Shawn forced himself to stay strong as he returned the power bank. He looked despondent as he said, “I want to head home to check on things I’ll leave the search for my–Noelle to you.”
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He couldn’t bring himself to call Noelle his wife in front of outsiders anymore. He wasn’t shameless enough for that.
On the way home, he called Jessica, his tone colder than it had ever been with her. “Where are you? Come to my house. We need to talk.”
She was delighted. “When?”
“Now.”
He hung up after that. He was so exhausted that he didn’t have the strength to think of heading to another place to deal with the issue. As for the place he shared with Jessica, he didn’t even want to set foot there.
The thought of the place made him want to puke despite not consuming anything since yesterday.
Jessica was much faster than him. She was already at the house when he arrived, and she’d immediately taken on the role of the lady of the house with no issue. She was ordering maids around.
the
“Take those paintings down–they look horrible. She should’ve gotten some expensive masterpieces if she wanted to hang something there. Who would want to look at the ugly things she’s painted?
“The carpets have to be replaced, too. I’ll tell you which brand to get later–make sure to have the most expensive ones custom–made, or my girlfriends will think I lied to them when they visit me here.
“Pull out all the flowers outside. I want the most expensive ones…”
Jessica happily barked out orders, making the maids scurry around as they carried out her instructions. Meanwhile, she fluttered around, touching this and that. She even plucked some of the leaves from the indoor plants and flung them aside carelessly.
She didn’t stop even when she saw Shawn. Instead, she ran to him and asked coquettishly, ” Why did it take you so long to come back? Have you thought of where we’re going to celebrate tonight?
“If you ask me, we should do it right here. I’m going to be the new lady of the house, after all. Oh, right. Where’s the chef? I want to tell him which dishes I want.”
Jessica had always acted like this before him, like she was an innocent young woman. Sh a little willful and materialistic, but he didn’t think she was mean.
was
Shawn only thought of her as a plaything, so he hadn’t placed any of his hopes in her. Naturally, that meant he wouldn’t be disappointed by her shallowness. All he enjoyed was her admiration and youth, after all.
It was only at that moment that he realized how wrong he was. He looked at her coldly and
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asked, “What are you wearing?”
Jessica, still caught up in her wonderful fantasy of becoming Shawn’s wife, didn’t notice anything wrong with his tone. She lifted the hem slightly and spun before him.
“I found this in the closet,” she said. “What do you think? It fits me perfectly, doesn’t it? This is the only thing I found in there that suits me.
The nightgown had been designed with comfort in mind. When he’d imagined Noelle in it, she’d reminded him of a cozy, comfortable home. But now that Jessica wore it, she deliberately left the collar loose. It immediately became cheap and vulgar.
Flames of rage burned in Shawn’s eyes at her words and actions. “I bought that for Noelle! She hasn’t even worn it yet!”
