“I’ll come clean to Chanel after you’re discharged from the hospital,” Damien promised.Clarissa only nodded in reply.“Also, why don’t you move to the Hill Villa after you get discharged?” Damien asked.“Sure thing, but Kylie needs to come with me. Mrs. Faber alone won’t be able to take care of my mom.”“Go ahead and tell her that.”“Okay,” Clarissa replied.Damien didn’t bring up the idea of remarrying Clarissa. He knew that even if he were to mention it now, there was a chance that Clarissa wouldn’t agree to that.The next day, Clarissa got discharged from the hospital. After Damien drove her home, he returned to the Hill Villa since Clarissa wanted to talk to Kylie about moving back to his place. He did mention that if Kylie agreed to the preposition, he would have the family driver pick them up at noon.Clarissa proceeded to tell Kylie about the move and asked for her opinion.Since the Hill Villa was humongous, Kylie wouldn’t have to go home every day. When Clarissa aske
On Friday, Damien called Chanel’s number and told her to come over on Saturday if she was free.“Is something wrong with Clarissa? Does she need my help?” Chanel asked with faux sincerity.“No. Just come here,” Damien replied curtly.The next morning, Chanel arrived at the Hill Villa. The moment she sashayed into the villa, she noticed Clarissa sitting there as well.The sight of Clarissa shocked Chanel.Kylie noticed Chanel as well. The moment she did, a light frown appeared between her brows and she retreated to her room.Damien and Clarissa were seated on the couch, whereas Chanel sat across them.The latter felt an ominous feeling right there and then.“Chanel, I’ve already gotten back together with Clarissa. Stop doing whatever you did in the past. This includes the fake marriage certificate you have in your possession,” Damien began.He intended to explain himself in front of Clarissa. All this time, his hand clutched hers tightly.Hatred filled Chanel’s heart at that v
Embarrassed, Clarissa wondered, ‘What on earth did I just touch?’“Now that some time has passed, are you yearning for my touch again?” Damien asked teasingly.Clarissa looked away anxiously. “Hell no! You’re the one yearning for me!”“It’s true I’ve been missing your touch. I’ve wanted to touch you for a very long time.”“I suffered from severe bleeding, so I need to rest for another two months,” Clarissa reminded him.Damien must have thought that two months was an awfully long time, because it killed his sexual drive immediately. So, he chose to not reply to Clarissa.The latter let out a huge sigh of relief. ‘Crisis averted…for now.’While she basked in her moment of relief, Damien’s phone started ringing. It was Charles Benson from the Eden Investment Corporation.“Mr. Lawrence, you need to come over to Florin right now!” Charles’ voice was still quivering as he spoke.“What’s wrong?”“Someone committed suicide in Ashland. The construction of the second floor has just co
“Blood bag? When did this happen?” Damien must have picked up on a connection since he decided to ask Luke that question.“I think a month has passed since then. That day, Clarissa was wearing a white silk blouse and a pair of creamy white wide leg pants. She paired that outfit with a coffee-colored coat and a pair of flats. Anyway, it doesn’t matter – Clarissa always looks good in anything. She was the one who told me that Hannah was a seasoned whore intimate with many, many men. Why would I ask her out to this sort of place? Even if I did, she had to accept my invitation in order to show up, right? Someone called me today and claimed to be a Florinian who wanted to talk business with me. If I accepted his offer, I’d receive a reward of five hundred thousand dollars. That’s the reason I came here. Feel free to check my phone if you don’t believe me.” As he spoke, Luke handed his phone over to Damien.Damien checked the recent contacts tab and noticed an unknown number at the top. He
Clarissa slowly opened her mouth. “You… You didn’t manipulate Howard into doing that sort of thing, right?”She still remembered her exact thoughts back in the hospital. She had a feeling that if Howard kept committing atrocious acts, Damien would most certainly set up fake opportunities for him to keep pulling off worse crimes. This would go on until Howard sealed his own fate with his stained hands.Clarissa also had a feeling that Howard was the one behind Hannah’s death, and that Damien had manipulated him into doing it.Damien frowned slightly and asked, “Clarissa, do you think I’m that sort of person?”“No… Well, if you don’t have anything to do with it, then it’s nothing,” Clarissa stammered back.“Is it really necessary for me to do this to my own neighborhood? What, you think I’ll endanger my own profits for the sake of dragging my enemies through the mud? Do you even have any brain cells left?” Damien raised his voice.He was furious with her.“It’s good if you have no
The moment they stepped into the room, Damien pinned Clarissa against the door and asked, “Am I that scary?”“What are you referring to?” She didn’t understand what he was getting at.“Your pregnancy, miscarriage, and hemorrhage were all just lies, weren’t they? If you just wanted to trick me into telling you the truth about me and Chanel getting married, what was the hemorrhage for?”Clarissa thought, ‘He went to Florin to take care of something, and ended up finding out about all of this too?’Just as she was feeling confused, Damien whispered into her ear, “Bear me a second child.”Clarissa was speechless.Then, Damien carried her over to the bed.By the time they were done, it was already two in the morningDamien got up and lit a cigarette.Clarissa lay on her side and muttered resentfully, “Can you stop smoking in the future?”“What, you don’t like it?” He turned to look at her.She nodded. “Yeah, and it’s bad for your health, too.”“You’re right. It’ll also get in th
Clarissa had been adopted. Though she and Connie weren’t related, Connie and Luke definitely were.“Clarissa, Victor’s Swiss fortune amounts to several billion dollars, and I’ve already gotten the key from Iris. As long as you tell me what the password is, we can get the money out of the bank. What do you think? Her request is that the fortune be split in half. Otherwise, there’s no way you can get the money out of there,” Connie said.In fact, she wasn’t sure exactly how much there was because Iris had never told her. She didn’t think it’d be a negligible amount, though, since someone as rich as Iris desired it. That was why she randomly said that there were several billion dollars.Luke’s eyes widened. Several…billion?It would be hard for him to earn even a million dollars, let alone anything more than that!Connie waved the key before Clarissa.It looked delicate, and the design on it was rather complicated. It would be hard to create or imagine such a key, so they had to hav
Clarissa was dazed for a long time after she finally hung up. When she returned to her senses, she went upstairs.“Who were you on the phone with down there?” Damien asked.“Huh? Oh, Seth. He said that the Swissonian bank called his father and told him that someone made an appointment, so he called to ask me whether I knew about it,” Clarissa answered as she turned down the bed.“Hmph. Looks like he really cares about this.”Clarissa could sense the jealousy in his words, so she said, “It’s all in the past, so why do you keep bringing him up? I don’t mention Chanel from time to time, do I? You’re practically green with envy.”He pinned her to the bed, and their faces were mere inches from each other.He ran his fingers through her hair and said, “I’ve always been this jealous. You can try calling him again and see what happens next.”She turned her head away and ignored him.Damien gnashed his teeth. It was almost as if he wanted to chomp off whatever memories Clarissa had of S
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