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Chris's POV I immediately brought Richard closer when I saw him walking back from the figure of the man, away from the sight of him that I didn't want to meet. I looked at my son quite sharply, barely controlling my emotions. "Richard, how could you do something like that? You almost made Mom's heart stop beating." I said, holding both of my son's arms tightly. "Mom, there's no need to be afraid. I'm fine." He answered calmly, looking confident despite his long chat with the man. "That man didn't recognize me at all and just thought of me as an ordinary child." I paused, not feeling like agreeing with Richard's words. My son was a genius. Although Chris didn't know my son's identity at the moment, he must have also felt that Richard was not an ordinary child. "Hm... in my opinion, he's not very smart either, ma'am. He didn't realize the shortcomings of the housekeeper robot prototype on display there." Richard snorted. Staring at the direction he came from earlier with a dismissi
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Adeline's POVI had just arrived at the Martinez family home, feeling exhausted from my journey back from my home with that damn man I called a husband. The servants welcomed me home, and without so much a word, one of them accepted my bag and cardigan so I could transfer them to my room."Mom, I'm here!" I called out to my mother as the maid walked away while I flopped onto the sofa.The woman who resembled me and was older came over and sat next to me, an expectant look on her face."How was it? Have you made any progress in approaching Chris and winning his heart?" She asked, taking one of my hands in both of hers. "Tell me when you've made it, Adeline.""I can't do it yet, ma'am." I was annoyed, thinking back to how that heartless man had treated me during our married life.I received only a bad attitude, not the warm and loving greeting I had always imagined. "He's so annoying! He ignored me and said that we could get married only because of an arranged marriage, not because of h
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Adeline's POV"How did something like this happen to our company, Father?" I asked, really not expecting that something like this could happen so quickly. "Our family situation is going to get even worse!"I hadn't finished imagining the various summer collections I could achieve with this family fortune if the situation were normal. Still, the reality of our situation was such that my hopes were shattered.Not only that, even though I wasn't directly involved in the business, I knew that paying for the losses and covering the abruptly severed cooperation would make the family's fortune even less. Even just covering daily expenses would be difficult.My mom also protested, having just discovered the same thing as me. "Honey, you're just scaring us, right? You said yourself that our business would still be able to survive for a while longer!"My mother and I protested to Smith. The man just sat there and held both sides of the sofa he was sitting on tightly but didn't say anything for
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Adeline's POVI returned to the house I lived in with Chris at nightfall, carrying the things I had brought earlier, and walked in. I had so much to think about that I would rather go home than see my stepfather again.The servants welcomed me back, and one took my luggage swiftly to my room. I followed him and asked. "Is Chris home yet?"The maid in front of me didn't answer and just kept walking. I paused, feeling surprised that a servant who looked younger than me didn't answer my question as a lady of the house. I gritted my teeth."Hey, I was asking you a question!" I snapped at the woman until she flinched and hurriedly turned her head.The maid bowed politely. "My apologies, Madam. What did you ask me just now? I was carrying things so that I couldn't listen.""Are you making excuses to my face?" I asked, holding back the anger that was already on the tip of my tongue.I'm already in a bad condition with being forced to accept my stepfather's unfounded anger and considering tha
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Adeline's POVI felt a huge prickle in my head when I woke up, and my eyes were closed. The sunlight coming through the skinny curtains made me feel uncomfortable, and I wanted to lie down again, but I couldn't do it.Chris is already getting ready at this hour, so I should try to get close to him again. Last night was a failure, but that didn't mean I immediately gave up on my plan to conquer that guy."Ugh." I touched my forehead again as I moved to the end of the bed, reaching for the drink and hangover cure that the maid had prepared.I checked my appearance in the mirror and grabbed my sleeping robe, hurrying downstairs and not seeing Chris anywhere. Neither outside nor in his room, nor was his car there. He had left early in the morning.I gritted my teeth. "What an asshole!" That guy completely ignored me this time.I didn't care if anyone else was listening to me in the house. After all, there were only servants in this house, and there shouldn't be anyone who would dare to div
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Adeline's POVI drove home a little drunk, but I knew that I wouldn't want to go back to the house where I and that guy lived today. It didn't feel good after having such a good time. I directed the taxi driver, who drove me to the address of the Martinez Family home."Hm, hm, hm." I hummed softly as I climbed the stairs to my room, knowing that no one was up at dawn yet.I was content playing around at the party, exchanging hot kisses and drinking freely, which I hadn't done in a long time after living with Chris. The men weren't very handsome, but they satisfied a small part of my desire to be with someone for a long time.It felt so liberating that I was already missing him again, even though I had forced myself to go home first. If I had been there longer, I might have ended up in the arms of one of the guys to continue doing something other than kissing.I smiled wryly. "Until the end, I was like this for you, Chris Damn it."I now felt tired and happy all at once and quickly fel
