Damien noticed how depressed Clarissa looked.“Is there anything in this world that you can’t do?” She sounded discouraged. Was there any point in her furthering her studies?“You flatter me.” He smiled.Damien was an experienced driver. Even in Emmeria, he drove around like he knew the place like the back of his hand. Clarissa, on the other hand, was lost. She didn’t even know where they were.In that instant, she felt like she was nothing but a fool to him.He bought her a scarf.It was brown and thick, and even had a Winnie the Pooh pattern sewn on it. It wasn’t too expensive, either—about three hundred dollars.Clarissa loved it, though. She kept admiring it in the mirror.Damien couldn’t understand this. Why did she like something so immature?She was already an adult.After buying the scarf, the sky was starting to turn dark. They headed back to the car.Clarissa kept looking at the scarf, looking overjoyed.Damien honestly couldn’t understand her.They had dinner be
After listening to Mrs. Faber, Damien now knew what had happened.At around nine in the morning, Mrs. Laing had brought Neil out to enjoy the sun. She had turned to have a chat with the other nannies for a short while, and when she turned back, Neil had already gone missing.Damien wasn’t as panicked as Clarissa was.He called the subsidiary company and had them book two tickets to Genovia. Then, he called Iris.“What are you up to, kidnapping my son? Aren’t you afraid of going to jail?” he said coldly.“You’ve got this wrong, President Lawrence. I didn’t do anything. Your son’s grandmother, Helen, was the one who took him away. The moment I heard about this, I had Helen bring the baby to me. Shouldn’t you be thanking me? Just so you know, I’m watching your son while you’re busy with Clarissa in Emmeria,” Iris said.When Clarissa heard this, her heart sank.As expected, she was right to be worried.Also, who was Neil’s grandmother?“I’m going back to Merania now. If you dare t
Iris didn’t even bat an eyelid at Clarissa’s claim.She burst into laughter. “Who am I, then? Should I show you my family tree, Miss Johnson?”Iris appraised Clarissa.This was also her first time seeing Clarissa up close. Clarissa’s youth and beauty were enough to make one jealous. Plus, she was tall and elegant…Ha, elegant!At this moment, Clarissa regretted her words. She shouldn’t have blurted out her observations so rashly, and to Iris’s face, too.The reason Clarissa said this woman wasn’t Iris was because she didn’t have a mole on her ear.Now that Iris was aware of this, she would definitely find a way to rectify the problem.Then again, perhaps she had already gotten rid of the mole.“Another thing, Miss Johnson. I won’t be going against you and President Lawrence anymore. Wouldn’t I just be making life difficult for myself? Here, your mother’s phone number.” Iris stuffed a piece of paper into Clarissa’s pocket before leaving.When she was gone, Clarissa immediately
Meanwhile, Patrick and Vanessa had been in their room the whole time.Patrick was hiding in a corner, not wanting to see Clarissa.Vanessa kept trying to persuade him to try to make amends.“What I did is unforgivable!” He was very much lucid at present.“You weren’t yourself when you did that! I’m sure Clarissa will forgive you. Moreover, Damien’s already covered your tracks, hasn’t he? You have to trust him and not let him down.” As Vanessa spoke, she rubbed Patrick’s chest to soothe him. “Theresa’s already gone, so you shouldn’t overthink things, alright?”Patrick combed through his thoughts for a long time before finally mustering the courage to walk out of the room.When Clarissa saw them, her hand trembled. She still greeted Vanessa before continuing to eat.She didn’t say anything to Patrick, however. Everyone knew why, and nobody blamed her.Suddenly, Clarissa lost her appetite. She took a few more bites before excusing herself and heading upstairs.She wanted to chang
Damien had his way with Clarissa over the next few days.If not for the fact that he was indeed the president of New East Corporation, she would think that he was a nymphomaniac. It seemed to be the only thing on his mind.To this, all he said was, “This is your first time back here in so many months. I have to make up for all the time that we’ve lost.”In fact, one night, he’d actually said, “Let’s have another baby.”She turned him down without a second thought.She even asked, “Do you like kids that much?”“I like them if they’re yours.”“Sorry, then. You can have a baby with someone else.”At that, Damien leaned back and lit a cigarette. “If that’s the case, I’ll just have to make do with another woman.”“That’s up to you.”Clarissa booked herself a flight to Emmeria on Friday. On Thursday, she called Helen.Unlike Damien, who couldn’t care less about this, she wanted to know where she had come from. Those were her roots, and she was curious.She wanted to see what her
Clarissa remained rooted to the spot, despondent.After a while, she finally knocked on the door.“Come in.”Stepping into the room, Clarissa saw a beautiful woman draped in an elegant aura.When the woman saw Clarissa, she started to tear up. “Are you…Clary?”Clarissa nodded hesitantly.“Clary… I’ve finally found you!” Helen walked over to Clarissa and grabbed her hands. “Life must’ve been hard for you, being apart from me for so many years.”She seemed to be very agitated to see Clarissa.Clarissa didn’t feel the same, though.She couldn’t help feeling like a heartless person. Here she was, meeting her biological mother for the first time. Strangely enough, she didn’t feel a thing.“It’s all my fault for sending you away. Iris was at the peak of her fame at that time, and I was worried she would harm you, so I gave you to a construction worker. I never thought of abandoning you, which was why I gave you the ring. I have one as well, but Iris took it away from me. Well, it d
Connie made her appearance just as Clarissa was feeling down in the dumps.Clarissa was taken aback by Connie’s sudden popularity, as there were people constantly requesting for her autographs the moment she came.Afterwards, Connie sat in front of Clarissa.“Long time no see,” Connie said.Clarissa looked out the window, ignoring her cousin.If killing were allowed in this nation, she would’ve long done so.“Clarissa, stop being together with Damien. Look at what he’s done to us! He changed the closing statement, and he even slept with Luke’s girlfriend and got her pregnant! Why are you still with him?”Clarissa stared at Connie, trying to figure out how the latter knew all these.She then came to the conclusion that practically everyone was trying to force her to leave Damien.“Tell your boss I’ll be going to another country soon and won’t be coming back,” Clarissa responded.“Oh, why?” Connie felt relieved and happy at Clarissa’s decision.She hated how Clarissa was havin
“Hello, Mrs. Fur? I got your number from my brother, and I know it’d be dangerous to give birth to babies with your health condition. There’s no need to worry about me. You may go ahead with giving birth to his baby. I quit!”It was Clarissa’s voice.“Aren’t you Mrs. Lawrence? I’m not here to ruin people’s marriage, that’s against my morality.” Lucy tried to fake her kindness.She knew the kinder she was, the guiltier Clarissa would be.“I divorced him a long time ago, anyway.” Clarissa hung up immediately.“Who is it?” Iris asked Lucy.“It was Clarissa. She asked me to give birth to Damien’s babies,” Lucy said. “I used Luke and made him tell Clarissa about me being pregnant. Honestly, I was expecting a bigger reaction.”Iris burst in waves of laughter.“She fell into the trap! She must be suffering so much!” Iris continued cackling like a wicked witch. “I did it!”It was already eight in the evening when Clarissa reached home.In truth, she was still skeptical about Lucy’s p
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