"Three days." Before Mary could finish speaking, the man called Mr. Longhini looked at her expressionlessly and coldly spat out one word."Three days? How is that possible?" Mary immediately shook her head; she knew clearly in her heart that Anthony didn't have the money. "In such a short period, I fear he won't be able to gather that much money.""Two days!" He looked at her and rose from the sofa. Both hands were lazily in his pockets as he walked out. "By this time, the day after tomorrow, if you don't have the money, prepare to collect the corpse." With that, he walked to the door.Mary looked at his tall back; her heart was filled with persistent fear, and the group of black-suited men followed him out of the room. After everyone left, Ivy rushed in through the door with a panicked expression. Looking at Mary, who was standing there expressionless, her whole body slightly trembling and her face pale, she asked with concern."Mary, how are you feeling? What was happening? Who was
Upon hearing this, Antony suggested cautiously."Miss Armani, why not plead with Mr. Murray? He's so rich, and if you become his wife, he will surely be willing to part with you...""Are you trying to get yourself killed? Mary was about to introduce him to Mr. Murray, and you gave him such a big problem. What do you think Mr. Murray would think if Mary asked him now for money to save you?" Ivy scolded in an irritated tone."Isn't this a proof of Miss Armani's love for me?" Antony didn't feel that anything was wrong with his plan."Why are you so stupid? If Mr. Murray finds out, you're a man who only knows how to create problems, a man who doesn't want to completely change the subject. Do you think he would be at ease handing Mary over to you?" Ivy rolled her eyes at him and said quickly.Listening to their discussion, Mary couldn't help but feel a little irritated."Stop arguing, please. I will think of a way to resolve this."After she finished speaking, she turned and walked out the
Leaving the Peony Garden, Mary felt a bit dejected. She originally thought that borrowing money from Clarice was like killing two birds with one stone. How could she save Antony and, at the same time, make Clarice understand that Nicholas loved her, giving them a chance to be together in the future? However, when she saw Clarice and talked to her, she realized that what she had done was basically futile. Telling the truth to Clarice didn't give her any hope; instead, it strengthened her determination never to give up on Edward. What a loss!On the way back, Ivy called her and asked if the money problem had been resolved. She replied only once, saying that she would handle the issue, then hung up the phone and drove towards her home.When she arrived home, the light in the second-floor bedroom was still on. The light yellow curtain covered the entire floor, and the light coming from inside could clearly see a slender figure leaning against the window as if talking on the phone."Mary,
"Then we don't need to worry too much about it. The government has already sold that piece of land to us, so we can simply demolish it." Vice President Elvis's way of doing things had always been quick and decisive; he didn't care about all this."But the other party is not an ordinary commoner. If we come here and force them, when the time comes, things might get out of control. I'm afraid this project..." Luna spoke, concerned.Nicholas continuously twirled an exquisite lighter in his hand, and after murmuring to himself for a moment, he said, "Use my name to set up a meeting with him.""President, do you want to meet him in person?" After Luna heard this, her face was full of shock."Maybe that guy Longhini was waiting for Nicholas to come to him." Vice President Elvis revealed the truth with a single sentence.Upon hearing this, Luna seemed to understand the situation and immediately nodded. "Alright, I will contact his secretary now."At that moment, Vice President Elvis's phone
However, she didn't have time to concern herself with his feelings; the auction was about to start, and her little heart was extremely nervous. The bracelet her grandmother had left for her would appear at the auction tonight. If someone recognized it, she truly didn't know how to explain.Inside the auction room, the auction was about to begin. As the seats were pre-assigned, as soon as they entered the venue, a waiter led them directly to the front row and seated them.After Mary sat down, she became apprehensive. However, she suddenly noticed that in the chair to her left, next to Nicholas, sat a somewhat familiar figure. John Longhini? It was him, how could there be such a coincidence? He was also here. What if he found out about her? She turned her head to the right, facing Clarice, pretending to talk to her. However, her eyes were still glancing in his direction, trying to see if he had discovered her.The auction officially began. The first item to be auctioned was some ancient
Mary's mouth secretly twitched. She hadn't seen him in a long time; it was obvious she had just seen him yesterday. "Mr. Longhini, what a coincidence, I didn't expect you to be here too." Mary's face revealed a smile uglier than crying. "Unfortunately, I came here specifically to look for Miss Armani." John Longhini looked at her expressionlessly. What? To find her? In other words, he had discovered her long ago at the meeting point. So, after pretending for a long time, she couldn't avoid his scrutiny. "However, there's one thing that surprises me. Miss Armani is actually Mr. Murray's wife. I remember yesterday when we met, I heard from Antony that you are his girlfriend." John Longhini looked at her up and down with a playful expression. When Mary heard him say that, she knew in her heart that it wasn't good. If her affair with Anthony leaked from him, then the whole world would definitely fall into chaos. Although Antony was a chess piece for her to make Nicholas divorce her, s
Edward was a smart person; he would never do anything that would make others hate him. Although John Longhini's body completely covered the woman in front of him, and he couldn't see her true face, he understood that in a moment like this, it wasn't appropriate for him to approach and talk too much."Since President Longhini is embracing a beauty now, I won't bother him." After hearing this, John Longhini's face suddenly revealed a gentle smile. "It's a pleasure, Mr. Murray, I'll take my leave first!" Upon hearing this, Edward smiled and gestured for him to go ahead.John Longhini then picked her up and walked towards the elevator, leaving Edward with an indifferent rear view. After entering the elevator and waiting for the door to close, John Longhini let go of Mary's hands. She had a vacant expression on her face, as if she hadn't regained her senses."Have you held on long enough?" He spoke with indifference, and his deep, magnetic voice floated into Mary's ears. At this moment, Ma
"Excuse me." She didn't want to force her way past him, so she could only speak politely to him; however, Nicholas didn't step back. Instead, he took a step forward, closing the distance between their bodies, and turned his head to look at Luna."Go check the bathroom."It turned out he had overheard the conversation between her and Luna, and though Clarice didn't want to bother them, she knew that if Nicholas wanted to interfere, she simply couldn't refuse. So, Luna received the request and immediately headed to the bathroom. Clarice was stuck in Nicholas's position, unable to move, so she could only lower her head."Thank you, Nicholas!""Clarice, tell Edward that there's no benefit in doing things that harm others, but John Longhini is not a good person either." Nicholas's gaze landed on the top of her head, and his voice was emotionless, just pure advice. Upon hearing this, Clarice's face changed slightly.She didn't quite understand what he meant. Losing to others was not benefic