My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Chapter 281-290

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“Mary, I need a favor from you for my divorce.”

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Once Mary read this message, her eyes brightened, and she immediately put aside her intention to block the sender, eagerly replying. “What favor?”

“Howard has been wanting to work with your company. Can you give the project to him?”

The breath that Mary had been taking smoothly suddenly became erratic!

Her eyes reddened with anger.

Was Keera thinking of her as a fool?

In fact, with just one word from her, she could give Howard the money. She didn’t even care about the profit from that project.

But why did Keera have to deceive her with such

tricks?

Mary’s fingers trembled with anger, and she started typing. “Keera, you’ve deeply disappointed me! I’m cutting ties with you!!”

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After she composed the message and was about to send it, she saw that Keera had sent another message. “Then put a higher amount for the penalty in the contract, ten times is best. If the project fails, initiate the recovery of the penalty and sue the company. By then, Howard, not wanting to be implicated, will definitely leave the company, house, and Amy all to

me.”

Mary was dumbfounded.

She immediately deleted what she had sent and resentfully composed a new one. “Princess, your knight is ready and waiting. smiling_face.jpg”

Amy had already fallen asleep.

After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.

She asked, “What did you just send?”

Mary replied in a second. “Nothing. I sent it by mistake. I promise it’s nothing bad.”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She shook her head and set the mobile phone aside.

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Her divorce plan was just like the messages she sent Mary. She could have asked Samuel to handle it, but that would always leave traces.

Within Keera’s circle of friends, only Mary’s help would be the least conspicuous.

Next, all she needed to do was play the role of an idiot who was calm and patient despite her husband’s infidelity and mother-in-law’s abuse, focused only on her family!

With a smile tugging at her lips, she turned over and silently went to sleep.

The next morning.

After getting up, she took Amy to the early learning class and then took a taxi to Howard’s office… no, th should be Keera’s company, Keera South Technology Co., Ltd.

The company rented a small office in a building, with about ten employees inside.

When she arrived, Mary was already waiting for her in front of the building in her sports car, dressed in elegant designer clothes.

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Upon seeing Keira, she immediately curved her lips

into a smile. “Keera, how do I look today? I hope I’m not embarrassing you with this outfit?”

Keira replied with a thumbs-up and a smile.

The two entered the building together and approached

Howard’s office.

Before they could open the door, they heard embarrassing noises coming from inside.

Keira’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Howard’s lover, Cindy, was his secretary, and the two of them had hooked up in the office. Right now, they were on the sofa, shamelessly canoodling.

Cindy’s skirt was hiked up to her waist.

Howard’s pants were also down to his knees…

The moment Keira opened the door, she saw Cindy’s bare back…

Startled by the sound, they both jumped and hurriedly dressed. Howard turned furious upon seeing Keira. “Keera, who let you in?!”

Cindy also had no shame at being caught in the act.

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After getting dressed, she took a look at Keira and said with a mix of sarcasm and mockery, “Madam, don’t be angry. It’s not what you’re thinking between Mr. Smith

and me…”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She wasn’t blind!

Seeing her silence, Cindy went on. “It’s all my fault. I seduced Mr. Smith. Don’t blame him…”

As Cindy spoke, she glanced at Keira but saw that the woman’s expression remained unchanged, showing no hint of pleasure or anger.

She was suddenly at a loss for words.

Wasn’t this the moment for Keera to slap her?

However, if Keera didn’t slap her, she would take

matters into her own hands..

Cindy reached out her hand and slapped herself before looking up with teary eyes. “Ma’am, I realize my mistake… please don’t look at me like that…”

Howard, though, had already charged over and pushed Keira aside. He held Cindy and said angrily, “Keera,

what are you doing? She’s carrying my child. If

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anything happens, I won’t let you off the hook!”

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Keira silently watched them, feeling beyond words.

What had she done?

That little schemer had been talking the whole time, and she hadn’t said a word.

She twitched the corner of her mouth, lowered her head to hide the mockery in her eyes, and spoke in a soft, weak voice. “Howard, I’m here because Mary wants to collaborate with our company…”

At these words, Howard finally noticed Mary standing behind Keera, and he was momentarily taken aback.

Mary was glaring at him, wanting to scold him, but fearing she might mess up Keera’s plan, so she threw contract at him. “Stamp it and sign it!”

Howard immediately took the contract with a smile on his face. “Miss Davis, you and Keera have reconciled?”

He glanced at the contents of the contract; it was for a new energy cooperation research and development project.

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Their company’s research personnel had to provide research results for Mary’s company in one month. If they failed to complete it on time, they had to pay a penalty of ten times the amount, about twenty million.

