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CHAPTERS 660 - 662
CHAPTER 660
Hehehe.. Edwin Carter sneered silently as he tightened his grip on his fists. He badly wanted to just walk over and carry Jane home to teach her a lesson.
He wanted her to know that she could never escape from him in this life. No matter where she went, she will still be his woman. However, in the end, Edwin still did nothing...
But no, he could not do nothing, he told the driver to follow Jane wherever she went. He didn't want to disturb her and the children's life, so he didn't arrange for his men to follow her. Instead, he followed her personally to make sure that she was safe.
Although the Yates family did not have much control and power in New York, and it was relatively safer compared to Jiangbei, Edwin couldn't afford to be careless before he could completely bring the Yates family down.
Today, Jane went out at the same time as Janell usually came over. He was afraid that something would happen to Jane, so he rushed out. He barely had time to explain to Janell.
Jane wandered outside for more than half an hour. After making sure that she would not bump into Edwin when she got home, then only did she take a taxi back.
There were a lot of people hailing for cabs, but it didn't take her a long time to get a taxi. As soon as she waved her hand, a taxi stopped beside her. If it weren't for the taxi label on the car, she might have thought that the car was specially arranged for her.
She didn't take too long to get a taxi, and the road back home was smooth too. Hence, it was not too late when Jane got home.
When she returned to her house, Jane did not enter her house first. Instead, she went to Laura's house next door to pick Janell up.
In the past, Janell would be happy and often jumped around after seeing her father. As for today, she appeared so moody. She walked behind her mother and didn't want to talk.
"Baby, I'm a little late today. Sorry about that!" Jane put down the backpack and took.out the doll she bought for Janell.
"Baby, take a look. Look what I bought for you?"
"I don't want any gifts!" Janell said with a pitiful look as if she was about to cry. She did not even look at it and rejected the gift that her mother had bought for her.
"Baby, are you angry with me?" Jane guessed that she was upset because she came back home late. Janell must have gotten upset after meeting with her father and returned to an empty home.
She rubbed Janell's head and explained, "Baby, I was busy with work, so I came back a little late. I promise you that I'll come home early as soon as possible in the future, and I won't let you wait too long alone."
"Mommy, Daddy is missing!" After holding it in for a long time, Janell couldn't help but burst into tears. Today, she went to see her father happily, but her father was not there. She waited for a long time, but her father still didn't appear.
Her father didn't tell her anything and just disappeared. She wondered if her father left when she was not around?
Jane asked in a gentle voice, "How could Daddy be missing?" Janell whined softly, "I can't find Daddy."
What a typical child. She promised her father that she would never mention him in front of her mother. But when she was sad, she could not hold her frustration in any longer.
"Baby, Daddy may be busy with his work." Jane pinched Janell's face and said, "If you can't see him today, then you can see him tomorrow. I know that Daddy loves you so much, he won't leave you behind."
"Really?" Hearing her mother's words, Janell seemed to have seen a glimmer of hope.
"Of course it's true." The reason why she could be so sure was because Jane knew that Edwin loved Janell so much that he would not leave suddenly.
Edwin came to New York the second day they arrived just to accompany Janell. Moreover, he stayed in New York for so many days and met the little fellow every day. He would never leave without saying anything to her and make her sad.
"Okay okay, I know now!" This child felt better immediately already. In her world, life was simple. No one had evil intentions, and everything was beautiful.
Since Brother Lucas was good to her, she had always remembered him. She was always thinking about finding him when she grew up one day.
Jane held Janell's hand and went home. "Uncle and Brother Andrew are coming back soon. Can you prepare dinner together with me?"
"Okay." Janell nodded and hopped by her mother's side.
Suddenly, she thought of her father again. "Mommy, why don't Daddy eat with us?"
In the past, it was her mother, father, and her on the dining table; now it was her mother, uncle, brother Andrew, and her on the dining table...
She didn't know why her father, who she loved the most, was missing at the dining table.
"Because.." Jane did not want to lie to Janell, but Janell was still young, so it was not the right time to tell her the truth.
"Janell!" All of a sudden, a deep, charming, and seductive male voice came into their ears, which made both of them startle.
Janell turned around and threw herself into her father's arms with a smile. "Daddy, you're back!"
However, when Jane heard Edwin's voice, she was stunned and forgot how she was supposed to react. It was one thing to know that Edwin was in New York, but it was another thing to have Edwin appear in front of her...
