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
Because there were many people at dinner, Clarissa didn’t mention anything about where she was sleeping.After dinner, Clarissa pulled Damien aside and said to him crossly, “It’s inappropriate for us to be sleeping together.”“Follow me,” Damien snapped.Clarissa did as told and followed him to the bedroom.He lit up a cigarette before taking a seat on the sofa.“Who’s that guy?” he suddenly demanded.“Which one?”“How many do you have?”Clarissa was utterly confused. “How would I know what you’re asking? You need to be clearer.”All of a sudden, Damien recalled something. “Oh, right. You just met Joseph yesterday. That’s why you’re confused.”Clarissa had no idea how Damien found out about Joseph and her.However, Damien’s sarcastic tone set her off. “Who are you talking about?”Damien stared at Clarissa for a few seconds before finally replying, “Seth.”Clarissa clenched her fists, a deep set frown gracing her lips. “You were following me?!”“So there is a Seth.” Damien
“I’ll have people send you back to university. Your professor will follow me to Florin,” Damien said.Lisa and Rem exchanged doubtful glances. After a while, they replied, “Alright, Mr. Lawrence. We’ll call Miss Johnson again later.”Damien knew why they had to call Clarissa. It was mainly to check on her safety.He had no choice but to stay silent and agree to it.Around nine o’ clock, the two students left. Soon, Lisa rang Clarissa.It took Clarissa a while to pick up her phone. Her entire body was aching, and her voice was hoarse. “Hello…?”“Hello, Miss Johnson. Rem and I will be heading back as planned, but Mr. Lawrence said you’ll be resting for today. Do take care!” Lisa said.Clarissa was still in a daze, so she couldn’t really process Lisa’s words.She mumbled a groggy “Okay” before going back to sleep immediately after.Mrs. Faber took Neil out for a walk, so Damien was the only one at home. He didn’t go to work and instead spent his time reading on the bed.When t
A while later, Damien went back upstairs. Clarissa, who was playing with Neil happily, turned sour the moment he appeared. “What’s with your face?” Damien turned to Neil. “Neil, time for bed.”Neil didn’t want to interrupt the two, so he promptly agreed.Damien made a beeline for Clarissa and, without warning, pulled her into a tight hug.They were so close, Clarissa could hear his heart pounding loudly in his chest. His strange actions confused her greatly. “I’ll take you to the hospital tomorrow, okay?” Damien’s tone was uncharacteristically soft.“There’s no need for that.” Clarissa rejected him instinctively.Even if she wanted to go, she would never allow Damien to follow her.“Don’t force yourself,” he said.Damien kissed Clarissa passionately that night, just as he had done the night before.Clarissa wondered if he would go berserk as he often did, but he simply held her hands. “I won’t touch you,” he assured.“Are you sure?” she scoffed.Damien didn’t answer, a
Clarissa soon walked out of Bethany’s office.“How is it?” Damien asked.“See for yourself,” Clarissa spat coldly as she handed Damien the report. “Go get me the medicine.”“Torn.” Damien read out what was written. “How tight are you to be torn?”Clarissa gritted her teeth and chose to stay silent.Three years had come and gone, yet he was still as shameless as ever.Damien took the medicine from the counter. Clarissa was to apply them twice daily.“I’ll help you with the medicine,” he teased her. “Otherwise, you wouldn’t even know where to apply it.”“No need for that. I’m going back to Florin tomorrow.”“That fast? We’ve been apart for three years, and you’re leaving again right after our wedding night?” Damien was in a good mood, and even started joking with her.Clarissa, on the other hand, wasn’t in the mood to joke around.Though Clarissa had strong feelings for him three years ago, that was mainly because they were married. Now, she realized he might not be the one fo
Right after Clarissa lay on the bed, Damien moved to kiss her on the lips.His kiss was so intense, Clarissa ended up gasping for air.“Are you forcing me?” he asked.“No, it’s just really hard to look into that person,” Clarissa said. She couldn’t even find out where Iris was living, so it was even more impossible for her to know exactly who was sniffing into her hospital records.“Why were you in that man’s arms?” Damien demanded “You shouldn’t make me worry so much.”Clarissa rarely allowed anyone to break her personal space and hug her, so she knew immediately what Damien was talking about. “I had depression. Didn’t you already know that?” Clarissa said, anguished. “I was missing Neil so badly, but he doesn’t even know who I am! I wanted to get my Master's degree, but it was really challenging for me to do everything alone in a foreign country. Everything was hard, but then he appeared and offered me help. He was my only friend and support at that time.”Tears streamed down
Clarissa went to wash up. At the staircase, she could see some people carrying boxes. Damien was sitting on the sofa.“Put them in the car,” Damien ordered.“Oh, Mr. Lawrence! You’re so nice to Madam. You even bought all these snacks for her!” Mrs. Faber gushed. In truth, she felt rather awkward over the fact that her son was in love with Clarissa.Damien lifted his head, and his eyes met Clarissa’s.“She doesn’t appreciate it,” Damien mumbled, turning away quickly. “Madam has been away for three years, so she must have changed. The changes aren’t very big, but you still need to be understanding.” Mrs. Faber tried to explain.“Do I have to?” Damien looked at Clarissa again, sullen.At that moment, Damien was filled with regret and jealousy.He wasn’t with Clarissa during her worst days. Instead, another man grabbed the chance and stayed by her side. But just like what Mrs. Faber said, people change. Before, he would have his way Clarissa and tormented her regardless of anyth
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