POV JEANNE … "What? That boy came here too? I thought he was a coward who wouldn't dare to meet me forever," Leo said sarcastically. "It's all because you've been bullying him all along, Leo," Owen said and seemed to roll his eyes. "I wasn't bullying him," Leo said evasively, "I was just tell him the fact that his mother is a pimp. What's wrong?" I turned back to look at Owen who just shook his head and chose not to reply to Leo's words. What exactly is this? — I asked myself. Then I furrowed my brow and turned to Leo questioningly. A kid? Does he mean that Noah Morgan is still a kid? But judging from Leo's tone, it seems like he doesn't like that Noah Morgan — I thought. "Noah Morgan is your young brother? I've never heard of you having a young brother before, Leo?" I asked finally. I saw Leo snort with his eyes closed. When I saw him about to open his voice, it was suddenly interrupted by Owen's voice that came first. "Noah Morgan is our step brother, more precisely he's
POV JEANNE …"Why the silence? Are you incapable of replying, huh?" said Leo. Suddenly I glanced at Leo and signaled him to stop with a small pinch on his thigh. And even though we had met eyes for a moment, it seemed that my husband was just ignoring me. "Oh of course, how can one deny a fact," Leo said, "Isn't that right Gretta Juarez?" Hearing Leo's increasingly bold words made me really want to scream in frustration. Anyone please help me out of this madness! — I shouted to myself. "Stop it Leo..." My father-in-law's heavy voice was finally heard, "I invited anyone here tonight, not to show a family drama for them all.""You'd better think wisely before you act," Isaac said again in a heavy but soft tone of voice.I then turned to look at my father-in-law - Isaac Morgan. There was no visible change in his face. How extraordinarily wise emotional control — I thought.On the other hand, when I glanced at my mother-in-law — Olivia Morgan — who was sitting next to Isaac, her face
POV JEANNE…Instantly the atmosphere between us seemed to turn worse again. I really couldn't understand what my husband was doing by being a provocateur.He managed to irritate people with his sharp tongue and cold expression — I said to myself. "I'm just kidding," Leo said later, "Why so tense? Especially you Gretta — I mean ... 'mom'." "I don't ever remember teaching you to speak disrespectfully to your parents, Leo," Olivia retorted sarcastically."You know? I was brought up with good etiquette and etiquette in treating my parents. But..." "..." "...what you need to know is that me calling you 'mother' is just a formality," Leo said again, "I wasn't born of you and never will be, even in your dream anyway." "You..." Olivia stared angrily at Leo and then turned to stare at me sarcastically."Is this behavior of yours because you've been with a lowly woman like her for too long? After all, the Hart family's greatness is over." “...” "Moreover, she seems to be some kind of j
POV JEANNE…"It seems like I don't belong at any party even if it's just a dinner banquet," I said. I looked down — the first floor — where there are many people enjoying dinner at their tables, while my husband was seen greeting everyone from table to table.At first, I accompanied my husband and talked to some people downstairs. But, suddenly I felt my body get weak, so Leo took me to rest in one of the rooms on the second floor. However, after only a short time of resting, I felt bored, plus Leo having to accompany many people at the party made me feel lonely. In the end, I chose to leave the room and watch the dinner banquet from the second floor."Looks like the Morgan family's youngest son didn't come," I said with some disappointment. To be honest, I was really hoping to meet Noisjy because I idolized him. However, from what I saw, there wasn't a single young man down there — except for my husband and Owen — all of them looked to be in middle age and even some of them looke
POV LEO …DING! "Oh, you finally came."My big brother's voice greeted me as soon as I entered the bar I used to own, which was the first place Jeanne and I met. I approached my brother who was sitting in front of the bar counter. My eyes glanced at his slightly flushed face and then turned to the cocktail glass that was half full."Martini?" I called out the name of the cocktail in his glass, "How much did you drink?"I don't know how many glasses he had downed to make his face a little red. From what I know, Owen has a pretty good tolerance for alcohol. "This is my third glass," he said as he grinned at me, "Why don't you sit here and start chatting with me over a few cocktails, little brother?"Hearing Owen's words, I let out a long sigh as I closed my eyes. I tried not to hit him over the head with the whisky bottle there."I came here because I thought you had something important to talk about," I said, "If you don't have anything important to talk about, then I'll go see my
POV LEO…"You're doing something in vain," said one of the men in front of me who was still alive."...""Give up and just kill me now," he said, "Because you won't get any information from me."I stared at the face of the man in front of me with a cold stare as I smoked the cigarette in my hand. Although I didn't show any expression when I saw him, I was actually trying to digest what was happening. I then glanced at a leather mask of a human face that was on the table beside me. This man in front of me was still the same as the one who attacked me and Owen. To be more precise, that man who disguised himself as a barback and was just a partner of the main attacker who disguised himself as a bartender. Both of them were wearing leather face masks of my workers who had just been accepted into the bar I was running as a front for the main mafia headquarters under the Morgan family. In other words, my two original workers were definitely dead after losing their facial skin to the ma
POV JEANNE … "Hm..." I was sitting in one of the seats inside one of the famous fast food restaurants in America. Both of my hands were holding a jumbo burger that was half gone, while on my table was still another portion burger, a portion of fries and a portion of chicken nuggets, also not forgetting about a large cola. I chewed the food in my mouth slowly, savoring each flavor. This was the first time I felt that fast food would taste this good, even though I wasn't a fan of fast food like burgers, fries, or the like. "Since when did fast food taste this good?" I said as I stared at the jumbo burger with double cheese in my hand, "Did they improve the recipe?" I took another bite of the burger in my hand and chewed slowly, until I felt thirsty. Just as I was about to drink my cola, I realized it was gone and just left the ice cubes which had almost all melted. "Ah, it was out," I muttered softly as I looked at the counter, "I'll buy another glass." I then quick
POV JEANNE…"He's 21 years old? I thought he was around 17 years old," I muttered. I sat in front of the dressing table with my gaze focused on the screen of my phone, reading an array of information about 'Noisjy' a.k.a Noah Morgan on a fan website."..." "It's so different from Leo and Owen," I muttered again with a clumsy smile. When compared to Leo and Owen, Noah has a face that looks cute rather than manly. Maybe his face type is more similar to Jonah Mason — the manager of the bar where I used to work before I got into a contract marriage with Leo. While I was busy with my phone, I suddenly felt an embrace on my stomach from behind. "Ah!" I squealed in surprise.Suddenly, I turned my gaze toward the large mirror in front of me. From the reflection of the mirror, I could see my husband hugging me from behind while kissing my neck and shoulders."Leo?" I said."I miss you baby," Leo said as he buried his face in the border of my neck and shoulders and hugged my stomach from