The garden beside grandpa’s mansion was not enormous, but it was exquisite and looked calming. In the middle of the garden, there was a pond of colorful fish. I sat near to the pond while occasionally observing the entrance to the garden, after which I returned to observing the behavior of the fish that swim freely in the water with no obstacles. After Samuel left and I finished my dinner, I said goodbye to Grandpa, Mom and everyone in the hall. None of them answered in a friendly manner. Mom just nodded without looking at me. Her attitude was cold and indifferent, unlike when Samuel was with me. While grandfather, his attitude remained cold as before. But at least the rest of the family smiled and said goodnight to me. Maybe they didn’t want to see me there. To them, I was a stranger who wasn’t on their level and wasn’t in their prestigious circle of friends. After that, I put on my jacket and walked out of the hall to the garden beside the mansion. I sat waiting for Samuel there af
“Now?” I asked, furrowing my brows and raising my voice. Then, his right index finger landed safely on my lips as he answered in a sweet voice, “For the sake of fulfilling the duties in the contract you signed. I’m ready to impregnate you, Mrs. Harris.” His cherry-red lips smiled and his hands unbuttoned his pajamas buttons one by one. “W-wait. But it’s already midnight. Wouldn’t it be better if we do it tomorrow morning?” I asked, while keeping his hand away. That was about to unbutton my pajamas. “Hun, I’m sorry. I never do that in the middle of the night,” I said while buttoning up my pajamas buttons. “Make this your first and let me see and touch those beautiful breasts of yours. We will do it tonight and tomorrow morning,” he said. He blinked one eye and smiled. I laughed out loud while holding my stomach. To be honest, I never thought he could seduce me. It’s far from what I imagined. “Why are you laughing? Take off your clothes now,” he begged. And what I saw next was all
“Alex, Alex, come here quickly!” I screamed like a lost child, looking for the parents in the middle of the crowd. “Hun, please. Which part do you feel pain in? Tell me.” I brought my face closer to his, my hand touching his forehead just to check the temperature. His forehead and body were hot, but he was shivering like someone feeling cold. “Alex, whoever, come over here quickly!” I shouted again. With shaking hands, I hugged him and kissed the top of his head several times while trying to communicate with him. I saw his lips move as if he was about to say something, but I did not hear the words clearly. My heart was beating pretty fast and my mind was a mess. Just a moment ago, he was still fine. He laughed and joked with me. But why was it different now? I started feeling uncomfortable. I didn’t want something bad to happen to him, because he was my angel. Alex and several female maids approached us. He ordered a maid to call Dr. Robert. The servant contacted the doctor and ask
I shook my head left and right, but the tears still kept flowing. My chest was rising and falling to hold back the overflow of sadness that I had been holding back since yesterday. Even though his pain wasn’t that bad, I couldn’t figure out why I was so melancholic. Everything I felt and thought about can bring tears to my eyes.“Jenny, if you have any problems, please tell me,” he said while touching and stroking my arm.“I-I’m fine. I’m just touched by your recovery,” I replied while wiping the edges of my eyes that were wet with tears.“You’re not very good at lying. Anyway, I’m hungry, can you feed me?” he asked spoiled, winked one eye.I immediately thought of the porridge I asked Alex to cook yesterday. I quickly stood up and said, “Wait here. I’ll bring you some food.”“Ask Alex to bring it here. You don’t need to come down.”“I’ll be down to make sure. Wait a moment, I’ll be right back.” However, before going down to the first floor, I went into the bathroom first to wash my fa
“You said that your mother is your grandpa’s biological daughter. There should be no reason for Lina and her son and your father to fight over the shares of the Harris Company. They are not directly related to your grandpa. They are outsiders. Am I right?” I asked with passion as burning as a bonfire that had just been lit. “It seems I forgot to tell you something. After my father picked me up from my grandpa’s house, it turned out that my grandpa had investigated Lina’s origins and from that investigation, it was discovered that Lina was the daughter of a woman who had a brief relationship with grandpa when he was young. Then, because of curiosity and guilt nesting in grandpa’s heart, he asked Lina to do a DNA test and you can guess the results. My grandpa had another daughter whom he met as an adult. Since then, Lina has become different. She acts arrogant after knowing that she is grandpa’s biological daughter and may inherit. With her sweet mouth, she influenced my father and Sean
I turned around and couldn’t find him beside me. At first, I thought he might have been working in his workroom, as usual. Sometimes he went to the office, but more often than not, I saw him working at home. It is his assistants who went here and there to report or just to convey what was happening in the office. I thought I should go downstairs, walk into his workroom, greet him, and offer him a cup of coffee and a plate of sandwiches. I rushed out of bed, opened the curtains, and entered the bathroom. I want to look pretty and fresh in the morning so I could cheer up Samuel. A few moments later, I was standing in front of the dressing table, applying a little makeup to make me look prettier. Because that day I would just stay at home and not go anywhere, so I wore white shorts and a pink V-neck t-shirt and let my long brown hair down. Humming a little, I walked down the stairs. From the second floor, I saw the maids cleaning the house, while Alex was pacing back and forth, puttin
“Sam, I suggest you hand over your position as director to your brother, Sean. He is an adult now and quite knowledgeable. I see he can work well in your place. By reducing your busy life, you can attend therapy to cure your paralysis so you can walk again. Your stubbornness will accomplish nothing. The other shareholders have agreed to make Sean the new director. You are incompetent anymore with your current condition. A year has passed, but you are still not cured. Doctor said that you can walk again by following the therapy. Come on, Sam,” said someone in an annoyed tone. ‘So Sam can recover. But why doesn’t he want to get well?’ “Whether I want to recover is my business and has nothing to do with my performance. I can still do my job well as a director. Then, where is the problem?” he asked. I wanted to see their faces clearly, but if they caught me eavesdropping, they might kick me out. I guess it would be better if I listened quietly even though this curiosity urged me so stro
How could I promise to never leave him? We were only in a contract marriage. In the contract agreement, he wrote that if I had given birth to a child for him; I could hand over custody of the child to Samuel and in return, he would give me a large amount of compensation. I wanted to answer that I didn’t want to and would never leave him. But? Between us, there was no love. We were brought together on purpose because of some business, dirty business. And I was only asked to bear a child for him. “Jenny? Why you are silent?” he asked, looking back. “I-I promise I’ll never leave you,” I answered spontaneously. I regretted what I had just said. Though that wasn’t what was on my mind. What if something turned out to force me to leave him? My knee-jerk reaction had given a different answer. You suck, Jenny! “Are you serious?” he asked again. I looked at him and was silent for a moment. Why should he ask that? “Yes, I’m serious,” I replied. Then he grabbed my hand and kissed it a few