She didn't know why he suddenly broke into her house. But soon, the conversation between Edwin and Janell gave her an answer.
She heard Edwin's pleasant voice from behind. "I was busy today, so I forgot to wait for you. So, I'll pick you up to have dinner together."
"Daddy, with Mommy too?" Janell asked excitedly.
"Only the two of us." Edwin was afraid of being rejected, so he declined Janell's request first. He didn't even say hello to Jane and left with Janell in his arms.
Jane didn't regain her composure until he walked away for a distance. When she turned back, Edwin had already left with Janell.
Ugh! Jane chuckled. He had already regarded her as a stranger. He didn't even give her a simple greeting after seeing her.
She was thinking of him foolishly, fantasizing about their reunion, and even acting out their future conversations.
Jane shook her head and tried hard to calm down. She tried hard not to have any other thoughts or expectations of Edwin.
Before she proposed the divorce, she knew he would no longer belong to her after the divorce. They were just strangers who had nothing to do with each other.
She told herself that she was going to forget about Edwin completely, but her memory of him was getting clearer and clearer. She could even feel the burning heat in her body when they made love intensely.
Jane had clearly remembered a lot of memories between them... But it was all in the past..
CHAPTER 661
Now, the two of them no longer belonged to each other! Just like today, they barely acknowledged each other.
Greetings seemed to be a luxury. Jane shook her head and smiled. In fact, it was good for Edwin to forget her, wasn't it? In that case, the video that Ed Yates threatened her with would no longer be spread out, and Edwin's reputation would not be affected.
They had divorced. Edwin had nothing to do with her anymore, so she would not bring him any trouble in the future.
Edwin's career would continue to grow stronger. Thinking of this, Jane felt much more relaxed in her heart. Didn't she do all of this just to make sure Edwin would be safe, and to let him live a good life?
Jane did not want to think too much. She picked herself together and continued to prepare dinner. Whatever happened, she still had to continue with her life.
The earth would not stop spinning just because you missed someone. Life went on. She had to move on. It seemed like Edwin had done so!
Days passed by fast. In a blink of an eye, it was just a week before the New Year's. During the past few days, Edwin had been staying in New York. Every day after he was busy with work, he would accompany Janell and teach her taekwondo.
One day, while Janell was watching cartoons, the female lead in the cartoon was dancing very well. Janell casually said that she wanted to learn dancing, then Edwin had hired her the best dancing teacher in New York.
Rumba, ballet, modern dance... He hired a few teachers to dance for Janell so that she could choose which dance she wanted to learn.
Janell chose ballet right away, but Edwin felt that ballet was too difficult and tried to persuade Janell to change her choice.
However, the little fellow had her own opinions and insisted on ballet. Edwin followed her wish.
It was peaceful in New York, but the situation in the business field back home was very tense. Edwin would be updated on the news every day.
As soon as Shengtian attacked the Yates Group, it shocked the entire business industry. The companies that were planning to cooperate with Yates Group recently stayed away from the two giants as they did not want to get involved.
Everyone was trying to stall their projects that were in discussion. They did not want to give up on their projects with Yates Group. If the Yates Group was not defeated by Shengtian this time, they still wanted to cooperate with the Yates Group.
Shengtian snatched Yates Group's two major projects of the year from the government. Once the policies were issued, it would seriously affect the loyalty Yates Group's employees and other companies that wanted to cut deals with the Yates Group.
There were other problems within the Yates Group: Shiney Yates, the leader of the Yates Group, married several wives. The children of the first wife and the children of the second wife got into a serious argument with each other.
In a short period of time, all kinds of rumors about the Yates family spread all over the world, causing major shareholders and board of directors to be strongly dissatisfied with the Yates family.
After the Yates Group had their dirty laundry aired, the board of directors held a shareholders' meeting. They clamored to change the Director of the company.
Internal disagreements were fueling too. As the news spread, Shengtian's employees started to stir up more trouble for them. They spread rumors, regardless of the authenticity of the rumors. The news spread even more, and soon, the Yates Group couldn't take it anymore.
Edwin was in New York, but Shengtian's every move was under his control. If Ed Yates wanted to fight with him, he would make the whole Yates family pay for Ed's wrongdoings.
Edwin wanted Ed to know that he could defeat the Yates with just a small action.
