After informing Eden Investment that she wouldn’t be attending the meeting, Clarissa stayed at home and spent her free time writing her article and conducting lessons for her students. Life was good. Recently, she was even thinking about participating in a global research project to fill up her resume. By then, she would definitely be promoted to a professor in a short period of time. At the same time, she could use her experiences to give her postgraduate students some valuable insight and career advice.However, she felt dejected right after reading the books Grandpa had written.She missed Grandpa dearly.She wanted to pay a visit to Grandpa’s place, but she didn’t have the key to enter. Still, it wasn’t a bad idea to look at the house from the outside.After she had a simple meal at the school cafeteria, she walked to Grandpa’s house as a form of exercise.Grandpa’s house was just a stone’s throw away from the university.Wearing a one-piece linen dress, her outfit matched
Clarissa deliberately used the stairs because she knew Damien would use the lift since Neil was with him.Worried that Damien might call out to her, she didn’t even look back when she turned the corner.Though Clarissa didn’t want Damien to know about her current position in Eden Investment, her secret would still be exposed sooner or later, since Ray had already seen her that day. Plus, the fact that she was an employee at Eden Investment wasn’t a secret.However, Clarissa didn’t feel as attached to them after she heard Damien addressing her as a stranger.Worried that she might bump into them downstairs, she hopped into a taxi the moment she arrived on the ground floor.“Miss, where are you headed to?” the driver asked.“Just go for now,” Clarissa said absent-mindedly.She didn’t know where to go, either.On the way, she looked outside the windows while reminiscing about the past. She didn’t know how to make out of her situation right now.Meanwhile, Damien strolled along th
Caleb's expression caught Damien's attention. Mrs. Faber had told Damien that even though there were a lot of women writing letters expressing their love to Caleb, not even once had he reciprocated their feelings. From the looks of it, it seemed Caleb wouldn't settle for just anyone."Did you spot your crush?" Damien was sharp enough to gauge the entire situation."Yeah, she passed by the hall just now.""Oh, wow. Why didn't you go and say hi?" Damien joked."President Lawrence, stop making fun of me!" Caleb replied in a similarly joking tone."How do you know her? Was she your coursemate back when you were doing your undergraduate studies? Or do you know her in your postgraduate course?"Perhaps his unexpected encounter with Clarissa today made him unusually curious about Caleb's love life."She, uh, she's new here." Caleb lowered his head. He was in a daze, apparently still mesmerized by Clarissa's beauty."Is she a first year student? Or did she just transfer to Florin to co
Although she had changed into a new number, Clarissa could still recognize Damien's number.She stood up and paced the room uneasily.Before he called, she was writing a speech about her journey as a young lecturer in the University of Florin so far.It hadn't been ten days since the semester had started, and Clarissa was already tasked to give a speech as the representative of the young lecturers in the university at the orientation for this year’s new intakes.Throughout the three years she spent in Emmeria, she had never received any threats from Iris. It was as if her enemies had never existed in the first place. Neil seemed to be doing fine, and he didn't look like he was suffering from any adversity in life either.Thus, she was unsure as to why Damien was calling her right now.In the end, Clarissa decided to pick up the phone."Hello! Do you remember me? Why did you take so long to pick up the phone?" A childish voice echoed from the receiver, surprising Clarissa.When
Clarissa was in a daze after hanging up on Neil's call.After making some edits to her speech and scanning through her lesson plans, it was already eleven o’ clock. She decided it was time to hit the sack. Wednesday was the most hectic day of the week for her, as the head of school had assigned all her important classes on that day.The next day, Clarissa walked toward the lecture hall. On the way, almost everyone shot her mystified looks.Clarissa had put on the wrong makeup today. Overall, her entire look didn't match her makeup at all, and she looked terribly strange.On the way to the lecture hall, Clarissa bumped into Chanel, who was also on the way to her class."Chanel, do you have classes to lead today too?" Clarissa asked.Chanel chuckled before adding a sarcastic remark, "Yes. By the way, you look unbelievably beautiful today.""Huh?" Clarissa didn't know what Chanel was hinting at."Why don't you look into the mirror and see for yourself?" Then, Chanel left.Clariss
In the evening, Clarissa went to the library again. This time, she was happy that she didn't bump into Caleb. After that, she returned to her apartment and enjoyed an afternoon nap. Then, she proceeded to write her article before heading to the cafeteria for food.While she was eating, she wondered, 'Should I call Neil and tell him that I won't go today?'However, she knew Damien would be the one answering the phone instead of Neil. Neil had used his father's phone to call her, after all.Thinking about this, Clarissa held back from doing so.After dinner, she went home to continue writing her article. Before she knew it, it was already seven o’ clock. Just when she was searching for her phone, wondering if she should call Neil, she heard someone calling out to her name downstairs.From the third floor, she could hear his voice loud and clear.Looking toward the source of the sound, the first thing she saw was a heart shape formed by candles, their flickering lights illuminat
Clarissa sat in her house, filled with anger.She sent a message to Mr. Dwight immediately.Clarissa: [Mr. Dwight, I’d like to file a complaint against a student named Caleb Mckenny from the finance department who just attempted sexual advances on me. His actions have raised a scandal among the teacher and students. Please look into it. Thank you.]Mr. Dwight: [I will address the matter first thing in the morning, Miss Johnson.]The moment she put down her phone, Clarissa received another message from Chanel.Chanel: [Hey, I heard about what happened between you and Caleb. Almost everyone in school is aware of his confession to you! You should be proud! Clarissa, you've managed to tie down the most desired bachelor in the entire university!]Clarissa : [I'm not proud about this. Plus, I've already reported him to the disciplinary section.]Chanel: [What? Why would you do that? What's so wrong about a confession?!]Clarissa could care less about how Caleb would feel in this situ
When Clarissa saw Caleb, she acted as though she didn't know him.Caleb stared at Clarissa as she passed by. If he didn't have to take care of Neil at Damien's place, Caleb would've insisted on having a meal with her.After he finished eating, Caleb removed the painting from the walls and placed it at the desk beside his bed."Why’s the painting here? You should just leave it hanging on the walls," Hank said jokingly."I decided to keep it for myself," Caleb replied.After looking at the picture one last time, Caleb changed into casual clothes and left the house.Since he was going to Damien’s place today, it was better for him to dress properly.He treated his every encounter with Damien very seriously.Then, he followed the address given by Damien and arrived at Dennis Lawrence’s house.When he arrived, Damien and Ray were sitting on the sofa, discussing some work-related matters about investment.Neil was probably having his evening nap, because Caleb didn't see him around
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