This clause was deliberately made as an invisible condition, which non-professionals wouldn’t be able to

discern.

Howard glanced over it casually and delightedly signed his name with the company’s seal.

Then he grinned. “Miss Davis, you should come over to the house more often. Keera, really, how could you block Miss Davis over such a trivial matter? You’ve been good friends for so many years…”

Mary snorted but didn’t speak.

Keira looked at Howard; hesitating to speak. “… You haven’t come home in several days, and Amy misses her daddy.”

Howard immediately laughed. “I’ll come home tonight to have dinner with Amy. Alright, you can go now!”

Keira gave Cindy a “triumphant” look, then “reluctantly” left with Mary.

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Once she left, Cindy started to get unhappy. “Aren’t you staying with me tonight?”

Howard said bluntly, “I was just appeasing her in front of Mary. Can’t you tell? I haven’t been home for a few days, and Keera is already thinking of ways to please me… With the Davis family’s collaboration, our company can make a few million a year!”

Cindy then became happy. “I knew it. You’re the best…”

“Of course…”

Howard touched her waist, his eyes gradually

becoming lecherous. “They’ve left, shall we continue?”

Mary, on her way downstairs, couldn’t help but want to vomit. “That was disgusting! Is he really going home tonight?”

“He won’t.”

Keira replied.

Meanwhile.

At the Olsen residence.

Ellis held the DNA test results and hurried into Uncle

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Olsen’s study. “Uncle Olsen, the test results are out!”

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Uncle Olsen didn’t go to the Olsen Group. Ever since Jodie South went missing, he had promoted Ellis,

handing over the corporate affairs to the young man

in advance.

As for Sam, aka Uncle Olsen, he devoted all his energy to searching for traces of Jodie.

Unfortunately, up to now, there had still been no leads.

Upon hearing what Ellis had said, he frowned and

stretched out his hand. “Give it to me.”

Ellis placed the report on Sam’s desk.

Sam glanced at it and froze slightly. “She really is the Olsen family’s daughter!”

Ellis nodded, then continued. “I asked the doctor, and

although she’s not my uncle’s daughter, the match is very high. She must be my uncle’s niece.”

Sam was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, “Not your uncle’s? Your uncle was the most dashing in his youth in our family…”

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Sam had Ellis do a DNA test for Keera and his second brother, thinking that Keera might be his brother’s illegitimate daughter.

Ellis then asked, “If she’s not your uncle’s, whose could she be? You only have two brothers…”

Hearing that, Sam immediately looked toward Ellis.

Ellis was taken aback. “Why are you looking at me like

that?”

Sam then said, “Could it be your dad’s?”

“Pfft…”

Ellis nearly lost it and said, “That’s impossible! My parents love each other so much! Don’t talk nonsense

here.”

Sam looked at him and remained silent, but his eyes

were filled with pity.

Unable to resist, Ellis said, “Uncle, have you never considered that she might be your daughter? She also has the surname South, and the Mrs. Olsen you are

searching for has that surname as well… It isn’t a common surname, you know?”

“It’s impossible.”

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Sam spoke with absolute certainty. “I’ve told you before, I know whether I’ve done that sort of thing. Since Keera isn’t your uncle’s, then she must be your dad’s. Go do another DNA test. Our family’s daughter can’t be left out in the cold. And it seems like she’s not living well. If she really is your half-sister, you should help out where you can. After all, our family needs a daughter!”

Ellis was speechless.

He twitched the corner of his mouth and finally walked out of Uncle Olsen’s room, silently making his way to his own parents’ place.

Could Keera really be his dad’s illegitimate daughter?

Thinking of his father’s henpecked demeanor, he still

found it unbelievable.

Ellis then turned back to glance at Uncle Olsen’s study, suddenly smiling as he took out a strand of hair from

his hand.

“Since my dad is under suspicion, Uncle Olsen could also be a suspect, so why not test both to clear things up?”

Ellic entered his father’s room again took hig

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toothbrush, and handed everything to his assistant to

send to the testing center.

The secretary suddenly said, “Mr. Ellis, I think I saw

Lewis Horton in Clance.”

Ellis was a little stunned, then smiled. “How is that possible? He has a trauma about Clance. He wouldn’t come here. You must’ve seen someone else!”

But the secretary was puzzled.

Could that be the case?

Ellis then asked, “How’s the matter I asked you to look into going?”

