After work, Damien called Lily into his office.Fueled with horror and anxiety, Lily entered Damien’s office for the first time.She knew he was going to ask about Clarissa.Looking at Damien from a distance, Lily was so nervous that she was shivering from head to toe. Lily didn’t know how exactly Clarissa spent every single day with someone as frightening as Damien.“Did you and Clarissa meet Joseph Moore on Saturday?” As expected, the first thing Damien mentioned was Clarissa.At this moment, Lily felt as if she was undergoing a lie detector test. Facing Damien’s interrogation, she wouldn’t dare to lie to him.So, Lily told Damien everything that had happened that day; from how they went on a tour around Joseph’s accounting firm, to how Clarissa was looking forward to a professional working environment. She even filled Damien in about Clarissa’s decision to apply as an assistant in his accounting firm.“He only gave her a book? What about a notebook?” Damien pressed on.“Jose
The next day when Clarissa went to the office, she received an email from the human resource department titled ‘New Hires’.Looking at the title, she found it odd. Since she was already an employee working in New East Corporate, why would HR send this email to her? Wasn’t it more logical to post it on job-hiring websites or the company’s official website?She skimmed through the document. It wrote, ‘New East Corporate is building a new subsidiary called The Audit Department, which will be led by Germany’s famous auditor Lucas Smith. We are currently looking for potential hires from talents inside and outside the company. Applicants should have at least a postgraduate certification. Certified accountants will be given priority to this post.Aside from the educational requirements, applicants should also go through three rounds of examinations, the first two being written exams and the final one being an interview.’The sophisticated requirements had successfully drawn Clarissa’s att
Soon, both Damien and Clarissa were inside the car.“Honey, have you gotten off work? Do you feel tired?” Clarissa simpered with a gentle tone.“Not really,” Damien replied casually, sounding calm as he continued driving the car.“Oh. Well, I’m just worried about you.”“What are you worried about? I’m not tired. We didn’t spend too much time having sex yesterday night, so I’m fine,” Damien said casually.Clarissa’s face turned red all of a sudden. She wasn’t hinting at that at all.Why would he mention that all of a sudden?She coughed slightly as she tried to think of a way to change the topic. “I received the email about the new hires today. Is the company really hiring from within too?”“Lucas will be interviewing the candidates next week,” Damien said.“Next week?” Clarissa was shocked.If that was the case, she wouldn’t have much time to fulfill any of the requirements! She hadn’t attained her postgraduate certification yet, and she still wasn’t a certified accountant.
After an hour, Clarissa returned upstairs only to find Damien sitting on the bed and reading a book.She sat in front of the laptop and looked through Damien’s translations. Though she didn’t understand a word of it, it still seemed oddly detailed to her.What surprised Clarissa even further was that there was another name underneath the German-translated resume, ‘Donny’.Clarissa asked, “Who’s Donny?”“Did I write that down?”“Yeah, see? It’s right here.” She pointed at the name on the screen.“You don’t have to care about that. Just submit your resume.”She was confused, but she had a feeling that ‘Donny’ was a name Damien used to hint at HR to get her through the first round of resume filtration. She supposed Lucas would be the only one to understand the person behind that name. Although Damien made it a point that he wouldn’t help her get the position, in the end, he still wrote his name down at the bottom of the resume.With the recognition of the president of New East Cor
While Howard was having lunch downstairs, he noticed Clarissa and Rebecca in the cafe.He frowned.The person most unhappy with the establishment of the audit department was none other than Howard himself, because that meant most of the staff in the finance department would be migrating to the audit Department. This would undoubtedly lower his status as the director of finance in the company. Of course, the almighty Mrs. Lawrence would get the promotion she wanted. Howard would have to endure Clarissa bossing him around.The second reason he didn’t want Clarissa to change departments was because she was well aware of the financial accounts in his department. As Clarissa had a lot of experience in finance, she would do a good job in the newly established audit department. Unfortunately, it would be a nightmare for Howard if the audit Department cross-checked all the financial statements in finance.In addition, Howard knew Rebecca on a personal level. When he was younger, the two of
Damien stormed into Joseph’s office and slammed several documents on the latter’s table without saying a word.Shocked, Joseph reached for the documents. They were evidence of how Frank colluded with several other companies in an attempt to topple Damien’s father in the business world.Fear rose in Joseph the more he flipped through the pages.“Don’t force me to submit these to the court,” Damien said calmly as he sat opposite Joseph.Joseph’s face was chalk white. He knew this evidence was enough to send his father to jail for at least twenty years.“Is this about Clarissa’s decision to work in my company?” Joseph asked.Everyone in Genovia was already aware of Damien’s initiative to build a new audit department at his company. Joseph, on the other hand, suspected that Damien was building it for Clarissa. Now that Damien was here threatening to destroy his family, Joseph’s suspicions turned out to be true after all.“I don’t think I need to tell you what to do from now on, righ
When they arrived, Mrs. Faber was already serving dinner.With her head dipped low, Clarissa said, “Grandpa, I don’t have the appetite for dinner today. I’ll be heading up first.”“What’s wrong with Clarissa?” Grandpa Lawrence asked Damien the instant Clarissa left.At the moment, there were only the two of them on the dining table.Damien found it odd that nobody was talking at the table, and that dinnertime was so silent.“Job-related stress,” he finally replied.“Well, why didn’t you help her?” Grandpa Lawrence barked angrily.Damien couldn’t tell his grandfather that he was the mastermind who instigated the entire thing and the chief reason behind Clarissa’s sorrow.“You have to cook dinner for her later!”“Grandpa!” Damien glared at his grandfather, reluctant.“Just do it!” His grandfather, unfortunately, wasn’t like his employees, who would usually cower with fear with just a glare from Damien. The old man continued fiercely, “Do it now! I’m worried about Clarissa. She
Damien went to the bed to read, while Clarissa sat at her desk to continue where she was left off.Clarissa found it amusing that both of them enjoyed reading.“Why don’t you join me on the bed?” Damien asked.“I’ll pass. I might get too comfortable and fall asleep. I still have to wash your shirt,” Clarissa said. Deep down, she felt reluctant to do it for him.“Alright. Stay there, then,” Damien said casually, and flipped one page of his book.The layout of furniture in the room was pretty much similar to that of her grandfather’s, with her desk situated in a way that her back was facing Damien.Sometimes, Clarissa could hear Damien flipping through the pages quickly. Sometimes, he would take a long time to read through just one page. If he stayed on a page for a while, she would assume that he had fallen asleep.Sometimes, she would turn around just to check if she was right.This time, Damien caught her staring at him. He promptly asked, “Why do you keep staring at me?”She
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