“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
Damien’s gentle tone reminded her of their past together years ago. At that time, they were still together. It felt like time had turned back when he was the high and mighty president, and she was his employee.Clarissa cheered up again. She knew Damie would take care of her whenever things went wrong.Clarissa unconsciously spun the table in her other hand around the table. “Click.” The pen went flying away and made a clicking sound. Clarissa looked around, and found the pen at Damien’s feet.Damien was staring at the pen as well. He glanced at Clarissa, wondering if she would come and get it.Clarissa changed her sitting posture and leaned in her chair. She kept her arms outstretched and flat on the table. Clearly, she had no intention of picking it up.Damien bent down and picked up the pen for her. Then, he handed it to her.Damien was sitting on a single sofa. He was very close to Clarissa’s writing desk.Clarissa reached out to take the pen. As soon as she stretched ou
Damien and Clarissa were quite silent, but the atmosphere between them was pretty ambiguous. The latter felt that she could hear the former’s heartbeat to boot.Damien could no longer hold himself back. He lowered his head and planted a kiss on her forehead.“I heard your university’s going to bestow someone with the ‘honorary professor’ title. Let me see who’s the recipient of this esteemed title. I’d like to know who else is on par with me,” he said, looking into Clarissa’s eyes.She tightened her grip on his arm as she stared back.‘Did he find out that Seth’s coming?’ she thought frantically.Clarissa was afraid the longer she remained in Damien’s arms, the higher the chance of her revealing her thoughts. So, she decided to step away from him.With her heart slowly calming down, she suggested, “I’m heading to the university cafeteria now for lunch. Are you coming?”Damien replied, “Sure.”Clarissa didn’t know what to say.Those were just words of courtesy. She said that to
Clarissa had a feeling Damien said all those things in front of Chanel on purpose. Did he suspect the latter being the culprit behind the theft of her thesis?After the meal, Damien returned to his grandfather’s house. Neil was still there, after all.Meanwhile, Clarissa returned to Marble Garden. Just as she was about to open the door, her phone started ringing. It was a request for a voice call session from Bethany, who wanted to talk to Clarissa about something.“What are you up to, Clarissa?” Bethany asked.Truthfully speaking, when Clarissa heard Bethany’s question, she felt nervous. She was afraid that Bethany would tell her the identity of the person who had been investigating her blood type. However, the scenario that she dreaded never happened. So far, Bethany had been discussing casual topics with her.“I’m still writing my thesis, so I’ve been staying on the campus.”“I’m on my annual leave right now. If I go back to my mom’s place, she’ll definitely nag me to find a s
After Clarissa picked Bethany up at the station the next day, she rushed back to the university to attend the assembly. Hence, Bethany ended up attending the assembly as well.Since Clarissa was a lecturer, her seat was assigned on the third row. By the time she and Bethany arrived at the hall, the majority of the attendees were already there. She was afraid someone else might recognize Bethany’s identity as an outsider, so both of them kept a low profile.The huge banner hung in front of the hall wrote “Congratulations on becoming this university’s honorary professor, Professor Highmore!”Seth maintained his chivalrous appearance as he stood on the podium. The moment he noticed Clarissa, his gaze lingered on her for a second longer.“Doctor Highmore sure is handsome, huh?” Bethany whispered, tilting her head.“He looks fine, I guess.” Clarissa’s gaze remained glued on Seth’s form.Seth was in the midst of giving a speech about his feelings when he found out that he was going to
Bethany studied Damien from afar before realizing that she couldn’t nitpick a single flaw that he had. In fact, he looked as radiant as precious jewels.“That middle-aged man may be decent, but at the end of the day, he’s still a middle-aged man. Young and hot guys, on the other hand, are better in bed.” Bethany suddenly remembered something before she added, “Even though your man is good in bed, he won’t last for a couple more years.”“Are you judging people based on their looks or their bedroom performance?” Clarissa asked.Bethany just giggled. “Both, of course!”“I have his picture, you know. Why don’t I give it to you so that you can hug it to sleep?” Clarissa offered nonchalantly.When Caleb heard her words, he shot her a look before a smile appeared on his face.Caleb’s green outfit stood out in the midst of the white snow that blanketed the earth. It was true he looked very handsome.When Clarissa saw him, she couldn’t help but feel guilty. She had no idea what she shoul
Damien took Neil’s left hand while Clarissa took his right. This was Neil’s first time holding hands with both parents, so it was natural for him to be overjoyed.Once they reached Grandpa Lawrence’s house, Mrs. Faber was already in the midst of preparing dinner. She barely spoke a word to them. Clarissa knew the old woman disliked her at the moment. At the same time, she was too embarrassed to see Mrs. Faber. She wanted nothing more than to go home straight away.“Mommy, you should go take a bath. Look at you, you’re all wet!” Neil said.Damien sat on the couch and read his book nonchalantly. It seemed he was ignoring whatever the duo was doing.Meanwhile, Mrs. Faber just prepared dinner quietly in the kitchen.If Neil hadn’t pointed out Clarissa’s current state, she would never have noticed how drenched she was. Her back felt cold and wet right now. The snow had already melted into water and kept trickling down her back, making her extremely uncomfortable.“I don’t have anythin
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