Chapter 20

Penelope assumed that after that incident, Jacob would give up on pestering her. She did not expect him to announce on the news the very next day that he had custom-ordered a glossy purple sports car worth tens of millions of dollars for her. He looked to be in high spirits and was smiling cheerfully at the reporters' cameras. "This sports car is from Lavorini's exclusive Treasure series, and there's only one such car in the entire world. It's my birthday gift to my wife. "Although she still resents me for some things, I'll work hard to make it up to her and be a good husband." His interview quickly shot to the top of the list of trending news. The netizens were instantly in uproar. "This woman, Penelope Hall, is such a drama queen! She disappeared for four years over some trivial matter, which caused Mr. Thornton to become a shadow of his own self and go through five surgeries over the course of three years!" "Mr. Thornton treats her so well, yet she's still discontent and dec