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.”

the contract before him, not making a move. After a while, he asked Jeff, “Why would a woman,

losses, lan was second to none. But understanding women wasn’t

experiences were both with Maja. They were quite the

she didn’t want a divorce. She even defended her husband at every

guard by the sudden change in topic.

few seconds, he responded, “I think the majority of married women just put up with it, especially housewives. Penny might be competent, but I think she’s still stuck in traditional views of marriage. She might see divorce as a failure or think

very cool–headed person. He hadn’t looked into Maja’s family situation because he wasn’t sure if his curiosity about her stemmed from physical

know her and didn’t plan on getting

lan’s social circle, marriage was just a tool for two wealthy families to balance

would there be the attraction of knowledge, ideas, and souls. Love for a

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

him, this was a lowly pleasure. He needed

furrowed his brows.

observing him in

a while, lan picked up his

reach Holden. If they do go bankrupt, it’s their fault.”

obvious deception. Such a company was doomed to fail. Survival of the fittest, there was no need to feel sympathy

“All right.”

all her

to see who Carter might

he was now lying in the hospital covered in bruises,

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