After sending the text, Clarissa did a search to check where the restaurant was located. It was quite near to La Monde Hotel. Clarissa supposed Seth must have been too busy with his meetings and didn’t have a chance to explore town. Thus, he picked a nearby restaurant since he didn’t know what was good in Florin. He had probably eaten there himself and found the food acceptable.Seth never checked reviews online, and only prioritized his own opinions. After watching the fireworks at Central Square, it was almost ten o’ clock at night. Lily, Eric, and Clarissa happily got back into Damien’s car. “Finished?” Damien asked.“Yeah, it was so fun! We don’t have this in Genovia. Florin is so much better! Mr. Lawrence, why did you, as a Florinian, come to Genovia? You’re missing out on all the sights.”“Me? I went to Genovia to work. Eventually, I just stayed there. I’m an immigrant,” he said with a chuckle.“You’re so funny. If you wanted to move to Genovia, the local government would
Seth planned to send Clarissa back to the university after dinner. However, Clarissa said that Florin was her home turf and insisted on sending Seth back to the hotel. She said she had had a lot to eat, and wanted to take a walk to help her digestion.The two strolled slowly on the way back to the hotel.For some reason, Clarissa felt very close to Seth.Seth said to Clarissa, “Clarissa, don’t let Iris’s words get to you. In life, each day lived is a day earned. You must live it for yourself. If you keep letting Iris mess with you, what meaning is there to life? I think you might have been too disappointed by Damien, and Iris was just an excuse for your departure. She was the final straw that broke the camel’s back. Don’t feel too upset about your mother.”Clarissa nodded. “It’s true. I can’t hide any of my problems from you.”“Am I that amazing?” Seth patted Clarissa’s shoulder.“You are indeed,” Clarissa said with confidence as she looked at him.Seth pulled Clarissa into his
“I like Clarissa. Will that do?” Seth glared back at Damien. “She’s already divorced. Even if she was married, that’s in the past. Besides, she hasn’t been in contact with her ex-husband in three years. That means that there’s no more chance there. Isn’t that right, Mr. Lawrence? Am I wrong in my logic?”Damien smiled, but it didn’t reach his eyes. “No, there’s nothing wrong.”“In these three years, we have been friends, but we’re also like lovers. We help and support each other. I think we can take things a step further and get married soon. There’s no problem there either,” Seth continued.“If you’re going to get married, why did you sleep in separate rooms?”“I respect Clarissa. I don’t like making people do things they don’t want to do. Her ex-husband was like that, and she didn’t like it. I was afraid I’d make her uncomfortable. As such, we have never slept together. She wanted to sleep with me before, but I turned her down. I know she’s only just returned, and that she’s been
The thing that she couldn’t do alone in the past, she was now able to achieve easily with the help of this child. To make Logan sick, Chanel had stripped off all of Logan’s clothes in the middle of the night. She had even taken all the blankets and sheets out of the room. Then, she locked the door. Even if Logan bawled, she refused to give him his clothes. When she thought about it, the child wasn’t even hers. He was the son of a murderer. She wasn’t relying on him to take care of her when she got older, so she might as well make good use of him now. This time, although Chanel said that Logan had sneakily called Damien, she had been the one to teach him to do it.Chanel had been interacting more with Damien through this child. Now, she and Damien had become much closer.Damien went to Chanel’s home.The moment Logan saw him, Logan hugged his legs tightly and kept calling him, “Daddy.”“I’m not your daddy, understand?” Damien was disgusted by how the boy insisted on calling him
However, Clarissa didn’t use her old phone much. Instead, she preferred her new phone.After returning to his grandfather’s house, Damien sent Mrs. Faber a text.Damien: [You should talk to your son and get him to stop interacting with Connie Hale.]Damien was worried that Connie was making use of Caleb.After a moment, he received a response.Mrs. Faber: [Don’t worry, Mr. Lawrence.]That night, Mrs. Faber called Caleb and had a conversation with him about the incident years ago, detailing how Connie had made life difficult for Clarissa and the like.Only then did Caleb understand why Mr. Lawrence had warned him about Connie earlier that day. However, Caleb did not rebel against this. Since Connie wasn’t a good person, he would limit his interactions with her. Caleb could hear the noise of a coughing child through the line.“Mom, is Neil sick?” Caleb asked. “Mr. Lawrence isn’t there, either. Did you take him to the hospital?”“It’s fine. He probably caught a cold this mornin
The moment Clarissa opened the door and found Damien standing there, her temper flared. “When are you planning to go home and check on Neil?!” she screamed.“When will you stop going on about this? You never shut up about Neil! Do you even care about me?” Damien was still thinking about his rival, Seth. Each word that left his lips was strongly enunciated. Although Damien liked being tough, he was stuck between a rock and a hard place after knowing about Clarissa and Seth. Even though he was angry, he had to hold back. Besides, he had already messed things up big time with Clarissa. He didn’t want to hurt her even more. Clarissa ignored Damien’s rudeness and went back to her desk.“Are you going home?” Clarissa asked. “If you’re going home now, I’m going with you.”“I’m not going!” Damien shouted.Clarissa laughed. “You can play happy family with someone else’s son, but you don’t care that your own son is sick? You’re so generous, Damien! Are you Neil’s father or not?”Hearing
At Eden Investment Corporation, those who had come by were only those who were based in Florin. After all, the New East headquarters were in Genovia. The other top executives wanted to come as well, but it was too far to travel. Charles was waiting there. There was a huge rendering hung on the wall.Clarissa was struck dumb. On the very top of the rendering were the words, Ashland Neighborhood, Ashland Phase 1, Ashland Phase 2, Ashland Phase 3, Ashland Hospital, Ashland Mall…Her daughter’s name was in everything.She suddenly realized what a huge project Damien was doing. The anger she felt in her heart for Damien dissipated somewhat. It seemed Charles was very moved as well. As he made his speech, his hands trembled. “Ashland is Florin’s biggest neighborhood. I’ve attracted some businesses for the mall, too. With our influence and New East’s capabilities, everyone will be fighting to buy a lot. If any of you would like to buy a house here, we can provide a discount of up to
“Where have you been, Clarissa?” Chanel asked.“I was at a meeting at Eden Investment Corporation,” Clarissa replied. The two didn’t have more to say.After getting home, Clarissa messaged Mrs. Faber to ask about Neil.Mrs. Faber: [Clarissa, Neil’s been asking about you. He wants you to come see him. Maybe you can come over if you have the time?]Clarissa: [Sure.]After replying, she thought about taking a bus over early in the morning. It was already late tonight, so all of the buses to Genovia had already stopped operating.Coincidentally, Damien called.Clarissa answered. “Hello.”“Mrs. Faber said you’re coming back to Genovia. Come over to Grandpa’s and we can go together.”“When?”“Now.”Clarissa lifted her wrist and checked the time. It was already four in the evening. By the time they reached Genovia, it would be about eight or nine o’ clock. Getting a lift would be nice, so going home to see Neil now was a good idea.“Okay.”Clarissa packed a simple overnight bag
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