Joseph headed upstairs.“What are you doing here?” Luke was surprised to see Joseph. “Did you run into Clarissa and Damien?”“Yeah.” Joseph was pale. They looked like a loving couple, not two people in a contractual marriage. Though Clarissa seemed to be a little resistant when Damien kissed her, it didn’t really mean anything.“Oh, come on! It’s obvious how well they get along, so stop dreaming of breaking them up,” Emily said bitterly. She had deliberately pushed for Damien to come, and obviously, she knew that Joseph was coming. After all, she was the one who’d texted him. It was highly probable that they would bump into each other.She wanted Joseph to know that there was no use in him salivating after Clarissa.“Mr. Moore, don’t listen to her. When Damien came upstairs just now, he felt that Clarissa coming back here to get her clothes was such an embarrassment for a rich person like himself that he raged at her. She refused to listen to him, so he picked her up and left. He
As Clarissa listened to Damien speak, she lost the courage to leave the bathroom.Her originally warm feet were cold again, now that they were out of the water. She was also trembling because of Damien’s words.“I did no such thing!” Joseph defended himself.Damien scoffed. “You had the nerve to come all the way to my home, yet you don’t have the nerve to admit what you’ve done. I hope, for your sake, that you don’t have any wayward thoughts.”“So you set up the audit department for Clarissa’s sake?” Joseph asked. He found it hard to believe that Damien would make such a grand gesture.“Yes, I did. So what?” Damien said calmly. Actually, it wasn’t completely because of Clarissa. It was mainly due to New East Corporation’s extensive financial system and his lack of trust in Howard. Howard was lacking in certain aspects, and he also had his own agenda. However, it was true that Clarissa had led to the setting up of the audit department.“You set the department up for her, but she e
This mixture of guilt and annoyance went on till the next day. At noon, Clarissa asked Lily out for lunch at the same fish and chips restaurant. Unexpectedly, they happened to run into Damien, who was returning to the company with several senior management staff. They had probably gone for a visit somewhere. Clarissa couldn’t help feeling awkward, so she lowered her eyes and even hid behind Lily. When Damien walked past her, he said, “Why are you avoiding me? Also, no fish and chips for you.”Clarissa and Lily came to a stop. His one sentence ruined their plans. Since they weren’t allowed to have fish and chips, they chose to eat pizza instead. At the restaurant, Clarissa was a lot more careful when speaking. She kept her voice down and only addressed Damien as “President Lawrence”.“I don’t know how he found out about those things. I’m in a really tight spot now,” she said dejectedly. Lily felt terribly guilty. After all, she was the only one who told on Clarissa. Fo
The premiere for “Dear Dr. Hill” was held on Saturday afternoon.After visiting her mother, Clarissa attended the premiere with Lily and Landon. Madelynn had given them front-row tickets. It was very lively at the premiere. There Landon took his coat off, revealing his shirt.Lily had purposely made him wear the one Madelynn had bought.Madelynn saw the three of them sitting in the front row.Damien, however, wasn’t with them. Her eyes immediately locked on Landon’s shirt. Since she was the one who bought that shirt, she recognized it instantly.Clarissa and Lily were pretty happy to see Madelynn so pissed off.When the premiere ended, Madelynn took Clarissa aside. “Where’s Damien?”“My husband? He said he wasn’t interested in this, so I’m here on his behalf.”“How about the shirts that I bought for him? Why did you give them to someone else?” Madelynn glared daggers at Clarissa. “Now, you shouldn’t blame Clarissa for that. President Lawrence was the one who gave them to me
That night, when Clarissa went to take a bath, Damien texted his assistant and told him to find out about Clarissa’s university life.After getting into bed, Clarissa warmed herself up in his arms.It was early winter, so the heater had just been turned on. The house had yet to warm up, and Clarissa felt a little cold after her bath.“So, why’d you go to New East Corporation?” Damien looked at her.She paused. “Well… Everyone in Genovia knows how handsome you are.”“Is that so? Does that mean that you fell for me at first sight?”Clarissa laughed it off.The next day, while Clarissa was still at work, Haye’s Suits delivered two shirts to her; one in dark gray, and the other light blue. They had been tailored according to the measurements provided last time. The store clerk asked whether it would be convenient for Damien to try the shirt on. If there were any changes to be made, the store could get them done by this afternoon.Clarissa gave it some thought. Damien had never wo
At dinner at home after work, Damien received a message from his assistant. The assistant told Damien that he hadn’t discovered anything special about Clarissa’s life in university, aside from everyone knowing about her relationship with Zach. The two had been ranked first among a number of couples that were most likely to end up getting married, and they probably would’ve done so if not for Zach’s death. Another thing the assistant highlighted was that Clarissa had only applied for a job at New East Corporation and nowhere else, which also probably had something to do with Zach.Damien put his phone down and didn’t say a single word throughout the meal. His and Clarissa’s first night together had been related to Zach as well. Clarissa was talking to his grandfather about an animal shelter, but Damien wasn’t interested at all.After bathing, Clarissa dried her hair while reading. Damien watched her. She possessed the sort of calm and elegance that an educated woman possessed as
Clarissa kept yawning while eating. She was so, so sleepy.Grandpa Lawrence laughed at her reaction. “Ah, how nice it is to be young! What time did you guys sleep?”Her cheeks burned. “Grandpa!”“Alright, alright.” He laughed cheerily.Clarissa stole a glance at Damien. He was eating with a poker face.It was as if her drowsiness had nothing to do with him.He was a beast at night, and he transformed into a gentleman in the day. He truly was a beast in human skin.“Well, it’s Friday today. You just need to make it past today, and nobody will bother the two of you tomorrow even if you were to sleep till noon,” Grandpa Lawrence said.Clarissa was excited at this, and then looked out the window. The weather was very gloomy, and it would likely rain.“Remember to bring an umbrella when we leave,” she told Damien.“Yeah.” His tone was calm.The moment Clarissa got into the car, she dozed off. She only woke up when they arrived at the company.She was tidying her desk when she re
Even when class was over, Lily had yet to recover from her shock. She patted her chest and said in relief, “I was terrified. Thank God you reacted quickly.”“What’s there to be afraid of?” Clarissa was puzzled.“It’s easy to be brave when you’re watching from the sidelines. Haven’t you ever heard of how ruthless he used to be? He fired the whole public relations department! Anyway, you’re not afraid of him now that you two are sleeping in the same bed, but what about in the past? You were terrified of him, remember?” Lily said.Clarissa had yet to join the company when Damien had fired a whole department, so she didn’t know about it.However, it was true that she used to be rather scared of him. During the team-building activity, she had been scared out of her wits when her phone had rung in his hand.“Help me with something else tomorrow,” Lily continued.“How?” Clarissa stopped walking. For some reason, Lily’s tone gave her an ominous premonition.“I want you to wear something
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