Moreover, Damien had told Ray that Clarissa was already six months pregnant.This meant he was worried about her as well, and didn’t want her to be working when she was already so far along.Clarissa recalled a WhatsApp message Rebecca had sent to her a few days ago. Rebecca said that Great West’s business had been affected by First and was doing pretty badly. Nathan had changed First’s name to “Transcendence Accounting Firm”, but the company hadn’t gotten a single project after that. The firm was already having problems paying its staff.Aside from that, Rebecca had also sent another WhatsApp message to Clarissa.Rebecca: [Clarissa, don’t you think Penelope’s just asking for trouble? With you around, at least she could put food on the table. Yet she was dumb enough to offend you.]However, the person Penelope had truly offended was Damien.He had taught her a lesson on Clarissa’s behalf.Her heart softened at this thought.Damien’s phone rang.“At night? Where?”“Club Halo?
Damien glanced at Sally as she stood in the middle of the room. Her eyes were curved downwards, and she looked pitiful.“Don’t you dare slander me. Dennis! You’re not at home all the time, and you’ve slept with plenty of other women as well. Why is it okay for you but not for me? Sooner or later, I’ll kill you!” The murderous intent in Sally’s eyes was obvious as she glared at Dennis.It was normal for rich couples to live their own lives. It was an unspoken tradition.Why was it that in this case, Dennis was allowed to do whatever he wanted while Sally had to suffer from such humiliation?Dennis found this question laughable.“That’s simple. I’m the one earning the money. If you were rich, you could do it too.” He held out a hand and rubbed his fingers together, making the gesture for “money”. “This is what you need to call the shots! Today, I’ve already made everyone here aware of your shamelessness, so I’d like to see how you’re going to get your claws into another fool. Also,
It was raining heavily. Thunder clapped loudly outside, but because the soundproofing in the club was done well, the people inside didn’t notice it at all.Damien soon reached the entrance.“President Lawrence, it’s raining. Here’s an umbrella.” The server held an umbrella and wanted to hand it to Damien.“There’s no need.” After that, he got into his car.He checked the time. It was already 11:30 p.m.She was probably asleep.Ever since she had gotten pregnant, she always slept early and woke up late.However, he hoped that she was awake.He hoped she would always stay up and wait for him.Damien drove towards Atherton Garden.……The thunder and pouring rain made Clarissa restless. The babies kept moving in her belly, and she was worried about Damien.She knew he hadn’t brought an umbrella with him, and she wondered whether he would get wet.Though she felt anxious, she didn’t want him to know about it, so she didn’t call him.Moreover, he’d gone to a club. She refused t
New East Corporation.Damien’s office.Lucas knocked on the door.“Lawrence, if you don’t find more staff for the audit department, I’m really going to be in trouble. Arguments like the one I had with Ray are going to happen all the time. We’re really swamped with projects. What should we do?” Lucas wasn’t the type to easily lose his cool, but the audit department couldn’t cope with the number of projects they had at the moment.“I’ll call the human resource department later and let them know to pass any suitable candidates to you directly for you to interview them.” After that, Damien made a call on the internal telephone.The audit department had always been hiring, but because the human resource department didn’t want to “settle” for people that weren’t the “cream of the crop”, many of the candidates that had come for interviews had been eliminated in the first round.“Alright, I’ve already told the human resource department,” Damien said to Lucas after hanging up.“The audit
The next day, Damien got up early and left.Mrs. Faber made a lunchbox for Clarissa to eat in the office.“Maybe you can make two of these from now on. One for each of us,” Clarissa said.“Alright.” Mrs. Faber was happy to see a slight change in Clarissa’s attitude.Because Clarissa was going to New East Corporation, Mrs. Faber didn’t go along with her.“Clarissa! You’re finally here! Take a look at all these files on my desk, and you’ll see how crazy things are right now. Let’s hurry up and get these done. Oh, but remember to take a break whenever you’re tired,” Janet said.“Alright.” Clarissa started going through the documents calmly.She was used to doing this.With Clarissa’s help, Janet was able to speed up a lot more.At three in the evening., Clarissa got up to take a stroll. Sitting all day didn’t do much good for her.She didn’t go far. She only went to the yoga studio to stretch her body.Unexpectedly, when she was about to change, Yvonne said, “Clarissa, I bought
After work, Damien came upstairs to look for Clarissa.He frowned slightly when he saw the smoothies.“Smoothies again?” he asked.“I had a craving for them,” Clarissa answered absent-mindedly. She was still hard at work.She reached out to grab one of the smoothies for a sip when Damien took it away.“Why are you such a control freak? You want to control what I wear and drink! Is there anything that you don’t want to control?” She questioned him, looking up at him.“So, you’re throwing a fit over this?” Damien asked.“I’m not throwing a fit. I just like smoothies.”Damien’s expression softened. “Go on, then.”The sudden change in his attitude confused Clarissa. He… wasn’t going to control her anymore?If so, then she didn’t really want to drink the smoothies anymore.She was acting like a child. If Damien wanted to control her, she would feel like rebelling. If he stopped bothering her, she would no longer want to go against him.So what did he mean by this?Clarissa had
“I haven’t been in contact with them for a long time now. Cindy—Connie’s mother, my aunt—called me and told me to go to see my grandmother. She’s not doing too well, and they’ve moved to Genovia. I don’t know where they suddenly got the money to do that, and I’m kind of worried.”“What’s there to worry about?” Damien didn’t look too bothered.The elevator had already arrived at the basement car park. He unlocked the car and they got in.“I’m mainly worried about Connie. I don’t want to fall into her trap again. But my grandmother’s already so old, and she doesn’t have much time left. I don’t really have any other relatives left.” Clarissa suddenly felt a little choked up.She was reminded of Grandpa Lawrence’s and Theresa’s deaths.“Am I not considered your relative?” After a while, Damien asked.She glanced at him, then lowered her head.“I meant relatives I share the same blood with.”“Then do you think of me as your relative?” he asked.She nodded seriously. “Yeah, I suppos
A few days ago, Connie had officially joined the cast of “Manor of the Marquis”. This time, she managed to land herself a better role—the marquis’s fifth mistress. Though the character wasn’t a good person, there were still things about the character that could win the audience’s pity. Connie would probably be able to get some fans from this show. Moreover, she received a payment of three hundred thousand dollars after signing the contract. That was more than enough for her to rent a place in Genovia for her family, which Cindy had been pressuring her to do.As for her grandmother… They couldn’t allow her to take up the whole house back in Pentatone County. They had no choice but to bring her along with them to Genovia so they could put the house up for rent. No one had taken them up on the offer yet, though.On this day, Madelynn had crashed the film set, claiming that Connie had left her in the lurch. She claimed Connie hadn’t finished discussing her next show before leaving.Conn
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