The next day, Clarissa went to New East Corporation for a meeting. This time, the meeting was with the advertising department. They were going to discuss ideas for Ashland’s advertisements and tagline.She took the elevator from the first floor.There were two young ladies in the elevator with her, and they looked like they were interns. Once upon a time, Clarissa had also been as young and innocent as they were.“President Lawrence is so handsome! I have to find a way to become a permanent staff here, just for the sake of that face,” one of the interns said dreamily. “Is he married?”“I heard he’s divorced with a son. I don’t think he’s remarried yet.”“That means I stand a chance!”Clarissa couldn’t help laughing to herself. She didn’t remember being such a fangirl back then.To her surprise, Damien got into the elevator on the tenth floor.When he saw her, he asked, “Why didn’t you come with me in the morning?”“Who could’ve woken up early after spending the night with you?
Clarissa ignored his stupid jab. She took a taxi to the University of Genovia, and when she got to the administrative building, she saw that there were police at the entrance. What had happened?Soon, she saw two policemen arresting Duncan.As they walked past her, he glared at her.Clarissa thought, ‘Does he know that I’m involved in reporting him?’Even so, she didn’t think much of it.When she saw her colleagues whispering among themselves, she asked, “What’s going on?”“We’re looking at Duncan’s post as well as Ashland. This project is developed by someone in your family, right?”“What?” Clarissa hurriedly turned on her computer.In Duncan’s post, he had written about how he had harassed several students, with the latest one being Hannah Kirk. She was pretty and seductive. She had originally been a degree student at the University of Genovia, and she wanted to continue with her master’s. Unfortunately, she had fallen short of the passing mark by ten marks, which meant that
If Clarissa hadn’t signed the document along with her classmates, or if she had asked them to reconsider, Duncan wouldn’t have done something so extreme.Things wouldn’t spiral into such a bad situation.They had just had a meeting about the presale and were raring to go. Moreover, Damien had just taken care of Florin Focus. Yet, another problem had cropped up.Ashland was in for a rough ride.Suddenly, Clarissa felt afraid. She was afraid Ashland would turn out to be like her late daughter, Ash. Ash had made it through a tough pregnancy, but she hadn’t made it into this world. Clarissa prayed Ashland wouldn’t end up like that.She walked to the corridor absentmindedly and called Damien.She was on the verge of tears. “Damien.”“We’re having an emergency meeting.”Clarissa knew that Damien probably already found out about everything that had happened. New East Corporation had a PR department that specialized in digging up information. In comparison, Clarissa was probably the ou
Mrs. Faber had deliberately said this to show Clarissa up, in a certain sense. Clarissa had turned Caleb down, and though it was mostly because of Damien, Mrs. Faber had still felt a little upset by it. When Caleb had asked her to go to Florin to see his girlfriend, and when Clarissa had turned out to be this so-called girlfriend, Mrs. Faber’s heart sank. She knew this would never work out, and she had already felt upset about it.Now that the child of an army officer was interested in Caleb, she couldn’t help feeling vindicated.On the other hand, Clarissa had completely forgotten about Caleb pursuing her. She was worried for Bethany.Bethany was up against such a strong opponent…Clarissa was worried.Clarissa: [Mrs. Faber went to see Caleb today. Apparently, the daughter of his superior is pursuing him. You have some competition now.]After a moment, her phone rang.“Are you serious?” Bethany sounded anxious.“That’s what Mrs. Faber told me. It’s probably true,” Clarissa sai
“You…” Caleb felt unbelievably hot. His clothes were making him feel restricted.He took them off.“What?” Bethany stood there, still sipping at her water. She looked like she didn’t know what was going on at all.Caleb couldn’t stand it anymore. He pulled Bethany to him and pressed his lips to hers in a searing kiss.Bethany pretended to resist him. “No, I don’t want to… How do you expect me to go out in public after this?”The more she tried to push him away, the more Caleb wanted to pin her down.He carried her to the bed. They had a passionate and rough time, and Bethany almost couldn’t take it.At this moment, she slept with her back to him.It was past seven by the time they were done, and there was no way Caleb could go back to the base looking like this. Who knew how his superiors would punish him?He hated Bethany for drugging him. What did she think of him?!He gripped her jaw and said harshly, “Why did you do this to me?!”“Do you even need to ask? Because I like
“Don’t worry! How could she possibly…” Bethany paused here and stared at Caleb. As expected, he relaxed. Then, she continued, “How could she possibly not know about this? This concerns your lifelong happiness, and I had to discuss it with her. We’re best friends, after all. Also, I know about your superior’s daughter pursuing you. You’d better make things clear with her as soon as possible, because I’m already pissed about it!”Bethany made it sound like they were already in a relationship.Caleb stared at her in disbelief. “What the fuck is wrong with you?!”She didn’t take his words to heart and looked pleased with herself.Caleb got up and put his clothes on. Bethany couldn’t help drooling at his toned figure.She stretched her leg out and nudged him. “Did you hear me?”He was upset, and for good reason. He initially had a pretty good impression of Bethany, but who would’ve expected her to be such a shameless and unscrupulous wicked woman? Since she could act so shamelessly, s
It was only then that Clarissa realized how loud she had been. She calmed down and said, “Alright, alright. How could you bring yourself to do that when he’s barely an adult?”Bethany ate her pizza and said, “He seems to be pretty good in bed. It doesn’t seem like it’s his first time.”“Well, maybe he had some practice with his superior’s daughter,” Clarissa said teasingly.“Stop that! I made it clear to him that I wouldn’t forgive him if he were to have anything to do with her.”Clarissa couldn’t understand this. They had practically been strangers just a few days ago. Would Caleb listen to Bethany after sleeping with her once?“Also, I asked you out today to tell you not to let Mrs. Faber know about this. I don’t want to ruin her impression of me.”“Yeah, yeah. What’s your next step?”“I don’t know yet. Whatever it is, I can’t just rest on my laurels for the next couple of years,” Bethany said.That night, when Clarissa got home, she told Damien about this.His reaction was
Caleb’s message was an angry one. He seemed to be saying, “You’re not even my girlfriend, but you’re interrogating me about the women around me? How dare you?”Bethany: [The woman that’s always hanging around you, your superior’s daughter. What’s her name?]Caleb: [I don’t know.]Bethany knew his resentment for her was probably at its peak now, and he probably wouldn’t answer her properly.Bethany: [I think you should just tell President Lawrence to ask Caleb directly. He won’t answer me.]She wasn’t giving in. She simply just didn’t think that this was an appropriate question for her to ask. It would just make Caleb even angrier at her. Why would she want to make things worse for herself?“Bethany says that you should ask Caleb yourself. She can’t get anything out of him,” Clarissa told Damien.Damien had anticipated this. He was only giving Bethany an excuse to speak to Caleb.He felt around for his phone, then sent a WhatsApp message to Caleb.Damien: [What’s the name of yo
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