Seeing that the properties were almost sold out, Charles Benson was overjoyed. Although the development of Ashland had been difficult, things were looking good now. The fifth floor of the building had just been completed, but the units had all been sold out. He was making a fortune.Damien made a special trip out to Florin to handle the sales. This time, Damien was going to Florin for two purposes. One was to talk to Charles about the sales, and the other was to bring Logan home. The child was currently still living with Don Mclaurant.Charles treated Damien and Ray to a meal once they reached Florin.“I heard that a prominent person from Genovia wants to buy some units here. Is that true?” Charles asked Damien.“There’s such a rumor, yes. However, he might not make a purchase. It’s only a ploy,” Damien said.“But it’s still very impressive that you’re able to hitch yourself to such a person,” Charles said.Damien smiled, as if this was a small matter. He acted as if he didn’t
After going upstairs, Damien lay beside Clarissa in bed. “Are you unhappy?”Clarissa turned over. “You’ve already brought him home. What does it matter if I’m unhappy?”After some thought, Clarissa continued, “He’s your illegitimate child, isn’t he?”“What nonsense!” Damien got angry. “Don’t overthink.”“Whatever! I can’t have another child anyway and you already have one,” Clarissa said huffily, ignoring Damien.Damien sat up on the bed by Clarissa’s side. He hugged her from behind. “It’s different to have a child with you.”“Why would it be different? Aren’t they all your children?” Clarissa was incandescent. She was already displeased by Logan’s arrival. Besides, everyone else definitely thought Logan was Damien’s illegitimate child. Clarissa felt utterly ashamed that her man had been stolen by another woman and had even had a child with her.“Enough! I’m not talking to you about this anymore.” Seeing Clarissa’s mulish look, Damien went silent.He had wanted to say he had ma
One day after Neil and Logan started kindergarten, a teacher called to say that one of the children’s newly bought mug had gone missing. It had been found in Logan’s blanket. Although the teacher didn’t make any accusations, Damien was contacted in the hopes of him keeping an eye out on Logan.On the other hand, Neil kept defending Logan at school, insisting that Logan hadn’t taken the mug. He said that someone must have put it in Logan’s bed. Neil was adamant that the incident had nothing to do with Logan.Damien only frowned slightly, feeling displeased. Clarissa had to be the one to discipline Logan. She told him that taking others’ things was wrong, and for him to tell either her or Damien what he wanted so they could buy it for him. She said that he couldn’t simply take these items.Half-understanding, Logan nodded. Clarissa had to admit that although she didn’t like Logan, he was her responsibility now that he was in her home.Clarissa suddenly remembered her missing earr
Dana was an only child who lived a privileged and pampered life. Although she was very smart, she was quite naive. She never thought badly of anyone, and assumed the best of everyone.“Why?” Dana looked up to ask Damien. Her eyes were full of innocence.“You bought a house. This should be celebrated. Come with Ray tomorrow. I’ll tell him about it later.”“Sure.” When she heard that she would be eating at Damien’s, Dana thought that it would be fun. Thus, she was quite happy about it.Damien and Dana parted on the ninth floor.Dana went to Ray’s office and knocked on the door. Ray said, “Come in,”, and she went inside. There, she saw Ray hard at work at his desk.Ray didn’t know who had come in as the receptionist had told him that “Mr. Conrad, there’s someone downstairs to see you.”Dana suddenly felt that Ray looked really handsome when he was working. She was quite touched. Ray raised his head, only to find Dana there.“What are you doing here?” Ray stood up to get Dana a d
“Isn’t this Chanel’s kid? Why is he here?” Bethany asked Clarissa, confused.Clarissa immediately shot Bethany a meaningful glance to silence the latter.Bethany had a bad impression of Logan. A terrible one, even. His mother, Chanel, had threatened Clarissa with suicide. Naturally, such a person couldn’t have brought up a good child. Besides, the child looked suspicious and didn’t meet anyone’s gaze. She was incredibly annoyed by it.She didn’t understand why Damien would adopt this kid. What was the point? Wouldn’t the boy embarrass Damien and Clarissa in the future?Nothing could convince Bethany that Logan was Damien’s illegitimate child. There was no way an illegitimate child of Damien’s would look like this.“Let’s eat, Caleb, Bethany,” Damien said casually. As expected, Dana was shocked by Damien’s tone. The way he said it, it was as if Caleb and Bethany were already a couple. She had always thought that Bethany had only given Mrs. Faber a massage as she was Clarissa’s go
If Bethany could sleep with Caleb with ease, then ripping off the patch from his hat was certainly something she would do as well.Since she had done this, Caleb wasn’t letting her off.Although it seemed like a small thing, this was his authentication. Bethany was making a joke of something that represented him.How could Caleb withstand that?Even if he was a well-tempered person, he couldn’t take it anymore.“Where. Is. My. Patch?” Caleb turned around and spat the words out at Bethany, his eyes filled with flames. “W-What patch?” Bethany was confused. She was also terrified by Caleb’s sudden show of fury.“The one on my hat! What are you pretending for?” Caleb knew it was a bad idea to get into a tantrum at Damien’s house, but he had been furious with Bethany for a long time. His rage for her had simmered ever since she had schemed to sleep with him without his consent.Bethany took Caleb’s hat and saw the threads where the patch used to be. “I don’t know. Did you lose it y
Bethany kept wondering how something could go missing at Damien’s house. Nothing like this had ever happened when she had visited before. Now that Logan was here, Caleb’s patch had immediately gone missing.Neil would never do such a thing.It had to be that Logan kid.Bethany was already in a rage. Now that she saw Clarissa come down from the upstairs, she stormed upstairs, making a huge racket, and yanked Logan back downstairs. She had never liked Chanel. Looking at Logan’s sneaky look, she was even more angry.“Clarissa, did you know that you have a thief in your house? That kid must’ve stolen it! Him stealing is not a big deal, but he made me suffer such injustice! I really don’t understand why you adopted him! Don’t you know what kind of a person his mother is?!” Bethany exploded.Damien frowned. Shouldn’t Bethany know not to insult a member of his family in his own house? Logan’s misbehavior wasn’t for Bethany to openly comment on.Although Bethany was upset at being the
Clarissa’s actions had brought Caleb’s initial feelings toward her back to the surface.He had always dreamed of a woman like her; a woman who was kind and caring, beautiful and well-mannered.Damien casually turned, and saw the admiring gaze Caleb sent Clarissa’s way.The smile on his face evaporated immediately.Ray and Dana looked at each other before bidding Damien goodbye. Mrs. Faber finished sewing on the patch and passed the hat to Caleb. She stepped forward to talk to Clarissa.“This has gone too far. You even slapped Dr. Beth! Was that necessary?”Logan had been living there for a while, and Mrs. Faber wasn’t very happy with the things that Logan did. Dr. Beth was nice to her, so Mrs. Faber naturally stood on the former’s side. Clarissa’s face was a miasma of emotion. She did not speak.“Mr. Lawrence, Mom. I’m leaving now.” Caleb put on his hat.At the door, he looked over at Clarissa again. After Mrs. Faber walked away, Logan got up from the floor and lunged int
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