Cerise never expected to lose her regular phone. The person who picked it up would definitely think Calvin was truly like that. She was furious and absolutely humiliated for herself and also on Calvin’s behalf.She went to the shopping mall and checked the surveillance footage. There weren’t any surveillance cameras in the restrooms, so all she saw was a young woman hurrying out of the restroom as she ran inside. She couldn’t even be sure the young woman was the one who had taken her phone…Cerise was so humiliated, she didn’t even dare to leave the house. She had no idea how she would face Calvin in any professional setting from now on, especially since the person who had taken her phone had obviously sent screenshots of those messages to Calvin.She wanted to kill herself!When Calvin walked into the room, Damien trained his gaze on him, wanting to see how he would explain this. It was such a bad omen for something like this to happen on the day of his daughter’s engagement!Cal
Sure enough, Milly fell silent. She didn’t want to be expelled—as a poor girl from the countryside, having an education and completing one was the only thing that would improve her life. Yet she knew that if she went to the hotel, everyone would discover that the conversations with “Calvin” were only a fabrication. She didn’t want him to get engaged, nor did she want to get expelled…In the end, she still went to Tianaton Hotel. It was a place she never imagined herself stepping foot in.When she knocked on the door and saw the infamous Damien, the rest of the Lawrences, and all the Conrads, she was so scared that her knees went weak.Ashlyn was instantly annoyed to see Milly. What was this awful woman doing here on such an important day?She glanced at Calvin, and he gave her a look to mean that he would explain everything to her later.“Calvin, I picked up Cerise Thornton’s phone. Take a look at it. You’ll immediately know whether I’m lying,” Milly said. She sneaked a glance at
Like Neil, most in attendance didn’t know what had happened. Ashlyn was included. However, to Dana, it seemed something bad had happened to Calvin and caused Damien to doubt him. Today was the day of his and Ashlyn’s engagement, and ensuring Damien’s doubts were cleared was of utmost importance. At such a critical moment, Milly had shown up to rescue Calvin despite her feelings for him.In fact, Dana couldn’t help feeling Milly was a much better person than Calvin made her out to be.Dana could also tell Ashlyn wasn’t too happy to see Milly, which displeased her. How could Ashlyn be ungrateful to someone who had saved her fiancé?…Though this incident was out of Calvin’s expectations, he still handled it wonderfully.Damien wanted to make an early retreat, but he had to stay for Ashlyn’s sake. He forced himself to stick around until the end.On the way home, he and Clarissa sat in the back while Ashlyn sat in the passenger seat.Clarissa and Ashlyn kept bugging Damien to tell t
Since Ashlyn was still in Lyrdell while the renovation was on the way, Damien had the interior designer send her the drafts so they could go over the actual designs. Calvin was also included in this.In the company, Shawna and Xenia were practically drooling over Ashlyn’s engagement ring.“How many carats is this? God, you have something worth the price of a house on your finger! Man, I hate you so much,” Xenia said.“You’ll definitely have your own one in the future!” Ashlyn quipped.All jokes aside, she couldn’t help feeling down at having to part with Xenia and Shawna. She was fortunate enough to have had them as her colleagues. They treated her well, and she didn’t need to experience being backstabbed and betrayed by fake friends.Francis’s displeasure at her resignation was evident.“Ashlyn, we’ve signed a contract with Addaway Corporation. You’re supposed to handle their designs for the next year. What are we going to do if he terminates the contract once you’re gone?”“Th
After working together, Neil and Calvin realized James was a great business partner. He was credible, principled, and gave his partners a huge profit margin. It was hard to come across a better business partner than him.In fact, Neil learned many business tactics from James. Because of this, he found his earlier impression of James to be too superficial.Over the next few months, Neil and James met up a few times. Once was in Genovia, and another was in Lesia, when Neil went there for a business trip.Neil told James his thoughts a few times, but James merely smiled faintly and said, “Giving your clients a good profit margin is the key to maintaining a long-term relationship. It’s not my style to work with someone only once; smart people take advantage of honest people, but honest people always have the heavens’ blessings. I don’t want to be smart when it comes to business.”“So that’s how the Addaway family became what it is now?” Neil asked.“I’ve never thought about that. Mayb
“The more you’re afraid of losing something, the easier it is to lose,” Neil continued. “Loosen up a little. Ashlyn didn’t give you a hard time over Milly showing up at your engagement, right? Think about how much she trusts you to let something like that go. Speaking of which, Cerise’s crush on you is pretty interesting.”“How do you always manage to turn something serious into a joke?” Calvin rolled his eyes.He couldn’t help feeling embarrassed when he remembered the things she had written.Neil chuckled. “Learn to let go, pal.”Addaway Corporation started looking for a good location in Genovia to set up its subsidiary. Neil helped them find a place. After purchasing the building, it took less than a month for the renovations to be done.James also had someone buy a villa in Genovia. He wouldn’t be staying in Genovia for extended periods of time, but at least he wouldn’t need to stay at a hotel whenever he was in town. The villa was already furnished, so he just had to pack him
That night, Calvin went to Hill Villa after work. He washed his hands and got ready for dinner.Ashlyn watched him from the sofa. “Can you do me a favor?”“What is it?” He walked over to her and rubbed her on the head.“Xenia wants to watch Jonah play basketball again. Apparently, he has a game against some team from Lesia. Can you help get her some tickets?”After concluding that Ashlyn wasn’t interested in Jonah, Calvin didn’t harbor such a huge grudge against Jonah anymore. Now, the person who bothered him was James; Jonah was no match for him.“Sure. How many do you want?” Calvin asked, “Do you want to go?”“I’m not interested, but they insisted on me joining them. Looks like I don’t have a choice.” She pouted.Calvin chuckled. “Alright.”The next day, Ashlyn received five front-row tickets.She couldn’t help thinking about how great it was to have someone like Calvin around. Even if she was completely dysfunctional, he would take care of everything for her.And so, she g
In the article, the writer lauded Ashlyn as a genius more than once, and included a photo of her. It was the one Ashlyn had taken for her employee name tag at Nevera Designs when her hair was still long. At the same time, a photo of James was also included next to hers. She looked youthful and demure, while he looked mature and steadfast.Calvin saw this article as well. Because of Ashlyn’s career choice, he had chosen to subscribe to a digital version of the magazine.He had complicated feelings about this article. He was happy for her, and he knew it would launch Ashlyn to fame so she wouldn’t have to worry about not having any business anymore. At the same time, he couldn’t help feeling worried about James’s ever present influence.Calvin called Ashlyn. “Congratulations on being featured in such a prominent magazine! You won’t have to worry about the studio not having any business anymore.”“Really?” Ashlyn still couldn’t wrap her mind around things.“Of course. This is the pow
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