"Trissy, please don't send any messages to Lucas late at night. He's my husband."
Trissy was Lucas' first love, but she had married Lucas' elder brother, Max. Since Max died, Trissy had been pestering Lucas all the time. That troubled Jessica a lot, so she had to talk to Trissy in person. "Only legally. He is in love with ME. But you don't have to worry. I will make him leave you." Trissy sneered, not taking what Jessica said seriously. Today was the dinner for the announcement of the new CEO of the Thomas Group, the most famous enterprise in LA, to take over the affairs of the group. Justin Thomas, the original CEO, Lucas' grandfather, announced that the new CEO is Lucas in front of the entire upper—class circle in LA. Suddenly, the banquet was interrupted by some servants out in the garden. "Help! Help! Jessica and Trissy fell down the stairs!" People hurried to the garden. Before everyone else could react, Lucas had already picked up Trissy, who was unconscious on the floor. However, Lucas ignored his wife, Jessica, who was lying on the cold ground. Instead, Lucas carried Trissy and left without looking back. People finally came to their senses too and followed Lucas to the villa. After a long time, Jessica gradually came to her senses, she realized that she was lying on the cold ground. People had all left. Nobody cared about her life at all. Ever since married Lucas, Jessica had gotten used to being ignored by the Thomas family. Holding her sore arm, Jessica prepared to go back to her room to shower and check for cuts, but she had only reached the stairs when Lucas called out to her. "You are so vicious! How could you push Trissy downstairs? Don't you know she's ill?" Lucas looked at Jessica coldly. Jessica's whole body was full of dust. "How is Trissy? Lucas, listen to me. I didn't push her." Jessica explained eagerly. "Before she fainted, she said it was you that pushed her, and then she dragged you, that's why you both fell down the stairs together. I don't believe Trissy would lie." Lucas said angrily. "I didn't do that. Why don't you believe me?" With her eyes turning red, Jessica looked at Lucas sadly. "Isn't it just because Trissy was about to fall at the beginning of the party and I helped her, and you were jealous and looking for her to settle the score? Well I don't want to hear your sophistry. Keep your made—up story to Grandpa." Lucas ignored the despair in Jessica's eyes. He stood up and pulled Jessica's arm, intending to take her to the meeting room. As the most beloved grandson of Justin Thomas as well as the future heir of the Thomas Group, Lucas had always been impartial. Besides, Lucas hated Jessica, his wife, a lot. "I can walk by myself." Jessica got rid of Lucas' hand with her painful arm. "Then follow up." Lucas didn't give Jessica a second look. He turned around and walked quickly to the meeting room. Looking at Lucas' tall figure from the back, Jessica felt she was overwhelmed by sorrow. She used to be so obsessed with Lucas, yet Lucas hated her so much. The announcement procedure of the new CEO was interrupted. Justin was furious. Thus, when Justin saw Jessica walk in, he directly threw his mug over. The hot coffee splashed all over Jessica. Jessica couldn't help but cry out in pain. Justin yelled at Jessica, "You son of a bitch." Jessica asked calmly, "I don't know what I've done wrong." Justin looked at Lucas angrily and said, "Lucas, are you waiting for me to explain to your wife?" "If you can't calm Grandpa down today, I'll divorce you." Lucas kicked Jessica in the knee, causing her already painful legs to sit limply on the ground because they couldn't take the force. "I am your wife! How can you do this to me?" Although Jessica knew that Lucas did not love her, she could not bear it when her husband, to whom she had been married for three years, was so merciless to her. Jessica felt a sharp pain in her knees, even though it was far less than the pain in her heart. "Jessica, if you confess to Trissy and are willing to accept punishment, I may still allow you to stay in this house," Justin said to Jessica. "I already said that I didn't push Trissy, so I won't apologize." Before Jessica could finish, Justin had already thrown another mug over. The mug shattered on the ground, and the shards hit Jessica, but she did not move. "Lucas, I hope you can persuade your wife. For God's sake, Trissy is still in a coma in the hospital. What a poor child!" Justin stood up and left the meeting room."Jessica, get up now. The shards are all over you." After Justin left, Rebecca, Lucas' mother, hurried over, trying to help Jessica up. "Mom, wait." Lucas reached out to stop Rebecca. He then looked down at Jessica and asked, "Did you hear what Grandpa just said? Do you know what you have done wrong now?" "Lucas, I think I've made it very clear. I didn't push Trissy. I did nothing wrong." Although Jessica was trembling with cold, she looked at Lucas firmly. She wouldn't give in. "Then from today you don't live in Thomas house, people like you don't deserve to be in the same house as us!" Lucas nodded at the butler, beckoning him to come over and take Jessica away. Rebecca shook her head in disagreement and said to Lucas, "Jessica is your wife. How can you treat her like that?" "Such a vicious woman can't be my wife," Lucas replied coldly. Jessica suddenly felt a shooting pain in her heart. Originally, she planned to show Lucas the evidence so that Lucas would know he h
When Jessica woke up, it was already the next morning. She had a French feast with Hannah yesterday evening, and then had some drinks and danced the whole night. They got home early in the morning. Jessica felt as if she had been crushed by a car after a hangover. She felt weak and sore. Hanna walked into Jessica's room with a glass of milk and handed it to her. "The news on the Internet spreads fast." "Really? Where is my phone?" Jessica took a sip of milk and took over her phone, handed over by Hannah. Jessica logged in to Twitter and started swiping. The top of the trending topics was about Jessica pushing Trissy downstairs at Justin's annoucement banquet. Jessica swiped her phone and read the comments casually. Almost all were scolding Jessica for being vicious. And some people exposed Jessica's ordinary background, saying Jessica was not worthy of a rich person like Lucas. Some even assumed that Jessica might have played some tricks to marry into such a wealthy family.
