On Thursday, Clarissa received a message from Damien.[ Stranger: Take Monday off. We’re going to fetch my grandpa. ][ Monday? ] Clarissa hated that she had to keep taking leaves. That was why she asked again on purpose. [ Stranger: Is there a problem? ]Damien’s question had a tone that Clarissa could not retort. [ What time? ][ Stranger: 3:00 p.m. We’ll return on Tuesday morning. ]Clarissa thought that she only had to take two hours off and was happy. Suddenly, she received another message. [ Clarissa, I’ve found Zach’s diary. Do you want it? ]It was a message from Zach’s mother, Kylie Thompson. [ Of course. Where can I pick it up? ] Clarissa was excited. [ It’s at the primary school where Zach used to teach voluntarily. We had already taken all of his other belongings. They only found this diary afterward. I thought you'd want it. You can contact the headmaster. ]After that, Kylie sent Clarissa a picture of the headmaster’s business card. The headmaster s
On Monday at four o’clock in the morning, Clarissa was already sitting on a train. She traveled for two hours and took another three buses to head up the winding mountain road. Finally, she reached her destination. In total, it took six hours.When she arrived at Sunshine Elementary School where Zach used to teach, she started puking. Headmaster Lewis was kind and polite. According to him, Zach was a very sincere person. Others would only volunteer to create a good image for themselves. On the other hand, Zach genuinely cared for the students. Headmaster Lewis passed Zach’s diary to Clarissa. There was a picture of Zach with his students surrounding him inside. He had a red scarf on and looked really handsome. Clarissa’s tears fell uncontrollably after seeing the picture. She felt sorry for Zach.Clarissa walked around the school with Headmaster Lewis. Then, she glanced at her watch. It was almost noon. In about three hours, she had to go to Damien’s grandfather’s house.The
“Where’s Clary? Why didn’t she come?” Damien’s grandfather was a little grumpy. He really treated Clarissa like his own granddaughter. When she was around, he could feel the love and joy of a family. “She’s working. You wouldn’t want to delay her work, right?” Damien added, “You’ll be living with me. I’ve already contacted the hospital and doctors. The house has all the necessary medical equipment. You don’t have to go to the hospital as you normally do.”They arrived at Damien’s hillside villa at four o’clock in the evening. The housekeepers welcomed them. Only Clarissa was absent.Damien’s brows were knitted in a tight frown. He asked the housekeepers, “Hasn’t the young madam returned?”“Not yet. Should we give her a call?”Damien had already told the housekeepers how to address Clarissa last night. They were prepared, so they managed to act with ease in front of Damien’s grandfather. “It’s okay. Don’t disturb Clary. I can meet her after she comes back from work. I’ll just
Damien found Clarissa in the study room on the second floor. She was reading a novel. Damien knocked on the door and said, “Come here. I have something to discuss with you.” Clarissa was startled. He probably wanted to talk about what happened that morning. Damien walked toward his bedroom and Clarissa followed nervously. Upon entering his room, Clarissa looked around. The size and extravagance exceeded her expectations. It was basically another luxury house. Damien changed his clothes casually, unintentionally revealing his eight packs. It made Clarissa’s scalp tingle for a moment. She quickly turned her head around. Damien smiled creepily. “What’s wrong? Are you shy? You’ve already had sex with me. Why are you acting all reserved now? Were you pretending to like sex when you’re actually scared of it?”Damien’s words clearly meant that she was addicted to sex. How could she not blush?“I wasn’t.” “You weren’t? I guess I’ve misinterpreted,” said Damien playfully.
Clarissa made Damien’s grandfather happy every day that week. He would smile from ear to ear. Occasionally, Damien would transfer money to her. Since Clarissa already had enough money for the computers, she did not really care. On Sunday, Clarissa told Damien she was taking a day off because she had to go for the certified public accountant lessons. She bumped into someone in the classroom corridor. It was none other than her ex-colleague, Nicole Brown. “Nicole? Are you taking the certified public accountant exam too? I didn’t see you last time.”Clarissa felt a bit guilty upon meeting Nicole. After all, it was because of her that Nicole could not remain in New East Corporation. “I started working in a new company and only just registered for this class four days ago,” said Nicole. Then, she took a sip of coffee. “You found a new job?”Nicole replied nonchalantly, “President Lawrence introduced me to another accounting firm. The pay is double in comparison to New East Cor
When the police arrived at the scene, Anthony was pushing Clarissa. Both of them were taken away to the police station. Joseph followed them by driving his car, but he could only wait outside. The sky was getting darker. Soon, it rained. Joseph’s impatience kept growing. In the end, Clarissa was asked to contact her relatives or friends so they could bail her out. Clarissa was afraid of Damien’s reaction after finding out about this incident, so she did not call him. Besides, their relationship was only on a surface level. Damien was not responsible for her. Thus, she dialed Luke’s number. "What do you want? I have no money." Almost immediately, Luke hung up. After drugging Clarissa, Luke got a scolding from Joseph and was almost fired. Since his ploy had failed, he was in deep trouble.How could he possibly help the person whom he had a grudge against? The beeping sound made Clarissa feel embarrassed. Her own brother had hung up on her without a second thought.
“Let’s go.” Damien pulled Clarissa’s hand, and the two of them got into the car.Joseph stood there looking dumbfounded. ‘Clarissa is married?!’He sent Luke a WhatsApp message. [ Is your sister married? ]*Damien’s car.“Why haven’t you told him yet?” Damien asked Clarissa.Clarissa held her bag tightly and blamed herself. She really shot herself in the foot this time.“I’m sorry.” Clarissa lowered her head. It seemed that it was time to explain to Damien about her “fake boyfriend”.“What’s so shameful about being married? Or are you afraid that our marriage will stop his romantic advances toward you?” Damien said sarcastically.“No…”“Didn’t he go out of town for an internship? Why did he go to class with you?” Damien asked again.Damien’s tone had been cold the whole day, and it made her shudder.“He’s the trainer for economic law.”“So, you meet him every time you go to training?”“No, please listen to my explanation…”“Anyway, you’re not allowed to go to those trai
On Sunday noon, Clarissa informed Damien about a training session in the afternoon.Damien was drinking a bowl of soup and said calmly, “Get Mrs. Faber to accompany you.”“Hubby, you really keep your word!” Clarissa was delighted.“You don’t need to flatter me. Don’t even think about going if something happens again.” Damien picked up a tissue and wiped his hands.Clarissa stuck out her tongue and thought to herself, ‘I can’t hide anything from Damien…’Clarissa saw Nicole in the training session.She did not expect Nicole to stutter when she spoke. Nicole’s body was even trembling slightly as if she was a little scared.“Clarissa, I’m really sorry about what happened last time,” Nicole said, “My brother shouldn’t have treated you like that.”“It’s okay. You can’t control your brother’s behavior.” Clarissa understood how Nicole felt because she also had a good-for-nothing brother.This time, Nicole deliberately hid in a corner of the classroom far away from Clarissa.Clarissa
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