In her past life, Jessie Sterling moved abroad for Julian Grant, only to have him break his promise and stand her up late at night for another woman on her birthday.

Reborn into this life, Jessie Sterling personally severed her past adoration and affection, and instead entered a marriage of convenience with Victor Morgan, the heir to a century-old prestigious family in Aethelburg, a match approved by her family.

She had originally thought it would just be a marriage for mutual benefit, and that they would treat each other with polite respect after the wedding.

People in their social circle were not very optimistic about this newlywed couple with vastly different personalities.

Until one day, some friends paid a late-night visit.

By the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the Four Joys Courtyard, a group of people saw the man who dominated the business world by day having his knee stepped on. He held a bottle of cat-eye nail polish and was currently bowing his head, diligently painting the toenails of the foot resting on his knee.
"Is this okay?"

With a coquettish air, Jessie Sterling glanced down, her chin slightly raised like a spirited little peacock, "Well, it's passable, I suppose. But I think it could use another coat?"

Victor Morgan was almost driven to laugh in exasperation by her words. After setting down Jessie Sterling's leg, he moved forward, planting his hands on either side of her, his eyes deep and dark as he said in a low voice, "Mrs. Morgan, that's enough!"

Before Jessie Sterling could react, in the next moment, the man had already leaned in and captured the red lips before him that had been tempting him for so long.

"Mrs. Morgan, don't you think this... is what really needs another coat of color?"

The group of people who had just walked through the courtyard entrance froze on the spot. How the hell could this be called... treating each other with polite respect?

Dressed in a pink ski suit, Brianna Hudson walked straight over the moment she saw Jessie Sterling.


"I'm joining you guys today. Do you know how to ski?" Brianna Hudson asked, not bothering with pleasantries.


Jessie Sterling nodded. "I do. Aren't they with you?"


Out of the corner of her eye, Jessie Sterling spotted Nina Walsh and Cheryl Stuart behind Brianna Hudson—and even Arya Thorne. She had no idea how this group of people had ended up together.


'They all seemed completely unrelated to one another.'


Brianna Hudson rolled her eyes. "I'm not close with them. You're the only one I really know here. I don't know how to ski, so you can teach me."


It took her a moment to process that. Then, she asked frankly, "Are we that close?"


Brianna Hudson was speechless for a moment. "...I gave you my shares in Sanctum, and you have the nerve to say we're not close? Jessie Sterling, you're a heartless woman!"


Chapter 146 - Chapter 146: Baggage