The two of them went shopping at Freesia. At night, Ashlyn leaned in Calvin's arms and slept soundly. Calvin looked at her face, and then kissed her forehead and lips affectionately. They even went to places rarely frequented by crowds and they took a lot of pictures together. Walking side by side, they looked like a cute couple who depended on each other a lot. While walking around, Calvin would take pictures of Ashlyn. They even asked some passersby to take pictures for them. When doing so, Ashlyn raised her heels and kissed Calvin on the cheeks. She even took a picture of them kissing on the lips and set it as her Whatsapp profile picture afterwards.Five days later, they left Freesia and went to Rease as planned.After they got off the train, Ashlyn held Calvin's hand and they went straight to the Addaway Exhibition Garden. When they arrived, Ashlyn exclaimed, "Wow, this place is so big!"All of a sudden, she was overwhelmed by the sheer existence of the garden. As expected of t
Calvin and Ashlyn exchanged looks with each other. In the end, they went along with the Addaways.On the way, Drake kept up the conversation with Calvin. Calvin held hands with Ashlyn while the three of them chatted merrily together. From the conversation, they found out that Drake was a father of two and owned the largest flour manufacturing company in Rease.While they were talking, they didn't pay much attention to James. He was probably walking from behind with his father.Drake's house was near the Addaway Exhibition Garden, and was a villa with a wide courtyard. Since it was located in Rease, it wasn't that expensive. Walking into the house, Ashlyn noticed that his furniture was all made of expensive leather.Drake led his guests into the courtyard. The air there was crisp, and the place was surrounded by greenery. Drake initiated the conversation as if he was meeting an old friend. As he assumed Calvin and Ashlyn to be James's good friends, he put down his guard and rambled
When James saw the disdainful yet gleeful expression on Ashlyn's face, he said aggressively, "What's with that smug look on your face? Are you happy I have such a tragic past? What? Are you glad you're finally getting your revenge? It doesn't change the fact that you're still a spoiler brat, though." Ashlyn was angry and embarrassed at the same time. She tugged at Calvin's hand, hoping that he could speak up for her.Calvin frowned instantly. Why did James call Ashlyn a spoiled brat? Were they even close enough to hurl petty insults at each other? All of a sudden, an uneasy feeling surged through his heart.No matter how comfortable Calvin felt on the inside, he didn't show it on the surface. Instead, he smiled and said calmly, "Mr. Addaway, please refrain from insulting my girlfriend like that. If you don't change your attitude, I'll have no choice but to persuade her to quit her job."Since they were guests at Drake's house, the atmosphere was gentle and Calvin's threats didn't
Drake's family was one of the wealthy households in Frease. The villa was quite big, and it was at least 700 square meters. Drake didn't have a lot of family members in the house, so the house looked relatively empty.After dinner, Ashlyn watched on as James returned to his room. She then realized that their room was right above James's. Theirs was on the third floor, while James's was on the second floor.This was the first time she and Calvin had stayed over at someone's place ever since the start of their vacation. When they were at Freesia, they stayed in luxurious hotels. Since it was autumn, the bedsheets were cold and soft to the touch. They didn't have to switch on the air conditioner because the weather was already crisp to begin with. After showering, Ashlyn dived into Calvin's arms and looked into his eyes. Then, she smiled."What are you looking at?" Calvin asked while hugging her tightly.Tonight, Calvin felt very uneasy."I'm looking at my handsome boyfriend." Ashlyn
Ashlyn, for her part, couldn’t understand what they were talking about.“Where’s your father?” Calvin asked Drake.“Don’t worry about that. He can’t move around freely, so we’ve already sent breakfast to his room,” Drake explained.Calvin could see that Drake was trying hard to make his guests feel welcome.“By the way, where’s your other brother? I thought there were three of you, but I only see you and James here today. Does he have his own house? Is that why he’s not here?” Calvin prodded.James pursed his lips and had his meal in silence.“He… He…um, passed away. We buried him at the back of the mountain,” Drake said. “Since Rease isn’t strict with regulations concerning burial sites, we decided to set his final resting place at the back of the mountain. He and James had a great relationship…”“Drake, that’s enough!” James voiced with displeasure. He seemed uncomfortable with the topic and refused to listen to anything more.“I’m sorry if I offended anyone in your household
When Calvin noticed that James ignored him and texted Ashlyn directly instead, anger rose in him. He knew that from now on, he shouldn’t treat James lightly.Ashlyn noticed James’s odd behavior as well. She couldn’t help but find it awkward. “What’s up with James? Doesn’t he understand basic social cues?”What Ashlyn implied was that James didn’t do it on purpose, and it wasn’t his intention to anger Calvin at all. Ashlyn thought that James sent the message directly to her because it was more convenient to talk to her in person. In other words, Ashlyn was trying to tell Calvin that there was nothing secretive going on between her and James. She made sure to lay everything out in the open before Calvin could overthink the situation.“You two seem to be very close to each other,” Calvin said with a frown.Ashlyn was shocked. “I’m not close to him at all! I just can’t help but compare his arrogant look back then to his depressed expression these few days. Thinking about his drastic tr
These days, Calvin had been staying by Ashlyn's side. It was probably the longest he had stayed in Lyrdell. With him by her side, Ashlyn was motivated to do her best in her work."Ashlyn, why don't we get engaged after you’re done with this project?" Calvin asked."You want us to get engaged?" Ashlyn asked.Since Ashlyn had rejected Calvin's marriage proposal a lot of times in the past, Calvin changed from 'marriage' to ;engaged' in hopes that she would agree to it."Yes.""That means you'll have to give me a ring, right?” Ashlyn asked."Yes, that's the plan."Ashlyn slumped to the bed, disappointed. "I planned to make our own rings, but…"Ashlyn paused. The disappointment was too hard to bear."What's wrong?""I was in the middle of making our couple rings the first time I met James. James saw your ring and fell in love with it instantly. Since the gemstone on the rings belongs to Xenia, Francis threatened to take back the gemstones if I refused to give James the ring. Givin
The next day, Clarissa called Ashlyn as promised."Ashlyn, I discussed the engagement with your father yesterday. I’ve also called the Conrads to talk about it. We all agreed to your engagement with Calvin, and we've set the date on the 28th of February. We'll only invite some relatives and friends to the engagement party. It'll be a small event. As for the venue, your brother will look for a few choices. You and Calvin can pick one that’s to your liking.""Thank you, Mom!" Ashlyn was elated. After that, she told Calvin the good news.Calvin was relieved, but he was still worried about James's influence on Ashlyn.The next day, Calvin went to the subsidiary company in Lyrdell and Ashlyn went to work.The moment she sat down at her table, she received a call from Francis. "Ashlyn, can you see me at my office, please? Mr. Addaway wants to see you."Ashlyn's heart fluttered at the news. She couldn't help but feel nervous. However, she realized James wasn't as heartless as he seemed
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