The auction had come to an end. Lucas was the bidder of the night. He first bought a painting for 2 million dollars and then another for 35 million dollars.
Hari also believed that Lucas acted kind of like a super-rich sucker tonight.
Hari tried to tell Lucas that the paintings were not worth the money spent, yet he chose to shut up when he saw Lucas' grim face.
After the auction was over, the four of them met at the stairs.
Hari greeted Jessica, "Jessica!"
Jessica smiled faintly and responded, "Mr. Hartley."
Jessica nodded and then left with Terry.
Lucas watched them off. His golden eyes darkened. He then left the venue as well.
Terry's black Rolls-Royce was quite eye-catching. Jessica got into the car and found that Terry was gazing at her.
Jessica looked at Terry doubtfully, only to hear the man chuckle and say, "Not bad."
"I'm sorry?"
Terry didn't explain but slowly drove out. "Are you hungry now?"
Jessica didn't take Terry's response seriously. "Not really."
Terry looked at Jessica with a smile. He then kept quiet.
Half an hour later, the car stopped at Jessica's place.
Jessica unbuckled her seat belt and just raised her head, only to find that Terry handed over a gift box.
Jessica raised her eyebrows. "What is this about, Mr. Davison?"
"It's a thank-you gift for you," Terry said with a smile.
Jessica did not take it. She looked at Terry and smiled flatly. "A thank-you gift? Or simply a gift?"
"What's the difference? It's for you anyway."
Terry looked quite assertive. In the face of his glimmering brown eyes, Jessica couldn't get mad at him.
Yet Jessica didn't feel like accepting gifts from men. Thus, she said, "I'll take nothing but your kindness."
Terry raised her eyebrows, but he didn't force Jessica.
Jessica got out of the car and said, "Eyes on the road, Mr. Davison."
"What if my eyes are not on the road?"
Jessica didn't see this coming.
Jessica had never heard of people cursing themselves like Terry. She was thus lost for words.
Terry curled his lips. "Just kidding. Go home then. I know you must be desperate to get rid of me."
"Actually ... not that desperate."
Jessica closed the car door and headed for her apartment.
Terry's eyes were smiling when he watched Jessica off.
Shortly after Jessica returned to her apartment, she received Hannah's call. "You're on Twitter's trending topic again. I heard that Lucas and Terry were fighting over something. Was it all about you, Jess?"
Jessica snorted and logged in to Twitter. As expected, Jessica saw the competition between Lucas and Terry was among the trending topics.
Things were a bit different this time. For some reason, Jessica became what the two men were fighting over.
Jessica didn't have to read the comments to find out what they were about. After all, she was just a "nobody", not worthy of both Lucas and Terry.
Jessica didn't take the gossip seriously. She then replied to Hannah, "Get lost."
Jessica tersely stated that she had nothing to do with what was going on between Terry and Lucas.
Yet not everyone shared Jessica's point of view.
The next day, Jessica almost thought she misheard when Wendy told her about Justin's visit. Yet Wendy's look proved that Jessica didn't.
Jessica raised her eyebrows. "Let him in."
It had been almost half a year since Jessica last saw Justin. They never met after Jessica divorced Lucas.
All the Thomas family members except Rebecca were buzzkills.
First Olivia. She always thought that Jessica was out of Lucas' league. Olivia never stopped picking on Jessica since she married Lucas.
And Justin, too, was not a rational, wise old man. Shortly after Jessica married Lucas, he started picking on Jessica. Every single morning, he would reprimand Jessica in the living room.
At the time when Jessica married Thomas, Justin had already retired from the Thomas Group. The enterprise was left to Lucas and Max. Justin thus had nothing to do at home.
As long as Olivia played charm on Justin, he would criticize Jessica whenever the two had conflicts. The way Justin saw it, those were all Jessica's fault.
Jessica could still remember all the punishments she once had.
After the divorce, Jessica didn't want to meet anyone in the Thomas family at all.
Yet things didn't go as Jessica wished.