Needless to say, James must have sent this child here to put on a show with him. Calvin didn't know what he was doing to Ashlyn, but he knew James wanted him to see it.He couldn't help feeling anxious when he thought about how Ashlyn was no match for James. He sped toward her studio."Where did your godfather find you?" Calvin asked Mike as he drove."At the orphanage. I used to be bullied there because I was the only one who didn't look like them, and they gave me all sorts of nicknames. It…it wasn't nice." Mike lowered his head. "Look, this is what they did to me."He showed Calvin his arm, which was dotted with ghastly bruises. Although it had been a long time, it was obvious that some old injuries would not be easy to recover from.Calvin also felt that this child was pitiful, but what could he do if Ned refused to acknowledge him?Besides, how would Cassandra feel? All Calvin could say was that this was all retribution for everything Ned had done in the past.He was a litt
Ned placed his hand on Cassandra's back and gave her a sideways glance. "You think I don't know that? But since he started this, we must deal with it, right?""Don't shoot yourself in the foot," she said."Don't talk about your husband like that. You'll have to take care of him if he's injured, right?" Ned said flirtatiously."There are so many people here. Don't you find it embarrassing?" Cassandra said and returned to her room.He smiled as he watched her leave.Then, he sent Annie a WhatsApp message and asked her to find him a rising star to meet with James tomorrow.Annie, however, enjoyed being part of the action. [A rising star? Don't you think someone as famous as myself is a better choice? I want the whole of Genovia to know about what he's done!]Ned said: [Be careful, then.]Still, Ned could be at ease with Annie running the show. She knew where to draw the line, wasn't rash, and had a high EQ. She normally didn't allow herself to suffer from these things and always h
James had only spent a little over a month with Mike, but Mike had displayed affection toward him almost as soon as they'd met. After all, he was used to being bullied in the orphanage, and it wasn't easy to come across someone who could save him from that hell. Over the past month, James could tell Mike truly thought of him as his "father", which showed how much he craved someone's love. Mike didn't know who his biological father was nor the reason behind James naming him "Mike Lawrence". James rarely called him that, wanting to give Ned and Cassandra a nasty surprise when the time was ripe."How do you know all these?" James asked as Mike massaged him."I learned it at the orphanage. They know everything," Mike said. "Does it hurt?"James shook his head. "No."This child reminded James of Sean…However, James did not want to become a sentimental person. Once he became sentimental, he would be easily taken advantage of.If necessary, perhaps this child would become a tool for hi
Just as Ned was about to pin Cassandra to the bed, her phone rang. It was a call from her mother, Rosemary.Rosemary rarely called Cassandra. She didn't know how to use WhatsApp either, so she rarely sent her any messages.And so Cassandra was shocked to receive her call. Had something happened?She picked it up, and Rosemary's voice came from the other end. "Cassandra, I really miss you. Can I come to see you in Genovia?""Visit me? No, I'll return to Lesia," Cassandra said. Her mother was old, and her health had been deteriorating after the stroke. She would definitely be worried if Rosemary were to come to Genovia. Besides, though she lived with the Lawrence family and they recognized her as their own, she was the only one who knew she wasn't an actual member of their family. At most, she was only living together with Ned. It wouldn't be appropriate for her mother to stay with them."No, Mrs. Stewart intends to make a trip back to Genovia recently. I don't think it's convenient
No matter how huge a mistake Ned had made, wasn't Cassandra's moving into their family home a sign of her forgiving him and letting go of the past? She wouldn't likely move in with him if she hadn't forgiven him. Still, Damien's admiration of Madam Addaway helped to improve his impression of both the Addaway family and Cassandra.Madam Addaway kept a low profile; they barely noticed she was around. All she did was meditate in the room Damien had arranged for her. Aside from that, she would have her meals in silence and return to her room after that. It was easy for people to ignore her.…This morning, Calvin dropped Ashlyn off as usual before he went to work.After Ashlyn started work, she received an order over the phone from a woman who said she worked at the Hanning Building. She described in detail what she wanted—she was getting married, and her husband had given her five million dollars to get her own wedding ring. None of the rings in the market had caught her eye, and she
The housekeeper was instantly alert and knew that she had encountered a robbery. She pulled Hector into her arms and asked, "What do you want?""Shut up, and I'll consider letting you live a little longer!" James said fiercely.As expected, the housekeeper did not dare to speak anymore. She wanted to send Ned a WhatsApp message, but the child in the passenger seat kept looking at her from the rearview mirror.That child was Mike. Not only did he look at the housekeeper in the rearview mirror, but he also looked at Hector!He did not know why his godfather had kidnapped this child, but the child looked pretty nice.James drove the car to an abandoned warehouse. A simple bed and some food were on one side of the warehouse. There was also another car parked behind it.Ashlyn was tied to a pillar with her mouth taped shut. She was still unconscious."Miss Ashlyn, Miss Ashlyn!" The housekeeper couldn't help feeling extremely fond when seeing a familiar face under the circumstances. S
Ashlyn was tied to a chair. She tried to kick James, but it was in vain.He patted her face again. "Wait a moment!"He hated Cassandra more than he hated Damien. Being betrayed by Cassandra sent a chill down his spine. Over the years, he had thought a lot in prison. He felt that Cassandra must have given Damien a wake-up call back then and used the Lawrence family's power to send him to prison. Therefore, James wanted to make Cassandra suffer for the rest of her life.“Father, why do we share the same surname?” Mike asked James."Do you want to know?"Mike nodded.“This is a long story. Do you know who your father is?” James asked.Mike shook his head in confusion. He was only three years old when he was sent to the orphanage. He only remembered that before he was three years old, he had a mother, and her boyfriend always hit him. However, he could no longer remember what happened at that time. He could not even remember what his biological mother looked like."Do you remember
After knocking Mike out, James suddenly thought of something and looked behind him.There were many abandoned sacks piled up on the wall behind him. They were probably filled with clothes. In addition, there were abandoned clothes beside them. This was probably a clothes processing factory.James moved the bulging sacks to this side and built a sack wall between the door and them. He gagged Mike and placed him in one of the sacks. He wasn't enough to fill the sack, so James stuffed the empty space with clothes to make it seem like it was one of the other sacks.He placed the sack in the middle of the sack wall. He guessed that if Ned and Calvin came, they would definitely drive the car and break down this wall. Mike's location was the easiest place to break through!When he was done, he went to deal with Hector. First, he taped Hector's mouth, then flung him aside and went to undo the ropes binding her. He didn't remove the tape, though.She started kicking him as soon as she was
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