Clarissa stood up, held Neil’s hand, and led him to the kitchen.“Mommy’s going to the kitchen to make you custard tarts now. Do you want to help me?”“Okay!”……At this moment, Damien was seated on the sofa in Chanel’s house. He leaned back a little while watching a small child play.Chanel snuck glances at him occasionally.In truth, she had his phone number and she could contact him on WhatsApp. However, they had only truly started communicating with each other after she had officially adopted Logan.She didn’t know what was wrong with her. Whenever she texted Damien, she couldn’t help trembling violently as her heart raced. She was as nervous and anxious as she had been at eighteen years old. Chanel had grown up without a father, and Damien’s mature behavior had brought her a lot of comfort in her youth.To this day, she remembered how the sun had shone down on his face when he was explaining a question to her one day.The day before, Damien had sent her a message saying h
Clarissa merely glanced at Damien when he walked into the kitchen, not saying a word.The kitchen was on the small side. It was already quite hard for her to move around in here, let alone Damien, who was taller and more built. Instantly, she felt oppressed.“Which uncle?” Damien asked Neil.“Huh?”“Neil said an uncle told him about the past. So, he knows you’re his mother now?”“Yeah. My Uncle Peter came to visit Connie on set.”“The one you’re directing?”Clarissa froze. She was a little angry, and a little disdainful.“I’m not as scheming as you are, thank you very much. You’re the one behind what happened to Madelynn and Lucy, aren’t you? You killed my mother, and you now have two more lives in your hands,” she said blandly.Suddenly, she was swept off her feet. She found herself seated on the kitchen counter, not even knowing how she had ended up there.“What are you doing?” Clarissa looked at the floor. Damien’s sudden move had made her spill the egg whites.“Lucy’s ki
Clarissa wanted to slap Damien, but the moment she lifted a hand, he gripped her wrist. She had no way out of his vicious grip.Finally, he let her go.Her face was flushed. She could smell something burning, and said exasperatedly, “The custard tarts are burnt!”“Who cares about those damn tarts?” Damien gritted his teeth. “Is eating all that you know?”“Yes, it is!” Clarissa said coldly, “Who cares whether the kid’s yours? It has nothing to do with me.”“Isn’t that why you left the country?” His voice was hoarse.“There are plenty of reasons for going abroad. The only thing I can tell you for certain is that it was time for us to break up!”He suddenly laughed. “Who’s the one who said that? You? Or was there some other reason for you going abroad? Since you’re so pretty, did you have a fling or an affair while you were abroad?”Naturally, he was secretly referring to the photos the unknown number had sent to him.Clarissa had a vibrant love life. There were plenty of people
Three days later, at the university’s entrance.Clarissa had a hand on her luggage as she peered around anxiously.“Lisa isn’t going to be a no-show, is she?” she said to Rem as she checked her watch.“Don’t worry, I called her when I left my dorm. She hasn’t forgotten.”“The meeting starts at one o’ clock, and we’re going to take three and a half hours to get there by bus. It’ll probably be ten by the time we get to the bus station. It’s all my fault for not knowing how to drive!” Clarissa stomped her foot anxiously.Suddenly, a car stopped in front of them.“What are you doing?” The window rolled down, and a man’s voice rang out.Rem had been feeling anxious as well, but she broke into a bright smile when she saw who it was.“Oh, Professor Lawrence! We’re waiting for someone,” she said politely.Clarissa turned around when she heard “Professor Lawrence”. Who else could it be but Damien?Why did it sound so weird to address him that way, though?Damien’s gaze flitted toward
Clarissa suddenly recalled she had asked Lisa not to be late the other day. Maybe Neil had heard her. Otherwise, how could it have been so coincidental?She looked at Neil through the rearview and said, “You’re a clever one, aren’t you?”He laughed sweetly. “Thanks, Mommy.”“What for?”“You praised me for being smart!”Clarissa was speechless.She laughed as well. It was great to have a son. He brought her so much joy.How could she have been so cruel in the past?“Miss Johnson, your son’s really smart. He’s just like you,” Lisa said. She really did like Neil.“I’m not smart at all. In fact, I’m really dumb,” Clarissa said.“I’m like my dad, then.” Neil asked, “Right, Daddy?”“Yeah, don’t be like your mother. She really is pretty dumb,” Damien said.Clarissa was rendered speechless. She had no choice but to change the topic, and said to Lisa and Rem, “The speakers for this summit are all international big shots, and there’s going to be a livestream as well. You can record t
Soon, Ray sent the link to Damien. When he clicked on it, all he saw was that the livestream had yet to start.Clarissa and the others entered the hotel and grabbed some food before heading into the venue.Agendas were placed on each seat. The speaker list comprised internationally renowned financial professionals as well as experts from Wall Street. There was even going to be a mystery guest at the very end.“Who’s the mystery guest, Miss Johnson?” Lisa asked. She was seated to Clarissa’s left, while Rem was on Clarissa’s right.“There are a lot of renowned people in the financial industry. Your guess is as good as mine!”“I bet the mystery guest is someone really special! Let’s wait and see.”Ray kept looking around, trying to spot Clarissa, but to no avail. The venue was just too huge for him.Throughout the whole summit, Clarissa was completely focused.She was stunned speechless when the mystery guest finally made his appearance. It was Joseph Moore!The host’s excitement
As it turned out, Penelope was standing behind Joseph.She looked completely different than how she once did when Clarissa still resided in Genovia.The crowd shot the three of them a short glance before shrugging and returning to minding their own business. No one was particularly interested in the drama. For most of them, their main goal was to expand their network.Currently, Penelope was clad in a gray pantsuit. Gold-rimmed glasses perched on the bridge of her nose.“Stop it, Penelope!” Joseph hissed at Penelope.However, Penelope ignored Joseph and strode haughtily toward Clarissa.“Long time no see, Miss Johnson.”“Likewise.”“So, why are you talking to my boyfriend?” Penelope demanded arrogantly.“Your boyfriend?” Clarissa never knew that Joseph and Penelope were a couple.Behind Penelope, Joseph shook his head immediately, as if denying her claim.“Yes, Miss Johnson. My boyfriend! I understand you might be looking for someone else since you’re divorced, but please do
Damien immediately had his men run a background check on the man in the picture.The picture depicted a man hugging Clarissa affectionately.Later that night, he asked his son, “Neil, do you want your mommy to live here?”“Of course I do!”“Then, just call her if you want her to stay with you.”Neil stared at Damien before asking innocently, “Daddy, are you sure it’s not because you’re too shy to call her?”“Why would I be shy? Here, use this phone.”Neil took the phone, looking quite unwilling. He dialed Clarissa’s number; he had memorized it since the time he had called her.After a while, the beeping tone faded and Clarissa picked up the call.“Mommy…” Neil said in a soft tone.At the sound of his voice, Clarissa’s mood immediately soared. “Neil! Is everything okay?”“Mommy, when will your meeting end?” Neil asked sweetly, tilting his head to the side.“Tomorrow evening,” Clarissa answered.“Put him on speaker, Miss Johnson! We wanna hear his cute voice too!” Her studen
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