Charles recalled Clarissa’s request asking him to go to Hill Villa alone. However, he was worried about sending Iris back to Lumina Valley by herself. Forced to part for a few decades apart, the mere thought of separating with Iris even for a short moment sent him into throes of anxiety. Thus, Charles brought Iris with him to Hill Villa. When Clarissa saw her father with her mother in tow, she told herself that things would be fine since Iris didn’t know that Charles had another son anyway. She could send her a message through Whatsapp later to inform Iris of Charles and Seth’s true relationship. As such, she didn’t think much and casually introduced Seth to Charles. “Dad, this is Seth Highmore.”She never anticipated that Charles’s face would instantly blanch as he hurriedly turned to look at Iris. Iris bit her lower lip tightly. Her face had gone even paler than Charles’s.Mildred, or the fake Iris, had been really clear; her son with Charles was named Seth Highmore.T
Iris was a stubborn person. Once she decided that she wasn’t going back to Fendaria, she wouldn’t concede to Charles under any circumstances, regardless of all the preparations she had made earlier. Because of the collaboration with New East Corporation, Charles had to head to Fendaria. He couldn’t wait for Iris to compromise, and was forced to return to Fendaria alone. Seth stayed with Clarissa for a day before returning. In the past, he was a renowned psychiatrist. Now, he was reduced to an abandoned child that no one wanted. Neither his mother nor aunt wanted him. He felt horrible, and didn’t want to take patients anymore. All he wanted was to redeem himself. After returning to Lotharia, he became somewhat depressed for a long time. As for Clarissa and Damien, the two entered a short period of peace. Now, they behaved as they had in the past. They raised Neil together, while Clarissa slowly worked through the pain of Logan’s demise. Of course, Charles’s words made Clarissa eve
Willow shuddered in Caleb’s embrace, still in a panic. At that exact moment, Caleb felt very accomplished. He patted Willow’s back and ushered them away, smiling as he said, “Don’t be scared!”Willow was dressed in a pair of white pants paired with a black T-shirt, and looked especially seductive. Her curvaceous figure made it seem like she would burst out of her clothes at any moment. She looked amazingly attractive. Of the women that Caleb knew—Bethany, Dana, even Clarissa—they were never this sexy. To such a young man as him, Willow’s charm was devastating. It was a tempting poison. Just then, Willow moved away from Caleb’s embrace in a shaky manner. They somehow got on the topic of Willow’s daughter. Willow said her daughter was very disobedient, and so her disciplining of said daughter was very strict. Willow regretted it.Coincidentally, they walked past a shop selling items for infants and young children. Caleb asked, “How old is your daughter? Let me buy her a set of cl
Even after Willow got herself settled, the red stain on her pants was still very conspicuous. Caleb took off his coat and passed it to her.The sexual tension between them was thick enough to cut with a knife.Willow quickly put on Caleb’s coat to cover herself and said, “I’ll head back now.”“I’ll send you home.”“Oh, that’s alright. I’ll hail a cab.” That said, Willow turned to go.Watching Willow leave, Caleb fell into a daze for a long time. From that day onward, Willow didn’t respond to Caleb’s Whatsapp messages. After a while, she even blocked him. When he called her, she didn’t answer. It was as if she had suddenly vanished from Caleb’s life. She had left him after giving him so many hopes. Caleb even began to doubt she had ever been in his life. Caleb was anxious. If she was playing hard to get, then Caleb had nothing to say. However, he was worried that she was concerned about their age difference. If that was the case, he wasn’t giving up. Rebecca noticed that Cale
Caleb was quiet. He knew he was in the wrong. “What does she want from you? Does she think you’re a virile young man?” Damien asked. Caleb gave a bitter laugh. “What can she want from me? She’s so rich! By the way, Mr. Lawrence, please don’t tell my mother about this for now.”“I know.”After that, Caleb maintained his silence. After Damien returned home, he told Clarissa about Caleb’s story. Clarissa was even more shocked. “Is something wrong with him? Why does he keep going after other people’s women?”Damien stared at her. “You know you’re someone else’s woman too, do you? Whose woman are you?”Clarissa didn’t answer and dodged his question. “We’re talking about Caleb.”“I’m not talking about anyone else. You should probably tell Bethany about Caleb liking someone else. Otherwise, she might do something drastic,” Damien said.Clarissa nodded. The last time she had seen Bethany, the latter seemed to be working hard to change. She kept asking Clarissa about her faults, a
Lately, Caleb had been busy with work. Rebecca had given him a lot of cases. Her renowned firm only hired Caleb and she didn’t plan on hiring any extra help, sure that Caleb could handle it on his own. At the same time, she feared there would be an altercation if the new hire shared the office with Caleb. If a conflict arose between them, the following strife would be even more troublesome to deal with than having too much work. That was why Rebecca didn’t continue looking for any new talent. She allowed Caleb to arrange the work on his own. After a spate of having to do overtime, Caleb finally had a day off. That night, he enjoyed a good sleep.When he woke up the next day, it was already past noon. He yawned and threw open the curtains. Lo and behold, he saw Willow walking into Riverine salon with a man clad in a pressed suit. He seemed like a very successful sort. Caleb felt like he had been tricked. He really wanted to get an explanation from Willow.Without thinking twice,
After getting into the car, Willow watched Caleb through the rearview mirror. Caleb kept staring at her car.A long time after she drove away, Willow turned her head to find Caleb’s coat folded neatly on her passenger seat. Caleb liked her, and she liked him back. She had liked him ever since that night he had gotten her the sanitary products. However, she knew their age gap was simply too large. If they got together, Caleb would be gossiped about and forced to bear the awful scrutiny of many people. Thus, she was dead set on ignoring him. Caleb needed to find a peer, someone who was brimming with youth just like him. In the beginning, he thought she was just playing around. She thought the same as well; that he was just playing around like her.Besides, Willow was more than aware that Caleb would be at the prime of his life when she got old. She could not bear to suffer the pain of such a separation. To prevent the pain, Willow decided to cut things off with Caleb then and t
Clarissa tested and got a positive result. She was pregnant! However, she didn’t have much of a reaction about it. Damien probably wanted the child a lot, but not her. Even so, she still remained honest and told Damien the news once she returned home.“I’m pregnant,” she said bluntly.“Preg...” Damien came to a sudden realization. “You’re pregnant?”“Yes.”Damien was sitting on the sofa earlier, but he suddenly got up and went to Clarissa the moment he heard her words. He caressed her shoulder, his eyes glowing in surprise. “Really?”“Yes.”“Why aren’t you happy?”“It’s not that. There’s too much going on. I haven’t been able to get out of so many things. Besides, it’s not the first time I’ve been pregnant. Compared to my first pregnancy, I don’t feel as…”It occurred to Clarissa suddenly. She was unhappy during her first pregnancy, and didn’t even want Damien to know that her child was his. Technically, this was the first time he knew about her pregnancy.Clarissa looked up
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