The delivery man texted Clarissa to pick up the package he left at the front desk.Clarissa’s shopping app showed that Damien’s underwear had arrived, so she went down excitedly to pick up the package.“Is there a delivery for me?” Clarissa asked the receptionist with a glowing face. The receptionist looked to the side and pointed to Clarissa. Clarissa followed her gaze, and saw Damien sitting on the couch over there and talking to someone else. When he saw Clarissa, he frowned a little. Clarissa stuck out her tongue at him. She left like a student who happily skipped class to shop, only to run into her homeroom teacher.When she was leaving, Damien waved at her and gestured for her to approach him. There was a stranger sitting across Damien.“What did you buy?” Damien glanced at Clarissa. Clarissa was embarrassed to tell him what the delivery was in front of an outsider, so she said, “I don’t know. I’ll have to open it.”“Okay. You can go.” Clarissa went back up happily.
Clarissa breathed a long sigh of relief. Since she was going to visit the baby, she should buy something for him. Thinking about it, Clarissa finally decided to buy him a gold charm pendant.Clarissa went to the mall on Saturday afternoon and spent six thousand dollars on a gold charm pendant for Lily’s nephew. It was her first time meeting Lily’s nephew, so she didn’t want to be stingy. Clarissa counted the remaining money she had. There wasn’t much left of her salary for the month. While she worried herself about her lack of money, she received a text. Someone had just transferred sixty thousand dollars to her account.The sender was not Damien, so the money wasn’t from him. Someone else had sent Clarissa money while she was in a dire state.Clarissa was afraid it might be something fishy. It might be one of Madelynn’s tricks. She didn’t dare ask, but she was confused. Who was it?She and Lily arranged to take a taxi to Southern Paradise, the neighborhood Landon’s family lived
Luke commented on Clarissa’s Instagram post. [Clarissa, now that President Lawrence has spoken, you should give him a baby.]Luke was nothing more but a traitor. Clarissa simply ignored him.Meanwhile, Luke was lying on the couch. He was disappointed to know that Clarissa didn’t reply to his comment.Emily had just showered, and approached him after exiting the bathroom. “What are you looking at?” she asked Luke.“I’m looking at Clarissa’s Instagram. President Lawrence’s urging Clarissa to give birth to his child. Once she does, her position in the Lawrence family will be secured. As her brother, I’ll get a share of benefits too! I’m sure I won’t remain where I am now.” Luke lay on the couch with his feet up in the air. He was simply being delusional, and even showed Emily the post he mentioned.“Ha! Clarissa’s really pretentious. Not wanting to have President Lawrence’s baby is probably a trick of hers. Anyway, there are plenty of others who want to have his baby,” Emily said. Sh
Clarissa went home, doubts clouding her mind. Damien was reading a book on the couch as usual. He hardly had any other social engagements.“You’re back?” he asked Clarissa the moment she returned.“Yeah.”“I had someone send over some flyers. Take a look,” he said to Clarissa. Clarissa was confused, and didn’t know what the flyer was about. When she browsed it, she realized they were marketing materials for pregnancy and babies, pregnancy checkups, postpartum care centers, babies’ first-month-old photo, and others. Clarissa sucked in a deep breath of cold air. Damien had everything ready.“Which hospital do you want to go to in the future?” he asked, sounding as if Clarissa had already agreed to have his baby.“W-What do you mean?” she stammered.Damien shifted his gaze from the book to Clarissa. “Didn’t you want a baby?”“When did I ever say that?” Clarissa panicked, so much that she raised her voice. “I don’t want to have a baby yet! I haven’t even passed my financial ma
Clarissa then got to work. When she arrived at the audit department, she looked around to see if there were any surveillance cameras around. In the end, she found none. She even asked Janet about it.“Watching us with the cameras? How’s that possible? That’s disrespectful to us! How could the president do something like that?” Janet then added, “Lucas is the one who reports everything to the president.”“Is he that nosy?” Clarissa was puzzled.“When Nicole came to make a scene, Lucas tried to talk her out of it. Didn’t you notice?” Janet asked Clarissa.“Well, no.”“What were you paying attention to?” Janet asked casually, but she was already busy with her work.Clarissa thought she was probably thinking about Joseph.After being in the audit department for so long, she began to have this feeling. Everyone in the audit department had a scale of judgment in their heart, and knew everything. However, they didn’t spend time judging others, nor did they gossip easily. They knew it
Ray left after the tutoring session ended. After that, Clarissa tidied her belongings.“Yo. You got your glasses on?” Ray teased Damien.Clarissa turned to Damien, and saw that he was wearing a pair of silver-rimmed glasses. It reduced some of his dominant aura and intimidating look. He looked like a well-dressed gentleman.“Yeah.”“You can always steal the ladies’ hearts away with that!” Ray left after that comment.Clarissa put on her bag and asked Damien, “Why are you wearing glasses?”“Do I look good?” A charming and provocative light glinted in Damien’s eyes as he looked at Clarissa through the thin lenses of his glass.“Yeah. You’re very…”“Very what?” he said, demanding an answer from Clarissa.“C-Charming.”“Did I charm you?” he asked again.Clarissa nodded, bashful. “Y-Yeah. You did.”“He always wanted me to be like this,” Damien suddenly said.“He?” Clarissa was puzzled. Then, she realized something. “Dad?”“Who else?” Damien walked over from his desk. He took C
Vanessa didn’t say a word when she heard this, and just ate in silence. Even so, Clarissa could see that she was filled with sadness.After dinner, Clarissa had Mrs. Faber bring up the food to Damien. Meanwhile, she accompanied Vanessa to the supermarket.“Damien used to eat tofu dumplings every New Year. He doesn’t eat them now. Maybe he doesn’t want to see us anymore,” Vanessa said dejectedly.“Mom, don’t be sad! I’m still here.” Clarissa took Vanessa’s arm and hugged it tight.“You’re really a good girl, Clary. If only I had a daughter your age.” Vanessa patted Clarissa’s head fondly.Damien was unhappy with his parents’ return, but Clarissa was his exact opposite. She suddenly had so many family members, and all of them called her Clary.It was drizzling when they left the supermarket. Fortunately, Clarissa had a habit of taking an umbrella with her whenever she went.She took a taxi with Vanessa. When they arrived home, they saw Damien standing in front of the house. He h
Later that night, Damien teased Clarissa. “You’ve got a cold.” Clarissa pushed him reflexively.“Am I considered sick?” he asked in reply. He didn’t show any major symptoms of a cold, with the exception of his muffled voice.“I don’t want you to feel tired,” Clarissa said. “Isn’t this tiring?”“I don’t find it tiring.”As they were talking, a noise came from downstairs. A man was muttering loudly, and Clarissa could vaguely hear the words Gel or Zell in the background.Damien’s movements stopped. Frowning, he said, “I’ll go and check.” Having said that, he went downstairs.Clarissa breathed out a sigh of relief and lay in bed. She wanted to fall asleep before Damien returned to save herself from his advances. Soon, she heard the sound of someone getting chided downstairs. The noise made Clarissa shiver.It sounded as if Damien was reprimanding his father.Clarissa had never seen such a strange relationship between father and son. The father kept quiet and said nothing as the
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