Neil took the bag from her and looked inside. Instantly, the scent of detergent wafted into his nostrils. It was refreshing and smelled great—as if he’d come home to see someone waiting for him. It made him feel secure.He even saw one of his underwear buried somewhere, which was folded the way Michelle normally did. He didn’t know when he had left this here, but it was probably from a time when he’d suddenly gotten the urge to get down and dirty. It was probably flung somewhere, so he had put on a new one when he couldn’t find it.“How many of my underwear are there?” he asked.Michelle thought, ‘How improper of him. Why’s he asking about his underwear, of all things?’“Don’t worry; I don’t have that sort of fetish.” She was quite annoyed. “I’m not going to keep any of your things without your knowledge.”“What sort of fetish? Did I say anything? What were you thinking?” Neil’s lips suddenly curved upward. “A fetish for sniffing underwear? I’ve never thought that of you.”“You!”
Calvin came up with a way to get things done. The day after Neil had told him what to do, he reached out to Isaac.Under normal circumstances, Calvin couldn’t be bothered to speak to someone like Isaac. This time, however, he had a good reason.“President Graham, we’ve found ourselves a new forward and we want to have a friendly match with your basketball team. Why don’t you pick a day from October 27th to 29th? We all know that your team is still new, and Jonah hasn’t been coaching your team for that long. He used to coach the Nixes, and our new coach, Lewis, is still getting used to the team. Let’s see how different the new and old coaches are. What say you?” Calvin said.He was pretty sure Isaac would agree to this—Isaac wanted nothing more than to see Neil make a fool of himself. Since Calvin was the one bringing this up, Neil definitely knew about it. In fact, Isaac felt that Neil probably wanted to take this opportunity to deal a heavy blow to Jonah. Everyone knew that the Gra
Calvin smiled after hanging up.He knew Isaac had always wanted to have a showdown with Neil, but was too petty and stingy to actually win anything. If Calvin had straight up told him he intended to reserve the Pinehill Grand Hotel, Isaac would’ve done his best to convince Calvin to go for something cheaper. The money aside, Isaac just wanted to go against Neil’s wishes. This time, however, Calvin did the opposite—he had brought up the four-star hotel first, and as expected, it had pushed Isaac into wanting the five-star hotel. And so, Calvin happily accepted Isaac’s request. He had his subordinate arrange for Jonah to stay in room 1038, which is opposite Michelle’s 1028.He didn’t feel bad about doing this at all—the only person they would get mad at for this was Neil, so there was nothing for him to feel guilty about.When this was done, he told Neil about it.“That was pretty quick! I’ll give you a large bonus at the end of the year,” Neil said.“I did all of this in your nam
Michelle felt like a puppet, and Neil was her puppeteer. Her eyes followed him as he sat down on the sofa.“You said… It’s better to spend the night with someone familiar rather than with a stranger, right? What do you mean by that?” They were divorced. He couldn’t possibly still be expecting something from her, could he?Neil smiled and picked up the ashtray. “It’s exactly what you think.”“Are you here to have sex?” She frowned in disbelief.“Is that what you think? Personally, I’m just here to interact with you.” He seemed to be giving her a language lesson. “Interactions between a man and a woman can be so much more than just dating or having sex; I just mean that I’m more comfortable spending the night with someone that I know rather than sharing a room with a complete stranger. After traveling all the way here, the sight of your name warmed and comforted me, so I came to your room. Aren’t I welcome?”“Traveled all the way here?” Michelle’s jaw dropped. Genovia was only two h
The living room wasn’t directly visible from the hotel room’s door, so Jonah and Michelle couldn’t see each other. She could hear him, though.At this moment, she suddenly realized what Neil was up to—he had come to drive a wedge between her and Jonah! No wonder she felt like something was afoot; Neil had planned this from the start!“You’re here to see Michelle? Hold on.” Neil shut the door.Jonah remained rooted to the spot, looking at the closed door. He gritted his teeth with an ugly look on his face. He had heard rumors about divorced couples continuing to share a bed, and it looked like that was what was happening between Michelle and Neil.Perhaps… Perhaps they were used to sleeping with each other.Jonah felt bitter at this thought. He returned to his room, sat down on the bed, and looked at the sunset.The match was going to be held at night. Earlier, he had checked his players’ rooms and knew where they were, intending to give them a pep talk sometime later. He’d even a
Michelle was taken aback for a few seconds. Then, she snarled, “There’s no way Jonah would be interested in Ariana, nor would he take her away from you. He doesn’t have such bad taste in women!”This seemed to get to Neil. What was Michelle insinuating? That he had bad taste?!“Stop acting like you don’t fucking understand what I mean!” He frowned.Neil had always been a good liar, and she was used to his words being half-truths. Coupled with the fact that he’d pulled this trick to get at Jonah, Michelle didn’t take him seriously.She checked her watch and said, “It’s 4:30 pm, and I have to go over a contract’s details with my client over dinner tonight, so I don’t have time to waste with you. Oh, right. You should get yourself another room; after all, we’re divorced. If you insist on staying here, I’ll…”“What are you going to do?”“I’ll spend the night in Jonah’s room.”She grabbed her bag and left. Chances were that Neil wouldn’t want to get himself another room, so she inten
