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
Edward accompanied Clarice to the door but did not enter with her. Instead, he watched her enter, then turned and got into the car, heading to an unknown location. As soon as Clarice entered the house, she could faintly hear the sounds of people arguing on the second floor. Before she could ask Beatrice what had happened, she saw her father-in-law, Filippo, descending the stairs with an irritated expression. Without even giving her a chance to greet him, he stormed out of the house. Upstairs, a scream came from the master bedroom.Not knowing what had happened, Clarice followed the sobs towards the master bedroom on the second floor. As soon as she reached the door, she saw Beatrice kneeling on the floor cleaning up the mess, while her mother-in-law, Gretta, sat on the bed, crying with her face covered.Thinking about Filippo's expression when he left, Clarice was almost sure it was her in-laws who had fought, but why? Although she hadn't been in the Murray family for long, and from w
"Clarice, since you entered this family, how have I treated you? Be honest with me!" Gretta took a deep breath and suppressed her internal collapse as she looked at her sternly. Upon hearing her question, a bad premonition arose in Clarice's heart. Did she know about Filippo and Samanta and was now seeking her out to expose him?"You've been very kind to me, and I've always been grateful to you," came Clarice's sincere words from the bottom of her heart, devoid of any hypocrisy."Alright, since you feel that way, I'll ask you to do something for me. Can you promise me that?" Gretta asked."Of course, mother-in-law, what do you need?" Clarice asked in an uncertain tone."I've found out that your father-in-law has someone on the side, and I hope you can help me find that wretched woman." As Gretta said this, her tone and eyes clearly carried hatred. Upon hearing this, Clarice's expression immediately froze. Did her mother-in-law not know that the fox spirit was Samanta herself? Her moth