Chapter 157 Meeting Standards
"Thank you for coming to see me. I'd like to rest now," Jessica spoke quietly, her tone distant as she looked at Jim.
Jim watched as Jessica lay back on the hospital bed. She did look like she needed the rest. With a small nod, he said, "Alright, get some sleep. I'll come back after I'm done with work."
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Chapter 1 Wedding Called Off Chapter 2 A Larger Version of Her Son Chapter 3 Look Into Her Case Chapter 4 She Touched Me Chapter 5 Her Scent Chapter 6 Drop the Act Chapter 7 Man in the Photos Chapter 8 Who Does He Take After? Chapter 9 Illegitimate Chapter 10 How Cruel Chapter 11 Charles' Companion Chapter 12 Filthy As Ever Chapter 13 Are You That Thirsty? appChapter 14 I Heard You're Pregnant appChapter 15 Take It Off appChapter 16 No Ordinary Woman appChapter 17 A Familiar Face appChapter 18 Boundaries appChapter 19 The Fatherless Brat appChapter 20 Let's Be Friends From Now On appChapter 21 Do I Really Look Like That Stupid Geezer? appChapter 22 Matchmaking appChapter 23 Rhea's Affair appChapter 24 His Secretary appChapter 25 Return Them appChapter 26 I'll Do It appChapter 27 Seduce My Uncle appChapter 28 Deliberate Incident appChapter 29 Who Wanted Her Dead? appChapter 30 Arthur Is My Son appChapter 31 Father and Son appChapter 32 Marriage Agreement appChapter 33 Move to Hensley Manor appChapter 34 Spill the Truth appChapter 35 Dinner at Their House appChapter 36 Shocked Dom appChapter 37 Defiance appChapter 38 Out for Dinner appChapter 39 In the Room appChapter 40 Conversation appChapter 41 A Threat appChapter 42 Angry Hugh appChapter 43 Strained Meeting appChapter 44 Provocation appChapter 45 Defense appChapter 46 Surprise Visit appChapter 47 Leave appChapter 48 Furious Rhea appChapter 49 Are You Trying to Push Me to My Death? appChapter 50 Charles Won't Dare Turn You Down appChapter 51 A Decoration appChapter 52 I Don't Like My Woman Smelling Like Coffee appChapter 53 I Might Actually Want to Taste You appChapter 54 Misled appChapter 55 Can't Let My Emotions Take Over appChapter 56 The Anxiety Weighed Heavily appChapter 57 Is Rhea Going to Stay at Hensley Manor? appChapter 58 I'll Make You Regret It appChapter 59 Funny How Things Worked Out appChapter 60 Take a Bath Together appChapter 61 Even I Can't Win Against Her appChapter 62 Don't Think You Can Use That Against Me appChapter 63 No One Saw What Happened appChapter 64 Make Sure You're Not Wronged appChapter 65 Take Her and Leave appChapter 66 How Could I Not Come? appChapter 67 I'll Take Care of Him appChapter 68 It's Lunchtime appChapter 69 Using Charles's Authority for Her Own Convenience appChapter 70 Your Father's Death Had Nothing to Do With Hugh appChapter 71 Did Jessica Hit Marianna? appChapter 72 A Debt You Owe Me appChapter 73 Get To Know Each Other Better appChapter 74 A Chance to Prove appChapter 75 Kissing Games appChapter 76 Plagiarism appChapter 77 One Day to Survive appChapter 78 Terms of Gratitude appChapter 79 Burning Tensions appChapter 80 Questions of the Heart appChapter 81 Mine to Protect appChapter 82 Cast Out appChapter 83 The Breaking Point appChapter 84 Getting Kicked Out appChapter 85 The Main Bedroom appChapter 86 Nighttime Workout appChapter 87 It Had to Be Jane appChapter 88 I Won't Divorce Him appChapter 89 Jim Nielsen appChapter 90 The Little Troublemaker appChapter 91 Mommy Stays Forever Now appChapter 92 Why Would I Bite You? appChapter 93 