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
After Damien’s assistant returned from Lotharia, he gave Damien a report about Seth that was more than twenty pages long.Twenty-eight years ago, Iris had lost her virginity to Frank because she didn’t want Charles to find out that she wasn’t the actual Iris. When she got back to Lotharia, though, he had already left.However, he had yet to retire from the entertainment industry, so it wasn’t hard to track him down.Iris had found him and pretended to be just like her sister. She had cooked for him and put on a gentle act, even telling him, “I treated you pretty badly before this because of my father’s illness, and I know I was wrong. I came to beg for your forgiveness.”Charles had been deeply in love with the actual Iris to begin with, and he didn’t know that she had a twin.Since she had turned over a new leaf and he was still in love with her, they got back together and lived happily together for a period of time. At that time, Iris had probably truly loved him.Unfortunately
Damien was in an extremely good mood over this discovery. So Clarissa and Seth were half-siblings who shared the same father. It was no wonder they were so comfortable with having physical contact with each other.He lit a cigarette and thought, ‘Should I let Seth know about this?’It was likely that Clarissa would be upset with him if he were to show her this report. However, perhaps things would be different if he were to let Seth know about this…Though the fact that Seth and Clarissa were siblings made Seth rather pitiful, Damien’s hatred for Seth ran so deep that it was hard to get over at such short notice. Now, all he wanted was to see Seth make a fool out of himself.This was what Seth deserved for trying to fight with him!Damien said to his assistant, “Get a cell phone and send all of this to Seth.”He was actually hoping to see Seth lose his mind over this.“Yes, sir.”The assistant got a new sim card and took photos of the report before sending it to Seth.Seth w
One day, after work, Clarissa received a WhatsApp message from Seth.Seth: [When you get off work, come to the presidential suite at Reign Hotel.]She was surprised. What did Seth mean by this?There was a Reign Hotel near the university, but why was Seth here?This was so sudden, it seemed out of character for him.Clarissa: [Where are you now? Genovia?]Seth: [Yes, I’m staying at the hotel opposite your university. Come on over, I have something to tell you.]Clarissa wondered whether Seth was facing a problem.She had yet to get her driving license, so she took the bus to and from home.She went to Seth’s hotel room.The moment she stepped into the room, she was greeted by the overpowering stench of smoke. It made her cough.“Since when have you learnt to smoke? I don’t want you to die an early death, you know!” she said.She saw Seth slouched on the sofa, and there was smoke all around him. He looked like he was being troubled by something.Clarissa sat down opposite h
Damien was seated on the sofa when Clarissa came back. He glanced at her.She went upstairs the moment she returned.She hadn’t noticed that Damien hadn’t even given her a call on this night.Clarissa went to the bedroom and sat down on the sofa there, wanting to think things through. To her, the thing she found hard to accept wasn’t the fact that Seth was her brother. Instead, it was the fact that her father, Charles, had a child with Iris. In her mind, he had always been a loyal man. This completely changed her impression of him.Couldn’t he tell that Iris and Mildred were two different people? How could he betray Mildred, her mother?Clarissa didn’t see Mildred around. Her mother had probably gone to bed.Damien soon came upstairs.“Where’d you go? Why didn’t you come back for dinner?” he asked mildly.“Oh, an old classmate showed up suddenly,” she answered absent-mindedly.She stood up, and got ready to head to the bathroom to wash up.The moment she stood up, she suddenl
“I need to go to Florin,” Damien said to Clarissa.Actually, she had already overheard his conversation with Ray. Something had probably happened to Ashland.Clarissa wanted to ask whether it was serious and to tell him to be careful. However, they had just had an argument, and she didn’t want to seem like a pushover. Thus, she didn’t say anything.She listened as he left the room, shut the door, and started the car.She peeked out the windows and watched as he drove off in a hurry. Since he was in such a rush, it had to be a huge issue. Patrick had lost his mind because someone had died on his watch, and now, history seemed to be repeating itself with Damien.From what Ray had said, it seemed the media wanted to expose this issue. It looked like Ashland was in grave trouble.Clarissa paced the room. She stayed up the whole night.When Damien got to Florin, it was two in the morning. Ray was staying at Grandpa Lawrence’s house, and he was still awake.“How are things?” Damien a
Damien’s guess was that this whole thing was Chanel’s one-man show. But how had she found out about Hannah jumping off the building at Ashland?Soon, Chanel called him again, sounding a little unsettled. “Jim’s agreed not to publish the article. Thank God he’s willing to give an old friend a helping hand.”Damien said, “I should give you something in return for your help. What do you want?”“Damien, don’t, please. I’m willing to do anything to help you, and I don’t need you to give me anything in return, let alone for such a small favor. Don’t worry about it. I’m glad =Ashland is fine,” Chanel said.“Do you have a copy of his article? Can I take a look at it?”“Sure, I’ll ask him for a copy.”After hanging up, Damien thought, ‘Chanel’s so ruthless and petty that I can’t deal with her in the normal way. She might just stab me in the back one day.’Chanel sent the article to him, and he started reading it.It was well-written—the article was logical, and it clearly pointed out th
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