Jessica suddenly cried, making Hannah, who was beside her, feel sad. They had been friends since they were little. For so many years, Jessica had always been a smart and noble young princess. Hannah had never seen Jessica being ill—treated like now. It was all Lucas Thomas' fault! A few minutes later, Jessica gradually calmed down. She took the tissue and wiped her tears. She took out a mirror to fix her makeup. Jessica quickly adjusted her mood and turned to look at Hannah. She asked, "Hannah, I heard that your cousin knows reporters from the Los Angeles Times? Is he interested in an exclusive report?" "No problem, I will call my cousin Eden right now." Hannah froze for a moment and then figured out what Jessica planned to do. Hannah then took out her phone. Jessica nodded and looked out through the window. After three years, Jessica finally accepted the fact that she could not replace Trissy in Lucas' heart. She lost. However, Jessica would not let the Thomas family
When Jessica returned to Hannah's place, Hannah had already cleaned up the house. Hannah was putting the fried steak onto a plate, and the red wine was on the table as well. "Welcome back!" Hannah looked at Jessica excitedly. "Let's have a lavish meal today and hang out tonight." Jessica sat down in front of the table and smiled at Hannah. "No, I'm leaving LA tonight." Three years ago, for the sake of Lucas, Jessica had left New York, where her parents lived. Now that Lucas and Jessica were done, she didn't want to stay in LA anymore. However, before leaving, she had to send the divorce gift she had prepared, so she said to Hannah, "You can get someone to send out the audios I sent you." Hannah said excitedly, "No problem, I've been waiting for you to say that. Wait for me, I'll make a call now. Let's go back to New York together tonight!" "Aren't you having fun here with Mona?" Jessica asked, surprised to hear her say that. "I haven't been back to New York in years,
Lucas stared at his phone. His face turned grim when he saw who was calling him. Lucas paused a bit before he pressed the answer button and said, "Grandpa." "Did Jessica post that video online? Where is she now? Tell her to delete the video and take her home!" Justin's deep voice was filled with anger. "I see, Grandpa." Lucas hung up the phone and dialed Jessica's number. A cold system message came from the phone. "Please leave your message after the beep." Thomas Group's stock price had been falling ever since the scandal of Trissy and Thomas family was posted online. Justin's blood pressure rose out of anger, but Lucas could not reach Jessica at all. Lucas could only go home by himself to face Justin's fury. "Where's Jessica Thomas?" Justin asked loudly when he saw Lucas coming alone. "Grandpa, I divorced Jessica already, so she's not Jessica Thomas anymore," Lucas said with a frown. "I don't care if you've divorced or not. The company's stock price is dropping rapidly
Three months later, in Sheraton Los Angeles San Gabriel Hotel. Jessica and her secretary Wendy had just taken their seats when they heard someone call out behind them, "Mr. Thomas." There were not many Mr. Thomases who were qualified to attend this business banquet in Los Angeles. Jessica subconsciously looked back. As expected, the person who came was Jessica's ex—husband, Lucas Thomas. What an unsurprising acquaintance! Wendy, sitting next to Jessica, stood up and greeted Lucas politely, "Mr. Thomas, this is Jessica Hall, general manager of the Hall Group." "Mr. Thomas, I've long been looking forward to meeting you." Jessica smiled and extended her hand toward Lucas. Lucas fixed his eyes on Jessica. She seemed to have become someone else. She looked vibrant. Her wavy chestnut hair, which used to be blond, was worn down on her shoulders. With a faint smile and a pleasant voice, Jessica looked polite and decent. She looked at Lucas as if she didn't know him at all.
