After Damien returned to his bedroom, Mrs. Faber went to report to him. “Mr. Lawrence, Madam is sleeping in Neil’s room again.”Damien raised an eyebrow. “Let her do what she wants.”Clarissa had class tomorrow. Besides, she had to go for a meeting at Eden Investment in the afternoon. She had to sleep early and leave early the next day.The next day, Clarissa spoke to Damien, who was reading on the couch of the living room. “I’m going to Eden Investment for a meeting in the afternoon. Are you going?”“You’re going?” Damien asked, raising an eyebrow.“Yes. If you’re going, I’m hitching a ride.” Clarissa guessed Damien wasn’t going since he was still in casual clothes. Damien brought out his phone and made a call.Clarissa went back to Neil’s room and packed up her things.Meanwhile, Damien’s call connected. “Aren’t you going to Florin today?” Damien asked. “Charles wants you to pick your units.”“I’ve already made my decision based on the rendering.”“Alright. Come to my pl
“Why don’t you buy some units as well? Aren’t they giving you a discount too? Or are you buying a house from your university? I heard your university’s developing some houses and subsidizing them for its staff. But if I’m being honest, the New East houses are much better than your university ones. We’re putting much more into it. Besides, those houses don’t have deeds, right? It has no benefits beyond being cheap.” The way Ray made it sound, it was like every point he made was a good one.Clarissa smiled. “That’s right. They don’t have deeds, and can’t be sold. They wouldn’t be so cheap otherwise. However, you must be terrific since you can buy so many units at once.”“I’ve made quite a lot of money in the past few years thanks to Damien. Don’t underestimate your ex-husband! His judgement is sharp. He always gets the best deals. My bet is that this project in Florin will make him a few billion,” Ray said.As expected, it was difficult to make money unless you had lots of it beforeha
After reaching Eden Investment, Clarissa first had a meeting with some of the internal members there to discuss some strategy.Afterward, everyone started choosing their housing units happily. Clarissa could only watch from the sidelines. “I want a unit on the eighth floor of the east block,” the legal director said.Charles shook his head. “No can do. Someone’s already gotten it.”“Who?” the legal director asked. “This is a huge unit! 2600 square feet!”“Who else but Mr. Lawrence?”Clarissa’s heart jolted. ‘Is Damien buying a house here too?’“Mr. Lawrence doesn’t have to pay for a unit, does he?” the legal director joked.“Of course not. He’s paying to build these properties. Why should he have to pay? It’s not just one unit, you see. Both the units on the eighth floor are his,” Charles commented matter-of-factly. “Of course, I don’t have to pay either.”Everyone was silent at that. It was pointless to compare with such people. They would only feel more envious.“Clariss
Chanel wanted to know why Damien had been so silent. Yesterday, he didn’t say a word to her.Chanel was intellectual and very serious, so she would turn petty whenever she was determined to know something. When she couldn’t see Damien’s car downstairs, she went upstairs. She soon found Caleb reading a book in Clarissa’s study.“Where’s Miss Johnson?” Chanel asked Caleb. She scanned the living room and soon took notice of Clarissa’s research project on the computer.“Oh, someone invited Miss Johnson for a meal. She’s not here. Are you looking for her?” Caleb answered nonchalantly as he continued taking more pictures of the book.“It’s fine. I’m just checking if she’s around. I originally wanted to invite her to a meal.” Chanel looked at Clarissa’s research project. An idea struck her. Clarissa had left her computer on the coffee table in the living room. Meanwhile, Caleb was reading a book in the study. Chanel was out of Caleb’s line of sight, but she could see Caleb clearly fr
When Clarissa reached home, she saw that Caleb had left. She threw herself on the sofa, intending to continue working on her research project.Strangely enough, her file was gone. No matter what she did, Clarissa couldn’t find it. She searched the whole computer, but to no avail.Clarissa panicked so much that a layer of anxious sweat covered her entire forehead. She spent half a year working hard on her project, but the file went missing in the blink of an eye!She remembered Caleb had come to her house, so she quickly called him.“Caleb, have you seen the project on my computer?” Clarissa asked in an anxious voice.“What project?”“It’s the national research project I applied for.”“I didn’t see it. I didn’t touch your computer,” Caleb replied steadily.“Forget it.” Clarissa hung up.Clarissa was confused. After that, she called Rem and Lisa and asked if they had a backup. However, they said that they prepared only their own part of the content. How could they have a backup?
Clarissa went to thank Don in person.“Thanks so much, Professor Mclaurant! I spent half a year working hard on this,” Clarissa said, filled with emotions.“Don’t worry, Clarissa. I didn’t read the contents. I saw the title and thought it might be yours. I just don’t know how it ended up in my email,” Don explained.Clarissa had a vague thought that Caleb probably stole it. Don was Caleb’s mentor, after all. If Caleb stole her project and gave it to Professor Mclaurant, they could work on it together and complete the research by themselves. They might even receive prize money worth hundreds of thousands or even millions.The incident led to Clarissa harboring great dislike for Caleb. She didn’t tell anyone about her suspicion, but Don shared her sentiments. He even talked to Caleb about this.Don shot Caleb a meaningful look. The way he looked at Caleb implied many things.“Caleb, you have to be a good man before you’re a good learner. Do you know that?” he advised Caleb solemn
“I’ll go to the University of Florin with you tomorrow. I have to go to Florin for a meeting anyway,” Damien told Mrs. Faber, trying to comfort her.Damien was no longer resistant to going to Florin. Actually, he even wished he could have more excuses to do so.“Even if I go, I’m afraid he won’t talk to me.” Mrs. Faber looked troubled.“Don’t worry. Just leave it to me,” Damien said. If Caleb refused to talk, there was still Clarissa. He was sure the incident had something to do with Clarissa.“Dad, are we going to the University of Florin? Are you going to see Mommy again?” Nail asked excitedly.“I guess so.”Neil clapped, joyful. “I want to see Mommy! I have to!”The afternoon the next day, Damien, Mrs. Faber, and Neil arrived at the university.Caleb had offered to take them to lunch, but Damien rejected the offer. Instead, he took them for lunch at a big hotel.“So, what’s going on?” To Damien, Caleb had always been a calm and steady young man. Caleb was very fond of Cla
Clarissa was rarely a bad-tempered person.“Caleb was researching for some information at my place. Ray was leaving, so he invited me to a meal. I went out and left Caleb alone at home. When I reached home, my research project went missing and disappeared from my computer. It ended up in Professor Mclaurant’s email for no apparent reason. Don is Caleb’s mentor. How can this be explained?”Clarissa grew more and more irritated the more she spoke. “If you want him to stay, why don’t you go and talk to him?! Why do I have to talk to him?”She sounded like she was about to cry. Damien’s questions upset her so much that she was suffocating.“So, no one else was here?” Damien kept prodding. Clarissa slumped into her chair. She wanted to continue her work and the revision, but her hand on the mouse kept trembling. She stared at the computer screen, but nothing was going into her head. Suddenly, tears fell down her cheeks. She didn’ want Damien to see her crying, so she casually took som
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