The next morning, Damien had already gone to work by the time Clarissa got out of bed.She remembered that she had yoga classes every afternoon, so she didn’t know if Yvonne had changed the class schedule due to New East Corporation’s working hours.Clarissa: [Ms. Yvonne. Now that New East Corporation is back on business, should we tweak the class schedule?]A long time later, Yvonne finally replied to her.Yvonne: [My classes tend to begin during the after-work hours at New East Corporation, so our schedule won’t be delayed. However, since today’s the first day back to work, a lot of things tend to happen at the same time. Can you drop by New East Corporation? You don’t have to grab your yoga mat; just bring your yoga clothes. You can send Leah a Whatsapp message and have her pick you up later.]Clarissa didn’t really want to go to New East Corporation. After all, she had already resigned from her position there. If she were to go later, she would definitely become the center of
Clarissa was done with her yoga session in the afternoon. Then, she sent Leah a Whatsapp message since she wanted to go home.However, the moment she arrived at the lobby, she had the urge to use the restroom.Not many people worked on the first floor, and the restrooms there were rarely frequented. So, the restrooms there were quite small compared to the restrooms on the other floors.Just as Clarissa was done using the restroom, she was about to exit her stall when she heard two voices drifting from the sink area.“Have you heard? Clarissa came to the company just now.”“Yeah, I heard the news! Her stomach is super big!”“Her mother died a gruesome death, right? Everyone here knows that her mother didn’t die in an accident. To think she still views Mr. Lawrence as her husband despite what he had done… They’re even living together, for heaven’s sake! She also plans to give birth to not one, but two of his children! I don’t know what she’s thinking about. Doesn’t she care about h
Even though Damien knew of Emily’s schedule and whereabouts very well, he couldn’t forcibly bring her to Clarissa and make her spit out the truth.Regardless of the identity of the true murderer, be it Patrick or Damien, the fact still stood – the Lawrences were the ones who killed Theresa.Damien didn’t want Clarissa to hate him, but he didn’t want her to direct her hatred to Patrick as well. In the end, he could only insist that Theresa’s death was an accident.On the way home, Clarissa had nothing to do, so she started looking through her social media.She discovered that Madelynn had posted something on her homepage a few days ago. There was a picture of a table filled with delectable cuisines attached to the post. The status read: [Dining with the man of my dreams.]Madelynn even pinned the location of the restaurant, which happened to be the same one Damien had taken Clarissa to in the past. The date matched the day Lily and Clarissa had gone out to lunch together. The post
Soon, Bethany entered the office.She noticed Clarissa gripping Damien’s wrist, which was rather surprising.“What are you two doing?” she asked.“I’m wiping her sweat for her,” Damien replied casually while locking his gaze on Clarissa’s face.“Will you keep your promise?” Clarissa finally asked Damien as she narrowed her eyes slightly.Naturally, she was talking about her plans to fly overseas.“Since when do I break them?” Damien replied with another question.Clarissa released Damien’s wrist after that.“If you want to be intimate, you can always do that in the comfort of your own house. This is a hospital, you know?” Bethany sank into her chair after she was done speaking. Then she grabbed Clarissa’s ultrasound report and started scanning the contents.Meanwhile, Clarissa was finally reassured when she heard Damien’s promise. She decided to ask a random question. “So… Was I sweating the whole time?”“Yup. Your sweat production was off the charts.” It was unknown whether
Upon reaching home, Clarissa decided to rest in her room as she was very exhausted.She received a Whatsapp message on her phone. Lily: [Clarissa, Landon’s birthday is on January twenty-fifth. I told you I’d invite you to his birthday party, so you have to come.]Clarissa immediately recalled what Lily told her, which made her feel awkward.Clarissa: [I don’t think I should go. I’m in my third trimester, after all.]Lily: [If you refuse to go, then Landon won’t celebrate his birthday. My older sister was the one who told me his birthday today. He never celebrated the occasion in the past, so I told him that you and I would celebrate his birthday with him this year. He sounded quite surprised, but he did agree to it in the end. This year, we’ll go have fun somewhere with a lot of greenery. The view and the fresh air will be great for a pregnant woman like you.]Clarissa: [Are you trying to court him, or are you using me as an excuse to court him?]Lily was speechless.After a l
Lily placed the birthday cake on the picnic mat before lighting up the candles on the surface. Altogether, there were twenty-nine candles.“You’re going to enter your thirties soon. Why don’t you make a wish?” she suggested.“What did you wish for?” Right after Landon was done making his wish, Damien asked the question casually.“My wish won’t come true if I end up telling you about it, so I won’t say anything.” Landon was a man with a good temperament. All he did was smile and laugh.Clarissa kept looking at Damien, wondering if he had forgotten about Landon’s birthday present. She didn’t see him grabbing a package or a parcel at all.“How’s your game company doing lately?” Damien asked.“Well, we’ve developed a couple of new games. Lately, we’ve collaborated on a project with the biggest game company in Genovia, Rhythmic Technology. This company’s one of the sponsors of the movie ‘Manor of the Marquis,’ so they’ll most likely see an increase in their reputation and fame. Maybe
Clarissa didn’t know if Landon and Lily had kissed before in the past. Maybe the reason behind that kiss was because Landon got triggered after witnessing Clarissa kissing Damien. Either that, or maybe…Anyway, Clarissa had no idea what sparked that kiss between the two.Hypothetically speaking, if Landon kissed Lily because of Clarissa and Damien’s kiss, then Lily would definitely be heartbroken were she to find out about that.It was fine if that wasn’t her first kiss. But if it really was her first kiss, then Clarissa and Lily’s friendship would be jeopardized.Clarissa fervently prayed that the day would never come.Once Landon and Lily returned to the picnic mat, the former looked quite awkward while the latter was clearly overjoyed.The picnic was over at two o’clock. Everyone soon returned to their own homes.On the way home, Clarissa sent Lily a Whatsapp message.Clarissa: [Landon was kissing you expertly, wasn’t he?]Lily spammed a row of pink hearts and stars in retu
When Clarissa woke up the next day, Damien was no longer by her side.It was eleven o’clock in the morning when she received a phone call from him.“Are you still in bed?” he asked.“I’m up. What is it?”“I have some purchasing documents in my bedroom. Be a dear and grab them for me, will you? Also, there’s a USB drive included in the documents. Make sure not to lose it,” Damien instructed.“Must I be the one?” Now that Clarissa’s stomach was huge, it made her lethargic since she didn’t want to move.“Yes. Mrs. Faber doesn’t know what I’m talking about.”Clarissa had no choice but to contact Leah via Whatsapp before she got up to retrieve the documents from Damien’s bedroom.The moment they arrived at the space outside New East Corporation, Clarissa told Leah, “Can you take these documents to him?”Clarissa didn’t want to enter the company at all after overhearing the ladies’ conversation that day.Also, since she didn’t want to work at New East Corporation in the future. Thu
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