Lenny was not surprised when he received the call from Alex. He was the one who called Garrett saying that he needed instructions for certain matters during the day. However, when he received the call from Alex himself at that moment, he still felt frightened. It could not be helped. He just did."Why were you looking for me, Master Powell?" Alex asked."Here's the thing, Master Alex," Lenny said, stuttering the entire time. "For some reason, the people here in White Ocean City are quick to catch onto the news, they all…know that I met you once and that you are here for a business trip in White Ocean City. ""Get to the point!" Alex said impatiently."Um, there are people here in White Ocean City, all sorts of people, who…who want to welcome you here. You see… The venue for the welcoming party will be here in my restaurant. My restaurant is rather spacious, and it's legal. The drinks and food served here are excellent as well. The chef… My chef isn't too bad, as well, you…" Seeing
"Can you feel that, Jane?""..." Jane did not respond. Of course she felt it. The sensation of kicking in her stomach had been distinct. She was thin and so was the skin on her belly, so she could even see an extremely small footprint. She gently stroked her belly and, as though there was telepathy between them, the little foot kicked her again without warning as soon as her hand touched her belly.Jane grinned. "My child. My child. This… This is my baby?" She looked at the people around her in tears and everyone nodded at her."It's your baby, Jane.""Your mom did this because she doesn't want to be a burden to you. Even if it's for the baby in your belly, you need to be strong and live."The servants had not spent much time with Jane, but they were all people of low status who shared a common concern for one another. Seeing that there were so many people who cared for her, and the actual feeling that there was indeed a baby growing inside of her, Jane decided at that moment that
It had only been a little over ten days since he last saw her, and Jane's belly seemed to have grown much bigger in size. For the past ten days in White Ocean City, Alex had been quite free and, when he had nothing to do, he could, from Kidon City, consult doctors from White Ocean City and do research online by himself. He came to learn a lot about pregnant women and learnt that the further along the pregnancy, the faster the fetus would grow. Indeed, after merely ten days, Jane had changed drastically. However, she was still extremely thin and her face was still pale without any color; her clothes were still ragged, barely covering her, when in fact, it seemed that was simply because her belly had grown too big to be covered.She was holding a teapot and refilling drinks for the guests. She was clearly the odd one out as she walked around the restaurant in her state between elites of White Ocean City, especially when she came across Alex.White Ocean City was situated at the furthes
Ivy was secretly overjoyed at how lucky she had been. Back when she was by Huron's side, she was the latest addition, and also the least eye-catching one amongst the five beauties. In the end, all of them were buried alive overnight by Alex and Ivy was the only one who survived. She went to Lenny, merely hoping that she could make ends meet and not starve to death, but as soon as she came to Lenny, he became acquaintances with someone as powerful as Alex. Even Lenny had a feeling that Ivy was his lucky star, and Ivy felt the same. On top of that, Ivy did not think of Alex as someone scary. At the very least, even though Alex had not shown anyone mercy since he came to White Ocean City, with the only exception being Ivy, she was still at the golden age of eighteen. Any man would be compassionate toward her.‘And this pregnant woman! Hmph! She is merely an old woman in her thirties! How dare she refuse to help me. Today will be the day she dies!’ Ivy thought."How about this, Mr. Poole
Everyone's jaw dropped at Alex's words as they stared at the two in silence."I’ll belong to Master Powell for the rest of my life, alive or dead," Jane replied in an incredibly casual tone."But look at you now; you are the janitor.""So what? Compared to the abuse I received from my biological parents, the isolation I had to endure from my siblings, the four years of imprisonment by my in-laws, before getting chased out by you and almost dying at the hands of your fiancee, at least I have finally settled down now. I am grateful.""But I..." Alex didn't finish his sentence."But you are not!" Jane smiled quietly and lifted her gaze to look at Alex. "You won't give up, will you? It will always be you who gives the order and I will always comply. I left immediately when you asked me to go, so you thought I would come back with gratitude in my heart once you ask me to go back. But you didn't expect for me to disobey you. You can't control me anymore, so you feel defeated and reconci
Ivy immediately shed tears of gratitude. "I won't. I definitely won't, Miss Jane.""I will go in to clean now, then." Jane turned to head in with the teapot in her hand."Jane!" Alex called out to her, "My business here in White Ocean City is done. I'll be leaving in a day or two. From now on… "From now on, let's never see each other again. Farewell."But remember, I still can't let you go...""You can't let go of my body, you mean?" Jane asked sarcastically."That's right!" Alex admitted honestly. "No one could ever serve me as well as you did! I can never find another woman…""You can, if you want to." Tears begin streaming down Jane's cheeks. "You can take ten women here and they would serve you a hundred times better than I do from here.”"I hope you won't regret this!""Never!""Very well!" Alex sneered and turned to leave. As he walked, he spoke to Garrett, who was behind him. "Garrett, I've given her a chance. Since she refuses to take it, we will take off immediately
"Alex?” There had been a total of a hundred guests in the entire restaurant. No one had dared to call him Alex Poole; even Mister Poole was considered a bold way of addressing him. Most people there referred to him as ‘Master Alex’, and yet, the pregnant woman went and called him by his first name. She refused to comply when Alex begged her to go back with him earlier, and now she regretted it as soon as he left?‘Ha! She had gone too far by playing hard to get. There isn't a woman that's truly that noble and prideful; it was all just for show!’ they thought.Since she had gone too far with her plots, everyone was desperate to see what might happen to the deadbeat pregnant woman.The pregnant woman ran out frantically, supporting her belly, as the people behind her who were there to welcome Alex followed closely after her. They all wanted to watch her make a fool of herself in the most dramatic way possible. Among those people, ninety-nine percent of them thought that for a man like
"Alex..." Jane leaned against the window and called out to him again in despair.Alex stared at Jane coldly. "Say what you need to say. I've already made plans so I can't stay here for long. There are plenty of matters that await me back in Kidon City.""Alex, my mom…" Jane choked back on her tears, and suddenly realized that she was not in a position to ask for Alex's help regarding her mother. She had just asked him to leave in front of so many people. "You… You… I…""Say what you want to say," he said."You… You used to think that I served you well, didn't you?" Jane looked at Alex longingly."...""I think that there won't be another person on Earth who knows your needs better than I do; no one knows better than me about what positions you enjoy most; no one knows your body better than I do.""...""So Alex… Take me as…as your…" Jane simply could not bring herself to say the word ‘mistress’. She did not know if she even had the right to ask for it.Alex was still wearing h