"What are you looking at?" Joshua asked."Oh, it's nothing." Zoe also felt that she had lost her composure just now and adjusted her emotions.No one at the table dared to make Zoe toast them anymore. Everyone started talking business.Mason naturally wanted to talk to Joshua about a collaboration between Centerfold Corporation and Cece Cosmetics. He mentioned how often he and Merrilyn had worked together when he was still alive; he hoped they could continue with this.Joshua did not give in easily.Zoe took a few more glances at Joshua.Joshua looked back at her. "Have you fallen for me?"Zoe's face instantly turned red. "Oh, no. I'm sorry for causing you to misunderstand."Joshua ignored her and returned to the topic at the dining table. He didn't know why they suddenly started talking about art. When they talked about painting, some people were filled with disdain at painters and said, "They're just painters in name. Can they really paint?"Zoe did not have a good impressio
At the hotel's entrance, Joshua saw two cars parked there. One was a red Mercedes-Benz with the lights on inside. Zoe was sitting in the passenger seat. Joshua didn't know who was in the driver's seat, but it was probably her manager, Melissa.Zoe was looking around; he didn't know what.Joshua also looked around. Then, he saw a Haagen-Dazs ice cream shop on the other side of the road.He could not help but lower his head and chuckle.He then told the chauffeur to buy a single scoop of vanilla-flavored ice cream.This was the only flavor she ate.On the other hand, Zoe was pleading with her manager. "Melissa, all I want is a single scoop of ice cream. Please, please, let me have it! I swear I won't eat anything high in calories tomorrow!""No, no, no! You had a big meal tonight, yet you still want to eat ice cream. The ice cream calories are 150 calories. Are you deliberately trying to gain weight?" Melissa said with a mixture of affection and sternness."Just this once. I won'
At that time, Zoe was studying at the Blica Academy of Arts, which was different from Joshua's. Their schools were quite far apart, and she had to take a long ride to get there. Once, she became nauseous and vomited in the car. Joshua took care of her and brought her to his dormitory. For some reason, one of his dormmates said, "Your sister's here, too? I bet your parents had to sell another house to send her here."The dormmate even pretended to look like life was hard."Cut it out," Joshua replied expressionlessly.At that time, Zoe had just gotten to know Joshua. They were at an ambiguous stage and had yet to learn about each other's families. Because of that, she thought he came from a family that struggled to make ends meet.Many people in Merania sold everything they had to let their children study abroad. They gritted their teeth to let their children survive abroad for four to five years. After all, the cost of living in Emmeria was very high. Their family had to have it to
Joshua's rhinitis miraculously recovered after drinking the tea Zoe brewed.She was even happier than him and said, "I now know the secret to your body. I know which tea leaves and what type of sugar to use. No one else can treat you like this!"All the tea leaves and sugar in Joshua's house had been bought by Zoe. She frequently made soap and always bought flowers. Sometimes, they were for tea, and sometimes, they were for the soap……At this moment, Joshua was sitting alone on the couch in the empty house. He felt even more lonely now as he thought about how sweet they used to be.He suddenly remembered something and pulled out a picture book from the drawer of the coffee table.It was an exquisite sketchbook. On the first page, there was a sentence: Joshua in Zoe's eyes…The reason he suddenly remembered this sketchbook was that someone had mentioned painters during dinner tonight. The drawings at Joshua's house were all drawn by Zoe, the secret artist…He had specially brou
At that time, Zoe said, "I've fallen in love with someone else. He was my junior high school classmate and pursued me in high school. I had feelings for him then and actually wanted to get together with him, but I didn't because I was suddenly sent abroad. Anyway, I'm probably gonna stay in Merania from now on. I know this isn't fair to you, but I've always been this fickle-minded. I wanted to be a celebrity in the past, then an artist, and even a doctor. I'm not too hung up on who I'm with, honestly. I'll get together with any man as long as he treats me well. Sorry, Joshua.""I'll return to Merania in the future too!" Joshua forced out through gritted teeth."Sorry, but I'm already in love with him, and more than I ever loved you. We're already engaged. Let's end this on good terms, okay?"Joshua didn't say anything. His chest hurt from his fury.He thought of flying to her to see what the hell had happened, but he saw on her social media that she had flown somewhere on a trip wi
The next day, at Zoe's house in Windmere City.When Melissa came to pick her up early in the morning, she was still half-asleep.In a daze, she followed Melissa into the car. Her assistant, Winnie Mae, was also in the car. She was in charge of Zoe's food and clothing.Melissa explained the process of filming the advertisement to Zoe while telling her to perk up."Melissa, aren't you sleepy?" Zoe yawned."At my age, I don't need as much sleep as you youngsters," Melissa said.Zoe was not so sleepy anymore. She had wanted to order tea online for Joshua last night, but she didn't know his home address and had been too embarrassed to ask.The best exes were no different from being dead, right?Since she had nothing to do in the car, she started looking at Amazon again. A message popped on her phone screen just as she closed the app. It was from Mason. [Zoe, this is an additional agreement. Take a look.]Then, he sent her a Word document.Zoe took a look. The agreement's contents
Just as Zoe was looking at the tea varieties on Amazon and was about to pick one for Joshua, Dan called."Where are you?" he asked."I was in Windmere City yesterday, but I'm heading to Lincton City today to shoot a mineral water advertisement.""I know about that. How long will it take?""I don't know. Three or five days, maybe.""Are you coming home after filming?""I don't know yet; it depends. What's wrong?""Nothing. Call me if you come home so I can pick you up.""Okay."After hanging up, Zoe felt like her head had been dunked in ice. She thought, 'What would people think of me if I were to order tea for Joshua when I'm already engaged to Dan? Anyway, Joshua's my ex, and this makes it look like I'm two-timing Dan.' With this thought in mind, she quit the Amazon app.She was about to take a nap when her phone rang again. It was from her mother, Wendy King."Mom?" Zoe said."Are you shooting an advertisement in Lincton City today?" Wendy's voice was very pleasant to lis
Two years ago, when Zoe was still a student at Blica Academy of Art, she suddenly received news of her stepfather, Andrew, going bankrupt. He'd apparently had 10 billion dollars worth of debt, and Dan's father, Philip, had bailed him out of it.It was easy to understand why—Wendy must've talked him into it.Philip had only asked for one thing in return—he wanted Zoe to marry Dan.Dan was dating a divorcée who already had a daughter at that time. Philip had been infuriated and felt he was a disgrace to the family. On the other hand, Zoe was perfect for him.She was sweet, pretty, and an art student. Wasn't she a thousand times better than a divorcée? Philip refused to believe Dan would still be hung up on a divorcée with a young, beautiful woman like Zoe by his side.Unfortunately, she truly was no match for the divorcée.Philip had asked Wendy for her opinion while waving the check around. To Wendy, there was nothing to consider—her once-rich husband was about to lose everything,
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