“Can’t you give me a chance? I’ll try to control my temper. Even if… Even if you can’t let go of her, can’t I just hold a place in your heart for now?”He looked her in the eye for a very long time and decided to be blunt with her. “Mimi, you’re a great girl. But you really shouldn’t get involved with the likes of me. I don’t want to drag you down.”“Heh. I knew you’d say that.” Mimi chuckled in a self-deprecating manner.When had she ever thrown her own pride away like that for someone else? But in the end, it didn't make a difference.“If you had met me first, instead of Jeanette, would things still be the same?”“Feelings are exactly what they are, feelings. You can’t differentiate what comes first or last. Look at that blasted idiot, Damon. He arrived much later than I did in meeting Jeanette, didn’t he? Yet Jeanette actually fell in love with him at first sight, of all things.”The next day, at the beauty salon…Many wives of prestigious families frequented this place. Sylv

“Mr. Burnham, Mrs. Burnham.” She pulled an awkward smile as soon as she entered the ward.“It’s you, Jeanette. Long time no see. I’ve heard you’ve gotten married. Is that true?” Mrs. Burnham may have spoken courteously, but her overall bearing was a kind of politeness that seemed out of practice.“Yes,” Jeanette replied.“I’m surprised at how close you still are with our Elias, even though you’re married. Does your husband know?”Jeanette was instantly rendered speechless. The mixture of w

“I’ve always been petty,” he declared, grabbing her by the chin with the intention to punish her. His heart got in the way, though, and so in the end, all he did was an angry flick at her forehead with his index finger.“You never bought me any gift,” he muttered.“What did you say?”Damon turned away and restarted the car. “I’m not gonna repeat myself.”The more he dwelled on this issue, the more upset he became. Jeanette had never bought him any gift—not even once. And yet, she had lavishe

It was a young woman. Both Jenny and the group of thugs turned around to find a young woman in a pair of shades, a baseball cap, a mask, and a rather airtight garb revealing none of her skin. She was approaching them from the other end of the alley.“Who the f*ck are you?!” shouted one of the men.“How much does she owe you? I’ll pay on her behalf,” she replied.“Excuse me, Miss Knight in Shiny Armor, but this woman owes us 300k. You’re gonna just help a random stranger pay 300k?”The young

When that was in the bag, Mimi would persuade Jenny into inviting Jeanette for dinner, where the real target would be ambushed, knocked out, and left for the debt-collecting thugs’ own interest.“But those thugs don’t really care if the things they do are illegal, right? Are you sure we should leave Jeanette to them? You don’t think… Something really nasty could happen?” Mimi asked nervously.“Isn’t this what you wanted?”“Excuse me?”Olivia summoned all of her strength and dragged an uncons