This is the first time that Olivia suffered a loss. It was she who bullied Jessica all the time. Today Jessica actually slapped, so she ran to Justin as soon as she returned to the Thomas family's villa to complain. But Olivia was slapped by Jessica this time. So, as soon as Olivia returned to Thomas villa, she ran to Justin and complained. When Justin heard that Jessica had come back to LA, he was filled with fury again. Justin immediately called Lucas and asked him to bring Jessica over the next day so that she could kneel and apologize. "Grandpa, we are divorced." Lucas said calmly. "So what? She released the video. If we call the police, she will be thrown into prison!" Justin coughed as he spoke. "The police won't arrest her, because what she posted was exactly what had happened." Lucas was a little impatient. Justin froze for a moment. When Justin came to his senses, Lucas had already hung up. Lucas threw his phone on the sofa and lit a cigar. Three months
"Jessica, do you think we should have a concert? We didn't have enough fun yesterday!" Hannah called Jessica in the morning and told her the big news. "The whole upper—class social circle is going to be shocked when you do that. We'd better stay low—key," Jessica said smilingly, and then walked into the bathroom to wash up. "I am the queen! Why should I stay low—key!" Hannah snorted and said, "I'll leave you be. Time for breakfast now." Jessica hung up the phone. She was somewhat distracted when she looked into the mirror. Jessica recalled how she and Lucas got married. Their first night together was an accident. After that, Lucas offered to marry Jessica. Jessica knew that Lucas felt sorry and his offer only served as a remedy. After that, Jessica tried to tell Lucas about her family background more than once, but Lucas always said he didn't care. He just wanted to get back to work. Later, Jessica accidentally heard Olivia complain to Rebecca about how low—born Jessica w
However, Terry didn't get what he wanted in the end. Just as Jessica finished eating, he received a call from the company.Jerry gently reminded him that there was a meeting at ten o'clock. Jessica was drinking soy milk and listening to the broadcast nearby, and she almost couldn't help but burst into laughter."I knew it."Terry hung up the phone, glanced at her, and saw her smiling. He also smiled, curling his lips, and said, "Baby seems very happy?""No, there wasn't."She shrugged her shoulders and firmly denied it."Tsk."He hummed lightly, walked over and took the soy milk from her hand, placing it on the dining table. He lifted her chin and leaned down to kiss her.He kissed her fiercely, as if he wanted to swallow her whole. Jessica struggled to catch her breath, but still ended up exhaling more than inhaling.Fortunately, Terry kissed her for a while and then let go, but before completely withdrawing, he bit her
The car returned to the bottom of the apartment building at 10:55, and the parking lot was very quiet.Jessica finished all the milk tea inside the thermos, she covered the lid and shook the thermos in front of Terry, saying, "I finished it."Terry undid the seatbelt, took the thermos, and shook it a bit, "Do you like it this much?"Jessica also unbuckled her seatbelt and touched his hand, saying, "These hands have signed billion-dollar contracts, and now they're making bubble tea for me. They are so precious, of course I will drink every drop without wasting a single one."She finished speaking and pushed open the car door, getting out of the car.Terry raised his hand but missed, looking at Jessica standing outside the passenger door, smiling at him.She did it on purpose.Terry smirked, got out of the car while holding a thermos.At eleven o'clock in the evening, the temperature had dropped two degrees since Jessica had just
Jessica was taken aback and lost in thought, when Terry had already walked up to her and reached out to embrace her.He lowered his head, looked at her, and a smile filled his peach blossom eyes. "Doesn't it mean you'll come back tomorrow?"Jessica knew he was asking knowingly, she looked up at him and snorted lightly, "Didn't they say it was going to cool down?""Hmm?"Terry raised an eyebrow and reached up to tidy the stray strands of hair by her ear."The clothes were not brought enough."Jessica felt a little guilty and, after speaking, instinctively glanced to one side.The gate was filled with passengers who had just gotten off the same subway train as her. A large group of people walked out of the gate, and the two of them stood in front, embracing each other. This attracted the attention of the people coming out of the gate, who instinctively glanced at them a few more times.Jessica also realized the problem and quickl