He Is a Full-Fledged Scoundrel! appChapter 94 Rhea Exposed appChapter 95 No Stone Shall Remain Unturned appChapter 96 Bleeding to Death appChapter 97 The Kidnappers Were Dead appChapter 98 Open Your Mouth appChapter 99 Birthday Password appChapter 100 Continue appChapter 101 Another Woman appChapter 102 Didn't Say Anything appChapter 103 Liver Bone Broth appChapter 104 Ungrateful Little Thing appChapter 105 A Matter of Time appChapter 106 You're About to Get Cheated On appChapter 107 Dance With Me appChapter 108 Running Hot appChapter 109 Lucky Lady appChapter 110 Under the Bright Lights appChapter 111 Drugged appChapter 112 Catch in the Act appChapter 113 Expect the Unexpected appChapter 114 The Femme Fatale Fallout appChapter 115 Rhea Visited the Hospital appChapter 116 Hugh Discovers Who Declan Is appChapter 117 Jessica Bit Charles appChapter 118 Jessica's Bleeding appChapter 119 Kissing Charles at the Gala appChapter 120 Jessica Is Having a Fever appChapter 121 A Day Off Work appChapter 122 Leaked Photos appChapter 123 Are They Photoshopped? appChapter 124 Resignation appChapter 125 The Emerald Pendant appChapter 126 New Job Offer appChapter 127 Take Matters Into Her Own Hands appChapter 128 Hugh Take the Fall appChapter 129 Jane Crosses the Line appChapter 130 Outsider appChapter 131 Who is the Culprit? appChapter 132 Trouble appChapter 133 Stay Away From Charles appChapter 134 Game Over appChapter 135 Sleepless Night appChapter 136 Perfect Match appChapter 137 These Two Have History appChapter 138 What's Wrong With Him? appChapter 139 I'll Keep an Eye on Daddy appChapter 140 First Day at Work appChapter 141 Don't You Recognize Me? appChapter 142 Who is Your Man? appChapter 143 Wolf in a Suit appChapter 144 Secret appChapter 145 Treat Me appChapter 146 Never Seen a Guy So Stingy appChapter 147 Don't You Dare to Die on Me appChapter 148 He's Wounded appChapter 149 I Have to Save Him appChapter 150 His Heart Ached appChapter 151 He Might Have Died appChapter 152 You're Nothing But a Curse appChapter 153 She's Already Yours appChapter 154 He Removed My Clothes appChapter 155 Treat Her Like Some Dirty Secret appChapter 156 Feuding Over Jessica appChapter 157 Meeting Standards appChapter 158 Worse Intervention appChapter 159 Provoke appChapter 160 Shocking Declaration appChapter 161 Admitted appChapter 162 Chilling Recall appChapter 163 Feed Me appChapter 164 True Culprit appChapter 165 Resolve appChapter 166 Tears and Secrets appChapter 167 The Convent appChapter 168 Almost a Confession appChapter 169 Do You Want Candy? appChapter 170 All He Cares About Is His Pride appChapter 171 The Accusation appChapter 172 Checkmate appChapter 173 An Invitation appChapter 174 The Secret Gift appChapter 175 The Wife Revealed appChapter 176 A Face from the Past appChapter 177 The Truth appChapter 178 Jane's Crime appChapter 179 The Truth Bleeds Through appChapter 180 Collateral Heart appChapter 181 No One Is Innocent appChapter 182 When Hatred Speaks appChapter 183 Between Two Men appChapter 184 The Wrong Choice appChapter 185 The Funeral appChapter 186 Outsider at the Gate appChapter 187 Two Visits a Month appChapter 188 Fired Without Warning appChapter 189 Jack the Judge appChapter 190 Just a Tool appChapter 191 Only Arthur Between Us appChapter 192 Just the Father of My Child appChapter 193 Starved for Love appChapter 194 Separation and Divorce appChapter 195 Keeping a Close Eye appChapter 196 My Date appChapter 197 Secret