The secretary, upon hearing this, promptly handed the researched information over to Ellis. “We’ve found

some information. This Keera’s birth mother is unknown, and seems like she’s an orphan. Her adoptive parents are middle-class, and Keera is quite ordinary herself. She attended a second-rate school, fell in love, and married her college boyfriend. He married into her family, and she handed over the company management to her husband, Howard Smith…

The secretary paused here.

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Ellis then said, “What about her?”

“She got pregnant and has been home taking care of her husband and teaching her child. She never went back to work again.”

Ellis stopped in his tracks. “What did you say? Her

parents raised her all the way through university just for her to become a housewife? Is her husband good to

her?”

The secretary cleared his throat. “Quite the contrary, according to our investigation, Howard had an affair not long after they were married. Unfortunately, Keera seems oblivious. Her friend Mary Davis told her about it, but she ended up blaming Mary for spreading

rumors…”

Ellis raised his eyebrow. “And then?”

The secretary went on. “Later, Howard said Mary always bad-mouthing him and convinced Keera to ties with her. It appears that Keera really did block

Mary.”

These words made Ellis’s mouth twitch. “Is she that stupid? To be manipulated by a man like this? Uncle Olsen said she had an easy-going personality, but does

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this look like it?”

The secretary, thinking of the information uncovered, also felt it was unbelievable. “Something happened today. Do you know what it was?”

Ellis asked, “What?”

“That Keera seems to have reconnected with Mary somehow. Who knows how she convinced Mary, but they actually signed a partnership deal… It seems like Keera did it to try to make Howard come back to her…”

“I can’t believe it!” Ellis could hardly bear to listen any longer. “How can there be such a useless, incompetent, and foolish woman in this world?”

The secretary was equally perplexed, “If it’s truly unbearable, why not just divorce? She really is…”

Ellis took a deep breath. “Uncle Olsen has met all sor of people, and I never thought he’d misjudge someone one day.”

He said, “Such a woman better not actually be my real sister. That would be an insult to the Olsen family’s

intelligence!”

The secretary coughed. “It looks like Uncle Olsen

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intends to acknowledge her and then bring her back

into the family…”

Ellis immediately stood up. “I don’t want such a relative! She’s simply too incompetent! Keep an eye on her, and when the DNA test results are out, don’t give them to Uncle Olsen. Give them to me first…”

“Yes.”

After the secretary left, Ellis showed a look of disdain. “That woman is just too stupid!”

Meanwhile.

“That woman is very foolish and extremely easy to manipulate!”

In the South family’s small villa.

Howard’s mother was sitting in the living room, holding Cindy’s hand and saying, “Cindy, don’t mind her. Once you give birth to the Smith family’s eldest grandson, I’ll make sure you’re brought into the family! If she doesn’t want to divorce then, we can just treat

her as a free maid in the house! She can look after You have no idea. Her cooking is so delicious!”

Cindy smiled. “Auntie, my cooking is delicious too.

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Maybe today I’ll show you.”

No sooner had she finished speaking, she deliberately covered her mouth and pretended to gag.

Howard’s mother immediately said, “Don’t even think about it. You’re pregnant now, so how can you go into the kitchen? Let Keera do it. What do you want to

eat?”

Cindy looked toward Keera, who was tidying up the coffee table, and smiled. “I feel like eating fish. It’s just that fish takes a bit of effort to prepare…”

Keira hadn’t expected that Howard would actually come home that evening. He had brought Cindy with

him!

…Their shamelessness was beyond her imagination!

Howard’s mother had already yelled at Keira. “Did you hear that? Go make the fish already!”

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Keira’s eyes dropped, her gaze a shield against the chill.

Indeed, she had to play the part of not wanting a divorce and being utterly compliant with Howard and Howard’s mother, but that didn’t mean she would let herself be so maltreated!

Cindy entering the family as boldly as she did was utterly shameless.

She looked directly at Howard. “The contract Mary gave you today, it hasn’t been stamped by her company yet, has it?”

These words made Howard stand up abruptly. “Keera, what are you implying? Are you threatening me?”

Keira still kept her gaze lowered. “No, it’s just that Mary has always had clear principles, and she’s been finding you disagreeable for quite some time. If she learns that you brought Cindy to the house, I fear it could cause a lot of trouble. Howard, you’ve been keeping a mistress out there, and I’ve endured it, but don’t push me too far…”

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Howard had indeed brought Cindy home to test Keera’s boundaries.

In the past, when Keera knew about his mistress, she had only made a scene and cried once. She didn’t even dare to mention divorce afterward.

So, he decided to bring Cindy home to see if Keera would react as she used to. If so, he could outright bring Cindy into their home…

But he never expected Keera to actually use Mary to threaten him!

