“I do care about how she thinks about me,” Neil said, gazing at Ariana.Ariana scoffed, disdainful. “The two of you aren’t in love with each other in the first place! If you don’t love her, isn’t it a matter of time before the topic of divorce comes up?”When Ariana heard that Neil described himself as ‘the perfect man’, she tried her best to stifle her laughter. ‘You? Perfect? You’re far from perfect! Aside from your handsome looks and rich background, you’re an emotionally immature man with an unapproachable personality. Even though you love her, you don’t want to admit it and you want her to confess her feelings to you instead. You like to assert your dominance over the people you like. If she does anything you don’t agree with, you’ll throw childish tantrums to prove your point. Once you fall for someone, you won’t allow her to speak with other men at all. Nobody will ever like you for who you are! It’s hard enough to be around you.’If Neil wasn’t rich and handsome, his weakne
While scrolling through her phone, Michelle looked through her friends’ stories on Instagram. Although she rarely posted pictures of herself there, she still liked to check out what her friends were up to.Right at this moment, she noticed that Ariana had just posted a story last night. Tapping into it, she spotted images of Neil’s sofa and the corners of the living room.Suddenly, she stopped chewing entirely. No matter how tantalizing the fish and chips smelled, tears welled up in her eyes and she couldn’t concentrate at all. She was even afraid to blink. Looking down, she made sure that Raymond didn’t notice her reaction.Raymond carried on, “You have to maintain a peaceful relationship with Neil and your in-laws, okay? If you face difficulties at work, you can always come home. I’m always here to catch your back. Tell me if Neil makes things difficult for you…”Michelle didn’t register any of her father’s words.Michelle stayed in the house for the entire day. The next morning
Neil knew Michelle would call him sooner or later, as he was convinced she cared about him. She was probably just making a fuss out of the situation last night.Neil, being an asshole who couldn’t let down his pride, waited patiently for Michelle to make the first move.Since his wound was slowly recovering, he decided to go to work. If he stayed at home with nothing to do, he would grow even more anxious.These two days, they were both consciously ignoring each other.At first, Neil thought Michelle was just playing the same mind games as him. However, he still didn’t hear anything from her even after two days.He was growing impatient as he thought, ‘If I don’t call her now, does that mean she’ll never tell me that she’s back from Windmere City? Has she forgotten that she has a husband who’s waiting for her to come back? Just when will she call me back?!’Ariana’s deliberate cough had given Michelle a solid reason to avoid going home.At first, Neil hoped for Michelle to reach
Neil was infuriated by Michelle’s provocative words.His conscience dictated him to stay silent, for he was truly in the wrong. There was nothing he could say to defend his actions.“I’m having dinner now. You can choose to eat at your place or eat out. I don’t care. I won’t be going back tomorrow,” Michelle snarled with a cold tone.Neil looked down at her, and his gaze was locked on the bracelet on her wrist. One look at it and you would know that it was something expensive.“Who got you that?” “Roger Mckenny. He gave it to me as a token of appreciation.”Neil sneered, “Look at you, going around seducing old men.”“Roger and I are of the same age. Unlike you, you’re 6 years older than me,” Michelle spat back easily.Once again, Neil was speechless.This was the first time that he had ever felt so humiliated.“Oh, right.” Then, Neil sat back on the bed.He was trying his best to mask his awkwardness after being berated by Michelle.Weird. Why did he feel a sense of satisf
After he finished his meal, he gargled his mouth, scrubbed the plates, and returned to the bed.He couldn’t sleep no matter how hard he tried. Switching on the nightlight, he gazed at Michelle, who was sound asleep. One of her hands was placed on the pillow and her face looked pale and tender. Unable to resist the urge, he pinched her cheeks.Then, he lit up a cigarette. Michelle opened her tired eyes and glanced at Neil. She waved her hands, in an attempt to get rid of the smoke in the air. Frowning in displeasure, she said, “Don’t smoke.”Then, she turned to the other side.Neil couldn’t help but laugh. He wanted to squash the cigarette butt in an ashtray, but he couldn’t because Michelle didn’t have one in the house. Left with no choice, he opened a bottle of mineral water and dumped the cigarette into it. He had only drunk 2 mouthfuls of water from this bottle before it had gone to waste.Neil was the first to wake up in the morning. The moment he opened his eyes, he found him
The dining table at Neil’s place was massive and luxurious, a suitable accessory to a lavish mansion. Every time the two of them sat at the table, they could feel the huge distance between them. In stark contrast, Michelle’s dining table was small and petite with the shape of a square. It wasn’t supposed to fit two people in there, so there wasn’t much space between them.Neil stretched his legs and accidentally kicked Michelle’s.Instinctively, she shifted her position and moved away slightly from him.“Please don’t use my bottle as a makeshift ashtray in the future. It’s disgusting,” Michelle said with a cold expression.“Buy me an ashtray, then.”Michelle was speechless.“I’m coming back tonight. You’d better buy it today,” Neil said with an indifferent expression. He made it sound like it was Michelle’s job to obey him.“Don’t come back tonight!” Michelle warned with her head dipped low.Neil, who was enjoying his breakfast, froze, “Why?”“I don’t enjoy your presence.”“W
Michelle and Amber met at the airport.After they got on the plane, Amber said enthusiastically, “Michelle, Greenville is famous for its tourist attractions! There are a lot of natural heritage sites for us to visit too. Let’s visit them one by one after we are done with our business. We need to make sure our plane ticket doesn’t go to waste! 8k for two trips is a lot for the company, you know? Might as well use it to the fullest!”“Do you think it’s appropriate to be so blatant with your words in front of your vice president?” Michelle joked around. She had never seen Amber that excited.“You’re not just my superior, but you’re my friend! Did you get into a fight with Neil again?” Amber asked.Michelle widened her eyes. “How did you know that?”“Well, what happened to you happened to me before. Do you think you can hide everything from me? You haven’t smiled at all ever since we got on the plane! Let’s take this opportunity to relax,” Amber said with a smile.“What about you? Ha
After he hung up the phone, Neil kicked the chair in frustration.He had some food, and then left the dishes in the basin. He wasn’t in the mood to do chores tonight.Brewing in anger, he lay on the bed while watching the television.The remote control was covered in a layer of dust. It seemed Michelle hadn’t been watching TV in a while now. The moment Neil switched it on, a sports channel was automatically aired, which meant Michelle had set the said channel before turning off the TV.Neil knew Michelle wasn’t an athletic person. It was pretty obvious who she was looking out for on that sports channel.Furious, Neil switched off the television.He thought, ‘How is she capable of pissing me off even when she’s not here? Did she turn to this channel on purpose? No! She didn’t do it on purpose! She just doesn’t care about me! Fuck this woman!’Neil’s hand, which was holding on to the cigarette, trembled.At first, he was tempted to search through her apartment to find pictures or
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