Chapter Forty-FiveThe expensive and beautiful doll was meticulously crafted to the point where all common people admired and worshiped it like a hidden god. And whoever possessed that doll was someone with great power but... if the doll was just a lifeless toy, does it truly hold any value?"Gemma, tell something!" Jethro yelled after a series of loud smashing sounds.The maid standing outside was sweating with fear but dared not leave, as they were afraid their master in his anger might kill his own wife. They stood outside waiting to prevent the worst from happening.Gemma's body was bruised all over, she was only wearing a thin white dress and not a single part of her body was completely intact. The wounds piled up on each other, making the beautiful "doll" not only in pain physically but also crushing her soul. Gemma, facing Jethro's violent actions of smashing everything in the room, opened her eyes to stare into the indefinite space, not even knowing what she was looking at.Ge
Chapter Forty-Six Gemma had never thought about whether or not she wanted to leave, the question had never even occurred to her. Her heart had closed off and locked itself away, afraid that someone would hurt her. Gemma had lost everything, even herself, because of that man. Day after day, Gemma lost her sense of time and only had contact with Jethro for a long period. This bedroom was her world, small and pitiful, but as long as she was here, the man wouldn't hurt her. Today, Gemma, as usual, was arranging flowers and reading books when she suddenly heard the sound of a child's voice, making her curious and bringing her eyes to the door. Before Gemma even got to the door, it was pushed open, making her jump back in fear that Jethro had arrived. "Who are you?" she asked. Until Gemma saw the face of the child who pushed the door, she was shocked and surprised. She never thought that a child would appear here. The boy looked at Gemma for a long time and then approached her without
Chapter Forty-sevenEvery day was the same, with nothing special happening, so Gemma no longer hoped for anything better. A knock at the door broke the silence in the room, but Gemma didn't go to the door and instead stared silently at it. She was curious because if it were Jethro, he would never knock like that and would just walk in.The knocking stopped and the door opened, revealing a little boy who had snuck in. Gemma tilted her head and looked at him for a long time. The boy became annoyed and showed his dissatisfaction because he thought Gemma was asleep and didn't want to just walk in, so he knocked. But Gemma was not sleeping and was just sitting there looking at him.“Why haven't you slept and not opened the door for me?” Clement walked closer to Gemma, his voice clear but filled with blame.Gemma ignored him and continued to read her book, completely disregarding Clement. This was the first time someone had ignored him like this, so Clement was furious, but he didn't dare s
Chapter Forty-EightThe girl Jethro brought in was Sienna. He stumbled upon her on a social media site and Sienna was very influential online. Although this wasn't something he paid attention to, from the beginning, he noticed Sienna had a striking resemblance to Gemma, perhaps about 70%. Jethro thought of something clever and later command his assistant to contact Sienna and start a game he came up with.Because Sienna looked so much like his wife, Jethro suspected that Gemma's father had previously had an affair and had a daughter outside of their marriage whom Gemma was unaware of. After Jethro shared this conjecture with his assistant, the assistant couldn't help but chuckle."What's so funny?" Jethro raised an eyebrow and asked.The assistant quickly stopped laughing. "Perhaps you were mistaken, Mrs. Gemma resembled her own mother who passed away after giving birth to your wife. Therefore, Mr. Robert couldn't have had a daughter with another woman who looks similar to his wife."
Chapter Forty-NineBreakfast ended quickly, and Jethro wiped his mouth before turning to look at Gemma who was still finishing her meal."After you finish eating, take the medicine that Alex prescribed for you, don't be stubborn," Jethro said coldly and unsatisfied, but after receiving a nod from Gemma, he didn't mention yesterday's matter anymore. Jethro then turned to Sienna and spoke cheerfully, "As for you, come with me to the company."Sienna was delighted to hear this but tried to act shy and surprised. "Yes, sir," she said. Sienna couldn't contain her joy, her heart was dancing with excitement and she couldn't stop, although she wasn't yet officially anything with this man, the fact that he treated her so gently made her think that Jethro was definitely interested in her. And she needed to do something to keep this golden man.Gemma looked down from the room and quietly watched Jethro's car until it left, and she could no longer see it. Sienna also knew that Gemma was watching
Chapter Fifty The next morning at breakfast, Sienna still took the initiative to make breakfast for everyone. From the butler's words, Sienna knew that Gemma didn't like strawberry jam but Jethro loved it, so she deliberately used strawberry jam in the bread. Gemma was as usual, even with Jethro and his lover facing her, she remained calm as if nothing had happened and ate her meal. Suddenly, Gemma paused when she just took a bite of the cake, looking down at the strawberry jam inside that she didn't like. Gemma put the piece of cake aside and didn't touch it again, her simple action was seen by Jethro. Jethro knew there was a strawberry jam in the cake and knew why Gemma didn't eat it. "Gemma, what's wrong with that cake?" Jethro asked. Gemma shook her head, she didn't like strawberry jam so she didn't want to eat it anymore, and this seemed to make Jethro uncomfortable. "I'm full..." "Eat it." Jethro didn't care about Gemma's words and spoke firmly. Gemma didn't object and imm
Chapter Fifty-oneGemma was not bothered by Sienna's words. She just hadn't thought that one day she would be a noble lady who everyone had to look up to, now not only being held captive by the person who killed her father but also being easily belittled by his lover in this way."It's okay, I can do it..." Gemma said, then slowly picked up the pieces of glass and placed them in the paper box next to her."Gemma, you know I didn't mean it... I just think this room doesn't suit you, everything in here is expensive crystal. Mr. Jethro will be very upset if you spend his money on these luxury items." Sienna continued to hold up other items to examine, silently praising the expensive things in this room.Gemma felt very uncomfortable, but remained silent and focused on picking up the debris. She did it not just because she wanted to be careful so that little Clement wouldn't get hurt if he came here, but it also reminded her of the possibility that Clement could be injured if there were a
Chapter Fifty-twoAs soon as Jethro stepped into the house, his first concern was Gemma. He wanted to know if anything had happened between her and Sienna today. He suddenly remembered Gemma's jealous nature in the past, when she had brutally assaulted and beat a maid out of jealousy. Would she do the same thing again for him this time?Jethro thought to himself while looking around. He smiled and turned to the maid next to him, asking, "Anything happened in the house today?"Jethro nonchalantly asked the maid, without revealing anything that he was thinking. The maid answered sincerely, not detecting Jethro's true thoughts. "Nothing special happened today. The madam has already eaten, sir."Jethro did not continue to ask, but he knew he was disappointed after hearing the maid's answer. "Oh, I see..."As Sienna and Jethro sat in the dining room together, Sienna was happy to finally be alone with Jethro. She knew that Jethro had brought her here under the pretext of being his girlfrien