Howard wanted to say something but then thought of the major deal with Mary and sneered coldly at Keira before turning to Cindy. “Cindy, her fish isn’t tasty. Let me take you out to dinner!”

Cindy’s complexion immediately changed. “The food won’t be as clean. Pregnant women should have homemade meals.”

Howard’s mother immediately looked at Keira. “Keera, stop throwing a tantrum here. If you continue to be unreasonable, I’ll have Howard divorce you! And then you will never see Amy again!”.

Vairo still kant her hood down seemingly fragile and

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putting on an aggrieved appearance. “Mom, Howard, this house was left to me by my parents, so no concubine shall set foot here. This is my final line!”

Howard’s mother suddenly shouted. “And what about the future, when she’s carrying the Smith family’s

child?”

Keira looked at them with a pitiable gaze. “The child may enter this house, but not this woman.”

Cindy snapped. “You…”

Howard immediately coughed. “Alright, Cindy, let’s go!”

Cindy wanted to say more, but Howard gave her a sharp glance.

Cindy cast a resentful look at Keira but then saw this delicate woman promptly shooting her a provoking glance in return.

In an instant, Cindy understood. Keera was declaring

war!

Ha.

Did she really think she could win?

It was just because she had snagged a deal with Mary

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that Howard was being compliant. Once the contract was signed and the partnership fully established, she would see who really could be arrogant!

Cindy left reluctantly with Howard.

After they left, Howard’s mother scoffed. “Are you satisfied now? Now get on with the cooking!”

“…Okay.”

Keira looked utterly docile.

In the days that followed, she tried her best to play the part of a dutiful wife and daughter-in-law, cooking exquisite and tasty meals that fattened up Amy and

Howard’s mother.

When at home, Keira didn’t talk much but was very

diligent.

Sometimes she would even deliberately seek to please

Howard’s mother.

She overheard Howard’s mother talking to Howard on the phone several times. “Keera is taking such good care of me! Now I just do aerobics every day and nothing else. She’s much more sensible than before and even frequently tries to butter me up. I’m

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thinking. After you divorce her, we could keep her around as a housemaid without having to pay her a salary. Wouldn’t that be wonderful?”

Keira just smirked.

It’s easy to transition from frugality to luxury, but hard to return to frugality from luxury.

In modern society, how could a normal daughter-in-law possibly take care of her

mother-in-law like this?

The more she did now, the more she would satisfy Howard’s mother, and the more comparisons there

would be once she divorced and Howard’s mother

lived with Cindy.

She could almost see the mess they would be in after living together…

A month passed by quickly.

In two days, the contract would expire.

Howard seemed utterly oblivious. His company was unable to deliver the technology, while he and Cindy lived blissfully in their little home outside.

“My lawyer is all ready. As soon as the day after

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tomorrow comes, we’ll sue him!”

Mary said excitedly to Keira, then looked at her earnestly. “Keera, I’m asking you one last time. After a month of the cooling-off period, are you sure? Do you want to divorce him?”

Keira nodded. “I’m sure.”

“Good! I was really afraid you would go soft, using these tactics only to make him have a change of heart.”

Keira changed the subject. “By the way, why did you ask me to meet you here today?”

It was a private restaurant that was very quiet, and the decor made it clear that it wouldn’t be cheap.

Mary immediately raised an eyebrow. “Oh, I’m meetin a blind date here today, so I called you over to help me

check him out.”

Keira was perplexed.

She was a little stunned. “A blind date?”

Mary sighed, “Yeah, it’s a marriage alliance for business reasons! My family’s situation is quite complicated… My parents say this marriage is important, and the other party is of high status. He

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wants

to pick a bride in Clance, and I’m one of the

candidates!”

She propped her chin with both hands, her whole demeanor showing a touch of listlessness. “Keera, sometimes I really envy you. At least you’re free to follow your heart. You married Howard when you

wanted to, whereas I…”

Her gaze drooped. “If the man today takes a liking to me, my parents will have more say at home.”

After saying this, she gave a self-deprecating laugh, then took out a makeup mirror from her bag to touch up her makeup before looking at Keira. “Do I look pretty today? Do you think that man will be impressed?”

Keira saw a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

She pursed her lips and said, “Yes, that man will

definitely be impressed with you!”

People from every social class have their own troubles.

Wealthy families were no exception.

Mary nodded. “I think so too. Among the female celebrities of Clance, my beauty ranks in the top five.

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The men who pursue me could circle the earth. If he has any taste at all, he’ll surely be impressed by me!”

