“What’s wrong?” Michelle looked at Neil, startled.Neil pinched her cheeks. “Don’t you dare cheat on me when I’m not around.”After all, the Lawrence family wouldn’t have a good reputation if Michelle cheated on Neil. As a man, it would hurt his pride to have people know that he had a wife who didn’t love him.Neil was implying that he didn’t trust Michelle at all!Michelle was angry about it, but she didn’t lash out at him as she always had a mild temper.It was true that the couple didn’t marry each other out of love. Since she didn’t know Neil’s true feelings towards her, Michelle thought it was wiser for her to control her temper.“I’m leaving. Say hi to my father for me.” After that, Michelle turned to leave.Neil left as well.Michelle parked Neil’s car in the underground parking lot. Since the company was just a stone’s throw away from her company, Michelle decided to walk to work for the time being.Working with that artist was the hardest thing Michelle had ever exper
After she sent that message, Michelle fell asleep.In the past, she rarely had any contact with Neil. The only important message to note was when she wanted Neil to return home on a rainy day. Looking through their messages, they didn’t sound like they were essential to each other at all. Even if Neil were to disappear one day, Michelle wouldn’t feel a thing. However, it was different this time. This time, for some reason, they had a lot to talk about.Busy with work, Michelle still didn’t have the chance to ask about her father.Michelle: [Have you visited my father?]Neil: [I’ll visit him tomorrow.]Michelle: [Okay, tell me when you’re there.]Neil: [Sure.]Exhausted from working all day, Michelle slept peacefully.The next day, Neil visited Raymond’s company without telling Raymond beforehand.Since Raymond held Neil in high regard, Neil was worried that Raymond might have his employees make a welcome party for him. That would be embarrassing.With Michelle’s gift in his h
“Let’s not talk about that anymore. Since you’re already here, what would you like to eat?” Raymond asked.“It’s fine. I’m not staying for long. I have some matters to attend to in the evening, so I’ll have to return to Genovia right after this. Next time, I’ll come to visit with Michelle.” Neil stood up. He was about to leave his office.Time was of the essence to a businessman like Neil.“Are you sure? I’ll pick a gift and ask my driver to send it to Michelle, then,” Raymond said.“Sure,” Neil said.Neil boarded the high-speed rail back to Genovia. Since he had nothing to do at the suite and the journey wasn’t too long, he thought about his conversation with Raymond earlier. The more Raymond tried to hide his tragic love life, the more intrigued Neil was. It seemed Michelle wasn’t the only one with unrequited love. Her father shared the same fate as well.Feeling bored, he thought about talking to someone. Then, he messaged Michelle.Neil: [Your father used to date a woman a f
When they arrived at Clarissa’s house, Clarissa was making pasta while the maid was preparing some seafood. Neil and Michelle sat beside the dining table while waiting for the food to be served.When Clarissa noticed the couple, she beamed.“Michelle, did you pick up Neil from the station?”“Yes, I did,” Michelle replied.After they finished dinner, Neil and Michelle went back home.Since Neil was a borderline clean freak, he went straight to the shower before organizing his luggage.“Michelle!” Not long after, Neil called out to Michelle from the bathroom.“Yes?” Michelle had already returned to her room. She wouldn’t want to organize Neil’s things for him. After all, they were still not that close to one another. “Can you get my towel for me? It’s on the balcony in my bedroom.” The maid must’ve washed his towel and had forgotten to put it back while Neil was on his business trip.Alright.”Michelle didn’t think too much about it. After she got the towel, she walked to the
When Michelle entered the living room for breakfast the next day, Neil was already enjoying his food at the table.Today, the maid had prepared fish and chips for Michelle. It was her favorite.When she saw the fish and chips, she smiled happily and exclaimed delightedly, “Fish and chips! My favorite!”“I didn’t know you like fish and chips.” While cutting through his medium-rare steak, Neil tossed his head over and looked at Michelle, who was almost drooling.“I’ve loved fish and chips ever since I was a child. My chef at home knew I liked this, so he always prepared it for me at home,” Michelle continued happily.“What did you say to me last night?” Neil asked.For a while, Michelle didn’t understand what Neil meant by that. When she realized what he was getting at, Michelle shoved a mouthful of chips into her mouth to avoid his question. Then, she bent forward and wiped her mouth with a piece of tissue paper.“Ew.” Neil looked at Michelle’s humorous facial expression. He didn
Michelle passed by the living room and was about to enter her bedroom.Suddenly, Neil changed the channel and team Ferrance appeared on the screen. It was a basketball match that had happened in the past.Michelle knew Jonah was part of team Ferrance.She thought, ‘Is he doing this on purpose? Is he trying to upset me?’At first, Michelle planned to treat Neil to a meal. Now, she regretted even having that thought.This time, she didn’t stop to watch the show. Without turning her head, she planned to walk straight to her room.Suddenly, the sound of a person falling down echoed into her ears. Michelle could already feel the intense pain from the painful groan.She turned around and the image on the television shocked her to the core. The injured person turned out to be Jonah!Michelle was petrified. Shivering from head to toe and clenching her fists, she stared at the subtitles: “Jonah Maben is currently suffering from a serious knee injury. He’s clenching his teeth, and is swe
Neil opened the door forcefully.“I’m not going to Emmeria!” Michelle shook her head.She didn’t know what to make of her past relationship with Jonah. Though she didn’t know how to feel right now, one thing was for sure: she hadn’t spoken to Jonah at all ever since he left her. After all, she was never good at confrontation. So what if she got to talk to Jonah again? It was still an undeniable fact that she was already a married woman!“Go back to your room! I don’t care about what you think at all! If you miss him that much, go and visit him at Emmeria. Don’t you dare show up in front of me again!” After saying that, Neil wanted to close the door again.“No! Don’t close the door!” Michelle didn’t know what to do. All sorts of emotions were surging through her brain at the moment. Almost driven to madness, she blurted out, “You… you had a lover too! You even slept with her! I didn’t do anything wrong!” “I did sleep with her, but that was before we got married! What about you the
When Michelle woke up the next day, she walked out of her room, only to notice Neil in the kitchen enjoying his breakfast.Michelle didn’t feel like eating. So, she passed by the living room and ignored Neil.“Stay right where you are,” Neil said sternly.Michelle froze.“Mrs. Harris made your favorite fish and chips,” Neil said.Michelle turned around and saw the food on the table, along with Mrs. Harris’s hopeful expression.It turned out Mrs. Harris had made the fish and chips specifically for her this morning.In the end, Michelle stayed for Mrs. Harris.“Are you still going to Emmeria?” Neil asked.Michelle’s hand froze while she was eating. “I’ve never agreed to go to Emmeria.”After the fight they had last night, Neil wasn’t as angry as before. However, he still sounded sarcastic when speaking to her. He even scoffed at her reply.“I won’t be back for dinner tonight. I’m meeting with Amber,” Michelle said.Since she was only a tenant in the house, Michelle still need
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