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
Though Dana had a good background, she wasn’t a spoiled brat. She wasn’t arrogant or haughty, but she was a little on the lecherous side. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have fallen for Caleb based on his looks alone.On Saturday, she drove to New East Mall. She wanted to buy some underwear for Caleb.If he accepted such an intimate gift from her, it would mean that he was willing to be intimate with her.Dana was the outgoing type, and she felt that Caleb was a perfect match for her. He was young, but he was mature and steady. She felt that he had a bright future ahead of him.New East Mall was Genovia’s most high-end mall. Since this was Dana’s first time buying something for her crush, she had to come here.Dana strolled around the mall.Coincidentally, Bethany and Clarissa were here as well.Bethany didn’t have to work on this day, so she had asked Clarissa to accompany her to the mall.She wanted to buy something for Caleb. She wasn’t afraid of being too aggressive—anyway, she had
“I can’t believe there’s someone as pretty as her in this world,” Bethany said dreamily.Clarissa had been picking out underwear for Damien at the other side of the store, so she didn’t see the woman Bethany was talking about.“Is she as pretty as I am?” Clarissa asked matter-of-factly.“You know, it’s weird. You’ve never really been conscious of your looks before, so why are you asking about this now?” Bethany was pretty curious about this.“I’m just taking a wild guess here, but I think that since Old Man Damien’s so wrapped around my finger, I must be quite pretty. Also, now that I know that both my parents were actors, I don’t think I’d look too bad,” Clarissa said.“She’s about as pretty as you are.”“That means she’s breathtaking!”Bethany rolled her eyes. “Could you be any more shameless?”They left after paying for their things.The other woman had actually been Dana.After leaving New East Mall, Dana walked to her car while holding the bag with the underwear in it. S
Clarissa laid out the underwear she had bought for Damien on the bed.“Did you buy those for me?” he asked.“Yeah, Old Man Damien.” She couldn’t resist using the name Bethany had coined earlier.“What did you call me? Am I old?”He sounded a little upset. Clarissa walked over to him and rubbed his chest soothingly, then looked into his eyes cautiously. “You’re not old, of course. I wasn’t the one who came up with it—Bethany did. I just think Old Man Damien sounds so endearing. Don’t you dare get mad!”Damien wasn’t the type to express his emotions outwardly. “Is she making fun of you now that she’s caught herself a piece of fresh meat?”“No, that’s not what she meant. She was just throwing it out there.” Clarissa kept rubbing his chest. “Don’t be angry, okay?”His age was probably a sensitive topic. It was only natural for him to be offended if others made fun of him for this.“It’s hard to say whether she’ll actually be able to win Caleb over, though.” Damien glanced at the un
Mrs. Faber hadn’t been in a good mood for the past few days. Earlier, her husband had told her about the unjust treatment he had received at work. They were living in different places, and she couldn’t help him with what he was going through. When everything added up, it made her chest hurt.When Caleb had a video call with her, he saw that she didn’t look too happy, so he asked her what was wrong.She knew he was going to be busy with training for some time and wouldn’t be able to leave the army base, so she didn’t want to worry him. So she said, “It’s nothing. I’m probably just tired.”Under normal circumstances, Caleb wouldn’t be too worried. However, starting the very next day, he wouldn’t be able to leave the army base at all for a long period of time.He called his father, and his father told him what had happened. Now, he knew why Mrs. Faber was in a bad mood. Alas, he couldn’t do anything to help.When Dana went to see Caleb, someone had told her about this, and she though
In fact, Dana was just using Neil as an excuse. This way, she would be able to come to visit Mrs. Faber again the following week.She had thought it over—she was pretty, and her family background was beneficial for Caleb’s future. If she could get along well with the family of Mrs. Faber’s employer, then nothing could stop her. Damien was the richest man in Genovia, and his opinion carried a lot of weight. If he and his wife didn’t like her, she would just be wasting her time.The best way to win Damien and Clarissa over would be to win their son over. There was no doubting this.Meanwhile, Bethany was giving Mrs. Faber a full-body checkup.This was also what she had told Dana earlier. She was here to check on Mrs. Faber, and she didn’t mention anything about her and Caleb’s relationship.Though Bethany was a gynecologist, she did still have basic medical knowledge. She didn’t have any problems doing checkups for others.“What do you think of Miss Pearson? She’s rather pretty, is
Ray inexplicably felt a sense of jealousy as he asked this question.Dana ducked her head shyly. “Yes, he did.”“It looks like you two get along pretty well,” he said a little mockingly. “You’re even here to see your future mother-in-law.”“Yeah, we do.”“Judging from your actions and mannerisms, you must come from a pretty good family. Has your family already bought you a house?”Dana found him to be a little intrusive, but she had no choice but to answer.“I might come from a good family, but we’re not really that rich.” She waved her hands, seemingly trying to rid her father of any suspicion.“So you mean that you’re actually short on money?” Ray asked.Dana thought, ‘What does this have to do with him?’“No, of course not. My family’s already bought me a marital home, and it’s near my company.” She forced out a smile.“Oh, so you’re trying to find yourself a matrilocal husband. Is Caleb okay with that?” The moment Ray asked this, Mrs. Faber walked out of her room.It was
Damien looked at Clarissa. “She is if you say so. I didn’t really pay attention to her.”Clarissa was lost for words.The three of them had expressed their opinions, and they all meant something to Mrs. Faber.In general, if most people didn’t view a relationship positively, it probably wasn’t a good one.Mrs. Faber was worried. She didn’t know how far Dana and Caleb had gone, but if they weren’t too deeply in love, she hoped they would break up.She wasn’t just taking their word for it. Dana’s father was in a position of power, and Caleb was just a lowly soldier. Though this was good for Caleb’s future, it wasn’t good for his reputation. People would think that he was only with Dana for the sake of his future, and even if he really did love her, they would just think that he was using her. Everyone would think that Caleb was nothing but a weak man who was using a woman to his benefit.Mrs. Faber felt that this relationship was a definite no-go.“Neil, come on. Let’s go play.” N
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