The Cheek family’s poor financial situation was Luna and Trissy’s sore point. Now that Justin hit it again and again, neither of the two sisters felt at ease when they left the hospital.
“Luna, what should we do now?” Trissy was at a loss. She then looked at her sister.
“Let’s leave this place!” Luna looked back at the hospital and left with Trissy.
Justin did not care about Luna and Trissy at all. The way he saw it, talking to people of no help was a waste of time. Luna only came to humiliate herself by thinking that she could save the Thomas Group.
Justin was recuperating in the hospital, but he was still concerned about the Thomas Group. He wanted to ask Lucas about how things were going, but Vincent said that Lucas never left the company in the past few days.
Three days had passed since the wedding. Vincent came to Lucas’ office. Even a single glance at Lucas made him tremble. He thus closed the door carefully.
Lucas was left alone in the office. He did nothing but sit there still.
He had driven to Jessica’s apartment last night to ask if she had been framed by Luna.
However, when Lucas stopped his car, he had no courage to go up.
He sat in the car for five hours, sitting from midnight to dawn, smoking one cigarette after another.
Nicotine made him both sober and despaired. In the five hours, he had already figured out that it was all Jessica’s plot.
She had said that she would take revenge on him.
But Lucas couldn’t understand. How could a woman so deeply in love with him do that?
Lucas didn’t know which part went wrong.
He smoked and read through the 200-odd text messages on the phone over and over again.
He was sure that Jessica loved him.
However, what had happened in the past few days seemed like a reminder. The whole thing was telling him that Jessica did not love him.
Vincent and Hari kept telling him that, too.
But Lucas didn’t believe it. She was in love with him for eleven years! How could that just vanish all of a sudden?
Lucas wanted to convince himself that Jessica was just venting her anger.
However, the truth was always cruel. When everything was put together, it was impossible to ignore the answer, no matter how unwilling Lucas was.
After the wedding, Lucas did not have people delete the news on the Internet immediately. Although Justin had let Dwayne deal with it after waking up, the scandal was so sensational that no press was willing to give up the opportunity to report it.
As time went on, the discussions online became more and more intense, and the share price of the Thomas Group fell all the way.
Lucas had to try his best to deal with the inquiries of the shareholders.
Ever since he took over the Thomas Group, Lucas always had everything under control. For the first time in his life, he felt that his abilities were falling short of his wishes.
After dealing with the shareholders, Lucas did not return to the Thomas villa. Instead, he rested on a chair in his office.
It took Lucas over half a month to design and supervise the wedding venue. He even modified the wedding dress by himself so that it would better fit Jessica.
He did all this just to give Jessica an unforgettable and perfect wedding.
However, Jessica just ruined it.
Lucas felt haunted by the despair he felt from the wedding.
Hari came to see Lucas twice. When he saw Lucas’ somewhat pale face and listless eyes, he only shook his head. Hari said nothing.
Jessica had mixed feelings when she learned that Justin was in the hospital.
Justin had to stay in the hospital, and Jessica felt he deserved what he got. But she couldn’t help but think about Lucas. There was just no turning back. Ever since she started to plan the whole thing, she knew she and Lucas would not be able to patch things up again.
Jessica could only move on. There were no other options.
After clocking out, Jessica went out of the Hall Group when she saw Terry walking over with a smile.
“Dinner?” Terry asked.
Jessica paused for a moment before nodding. “I’m having dinner anyway. Let’s go then.”
“My treat.” Terry opened the car door and added.
“So I owe you once again?” Jessica got into the car and said.
“I hope you owe me more. That way, I can make a request.” Terry watched as Jessica fastened her seatbelt. He then started the car.
“What request?” Jessica turned to look at Terry.
“That you can never refuse to meet me,” said Terry.