Clarissa fell asleep from exhaustion. When she woke up, she realized that her pillow was damp. Looking up, she noticed that Damien was calling someone just beside the windows.“Have you found her? Where is she?”“I want you to find a place where she could get addicted to drugs. Find her a job with high pay, just so she could afford the drugs. I’ll make her life a living hell! After everything she’s done, I’ll make sure she dies a slow and painful death!”Clarissa could hear Damien’s words loud and clear. He was plotting the most wicked scheme ever to end Connie’s life.Since Connie had fled Genovia and Fenderia, the chances of capturing Connie were slim as she wasn’t a wanted criminal in other countries. Damien decided to take things into his own hands when it came to subduing Connie.It wasn’t the first time Damien had attempted something as evil as this. Perhaps Clarissa had gotten used to his abominable nature, or perhaps she hated Connie as much as Damien. Both of them wanted
Connie sat before the dressing table with Andrew standing behind her. His hand caressed Connie’s face, arousing her feelings in an unusual way.Andrew’s face was occasionally right next to Connie’s, and occasionally far away. The way he behaved distantly perturbed her.“Where are you from?” Andrew asked Connie out of nowhere.“Oh, I was born in Merania, but my parents passed away so I was forced to work here. This place is really nice. It’s treating me well,” Connie said. Connie told other people that her parents had both died. She was afraid they would keep asking about her background and find out who she was if she said she still had family. To her, this was very dangerous. She would rather pretend that she had no one left in the world. “Okay. Don’t move.” Andrew swiveled Connie’s makeup chair. “Let me do your eyelashes and eyebrows. Your brows have a really nice shape. Did you do something to them?”“Yes, a long time ago.” Connie closed her eyes. She could hear Andrew’s soft
Andrew was an exceptional makeup artist. He did top tier work, and was thus paid accordingly. It was the money that made sure he did good work.Andrew was exactly that type of top makeup artist.He had learned his skills back in Merania, before working at the club.Andrew came from an agricultural village. His family was poor, and he was one of four siblings. He was the second oldest, and hadn’t been good in his studies even in his childhood. To reduce the burden on his family, he went to the closest town to learn hairdressing. It was this coincidental opportunity that helped him discover his love for makeup. Back then, there was a makeup artist in his town who specialized in bridal makeup. When she worked, she would be on-site to do touch-ups as well. Andrew always followed her around after work to learn some of her skills, and had a good relationship with her. They would cook together, and she would mend his clothes and keep good food for him. Once, while she was at work, she woul
The person who shared the rented place with Andrew was a night owl. He slept in the morning, and went out at night. Once, Andrew asked why his roommate never worked and instead went out to fool around.The other man looked at Andrew meaningfully and said, “You don’t get it, do you? I go out to make money. You can make a lot more money at night than in the day.”“At night? Do you work the night shift at a factory?” As a village kid, Andrew didn’t know the tricks to earning money in a big city. “Are you stupid? Don’t you know what a male escort is? We service rich women. They don’t feel at all troubled at spending money on us. I earn five figures a night!” He held up his palm, looking pleased at himself.“That much? Are these rich women crazy? Why would they spend so much?” Later on, Andrew seemed to get an inkling of what was going on. The women from his village who had gone to the city and earned lots of money always came back dressed garishly. They could even afford to build ho
Andrew’s eyebrows were tightly knitted. He seemed completely unwilling to back down. The way he looked now made Connie feel that he was very attractive, standing up for righteousness. The actress had her arms crossed, her expression prideful. She must have felt that her position as queen bee was being threatened. She would rather die than apologize to Heather and Andrew. Who were they to stand up to her, after all?She turned her head to the side and gave a cold huff. Everyone at the shooting site was excited for the show. They watched without intervening as the actress and Andrew got into a deadlock. To them, the actress was a famous local star, while Heather and Andrew were mere foreigners.Thus, no one bothered to get involved. Andrew turned and said solemnly to the director, “Sir, I’m sorry. I can’t work on such a racist set. I want to leave.”Then, seemingly instinctively, he pulled Connie by the hand and said, “Let’s go.”The two left without any reservations, and got
Andrew and Connie were officially dating. Sometimes, Connie would stay with Andrew and vice versa. One day, Andrew wanted to take Connie to a bar. Someone wanted to give Andrew a makeup job, and the client was used to hanging out at bars. Since she would be going with Andrew, Connie felt safe enough to go along. However, once she got to the bar, Andrew’s friend took him to a private room. Andrew told Cpmmoe to entertain herself and said that he would be out in a moment.Naturally, Connie had no idea that this bar was a common gathering ground for drug addicts. Sitting at the bar, someone slid her a drink and told her to take a sip. Connie didn’t think too much about it. After taking a sip, she felt blurry, as if she was floating in heaven. The sensation was amazing and wonderful. After drinking it, Connie wanted more. However, the person who had passed her the drink was gone. Andrew hadn’t been talking about work once he got into the private room. In fact, he had been ob
Andrew walked off, but Connie couldn’t follow him. This was her first love and her first relationship. Without a doubt, it would soon be over. Hatefully, she thumped the couch under her. She hated herself and the man on top of her. Afterward, the man gave her the drugs. Greedily, Connie snorted it. She felt like she had become one of the roles she had played before. She was an utter mess. The delight she felt when using the drugs turned into unbearable pain once she was done. When she recalled the way Andrew had looked when he left, and knew that they would soon be over, she ripped at her hair in suffering. She didn’t even notice when clumps of it fell out. In her frustration, she couldn’t help but consume another dose. The next day, Connie went to the salon to see Andrew. Unexpectedly, Andrew looked icy. Connie thought Andrew might have misunderstood and assumed she had cheated on him. He might not know that she was addicted to drugs. Therefore, she knelt before Andrew a
Mrs. Faber felt that this event was much bigger than when she was introduced to Clarissa. She purposely went and got new clothes at the mall, and asked for Clarissa’s opinion whether they were suitable or not. “Whatever it is, you’ll be her mother-in-law. You should show her where you stand. Otherwise, she might bully you in the future if your son prioritizes her,” Clarissa said jokingly.“Yes. It seems that Caleb really listens to this woman. He must like her a lot.” Although Mrs. Faber said this, she was still really worried. Clarissa only smiled. She even asked if it was okay for Bethany to come too. Bethany had been obsessed with finding out what Caleb’s girlfriend looked like. She even demanded that Clarissa invite her when Caleb brought his girlfriend over, saying that they would no longer be friends if Clarissa failed to do so. It made Clarissa actually worry that she would lose a friend if she didn’t invite Bethany. Knowing Bethany’s temper, Clarissa was worried that the
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