As Clarissa wept in silence, someone nudged her shoulder lightly.She raised her head to see who it was, her eyes red and puffy.“What’s wrong? Why are you crying here?” Chanel handed her a tissue.Clarissa grabbed her phone. “It’s nothing. I’m just homesick.”She didn’t want Damien’s secret admirer to see how deeply she felt for him.In general, a normal person would ask questions like, “Who do you have in your family? Your parents, or your husband?”Chanel didn’t, though. She merely lowered her head and said gently, “Let me take you home.”“Okay.” Clarissa put her phone into her bag, and they left.She felt a little uncomfortable when she got home and laid down on the bed.Chanel felt her forehead. “I think you’re burning up a little. I’ll make you some butternut squash soup.”So saying, Chanel went to the kitchen.When she came out with a bowl of soup, Clarissa had already fallen asleep. She was still crying in her sleep.Chanel tucked Clarissa in and brushed her hair aw
Though it was impossible to tell how Clarissa was truly feeling through her replies, she definitely wasn’t in a good mood.She didn’t want Damien to know that she had cried and had even gotten a fever because of him. After all, he couldn’t care less about her. Hell, he had already slept with someone just a month after she’d left the country! If she cried over him, wouldn’t it make her seem like she cared too much about him?Fortunately, she was abroad. He wouldn’t know a thing about her thoughts and feelings.Since he had “surprised” her by sleeping with someone a month after they’d parted, wouldn’t it only be right for her to return the favor?During class the next day, Clarissa couldn’t really focus because she was preoccupied with Damien. This subject wasn’t easy to begin with, and she was even more lost because she hadn’t been paying attention.For this class, she had to write a paper. The lecturer had written the topic on the blackboard—the capital asset pricing model.There
Clarissa couldn’t help but be impressed by Joseph’s comment. As expected of the top accountant in Genovia!She was about to reply to him when she saw Penelope’s comment.Penelope had replied to Joseph’s comment.Penelope: [That’s amazing, Mr. Moore!]He only replied to her with a humble expression.Penelope: [Since you’re so amazing, why don’t you teach me?]Joseph: [Sure.]Clarissa lost the mood to reply when she saw their conversation.Though she had managed to make Damien look bad, she was still deeply hurt. She couldn’t shake off her depressed funk.Plus, she was worried about her son Neil.Though he was still a baby and didn’t know a thing about what had happened, she was still worried that he would be affected in a way or another.Three days after she had posted on Instagram, she ran into Chanel again while at the cafeteria for a meal.“Are you better?” Chanel felt her forehead casually. It inexplicably endeared her to Clarissa.“Yeah, I’m fine now.” She sat down opp
Luke had sent the messages to Clarissa in the wee hours of the morning.Generally, Clarissa put her phone on silent mode at night. She didn’t want her sleep to be disrupted.She hadn’t checked her phone that morning because she had been in a rush for class, and she had headed straight to the cafeteria after class.Luke: [Clarissa, look at Damien’s true colors! He’s getting someone to drag me out of here! Does our family mean anything to him? You made the right decision by getting divorced.]Luke: [I had my eye on Lucy, and that bastard slept with her! How can I possibly take that lying down? I had to come and get revenge!]He sounded outraged.Since Clarissa had already missed the best time to reply to him, there was not much meaning in rushing to reply to him now.Thus, she ignored his texts and exchanged numbers with Chanel.Chanel seemed to have something to say, but in the end, she never did. They went their separate ways.Clarissa didn’t know what had happened at New East
Damien had a lot of foresight. He had changed Neil’s nanny from Mrs. Zoe to someone else.The new nanny was called Mrs. Laing.Clarissa had never met her before, and she didn’t have her number. There was no way she could contact a person she had never met.Plus, she trusted Mrs. Faber more.“Tell her to use a photo of me in exchange for Neil’s photos.” Damien looked up at Mrs. Faber.She was confused. “A photo of you?”“Yes. She can get ten photos of Neil in exchange for one photo of me. It’s a good deal.”After that, he stood up and headed toward the stairs.He’d only taken a few steps when he turned around and said, “She can’t get any photos from magazines or the Internet. If she dares to do that, she won’t get to see Neil for the rest of her life!”Mrs. Faber was taken aback. Even so, she knew Damien was a man of his word.She had no choice but to think of a way to break the news to Clarissa gently.In the end, Mrs. Faber sent Clarissa a WhatsApp message.Mrs. Faber: [Cl
Chanel couldn’t help chuckling. It was as if she was saying, “It’s all in the past. What’s there to talk about?”“Damien’s always had an old head on young shoulders, and it seemed like it was impossible for him to make a mistake. He was so arrogant that he barely spared us even a glance. He was handsome and rich, and so perfect that he didn’t even seem like an actual human being. When you’re young, it’s hard not to be attracted to a guy like that, right? I’m no exception,” Chanel began, still smiling.“Him? Perfect?” Clarissa frowned.“Isn’t he?”She snorted. “He has a bad temper, and he’s a male chauvinist pig. Everything has to go his way, and he’s especially nasty in bed. He torments me in unthinkable ways.”Clarissa only realized her last sentence was rather inappropriate after saying it out loud. She stopped talking immediately.Chanel smiled. “Maybe it’s because I’ve always thought of him as a picture-perfect idol, someone that I could never get. But to you, he’s an actual
Clarissa’s heart no longer ached at the thought of Zach. Perhaps it was because her love had been transferred to Damien, so she no longer felt sorrowful over Zach.“Is that so… volunteers often run into all sorts of situations.” Chanel lowered her head, seemingly deep in thought. “Right, I won’t intrude on you anymore. I honestly can’t help you, so you should see whether you can think of anything else.”Clarissa smiled bitterly. What else could she do? Damien knew she didn’t have any photos of him, and he was determined to teach her a lesson. There was nothing she could do.She hadn’t expected it to be so hard for her to see her own child.She felt anxious.Clarissa sent Mrs. Faber a Whatsapp message.Clarissa: [Mrs. Faber, I honestly can’t find any photos of Damien, but I really want to see Neil. Is there anything else that we can do? Can we have a video call so that you can show him to me?]Mrs. Faber: [Madam, I’m mainly in charge of the kitchen. Mrs. Laing’s the one who’s wat
Genovia.After dinner, Damien was reading on the sofa.Mrs. Faber was heading back to her room after cleaning up the kitchen. As she passed by the living room, Damien stopped her.“Have you told her?” he asked.She had to think about it for a second before realizing what Damien was referring to.“Yes, I have. I also made sure to tell her that you wanted nudes that showed her face. It’s normal for couples to take these photos, but she’s abroad, and it’s easy for her to misunderstand…” Mrs. Faber tried to change his mind.“Got it. You can go now.”She went back to her room.Damien continued reading, but he couldn’t focus on the book. He went upstairs.Just as he was about to get into bed, his phone chimed.He checked it and saw that it was a message from “Yonah Will, Clarissa’s roommate”.He saved her number.This was the first thing that Yonah said.Yonah: [President Lawrence, I’m the one who took the photos for Clarissa. They’re all on my phone. I’ll be the one sending you
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