Michelle figured that she would check and see whether Neil was still in her room when she came back tonight. If he were, she’d spend the night in Jonah’s room. If not, she would go back to her room. After all, she had already spent one night there, and it was always more convenient to sleep alone.She went to meet the client. They had already gone through the contract earlier, so today’s meeting was mainly to hammer out the details. She sent the draft back to the company’s legal department when they were done. All she had to do was print out the completed version the next morning and pass it to the client for their signature, and then she’d be done with this deal. The rest was up to the operations team, so she didn’t need to come here anymore.…On the other hand, Jonah was in a much better mood after Michelle’s explanation. The Graham Basketball Team had come to Riversouth City with the mindset of embracing their loss, but they had actually done pretty well against the Nixes. Lewis
Michelle had given up struggling. She knew she was no match for him and forced herself to settle down.“Us? Who?” Neil placed a hand on her face.“I know you’re deliberately acting like this to show him up. You don’t want us to be together so that you and the Lawrence family aren’t humiliated, and you won’t leave either of us alone until you get what you want. I know you’ll find a way to get out of this even if I were to make a police report; in fact, you’ll probably find a way to implicate me! Since you refuse to leave us alone, I promise not to have anything to do with him for a whole year. Is that okay, President Lawrence?” Michelle’s face was streaked with tears.Neil couldn’t deny that he wanted to get rid of Jonah and win Michelle back, but this wasn’t how he wanted things to go. A small smile still curved his lips, though. “That’s perfect.”Then, he got up to take a shower. He didn’t want Jonah to suddenly show up and ruin their fun, so they ended after one round.Michelle
Benjamin walked to her side and suddenly hugged her. It was as if there were thousands of words that could not be said. Jacey did not refute. It was as if the two of them had known each other for a long time. It was as if they had known each other for a long time."Your mother did a good job with this exhibition," Jacey said."It's good. After all, you're an expert in this field," Benjamin said. "Or if you have any requests when you get married, tell my mother and let her customize the most beautiful jewelry for you.""Married?" Jacey didn't understand.She had never thought about marriage. Why did she feel so close to her when Benjamin mentioned it?She still felt quite confused."I'll treat you to a meal later?" Benjamin said. "What do you want to eat?"Jacey's eyes lit up. "Hotpot? How about a hotpot?"Benjamin smiled and said, "I thought you had a profound hobby. This is it."Jacey smiled again.Jacey didn't like the feeling of being surrounded by people, so she chose the
Kenny smoked as he spoke. He had the look of a veteran in society. It was hard not to believe that he was a nouveau riche who did not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of his subordinates to save money."Sir, you've found the right person. Come and take a look." The workshop owner said. Then, he whispered a few words into Kenny's ear and asked, "Can you accept it?""What's so unacceptable about that? I'm definitely showing it to Party A. These people grew up in the countryside. What kind of milk have they drunk? I can't tell if it's true or not," Kenny said."Alright, alright," the workshop owner said with a smile."Just don't make it obvious. I'll go take a look at the manufacturing workshop." Kenny said.The owner of the workshop was initially quite shy, but Kenny said that he had ordered a lot, so the other party agreed.As soon as he entered the workshop, Jacey secretly turned on the pinhole camera when the workshop owner was not paying attention and filmed the production proce
Jacey felt that under Kenny's serious and unsmiling appearance, there was a soft and warm heart.This note looked like it had been around for a long time. It was unknown how long Kenny searched last night before he found it and gave it to Jacey so easily.Jacey left.However, she did not expect that something would happen on her first day there.She brought a vacuum camera and made her clothes look like rural women's. After finding the milk production point, she said that she wanted to order milk in large quantities because she heard that the milk here was very cheap.The people in the workshop looked at each other and said, "I'm not selling!"The people in the workshop were very smart and vigilant. Their workshop had a fixed delivery channel. This woman was alone and was unlikely to be here to order. They found an excuse and sent Jacey away.No matter how much Jacey dawdled, the other party refused to let her in.For a moment, Jacey didn't know what to do. She was quite depres
