Luke took Jocelyn to a hotel after saying goodbye to Charis.
Jocelyn was his new girlfriend, who he used to satisfy his sexual desires when he deemed fit. She was very submissive to him, and this made him happy.
Jocelyn had incited Luke to pull some strings to get Fiona out of prison.
The Linds had gone bankrupt, so they couldn't afford to live at their former luxurious villa anymore. With the money Luke gave her, Jocelyn rented a small villa for her parents. It wasn't as big and luxurious as their previous house. However, it was still more extravagant than the rented apartments in ordinary buildings.
The moment Fiona noticed that Jocelyn was back home this day, she wiped her tears and concealed her sadness. Life in prison had taken a toll on her. She seemed to have aged ten years during her short time in prison. Unlike the beautiful woman she was before, her physical features looked like that of a grandmother. She had wrinkles on her skin. Her eyes were sunken into the sockets. There were also droopy bags underneath them. Worse still, her previous dark curly hair had lost its shine and was already mixed with a few white strands.
"How did things go with Mr. Turner today?" Fiona hurried to get Jocelyn's bag.
She had been in despair since the Lind family collapsed. Desperation more than anything drove her to teach Jocelyn all her cunning and seduction skills when she found out about her relationship with Luke. She saw Luke as their one-way ticket out of poverty, so she admonished her daughter not to let go of him no matter what.
As soon as Jocelyn got in, she kicked off her high -heeled shoes. She then collapsed on the sofa tiredly. In a disgusted tone, she complained, "How else would it have gone? I had to put up with that old man even though he was so annoying. He's so weak and bad in bed, but he was busy blabbing like a stallion and asking me if I was having a good time. I had to fake it the entire time."
Recounting the episode fueled Jocelyn's anger. She had never allowed such an elderly man to have sex with her before. Now she felt that she was only a little more valuable than the prostitutes who serviced men in nightclubs.
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