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
“Leave with me!” Jonah stood outside Michelle’s room.“No, I won’t. Just go, Jonah.” Michelle said coldly. “Neil and I have already talked things through, and it was all just a misunderstanding. I’m not going to get involved with anyone other than him, so just go.”Jonah gritted his teeth. What she had said about them just reminiscing the past reverberated in his mind, and he wondered whether it was true. Were they just reliving the past because they’d missed out on each other before?If that was so, why did his heart hurt so much?In the end, he concluded that it was probably true for Michelle. For him, though…it wasn’t.…Neil thought, ‘Wow, she sounds like she means it.’Though Jonah didn’t know what had happened, he knew Neil must’ve pulled some tricks. He didn’t want to fall for another trap; Neil looked like he wasn’t affected by anything, but the moment he had a plan in mind, no one could catch him off guard. So, Jonah suppressed his fury and packed his things before stor
The scrunchie Michelle had been searching high and low for was underneath Neil’s pillow.He held it up and showed it to her.“Give it to me,” she said.“Come here.”She had no choice but to walk over to him and sit down with her back to him. For some reason, she knew he wanted to tie her hair for her. She'd acted without hesitation when he told her to go over to him.“Let go,” Neil said.Michelle let go of her hair and said, “Don’t mess my hair up.”He held her hair with a tighter grip than hers, and it tugged on her scalp. She let out a little yelp.“Does it hurt?”“Yeah.”He loosened his grip a little, then tied her hair with the scrunchie. Though he’d never done this before, it wasn’t exactly rocket science. He was done pretty quickly.Michelle’s hair was smooth and silky, and the strands felt good in his hands.She felt the ponytail and checked her reflection in the mirror. To her surprise, she looked pretty good.This was Neil’s first time tying a woman’s hair; this w
It was on the same day that the two basketball teams headed back to Genovia.Isaac didn’t drive his own car, so he was also on the bus. He sat next to Jonah.He was pretty satisfied with the outcome of the game. On the surface, he wanted to talk to Jonah about the basketball team’s future direction and strategies, but he actually wanted to find out what had happened between Jonah and Neil. Calvin kept changing the arrangements for the hotel rooms, so Isaac knew that it had something to do with Neil. Moreover, he’d heard that Michelle was here as well. Perhaps the basketball game had even happened because of her. Since this was a love triangle, one of them had to have lost.However, Jonah spent the whole trip looking out the window grimly. Isaac didn’t probe further.It was highly likely Jonah had lost to Neil.Isaac hated how cocky Neil was. Since they were kids, Neil had always put himself on a pedestal, and he’d outshone them all. He couldn’t be bothered to mix with the peasants
Michelle wanted to head straight home after getting off the bus, but she felt anxious after reading the article. She didn’t care much about how this affected Neil, but she would hate to see the Lawrence family’s reputation being affected by this. The article was still fresh, so she wanted to head to the Lawrence family to apologize and explain this to them. The things Neil had brought back for her were only some clothes, so she hadn’t intended to collect them from him anyway—she didn’t want to get involved with him anymore. However, it looked like she had no choice but to make a trip to Hill Villa.It was just her luck for Neil to be there.He was sitting on the sofa and reading a book leisurely, looking like the article didn’t bother him in the slightest. In fact, it seemed like he wasn’t offended by the damage caused to his family’s reputation.Michelle’s luggage was next to him. It looked like he had come straight here after arriving.“Here already?” He shut his book and smiled
Raymond was already disgraced because of Michelle’s divorce. He would give himself a tight slap if she were to be getting engaged to Jonah. Whatever it was, he would just apologize to Damien—he was sure Damien would get to the bottom of this.By the time Damien hung up, Neil had already gotten up and dragged Michelle’s luggage to the door. Michelle was behind him.On their way, Neil didn’t say a word. This surprised Michelle.“Oh, this is for you.” After a long silence, something seemed to occur to Neil. He handed a small, delicate box to her.“What is it?” She opened it to see a variety of scrunchies. Some of them had crystals, and some had gold ornaments. There were about twenty of them in the box, and they gleamed prettily.All girls would like these things.“This… This is for me?” Michelle was both surprised and wary.Neil wasn’t the warm type; he was pretty cold. His giving gifts to someone was as rare as his being kind, and she wondered whether he was up to something.“Ye
Neil knew Michelle wasn’t behind this article. He knew her; she wasn’t the type to pull such a cheap trick. In fact, she wouldn’t think about doing something like this. Moreover, she had already guaranteed that she wouldn’t keep in contact with Jonah, so there was no way she’d agree to marry him. Isaac was the only possible person.Since Isaac was coming for him, Neil had to make him pay the price.Sooner or later, he would make Isaac spit out everything he’d eaten and ensure he had nothing to complain about.Back home, Neil acted calmly because he knew that it was impossible for Michelle and Jonah to get engaged after what happened the night before. It wasn’t what she wanted, and she couldn’t be the one behind the article. Someone had probably used her, so he wasn’t angry at all.If Michelle really had the nerve to announce her engagement to the world, he would make Jonah disappear the next day.…Michelle took a shower after getting home, and then started contacting the relevan
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