Jacey was a little stunned. She really didn't know much about what the parents were talking about.Moreover, she hadn't interacted with Benjamin for a few days. Moreover, when Ashlyn came to visit this time, she didn't say a word about him. It made her feel very uneasy. She even wondered if he didn't mean that at all. It was all her own wishful thinking…For the past few days, Benjamin had not come to look for Jacey. She had not contacted him either.However, a few days later, Jacey received a Whatsapp message from Benjamin. There were many photos. It was a rather high-class living room. There were boxes in the living room. The living room was simple and noble, like a top-notch courtyard house.[This is the showroom and display cabinet for my mother's medieval jewelry. How about letting your mother take a look?] Benjamin said.[Where is this place? This place is so beautiful.][My mother's dowry. The courtyard house in Genovia.] Benjamin said.Jacey thought to herself, "As expec
Today, Benjamin had already returned home."How is it? How's your first time meeting your in-laws alone?" Calvin teased Ashlyn."It's quite good. I'm preparing to hold a medieval jewelry exhibition and then let my employees learn medieval video skills. I said that I wanted to use their jewelry as an exhibition, but they didn't even want the deposit. How generous," Ashlyn said lazily as she leaned against the sofa."It's… it's over?" Calvin looked at Ashlyn and said in surprise.Benjamin sat there and smiled."What else?" Ashlyn asked."What are you going to do this time? Aren't you going to look for your daughter-in-law? Did you see what she looked like?" Calvin poured a cup of tea for Ashlyn.After so many years, Ashlyn still hadn't changed from her usual macho self. In fact, she was even more macho than before. Perhaps Calvin had been the one to deal with everything after marriage, developing Ashlyn's habit of not using her brain.Of course, it only meant that she didn't use
For some reason, Ashlyn felt like crying when she saw this. In the past, these jewelry had traveled to another country. Now, these jewelry were all back with stories.She thought about how the person who owned these jewelry had brought them overseas and brought them back…She felt that the Irving family was worthy of admiration.Linda had gone out at some point. Seeing that Ashlyn was looking at her very seriously, she didn't disturb her.When she came in again, she was carrying a cup of coffee. The fragrant Americano she'd just ordered from the coffee machine on the first floor. It was made from good coffee beans.She handed the coffee to Ashlyn."Have a cup of coffee when you're tired. Anyway, these jewelry don't have long legs. They won't run away on their own," Linda said. "You can come and take a look whenever you want. I've always been here."Only then did Ashlyn feel that she had been watching for an hour or two, but she had always been like a pious primary school student
On Saturday afternoon, Ashlyn drove to Jacey's house, a very simple villa.Ashlyn knew that writers liked to live in such a quiet place because they had inspiration in such a place.Jacey's mother, Linda, was already standing on her steps to welcome her.Linda was dressed in a Chinese-style robe. She looked very ancient, but because she was slender, she looked especially good. She looked like a fairy.Ashlyn was dressed in a very fashionable modern outfit. She was wearing a knee-length skirt, pearl earrings, and earrings. She looked especially round and beautiful. One look and one could tell that she was the kind of person who had never experienced the blow of life."I'm Jacey's mother. Nice to meet you, Mrs. Conrad." Linda reached out and held Isobel's hand. "Jacey said that you're coming to our house to take a look. I am so happy. I specially brought all the jewelry from the other houses here and packed them up. If these jewelry can be displayed in the exhibition and let everyon
"Excuse me, how did you know about me?" Jacey asked."Oh, Benjamin's phone was on the table that day. He went to the washroom and I happened to see the photo album he was looking through. I picked it up and saw these few pieces of jewelry. You know it too. As jewelry makers, we won't let go of those rare jewelry no matter what. I asked Benjamin where these pieces of jewelry came from and he told me about you," Ashlyn said neither servile nor overbearing.She understood a girl's mentality very well. She knew that if the woman found out that the man had taken the initiative to leak her news to her parents, she would be very disgusted and feel passive. Therefore, she did not say that. Instead, she said that she had seen it herself. She even said that Benjamin was looking at these photos at that time.Jacey's heart would probably feel warm. After all, a man was looking at her photo behind her back. She should have a good impression of this man.Jacey really thought so. When she heard A
After Benjamin returned home, he showed Ashlyn the jewelry he had taken for Jacey.Ashlyn was very knowledgeable. One look at this jewelry and she knew that it was priceless.Moreover, the girl wearing the jewelry also had extremely good skin and was extremely delicate.Calvin, who was sitting at the side, also watched.However, Ashlyn didn't just look at the jewelry. She said, "You only bought jewelry. Who is this person wearing jewelry behind you?"Ashlyn asked Benjamin gossipily."Don't ask," Benjamin said.Ashlyn smiled. "You said that you only took photos of the jewelry but didn't take photos of her. Aren't you trying to arouse my curiosity? Now that I'm curious, you're not making a move. However, I've been working on researching National Jewelry recently, so I'm lacking samples in this area. When are you going to ask this girl out? Let me take a closer look. From her appearance, I think she's dressed very well. Moreover, I can see her face from her bone structure. I think