They soon returned to Genovia.If Wyatt hadn’t told her to stop, Cassandra would’ve given Anastasia her seat so she could sit beside Wyatt. Since Cassandra now knew Wyatt had feelings for someone, she wouldn’t do something so stupid again. Fortunately, Wyatt spent most of their journey asleep. When they landed in Genovia, it was already nighttime.Looking down at Genovia from the sky made Cassandra suddenly feel differently about this city. For a second, it overwhelmed and confused her.After bidding Wyatt and Anastasia farewell at the exit, Cassandra left. Wyatt seemed to have something to say, but ended up remaining silent.Cassandra was still operating on an Emmerian schedule, so she wasn’t sleepy in the least. She got out of the elevator when it stopped at her floor.Then, she saw Neil standing by her door. He was smoking and watching her with narrowed eyes. “Back already?” His voice was deep and raspy.“What, you missed me?” Cassandra was saying this deliberately. She knew N
Cassandra lay on her side. Her hand clenched the sheets tightly, but Ned didn’t see this from his angle.“Oh. That’s good. Congratulations,” she said. “Since you’re getting engaged, we can’t continue like this. I refuse to be someone’s mistress and a homewrecker.”That’s good? Congratulations? Her words made Ned’s blood boil. He pinned her to the bed and had his way with her again. This time, he was rougher than before.When they were done, Cassandra’s stomach ached slightly, but she was too tired to bother.Ned got out of bed and went to the kitchen to hunt for food. There was some pasta and steak, so he made a simple meal out of them.When Cassandra got up, she realized she was on her period. She went to shower before changing into a clean pair of underwear.By the time she walked out of the bathroom with her hair still dripping, Ned was already waiting for her at the dining table.“When will the engagement party be? I have to prepare a gift for you.” Cassandra’s eyes were l
When Ned saw Cassandra's uncaring look, he was furious. They had just spent the night together and even did it once today, so why wasn't she looking at him like all the other women he had slept with before? Why wasn't she clinging to him and refusing to let him out of her sight? Why was she being so cold?!During her absence this week, Ned consistently had trouble sleeping at night. He would toss and turn and only manage to fall into a light sleep which he would wake up after a while. When he did, Cassandra would fill his mind. He would think about her indifferent expression and how she dissected the corpse as she pleased; those thoughts kept him up at night.At this moment, he was so filled with hate that he couldn't help grinding his teeth together."Cassandra, you're extremely hateful, you know that?" Ned hissed through gritted teeth. "You're the only one who hates me. Everyone else likes me," Cassandra said."With such an attitude, have you ever thought about what you'll do
Not long after, Ned went to the lab.Cassandra seemed to have gone to Sam's office, and he noted there was a report on her desk with Wyatt's signature on it.It was that f*cking Wyatt again! Jeremy had just left, then Wyatt had to appear, huh?Ned slammed down the report and made his way back to his office.When Cassandra returned to her office, her phone rang and she answered it."Cassandra, come to my office," Ned's cold, deep voice came from the other end.Cassandra frowned. Ned was a higher-up, but did he want to see her for business or personal matters?Either way, Cassandra went to meet him as was asked.After knocking on the door, Cassandra entered the room to find Ned writing away on his desk. He looked as if he was trying to commit murder with how fast he was writing."Was there something you needed?" Cassandra asked.Ned had continued writing even when Cassandra came in. He didn't look up and appeared extremely calm."I had a total of seven to eight girlfriends in
While waiting for the food to be served, Cassandra pulled out Wyatt's paper and pointed out in detail the questionable points of his opinion while Wyatt nodded along frequently.After a while, Cassandra's phone rang. She pulled it out to find that it was a message from Fiona. Fiona had sent Cassandra a few photos, and it seemed to be a factory and a big office. It looked quite luxurious.While Cassandra was wondering, Fiona followed up with a message, [Cassandra, this is Jeremy's company and office in Lesia. His elder brother helped him look after the place, and it's not bad. Because of what happened with you, I feel like I owe Jeremy a lot, so I often check on him for you. Elliot also likes it here. They have a children's activity area, and he likes to play here.]Fiona also sent Cassandra several photos of Elliot playing at the place, with Jeremy standing nearby and looking at the child with a gentle expression.Cassandra didn't know what she should reply. She was aware she owed
Annie knocked on Cassandra's door and discussed some questions about the experiment, and Cassandra answered each and every one of them."Cassandra, how much money should we pack for the gift money for Mr. Lawrence's engagement?" Annie asked.Cassandra hadn't thought about it. "I don't know what the local customs here are, so I'm not sure how much we should give him. I'll just go with the flow. Giving too much or too little would be bad, right? Besides, do we actually have to give him gift money for an engagement ceremony?”"I guess we should. We're his employees, after all. I can't just go along with the crowd. Because of him, I got my first billion in life," Annie said. "I want to give him a hundred thousand. What do you think?""I definitely can't give him that much," Cassandra said. "I'll just give whatever amount my colleague gives."Annie nodded slowly. She did feel that something had happened between Cassandra and Ned, but it seemed Cassandra didn't want to get involved wi
When Bonnie heard Ivory call Ned her "husband", she got even angrier. She recalled how Ned had also once danced with her. She also remembered how Ned had kissed her and held her in the hotel. Back then, Bonnie thought she had a chance to further develop a relationship with Ned. Unexpectedly, there was never such a thing. When she heard about Ned and Ivory's engagement, she suddenly felt as if she had been tricked into planning a wedding for someone else, and her heart was filled with hate.Ivory had a cute and naive look, and it only added oil to the already raging fire in Bonnie's heart. She couldn't hold back her fury anymore and raised her hand to slap Ivory across her face.Bonnie hadn’t held back, and the slap to Ivory's face was heavy and hard. A burst of stars clouded Ivory's vision, followed by stinging pain that burned hotly.What was more, Bonnie had been holding a few pieces of lingerie in her hands and was on her way to try them out. One of the clasps scratched Ivory's
Cassandra was aware that Ned had postponed his engagement, and it was Wyatt who told her about it.Wyatt and Cassandra often met privately, probably because academic elites tend to attract each other. There were many topics they could discuss, and more importantly, Cassandra liked Wyatt's unflinching manner of speaking. It was warm, and he felt like someone she could confide in without any worry.But this time, Cassandra remembered that unless absolutely necessary, she would never go further than being friends with Wyatt, lest what happened to Jeremy repeated itself.If so, Cassandra would be no different from a scumbag like Ned.When Wyatt told her about how Ivory had been beaten up, he talked so casually and treated it as if they were two kids fighting at a playdate."It was postponed? For how long?" Cassandra asked."My sister asked to postpone it for ten days, and the Lawrence family agreed. She does have a scar on her face that has yet to fade, and she's been acting so miser
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