It was hot outside, and they were sweating by the time they got back to their hotel.“Michelle, when Neil told Ivan that you two were married, I figured he’d probably heard my conversation with Ivan in the car. I can’t believe he’s such a chauvinist! Think about it—he’s going around telling the world that you’re his wife, yet he’s fooling around with another woman. Why are you still with him? You should just get divorced!” Mavis was infuriated. “Do you know why I’m still single? It’s because I read too many romance novels when I was younger and thought that all men were perfect. When I grew up and realized what they were really like… The idea of marriage completely turned me off!”Michelle lay down and enjoyed the cold breeze from the air-conditioning without saying a word.After a while, she said, “Let’s go back to Genovia this afternoon.”Mavis was taken aback. “Genovia?”“Yeah. We’ve achieved what we came here to do, haven’t we? They’re already going to sign the contract, so le
As Neil made his way to the Grand Bay, Calvin called Neil and asked when he was going to go back to Genovia. There was work waiting for him, and it was already bad enough that he had wasted three days here on such a small project.“I’ll head back tomorrow,” Neil said.“Tomorrow? Do you have something else to do here?”“Yeah. Now that we’ve signed the contract, I’m worried that the factory won’t produce the products as per the sample. I want to watch them produce a batch first.” Neil was telling the truth, and he was indeed going to make a trip to the factory. Everyone thought that the deal was signed, sealed, and delivered the moment the contract was signed, but there was a lot more to worry about after that. If he made sure that everything was executed perfectly, it would only bring in more business in the future.He went to the factory and told the manager how important this first batch was.While he was busy, Ariana kept calling him.Calvin had already told Damien about Neil’s
Michelle drove to the house.Clarissa was aware of Calvin's phone call with Damien, and the fact that Damien had gone to Ocean City to search for Neil. Since Clarissa was the one who got Neil and Michelle together, Clarissa felt responsible for Neil's affair. Though Damien had separated Neil and Ariana in the past, Ariana had still found a way back to Neil's side. Clarissa felt terrible for Michelle, so she initiated a call to her daughter-in-law."Hi, Mom." Michelle had just returned home after sending Mavis back to her hotel."Michelle, I'm really sorry for letting this happen to you. I should've done a better job of controlling Neil. Don't worry, Damien is on the way to Ocean City. He won’t allow Neil to do anything stupid.""Mom, have you had dinner? Can I have dinner at your house? I don't feel like eating dinner alone at home," Michelle said.Clarissa was shocked. Then, she said, "The maid prepared steaks and pumpkin soup today, along with some sauteed vegetables. You are mo
The Grand Bay, Ocean City.After Neil had dinner at the factory, he returned to the hotel at around eight at night.Ariana was already waiting for him in the room. When she saw him, she was like a bee attracted to nectar.She ripped off Neil’s shirt and placed her hands on his chest. Then, she placed his hands on her breast and leaned against his body. Feeling her warmth, Neil’s body was on fire and he was hard. Suddenly, he thought about Michelle’s indifference and the way she trampled on his dignity without remorse. When she was talking to Ivan, she even dreamed about getting married to Jonah. After saying such a ridiculous lie, she dared to go back to Genovia without even informing him. At this point, Neil was exasperated.Fueled with anger, he grabbed Ariana’s shoulders and was about to dig his teeth into her neck.Right at that moment, the doorbell rang. Neil frowned.“Who’s that? So annoying!” Ariana muttered under her breath.“Can you go and have a look?”“Ugh! What a
When Damien noticed that they were dressed improperly, the first thing he asked was, “Have you done it with her?”Neil didn’t expect his father to be so blatant with his words. Ariana decided to shoot her shot before it was too late. Thinking that she could take the opportunity to impress Damien, she interjected, “We’ve done it multiple times in the past, but we didn’t get to do it just now.”Damien frowned and shot a glare at Neil. “You, come with me!”Damien demanded Neil to break up with Ariana immediately. Ariana struck Damien as a woman who would pull dirty tricks just to get what she wanted. Damien, who was used to having women throwing themselves at him, knew exactly what Ariana was thinking about just by looking at her coy and frail behavior in front of Neil. Most men would fall for her pitiful yet seductive front, but not Damien."Dad, I know what you're talking about. I just can't let go of her," Neil said.Neil didn't know why he was attracted to Ariana. Was it lust? Wa
Looking at Neil's back as he left, Ariana gritted her teeth in frustration. She wanted to retaliate, but she held back at the thought of what Damien would do to her family. So, she went back to Genovia without making a fuss about it."You drive!"When they reached downstairs, Damien ordered Neil to drive. He wouldn't drive all the way to Ocean City just to drive his stupid son back to Genovia again.Damien didn't want Neil to contact Ariana in secret during the journey back, so it was better if Neil drove.Damien sat at the backseat. Along the way, the atmosphere was drowned in silence. They arrived at their house at around nine at night.When Clarissa saw Neil, she was extremely worried. "Neil! How dare you fool around with Ariana again! How could you leave Michelle alone? She's upstairs sleeping right now. You should stay for the night. Take the chance to talk to her."Upon listening to Clarissa's rants, anger grew in Neil. 'Really? Michelle didn't even bother to inform me when
The more she lamented about her situation, the more depressed she became.Luckily, the walls were sound-proof, so Damien and Clarissa couldn't hear their conversation even if they were shouting at one another."Aren't you in love with Jonah too? If you want to have an affair with Jonah, I won't say anything about it!" Neil climbed onto Michelle's body and threatened.Neil felt extremely annoyed at the thought of Jonah. It was as if someone had stabbed a knife right into his heart."I'm not that shameless!" Michelle closed her eyes and continued, "Not only are you flirting around with Ariana, but Rachel is also always trying to get your attention as well! Just how many women are you screwing around with at the same time? Can't you just let go of me? I don't mind being married to you, but can we please have our own lives outside the house?""I will not allow that!" Neil roared.When Neil heard her plea, he was fueled with rage. He was almost driven to madness by this darn woman, bu
After brushing her teeth, Michelle was prepared to meet Caleb downstairs.“Your neck,” Neil reminded her.“What?” Michelle was confused. She looked in the mirror and was shocked to see her neck covered in bruises.“You animal!” she hissed under her breath. Unfortunately, she didn’t have any turtlenecks here that could cover the bruises. Since she had only come here yesterday, she didn’t have any new clothes to change into either. “I’ll have to bring a few more clothes here in the future.”Neil smiled, “That’s more like it.”Michelle was so angry that she was speechless. Her intention was to make Neil feel guilty about leaving a mark on her. Who knew that he would see it as another opportunity to do it again?Since she couldn’t find any clothes that could cover her neck, she placed her hair in front of her chest to hide it from view. Then, she went downstairs.“Caleb, Sheila, good morning! Neil told me that you have something to say to me,” Michelle said. The two of them had alwa
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