Who did he think he was to steal his woman? Unfortunately, Jane did not understand. She really thought that Ed could do something to Edwin.
If he, the great Efwin Carter, was really defeated by Ed Yates, then he would not be worthy of his reputation in the business industry.
After reporting the situation to Edwin , Luis George asked Edwin about their next steps, "Chairman Carter, do you think we should continue?"
"Continue!" Edwin responded in a deep voice. If he doesn't eliminate him quickly, he might have a chance to strike back.
If the Yates could make a comeback, they would definitely plot against Edwin again. In the business world, everyone who was familiar with Edwin knew that he was definitely a person who could distinguish kindness and hatred clearly.
Any company that cooperated well with Shengtian could make a lot of money. Shengtian never treat anyone badly. On the contrary, any company that went against Shengtian had never done well. They didn't even know how they were defeated so easily.
After ending the video call, Edwin looked at Robert Michael, who had been waiting for him for a long time. He raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What's the matter?"
Robert said, "I just want to talk to you about Jane. Are you two going to spend the rest of your lives like this?"
"We have divorced. We have no relationship now." Edwin answered calmly. It seemed that he really didn't care about Jane anymore. However, he broke the pen in his hand.
"Divorced?" Robert chuckled and said, "Edwin, you can deceive Jane, but do you think you can trick me?"
Robert admitted that the matter about his father was his fault, as he was really too impulsive. If you acted impulsively, you would lose your mind. If you acted impulsively, you wouldn't be able to calm down and think matters though.
That was why he fell into the enemy's trap so easily and mistakenly thought that Edwin was the murderer who killed his father.
However, after the incident about his father, Robert's mind was very clear and wise. He could see matters through a bigger lens now.
If Edwin really didn't care about Jane anymore, why did he spend so much effort to prepare the houses for them? Why did he move next door to where Jane lived? Was it just for the convenience of seeing Janell everyday?
Any Tom, Dick, and Harry wouldn't believe that Edwin lived there just to l see Janell. If he didn't care about Jane, why didn't he just take custody of Janell? Since he didn't care about Jane, right?
He said that the house that Jane was staying in was prepared by Hal Barnes behind his back... If it had not been for Edwin's orders, Hal would not have had any time to do these things
"You don't need to worry about my affairs." Edwin didn't like others to intervene in his own affairs. He knew clearly what he should do.
"I don't worry about you. But I care about Jane." Robert went home late last night. When he reached home, the lights in Jane's study were still on.
He walked over and pushed the door open. He saw that Jane was still focused on drawing her design draft.
She looked both focused and serious. He stood by the door for a long time, but she did not realize that he was there.
She did not see him until he called her name. She turned around and saw him. She was stunned for a while and then she said, "Brother, why haven't you slept yet?"
Before dinner last night, he called her and said that he would come back very late that night. He also told her that she didn't have to wait for him to have dinner.
But she seemed to have forgotten. It was not just this one time, there were also many similar situations that had happened frequently in the past two days..
CHAPTER 662
Besides designing and Janell, Jane seemed to have forgotten about everything else. She became oblivious towards her surroundings and was often forgetful.
People that were under immense pressure or had a lot on their minds would turn out like this. Jane was like that right now.
It was not a big deal, but Jane was pregnant. What if this would harm the baby?
"Since you know that it is late too, so why don't you rest now? Don't forget that you are pregnant. If you don't want to sleep, the child still needs to rest too." Robert was a little mad at how Jane didn't prioritize her health and safety.
Jane smiled and explained herself, "I've promised the clients that I'll show them the first draft tomorrow. I'm not very satisfied with the draft I drew in the afternoon, so I'm changing it."
Once she was inspired, Karen would give her 100%. She didn't need the clients to be very satisfied, but she needed to be satisfied with her own work.
Robert reached out and snatched the drawing pen from Jane's hand. "Please rest up now. Get up earlier and continue tomorrow. Your body is your own responsibility. If you don't take care of yourself, how do you expect others to take care of you?"
"I'll be done soon." Jane took another drawing pen and continued her design. Jane was very stubborn. If she had not completed her work, no one could talk her out of it. In the end, Robert had to stay up with her.
Robert told Edwin everything that happened to Jane in the past few days, but Edwin did not comment after hearing him.
Robert was a little angry. "Edwin, what are you doing? Do you want to just let her be? You're not going to care about her and just leave her on her own?"
