It was dark, so Damien didn’t drive too quickly. Clarissa and Bethany sat in the backseat.Clarissa asked anxiously, “What exactly happened? Why did Caleb get fired?”With Damien around, Bethany felt embarrassed to say that it happened because she had manipulated Caleb into sleeping with her. Thus, she texted Clarissa instead.Bethany: [I called his dorm, and his roommate told me it was because he slept with someone outside of the base. They felt that there was an issue with his attitude.]Clarissa: [That’s it? I don’t think that’s necessary.]Bethany: [Whatever it is, this is one of the reasons. It’s all my fault. I’ve ruined his future!]Clarissa: [Don’t be so glum. We’ll see what the situation is like when we get there.]However, what was going on in Clarissa’s mind was: Caleb had dropped out of university because of her. Now, he had been fired from the army because of Bethany. Were they bringing misfortune to his life?Caleb’s place was quite far from Damien’s house. Despit
“Caleb, get up. Clarissa and Bethany are here to see you. President Lawrence is here, too,” Connie said softly.Caleb had just fallen asleep, but it was normal for a former soldier to be woken up in the middle of the night for an impromptu training session. Upon Connie’s nudging, he immediately sat up.“They’re here already?” He thought they’d only come the next day, not in the middle of the night.“Yeah.”Caleb thought of Bethany, and he was immediately furious. She had stolen his virginity and assaulted him, and he hadn’t enjoyed himself at all when they slept together.He pulled a singlet on and strode out of the room.He greeted Damien. “Why did you come at this hour?”“We came to see how you were doing. Have you been looking for a job?” Damien sat on the sofa, obviously in the position to lead the conversation.“Yeah, I have, but it hasn’t been easy.” Caleb sat down. To get back at Bethany, he deliberately said to Connie, “Be good and go back to the room to sleep.”Connie
Bethany felt bitter. She remained silent for a long time.“Can we go talk about this at a place that operates round-the-clock?” she asked Clarissa. She also asked Damien, “President Lawrence, can I borrow your wife for a while?”He knew they wanted to talk about Caleb. There was plenty of space at Hill Villa, but Mrs. Faber was there. If they tried to stay away from Mrs. Faber, she would only be more suspicious. Thus, he said, “Okay. I’ll drop you guys off at a club that is open 24/7. It’s very quiet there.”“Thank you so much, President Lawrence.”Clarissa knew what he meant by this. He didn’t trust her to be on her own in the middle of the night. What if she ran into some hooligans?Damien made a call, then dropped the two of them off at a high-end club. The server led them to a private room that was warm and cozy. The sofa was large enough to act as a bed for them, and it even came with a thick blanket. Clarissa was a little sleepy, so she flung herself onto the sofa and covere
Back to the night before.After Damien and the others had left, Caleb sat on the sofa for a while longer. He leaned back and lit a cigarette, feeling even more depressed than before.He only returned to his room an hour later.When he saw Connie lying on his bed, he was taken aback. It was only then that he remembered he was the one who told Connie to come in here.She was still wearing her skimpy camisole, revealing her shoulders and chest. She lay on the bed, looking sensual and seductive. It was a scene that most men wouldn’t be able to resist.Caleb wasn’t an ordinary man, however. When he saw that Connie was asleep, he backed out of the room and closed the door, and then went to sleep in the living room. It didn’t really matter to him, anyway. He felt like he was awake even when he was asleep.He spent the night on the sofa.In truth, Connie was still awake.She had been waiting for Caleb to come into the room, and she deliberately made herself look like that. She wanted t
When Clarissa arrived, Cindy was still angry. She didn’t want Clarissa to know that Connie had spent the night at Caleb’s house, though, so she said mockingly, “My, what brings the great Miss Johnson here?”“Connie slept with Caleb. He doesn’t like her at all, but she insisted on sticking around. Do you know how embarrassing that is? Tell her to come back at once! They’re not good for each other, so you’d better do something about this,” Clarissa snarled angrily.Cindy immediately felt disgraced. She didn’t know how Clarissa had found out about this despite her efforts to keep it under wraps. Clarissa had even made Connie sound so shameless!She spat out, “You’d better stop with that nonsense, Clarissa! Just because you’ve latched onto a rich guy, doesn’t mean you can go around badmouthing my daughter. Do you feel proud of yourself? Let me tell you something! My Connie couldn’t care less about that penniless Caleb! Even if she is interested in him, there’s no way I’d allow them to b
“President Peterson?” Clarissa was surprised. What a small world! The “President Peterson” that Cindy had mentioned earlier was actually Dennis Peterson.“Clarissa?” Dennis obviously didn’t expect to see her here either. “Long time no see. I wasn’t even sure that I had the right person.”Cindy’s face immediately brightened when she saw that Dennis had arrived. She pulled him into the house and said to Clarissa cheerily, “Clary, I don’t want to keep you. You should hurry to your classes.”After that, she slammed the door in Clarissa’s face.When Dennis saw Connie sitting on the sofa, looking upset, he asked, “What’s wrong?”“Oh, she’s just throwing a little tantrum. She insists she wants to continue acting, and she refuses to take my advice and get some rest, saying something about wanting to earn her own keep. She’s already earned enough to buy a house and car, so why is she so fixated on earning more?” Cindy tried to make Connie out to be a strong, independent, career-oriented wo
When Damien came home, Clarissa told him about Bethany wanting to help Caleb get a job. Clarissa also told him she was afraid Caleb would turn the job down if she was the one who brought it up to him. After all, he was still resentful toward her about the dissertation.“Okay.” After that, Damien called Caleb.He told Caleb he had to go for the interview as a favor to him. He also asked, “Are you still together with Connie?”“No,” Caleb said seriously.“What really happened last night? Did you sleep with her?” Damien couldn’t stand Connie as well.After a long silence, Caleb said, “No. I was doing that to spite Bethany.”“That’s good. Don’t hook up with her now, or ever. She’s just leading you on, and she’s mixed up with another rich guy. Don’t fall for her tricks and regret it in the future.” In fact, Damien knew very well Caleb had done it to spite both Bethany and Clarissa.After that, he hung up.The next day, Caleb went to Tempest Investment—the company Bethany’s friend, Aa
“Forget it. Do you think a phone call can change things? I don’t want to have anything to do with you or anyone who has to do with you. Not now, not ever! I don’t have a habit of beating up women, but if you dare to repeat what you did at the hotel, I can’t guarantee I won’t kill you. You better watch it!” With that, Caleb turned and left.Bethany was left alone in her office, her face burning with shame. Soon, she buried her face in her hands and started crying.She originally thought that forcing Caleb to sleep with her was the key to them getting together. Everything had gone horribly wrong, though—sleeping with him had only repulsed him. He had never been the type to smile all the time, and now, he was as cold as a block of ice when it came to dealing with her.Deeply upset, she called Clarissa and told her that Caleb had just dropped by. He had turned down the job she tried to get for him, and he had said such nasty things to her. Things were going from bad to worse.“Don’t pa
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