Jane frantically looked at the door to see Cory walking in. Her eyes sparkled. "Cory!"However, Cory didn't even look at her for a second. He walked straight to the woman and stopped right in front of the coffee table.The lights in the room were dim. The place where the woman was sitting was even darker. He almost couldn't see her face.Cory wasn't interested in what she looked like. He asked coldly, "She belongs to me. I'm going to take her away right now. Do you have any objections?"The woman was silent, but Cory could clearly sense her sizing him up.He was the one standing while she was seated, but she gave him a sense that she was much more superior than him. "What a coincidence." Calbert's mischievous voice rang out in the room. He was accompanied by a group of men who outnumbered those in the room.The tables had been turned.Cory's gaze darkened a lot. He looked at the woman with more hostility than before."You're Calbert's person?" The woman didn't respond. She
Jane remained fearful the entire way back. When they reached their destination, she was just about to say something to lighten the mood when Cory pulled her over.Before she could react, Cory had already pulled her out of the car. Her feet were in the air once more."Ah!" she yelled in panic. "Cory, I can walk on my own. Please put me down."Cory ignored her and carried her in.In the living room, Benji saw them and immediately went up to them. "Boss, what is going on? Is Ms. Ford injured?"Cory didn't even look at Benji. He directly headed upstairs in fury.Benji stood in the same spot, secretly praying for Jane. He couldn't remember the last time he had Cory so angry.Upstairs, Cory kicked the door open. He took Jane to the bed and threw her on it violently.Jane was alarmed. She was just about to get up when Cory leaned in. He clutched both her wrists with one hand, domineeringly pinning her to the bed.Jane was bewildered. She looked at Cory's darkened gaze. This time, she
Downstairs, Cory was just about to head out when he heard Jane call out to him, "Cory."He stopped in his tracks and turned to look at the stairs, where Jane was coming down and approaching him.Memories from the night before flashed in his mind once more as Jane moved toward him. His gaze darkened quite a bit. He only came to his senses when Jane was once again in front of him. "You took the pill?"Jane nodded. She smiled at Cory. "What did you mean when you said you would be responsible?"Cory furrowed his brows. Jane had changed her stance way too quickly. She had hated him a minute ago, yet she was already smiling at him now."Officially be mine." Cory thought for a while before he said with difficulty, "But I can't give you proper recognition."In this life, only Ashley could be his wife."Okay!" Jane agreed. "I never wanted recognition anyway. I want Emerald Group.""Okay." Cory agreed just as quickly. "I'll give it to you.""That's all I need to hear from you." Jane t
After Cory left, Jane entered her bathroom and took a soak in the bathtub. She looked at the ceiling in a daze.She had thought about her future countless times, but she had never pictured that she would be in her current situation.When she had been with Claude, she had been a precious heiress. She had been able to get anything she wanted. She had never imagined that she would end up relying on others one day, her wings clipped.Only a year had passed, but she felt like it had been decades. Her body and heart were aging rapidly.Jane slowly shut her eyes, letting her hatred fester. She had ended up like this because of Yvonne. Everything that had happened to her that day was all thanks to Yvonne.She was living a life of suffering, yet Yvonne had vanished from the face of the earth. No one knew if she was dead or alive.At that thought, Jane gritted her teeth. Even if Yvonne was dead, she was going to dig her bones out of her grave and step on them.She was never going to let Y
Mark didn't explain much over the phone. He asked Jane to meet him and told her a place and time.After hanging up, it took a long time for Jane to come to her senses.She couldn't calm down after learning that Yvonne was still alive. She couldn't differentiate if she was feeling pity or delight. The pitiful part was that Yvonne wasn't dead.The delightful part was that she could still settle the score with Yvonne. She could still see Yvonne get tortured to death.The more Jane thought about it, the more excited she became. She even thought that everything that had happened the night before was meant to be.The universe was giving her a chance to be Cory's woman so that she could have the confidence to take back everything from Yvonne!…At the same time, Yvonne felt a chill run down her back. She subconsciously scrunched her neck up."It's just as you predicted." Calbert didn't even knock on the door. He walked straight to Yvonne. "Cory went to the bar to fish out the surv
As she left the border on a private jet, Yvonne was on a video call on her laptop with Nicole, discussing the details of the jewelry exhibition.Nicole was extremely dedicated to the exhibition. The moment she returned to the country, she came up with a dozen proposals according to Yvonne's ideas. She presented all of them to Yvonne in one shot."Ms. Miller, there is another folder with a list of internationally renowned costume designers and stage designers—""I already have a candidate for the costume designer." Yvonne smiled. "I'll send you her contact information. You can ask her in Miller Jewels' name. I'll meet her in person."Nicole was curious. "Is this some famous person that I haven't heard about before?""No. She's not famous at all. She's just an ordinary person." "Uh…" Nicole was a little doubtful. "Ms. Miller, this is your first jewelry exhibition. Won't it be too risky to use an ordinary person?"Nicole wanted to hold the perfect exhibition for Yvonne. She believ
Edith had been stuck with the Carrington family for so long that she had long forgotten her own value. Or perhaps she no longer dared to believe in herself.Yvonne's opportunity was a chance for Edith to find herself once again.Otto made up his mind that, no matter what, he had to make it happen."Mom, give me the phone. I'll talk to Nicole.""What?" Edith was baffled. "Otto, you're a smart man. How could you believe in such a cheap scam?""I'll know whether it's a scam or not once I talk to her, right?" Otto smiled and reached his hand out to Edith. "If you think I'm smart, you should trust me. If the other person is fake, I'll recognize it right away after talking to her."Edith hesitated for a while before handing her phone to him. "Call her then. When you realize that she's a scammer, please yell at her for me. I didn't do it properly earlier." "Okay." Otto took the phone over and looked at Edith as she headed back to her room to pack. He walked over to the balcony.Te
Perplexed, Edith followed behind Otto. They walked through the corridors and reached the door to a private room.At that moment, Edith sensed that something was off. She wanted to pull Otto back and leave, but it was too late.Without even knocking, Otto opened the door right away."Otto, you…" Edith trailed off mid-sentence when she saw the figure in the room. Her mind blanked immediately.Yvonne chuckled when she saw Edith standing by the door in a daze. "Mrs. Jenner, it's only been a short while. Have you already forgotten me?""N-No… No." Edith finally came to her senses. She immediately walked into the private room. "Are you really Yvonne? I'm not dreaming, am I?"Edith reached out to touch Yvonne's face. Once she realized that Yvonne was real, her eyes welled up with tears."I really thought t-that… that you were—""I was just resting for a while." Yvonne smiled and looked at Otto. "I have Mr. Carrington to thank for looking after me all this while.""Otto has been l