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
As expected, the moment they stepped into the bedroom, Damien pinned Clarissa against the wall and kissed her fiercely.“You’re being so cruel to your man, huh?” he rasped.“You’re the one who was wrong in the first place!” Clarissa retorted.“Yes, it’s my fault. What are you going to do about it?” He stared into her eyes.The look in his eyes was very aggressive.It made her heart race immediately.He carried her to the bed.When they were done, Damien asked her, “Are you still angry?”She had her back turned to him, and didn’t say anything.“I guess that means you still are. People always say that sex is the best remedy for everything, but why doesn’t it work for you? Maybe we should go for another round,” Damien said teasingly.“No, no. I’m not angry anymore.” Clarissa’s heart was still racing. “Oh, right, I have a reunion dinner tomorrow, so I won’t be back for dinner.”“Is there anyone among these classmates of yours who used to have a crush on you?” Damien asked.She
One day, Mrs. Faber brought Neil out with her when she went grocery shopping. Suddenly, a man popped out of nowhere and grabbed Neil forcefully. Mrs. Faber was about to scream for help when Luke showed up and beat the man up. He carried Neil and said, “Don’t worry, Neil! Uncle Luke’s here.”Mrs. Faber heaved a sigh of relief when she saw Luke. He was Neil’s uncle, after all. She didn’t think too much about it.“Mrs. Faber, why don’t you go ahead with your grocery shopping? I’ll watch Neil. You might forget about him while you’re focusing on the groceries. I’ll take him home later,” Luke said.Luke’s words made sense, so Mrs. Faber didn’t suspect that anything was up.So, she went into the supermarket.The moment she had her back turned, Connie pulled up in a car and urged Luke to get Neil into the car.Neil only felt that something was afoot when he was taken into the car, but he feigned ignorance.“Neil, Uncle Luke and Aunt Connie are going to bring you out for some fun, okay?”
“You little rascal! How do you know who I like?” Connie asked. She couldn’t help feeling happy at the mention of Caleb.“I saw that you’re using a photo of him as your background,” Neil said calmly. He didn’t seem to be aware that he had been kidnapped.“I want to have a video call with him. Is that okay?” Neil asked.In truth, Connie had been dying to have a video call with Caleb for a long time. She just couldn’t bring herself to make the first move.Needless to say, she was okay with Neil calling him.“Sure, but you can’t tell him where you are, okay? Just say I’ve brought you out for some fun,” she told Neil.“I won’t say a word.” Neil still looked like he didn’t think anything was wrong.As they waited for Caleb to answer the call, Connie’s heart flew to her throat. She hoped Caleb would answer the call, and at the same time, she wished that he wouldn’t.Caleb answered it.He saw Neil’s face on the screen.“Neil?” Caleb was surprised. Why was Neil using Connie’s phone?
Luke was about to do something, but Connie shot him a look. Anyway, he was no match for Caleb.Neil burrowed down in Caleb’s arms and said, “Caleb.”“You’re a good boy, Neil.” Caleb patted him on the back.“Caleb, I’m really scared!” Neil burst into tears.“There’s nothing to be afraid of anymore, okay? I’ll take you home.”After that, he put Neil into the back seat. People always said that children would be traumatized from being kidnapped. Neil knew very well that this was a kidnapping, but he had to pretend not to. This showed how strong and smart he was, but it didn’t mean that it wasn’t traumatizing for him.At Clarissa’s home.Bethany had come over after getting off work. Now that Clarissa was back in Genovia for good, she could take the opportunity to drop by the Lawrence family home and build a relationship with Mrs. Faber.Clarissa didn’t even attend the reunion dinner. She had come home after getting off work, and she was now pacing anxiously around the bedroom.Beth
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