Love Knows No Bounds

"And did you forget about your plan? What do you reckon Kendall will think if we were to get married? What will your adoptive parents think?"

Upon hearing those words, Kelly quietly looked at the familiar stranger in front of her.

When Jackson noticed how she didn't utter a word of reply, he hugged and gently coaxed her. "Trust me, Kelly. I will make you my bride when our plan succeeds. Just put up with it for a little while longer, hmm? We have held on for so long anyway. Another year or two won't matter."

"Jackson." Kelly looked up at him. "Is this your revenge? I told you to bear with it by pretending you liked Kendall, and even have you marry her last time. But now that I want to marry you, you are telling me to be patient about it?"

"What are you talking about, Kelly? I would never do that to you."

Truth was, Jackson really wasn't taking his revenge on Kelly; he was just a little selfish.

All he wanted was to make the Whittle Holdings bigger than what it was now, and take over the position as the president of the company.

He would immediately get rid of Krystal the moment he had what he dreamed of.

Kelly was much more powerful than Krystal was anyway.

Kelly continued to stare at him for a little longer, scrutinizing him. Her face only visibly relaxed when she saw that he wasn't lying.

"What about the child? Are we sure we want to keep it?"

"Of course we want to keep it," Jackson assured. "It is our child. Do you have the heart to abort it?"

"But I have to leave the Parker Corporation once I have the child. Even if I have won the hearts of the people in the company, I will be replaced by Kendall if I stay out of the company for a long time."

As unwilling as Kelly was to abort the baby, she prioritized her future more.

"Jackson, how about we get rid of the child first? Let's have another one when I take over the Parker Corporation and you become the president of Whittle Holdings. We are still young anyway."

Jackson became agitated as he murmured, "This is our child, Kelly. Are you just going to abort it? Even if Kendall wants to take over the company, she won't be able to handle it without a few years of prior training. You don't have to pay her any mind."

"Have you forgotten who she is now?" Kelly barked. "She has Master Dylan backing her up. I wouldn't have cared at all if it was her alone, but I have to keep my guard up when she has Master Dylan on her side. Even though my father still lets me handle important matters in the company, he has been trying his best at training Kendall as well. Plus, she is now the young mistress of the Coleman Family. My father will definitely take this into account. He won't hand me the company just like that."

The more she spoke, the more annoyed she became as jealousy and hatred bubbled within her. "Just how is she so freaking lucky? Master Dylan still married her even after she rejected a marriage proposal. I have seen their interaction. He really does treat her well. I sometimes get the urge to step on the pedal and hit her when I see her on the road."

Kelly's eyes were filled with hatred when she uttered those words.

Even Jackson was looking at her with careful eyes.

He had always known that she was a cruel woman. In the past, she only managed to keep her viciousness at bay because of her strong and independent socialite image.

However, the change in Kendall had provoked Kelly to show her cut-throat side.

"Kelly, don't do anythinng stupid," Jackson reminded her before persuading her. "If you want Kendall dead, don't do it yourself. You can get someone else to do it or make a proper plan to execute it. No matter what, don't let Master Dylan trace it back to you."

"I know. I was just saying that. I won't get my hands dirty for that b*tch."

Kelly gradually calmed herself down and gently pushed him. "You can't let Krystal live here after the wedding. I am the only lady in this place."

He smiled at that. "That goes without saying. Don't worry. You will forever be the lady of this villa, Kelly."

Jackson mostly only needed Krystal as a tool anyway.

"I am off."

Kelly picked up her bag and started to leave.

"Kelly!" He pulled her to a stop and slid his arms around her waist, his chin on her shoulder. With a muffled voice, he asked, "Can you stay over tonight?"

Kelly slowly peeled his big arms off of her torso.

"Don't forget that I have your child in me, Jackson. We can't do anything even if I stay."

Hearing that, he rested his big palm on her tummy that was still flat. The thought of his child being in there made his eyes turn soft.

"I hope it's a boy," he remarked.

She swiftly removed his hand after hearing his words. "You prefer a son over a daughter?"

"That's not it. I will like the child no matter its gender, as long as you are the mother. It is just that my mother will accept you as one of us sooner if it is a son."

The blood drained from Kelly's face then. "Is your mother not satisfied with me?" I thought Mrs. Whittle has always liked me!

"How can that be? She really likes you."

Jackson left out the part where his mother liked Kelly because she thought Kelly was the only daughter of the Parker Family. Marrying her was equivalent to marrying the whole Parker Corporation.

But now that it was revealed that Kendall was the biological daughter while Kelly was merely the adopted child, Rosemi's attitude, too, had become different.

"Alright now, I am going home."

Kelly made a move again, only this time, Jackson followed behind her and sent her out without stopping her.

"Drive safe."

"Mm."

After replying to his reminder, she drove off with him watching her.

It was already after 9.00PM by the time Kelly returned to the Parker Residence.