“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
The night before, Timothy had been playing in the living room when he overheard his parents talking. They said Damien’s Ashland project had sold out, and it seemed they had failed by a lot in comparison to it. Kyle Russell, Timothy’s father, was enraged by this. However, he still had to be respectful and deferential to Damien on the surface. Behind Damien’s back, however, Kyle pulled no punches with his retorts. “I heard Ashland’s name was in honor of Damien’s dead daughter. He had twins, but the girl didn’t survive. He probably did it to please his wife,” Kyle’s wife said. “Why do you care?” Kyle shouted at his wife, annoyed. “I’m talking about money! Why are you bringing that shit up? Men don’t care about that stuff!”“That’s true… I heard he adopted a child, too. They say he’s his illegitimate child!” his wife went on.“Fuck! Is there a point in the garbage you spout?” Kyle was infuriated the moment he heard his wife’s words. Nothing she said ever contributed anything. Angry,
“Mom, I’m fine. Don’t worry,” Logan said with a smile.Although the child was not good-looking and had even been abused for a long time, making him look wretched, his smile was undeniably sweet.“I’m glad you’re fine. Let’s go home together in a bit,” Clarissa said. Clarissa herself didn’t understand how she had gone from her initial reluctance to treating Logan so well. She must’ve been subconsciously influenced by her late mother, Theresa. She felt that one had to treat someone else’s child better than her own. In the future, she would be like a mother to him, even though she wasn’t his birth mother. No one had wanted this kid in the first place. If he didn’t get love from his adoptive parents, then the rest of his life would be ruined.“Okay,” Logan replied.Clarissa sat with Logan by her side. She was wondering if she should get Bethany to come over and check his condition.However, she and Bethany didn’t talk anymore after she had slapped Bethany. She didn’t know if Bethany
Damien was talking to Neil outside of the clinic at the hospital. “How did Logan get hurt?” he asked Neil.“Timothy Russell threw a rock. He even said I had a sister called Ash. Dad, is that true?” Neil asked back.Damien didn’t like talking about Ash, but since Neil had brought it up, he had to be honest. “You do have a twin sister called Ash. But your mother had a difficult labor, and Ash didn’t survive,” Damien said.“Oh.” Neil suddenly understood.“Did you say Logan shielded you from the rock?” Damien asked Neil once again.“Yes. I didn’t want him to do it, though” Neil said.“Okay,” Damien said. He didn’t have the worry that one who visited the injured would have. In fact, he was smiling.“Dad, is Logan your illegitimate son? Why do people keep saying…” Neil asked after some thought.Damien was quiet for a moment. Then, he said, “Come here.”Later on, Damien went into a clinic and got the doctor to collect a sample from himself and Logan for a paternity test.He was do
Clarissa wanted to go, but Damien clamped a hand on her and pressed her to the bed.A little angry, Clarissa spat, “What are you doing?!”Their faces were an inch apart, their breaths mixing together. Damien looked outraged.He was infuriated. “He’s not our child. He has nothing to do with us! What’s wrong with using him as a shield to protect you and Neil? You’re both the loves of my life. Nothing can happen to you!”When she heard him say that she and Neil were the loves of Damien’s life, Clarissa caved in. A gush of warmth suffused her chest. However, this didn’t change her view of the world. She said slowly, “But he’s a child. You’re committing a sin. You’ll be in trouble once you get to hell.”Damien used a finger to trace the outline of her face. “Will you come with me to hell?”Clarissa glanced at him, her feelings in a mess. “You won’t stop doing things that will land you in hell?”“I’ve already done it. Are you coming?” Damien started caressing Clarissa’s face.People
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