“About five months after that, the actor showed up at their house. After months of thinking things over, he finally made up his mind to come and visit his future father-in-law as well as his beloved and their child.”“He had no idea this family had two daughters, because the healthy daughter had never told him about this. When he saw the younger twin, he didn’t suspect that anything was wrong. What he did notice, though, was that her stomach was completely flat. He asked, ‘Where’s our baby?’”“The younger twin said tearfully, ‘The moment I got back here, I found my father bedridden and unable to speak. I had to take care of him, and I couldn’t possibly tell him about the pregnancy. I’m sorry.’”“Of course, the actor understood this, and his heart ached for her. He told her he was done filming and that he would be taking a long break, so he wanted to live here and help her care for her father. The younger twin agreed to it.”“But the younger twin didn’t sleep in the same bed as the
Now that Clarissa knew the main character of this story was Iris Benson, she knew that it was no story, but things that had actually happened in real life. She was anxious to know why Iris kept targeting her, so she asked, “What happened after that? Is the actor’s name Charles Griffin?”She vaguely remembered Leah mentioning that Iris and Charles had been an item and a perfect match in everyone’s eyes.“After that?” The old man continued with his story.“Iris told Charles that after returning to Lotharia, she had run into a fortune teller who told her that the mole would bring misfortune to her father, so she had it removed.”“It was just a mole, so Charles didn’t think much of it. There was one thing he couldn’t get used to, though—Iris’s personality seemed to have changed after her return to Lotharia. In the past, she was rather childish while still maintaining her elegance as the daughter of an affluent family, and it made her very popular among men. Now that she was back in Lot
“Iris wanted to build her empire, and she also wanted to lose her virginity. In Lotharia, she watched as Charles lost interest in her, and she thought that it was because she refused to sleep with him. She and Charles had completely different mindsets.”“Frank admired Iris, the actress, and Iris wanted to make use of his status in the business world. They had a fling, and Frank helped her set up her film production company. Once Iris got what she wanted, she kicked him to the curb and returned to Lotharia to look for Charles. However, he had left their house without a word. Only Mrs. Dane was left.”“Iris was furious at this, so she went to the attic to torment her sister.”“From her point of view, it was all her sister’s fault that Charles didn’t want her.”“Iris beat her sister up, but she didn’t harm the baby. She wanted to wait till the baby was born before giving her sister another taste of hell.”“She didn’t search for Charles, either. To her, men were just playthings that s
The truth was out. Helen wasn’t her mother at all; Iris’s sister was. Or more accurately, the actual Iris Benson.More than two decades later, when the emerald ring had appeared again, it had been in Connie’s hands. At that time, Iris was already a powerful and influential entrepreneur, and it was easy for her to go after a little starlet. Later, however, she found that she was barking up the wrong tree, so she doubled down on her revenge against the right woman—her own niece and the actual Iris’d daughter. She kept Clarissa away from her home for three years and separated Clarissa from her loved ones. Everything Iris had gone through, she wanted her niece to experience.Clarissa didn’t even realize that her face was streaked with tears. She sat there silently for a long time.“You are…” she asked the old man.“I’m a friend of your grandfather’s. His name is Victor Benson, and I visit him often. He can’t speak anymore, but he gives me a little note every time I’m there. He’ll write
Clarissa had always known that Iris wasn’t someone to be trifled with. She was cruel, ruthless, and capable of anything. She was also a master at pushing the blame on other people, so Clarissa was afraid that things would go wrong if she were to return to Lotharia. She wasn’t exactly crazy for money.“How should I address you?” she asked the old man.“My name’s George Highmore. Oh, right. Are you the one who asked for the SCARF album? I brought it here for you.” After that, George pulled a vinyl record out of his bag.Clarissa accepted it. She had asked Seth to bring her this from Lotharia. Why was George the one giving it to her?“You’re Seth’s…”“Father. He’s my youngest son.” George smiled. “He really likes you. He came to the University of Florin because he was being conferred the title of honorary professor, and I came with him. He asked me to come to see you.”Clarissa was speechless.This was such a small world!She felt like she had gone around the world, only to realiz
Logan wanted to have something different for lunch, so Chanel had brought him to this restaurant. They had been sitting in a corner when Clarissa came in with an old man. Chanel was surprised by this, so she’d asked Logan to play by himself for a while while she eavesdropped on their conversation.The private room Clarissa had gone into was tucked into a corner, and the door faced the window. Most people wouldn’t pass by here at all, and the waiter hadn’t entered the room after serving their dishes.Chanel had overheard the whole story, and now knew who Clarissa’s mother was. She had also heard about Frank, but she didn’t know who he was. It was probably someone from Genovia that Clarissa knew, so Chanel made sure to commit this name to memory.After George left, Clarissa looked at the vinyl record. Perhaps Seth was using this record to tell her about his relationship with George, and to also let George know that she was the person he liked. Perhaps this meeting was also a chance fo
In the car, Clarissa received a call from Damien. He told her he was already at the university and asked her where she was.“I’ve just left the university. Chanel’s at Eden Investment, and she’s going to jump off the building! You should hurry up and come, too,” she said anxiously.“Jump off the building?” Damien sounded doubtful. “Her? For real?”“Damien, why would someone joke around with their life?” Clarissa frowned. He probably didn’t know Chanel was doing this because her love letter had been exposed. He sounded like he couldn’t care less.“She’s at Eden Investment?” Damien asked. He didn’t say anything else. He knew Clarissa probably wouldn’t believe him.“Yes!”After hanging up, Clarissa’s anxiety levels rose. She kept urging the taxi driver to speed up.She couldn’t help wondering why Chanel had chosen to go to Eden Investment Corporation. Wouldn’t she ruin Eden Investment’s reputation if something were to happen? As this had something to do with Damien, it meant that i
Though Connie’s words made Clarissa feel awkward, they also reminded her of something—why had Chanel chosen to come to Eden Investment Corporation, of all the places in Florin? It was obvious Chanel didn’t want things to be easy for Clarissa.Clarissa didn’t want to think about these things now, though…She tried to call Chanel again, but nobody answered. Coincidentally, Damien showed up at this very moment. He was alone.“Where’s Neil?” she asked anxiously.She noticed that Damien didn’t look worried at all. In fact, he looked leisurely. She couldn’t help wondering whether these businessmen were all cold-blooded. Charles was like this, and so was Damien.“I asked Bethany to look after him. I’ll go up there.” He looked up at Chanel meaningfully and narrowed his eyes, looking extremely displeased with her.The only thing Clarissa could think about was that no matter how displeased he was with Chanel, he had to remember that a person’s life was at stake. If Chanel really did jump,
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