When Neil saw Ariana’s message, he immediately knew what Damien was up to. But if he turned back now, it would only make Damien angry, and this would make his father take even more extreme measures. More importantly, Neil was too irritated to care. He wasn’t that worried about Ariana, to begin with. He had been preoccupied with Jonah and Michelle.He went back to the villa. It was silent, and the lights weren’t on.After showering, he went to Michelle’s room. The door was shut, but not locked.He needed to vent his anger and jealousy.Ha! She had always been scared of being alone, hadn’t she? Mrs. Cross wasn’t around today, but she had gone to bed just fine. Perhaps she wasn’t scared because her mind was filled with thoughts of Jonah.This only made Neil angrier.He turned her bedside lamp on. He had never stepped foot in her room, aside from that time when he had come to give her his basketball jersey for her to wash. That was also when he saw the bloodstained bedsheet.The w
To prove she wasn’t thinking about anyone other than Neil, Michelle didn’t resist. She pretended to respond with enthusiasm.How could Neil not be able to tell the difference? He wasn’t a complete idiot.It was a rough night, but Michelle didn’t say a thing. This only fueled Neil’s anger.When they were done, she scooted away from him to have some space, but he refused to let her go. He dragged her back into his arms and wrapped them around her tightly. Even though his breath tickled her as it fanned over her neck, Michelle didn’t dare move.To her, marriage was an important institution. She looked down upon adulterers, so she would never be one.Neil had been much too rough last night, and she couldn’t really sleep because of the discomfort.Since neither of them had told Mrs. Cross to come over the following morning, there was no one to prepare breakfast. Michelle got up early, prepared something simple, and even went out to buy some pastries before waking Neil up.After washi
In Michelle’s car.“How are we going to have lunch at New East Corporation?” Amber asked.“Uh…” Michelle suddenly realized that she didn’t know the answer to this. Then again, such a huge company probably had its own cafeteria. “I suppose they have a cafeteria.”“You don’t know?” Amber was surprised. “Don’t you care what your husband has for lunch?”Michelle was rendered speechless.…Back to the night before.Ariana wanted to sneak out of her room in the middle of the night and flee, but she couldn’t open the door. Though she had a key, it was for the original lock. She was also afraid of waking Damien up.She couldn’t help thinking that Damien was really out to get her this time!Left with no choice, she holed up in the room and decided to leave the next morning once he was gone.The following morning, Damien left right after waking up. Before that, he locked the doors.Ariana barely slept, and her brain was a pile of goo. She had texted Neil the whole night, but he hadn’t
News about socialites climbing trees was rather novel, and in the photos, Ariana looked disheveled and dirty. It was as if she’d come to hook up with someone, only to fail miserably.Soon, the article went viral. After all, it was humiliating and disgraceful for a woman in her prime to be caught doing such a thing.There were all sorts of comments regarding this incident, and one of them read, “I bet she went there to hook up with President Lawrence. She must’ve deluded herself into thinking that he was a willing participant! After all, if he really wanted to sleep with her, he would’ve asked her to go in through the door. Why take the window? Word has it that he wasn’t even at the apartment—she was the one who showed up there of her own volition!”Ariana was absolutely humiliated.…At noon, Michelle and Amber went to the cafeteria for lunch.Now, all of New East Corporation knew that Michelle was their president’s wife. As she ate, many people greeted her politely.“Man, with
Michelle knew Neil had gone to Verrington Town last night. To this day, she hadn’t stepped foot there; Ariana was the only woman there, and Michelle didn’t even need to think to know what they had done together.When Neil saw how calm she was, he asked, “Aren’t you going to ask about what happened?”After a long silence, she said, “You already know about me and Jonah, and you’re aware of how I feel. I’m tainted now, so I don’t have the right to ask.”In other words, she had committed emotional adultery, and he had committed physical adultery. Neither of them had the right to be disdainful of the other.Neil gritted his teeth and said hoarsely, “Bring the proposal up to me later. I want to go through it!”Fuck! She had admitted to cheating on him emotionally!That was even worse than just sleeping with someone else!He wanted to rip her to shreds.Michelle paused. In general, the department head would go through the proposal; even Calvin wouldn’t do it, let alone Neil. He just w
After hanging up, Jonah pondered the situation for a long time.Neil must’ve caught something from the video during the anniversary celebration. Jonah was nothing but a basketball coach, and he was obviously no match for Neil. There was no need for him to personally hand a report to Neil, so it was likely that Neil had a hidden agenda.Jonah was worried that Neil would make things hard for him and make Michelle feel bad, so in the end, he decided not to go.He spoke to the team manager and asked the latter to hand in the report on his behalf as he had something to attend to. The team manager, Owen Nox, did not shy away from social interactions. Owen also wanted to take this opportunity to speak to Neil about upgrading their facilities, so he agreed easily.That afternoon, Jonah didn’t have anything to do, so he decided to go for a walk. As he strolled along, he seemed to travel four years back in time to Windmere City. He was walking along a path while Michelle ran after him, calli
After leaving Neil’s office, Owen asked Amber where Calvin’s office was. She wasn’t too sure, so she could only tell him which floor he was on before leaving.She returned to the planning department and saw that Michelle was still packing up.“Did it go through?” Michelle asked.“Yeah, he didn’t ask any questions. I suspect that he signed it without even really looking at it. We can start decorating the venue tomorrow,” Amber said. “I told you you were overthinking this.”Michelle wondered whether she had really been reading too much into this.“Oh, right. Is Mr. Conrad’s office on the twentieth floor? Someone wanted to pass some documents for him and asked me about it,” Amber said.“Who was it?”Amber thought about it. “I think he’s from some basketball team. He was here to hand in a report on Jonah’s behalf, and he even asked President Lawrence about upgrading their facilities.”Michelle trembled. Based on her understanding of Neil, he definitely had no qualms about arranging
Michelle faltered at his awful words. What was wrong with Neil? Why was he so obsessed with things that had happened in the past?“Yes, it does!” she said.“When you’re done tidying up your clothes, tidy mine too,” Neil said.“Okay.”After dinner, he washed the dishes while she tidied her wardrobe. When she was done, she went to Neil’s room. His clothes were actually tucked away neatly, so she didn’t need to do much besides putting his summer clothes away. After all, there weren’t many days of summer left.Neil came in. “Don’t just focus on the clothes. Remember to tidy up my underwear too.”Michelle didn’t say anything but took his underwear out of their storage compartments and tidied them up.“Once you’re done, we’re gonna move all of this to your room. I’m going to stay there from now on.” Neil sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette while watching Michelle bustle about. She looked calm, but who knew what was going on in her heart?She looked up at him in confusion.“We’re m
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