“Wow, what a turn of events!” Damien acted like this was the most amazing thing he had ever heard.“Your brother Sean drowned while trying to get your topaz accessory? What a shame!”“Yeah.” James bowed his head, appearing a little sad at the mention of this.“You were, what? Nine years old?” Damien asked.“Yeah.”“Was your adoptive father Gregory or Arthur Addaway?”“Arthur. Gregory Addaway was my biological father.”“Ah, I see. How did Arthur pass away?”“He had a heart attack. He had been standing by the pool, and I only got to him after he drowned,” James said. “After that, I took over Addaway Corporation.”Damien nodded understandingly. “Did you realize your brother and adoptive father both died in the water?”James was obviously taken aback. Then, he said, “Now that you mention it, you’re right. It didn’t even occur to me.”“Well, I don’t think anyone would want to spend too much time thinking about these things.” Damien smiled. “Did you change the pool in your family
“Let me put it this way.” Damien stood up and slowly paced the living room. “Arthur Addaway has always had cardiac issues. Your version of events is that he had a heart attack before falling into the pool, which is fine on its own. To me, however, you didn’t show up after his heart attack; you were there all along. You stopped him from taking his medication and pushed him into the pool, where he had a heart attack. Is that what really happened, President Addaway? Of course, I’m sure there weren’t any surveillance cameras then. Even if there were, you would’ve found ways to get rid of them beforehand.”“This is all just your guesswork, President Lawrence. Do you have any proof?” James demanded.“Now, now, let’s not rush into things,” Damien said. “Since you’re not admitting to this, let’s talk about Sean.”“Sean?”“Yes, him. According to the story you’ve told everybody, Arthur gave you a topaz accessory that you loved. However, the version I heard was that the accessory was actually
If not for it serving some other purpose, Cassandra wouldn’t have sent a photo of the swimming pool to Damien. It was why Damien guessed James had done something.In fact, were it not for the photo, Damien wouldn’t have known about the blood on James’s hands.After that, he sent someone to Lesia to dig up whatever information possible and found that Arthur had a cardiac history. He also learnt about Sean being Arthur’s true choice of heir. It was unfortunate Sean had died on that fateful afternoon.According to James, Sean had drowned while searching for the topaz accessory. But if the accessory belonged to Sean in the first place, what was he doing in the water?The only explanation for this was that James had lied. But why? What had he been trying to hide? Damien made a bold guess: James had pulled some tricks to make Sean drown on purpose.Judging from how sly and ruthless James was, he would’ve definitely done something to get rid of Sean so he could be the one to go to Lesia
The following afternoon, Ashlyn stood before Calvin’s apartment.The thought of seeing him soon made her nervous.Since he wasn’t home yet, she stood at the door and waited for him. When she got tired, she squatted down. After a while, the jet lag and her fatigue from the long flight got to her. Before she knew it, she had slumped onto the floor and dozed off.Calvin came home at around 8:00 p.m. He was greeted by the sight of Ashlyn asleep at the door with her head nodding.A wave of emotions overwhelmed him, and something seemed to be stuck in his throat.“Ashlyn, Ashlyn…” After watching her for a moment, he started to wake her up.She didn’t.He patted her on the face a few times before she came to.Finally, she looked up at him groggily and smiled. “You’re home?”There was no need to say anything else.“Yeah. Let’s head inside; it’s cold out here.”Ashlyn didn’t move. She looked at him with interest, smiled, and said, “You’re even more handsome now.”Indeed, he was. He
Ashlyn looked a little lost. After a while, her expression morphed into embarrassment. “Why didn’t you reply to my messages when you read them?”She pounded her fists on his back, but he caught her. “So, are you going to say it or not?”She blushed. “It’s really embarrassing, though.”“Come on, I really want to hear it.” He looked into her eyes.“No! Wait until later.”That night, Calvin made her call him all sorts of things.After that, they started living together. Ashlyn would tidy the apartment up when she woke up, and Calvin would buy groceries on his way home after work. They would cook together; Ashlyn had soon grown into quite a proficient cook.To Ashlyn, life this way was perfect. In fact, it was so much better than when they had been in Genovia. They could be together every day, as if there was nobody else on this earth.She didn’t want this to end.When Calvin officially left Luminescence Bank and got ready to return to Merania, a month and a half had passed. Ashl
On Labor Day, Calvin and Ashlyn had a grand wedding. After all, as Damien Lawrence’s daughter, she couldn’t possibly settle for a simple affair. Plenty of guests were in attendance.Damien prepared countless wedding gifts for her.Jonah and Owen were invited, too. When Jonah saw Ashlyn standing on stage in her wedding gown, he was a little dazed. He and Michelle were a thing of the past, and Ashlyn was getting married. Her husband was a man he admired with every fiber of his being, and he wished them all the happiness in the world.Xenia and her father had fallen on bad terms due to the differences in their views, so she wanted to start somewhere new. She had come to Genovia and become a shareholder of Ashlyn’s studio. Now, she was officially a member of Ashlyn’s team.She was still hung up on Jonah, and since she was now in Genovia, she had more opportunities to approach him.Xenia was Ashlyn’s bridesmaid. Her eyes were trained on Jonah throughout the reception.After the weddin
One more person who couldn’t handle this court hearing was Fiona Addaway. Never in her wildest dreams would she have expected the brother she had always trusted to have murdered her father. At the same time, she didn’t expect her innocent and silent youngest sister to be so good at keeping secrets. Fiona was mentally drained—these were her relatives! Even if James had committed such a heinous crime, he had always treated her well.In the end, the judge sentenced James to fifteen years in jail.After the hearing, Fiona sat on the steps outside the courthouse and immediately burst into tears.“Are you okay, Miss Addaway?” Calvin, Neil, and Ned stopped beside her.Calvin had a few questions to ask her.She hastily dried her tears. “I’m fine. I’m just a little sad at the thought of this mess.”Calvin recalled her lying to Ashlyn, but it seemed she probably didn’t have anything to do with the whole matter. So, he asked, “You said you wanted to come to Genovia before, right, Miss Addaw
“I hope she doesn’t. With her in Genovia, she’d probably star in my nightmares. I heard Uncle Caleb introduced her to Roger. Knowing how dumb he is, she’ll probably have him wrapped around her finger. Of course, there’s also the possibility of her making a fool out of him.” Ned looked like he couldn’t wait to see how things played out.At this moment, Cassandra and Adeline walked out of the courthouse with Madam Addaway between them. Madam Addaway seemed to have aged years because of this case.Cassandra glanced at Ned before helping her mother down the steps.Though it was just a quick glance, Ned hadn’t missed it. He could even sense the intense dislike in it.Earlier, when Cassandra went to Emmeria to deal with her graduation, she had heard all about her roommate, Stephanie Bern, having a huge crush on Ned. Stephanie had finally managed to win him over, but he dumped her only after a few days or months together. In fact, he had gotten her pregnant and forced her to abort it. Ste
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