Jake did the asymmetrical bob cut for Anne, and she was pleasantly surprised by how good and different she looked.“Do you like it?” he asked her.“I do,” Anne flashed a grin, unable to take her eyes off of the mirror.Jake smiled, seeing her blushing. “You look like a doll. I feel like pulling your cheeks. Can I pull them?”Anne shyly shook her head.“If you let me pull your cheeks, I will pay for your haircut,” Jake said.Anne then nodded slightly.Just as he raised his hand to grab her cheek, Tessa entered the room with a broom in her hand.The workers outside were all wondering why Tessa was holding a broom.Tessa kicked the door behind her shut so that the owners wouldn’t be able to see what was happening inside.“Madam,” Jake was startled to see Tessa. “Why are you carrying a broom? Give it to me. I’ll clean the room for you!”“Shut up!” Tessa waved her hand, swinging the broom at Jake’s face.His eyes widened. His body instinctively reacted and ducked.He managed to dodge, but

Anne was going home in her car.She was thinking about Jake. “I hope he doesn’t get beaten by those rich people. I want to do something, but what can I do against billionaires? They live in a different league. Compared to them, I’m nothing.”Her family wasn’t poor. Her parents owned properties worth a few million, but compared to the Hamiltons and the Blakes, her family was a frog in a well, no, a mere tadpole in a puddle.As her car rounded a corner, she saw a familiar face.It was Shane who was sitting on the side of the road.She ignored him and kept driving, but after going some distance, she reversed the car back to him. “What are you doing here in the middle of the day? Did you quit your current job, too?”“Are you asking this so you can mock me and prove that you were right in dumping me?” Shane asked.“I’m not that cheap, Shane,” Anne snorted. “You are still as sharp-mouthed as ever. I do get that the world is a tough place, but you should change that negative attitude, or not

Delma didn’t come down the stairs. She just stood there and watched.“Things happened, and I lost my hair,” Jake told Tessa.“What do you mean you lost your hair?” Tessa queried. “Did you lose it because of some kind of an accident?”Jake nodded. “Yeah, you can say that.”“Oh…” Tessa could only wonder what kind of accident could make him lose his hair, especially when there wasn’t any injury or cut mark on his head.She couldn’t think of one good reason that would fit the bill.“Some things are better left unexplained,” Jake replied.Tessa didn’t probe further.“What did you study?” Davis asked her. He was so flummoxed by her beauty.“Graduated in business,” Tessa replied. “Top of the university.”“Oh,” Davis’ smile weakened.“What about you?” Tessa asked him back. (This guy smells like a simp.)“Our son is also a topper, but he didn’t top the college,” Felicia explained. “He was the third best in his department.”“That’s not bad,” Tessa stated.“There are only three people in his dep

Jake, this time, did not leave the Hamilton mansion without telling his parents.“Don’t stay here and shamelessly suck their money, Dad,” Jake told Brett. “Go home and lead a respectful life.”“Are you really not going to accept Miss Delma’s love?” Brett asked, feeling somewhat helpless and also useless.“If love can be created by force, then tell me how,” Jake stated. “I’ll do it.”Brett frowned but said nothing.“I’m talking only to you but not to others because you’re the only one who I believe will try to understand things,” Jake said. “Go home. I’ll find a good job and support the family from a distance.”Brett nodded half-heartedly. “I’ll tell your mom, but you know how she is. I don’t think she will leave this house on her own. But I’ll try.”Jake nodded and then walked out of the Hamilton mansion.Elmond saw him leave, but he didn’t chase him. “What is Delma thinking?” he wondered with annoyance.Jake walked many miles on foot in order to leave the ordinance park.Nobody stop

Anne and Shane were kissing on Jake’s couch. They still had their clothes on, but they were messy.When Jake entered the room suddenly, Anne got up from the couch and adjusted her dress and hair.Jake stood at the door, unmoving and staring at her, baffled. He wasn’t even able to blink.“J-Jake…” Anne’s heart skipped many beats. “I-It’s not what you think.” She saw the flower in his hand, and it stung her heart even more. Guilt rushed to her eyes and grew into a layer of wetness. “W-We were recording for…”Jake’s head slightly tilted back as she was trying to give an explanation. He put the rose and the chocolate box on the desk right next to the door and then turned around and shut the door as he left.“J-Jake, wait!” Anne grabbed her mobile and scuttled out.Shane was still on the couch, and he smiled, enjoying how things were playing out.Jake was going down the stairs, his heart thundering in his chest and his fingers trembling, unable to make a fist.Anne rushed over to him and s