Contract Marriage: Bound To A Notorious Tycoon

clearly startled, her eyes wid

g his voice. "That's Kristina Jenner, the girl I took in. She was major

she might be the woman who had slept with him seven years ago. The incident w

r that woman, and that fixation had slowly t

nt longer than necessary, silent

ristina quickly began assistin

heavy, dull ache forming in his chest. The girl h

n her brow and said casually, "I lost fair and square, so I car

ce. "Seriously? Last time I lost, you made

Jason approaching and shifted aside. "Uncle Jas

on's voice softened. "Kri

. Yet she didn't resist. A faint, unreadable smi

till raised her and provided her with the best education from the age of ten t

answers about seven years ago. Returning

e silence first. "You're just

r position wasn't clearly defi

" Jason sa

to him. "Why w

ten thousand a month. How do you exp

er clothes, a small, almost mocking

she was liv

her card had been cance

e had survived all these yea

"The civil service exam is in four months.

slightly. "Government job

s; that's what secures your future marriage

y backing, she could only

truly believed h

egan where most people spent the

't a path s

something that had kept her moving

est and asked quietly, "Uncle Ja

ing the implication

ince let go o

luted it. After years of navigating public life, those old frust

use you were reckless. But you've changed now, ha

er eyes slightly.

but that didn't mean the r

ng meaning in her words and shifte

ied briefly. "Mostly class

tion, so he didn't probe further. The rest of the drive pas

a wave of emotion w

about what her future might look like. She had once picked ros

and the roses were still blooming vividly. On t

" a familiar elderly vo

older woman stepping out in

eeted, quickly moving

"Oh, sweetheart, you're finally home. The moment you left, I was filled with regret. A young girl l

she still remembered all their numbers by heart. Once she got a new SIM card, she sent her contact

. "Mom, she needed time to grow on her o

modestly, every piece Kristina wore was clearly high-end, and the

irst. Freshen up and rest. Rita has pr

tching her disappear, Nancy exhaled softly an

her retreating form, the white shirt dr

she's wearing. Even though she hasn't stayed with us

.

pped short-the room inside no longer

t pink tones. She used to lie under the canopy bed, im

lt entitled to change it since it wasn't her home. She only re

ale aesthetic. Soft beige tones filled the room, and every p

the right place until she saw the vanity

it earlier, quietly prep

ed heart. Before everything fell apar

over the past seven years, she had managed on her own-finishing her postdoctoral resear

t to open it, when the maid's voice stoppe

t was the same maid who h

oom again; it didn't rea

dy in her forties, there wasn't

e Jason's

uriosity, Kristina asked,

a voice

sound, her eyes narrowing