"I'm buying your wife a car! I realized that you are working for me most of the time and rarely have time to stay home with your family, so I want to buy your wife a car."The bodyguard's eyes reddened at her explanation. "I thank you on my wife's behalf, Miss Tate! She's always been supportive of my job and has been grateful for you.""What color does she like?""White! It's simple and elegant."The two chatted along the way as they followed the manager into the factory.Avery doubted her own eyes when she spotted Sebastian in the factory. She rubbed her eyes and gazed up again..."Isn't that the second master of the Jennings family?" Her bodyguard spotted Sebastian as well and did not suspect if he had mistaken the person ahead for Sebastian. "Why is he here?""Mr. Jennings ordered a car with us, so he is probably here to look at it," the manager explained. "Do you know each other?"Avery hummed in response.Sebastian heard them from a distance and turned to look at them. He
"Avery, do you know why I asked you to buy me lunch at the canteen?" Sebastian asked."Why?""Because I knew you would ask sensitive questions like that." He studied her like he had already seen right through her. "My father's spies are hidden amongst the bodyguards that are supposed to protect me."Avery fell silent, not knowing what to say. Avery had not thought that would be possible."My father made an excuse of wanting me protected and sent his men to watch me. Do you still think that it's strange for him to do something to my brother?" Sebastian lowered his voice as his lips curled into a smile like he did not have a care in the world for how abnormal his relationship with his father was."There has to be a reason that he's doing this, right? I haven't spoken to your father much, but he's just a guy—""If you stop considering him as 'just a guy', then all the things that happened in the Jennings family will start to make sense to you," he said as he placed scoops of food
"I don't understand... If what you said is true, why did your father ask me to treat your brother?" she mumbled. "Has he come to regret his action?""As if. The word 'regret' does not exist in my father's vocabulary. I don't know why he's asked you to treat Bobby, but it's definitely not for the reason you think it is," he said with confidence.Avery stared at Sebastian's face dazedly."My bodyguards will start to suspect that something is wrong if you keep staring at me instead of eating," he lowered his voice and reminded her. "If you want to keep looking into this, it's best that you learn to not show any emotions on your face."She snapped out of it right away and smiled at him, before grabbing her spoon to start eating."After hearing what you have to say, I realize you don't have it easy either! If you make a mistake, will your father treat you the way he treated your brother?""He will.""Wouldn't he be more cautious? You are his last capable son, and if he destroys you,
Avery gave her bodyguard a look, signaling him to stay quiet.She stepped out of the canteen and answered the call."Miss Tate, I told my men to send Bobby to the hospital today. I heard that he shouted at you yesterday, and I hope you don't take it personally. He's been mentally disturbed since the car crash. I've hired a psychiatrist to look at him but it's not really working. I can only hope that you will be able to cure him.""Sure, I will go check on him at the hospital later," she said calmly."Yeah. I trust you with my son. Do let me know if you need anything else. If you can't reach me, you can contact my assistant," Dean offered kindly."Sure. I apologize for showing up out of the blue to meet with Ms. Hills this morning.""Haha, Angela told me about it when I woke up this morning. She doesn't blame you for it. She simply resents Professor Hough," Dean said casually. "He is dead and the past is in the past. So long as you refrain from mentioning Professor Hough in front
"Yeah." Avery glanced at the time. "I'm about to go home for a nap.""Hey, it's rare enough for you to drop by and you aren't even going to spend some time with me?" Mike had two hours of lunch break."I don't want to disturb you while you are working. You keep saying how busy you are...""I still have the time to meet and chat with you." Mike dragged her to his office. "Have you bought the car?""Not yet! We ran into Sebastian when we were looking through the options so it got delayed.""Leave it to me," Mike said, before turning to Avery's bodyguard. "Give me your home address and the car will be delivered to your doorstep.""Thank you, Mr. Mike!"He turned back to stare at Avery. "What did you and Sebastian talk about?""He told me that Dean was behind the car accident Bobby was in. Dean has to be sick in the head to do something like that," she mumbled. "All the kids that died in the Jennings family might be the work of that man.""Pfft!" Mike came close to spitting his fo
In Aryadelle, Natalie had been dazed and demotivated for the past few days. She had been doubting herself and her beliefs all along ever since her mother had told her that Dean Jennings was her biological father.Without Dean's help, she would have never accomplished what she had so far. Natalie thought back to the time when she had mocked Avery for depending on men for her success, yet she had come to realize that she was no different than Avery."Ms. Jennings, is something troubling you?" Her assistant asked gingerly.Natalie picked up her mug and took a sip of coffee."If one day your mother tells you that you are not your father's child and that your real father is someone else, how would you react?" Natalie asked. "The father you've known has been caring and loving, and isn't aware that you are not his child."The assistant hesitated for a moment, before looking troubled. "That's insane! I've only ever seen something like that on television. Ms. Jennings, if something like th
She saw a message from her father saying that he was waiting for her in her apartment with her mother.Leah had thought that her father would ignore her since she had argued with her mother. Leah's father had always been more attentive to her younger brother and had rarely made time to care for or educate her, so she did not know what to expect from him.Would he confront her and forcefully take her back to Bridgedale?Her head instantly started pounding at the thought, when suddenly, she heard Layla's voice from outside the office."Ms. Kennedy."Leah turned and saw Layla. She immediately walked over and asked, "Layla, why are you here? Are you struggling with your homework?"Layla shook her head. "Ms. Kennedy, it's Teacher's Day tomorrow and I made a gift for you last night." She handed a card to Lead as she spoke.Leah accepted it and opened it to have a look. "This is the most beautiful card I've ever received. I will keep it up.""You are a new teacher so this must be your
"Leah, what's that look on your face? Your cousin knows that you want to stay in Aryadelle and told us not to be too harsh on you. It's bad enough that you are not thanking her, what are you making that face for? Do you think we are forcing you to work for your cousin? She is just trying to help you! Do you really think that anyone can get to work for your cousin? If you weren't our daughter, someone like you would never get a chance to work there!" Running out of patience, Mr. Kennedy barked.Mrs. Kennedy wanted to remain silent but was far too enraged by Leah's attitude. "Leah Kennedy, I don't even know you anymore! Who turned you into such a person? That bodyguard?""Mom, ever since you came to cause a scene at my school, Layla has asked to put a stop to the tutoring, and I haven't spoken to her bodyguard since. Why are you dragging them into this mess?" Leah asked sharply."Ha! Just listen to how pathetic you sound! You seem pretty proud of tutoring someone for free, huh? Since