It was impossible for Damien and his entourage to get back to Genovia that night, so they stayed at Florin.“You two can stay in your house in Florin. I’ll just stay in the hotel. Oh, but there’s something I want to tell you, Damien. Let’s talk about it tomorrow,” Verity said in a serious tone.It had been a few years since Damien and Clarissa returned to their house in Florin.All the furniture remained the same, and nothing changed.After Clarissa took her shower, she spaced out. Never did she expect a one-night stand at that time would turn out this way. Now that she thought about it, Damien had a startling amount of flaws. Either way, it seemed she was tied to him forever.When Clarissa lay on the bed, Damien was poring over a book.Surprisingly, he had no intentions to be intimate with her. “Are you too old now?” Clarissa looked at him.Damien turned to Clarissa. “Why, do you want it?”Clarissa closed her eyes and ignored him.Damien started kissing her on the lips and
“By the way, there’s something I need to talk to you about, Damien. After observing Logan, I think it’s more possible that his mental disorder was triggered by his surroundings rather than pure genetics.”“What do you mean?” Damien frowned. He had long figured out what had happened, but he still sought a professional opinion.“What I’m trying to say is, his condition was deliberately caused by someone. I’m suspecting that someone to be Chanel. She might’ve abused the boy. I tried talking to Logan, but he was shivering in a corner the entire time. This shouldn’t happen if it really was a hereditary mental disorder. He looked more like he was traumatized. Maybe you should put more focus on investigating how Chanel abused Logan instead.”Damien fell into hushed silence, drowning in his thoughts.Clarissa stared at Damien. The look in his eyes intimidated her.She knew he was up to something terrible again.She knew he had something to do with Theresa and Madelynn’s death. He even we
Damien’s shirt and coat were both the creme de la creme. In the past, he would pick out a set randomly to wear. Today, he kept picking out different ones. What was going on?“I’m meeting someone,” Damien said.“Meeting someone? Who?” Clarissa asked with suspicion. “Verity Manson and Ray. Old classmates.”“And you’re not bringing me with you?”Damien raised his head and looked at her. He held her elbows and said, “You want to come along? Sure. Go and change.”At that, Clarissa didn’t push him any further. Since they were old classmates meeting up to reminisce, there was no real need for her to be there, so she wasn’t going. Besides, she still had to prepare for her classes. “I’m not going,” Clarissa said. “Really?”“Yes.”Damien knew Clarissa wouldn’t want to go, which was why he said she could. After he was done with his outfit, he drove off. Today, he intended to discuss the matter regarding Caleb and Chanel. If Clarissa was there, there was a lot he couldn’t say. …
Bethany left to see Clarissa afterwards. Bethany’s plans to woo Caleb had grown ever more difficult since the appearance of a strong competitor that was Dana. Thus, Bethany kept making plans with Clarissa and got Clarissa to help come up with ideas. Bethany had never been this hardworking, even when she was in school.One of such meetings happened yesterday, when Damien had also been home.Clarissa sat on the couch and said absentmindedly to herself, “Did Dana write this note? Her handwriting is quite nice.”“Clarissa! Whose side are you on?” Bethany was displeased. “Yours, of course. But knowing how she ticks will help you win the fight. Right now, nothing Dana does has any effect on Caleb. What can we do to cool her interest in Caleb? That way, Ray can try his hand to win her affection.” Clarissa frowned, and thought about it for a long time. In the end, she couldn’t come up with anything. Damien already had an idea, but it was a little too devious. He couldn’t share it with
Damien never did anything that he didn’t have total confidence in. Therefore, his plans all had great chances of success. Moreover, they usually ended up with him killing many birds with one stone. After Damien got home, Clarissa sniffed his suit. Damien smiled, amused. “What are you doing? Do you think you’d be able to tell if I was having an affair?”“Do you have a guilty conscience? You shouldn’t be a hypocrite.” Clarissa would know if he had done anything to wrong her. When she thought about it, Clarissa realized that Damien was a dangerous one. He smelled of hormones that attracted women everywhere he went. It was only because he didn’t want it that he didn’t attempt to dominate women’s hearts.Clarissa was confused. In the past few years, how could she have been fine with this? Now that she was more aware of it, fear filled her. “Would you like to try it out?” Damien started taking off his belt. “It’s fine! There’s no need.” Clarissa knew Damien would get into the moo
Ray: [Me and Mr. Lawrence. He’d like to use your advanced technology to capture footage of Ashland. What do you think, Miss Pearson?]Dana: [Did Mr. Lawrence say that?]Ray: [Yes. He doesn’t have your contact information, so he asked me to arrange things in his stead.]Dana thought about it. When it came to business, Damien Lawrence was the cream of the crop. Besides, he was truly a cut above others. Not to mention, fabulously rich! Dana had never imagined working with Damien before. When she remembered that he was Mrs. Faber’s employer, she wondered if she could use this method to get close to Mrs. Faber. Plus, working with New East Corporation would be a great opportunity for her to expand her contacts. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity!Although she was skilled when it came to technical ability, she was also a business-minded person. Namity Technologies was your typical business. Collaborating with New East Corporation would bring the company enormous benefits. Therefo
Damien only smiled in response. They reached Florin in no time.“I have to meet someone first. Do you mind, Miss Pearson?” Damien asked Dana, looking at her through the rearview mirror.“I don’t mind! I don’t mind at all.” As the “contracted” party, she didn’t dare to raise a fuss.“Who?” Ray was still ignorant of Daniel’s purpose behind coming to Florin.“A classmate of my late grandfather’s.”“Does our presence in Florin today have something to do with him?”“Stop asking, we’re here. Anyway, I’ve already made an appointment with him.” Damien parked the car at the entrance to a restaurant named Belle View Restaurant. This was a Meranian restaurant that Don had chosen. Damien hadn’t shown any approval or objections to it.Ray glanced at the location and frowned. It was a low-class eatery.But the moment they walked inside, everything was different. The place was filled with so much greenery that it was like they were out in nature. Don was already waiting for them.“Professo
“Caleb is such a smart young man. And his academics are good, too! How could he do such a thing?” Don shook his head again. “It’s like he’s been cursed. He wasted his life! It really is such a shame.” “You’re right,” Damien echoed. “What a shame.”Dana felt even more anxious. What did Damien mean? He should spit it out already!If he didn’t, Dana was prepared to ask him about it.“How could he plagiarize someone else’s thesis?” Don continued, aghast.Plagiarizing someone else’s thesis? Dana was utterly shocked at the revelation.Dana was someone who put a lot of stock into academic ethics. When it came to plagiarism, she couldn’t stand by it. Didn’t Caleb know that this was utterly despicable behavior?Suddenly, the interest she had for Caleb was reduced to nearly nothing. Just as Damien had said, Dana’s affection for Caleb wasn’t too deep. From a distance, she simply thought that Caleb was a decent person. Now that she knew better, she was shocked to discover that he was suc
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