Damien had a hard time after Clariss’s departure.Ray was quick to catch notice of his glumness.“Is everything okay?”“How would I be okay when she’s gone again?” Damien cocked his head and leaned on his chair, despondent.“It’s a good thing she’s eager to learn instead of being someone who only spends,” Ray said. “There are a lot of wives out there who only know how to waste their husbands’ money, so be grateful that you have her.”Ray checked his phone and frowned. “Did Clarissa block me on social media? Why can’t I see her account?”“Did you anger her?” Damien joked.He wanted to text Clarissa and asked for the reason, but all he saw was: [I’m leaving, don’t come looking for me.]Damien frowned and replied to her text. [What do you mean?]Much to his shock, Clarissa blocked his number.It was then Damien realized something was off.He tried calling Clarissa, but it all went to voicemail.He then contacted her company and had them look for Clarissa at her new place.He
Time passed in the blink of an eye.Soon, baby Neil had already begun speaking and walking.With the exception of Mrs. Faber, Damien replaced all of the staff at his mansion. Nobody mentioned a word of Clarissa any more.Mrs. Faber was then designated as Neil’s main caretaker.The second year Clarissa left, Landon and Lily got married.Clarissa never left Lily any notes regarding her disappearance when she left, leaving Lily disappointed in her.Lily also left her job at Damien’s company, and joined Landon’s company.To top it off, Damien was also the emcee of their wedding.The wedding was crowded with people, though most of them attended to see Damien.Throughout the entire wedding, Damien kept his face straight. There was never a change in his expression.Upon looking at the newlyweds on stage, he suddenly remembered that he never had a proper wedding with Clarissa.Now that they were divorced, there was no need to make one.It was Danien’s first time meeting such a crue
Soon, it had been three years since Clarissa’s sudden departure.One day, Landon texted Damien, claiming that Florin was an important asset.“Take a look at this and see if there’s any future in Florin. You know what to do, right?”Damien basically grew up in Florin, so he was more than aware of this fact. He knew very well how valuable Florin was.Thus, he had been trying to reach out and collaborate with different companies in Florin.Recently, Damien had been meeting up with Ray and Lucas to discuss which companies to invest in.“Based on all the data and reports, Duhel Company is the best candidate,” Ray concluded, basing his decision on months long observation. “I second that!” Lucas agreed.“I had the same idea too, but we still need to observe them more,” Damien said. “Data and reports can be faked.”“You’re right. Florin is expanding really quickly, so we must act fast. When are we going to Florin?” Ray asked.“Daddy, Daddy! Are we going to Florin? I’ve never bee
“Don’t bully my dad!” A soft voice came from behind just as Ray shouted, interrupting his words.Ray glanced at the direction the voice came from. Lo and behold, it was little Neil.Neil stomped forward and shoved Ray with his little hands, glaring angrily at the latter.“I-I’m not.” Ray was unsure as to how to react.“Daddy, is he bullying you?” Neil turned to his father, his voice filled with love and concern.“Please! Nobody can bully your dad,” Ray muttered in dissatisfaction. He left the house right after.“Is that true, Daddy?” Neil asked, confused. “Yes. Nobody in this world can bully me,” Damien saidNeil nodded and said, “When I grow up, I want to be just like you, Daddy.”“Then make sure to study hard.” Damien patted Neil’s head lovingly.…Back to the present, Damien took off to Florin with Ray in tow.He didn’t take Neil with him, as it would be troublesome since it would be Neil’s first time there.Mrs. Faber was the most disappointed by this decision. Initia
After receiving the phone number, Damien dialed it.The call soon connected. Caleb turned out to have a rather nice voice, and he was very polite with his words.“Are you President Lawrence?”“Yes.”“Apologies for the trouble, sir. Where are you now? I’ll go to you.”“I’m at Imperial. Contact my driver directly, and he’ll pass the things to you.”“Okay. Thank you, President Lawrence.” Caleb hung up after that.Damien stared at his phone and muttered to himself, “Youth.”That stunned Ray, who was enjoying his steak. He looked away from his food and turned to Damien with an incredulous stare. “What on earth are you talking about? You’re still young.”“I am?” Damien looked at Ray.“Well, you’re still single.”Damien immediately frowned, obviously unhappy at Ray’s cheeky answer.Ray chuckled, and resumed eating.“Seems we’re not returning today. Let’s stay the night at my grandfather’s place,” Damien said.“Sure.”After dinner, they went back.The next morning, the chauffeu
It had been three years since Clarissa decided to pull a disappearing act.She became the hardest working student in her class, but she was cautious and kept a low profile the entire time.She would be the first to attend class and the last to leave.Most of the time, she would spend her after-class hours in the library.It seemed her entire life revolved around academics.There were a lot of pictures of her son Neil on her phone. They were the pictures she had taken before she left Genovia.Since then, she never had any new ones. Of course, she kept her mind occupied and tried not to think of anything else but her studies.Studying was difficult and challenging, but she had never felt more accomplished throughout the years.Her academic achievements helped to add color into her dull and monotonous life.As time went by, her eyesight worsened and her hair grew longer.Her skin had somehow become even fairer. Due to her deteriorating eyesight, she was forced to wear glasses
Two months passed in the blink of an eye. Soon, Clarissa had officially graduated.In July, Clarissa arrived at Florin.As an employee recommended by the staff in the university, Clarissa was anointed directly as an assistant lecturer. But with that title, she couldn’t supervise postgraduate students as the actual job scope of an assistant lecturer was leading lectures only. Thus, Prof. Franklin, the lecturer Clarissa worked under, gave Clarissa the power to supervise postgraduate students under her name. Technically, that made Clarissa a professor who was responsible for teaching undergraduates and postgraduates who were currently studying in the faculty of finance.Since Clarissa was an employee, the school had assigned an apartment unit for Clarissa. It was a small apartment with two bedrooms and a living room.The moment she moved in, she cleaned the entire house and headed to the supermarket to shop for some groceries.She came back home by taxi. Since it was the holidays, ca
Clarissa didn’t put Caleb’s flattery to heart.Since there was still some time before the semester started, Clarissa spent her days reading books in her small apartment. She also thought about contributing a few articles to her university’s journal. That, and she planned to pay Chanel a visit soon.Chanel also lived inside the university, though in a different dormitory. She lived at one of the staff dormitories called Indigo Hall.They didn’t treat their meeting as a grand occasion, and agreed to meet at the school’s restaurant only.Chanel couldn’t help but feel surprised when she saw Clarissa once again. Today, Clarissa was wearing a blue T-shirt paired with a pair of white shorts. Although her attire was simple, the quality of her clothes was still top-notch, and that reflected Clarissa’s unique sense of style.Clarissa had been paying attention to the quality of her clothes ever since she went overseas. Though there weren’t a lot of clothes in her wardrobe, each and every one
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