Although Jessica did not approve of Heidy's actions, she also had no positive feelings towards Heidy as a person.But she didn't like to interfere in other people's private affairs. Moreover, doing such a thing like cheating on someone is bound to be exposed sooner or later. After all, LA is not that big, and she won't be the only one caught. Heidy is destined to have a downfall.Jessica was more concerned about a project in Victorville than this.The Victorville project has always been Jessica's responsibility. When Jessica had an accident, Julie took over and Wendy mainly supervised the project. Now that Jessica has returned to the Hall Group, naturally this project will be handed back to her.The project went wrong, and Jessica, as the main person in charge, naturally had to go and see what exactly happened.Victorville is not far from LA, but it is also not close. Jessica went to Victorville that day.She went on a business trip suddenly
Terry still looked up at her, as if he didn't understand her meaning at all.Jessica felt embarrassed by his gaze and couldn't help but push him again, saying, "Let go quickly.""Stay a little longer."He said as he tightened his hand around her waist, Jessica was thrown towards him.Jessica froze for a moment, too afraid to move.She lay on Terry for a while, seeing that he still didn't let go and she stopped struggling. She let out a soft hum, turned her head slightly, and leaned on his shoulder.The wind blew in with rain, and Jessica's cheeks felt a bit cold.The mist rose from the hot spring pool, and through the lingering mist, the scenery in the courtyard appeared somewhat blurry.The hot spring cannot be soaked for too long. Jessica felt a little thirsty after soaking for more than ten minutes.She moved a bit and said, "Thirsty."Terry glanced at her and poured her a glass of water.Jessica took th
Jessica and Terry were not gossiping people. They had no interest in who Heidy was with or what she wanted to do.However, Wilson was the chairman of Rock Group. The Hall Group and Rock Group have always had a collaboration, and Jessica recently had dinner with Wilson to discuss cooperation.When Terry was managing the Davison Group, he had also come into contact with Wilson a few times, so they knew Wilson to some extent.Wilson is almost fifty this year. His eldest daughter just finished the college entrance examination last year, and his second son will take the high school entrance examination this year. Everyone in the mall knows that Mrs. Lambert keeps a tight rein on Wilson. Whenever Wilson goes out for social events, Mrs. Lambert's phone calls can come in one after another within an hour.But even so, Wilson remained respectful and dare not show the slightest impatience.So over the years, Wilson didn't cause any particularly scandalous inc
Jessica and Terry left in the morning around seven o'clock and it was already eleven o'clock when they arrived at the resort by driving themselves.The hotel had been booked by Jerry in advance, and after the two of them checked in at the front desk, they went straight back to their room.On the first floor, there was a large room with a garden of over 30 square meters outside. Outside the garden, there was an almost 5 square meter hot spring pool. On rainy days, looking out from the windows, the hot spring pool outside was shrouded in mist.Jessica looked at the hot spring pool and raised an eyebrow, "Jerry really booked a nice room."Terry came over with hot water and asked, "What do you want to eat for lunch?"Jessica averted her gaze and glanced at him, saying, "Didn't you say the roasted chicken here is delicious? Why not give it a try?"Jessica didn't have much interest in food, which is why Hannah knew she wanted to come over here to
Getting married involves more things and is also more complicated than getting engaged.After finalizing the date for the wedding photoshoot, preparations were made for the wedding dress and the attire for toasting.The Hall family was not an ordinary family. When Jessica got married, her wedding dress and the formal attire for toasting were naturally not something that could be chosen casually.A few days ago, I just picked out the wedding gown for the photoshoot. Today, the wedding dress designer that Jerry contacted has also returned from another city.Jessica wanted to surprise Terry on their wedding day, so she didn't plan to let Terry know about the style of her wedding dress.The designer went directly to the Hall Group to communicate with Jessica. Jessica had just finished a meeting when Wendy informed her that the designer was already waiting in the meeting room."Okay, I got it. Help me prepare some refreshments, Wendy.""Ok
Finally, Jessica called Morgan and May to inform them about the date she and Terry had agreed upon to get married.There is naturally more preparation for marriage than for engagement. Since the date has been agreed upon, it is good to inform the parents early and start preparing early as well.Terry acted faster. She had just called Morgan May the day before to discuss the wedding, and the next day she had already arranged for Jerry to contact a wedding photography studio.It rained for two days over the weekend, and it continued to rain all day on Monday.Jessica hurriedly left the office and forgot to bring an umbrella. She walked out of the elevator and reached the entrance of the building, only to realize that it was raining heavily outside.Just as she was thinking about what to do, Terry got out of the car and walked over with an umbrella.The weather these days was not very good. The weather was gloomy, and the temperature was still