“Enter.” Damien’s cold and emotionless voice drifted from his office, giving Clarissa the permission to enter that private space.She stood right in the middle of his office without a word, her eyes narrowed in silent fury.Damien leaned back on his chair, and began to study Clarissa.“I see money is an incentive for you to come here instead of my command,” Damien pointed out sardonically.“Stop beating around the bush, Mr. Lawrence. I’m busy with the accounting sheets right now,” Clarissa retorted with a deadpan tone.“I lost something at home. I was wondering if you’ve seen it.”Clarissa frowned slightly as she lifted her head to look at Damien. What did he mean by that? Why would he look for her immediately when he lost something at home?Perhaps… Was he insinuating that she was a thief?“Didn’t you take away the marriage certificates? If it wasn’t you, that means someone broke into my house. I’ll have to call the police,” Damien said seriously.Clarissa managed to calm dow
Clarissa spent the whole night in the dorm.The fact that Damien didn’t send her Whatsapp messages nor called her on the phone made her very anxious. She didn’t know what he was thinking.The next day at work, the training course agency suddenly texted her. [We mentioned on last Friday’s course that the guest lecturer for this afternoon will be Mr. Lawrence. Today, he will be covering the topic of ‘Introduction of Crisis Management in Enterprises.’ Everyone, please attend the course on time.]The training course agency had already formed a group chat for the employees in the New East Corporation. Many of the senior management members who were in charge of giving lectures were in that group as well.Naturally, Damien was in that group as well.Typically speaking, Damien’s lecture was already set for next month. Why did it suddenly get rescheduled to the current date?Damien’s thought process was forever a mystery. Clarissa found it difficult to predict what he was thinking.Since
Initially, Clarissa had planned to spend the night in her dorm.But now that she had leaked her marriage with Damien to the rest of the company, she needed to pay the liquidated damages. Not only did she lose five million dollars in a flash, but there was also a chance that she had to pay extra money to compensate for her blunder.In order to survive, she had no choice but to apologize to Damien.When Damien reached his car, he noticed Clarissa standing next to the vehicle.He paused for a moment. “What’s the meaning of this, Miss Johnson?”“Mr. Lawrence, I spent the night in my mother’s ward last night since the caretaker was unable to take on all the duties on her own. As her daughter, I need to fulfill my responsibilities too, right?” Clarissa squeezed out a rigid smile.“So?” Damien pulled out a stick of cigarette and started smoking it, leaning casually against the car as he did so.“I’m worried that Grandpa might worry about my absence last night, so I’ll go home with you
Clarissa stayed in the Lawrence residence for several more days.One day, Damien informed her that his grandfather’s birthday would arrive soon.“Are we throwing a huge party for Grandpa? What should I do?” Clarissa asked seriously.“What Grandpa hates most is wasting money on grandeur. The three of us will be the only ones celebrating that day together.”Clarissa went to take a look at the calendar, only to realize that it was a Sunday.On Friday night, she specifically went to the mall to preorder a massage bed for Damien’s grandfather. The massage bed would be sent to the mansion on Sunday.Clarissa even planned to whip up a feast for the old man.On Saturday night, Damien tormented her in bed until it was past midnight, causing her to sleep in as a result. She finally woke up at ten o’clock in the morning the next day.Clarissa stood near the stairs sleepily, having noticed Grandpa Lawrence sitting in the living room. There was a bowl of noodles on the table.She initially
Originally, Grandpa Lawrence’s birthday was intended to be celebrated by three people only. Now, an extra member had joined their ranks.Madelynn even ordered a huge cake for Grandpa Lawrence. She was also the one who put on the birthday hat for him.Suddenly, the doorbell rang. The caretaker went to open the door, only to discover an unwanted guest standing at the doorway. It was none other than Luke, Clarissa’s brother.When Clarissa noticed her brother, she was so surprised that her face went white. She knew he was unable to extort Damien previously, so he came all the way here on purpose.“What are you doing here?” she demanded harshly.“Why would you ask me that question, dear sister? It’s my grandfather-in-law’s birthday today! Why can’t I pop over to celebrate as well? We’re all family here, aren’t we? Happy birthday, Grandpa Lawrence!” Luke gifted Grandpa Lawrence a bouquet of flowers.Clarissa knew Luke would never do this out of the kindness of his own heart. Thus, she
Damien’s call soon reached the HR department.“Remember when I told you to clear out Clarissa’s dorm room? Have you assigned it to someone else?” Damien sounded like he was being forced to do this. He even set the call on speaker mode so Luke could listen to the conversation. At the same time, he wanted to make Grandpa Lawrence give up on any strange ideas the old man possibly had.“Not yet. Would you like me to withdraw the room from the list of vacancies?” Judy sounded very compassionate and understanding.“Yes, please. Clarissa still has some things left in that room. Put the room under her name.”“Got it, Mr. Lawrence.” Judy then hung up on Damien.When Luke and Madelynn heard the exchange, they were both disappointed. It was true that Damien had gotten rid of Clarissa’s dorm room some time ago.Luke was starting to doubt his intel. Could it be? Perhaps the marriage contract never existed in the first place!“That’s more like it. I’ll have Lily send over my pregnancy report,
Damien was changing his clothes in the bedroom.He shot the pregnancy report and the ultrasound report a quizzical look. Even though they were forged, they looked so authentic that one could confuse them for the real deal.That thought made him pause in his actions. He seemed to have gone into a trance.Clarissa entered the room soon enough. Her expression was no longer as dramatic and charming as it was during the meal downstairs.On the contrary, she appeared exhausted. The moment she entered the room, she didn’t waste any time plopping herself onto the bed. Having gritted her teeth and overcame the challenge earlier, she let out another breath of relief.However, there were more important things for her to deal with later. Now that she was ‘pregnant’, how would she be able to get rid of the baby via a well-timed ‘miscarriage’?Clarissa mumbled softly, as if she was talking to herself, “It’s a good thing Grandpa didn’t suspect us. I’m scared that he’ll be sad once he finds out
”What are you happy about?” Damien asked Clarissa. It was evening, and the two were on their way back to the mansion.Clarissa wore a delighted expression laced with a tinge of smug triumph.“That was your first time praising me. Of course I’d be smug about it!” She couldn’t suppress the elation on her face.“You’re overthinking.” Even so, a small smile tugged at the corner of Damien’s lips.“Why would you say that?”“I don’t want anyone gossiping about my inability to educate my wife,” Damien continued lightly.Clarissa turned her head to look out of the window. She decided to ignore Damien after that.He always had the tendency to spoil the mood with unnecessary comments.“Where are you going for your business trip?” Clarissa asked, changing the topic. “Why didn’t you tell me in advance?”“I’m returning to Florin. Don’t tell Grandpa anything about this.”“Isn’t it just a business trip? Why don’t you want to let him know?” Clarissa cocked her head and looked at Damien, somew
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