“I’m not sure, sir. She’s probably going to Lesia,” Calvin’s employee replied.“Okay, keep track of her whereabouts for me. Thank you,” Calvin said.“Mr. Conrad, what’s wrong?” James asked after Calvin hung up the phone.“Oh, it’s nothing. I have an employee who’s resigning.”“Huh? Why do they have to inform you of a simple resignation?” James smiled.“That employee is someone special, so the company has to go through me about it. Oh, right. We’re here to thank you for helping Ashlyn out when she was in a pinch. After all, the reason Ashlyn’s studio received so many business opportunities is all because of you. Here’s our token of appreciation. Please have a look.”Calvin reached for the antique in the box and gave it to James.“Thank you, but you don’t have to go out of your way to buy a gift for me,” James said while opening the box. He sized up the antique. “Wow, Mr. Conrad! You have such refined taste in antiques. I really like this.”James stood up and placed the antique o
Normally, Ashlyn would offer Calvin to have dinner with her at her house. This time, Ashlyn didn’t do so.Watching Ashlyn’s back as she left, Calvin ordered some mahogany with Ashlyn’s name carved on it. Then, he had the nameplate sent to Ashlyn’s studio.In the end, Calvin still felt the need to talk to Dana about this. He couldn’t let his mother take advantage of Ashlyn when Ashlyn was innocent.He drove back to his parents’ place.“Calvin, why are you back? Aren’t you having dinner at the Lawrence’s?” Dana knew Calvin had been having dinner at the Lawrences’ recently.“Ashlyn’s busy today.”Dana sat down and said, “Are you aware of what James and Ashlyn did a few days ago, when you were on your business trip?”“What do you mean?” Calvin was extremely displeased.Dana immediately told Calvin what she heard from other people. “That day, they were standing at the junction together. A lot of people saw them and they could recognize the two of them as well. Can you see what she’s
After Ashlyn got back home, she was still in a bad mood. She didn’t say a single word to her family and went straight to her room.Since she didn't have her tools at home, she started sketching. She always had the habit of immersing herself in her own world of arts and handicrafts whenever she was moody.Her phone rang, indicating a few messages from Fiona.Fiona: [Ashlyn, will you be able to finish my accessories by Christmas? My wedding date is set around that time.]Ashlyn: [Of course. I just have the final set to go.]Fiona: [I'll ask my brother to fetch them from you if he's still at Genovia by then. If he's not there, can you courier it to Lesia? Wait, I have a better idea. Why don't you send them to me in person? I'll pay for your transportation fees. You can take the opportunity to travel around Lesia.]When Ashlyn was young, she used to travel to Lesia a few times. When she grew up, she used to fly to other countries, with Lesia as the transit point. Ashlyn was tempted b
Damien thought about what Ray said, and thought that it made sense. If he messed up their relationship, the person who would suffer the consequences would be Ashlyn. Her relationship with Dana would just go down the hill.“Fine, I won’t stir trouble. Just try to keep an eye on your wife,” Damien replied sternly.“Of course,” Ray agreed.Coincidentally, Dana overheard Ray’s conversation with Damien. The more she listened, the angrier she became. Until now, she still didn’t know what it was that she did wrong. Was warning James such a big crime? How dare Damien direct his anger at her!Dana was so furious that she rushed to Ray and snatched the phone away from him before Ray could react. “Mr. Lawrence! If you love your daughter that much, let me ask you this question. Where were you when she got into the car accident? James was there to send her back home, while Calvin was the one who fixed the car for her. Where were you then? A lot of people were on the road when James was helpin
Calvin hung up. He knew this incident could be a major turning point in his relationship with Ashlyn. If Ashlyn decided to go with James, he wouldn’t feel bad about it. After all, that would mean she had chosen to be with a man with the same nature as her father. If Ashlyn decided to stay with Calvin, he would only think of it as fate and be grateful for it.Calvin thought to himself. If Ashlyn did choose James in the end, would he be okay with that?Thinking about the possibility, tears filled his eyes as memories of the past flooded his mind.When Ashlyn was still a young child, she was extremely introverted and didn’t like to speak much. Every time she faced a problem in math, she would sob while asking Calvin, “Calvin, do you know how to solve this problem? I don’t know how to do it.”She would ask everyone in the family for a solution, only to receive criticisms of her intellectual ability. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn’t understand it. In the end, she had no c
The next morning when they were having breakfast, Ashlyn noticed that Clarissa’s eyes were red and puffy. While they were enjoying their meal, Clarissa kept picking up food for Ashlyn, as if Ashlyn was a child who didn’t know how to eat.That was how Ashlyn knew Damien had already told Clarissa about the fact that she had been bullied in school.Clarissa seemed to be trying her hardest to hold back her tears. Ashlyn lowered her head and didn’t utter a single word.After Ashlyn went to work, Clarissa couldn’t hold in her tears anymore and cried sadly.“While Ashlyn was growing up, I couldn’t even get myself to hit her even when she did something wrong. I thought I was doing all I could to make sure she grows up perfectly. How dare that girl bully my daughter? She even got away with it! If I knew it back then, I would’ve sued the school! This is all because of me! I should’ve realized it sooner.”“Just wait! I’ll make sure she suffers a miserable ending. How could Calvin give her a
By the time they arrived at the villa, Dana was already making the dumplings.Since Calvin was the one who invited Dana and Ashlyn to make the dumplings together, she didn’t lash out or make a scene today. Although she was still angry at Damien’s call yesterday, she understood that Ashlyn and Damien were two separate human beings. Dana shouldn’t vent her anger on Ashlyn, who had nothing to do with her clash against Damien. At the end of the day, Dana still wanted nothing more than to make amends with Ashlyn.Today, Dana told the maid to leave early. She kneaded the dough by herself and flattened it out with a rolling pin. Before Ashlyn arrived, Ray and Calvin had already made a lot of dumplings. Even Dana was quite surprised, because Ray and Calvin rarely appeared in the kitchen.After Ashlyn entered the house, she started making the dumplings as well.The atmosphere wasn’t tense, and everything was going smoothly.Just when the dough was almost finished, Calvin went to the kitche
Ashlyn said nothing. Tears streamed down her face as she tried her best to stifle her sobbing.Ever since she was a child, she would automatically dive into Calvin’s arms whenever she felt sad. To Ashlyn, Calvin was her safe haven. More than anything, she wanted to wrap her arms around his waist and gave it a good cry. However, she didn’t in the end. They were currently in Dana’s home, so it would seem inappropriate to do so.Every time Dana tried to make things difficult for Ashlyn, it would pull the couple closer to each other.As of now, Calvin still didn’t realize that.Dana didn’t realize it as well, because she was so focused on arguing with Ashlyn.“What’s wrong?” Calvin wiped Ashlyn’s tears away with his finger. Her tears were like a broken pearl necklace, with beads of them dripping down her cheeks.Ashlyn sobbed, “I don’t know what I should do to make her like me. I don’t even know what I did wrong.”The moment Calvin heard that, he knew Ashlyn was talking about Dana.
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