Later, Bethany opened her Whatsapp.Caleb: [Dr. Beth, I got your number from Clarissa. Is my mother really fine?]Bethany: [She’s fine. It’s just a minor surgery. She didn’t lie to you.]Caleb: [Thank you for taking care of my mother, Dr. Beth.]Bethany: [Don’t worry. It’s rare to see such a caring son these days.]Bethany intentionally prolonged the conversation. If it were someone else texting her, she would have left it at “Don’t worry.”Caleb: [I don’t have my parents with me now since I’m in Florin. I feel bad for not being there for them. Of course I have to care about it when my parents get sick.]Bethany smiled. They said men who treated their parents well were very good to their wives. Knowing that Caleb was a truly good man, and she fell for him even harder. Of course, she first had to become Caleb’s wife.Bethany: [I’ll take good care of your mother for you.]She meant this sincerely. After chatting with Caleb, he opened Caleb’s Instagram. He rarely posted photo
On Saturday, Clarissa went to New East Corporation for the meeting. The staff weren’t working on that day, so Clarissa was subject to much less gossip. Clarissa sat in the middle of the conference room while Damien took up the main seat as usual. From start to end, Damien barely looked at her. Clarissa was very quiet, silently concentrating on the presentation on the slides. At that moment, someone knocked at the door. Damien’s assistant came in. She said, “Mr. Lawrence, Mrs. Lawrence has sent you food.”The amount of people who had overheard Damien and Ray that day were already pretty excited. Thus, the news had been spread far and wide that Chanel was Damien’s wife. When Clarissa heard the assistant’s words, her face instantly turned red from anger.Mrs. Lawrence…She really couldn’t stand it. They had just gotten married, and now, his new wife was at the office too. Mrs. Lawrence was now someone else. Ray and Janet both shot Clarissa a meaningful look. They saw ho
Chanel had not come to see Damien for such an innocent purpose. She knew Clarissa and Damien had a misunderstanding, and was there to deepen it. A fake marriage certificate might one day turn into a real divorce agreement. That would be absolutely great!“Then, should I come next time too?” Chanel asked Damien.“Next time? I’ll call you if I need you,” Damien answered. “Sure. I’ll be here whenever you need me.” Chanel was just like a loyal dog, ecstatic to perform any task for Damien. She thought this current situation was fine as long as she could kick Clarissa to the curb once it was all over. Then, she would have won.Her obedient facade was just a preparatory phase.…At the entrance of the New East Corporation, Janet tailed Clarissa. “Clare, where are you going? We have a date, remember?”Clarissa had forgotten about that.“Silly me! I forgot.” Clarissa’s smile was genuin eas she replied to Janet.“Let’s go. I’ve already reserved a table for us.” Janet threw a hand arou
Clarissa thought that Howard would be a mess after three years of prison and squatting at Rebecca’s house, but he looked decent. He was neatly dressed, and had a professional air to him. Still, Clarissa didn’t want to deal with Howard now. She tried to hide her face as she entered the university grounds. When she unconsciously looked back, she thought she saw a woman throwing herself into Howard’s arms. Clarissa now understood why Howard was so well-dressed. He must have landed himself a student. Howard was nearly fifty years old, but he had somehow managed to get himself a young woman in her early twenties.She didn’t know what Rebecca would think of this once she found out. However, Clarissa wasn’t the kind of person who would bring up such a controversial matter.When she got him, Clarissa sent Director Jones a Whatsapp message. Clarissa: [Director Jones, I’d like to resign from the position of Independent Director. I’m a newcomer, and there’s a lot that I’m not familiar
The caller was the supervisor in charge of the faculty of finance, Professor Todd.Clarissa found this very strange, as she had only come to this university. She wondered what Professor Todd could be calling her for. “Miss Johnson, if you have time, can you go to the hospital in my stead? My child’s sick, so I can’t leave.”Clarissa asked in concern, “What’s going on?”“I’m fine, but it’s my student Hannah Jenkins. I heard something about her getting involved with a married man and getting caught in bed with him. It’s so embarrassing! I’m really sorry to trouble you with this,” Professor Todd lamented.“It’s fine. Which hospital is it?” Clarissa asked. “I think it’s Genovia Gynecology Hospital.”“Genovia Gynecology Hospital? Okay, I’ll go immediately,” Clarissa said. ‘Bethany works there. I should call her later and ask her which room the student’s in.’Clarissa called for a ride to the hospital. She was about to call Bethany, but the latter did it first.“Clarissa, there’s
Howard’s phone also rang. He picked it up, and then waved the device toward Clarissa coldly. She could only see a document on the screen. As for what it was, she didn’t see it clearly. “Damien wants to sue me for defamation. That’s just great! I’m in some shit. I don’t even have a place to go home to.” After saying that, Howard took a page out of Hannah’s book and covered his head. He even said, “You’re really driving me into desperation! You should watch out.”Clarissa ignored him and went to Bethany’s office. Coincidentally, Bethany was having lunch. “You’re only eating now?” Clarissa asked Bethany.“That’s how it is as a doctor. I really didn’t expect you to come here to watch the drama. How was it? Was it fun?”“I’m not here for drama. That girl is my student. Her supervisor got me to come over. Howard Brooks used to be my superior too, but Damien threw him into prison. He got together with someone I know after he got out. He’s even taking up her house, and he brought that s
It was a Whatsapp message from Seth.Seth: [Clarissa, your mother doesn’t have any identification in Lotharia. I brought her to get a passport today so she can move about more easily. Since her name’s being used by Iris Benson, she can only register with the name of Mildred Benson. Do you want her to visit you in Merania?]Clarissa: [Can you do that? That would be great! Just great!]Seth: [Don’t worry about it. What are we to each other, after all? Your mother’s been at my house recently.]Clarissa: [Okay. Let me know after you get the tickets.]Learning that her mother would be in Merania soon, Clarissa was overjoyed. She felt her mother would be safer in Merania than Lotharia.For now, the issue regarding her mother was settled and Clarissa could relax a bit.Seth: [Have you solved the problem with Damien?]Clarissa: [They’ve already married. What can I do? I’ve even seen the marriage certificate. He also talked about our engagement. I don’t know where he heard about that.]
Ever since Penelope married Joseph, things were rough between them. Their relationship was far from good, and Joseph never even smiled. After the conflict involving Shirley, she kicked Frank to sleep in a guest room. The two of them had officially started sleeping apart.On the other hand, Penelope’s relationship with her father-in-law was not too bad.As someone from a rich family herself, she knew she couldn’t offend her in-laws, especially in a society marriage like theirs.That night, she went over to Frank’s room and showed the photos to him.When he saw Iris in the photo, he was so shocked that he couldn’t say a word.Damien had once said that Iris had a twin sister. Frank didn’t know which twin this was just from the photo alone. When he saw how well Iris looked, he suddenly remembered a saying about how the past haunted you. The events from twenty to thirty years in the past all came rushing back. The youngster next to Iris seemed to have a friendly relationship with h
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