Robert's words were too harsh, and Edwin also responded to him grumpily, "She chose the path she is in right now, no one held a gun to her head and forced her."
"Edwin, yes, she was foolish. But are you really that stupid to follow her as well?" Robert had never seen such a stupid Edwin. If anything happened to Jane and the child, it would be too late to fix anything.
"I am very clear." He knew very well that Jane was very stubborn. She would continue to act on her decision until someone shook her out of it violently.
She proposed for the divorce, so she was free to do whatever she wanted to do. He wanted her to learn her lesson. As long as she turned back, he would still be behind her, no matter when.
Robert roared, "Edwin!"
Edwin responded calmly, "Robert, don't forget that she brought up the divorce first."
Robert continued, "You knew clearly that she was being threatened."
Edwin sneered and no longer responded to Robert. It didn't matter what he knew. All that mattered was that the silly Jane had made the final decision regardless.
"I'm leaving New York for quite some time. She will need to take care of the two children on her own. Think this through," Robert reminded sternly and then left him alone.
He didn't believe that Edwin could still sit idly by as he watched Jane work all day and night while managing two children on her own.
Yes, it was true that Edwin couldn't just ignore Jane. Everything Jane did was a huge matter in Edwin's mind. He didn't need to tell anyone this.
A few days ago, because of the slippery ground in the courtyard, Jane almost fell down. Edwin then asked his men to install some anti-slip material on the ground. He wanted to be sure something like that would never happen again.
Jane worked in her office every two days. As it was not easy to hail a cab from this housing area, Edwin paid for a group of taxis so they would drive around where Jane would be.
When she needed to take a taxi, she could get one at any time. She didn't need to stand in the snow and freeze anymore.
These were all small inconveniences. However, Edwin still treated them as important matters. He couldn't make any mistakes. He took care of Jane everywhere she went, and at the same time, he was still angry with Jane.
He was angry that Jane did not say anything to him, and he was angry that Jane could actually propose a divorce just like that.
"Daddy!" Janell poked her head out of the door.
"Janell, what's wrong?" Seeing her, Edwin's face softened.
"It hurts!" Janell tried her best to lift her sleeves up, but she couldn't manage to for a long time because her clothes were too thick.
"Come here, let me see what's going on." Edwin carried Janell and took off her jacket. "Tell me, where does it hurt?"
"Here!" Janell pointed at her left arm with her finger.
"Let me have a look." Edwin took off Janell's clothes immediately, and he saw that her arm was bruised and swollen.
"Janell, tell me what happened?"
"I fell down!" Janell said pitifully.
Her father told her that she couldn't do anything that would worry her mother, so she didn't tell her mother that she fell down.
Hence, she came here just to tell her father. "Hang in there, Janell. I will take you to see a doctor right away." Edwin immediately rushed to the hospital with Janell in his arms.
The little fellow's arm was so swollen, but he only found out about it after such a long time.
Damn it!
Knowing that Janell went to see her father, Jane felt at ease to work at home. Her outfits and designs had gotten some good reviews, so the word got out fast.
She had a good reputation. Therefore, after she was done with her first order, she kept receiving more orders. She was very busy, but her income was pretty good.
Apart from taking care of Janell and resting, Jane would sit at the desk and get busy with her work. She was so busy today that she didn't realize that it was getting late and Janell had not returned home.
Edwin came back from the hospital with Janell after some time. Edwin held Janell's hand and pressed the doorbell. The doorbell rang several times, but no one in the house opened the door.
At first, Edwin thought that Jane was deliberately avoiding him, but after pressing a few times, he thought of what Robert had said earlier.
Jane might be in trouble. Thinking that something might have happened to Jane, Edwin didn't hesitate to move fast. He lifted his foot and kicked the door open, then he held Janell and rushed into the house as fast as he could.
Edwin rushed into the house and saw Jane sitting in front of her desk still drafting her design. She did not even respond to anyone and anything around her.
The anger that Edwin had been holding back for a long time burst out like a volcanic eruption; it was out of control.
He angrily walked towards Jane. He grabbed the laptop on Jane's desk and smashed it to the ground.
Bang!
After a loud bang, the laptop that was used for her work was broken into pieces, and the fragments flew everywhere.
"Ah.." When Jane slowly looked over, she saw Edwin's frightening eyes. There was fire burning in his eyes, and the fire could even swallow Jane alive..
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