After lunch, Morgan and Jessica left the private room. Morgan still looked sullen. Jessica held his hand and said with a smile, "Dad, don't be so upset, please!" Morgan looked down at his beloved daughter and forced a smile. Seeing that, Jessica couldn't help but laugh. "It's such a fake smile." Then, Morgan was truly amused. "What can I say? At school, you would take revenge if someone bullied you. You have grown up but lost your spirits. Whatever you do, I'll protect you." Hearing Morgan's words, Jessica stopped smiling. "I'm an adult now. Of course, I can't be as impulsive as before." Morgan thought of the past. He started talking about Jessica's unruly life at school. As he spoke, Morgan forgot about the matter that made him upset. The father and daughter chatted happily. Jessica was still holding Morgan's hand. From a distance, they looked very intimate. People who knew them would compliment their good relationship. However, people who didn't know them might mis
Morgan was the CEO of the Hall's Group. Consequently, he was busy the whole day. It wasn't easy for him to ask his secretary to save a day to come over to LA to see his precious daughter, but he didn't expect that such a thing would happen. Morgan still had an important dinner party tomorrow, so he had to go back to New York tonight. Otherwise, he would wait for Wendy to find out where the so—called "Sugar Daddy" rumor came from and then take Jessica to find the one who spread the rumor. Jessica had a business dinner tonight, so she couldn't send Morgan to the airport. Before Morgan left, he repeatedly asked Wendy to tell him at the first moment as soon as Wendy found out who started the rumor. Jessica promised again before Morgan got into the nanny van. After sending Morgan to the car, Jessica got into Wendy's car and was ready to go to the business dinner tonight. The winter was still cold in LA at the beginning of April, and the wind at night was a little fierce.
Jessica hadn't even finished speaking when a familiar male voice came from the side. Terry walked over to her. His brownish eyes curved slightly as he looked at Cedrick. "I'll pay one billion and I'll take her away, Mr. White." Jessica had been in the hall for more than ten minutes, but she hadn't met Terry. She thought that he hadn't come tonight. She didn't expect to meet him at this time. Cedrick could not afford to offend Terry, so he gritted his teeth and looked at Jessica before turning to leave resentfully. Jessica tilted her head and glanced at Terry. She raised her glass and smiled. "Thank you." "My pleasure." Terry raised his glass and lightly clinked it against the edge of hers, looking at her wryly. Terry took a sip of red wine. "Miss Hall, you seem to be in a good mood today." Jessica looked at him and raised her eyebrows slightly. "Kind of." After all, nothing particularly bad happened recently except for the rumors. However, Jessica would never allow
The conversation between the two women was clearly recorded. As soon as the recording was finished, the two women turned pale. They could afford to offend Jessica, but they could not afford to offend Terry. They also did not know why Terry took a fancy to Jessica. Terry had publicly declared that he wanted to pursue Jessica after she had just divorced for a few months. Now it looked like he wanted to protect her. They were right. After listening to the recording, Terry raised his eyebrows and clicked his tongue. "So this is how the Graves family and the Garraway family raised you?" They were from the same social circle. Even if Terry did not have any personal relationship with those two women, it was not difficult for him to recognize which family they were from. Tess Graves and Nina Garraway froze when they heard Terry's words. Jessica, who was standing next to Terry, looked at the two wryly. "Miss Graves and Miss Garraway, aren't you going to apologize to me?" Tess
The black car that Jessica was in was moving in the moonlight. She tilted her head and looked out of the window. Recalling what Lucas had said, she frowned slightly. Wendy called her softly, "Miss Hall?" Jessica came to her senses and then asked Wendy, "What's wrong?" "The rumormonger has been found." Wendy paused and glanced at Jessica before continuing, "It was Miss Thomas." It didn't surprise Jessica, who chuckled, "Olivia is marvelous!" Jessica smirked. Wendy didn't know what Jessica was thinking. "Should I tell Mr. Hall about it?" "Of course! Why not?" They bullied her again and again. Why should she continue to endure? "Got it, Miss Hall." Wendy sorted the evidence and sent it directly to Morgan's secretary. That night, Morgan's secretary called to report it to Morgan. When Morgan finished the call, he was so angry that he slapped the table. "This is too much. The Thomas family is going too far!" Mrs. Hall heard the news and came over. She didn't kn
Mrs. Hall saw their stealthy interactions and clicked her tongue. "Jess, the issue is not about you alone. Mom and dad don't just uphold justice for you. Don't be confused." Of course, Jessica knew it. She was just worried that they were tired from the flight. Now, it seemed that she was overthinking. Jessica laughed, "I'm not that stupid." May snorted and thought to herself, "If she is not stupid, why did she insist on marrying Lucas?" But Jessica was her daughter, so May could not bear to render her more wretched. "Let's go to the parking lot." Jessica led them to the parking lot. When she opened the door, she found that Morgan was carrying a box. She couldn't help but frown. "Dad, what's that?" "Nothing." Morgan waved his hand and bent down to get in the car following May. Jessica did not ask any more questions. Instead, she said to Wendy, "Wendy, let's go to Thomas' house." Wendy was stunned for a moment but soon reacted. The Morgan couple rushed over in a h
Lucas glanced at Jessica, who was standing by Mrs. Hall's side nonchalantly. Hearing Morgan's words, Rebecca said quickly, "Mr. Hall, Mrs. Hall, let's talk about it inside." Olivia could not help but call out, "Mom!" The Hall family was menacing, and it was obvious that they were here to settle old scores. Olivia glanced at Jessica, but unexpectedly, she met her gaze, which made Olivia stiffen and feel guilty. What the hell! How could she feel guilty while looking at Jessica? Rebecca stared at Olivia and shook her head, suggesting that she shut up. Rebecca was so smart a woman that she couldn't fail to see that Jessica's parents came in a fit of anger. They entered her house. Rebecca asked a servant to prepare coffee, and Morgan immediately rejected. "We don't need coffee, Mrs. Thomas. We came here today for our daughter. Formalities are unnecessary. After all, even if we are not enemies, we are by no means friends later." Morgan's words sounded serious. The two fa
The Thomas family was one of the best among rich families in LA, but it was the first time they had seen so much gold. The box of gold was a bit dazzling under the light. They were all stunned. Justin reacted and was slightly stunned. "Mr. Hall, what do you want to do?" Morgan looked up at Justin and said, "Mr. Thomas, the Hall family has never liked to owe others a debt. Jess married into your family for three years. I think this box of gold is enough to cover her expenses there." He paused for a moment. "We, the Hall family, don't owe you anything until this moment. Now it's time to count how many evil deeds you did to us?" Morgan had been in the business world for many years and had long since developed the ability to look dignified without being furious. He kept a straight face while speaking, but anyone present could hear the anger in his words. Justin's face turned cold when he heard Morgan's words. "Mr. Hall, I don't quite understand what you mean." That was the