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Nicole's POVI couldn't stop smiling when I heard Key's words about the fate of the family that had abandoned me. I was so happy that I looked back at the man accompanying me to tea with Richard with a sparkling gaze."So, the Martinez Family is bankrupt?" I asked, receiving a nod from Key.The man showed me the stock rankings on the screen of the tab he was holding from the report that had been made. "The last company partnered with the Martinez Family was forcefully terminated yesterday. They also received a fine of two hundred million dollars, Miss." Key explained solemnly.The man very nicely explained everything that happened in the final seconds before the family's bankruptcy occurred, but I only listened to him briefly. The words I often heard from Key's report were Smith, loss, expulsion, and other things that made me smile even wider.The red color and minus sign in the percentages of the Martinez Family's company shares that I saw in front of me took up most of my attention,
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Nicole's POVI was now in my office, leaning back in my chair, feeling empty after a full day of work. From company matters to the Duncan Family's upcoming business. There were so many preparations I had to make for everything to go smoothly.I watched the window of my room, which was still uncovered by the curtains, in silence, noting the darkened sky that reflected the inside of my predominantly brown workspace and the backs of several books neatly arranged in the closet.I sighed and closed my eyes for a moment, feeling calm after being able to rest. I didn't even have time to accompany Richard because I was too busy, and I made my son come to me when a waiter delivered lunch for me."I asked Marie to prepare some food for you since we didn't have breakfast together. Mom, don't forget to eat." Richard said firmly to me and planted a kiss on my cheek. "I'll continue playing and then build a robot. You just work quietly."I smiled then, feeling touched by Richard's concern for me, ev
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Catherine's POVAfter receiving the gift from Edwin, I was now only with Benny and his personal driver driving. The man sat down with me and then noticed something was different about my attitude.He rested his chin on one of my hands, which was still clasped tightly. "What are you holding on to? You didn't let go at all....""This." I showed him the bracelet.His eyes look wide. "Isn't that the jewelry you saw earlier? I thought you didn't buy it.""I didn't buy it."Considering Benny was also aware of what I was doing while looking at the jewelry, perhaps my liking for this bracelet was too obvious.My gaze was fixed on the bracelet, and I thought about how the man who had left the festival first had unhesitatingly bought me this jewelry and given it to me without anyone knowing. I don't know what that man was thinking when he bought me this, but the pounding of my heart was starting to feel too clear in my chest.The car stopped. I blinked, realizing that I had arrived in front of
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Catherine's POV"Thank you for buying me a drink, Duncan." I smiled, accepting the glass with a lid made of solid cardboard from his hand, and I immediately held the glass with both hands.He just nodded and passed the other glass to Benny.I took a sip of the relatively warm drink. It turned out to be a delicious chocolate drink. I felt relieved and happy. My legs even wiggled without me fully realizing it.Night had almost fallen, so it was starting to get cold. I remembered the embarrassing incident a few days ago when my skirt got caught, but in the end, the man came back to help me by giving me a warm drink after we had walked quite a distance.A loud snort was heard from Benny. "Why are you buying me a fruity and cold drink? I also want a warm chocolate drink like you guys." He protested.I looked at the two men who stood facing each other with glasses in their hands. Still, a noticeable smoke could be seen from Benny's slightly open mouth, probably the effect of the drink he ha
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Catherine's POVI was mesmerized by the festival atmosphere surrounding me. I've always liked things like this: simple and fun stuff without having to always care about manners or conversations that are always serious and filled with business or politics.Many booths were arranged according to their types, ranging from games, shops selling various things, and other equally entertaining booths. My gaze stopped at one of the nearby stands for jewelry of sale.My steps halted when I arrived in front of it. I looked at the various kinds of jewelry displayed and touched a few that I wanted to take a closer look at. They all looked pretty, but I didn't really want to buy them either; I just wanted to look around.I didn't have much jewelry, but my mother added to it according to my needs, so I didn't feel the need to do the same.A person who seemed to be the salesgirl watched me without saying much but then said to me after a while."Don't you intend to buy the jewelry, Miss? I think the b
