A deal with the devil

Chapter 105

“That man seemed utterly terrified of Benjamin Jaylen must not have told him the whole truth beforehand, which is why he fell into Benjamin’s trap so easily, Shirley speculated, her tone confident.

Shirley continued to speak as she pieced it all together. “I heard Benjamin call him Thomas, Whatever happened between Jayden and Jessica must have been Ins

doing”

Nancy let out a bitter Laugh. “And Cole, that supposedly brilliant man, bought Jessica’s lies without question? There’s only one reason for that. He’s already smitten with her.”

Nancy felt a pang of sadness every time she thought about Cole’s recent behavior toward her.

It wasn’t just the incident at the hotel with Jessica that hurt her. It was the way Cole had treated her afterward

He had shielded Jessica from the beginning, leaving Nancy drowning in humiliation and anger.

Shirley could see the pain etched across Nancy’s face but struggled to find the right words

As Cole’s wife, Nancy undoubtedly knew his changes better than anyone.

be fixed with

infamiliar surroundings, so she decided to leave early. Janine left with her, but before going, Nancy ordered the maid to move Cole’s belongings

the couple had slept in separate rooms in

Shirley and asked, “Should we go to the hospital to go look for Jessica?”

Look for Jessica?

her head after a moment of thought. “Jessica was just admitted last night. If we visit her now, it’ll look like we’re mocking her. And if

unwilling to let it go “so we’re just going to let her off

he’ll think Hancy put us up to it. That’ll only worsen things

in frustration

was always by her side without a second thought. Back then, I was so envious of Nancy

about Jessica anyway? What does she have that Nancy doesn’t? How could Cole

now is that Nancy’s stuck in her

Cole together. Unless she lets

and Jessica really don’t have anything going on now, but if Nancy keeps clinging to this, she might push him right into Jessica’s arms. But Nancy couldn’t

her love with Cole had been too smooth and perfect. She simply couldn’t tolerate even the slightest flaw in their