“Aren’t you going to work today?” Clarissa continued to ask Damien.“No. I already spoke to Ray yesterday.”Clarissa gave it a thought, and wondered if Damien stayed home on purpose. Perhaps not. After all, she wasn’t home when Ray came yesterday. There was no way for Damien to have the power to read the future.“Alright,” Clarissa answered reluctantly.“You don’t want me to drive?” Damien asked again.“It’s not that. I just feel like it’s a waste to have a president like you as my driver,” Clarissa replied seriously.“Anything. I don’t mind,” Damien said. Clarissa replied with another nonchalant hum.Clarissa’s belly was big, so she could only sit in the back. She didn’t want to wear the seat belt, but Damien forced her to buckle up.When Damien was putting on Clarissa’s seat belt, he accidentally touched her belly with his hand. Her belly felt very hard, like a bulging balloon.Damien seemingly paused the actions on his hand by instinct. He subconsciously drew a circle on
When Clarissa got into the car, she breathed a sigh of relief. She won two projects, so she would be busy with work for the coming end of the year.“You’ve won the project. Why don’t you reward me and sing a song?” Damien asked out of the blue.Clarissa knew he was taunting her, so she turned her head to the window instead. “It depends on who!”“If it’s me, you’ll sing and sleep with me?” he asked again.Damien sat in the front seat, but Clarissa was in the back. He kept looking at Clarissa in the rearview mirror. The latter half of his sentence made Clarissa blush a little.“Well, I didn’t show up anyway, did I?” Clarissa replied.“You missed the appointment, so you found someone else to sleep with?”“Aren’t you happy with that? I got the project, anyway.” Clarissa dismissed Damien, sounding disdainful. “Yeah, I’m not as good as you. You got pregnant with someone else’s child before we even divorced,” Damien said mockingly. “Well, since it’s someone else’s child, why are yo
Lily took a taxi to Clarissa’s neighborhood, and saw Joseph’s car parked downstairs.“Did Clarissa invite you?” Lily asked Joseph.“Oh, no. I came early because she said she had a checkup today,” Joseph said. Lily went upstairs, lost in her thoughts. Clarissa told no one about the baby’s father. After all, Clarissa knew if she told Lily, Damien would find out sooner or later.No one else but Damien knew what had happened to her the night before the exam. Therefore, both Lily and Mrs. Faber were convinced that the child was Damien’s.Just like how Damien was so sure that the child was Joseph’s, most of the people around them were sure that the child was Damien’s.“Clarissa. Joseph’s waiting for you downstairs. He’s going to accompany you to the maternity checkup,” Lily told Clarissa when she got upstairs.“Is he here?” Clarissa was wearing her jacket.Leah had just sent her a WhatsApp, saying she had arrived. However, Clarissa couldn’t just reject Joseph’s kind invitation. Shou
When Clarissa got home, she said nothing about the fraternal twins.When Mrs. Faber asked about the babies, she simply replied curtly, “They’re healthy.”After that, Clarissa put all her energy into doing the books.At the end of the year, she finished the books and returned them to Green City Facilities and Arisona Construction.Mr. Lark was impressed with Clarissa, and kept praising her. “I didn’t expect you to do such a good job with the accounts. I underestimated you.”Clarissa smiled gratefully. “It’s within my responsibility.”“I’ll call you again.” This time, Mr. Lark was sincere.“Sure thing. Call me whenever needed. Here, I’ll add you on WhatsApp.”Mr. Lark didn’t expect Clarissa to be so kind. She was flexible, not arrogant, and strong in her specialization.Previously, Clarissa updated Joseph about her progress in the project. Then, Joseph praised Clarissa in the group.Joseph: [Clarissa’s pregnant with twins, but she still gets things done efficiently and beautifu
At three in the evening, the party ended and Joseph drove Clarissa and Mrs. Faber home.Clarissa was sitting on the sofa with the two dolls in her hands. She wondered where to put them.Mrs. Faber dropped by, and saw Clarissa’s great liking for the dolls. She didn’t think much of them and thought they were just two little dolls.“Do you really like the dolls that much, Madam?” Mrs. Faber asked Clarissa.“Yes. They mean something,” Clarissa said in a mysterious tone. The house suddenly felt so cold when she came home from the annual meeting today. Clarissa recalled the past, and then remembered how busy it was last year. At around this time, her mom was probably getting ready to go to Damien’s house for New Year celebrations.Last year, Mom and Grandpa were still around… This year, they were all gone.Clarissa couldn’t help but feel a little sad.Mrs. Faber noticed Clarissa’s sudden change in mood. She was happy earlier, but she suddenly started wiping her tears while sitting o
In the following days, Clarissa rarely saw Damien. She was still sleeping whenever he left earlier. When he came back, she was already in her room.They worked at different times, and so avoided seeing each other.Clarissa guessed that Damien might have taught her a lesson for raging at him before. Luckily for her, he had been restraining his temper and desire since she was pregnant.A few days before New Year’s eve, Clarissa got a message from Lily on WhatsApp.Lily: [Clarissa! Landon, Bethany, and I are planning to visit you this New Year’s eve. What do you think? Since you’re pregnant, you’ve stopped having fun with us.]Clarissa knew she had to ask Damien if they could come. What if Damien was in a bad mood when they arrived? Damien might kick them out disrespectfully.Even so, Clarissa couldn’t be bothered to text Damien. She took a screenshot of Lily’s question on WhatsApp and sent him that, followed by a question mark. Damien did not reply to her.Clarissa took a deep bre
“Madam has fraternal twins of opposite sexes?” Mrs. Faber was puzzled but happy for Clarissa.“Well, that’s what the ultrasound shows. In the end, only the truth will prevail.” Bethany looked like she wasn’t going to take responsibility if the babies came out as a twin of the same sex.“Why didn’t Madam tell us this big news?” As Mrs. Faber complained about Clarissa, she glanced at Damien at the same time.Damien was frowning hard in silence. Clearly, he was unaware of this either.Damien immediately understood why Joseph gave Clarissa the two porcelain dolls as a gift. The gift wasn’t to represent Joseph and Clarissa. It symbolized Clarissa’s babies!In other words, Joseph long knew that Clarissa was pregnant with fraternal twins of opposite sexes. Meanwhile, he, whose number was saved as the president of the New East Corporation on her phone, was kept in the dark. If Bethany hadn’t been here today, he would never know until the day Clarissa gave birth.Even so, there was nothin
Clarissa stopped thinking about other things and cleared her mind. Then, she started to play the card game seriously. This time, it was Landon who won the round.“D*mn it! I didn’t win at all. Damien, do you want to play?” Ray said to Damien, who was on the couch.Clarissa furrowed her brows a little and glanced at Damien. Could he play?She thought Damien only read books all day. Could a scholar like him play cards?Damien didn’t say anything and took Ray’s seat.Clarissa soon found out that Damien was very good at cards. He was calm, but the more he played, the harder he attacked. The way he played left Clarissa breathless. Lily kept screaming about the game while Landon said, “It’s over. D*mn it… I can’t even win with this.”In the end, Damien won without a doubt.Clarissa reluctantly transferred one thousand dollars to him. She thought Damien didn’t know how to play, but he emerged as the best player.Clarissa lost several games consecutively, and transferred several thousa
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