"How could you hear about that when you're out of the country all the time? It'd just be taking your attention away from work. Anyway, nobody wants to air their dirty laundry. You have no idea how many times Adeline has run home to stay with your mother." Catherine sighed. "Look at how hard your mother worked to get to where she is! How did her daughters end up like this?"Ned's eyes were trained on his phone. It was as if he wasn't listening to them at all.Oliver walked out of the kitchen. "I had the housekeeper make all your favorite dishes," he said.It was Catherine's turn to head to the kitchen. She wanted to take this opportunity to cook something for Cassandra as well.Cassandra gulped. It seemed to have been years since she had her aunt's cooking.She also hadn't had the chance to eat much during Fiona's wedding yesterday.Oliver came over to join them. When he saw Cassandra and Ned sitting on the couch together, he sized them up, then said, "Did anything happen between
The housekeeper brought the dishes to the table when the food was done. Meanwhile, Oliver took this opportunity to head out to buy Cassandra her lightbulb.Catherine went upstairs to check on Hector.Ned was left alone in the living room. He watched as Cassandra dug in voraciously.A short silence descended upon them."What did you eat in Emmeria? Why did you lose so much weight?" he suddenly asked."I didn't have much time, so I mostly ate fast food and junk food. Occasionally, I'd go out with my colleagues," she said."What about Hector? Did he eat fast food with you?" Ned frowned."No, the housekeeper prepared his food. Besides…" She was about to say that Wyatt was amazing at caring for Hector. She would often return home to see him cooking for Hector, and the dishes all looked delicious."Besides what? Wyatt would cook for him?" Ned asked.Cassandra hummed in acknowledgment while eating.He turned away from her, pursing his lips tightly. 'What a wonderful househusband!'
In Emmeria, Cassandra rarely brought Hector to the park. Now that they had the chance to walk around, Hector was excited by everything. He went wild.Oliver only called her when the sky started to darken."Cassandra, Ned brought Mrs. Stewart to your house, but you weren't in. He doesn't have your number and has no way of contacting you, so call him, okay?" He sounded anxious."Alright. I'm still out with Hector, but I'll head home now."In the end, Cassandra didn't call Ned.When they arrived home, Hector was delighted to see Ned. He threw himself into Ned's arms and said happily, "Uncle Ned, why don't you spend the night here?""Hector, don't pester him. He has things to do," Cassandra admonished.Ned's face darkened again.At this moment, a kind-looking woman walked out of the kitchen while rubbing her hands on an apron. She smiled and said respectfully, "You must be Miss Addaway.""Are you Mrs. Stewart?" Cassandra asked."Yes, President Lawrence brought me here. He told me
Ned was left alone to take in Cassandra's room. He had stayed at a hotel with his family the last time he was here for Fiona's wedding, so this was his first time at the Addaway family's home and in Cassandra's room. There was a shelf full of books neatly lined up. The bed was also made neatly. There was nothing much else to look at.Meanwhile, in the kitchen.Martha was slicing and dicing away. Cassandra looked around the kitchen and saw everything was neat and orderly. Perhaps it was because Ned had introduced Martha, but she couldn't help trusting Martha."Let me help you out, Mrs. Stewart," Cassandra offered. She walked over to Martha to help the latter prepare the side dishes.Martha didn't brush Cassandra off. She figured Cassandra probably wanted to see what she could do."How do you and Ned know each other?" Cassandra asked."Oh, that…" Martha efficiently moved the sliced vegetables onto a plate. "I'm from Genovia, and I used to work as a janitor at President Lawrence's s
Cassandra rarely got to enjoy being with her family when in Emmeria; most of the time, she was alone.During dinner, Cassandra spoke to Rosemary in Lesian, telling her about Martha. From today onward, Martha would be caring for Rosemary."Are you leaving again, Cassandra?" Rosemary couldn't help asking.Cassandra's hand faltered. "Yes."Rosemary didn't say anything else on the subject. Instead, she started praising Martha's cooking.Cassandra knew her mother was just acting like this to put her at ease so she could leave without feeling worried, and tears filled her eyes. After dinner, she asked Martha to help Rosemary to her room while she cleared the table. She brought the dirty dishes to the kitchen and stood by the sink, feeling down.Indeed, she had given up too much for her PhD. After completing her post-doctoral studies, she originally intended to set up a laboratory in Emmeria, but several organizations in Lesia had contacted her and expressed their interest in setting up
The following day, Cassandra left Hector at home and under Martha's watchful eye before leaving for the TV station.To her surprise, she saw Wyatt standing outside the TV station with a suitcase when she was done with her interview."What are you doing here?" She was elated to see him."Where's Hector? I thought you would've brought him along. I miss him," Wyatt said."He's at home. The housekeeper's watching him." She put his suitcase into the boot. Then, they headed home."Your mother agreed to hire a housekeeper? Is she reliable? Can she be trusted?" During one of their conversations, Cassandra mentioned that Rosemary was against getting a housekeeper."Yeah. My cousin's the one who introduced her, and she seems pretty nice," Cassandra said. "I bet Hector would be over the moon to see you."He smiled. "Well, I certainly can't wait to see him."When they arrived, they got out of the car, and Cassandra called, "Hector, come out and see who's here!"Then, she saw Hector come o
"Ned, dinner's ready. When will you be back?" Oliver asked."I won't be back tonight. I'm spending the night at my company," Ned answered."What's wrong?""Nothing.""Oh, wait. I forgot to give you Cassandra's number. I'll send it to you right now.""No, I don't need it." Then, he hung up. It was easy enough for him to get Cassandra's number, but he wanted her to give it to him herself. He didn't want to get it from others.His phone started pinging constantly, but he ignored it.About an hour later, he arrived at his office in the Lesian subsidiary.Ned had never purchased property here because there hadn't been any need for it. Besides, the office here was spacious and comfortable enough. He would make do with it for a night.There was plenty of beer in the fridge, and he drank bottle after bottle.Once upon a time, women flocked to him. Winning them over was as easy as snapping his fingers. Now, he had suffered a tremendous blow.It was already past 11:00 a.m. when he wok
There was also something else that bothered Cassandra. Stephanie had visited her several times while Cassandra was studying in Emmeria. She was still childless; the doctors couldn't do anything for her, let alone the heavens. Her husband's displeasure with her grew by the day. She herself had said she was fortunate to be in Emmeria. If they were in Merania, everyone would've been making fun of her for being infertile. She kept warning Cassandra not to follow in her footsteps.How could Cassandra possibly bring herself to say she had a child with Ned? Why would she jump into a hole if she knew it would take her on a one-way trip to hell? If Stephanie found out about this, she'd probably tell Cassandra to strangle Hector.This further solidified Cassandra's resolve not to be with Ned. She would only think about him in her heart. He was her biggest secret.…In Genovia, at Hill Villa.It was around 6:00 p.m. when Ned arrived home. Their housekeeper was cooking, while Neil and Calvin
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