Lover appChapter 198 Dirty Laundry appChapter 199 Engagement Celebration appChapter 200 Harassment appChapter 201 Thanks for Letting Her Go appChapter 202 Nephew appChapter 203 Family of Three? appChapter 204 Junk Food Jealousy appChapter 205 Who's Your Daddy? appChapter 206 Who's the Real Dad? appChapter 207 Why Did You Push Her? appChapter 208 Little Traitor appChapter 209 What Are the Odds? appChapter 210 Last Minute Decision appChapter 211 Clueless Resort Manager appChapter 212 Hugh's Offer appChapter 213 Misunderstanding appChapter 214 He Lost Control appChapter 215 Trap appChapter 216 D-Day appChapter 217 A Twist appChapter 218 Someone Watching from the Dark appChapter 219 Old Flames appChapter 220 I Know Everything appChapter 221 The Kidnapping appChapter 222 Stay Away from Jim appChapter 223 Be Mine appChapter 224 She's Not My Girlfriend appChapter 225 Don't Come Here Again appChapter 226 I'll Take Care of You appChapter 227 Thank Goodness appChapter 228 Watching a Movie appChapter 229 Stay for the Night appChapter 230 I Didn't Sleep with Him appChapter 231 Why Don't You Admit It? appChapter 232 Jealous Hearts appChapter 233 Unfinished Business appChapter 234 A Late-Night Visit appChapter 235 A Steamy Situation appChapter 236 Mrs Hensley? appChapter 237 Strangers No More appChapter 238 Landslide Accident appChapter 239 One Bed, Two People, Zero Chill appChapter 240 Not Just Medicine appChapter 241 Terms of the Heart appChapter 242 No Free Favors appChapter 243 Yours or Mine? appChapter 244 Time to Settle the Score appChapter 245 Revenge Is Coming appChapter 246 Your Bullet or My Blade appChapter 247 I Didn't Want You to Become a Killer for My Sake appChapter 248 Isn't That Dad's Job? appChapter 249 Give Me a Little Sister appChapter 250 I'll Let You Guys Finish appChapter 251 You're Just a Toy appChapter 252 I'm Being Too Sensitive Again appChapter 253 Heartbreak appChapter 254 You Don't Recognize Me? appChapter 255 Lip for Lip appChapter 256 A Knife to the Heart appChapter 257 Blind Pursuit appChapter 258 Why Is She Here? appChapter 259 Regrets appChapter 260 Hold it in Together appChapter 261 Outburst appChapter 262 Stop Lying to Me appChapter 263 Gunpoint appChapter 264 Wedding Gift appChapter 265 Declaration of War appChapter 266 Showdown appChapter 267 Charles Choosen Death appChapter 268 Don't Sleep, Jessica! appChapter 269 He Never Leaves Her Side appChapter 270 We Are Even appChapter 271 Feed Jim to Shark appChapter 272 Hold on to Him appChapter 273 I Will Never Approve of You Two appChapter 274 Elise's Plea appChapter 275 The Little Lobbyist appChapter 276 Favor appChapter 277 Torn appChapter 278 What Happened Last Night? appChapter 279 Big Mistake appChapter 280 Simple Life appChapter 281 Arthur's Domain appChapter 282 You're Gutsy to Date Jim appChapter 283 You Have a Problem with This? appChapter 284 Prey appChapter 285 Give Us a Shot appChapter 286 Something Wrong with the Design appChapter 287 The Blueprints Are Missing appChapter 288 She Is My Fiancée appChapter 289 Being Fired appChapter 290 Slapped in Public appChapter 291 Stop Seeing Her Again appChapter 292 Come Back to Me appChapter 293 Watching Sunset appChapter 294 Happy Birthday appChapter 295 The Proposal appChapter 296 Not Just a Contract appChapter 297 Just Inches Away appChapter 298 When Silence Falls appChapter 299 The Nielsens' Vendetta appChapter 300 Direct Confrontation app
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