“There was a man who approached me and told me about my family. The man’s son was there, too. We might have… I haven’t actually checked how far along I am. I went to Lotharia before this, too. I don’t really remember the dates, either. So I actually don’t know who this baby belongs to,” Clarissa confessed. Chanel instantly knew that Clarissa was talking about Seth.She had overheard what Clarissa and George were talking about back at the restaurant. To top it off, George had said that Seth was staying at La Monde Hotel.“You don’t know who the child belongs to?” Chanel was utterly floored. “Clarissa, I didn’t know you…”Clarissa had her head ducked as she drank water. Then, she nodded. After staying for a while longer, Chanel left. Clarissa was sure Chanel would spout some nonsense to Damien. It was likely that she would tell him that the baby could be his or someone else’s. Clarissa hoped he would explode from anger! She couldn’t wait for the next day. After all, he h
Soon, it was four in the evening.Having achieved her goal, Chanel said, “I’ll be going home for now, okay?”She had purposely idled the time away until this hour before dropping by Damien’s place. She only wanted to delay things so that it would be late enough for him to offer her to stay overnight. Just then, Damien snapped out of his musings. He checked the time and said, “It’s past four. It’ll be night by the time you reach Florin, and it won’t be safe for a woman to be alone.”Chanel’s mind was running. She was thinking about how she should pretend to politely reject but find a way to stay should Damien invite her to spend the night.“I’ll get the driver to take you home,” Damien finished.He was already calling the driver.Chanel was speechless. She gritted her teeth tightly, seething in silence. “But it’s so late now. It won’t be safe for the driver either,” Chanel said after Damien hung up.“It’s fine. He’ll stay at a hotel.”Chanel had nothing to say to that. Twe
Caleb’s arm was broken and in a cast. There was even a bandage around his head. Seeing how he looked, Bethany’s heart ached for him. “What is it? Are you afraid that she’ll find out what happened and get worried if you video call her?” Bethany asked Caleb. “Is it serious? Has it been disinfected?”“That’s been done. The doctor’s seen to me. I’ll be admitted for a few days,” Caleb said. “Dr. Beth, if you have time, can you visit my mother for me, please?”“Sure. I’ll tell you how she is after I visit, alright?” Bethany said.Caleb nodded. After hanging up, Bethany thought it was time to show how caring of a girlfriend she could be. She thought of sending some soup to Caleb, but she didn’t have his address. She couldn’t ask for it, either. Otherwise, Caleb would definitely stop her from sending it.After thinking about it, she decided to go ask Mrs. Faber for it. At the same time, she could see how the latter was doing.Just then, Clarissa called her, asking for her help to pu
The more hesitant Bethany was with her words, the more Mrs. Faber thought there was a problem. After saying this, Bethany left. On the way to Clarissa’s house, Bethany spent five hundred dollars getting soup sent over to Caleb’s. She didn’t write her name or address, only recording that it had been sent from Genovia. Meanwhile, the more Mrs. Faber thought about it, the more troubled she became. At noon, Damien and Neil returned. “Mr. Lawrence, I have something to tell you.” After thinking about it for a long time, Mrs. Faber knew that the matter was of great importance and decided to come clean about it.“Neil, go play upstairs.” After settling Neil, Damien sat on the couch. “Tell me, then.”“Bethany came to see me and brought me some medication today. When I went to get her some water, she was answering a phone call. It was Clarissa. She was saying something about aborting the baby, and Bethany told her to take more rest. Mr. Lawrence, do you…” Mrs. Faber had no idea that Cl
Damien couldn’t stand watching Clarissa cry. When she did, it made him want to pluck the stars from the sky for her.“The marriage certificate is fake! I got someone to fabricate it. Why didn’t you tell me you were pregnant? Why did you abort it?” Damien was angry and upset. However, the milk had already been spilt. He couldn’t turn back time. Clarissa didn’t speak. She only kept on sobbing. “Fuck,” Damien swore again.He had cursed twice that day, and they had both been directed at himself. Part of it was directed at Clarissa’s gentle hesitation and unspeaking crying. However, he could do nothing about this. He couldn’t even come up with any idea of how to stop her. Clarissa turned to look at him with wide eyes. She had never heard Damien curse. “Why are you swearing at me?” Clarissa asked huffily.“I’m not swearing at you, I’m swearing at myself. I’m not going home tonight. I’m staying here.”“No!” Clarissa rejected fiercely. “You always get physical. I’ve just had an abo
When they woke up the next day, it was already past ten o’ clock. The two went to have breakfast together in the university canteen. The students were all in class during this hour, so the canteen was quite empty. As they ate, Clarissa looked up to greet a teacher approaching them.“Miss Carroll, have you eaten?” Clarissa asked. Miss Carroll used to be Clarissa’s instructor. “Yes. I’ve been busy doing the records for our intake students ten years ago. They want to plan a ten-year anniversary of their entrance to university. The class representative wanted to wait another three years to do a graduation anniversary, but the others couldn’t wait. They got me to compile the data. I won’t have to do much for you since you’re a graduate, Clarissa, but you’re now teaching here. Has the university given you any graduate students yet?” Miss Carroll asked, holding a paper in her hands. Clarissa had heard about this event. Since she was at the university, she didn’t keep in much contac
Clarissa didn’t miss Damien at all. Damien had an inkling that this happened because of the grave error he had committed. It led to unfortunately irreversible consequences, causing Clarissa’s love for him to diminish greatly. Clarissa was disappointed in him, and she would never change her mind about him.People often said not to offend women, as no man could handle a heartless woman. Unfortunately, he had crossed the line and hurt her deeply.Damien didn’t bother wasting more time on this and left. He would need to think of a plan for this problem and find a long-term solution for it.Clarissa watched as Damien walked away with one hand in his pocket. His shadow moved away at a rapid pace as he got in the car and left.For some reason, Clarissa suddenly felt she would be stuck with this man for more than half her life.After that, Clarissa took a cab and went to Zach’s house with Mildred. She hadn’t been in contact with Zach’s family in years, and wondered if they had moved. So
Damien answered the call on the corridor outside the conference room on the tenth floor of the New East Corporation.“What’s up?” Damien asked.“Oh, I found someone to look after my mom, but she won’t be here until two or three in the afternoon. I don’t really feel comfortable leaving my mom at home alone, but I have to go to class. If you don’t mind, can you help me?” Clarissa said.“Are you going to class now?” Damien asked her meaningfully. He wondered why she was going to class right after the surgery.“The operation now… Don’t you know I’ll be discharged the next day?”Damien looked at his watch and answered, “Okay.”Damien no longer teased Clarissa. He was very obedient to her, and was willing to accept all her requests as if he was atoning for his sins. He owed it to her, after all.After the call, Damien went back to his office and packed his things.“That’s all for today’s meeting. I have an emergency,” Damien said as he prepared to leave. “We’ll continue tomorrow.”R
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