“We were asking Mrs. Ferguson how she keeps her skin so smooth!”Lady Cecilia coldly clicked her tongue and disdainfully glanced at Jessica, but when looking at Kim her eyes shone with approval. “Every one of you is still so young and fair, akin to a flower in bloom. So tender that your skin is still as soft as mochi. Instead of fretting over this, why don't you spend some time picking up a skill?” “Look at Lady Jackson here, she’s roughly your age and she can hold her ground when speaking to consul as well as organizing events and projects. You ladies should really learn from her.”The young lady with slightly protruding ears immediately piped up, “I’ve heard from my uncle that Mr. Ferguson is preparing to enter the European market, and there was a project regarding Tourism in Spain that Mr. Ferguson really took a liking to! Was that proposal written by you, Lady Jackson?”Kim reacted humbly and lowered her head, smiling sheepishly. “Oh you flatter me, it wasn't that impressive
“Mr. Ferguson! !-”Kim Jackson tried to speak up for herself, but the words barely left her mouth when she caught his ice-cold gaze and was forced to swallow the rest of her words.Her face burned like red-hot coal.In all her life she had never been so utterly humiliated before, let alone rejected in such a manner.It felt as if she was slapped in the face by the whole universe.However, what was even more terrifying then was Blake Ferguson’s piercing glare.She felt a shiver across her spine.It felt as if she had truly pissed Blake off in the worst possible way, but...Why?He seemed so satisfied with the proposal in the beginning and even treated her to dinner. Just how did that mute pique his interest?The prideful Kim was at a loss, but upon seeing Jessica Scott’s indifferent expression, her heart burned with rage.How could the great Kim Jackson be beaten by a mere mute!Hmph! Blake himself even said it earlier, he saw it on her Weibo. She did not even do it herself!
Blake watched until Jessica had walked out of earshot before turning to Lady Cecilia, “Mother, upon attending this event, did you really think I knew nothing at all?”“The things that you and Lady Jackson are thinking and plotting, did you really think I couldn’t see any of it?”First, it was arranging to have Kim come and tutor Winson privately, and now an invitation to the Jackson’s birthday banquet? It’s basically equivalent to sending a signal to everyone outside the family.Had he not said any of this today, the fact that Kim Jackson would have been Mrs. Ferguson instead of Jessica Scott would have become reality.Such an obvious plot, it was just one mouth away from becoming gossip, and Blake was done with being passive.“Mother dear, I know very well that Lady Jackson is the one you wanted to be my wife. But I, as your son, am going to make it very clear right now.”“I don't plan on changing wives.”Blake finished his sentence, leaving Lady Cecilia shell shocked. “You rea
At that moment, Lady Cecilia could no longer maintain her graceful demeanor.To her, what Jessica did was a disgrace to the Ferguson family!Jessica glanced at Blake from afar, and noticed that livid look on his face, implying that she had committed a grave mistake.Being mute, was that a crime?He spoke on her behalf in front of others, intending to protect her, yet the moment she used sign language, he distanced himself away from her instead?Frankly speaking, maybe this was his bottom-line, which was bringing her to this banquet, hoping she would be as quiet as a mouse and behaving in a way that would not be disgraceful.Unfortunately, her sign language fell within what he deemed as disgraceful.Jessica retracted her gaze, slowly curled her lips, and grinned.She looked at Lady Cecilia and started to speak in sign language.“Not being able to speak is indeed a defect I am born with, this is an unchangeable fact. I also have always been aware that I am now a part of the Ferguson fami
This girl… said she wanted to quit?Thomas Wayne put down the coffee mug he was holding and started typing on the screen.[Boundless Fox: You want to meet up and talk about it?]After that, as he waited for Jessica’s reply, his hand started to fiddle around with the top of the coffee mug.Jessica stared at the profile icon on the computer screen.Thomas was the only one that said her sign language was lovely.She took a deep breath and lifted her wrists.[Scentless Cookie: Aren’t you the one that said sign language is a beautiful language? Then what is the point of designing an app, which uses machines and programs to convert this language?]She stopped looking forward to the app’s completion, questioning the need to put up with the needs and wants of others. Since sign language was a language that belonged to her, then she should use it as her way to communicate. Whether others would listen or not, that was not her problem!Thomas saw the reply, raising his eyebrows as he read.[Bound
Jessica looked toward where Blake pointed.There was an open plaza with an artificial fountain just outside the café. From the angle that they were viewing it from, one could barely make out the faint rainbow that was cast into the air.“See, I’m not lying right?” Jessica let out a slight burst of laughter, a sign of her recovering mood.Thomas then said, “Since there’s nothing to do here, why don’t you guess as to what they’re doing?”He pointed to a young man and woman at the plaza and asked, “What kind of relationship do you think those two have?”Jessica took a closer look, the young man had a pleasing smile as if trying to explain something. The young woman had a stern look on her face, she moved two steps ahead, stopped, and then continued walking a few more steps in the same direction. The young man followed her as she did all of that repeatedly. This went on for quite a while.“Are they a couple? A couple who’s arguing?” Jessica asked.“Nope, both of them have no relationship
Thomas stared at her for a while, smiled, and said, “Well because you can’t speak, and won’t simply go around spreading it.”Startled by this reply, Jessica stared at Thomas seriously, whose smile had started to fade. “You see, even mutes have their own use, that’s why you aren’t as awful as people make you out to be,” Thomas told her in a serious tone.Jessica pursed her lips, a sense of warmth gushed from her heart.When everyone was disgusted with her, treating her as an embarrassment, she never thought that there was someone that would consider her as anything but useless.“Thank you,” she told him.Thomas chuckled and glanced toward the window. Noticing the day getting dark, he said, “It’s getting late now, lets send you back home.” …Meanwhile, Blake left the party not long after his wife did. Instead of heading home, he went to the company. During the weekends, besides the few employees that stayed on for overtime, the rest of the building was quite empty.He took off his coat
Miss Susan was shocked and hurriedly patted Winson’s back to comfort him. Suddenly recalling something, she looked at young master Blake and said, “I remember that just when the young mistress Jessica is about to go out, that’s when young master Winson starts to cry.”She also remembered that when Jessica informed her that she was heading out, there was a sorrowful look on her face. Adding to the fact that she had reddish eyes, it is as if she had been crying a while ago.Usually, whenever Jessica went out somewhere, she would always bring Winson along with her, unless it was to go to work.Suddenly, something clicked in Blake’s mind, a feeling of unease rushed through him. Carrying Winson with him, he rushed to the second bedroom and opened the closet.Seeing the neatly hung clothes inside, he breathed a sigh of relief.Just when he was passing by the bathroom, he noticed the door was open. From the edge of his eyes, he saw water droplets on the wall of the recently used shower. Takin