“President Lawrence, can I have an interview with you?” Juan asked. “I didn’t have your number, so I had no choice but to take such a rude approach.”“I don’t have the time for that.” Ned turned Juan down without hesitation.“Don’t be like that, President Lawrence. I’m Annie Weiss’ boyfriend. Why don’t you give me a chance for her sake? The magazine needs a bigwig to grace the cover, and you’re the only person who fits the bill. Who else would have the right?” Juan said sycophantically.“Annie Weiss?” Ned gave him a sharp look. “Why didn’t she tell me about this? Tell her to talk to me.”“Uh…” Juan thought all entrepreneurs loved having people suck up to them. Coupled with using Annie’s name, he thought he had the interview in the bag. Unfortunately for him, Ned didn’t fall for his tricks.“Leave!” Ned commanded.Everyone at Genovian Financial knew how tough it was to get an interview with Ned Lawrence. He wasn’t interested in becoming famous; he was just bold in business.Juan
Ivory still had to give Juan an answer, though.Ivory: [I talked to Ned about it. He wanted to do it for my sake, but he didn’t want to be in the limelight. Maybe you’ll have better luck next time.]Juan scoffed when he saw this and muttered to himself, “Yeah, right! He obviously couldn’t care less about you! What an airhead.”Wait, she was rich and airheaded—wasn’t this exactly what he wanted? Besides, she didn’t look half bad. If he could marry her, he’d be settled for life!Juan could immediately tell Ivory meant nothing to Ned. Perhaps she thought of him as her boyfriend, but on the flip side, he couldn’t care less about her.Since there was a chink in her armor, he could wiggle his way in there……Ivory felt utterly humiliated. To save face, she continued texting him.Ivory: [You know about my brother, Wyatt, right?]Juan: [Yeah, of course. He owns Boyle Laboratory in Genovia and is currently doing his post-doctoral study in Emmeria. He’s pretty well-known internationally
Over the past year, Jonah had featured in many of Annie’s videos and had slowly become something of an influencer who didn’t show up anywhere else. It was pretty beneficial to his day job, and it was fun making the videos—at least it helped him destress. He had a good impression of Annie, so he had to help her out.Owen helped him set up an account with the username Jonah Nixes. His profile picture was a candid shot taken while he was mid-game.After that, Jonah followed Annie’s account.Annie found this odd and sent him a screenshot of the profile. [Is this you?]Jonah: [Yeah. I’m here to help you out.]Annie was elated. He had refused to set up an account, no matter how much she begged. Now that he had one, it would be much easier for them to collaborate. She followed him back.Almost instantly, Jonah’s followers shot to more than three million despite him not having uploaded anything.There were all sorts of comments on Annie’s previous videos.[Jonah dotes on you, doesn’t h
As soon as Annie stepped into the apartment, her mother, Yvonne Eyre, hurried over to her. “Annie, who was the man who dropped you home? He’s so tall and handsome! Is he the one who’s always appearing in your videos? Jonah Maben, is it? Are you two dating? You two look like a great match! I wasn’t interested in the one your father introduced to you at all, but he insisted.”“Mom, stop it!” Annie went to her room and slammed the door shut.…The following day, Annie ran into Ned at Lawrence Pharmaceutical. He had made a trip there today because there were some documents he had to sign.They were only supposed to brush past each other, but Ned stopped her. “There was a Juan Marquez from Genovian Financial who claims to be your boyfriend. He came to me a few days ago to ask for an interview—do you know anything about this? When did you find a boyfriend?”Annie was instantly infuriated. Juan was such a jerk! Not only had he used her to get his 15 minutes of fame, but he’d also used he
Ned graced the cover of Genovian Financial, and Juan wasn’t the one who’d interviewed him. Annie felt like she had gotten revenge for what Juan had done to her.Ivory was incensed that he had agreed to it once someone else had asked him to do it, but she told everyone that she was the one who talked him into it so as not to embarrass herself. Of course, there was no lying to herself.Still, she had to make sure she told Wyatt about this. She wanted Cassandra to know how Ned hung on her every word, and destroy any chance of them getting together.When it was nighttime in Emmeria, she called Wyatt.Wyatt was at Cassandra’s place and helping to care for Hector again. Hector had played outside the whole day, and was so exhausted that he fell asleep in Wyatt’s arms.Hector was now a year old.He had learned how to speak when he was about seven or eight months old. Wyatt had been feeding him at the time when Hector suddenly stared at him with doe eyes and cooed, “Daddy.”Wyatt had bee
Cassandra had kept busy since coming to Emmeria and joining Kane Laboratory. It was partly because she needed to work hard, and partly because she wanted to forget about Ned.Obviously, it hadn’t worked the slightest. On the contrary, her memories of him grew more and more vivid by the day, and her heart ached more than ever. After all, Hector was his flesh and blood. How could she not be reminded of Ned when she looked at Hector?Sometimes, she would stare at Hector while he was asleep, hoping to detect some traces of Ned in him. She always failed, though. At times like that, she wanted badly to cry, but she did a great job of masking her emotions when facing others.Since she had made up her mind not to be with Ned, she wouldn’t make it seem like she was suffering.An ugly look crept onto Ivory’s face at the mention of the engagement. She didn’t want to talk about her constantly bugging Ned.Besides, her aim was to let Cassandra know about her and Ned’s relationship.“We’ve dec
In the evening, Cassandra told Wyatt she might have to go to Ashweir and then Zamva on a business trip. It would probably take a month or more, and she was absolutely uncomfortable with leaving her child alone with the nanny. What if the nanny abducted her child and sold him?In the end, she had no choice but to trouble Wyatt.Even though Wyatt told Cassandra many times that he wasn't going back to the country, Cassandra was particularly sorry about it."How about this... You can go back and bring the child with you! Didn't your sister say your mother's birthday was coming up?" Cassandra finally said.Thinking about it, this was the most appropriate way. It was way better to leave her boy in Wyatt's hands rather than the hands of the nanny.Wyatt froze. "What do I say if someone asks who the kid belongs to?""Just say that he's yours!" Cassandra said, firmly looking ahead. "I’ll never let anybody else know who the father of my child is. Ned’s going to marry soon, and I won't be
Hector felt that this man looked friendly, so he pulled on Ned's shirt from behind.Ned turned around to find a small child pulling at his shirt. He had a pretty face with big eyes."What is it?"Ned hadn’t interacted with children much since he was a child because he wasn't overly fond or had any particular affection for them, so children also stayed away from him."Mister, have you seen my daddy?" Hector asked him cutely as he stared at Ned with big, innocent eyes.Ned frowned. "Who's your daddy?""My daddy’s-""Hector, I'm here," Wyatt called out as he rushed from the direction of the washroom. "How did you get here? I've been looking all over for you!"When Hector finally saw Wyatt, it was as if he had been found after having been missing for a long time. He hugged Wyatt's leg and bawled cutely, "Daddy! Daddy!"Wyatt stroked Hector's head, then picked him up and comforted him. "Shh... Good boy..."That was when Wyatt finally looked up and saw Ned.What a small world! Wya
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