Clarissa stood there barefoot.“Clarissa, it was an accident. The police have already investigated the whole thing, and they concluded that it was just an accident.” Damien hugged her, afraid that she would collapse on the floor.“It wasn’t an accident! Definitely not! Why didn’t the police question me?” Damien could see her hatred and resentment through her tears. “She said that she was going to buy me spaghetti after she looked at the house. She wouldn’t have gotten into an accident!”“You fainted,” Damien said.“Where’s my mom? I want to see her!” She rushed out of the room.Once again, Damien wrapped his arms around her and pulled her back to the bed forcefully.“You need to calm down first.” He watched her, now quiet.“Where’s my mom?!” she asked.“Elmwood Cemetery.”When Clarissa heard this, she broke down completely. She burst into tears and cried, “Mom! Mom, mom…”Then, she started pounding Damien’s chest. “What happened to my mother that day?! Tell me!”“It was an a
Clarissa’s gaze happened to sweep over a photo of Theresa.At that, she teared up again.But the sorrow didn’t last for long.She knew Damien had something to do with Theresa’s death. She couldn’t allow him to see her in so much pain and sorrow.That evening, Damien asked her, “What do you want to eat?”“Anything’s fine.” She was seated at the bay window.After he went into the kitchen, she sent a WhatsApp message to Joseph to ask him about Emily’s parents. She also told him to reply to her by text and not to send her any voice messages.Joseph: [You’ve finally replied to me. I was scared out of my wits.]Clarissa: [I’m fine.]Joseph: [Emily’s always known my father, but he’s never told me anything about her background, and she’s always been quite mysterious. All this time, he’s told her to keep a low profile, but he hasn’t really watched her for the past few years because she was living somewhere else. She only came back to Genovia when she ran out of money. She wanted to ext
Damien pressed up against Clarissa forcefully.He was just about to take his temper out on her when she grabbed a knife from the bedside table.She held it against his neck.He stared at her, his gaze complicated.“Don’t touch me!” Clarissa said, her angry face streaked with tears.Whether Damien had killed her mother or otherwise, it definitely had something to do with him.Despite all that, this scumbag still wanted to get her pregnant!In his dreams!They were supposed to be sworn enemies.Damien pushed the knife away with his finger. “Do you think this puts me in a good mood?”“You killed someone—of course you shouldn’t be in a good mood! But that doesn’t make things any better for the victim. My mother…” Clarissa recalled how, when Theresa had just woken up from her coma, she had buried her head in Theresa’s lap and called out to her repeatedly, just so she could hear a reply. Now, however, the whole room felt cold and empty.Her mother was gone, and it was as if there
After Connie left, Clarissa suddenly felt like she had been sapped of her strength.The mop in her hand fell, and she slumped onto the floor miserably.Damien really did set Luke up!If not for that, Luke wouldn’t have thought of finding his own place. Theresa wouldn’t have gone to view the apartment, and she wouldn’t have lost her life.Though Luke deserved what he got, it was true that Damien had been out to get Luke.Clarissa had felt that something was wrong right from the start. She had felt uneasy, and all the signs were there.In fact, Luke was the true son of Damien’s savior.Why had Damien still given Luke a house and money if he was just going to set Luke up?Even if he was forced to give Luke money because Madelynn had been there, what about the house?Then again, perhaps Damien just didn’t want to keep paying for Luke’s endless greed…Or perhaps it was because of Luke’s disrespect during the engagement. But was there a need to go to that extent?Clarissa buried h
That night, Damien didn’t come back.Lily invited Clarissa out for pizza.The pizza smelled delicious, but unlike before, neither of them had the appetite to eat.Lily held Clarissa’s hand. “Clarissa, don’t be like this. We’re all sad that your mom’s gone, and we all know it wasn’t an accident, but that’s what the police have concluded it to be. What else can we do?”“Even you can tell that it wasn’t an accident?”“Yeah. All of us can tell. I heard that President Lawrence had Mrs. Johnson cremated as soon as possible. Also, why were you out for so long?” Lily asked.Clarissa frowned. If she had guessed correctly, she had been unconscious for four days and three nights.Four days was more than enough time for Damien to make sure everything was taken care of.She suspected he’d given her sleeping pills.If he didn’t have a guilty conscience, why did he rush through the whole thing? And why had he drugged her so that she couldn’t be around for the police’s investigation?“There’
Lily and Landon went to see Clarissa off when it was time for her to leave the country.She hadn’t seen Damien since the day she took the morning-after pill.She didn’t miss him, either.Clarissa buried Theresa in the deepest part of her heart and put a smile on to show the outside world. She had never left the country before. This was her first time.Damien had already found her a university, but she wasn’t going to go there. She had secretly applied to another university’s finance faculty. If she wanted to get her master's, she had to attend a one-year preparatory course beforehand.She would take three or four years to complete her master's.By then, she would be twenty-eight years old.Rich men like Damien liked to go for pretty, young things.She would give him enough time and space to find someone new.At that time, he would be looking forward to kicking her to the curb.“Clarissa, don’t forget to keep in touch with us,” Lily said worriedly.“Alright, alright. Don’t
Joseph was only taking a refresher course at Kortel University, so he didn’t have as many classes as Clarissa did. Her nose was basically buried in a book the whole day.He would occasionally come to see her, but she rarely had any free time. She spent almost all her time in the library.Clarissa’s time abroad flew by.Damien had sent her a WhatsApp message once.[Why didn’t you go to Rale University?]She didn’t reply to him.She had gotten a tan and lost weight after coming to Emmeria. She cut her hair short in a chic, fashionable style.Four months passed in the blink of an eye. In October, Clarissa went back to Merania for her exam.She wanted the whole trip to remain a secret.Before leaving Emmeria, Joseph put a bracelet with a diamond pendant on her wrist.She laughed. “Shouldn’t you be giving me a lucky charm? Why a diamond pendant?”It was a pretty big diamond, too. It didn’t look cheap.“What do you know? This diamond is in the shape of a four-leaf clover, isn’t i
Clarissa’s hand stilled. “President Peterson?”“Yes, it’s me. I heard that you went abroad to study. How is it? Are you back for good?” He ran his eyes over her.Clarissa didn’t know what to say. ‘Damn, why did I have to run into someone he knows as soon as I’m back? What am I going to do?’Her only hope was that Dennis could quickly return to his meal and get himself drunk, then forget all about seeing her.Damien rarely left the house at night, so she wasn’t too worried about running into him.“Yeah, everything’s good. I’m back for an exam, and my friend’s buying me a meal.” Clarissa had just finished her sentence when she felt nauseous again. She turned back to the sink and started vomiting.Dennis felt that it would be really awkward for him to remain here.“Well, Mrs. Lawrence, I still have some friends waiting for me, so I’ll make a move,” he said.Clarissa nodded.Dennis went back to his private room and sat down next to Damien.“Is Mrs. Lawrence back? I saw her just n
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