. She was his? He had countless women around him, so what did it matter if she was his or not? Why was he able to force her into shitty situations all because he claimed that she was his? "Will you marry me then?" She challenged him.Jonathan hadn't expected her to ask him something like that, and the desire in his eyes was replaced with perplexity. His confusion didn't last long, however, and he quickly came back to his senses. He had completely underestimated Scarlett's abilities and ambition. It wasn't enough for her to seduce Justin, but now she was shooting her shot at him? He barked a cold laugh before saying, "Don't even think about it. I'm sure even you know that that's impossible. But you don't ha
Though Jonathan was normally a shitty person, he had one redeeming quality—he was able to separate his personal life from his business well. He would never let his emotions cloud his judgment when he was at work.A good example of this would be the audition from a week ago. Daphne had insisted that Jonathan had pulled some strings so Scarlett could get the role, but she'd sorely misunderstood Jonathan's personality. If Daphne had fit with the company's vision of the female lead, then Jonathan wouldn't have hesitated to give her the contract. However, the truth was that Scarlett simply fit with the company's requirements better than Daphne, earning her the role. As such, Jonathan hadn't been biased, nor had he given Scarlett the role just to get him on her good side, as Daphne had suspected.Scarlett's limbs felt like jelly after she woke up. She'd never felt so weak before. Her jelly-like limbs were reminiscent of her time back in school when she'd had to run a marathon, which was ar
The marks that her nails had left on him last night had left wounds on his body, and they stung slightly when he moved, which irritated him. She was such a defiant bitch, so why was he even thinking about her in the first place? He impatiently grabbed his documents at his own realization and decided that if he had so much free time to think about her well-being, he could spend that time on his work instead. As he was looking through his documents, he heard the doors to his office swing open, and Celeste walked in. She cheerfully flashed him a smile as she said, "Johnny, is the online meeting over?"Johnathan's face was thunderous when he saw Celeste in his office. He despised dealing with personal affairs during working hours, and he especially hated it when people from his personal life visited his office to look for him. Not even Celeste was allowed that privilege. He asked gloomily, "Who let you in?"His secretary was visibly trembling at the door of his office as he asked tha
Jonathan pulled out another document from his drawer and impatiently replied, "Why are you asking me? I'm not her fiancé; how would I know? Go ask Justin."Celeste studied his seemingly nonchalant reaction to her question. To everyone else, it would probably seem that there was no problem at all. However, Celeste knew Jonathan's facial expressions all too well. Though Jonathan said that he didn't know Scarlett's number, Celeste could tell that he wasn't being completely honest with her.If Celeste guessed correctly, Jonathan actually knew Scarlett's number, but why did he say that he didn't?Regardless, since he was unwilling to tell, Celeste wasn't foolish enough to expose him either. He'd already said he didn't know, so she was just going to have to play along.That was how Celeste usually was. She was calm and quick-witted. Besides, she was already used to playing dumb around Jonathan. After all, playing dumb was probably the only way she could maintain some form of amicable rel