Being at home alone, time went by slowly for Clarissa, like heavy chains dragging on the ground.Damien, who was at work, kept looking at his wristwatch as well.Neither expected time to move in such an excruciatingly slow fashion.It wasn’t until six in the evening did Damien finish his work and finally returned home.Clarissa shot up to answer the door the moment she heard the sound of keys jangling.“You’re back!” Clarissa said, eyes twinkling with happiness.“Yes, I’m back.” Damien caressed Clarissa’s head. After removing his shoes, he entered the house and had dinner with her.In the past, Mrs. Faber never felt like she was interfering with their relationship while working around the house. This time, she had the urge to hide somewhere so the lovebirds could spend some quality time together.She had an inkling they would’ve been kissing each other if she wasn’t there.In the past, Mrs. Faber worked at a magazine publishing company as an editor. However, she quit her job a
The reason Arisona Construction appointed Clarissa was because they knew that she was the one in charge of managing their accounts.However, she had only done that in First, not for New East. If Clarissa sourced out her work in First, that would be a breach of confidentiality and work ethics. It would land her in deep trouble if Arisona Construction were to use that fact against her in the future.Thinking back, James and Mr. Lark were more than willing to present their accounts to New East back then. Since they were obviously trying hard to get on New East’s good side, why would they pull funny tricks on her?Confused, Clarissa made a phone call to Damien instantly.“Hello, President Lawrence,” she said.“We’ve only been separated for a few minutes. Do you miss me already?” he said.“That’s not it. Has Arisona Construction always been eager to form a partnership with New East?” she asked.Last year when Clarissa paid a visit to Arisona Construction, she still remembered clearly
After Clarissa arrived at Damien’s office, he asked, “Why did you call me just now?”“Arisona Construction wanted me to compare their accounts from this year and the last year. I was the one who made the report last year, but I did so as an employee of First. If I were to do as told, I would’ve breached my work ethic and they could’ve used my blunder against me to get what they want. Only after I called you did I know that they’ve been trying to form a partnership with New East over the past few years, but failed. In the end, I refused to do it for them and asked them to outsource the report by themselves,” Clarissa explained.While signing a document, he commented, “You made a smart move.”His compliment was genuine.When Howard was still an employee in New East, he tried everything he could to stop Clarissa from entering the audit department for fear that Clarissa might expose his secrets. Fortunately. Damien had already gotten rid of Howard a long time ago.Clarissa was very ne
“Clarissa, we’re here. You don’t have to wait for me. You can go back home now,” Janet said.“I still have to go back to the company. It’s fine, I can wait for you.” Clarissa thought that it would be better if she talked to Damien personally about Madelynn and Connie.“Alright. I’m just going to take something and come back right after. It won’t take long.” After that, Janet got out of the car.Clarissa waited in the car. Bored, she looked outside the windows.Her car was currently parked at the entrance of the hotel, and she could see other cars driving in and out constantly.A white Alphard stopped in front of the hotel. A stylish woman got out and strutted into the entrance.That woman caught Clarissa’s attention instantly.She looked incredibly charismatic. Clarissa predicted that her presence would definitely toss heads wherever she went.With distinct facial features and a charismatic disposition, the woman stepped into the hotel with confidence. Clad in a one-piece green
The moment Clarissa returned to Damien’s office, she saw an unexpected guest.It was Monica Newton.Sobbing uncontrollably, Monic wailed, “Damien, are you just going to sit there and watch Madelynn get bullied by Connie? She’s just an assistant! How dare she report to the authorities and accuse Madelynn of sending hate mail to her house! She’s obviously lying! Now Connie is in Twinsville, stirring trouble for Madelynn again!”“Madelynn’s all the way at Twinsville, and I’m at Genovia right now. How am I supposed to help her? What’s more, nothing major happened to Madelynn, right? What are you fussing about?” Damien sat at his desk while smoking a cigarette, looking unbothered.When he saw Clarissa, he squashed the cigarette butt in the ashtray immediately.“Madelynn has no choice but to defend herself when Connie’s acting hostile toward her,” Monica said, glancing warily at the person entering the door.This was the first time she had seen Clarissa, who was heavily pregnant.A t
Damien rushed to the door like a madman.Monica crawled her way up to the door and barred him from leaving. She wrapped her arms around his legs in a desperate attempt to drag him back to the office.“Let go of me now!” Damien shouted again.“Damien, you promised me to take care of Madelynn! Why are you going back against your words? Don’t you know that Clarissa is just fooling around with you?” Monica screamed at the top of her lungs.“Scram!” Damien had the urge to kick her away with full force, with the full understanding that Monica would withstand grave injuries if he were to do that.“You can’t treat Madelynn like this, Damien! You two used to be a loving couple in the past!” Monica cried out loud, tears streaming down her face.Her voice was so loud, almost everyone in the building could hear it.Damien hurriedly reached for his phone to call Clarissa.Right at this moment, a foreign number called Damien’s number as his phone rang continuously.Damien picked it up as fa
“Why is the ring with you?” Clarissa touched the ring, examining it thoroughly.“I saw it at Grandma’s bed after she passed away. At first, I wore it around because I think it looked pretty, but bad things kept happening to me ever since I put it on!” With one of her eyes being bandaged heavily, Connie looked unbelievably ridiculous. However, her amusing appearance didn’t match her eerie and terrifying tone.“Why?” Clarissa was confused.“How would I know? At first, I thought Madelynn was the one pulling tricks on me behind my back. After she hurt my eye yesterday at Townsville, everything made sense! Your enemy saw the ring on me and targeted my family by sending white phosphorus to my house! That’s how it burned up our house, along with Grandma! You’re the culprit who ultimately led to Grandma’s demise! You’re responsible for everything that happened to us!” Connie blurted in anger.Hearing her bold accusation, Clarissa’s stomach writhed in pain even further.“How do you know th
Clarissa was in the throes of discomfort. Beads of sweat covered her forehead. She quickly called Leah and asked weakly, “Where are you now?” “I’m stuck in traffic right now. See if you can make your way to the park. The car can’t enter the park,” Leah explained. “But I...” Clarissa tried to stand up, but her stomach hurt so much that she could not.“What’s wrong?” Leah could tell Clarissa was not well and grew anxious. “I’ll call President Lawrence! Wait for me.”After the call with Clarissa ended, Leah called Damien. “President Lawrence, Mrs. Lawrence is in Genovia Park right now! She’s feeling unwell and can barely speak.”Damien gulped anxiously. “I know. I’m on my way there.” He thought Clarissa would go out for a break. The only place he could think of was Genovia Park. He was almost there....Clarissa was deathly pale. She even tried to curl up to relieve the pain. A cleaner lady noticed her and saw her in bad shape. “Madam, do you need any help?” “P-Please help me o
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