At Hatton Hotel, which was renowned in Genovia.Dennis had booked a private room. He and Damien were the only people inside.“Peterson, how’s your personal life going?” Damien sounded like he couldn’t wait to hear Dennis’s answer.“Oh, come on, President Lawrence. My wife had an affair with some young dude, and I couldn’t be more disgraced. Then again, what can a woman with no money and no skills like her do? No one forced her to do something like this, and she’s been begging me to take her back,” Dennis replied.Damien smiled. “It’s all thanks to whatever tricks you have up your sleeve.”“We’re no better than each other. What would you do in this situation, President Lawrence? Ever since that bitch left, I’ve been enjoying myself and leveling the playing field. Seeing her suffer just made things that much better. I heard her lover dumped her after he found himself another rich lady.” He continued, “President Lawrence, I heard your wife’s really innocent. I doubt something like th
Clarissa’s head was buzzing. In the end, she threw herself into Theresa’s arms and burst into tears.“Don’t cry, Clary. Nothing’s changed between us, okay?” Theresa said.Clarissa recalled the things that had happened over the years. As a child, Luke used to bully her all the time. Theresa would buy her candy and chase after Luke with a broom. During elementary school, Theresa would handwash her clothes, while Luke, who was in high school, would have to wash his clothes on his own. This made Luke hate Clarissa even more. Every time Clarissa got good results, she would be praised endlessly. Luke, on the other hand, would be suspected of cheating when he occasionally did well for an exam.Luke’s failed life was largely related to being compared to Clarissa all the time.Clarissa was the one who had snatched Luke’s parents away from him. Suddenly, she felt extremely sorry for him.“Mom, I’m going to bed,” Clarissa said to Theresa. She went back to her room.She didn’t turn on the li
Janet returned to her station after a while. Clarissa said, “Janet, I’d like to give the project at Dennis’ company a shot.”Janet was taken aback at first. Then, she smiled. “I forgot about your relationship with Damien, so I was surprised you already knew about this even before I said anything. I never would’ve thought of assigning you to this project if you hadn’t said anything. Since you want to join, make sure you do a good job. Tomorrow, go to Brightside Investment and get the documents we need.”Clarissa nodded.She finished up the tasks she had in hand, and then went to Damien’s office in the evening for her tutoring session. She brought her journal along with her.Damien continued to work on his things after she handed in her journal. As usual, he didn’t read it.On this day, however, Clarissa couldn’t focus. She kept thinking about what Theresa had said, and her mind kept wandering.Ray knocked on the desk.“Mrs. Lawrence, class is in session. Do you think you can ta
It was already eight in the morning by the time Clarissa woke up.When she went downstairs for breakfast, Mrs. Faber was in a good mood.Clarissa understood from Mrs. Faber’s smile that she knew what Damien had done the night before.Well, it was normal, since they were married.The night before, Clarissa had temporarily forgotten about her lineage. Now that Damien wasn’t with her, she felt despondent again.She couldn’t shake the despondency even on her way to Brightside Investment. She kept feeling like she had been abandoned by the world.This feeling only dissipated when she saw Dennis.Dennis handed her his name card with a smile. The words “Fin Corporation” were printed on it.Clarissa finally remembered where she’d heard Dennis’ name before. When they had a meal with Frank some time ago, Damien had mentioned this name before and said that there were problems in Dennis’s personal life.“Last night, President Lawrence told me you’d be coming personally, Mrs. Lawrence. I’v
After putting the files down, Clarissa went to Damien’s office to hand in her journal. She also took the opportunity to let him know that she had gotten all the documents.“Dennis told me. You can go back to work now.”She glanced at the journal uneasily.She had written an entry right after coming back from Brightside Investment. At the end, she had drawn a star and had even written that Damien was a bastard.In fact, she had repeated it thrice.She prayed he wouldn’t read it!In the evening, Clarissa went to Damien’s office for her tutoring session.The journal was still where she had left it.Clarissa was quite focused on her tutoring that day. About halfway through the session, someone knocked on the door.Ray went to open the door, and a shabbily dressed boy came in. He was sniffling, and he stared right at Clarissa as he sobbed.“Who are you looking for?” she asked the little boy.He grabbed her hand and said, “Clary… Mom’s sick, and she’s going to die. She wants you t
When the boy walked out of New East Corporation, a car was waiting for him by the corner.Madelynn had made sure to hail a taxi instead of taking her own car here.She and Connie sat in the backseat together.“How did it go?” Madelynn looked at the boy with a mixture of excitement and nervousness.“I said the things you told me to,” he said.“How did they react?” Connie was even more excited. She couldn’t wait to find out how Damien would react upon finding out that his wife was the daughter of a call girl.“The lady kept crying, and the man was really mad,” the boy said.Madelynn and Connie were elated.“Are you going to pay me as you said?” he asked Madelynn.She took 200 dollars out of her pocket and handed it to the boy with little hesitation.“We have to strike while the iron’s hot. Since they only got married for Grandpa Lawrence’s sake, we have to go tell him right now.” Madelynn checked the time.She had already familiarized herself with Clarissa and Damien’s schedul
“D-Damien, you…” Madelynn held a hand to her face, stunned into shock.She was aware of how close he was with Grandpa Lawrence, but she never expected him to actually slap her.“Get out! Also, return the house at Southern Paradise to me! Have the key delivered to my company at once.”A humiliated Madelynn fled right after she heard those words.She returned to the car, feeling infuriated.“How did it go?” Connie asked, looking expectant.Madelynn gave Connie a slap, one even louder and harder than the one Damien had given her.She was a celebrity, yet she had to endure getting slapped by Damien. Why couldn’t her assistant, who had given her such a dumb idea, endure a slap from her?Connie’s face burned from the pain. She held a hand to her cheek and bit her lip hard as tears of humiliation streamed down her face.“It’s all your fault for coming up with such a dumb idea!” Madelynn raged, screeching at the top of her lungs. “I bet you’re a spy Clarissa sent to set me up!”“I’m
“Damien’s… married?” the voice said.“Yes, and I’m sorry for not telling you earlier. Damien and Grandpa miss you and want you to come back, Dad. What say you?” Clarissa’s tone was very polite.There was a short moment of silence. “Is something wrong with Dad?”‘Is everyone in the Lawrence family so rational?’Patrick probably knew that Damien didn’t want him to come back, which was why he asked whether something was wrong with Grandpa Lawrence.Clarissa knew she couldn’t hide the truth anymore, so she said, “Yes, Grandpa’s sick…”“I’ll be back as soon as possible.” After that, Patrick hung up.All Clarissa heard next was the dial tone.“Grandpa, was it okay for me to say that?” she asked Grandpa Lawrence timidly.The elderly man smiled without saying anything else.Clarissa didn’t know what she had said to make him react this way.“Thank you, Clary. Also, I want you to think of something to punish Damien for not telling me about the cornea transplant.” Grandpa Lawrence’s sm
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