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Catherine's POVI was always with Benny and Edwin. I felt happy because I was finally able to make a new friend again, and it was a guy I initially thought was quiet and cold.At first, Benny and Edwin always argued for whatever reason, but in the end, they always accompanied me wherever I went. We were like a unique combination, from three different majors and different personalities.I heard rumors about us hanging out, going to our respective classes or the cafeteria."Look, she can get two handsome guys simultaneously," whispered one of the students.His friend replied. "She's so lucky. I never even managed to get close to Edwin Duncan....""She's luckier because she's close to Benny Thompson. That guy is really nice and friendly."They said that and then talked about one of the guys I was with, who was probably my boyfriend.One of them spoke up again. "Isn't that obvious? His girlfriend must be Benny. They've been in a relationship for a long time.""Hm, I agree."There were som
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Catherine's POVI still felt uncomfortable walking on campus. Aside from my aching feet, my father's words before I was allowed to leave for the campus with our family's private driver also bothered me.I was happy with my friendship with Edwin and my friendship with Benny, which lasted longer than that. Both of them were friends to me, but my father always made our relationship seem like a transaction, trying to talk to them for the benefit of our family.He said that each of them would greatly help me prove myself in the Varma Family. Our relationship would make me valuable and not the only useless woman in our family, while all the things I had done before were meaningless in my father's eyes.I felt annoyed that my father shouldn't be behaving like that towards me, but also unable to do anything to stop it. As Edwin said, I was still not strong and had to extricate myself with the help of the allies that had just started from the man himself.My sigh escaped on its own, but after
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Catherine's POVI had come out of the toilet and looked around the party room for Edwin and Benny, but they were nowhere to be seen.I could find my father easily, still chatting with some important people intimately, but the two men were nowhere to be seen. It was as if they had disappeared or were hiding very well so as not to be found by me.I recalled Benny's face, which didn't look too good before they left together, curling my lip and mumbling, "What is that guy going to do? That's not what I'm thinking about, is it?"Before going to the restroom, I heard the man wanted to talk to Edwin, but I wasn't sure. I'm currently feeling uncomfortable as I'm still searching for them among the crowd. That man might have misunderstood my relationship with Edwin.He was a very close friend, a really good friend who had been with me for so long that we were like brothers, but he didn't feel that way. He liked me, and I always pushed him away so our friendship wouldn't end.He always helped an
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Benny's POVI faced Edwin. We were now on the veranda where I had previously seen him and Catherine take turns appearing.I don't know when they got this close. Still, I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw them enter the party room from the same veranda and then talk to the woman's father as usual.The man spoke to me first, bringing me back to reality. "What's wrong? Is there a business matter you want to talk about?"I looked at the man, knowing that he was asking me about our conversation when we first met. I also remembered that my father knew about it first, about Edwin attending the same university I was going to with Catherine.My father and that man's family had an inter-company partnership. I don't know when exactly such a thing happened, but it seemed quite a while ago from what my father said about the man I knew even by name."You must respect Edwin Duncan, Benny, " my father said. You're the same age, but his achievements are countless over the past few years, not to
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Catherine's POVEdwin was still next to me. He exhaled while his face looked unfriendly and cold as usual. Still, even with all that, the man did not immediately deny my words aloud or dismiss them with ridicule.He didn't look at me but clearly spoke to me when he finally opened his mouth and spoke with his friend. "So you consider me an ally."I nodded.All this time, I had only thought of him as an annoying guy. He knows his position well and sometimes puts obvious boundaries on others. I didn't think he could make himself any friendlier than the people at the party or the students on campus, but he wasn't as cold as I thought.He had done me a favour, and I also felt quite comfortable when talking to the man who was always straightforward. Nothing felt fake in our friendship, which he had yet to fully acknowledge, so I felt he could be my ally."I feel that we are getting closer. So, Duncan, if there's anything I need, you should do me a favour." I smiled. "Whatever it is."The ma
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Catherine's POVI was at the party. This party was tedious, like the official high society events I'd been attending. I felt uncomfortable among many people I didn't know well. Still, everyone who greeted me acted as if we had known each other for a long time.I knew they were just acting politely, following every action everyone in high society should follow. Still, I also felt that their actions were fake. I never knew what they talked about other than greeting me because I belonged to something other than the inner circle of the supposed upper class.My father might know, but I also had no interest and chose to remain in the outer circle that could only see whatever could be seen.I held my wrist as I exhaled. No one else had any intention of greeting me again, and neither did I. I already felt bloated from drinking wine in between events, so I didn't know what else to do while waiting for the event to end.My gaze shifted, spotting one of the empty verandas and finally heading the
