Go After My Ex-wife
Chapter 1224 The Skewers

"Hey there, Jacky..." The owner of the barbecue stall immediately walked over to greet them. Jacky glanced at Deanna and handed her the menu, "Order up."

"Oh." Deanna feigned bashfulness as she accepted the menu, skimming through it. However, she did not order anything as she was unsure whether she was allowed to order what she wanted.

"Why don't we have a little of everything? My treat!" Jacky stated after a while. When the owner heard Jacky, he was extremely happy. In a flash, he agreed and immediately started preparing the dishes.

The barbecue stall was operated by a couple. Deanna was envious of them as she watched them work while Jacky continued to flipping through the information he had just gotten his hands on. Then, the person opposite him asked, "Jacky, what do you think?"

Only then did Jacky raise his head to look at them. "Who is in charge of the Cook family's finances?"

"Their housekeeper, Olrando."

Jacky then raised his head to look up at the sky as he leaned back in his chair. "This is going to be tough. Looks like Brooklyn isn't an easy person to deal with. He actually entrusted his housekeeper with the family's finances."

"Elina used to be in charge of it in the past. However, ever since Cynthia got into an accident, Brooklyn decided to hand over the family's affairs to Olrando instead of his own family members."

Jacky swept his eyes over the people around him. "He's checking to see who has the ability to compete for head of the house. He might not choose Flynt even if he finished his training, and I doubt he'd be able to do anything in Capital City with the Harvey family and Atkinson family around."

"Jacky, are you saying the winner takes all?"

Jacky looked up at the other party, his eyes pitch-black. Although he wasn't a ruthless person, he was still quite intimidating.

The person immediately said, "I'm sorry. That's not what I meant."

While he was talking, he glanced at Deanna, who was intently watching the owners preparing their food. He thought to himself, "Jacky has met all kinds of women, but what did he see in her?" "Be careful when you speak in the future. I don't want to cause a misunderstanding." Jacky looked at Deanna and pinched her gently. She turned her head to look at Jacky, "What do you want?" "Nothing. You can go over and have a closer look. I'll be right there."

Jacky's nice intentions sent Deanna on cloud nine. She quickly stood up and walked towards the barbecue grill, holding a small money pouch.

Deanna had changed quite a bit since she met Jacky. In the past, she spent as she wished and did not have to worry about money, but she had grown much more frugal. People used to clean up after her but she had learned to tidy her own room. When she first arrived at this village, the villagers would say that it was pointless to marry her even though she was pretty because she did not know how to do anything and even if she got married, she was likely to be treated as a sore-eye.

When that happened, Deanna started imagining her life after marriage. She realized she was going to suffer because she did not know how to do anything. Later on, she recalled that her mother was capable of many things and that she took care of her father very well; even Belle was capable of taking good care of Calvinel and they were very much in love. Meanwhile, Deanna realized that she knew nothing. It was then that Deanna decided to change. She did not want to suffer after getting married.

She put it all together and soon realized why Jepherson and Santiago did not like her. It was because she did not know how to do anything.

Then, she realized why her brother and Jepherson liked Raeleigh - it was because she could cook well.

Although Cynthia grew up with servants around her, she was quite capable and that was probably why Santiago liked her. Furthermore, she did everything diligently.

Even Scarlette had an admirer; Deanna was the only one who did not have one.

When Deanna left this place, she started to wash her own clothes and slowly learned to be independent. Zorion had been busy, so she told the servants not to tell him. Over time, she gradually changed into who she currently was.

The current Deanna could actually do a lot of things. She felt that she had improved quite a lot, at least that was what she thought.

For instance, a few days ago, she had brought all the allowance her parents had given to her to the bank and got them deposited. She initially wanted to deposit everything, but she hesitated. She did not want to put all her eggs in one basket.

In the end, she decided to keep some cash with her.

She walked to the barbecue stall and made small talk with the owner, eager to learn how to cook like they did.

At this moment, Jacky looked at the people at his table. "There's no need to waste any more time debating this matter. I want you to kidnap Flynt."

"Um..."

The people around were all stunned. No one spoke for a long time.

One of them suddenly asked, "But Flynt's currently the head of the Cole family. You want us to kidnap him?"

Jacky took a glimpse at Deanna, then turned around and swept his eyes across the table.

"We'll have to see what's going on in Brooklyn's mind. If he really wants to help Flynt, he'll pay the ransom. If he doesn't, then I guess it's Flynt's misfortune." "Jacky, isn't it a little too risky for us to do this?" He asked, causing Jacky to fall into a fit of laughter, "He hit Deanna. What do you make of that?"

The people were stunned as they exchanged looks.

A bold man asked, "He hit Deanna?"

Jacky did not bother explaining. He stood up, took off his jacket and tossed it to the side. Then, he unbuttoned his cuff and rolled it up a few times.

He then walked towards Deanna and said, "I can't even bear to touch my woman, hmph..."

Jacky's smile looked a little creepy. The few people behind him looked at each other and rubbed their necks awkwardly.

They had not seen Jacky get angry in a long time. Although they could not see it clearly, his imposing manner indicated that he was going to paint the Cole family red.

It seemed that the Cole Family had already done what they could by taking out the money. If it was something else...

Things would definitely take a turn for the worse.

Jacky stood in front of the barbecue stall with his hands on his waist. "Is the food still not ready?"

"It's almost done. Jacky, are you hungry?"

Jacky looked deeply into Deanna's eyes. The owner immediately understood what was going on and quickly turned the heat on the grill higher. He then flipped over 200 skewers over the grill in one swift move. Deanna was flabbergasted by the scene. How marvelous!

Jacky patted the owner on the shoulder. With a single glance at Jacky, he knew exactly what to do. In a trice, he handed over the grill to Jacky.

Jacky's hands were smooth and fair, making him look extremely attractive. However, Deanna's gaze was not fixated at his hands; she was staring at the skewers instead.