Sure enough, Michelle found Carol’s identity card on the desk.She put it into her bag and walked out. When she saw that Neil was still in Jonah’s room, she knocked on the door and said impatiently, “Let’s go!”However, there was no sign of movement.She pushed the door open to see him flipping through what looked like a sketchbook.“Stop going through other people’s things without permission! Come on,” she said.He looked up and stared at her meaningfully, making her hair stand on end.“Why are you looking at me like that?” She walked over to him and looked at the sketchbook. It was filled with comic-like drawings of a young couple, and they were beautifully drawn. On the first page, there was a close-up shot of her standing there with a smile while Jonah kissed her on the face. Jonah had probably drawn the rest of the drawings, and they were records of the things they had done together. After that, there were cut-outs of articles and photos that Jonah had probably looked up aft
After they had sex, Michelle rested on Jonah's bed. She knew she shouldn't be doing this on Jonah's bed, but she was exhausted. With her eyes half-closed, she looked at the mess on the floor."Mop the floor now," Michelle said, looking at him. Leaning against the door, Neil pretended not to hear anything. While lighting up a cigarette, he squinted at Michelle and said mockingly, "I told you, you can't keep up with me."Knowing that her words had fallen on deaf ears, she closed her eyes and thought, ‘Looks like I have no choice but to do it myself. If Jonah comes back to see this, what will he think about me? It’ll definitely tick him off.’"Can you go outside and pour a glass of water for me? I'm thirsty," Michelle said.Neil went to the kitchen, only to see an empty flask. Then, he headed to the refrigerator and saw a dozen bottled mineral water. After checking the manufacture date, Neil twisted the cap and passed it to Michelle. She looked up and asked, "Why won't you clean t
Even after a string of curses, Michelle was still furious. Looking at Neil's smug expression, she gave up and buried all her dissatisfaction in her heart.When they arrived home, Raymond was already waiting at the dining table. Raymond greeted Neil instantly, "Neil, you're here!""Hello, Dad.”"It's been a while since I last saw you. Let's talk, we should really catch up," Raymond said.Neil glanced at Michelle and went to the dining room.While walking up the stairs, Michelle said, "Dad, I won't be having dinner tonight. I'll head to bed after I wash up."After she went into her room, she locked it from inside, went for a shower, and laid on the bed. Since it was still early, she could see daylight even with her blinds drawn. Lying on the bed, she attempted to read a magazine, but couldn't concentrate. So, she scrolled through her phone and read the article posted using the company's account. She hoped Raymond didn't see it. Sooner or later, the article would eventually be repla
Neil walked to Michelle's side and patted her face gently. "Are you still angry?"After a round of alcohol, he wasn't as calm as when he was sober. He was even showing a cheeky smile."You shameless man! Were you drinking again?!" When Neil approached her, she could smell a nauseous wave of alcohol. "Nobody will like someone as frivolous as you! You're always smoking, drinking, and fooling around with women. Nobody in the right mind will like you!" Michelle muttered under her breath Neil glanced at Michelle. "Me? Frivolous? When have I toyed around with women? Ever since we got divorced, I quit smoking. Today doesn't count! I've had too much to drink, so I'm smoking to clear my head. As for the drinking part, your dad was the one who wanted me to drink with him! It would be rude of me to refuse his invitation.""Whatever," Michelle snapped. She thought about his words. He used to be in a relationship with Ariana, and so was Michelle in a relationship with Jonah. So, that didn't co
Ever since Neil divorced Michelle, he had been yearning for a woman's touch, so much so that he would devour Michelle whenever he had the chance to. However, he never revealed his inner desires to the people around him. Now that he was intoxicated and wasn't in the right mind, his newly found courage drove him to act on his instincts alone. He climbed onto the bed and snuggled into her comforter. Then, he moved his lips from her lips to her chest and went downwards.This was the first time that Michelle felt like she was in euphoria.Her heart hammering against her chest, excitement filled her.Unable to restrain herself, she snuggled in Neil's embrace and enjoyed his service. Being wrapped around his steaming body, she grew intoxicated and felt dizzy. It was as if she was drugged.It was true some men had the power to make women fall head over heels for them. No matter how much she hated Neil, it would only take one moment for her to fall for him again. In the past, Michelle used
Yesterday, Michelle didn't realize that Neil was wearing a black shirt. When she looked at him today, she thought he looked exquisite. With his sleeves rolled up halfway to reveal his elbow, he looked incredibly sexy.“Why pretend you didn’t see me?” Neil sat beside Michelle and asked.“I’m just busy eating.” Michelle’s heart had been thumping profusely ever since she heard her door opening. She couldn’t stay calm, no matter how hard she tried.“I’m going back to Genovia today. I still have a lot of work to do.” While eating, he continued, “Can you see me off?”“Do you really have to go?” Michelle’s heart sank. She lowered her head in disappointment. It was apparent that she was reluctant to let him go. Weird, this wasn’t the first time he had visited Windmere City. Why did she feel so heartbroken this time? The answer was simple. He was acting like a playboy! He was leaving right after getting what he wanted.Neil turned to look at Michelle. “Do you want me to stay?”“I don’t wa
When Michelle was waiting at the red light, she received a message from Neil.Whenever Neil sent her a message, she would jolt in surprise. Odd. Before, Michelle had never felt jittery whenever she received messages from Neil. Everything had changed overnight. Ever since last night, her feelings for Neil had changed and she missed him dearly.Neil's message was as follows.Neil: [Did you ask Jonah to mail his spare key to you?]Michelle: [Yes, I did. What's the matter?]Neil: [It's nothing. Drive safely, okay?]This was the first time that Neil had said something caring to her. Looking at his message, Michelle felt warm inside.In the past, Neil rarely sent messages to Michelle, let alone express his worry for her. Michelle didn't know how Neil knew about her conversation with Jonah. How did Neil know that she had texted Jonah for the spare key? What was Neil planning to do? She had no idea what he wanted to do.In the evening, Neil arrived at Genovia. Then, he headed straight
Michelle knew Neil’s claim of retrieving an order in Windmere City was just an excuse to see her. When he was here, he did not mention a word of the so-called order. Evidently, he had forgotten entirely about his main purpose in going to Windmere City.Michelle called Raymond’s subsidiary company and requested another batch of pearl necklaces, around 200. She had met Celestine before, and knew that the latter was a client with a solid background. If Michelle prepared an additional batch, she would leave a good impression on Celestine, which could strengthen their partnership in the future. Not only would this partnership benefit New East, but it would also benefit Rayconson Group’s name as well. After all, Celestine’s designs were exported to other countries.Michelle had already sent a voice message to Calvin, informing him about her long-term plan with their mutual client. After Calvin exposed Neil’s lie, he played the audio clip to him as evidence.“As expected of Michelle! If it
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