Chapter 338

lan’s face was as cool as a cucumber, as if his wife’s family fortune hadn’t run into any trouble.

Jeff could only sigh. It seemed that Mr. Raymond really wasn’t fond of his wife.

Well, no need to bring up the Pennyfeather family in front of Mr. Raymond in the future.

“Mr. Raymond, Holden has called twice, asking if you’ve met with Ms. Shepard.”

Holden was on high alert when it came to Carlene.

lan took the contract Jeff handed over, but he thought Holden should be wary of someone else.

As for who that someone was, he knew all too well.

lan had a ton of meetings every day. He never brought his phone into meetings, so he missed the calls Holden and Carlene made earlier.

“Ms. Shepard has also invited you to visit her.”

“How’s Carlene’s recovery going?”

“She’ll probably need to be in the hospital for a while longer.”

at the contract before him, not making a move. After a while, he asked Jeff, “Why would a woman, even though her husband constantly cheats on her,

algorithms, data, and losses, lan was second to none. But understanding women wasn’t his strong

two sexual experiences were both with

divorce. She even defended her husband at every turn.

guard by the

traditional views of marriage. She might see divorce as a failure or think a family isn’t complete without a man. Feminism has only become popular in recent years. Penny might be independent at work but not

situation because he wasn’t sure if his curiosity about her stemmed from

know her and didn’t plan on getting to know her. He was just attracted

circle, marriage was just a tool for two wealthy families to balance their interests.

two people was always physical. Only later would there be the attraction of knowledge, ideas, and souls.

now, he was certain he was only stuck at the shallowest level of attraction. So he didn’t feel a strong urge to get to know her. But ironically, this shallowest level of attraction

lowly pleasure. He needed to

his brows.

been observing him in

while, lan picked up

can’t reach Holden. If they do go bankrupt, it’s

a company was doomed to fail. Survival of the

“All right.”

all her time at the

to see

barely anyone came to visit Carter. Even though he was now lying in the hospital covered

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