Chapter 55 The Contestant's Unwelcome Admirer

• Jackie's female companions changed one after another, a well-known fact among their circle. However, his morals were passable, never driving any woman he'd bedded into a corner. He reveled in the pleasure of love but wouldn't entangle himself with his conquests.
• Thus, when he first saw Jane at the beauty contest, he had no intention to trouble her. But now, he was truly incensed by Jane's excessively glaring edge and the temper that made him uncomfortable.
• Jane didn't know how much truth lay in Jackie's words, but she was aware that if Jackie set his mind to it, anything was possible. If he decided to make their relationship public, she wouldn't gain the tangible benefits she'd taunted him with — portraying herself as a pristine virgin in the contest had skyrocketed her popularity, and presenting that same untouched visage to William Blake meant that a clean woman's bargaining chips were far more plentiful than those of one sullied.