This time, Francis was determined.“Grandpa Fergerson, you shouldn’t bother with these matters. Leave them to Caleb to handle.”Francis had a smile on his face. He patted her back but sighed heavily, remembering she was no longer his granddaughter-in-law.Penny sensed Sir Fergerson had more to say, so she had Aunt Lucy bring a cup of tea.Francis seemed somewhat hesitant. He kept silent for ten minutes before speaking words that had been buried in his heart.“Caleb grew up with me in the military. No one from the Fergersons cared about him, but the kid is quite capable. He went abroad for three years and accumulated more assets than the entire Fergersons. It's just that no one knows about it. "The largest acquisition case on Wall Street back then was orchestrated by him. He wasn't even 20 at that time, and exactly how many companies he acquired opportunistically, no one knows.”Francis took a sip of tea as he spoke.“It was because I watched over him that he was willing to tak
The next morning, the hospital informed her of the results.The blood relations matched. Charlotte and Zane were father and daughter. Penny felt as if a thunderbolt had struck her head. She sat on the sofa, momentarily forgetting to react.The breakfast on the dining table had gone completely cold. Despite the floor heating in the room being turned on, she felt chilled to the bone.Maeve was the person she loved most in this world.Maeve had given her ample love, built a healthy world of love for her, and prevented her from complaining about her living environment since childhood.When she initially found out she was not Maeve’s daughter, she was in pain because she truly loved her.She had lamented countless times that she must be the luckiest girl in the world to have such a good mother like Maeve.Even during numerous nights of tearful sorrow, she fell asleep thinking of Maeve.However, the reality before her eyes felt like countless slaps in her face.Charlotte, whom she
Penny got to her feet. “You’re right, Ms. Shaw. It’s just as you said. What is destined will happen in its own time; what is not destined won't happen no matter how hard you try."Charlotte began shuddering. She slammed her fist on the glass in front of her with all her might. “Don’t try to act coy, you bitch! I still have parents who love me no matter what I do, but do you have anyone on your side? You don’t even know where your parents are. You’re an illegitimate love child! "Caleb doesn’t have feelings for you either! What a pitiful woman you are!”Penny slammed a check for 500,000 dollars onto the table.“I’ll have you escorted out of the country, and you’ll be restricted from entering the country. You’ll never be seen in Imperial City ever again.” “What gives you the right to do that?! You bitch! I haven’t lost this game yet!”Charlotte was losing control of her emotions, but she was escorted away. Penny sat back down as a wave of intense sadness washed over her. She
Penny did not want to talk about anything related to Caleb and thus came clean to him. “Mr. Fergerson has grown tired of his plaything, so I had no choice but to find another way of feeding myself.” She spoke of Caleb growing sick of having her as his plaything in a matter-of-fact tone. Sean’s eyebrows knitted themselves together. For some inexplicable reason, he felt uncomfortable hearing that.He was fickle, but his gut told him that Penny was not a plaything one could tire of. It was much more likely that she was the one toying with Caleb. “No need to be too sad. It’s not like Caleb is the only man left on earth.” However, his brother had once told him that it would be unwise to make an enemy of Caleb.“This man spent every hour of every day analyzing data on Wall Street, which has historically never been a place for someone like us. "Several seniors were annoyed by how he was forcing his way into the industry, and they had him thrown into an underground fight club.”
“We won’t be able to film anything related to this anytime soon. Ever since that fan-related incident, this topic has become restricted, which is why I’m not working on anything related to this currently.” Logan was the one speaking. He gazed at both Sean and Caleb respectfully as he spoke. “I do have two other screenplays ready for production with me, though. Perhaps you could take one each? What do you think, Mr. Sean and Mr. Fergerson?” Logan had a gleeful glint in his eyes. After all, these men were both renowned individuals in their respective industries. Now, here they were in his home asking him for screenplays. It was a testament to the impact he had in the industry.Logan produced high-quality screenplays, but more importantly, he had plenty of mentees. Sean chuckled as he glanced at Caleb. “I came to Imperial City to test the waters, Mr. Fergerson. If you’re interested in these works, I’m happy to let you have both of them.” After all, the Strauss family did not
Caleb stood with a hand in his pocket as he allowed his cold gaze to roam across her body.“Is there anything else you can do other than seduce men?”The look on Penny’s face instantly turned frosty. “My hook ups aren't bothering you, are they, Mr. Fergerson?” Caleb felt like he had just received a blow to his chest, and a surge of annoyance washed over him.As he gazed at her elegant-looking face, which was currently spouting unfiltered nonsense about wanting to seduce men, he could not stop himself from clenching his fingers together. “Well, you used to work for me as my secretary. Can’t I just ask you a couple of questions?” “You've already fired me, Mr. Fergerson. Or are you interested in a stranger’s private life?” Penny thought Caleb was being ridiculous. She got into her car. However, the indicator for her tires chose that moment to light up. Her eyebrows knitted themselves together.She got back out of her car to check and realized she had a flat tire.Since she
Finn, who was seated opposite him, noticed everything going on. “Feeling the effects?”Caleb took his suit jacket off, the veins on his hands popping. He could not stop himself from clenching his fingers together. He looked up at the glamorous chandelier. His Adam’s apple bobbed as he did so, and his eyes turned slightly red-rimmed from the heat that suddenly burned within him. If he had not known for a fact the wine he was drinking had not been tampered with, he would have begun suspecting he had gotten drugged. …Meanwhile, in another corner…Penny gazed at the nervous-looking lady sitting before her as she introduced herself once again.“You can call me Penny. No need to be so nervous.” The girl’s heavy frames took up more than half of the space on her face. She glanced up at Penny briefly before hurriedly lowering her head again. Their server walked over to take their order.Penny placed the menu before the girl. “Why don’t you pick some stuff you'd like to have, D
Earlier in the day, Caleb had put up a distant front. Not too long after, he suddenly dismissed everyone and reserved the entire restaurant.Penny was unsure about his intentions and cautiously approached him.After she sat down, she heard him ask, "Finn said you're married?"Caleb's friends knew only about his divorce but were unaware that Penny was his ex-wife, so she was still a married woman to them."I got a divorce."Caleb raised an eyebrow. "Why did you get a divorce?""Mr. Fergerson, this has nothing to do with you. I really need to go."When she said this, her gaze fell on one of Caleb’s body parts. What she saw stunned her. Penny thought to herself, ‘How is he horny all the time?’ Caleb did not hide his intentions and openly examined her."I hired you as my secretary with no other conditions?"Penny froze in her seat. There were, in fact, conditions, but she could not say them.They had agreed to not sleep together, but she could not refuse if he insisted on kis