After saying this, she propped her chin again. “But I heard that they originally had no girls in that family. For the sake of the marriage, they chose two girls from the side branches to raise under the main house’s

name. It makes me think if I really marry into that family, I’ll have two hard-to-please sisters-in-law!”

She sighed silently. “Keera, if only you had a brother, I’d just marry him and become your sister-in-law!”

Keira asked, Who’s your blind date?”

Mary sighed helplessly. “He’s from one of Clance’s five major families and is the young master of the Olsen family, Ellis Olsen.”

Keira was dumbfounded.

Just as Mary finished speaking, the door suddenly opened, and Ellis walked in.

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Keira watched as Ellis walked in and sat down at Table

8 not far away.

Mary watched from afar and immediately lowered her voice, anxiously saying, “See that man, Keera? The one in Table 8. How is he? He looks alright, doesn’t he?”

When Keira saw Mary’s cheeks flush, she remembered Ellis’s arrogance in Oceanion and coughed, saying, “It doesn’t matter what he looks like. Personality is key.”

Mary immediately responded with tension. “His personality is fine too. I went to a gathering before and faced some difficulties; he helped me…”

Her earnest justification made Keira immediately realize something and asked, “Do you like him?”

This past month, as Keera, she had come into frequent contact with Mary and had long noticed that this young lady was sharp-tongued but soft-hearted.

Mary’s ears turned red at this, and she said, “No, how could I be worthy of liking him? It’s just a blind date arranged by the family. I came to see if there’s any

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connection!”

This stubborn facade…

Keira understood and smiled. “Yes, right, it’s just a blind date. Why don’t you go over there now? Don’t keep him waiting.”

Mary stood up awkwardly and walked over to Table 8, still adding a line to Keira. “I’m just going through the motions for my family.”

Keira shook her head in resignation at this.

She happened to have her back to Ellis, so he hadn’t noticed her presence.

It wasn’t until Mary circumvented the area that she approached Ellis.

Not knowing what to do with her hands and feet, Mary coughed and stood awkwardly next to Ellis. Then she started, “Mr. Olsen, hello, I’m Mary Davis.”

Ellis raised an eyebrow, nodding toward the chair opposite him as a sign for her to sit down, and then he eyed her seriously.

His gaze made Mary extremely nervous, and she couldn’t help but lower her head to inspect herself,

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worrying about whether anything was amiss. While she was anxiously unsettled, she heard Ellis say mockingly, “So this is what you look like!”

Mary was stunned. “You know me?”

“Heard of you,” Ellis said indifferently. “I don’t think much of your family background, but I was curious to see what a foolish woman like you would look like. As expected, you’re just a vase with appearance.”

Mary was dumbfounded.

She frowned, and her fingers, hidden under the table, clenched tightly as a sudden pang hit her in the chest.

She took a deep breath, looking at Ellis with incomprehension. “Mr. Olsen, is there some kind of misunderstanding between us?”

“No.” Ellis blinked.

He wasn’t familiar with Mary; however, during the recent period of inquiring about “Keera”, he had heard too many ridiculous moves.

Mary’s own best friend was love-struck, but she didn’t stop Keera. She went as far as using her own family’s company to vie for a favor?

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Ellis had always despised foolish, unprincipled people.

Mary’s actions had struck a nerve with him.

Therefore, in addition to his dissatisfaction with “Keera”, he also felt some resentment toward Mary,

Keera’s best friend.

How could he, Ellis, have such an idiotic cousin?!

Correct.

The DNA test results had been out for a while, confirming that Keera was indeed his cousin.

But Ellis didn’t want to acknowledge someone so foolish; thus, he kept it under wraps.

Today, upon hearing that his blind date was Mary, h couldn’t help but come over out of curiosity…

At this thought, he stood up abruptly. “You’re not suitable for me. I’ll pick up the tab for this meal; farewell.”

With that, he left straight away.

Mary still sat there, utterly baffled.

Indeed, she had a good impression of Ellis.

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within was quite awkward. At every gathering, she was always caught between high and low and was often

bullied.

was

Ellis had saved her, and she knew that although he called the devil in Clance, he was a man of principles and loyalty.

At each gathering, she would hide in a corner, secretly gazing at this man.

Her crush was well concealed…

She never imagined she’d get a chance to have a blind date with him. Her feelings were very complex when she came here, which was why she called Keera over to help her calm down.

But what did he just say?

“I just wanted to see what such a foolish woman looked like. As I suspected, she’s nothing but an

empty-headed beauty, a vase with nothing but her

looks.”

Tears welled up in Mary’s eyes.

She was attractive but was always undervalued at home. No matter how capable or how much she

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contributed to the family business, the elders still treated her as nothing but a decorative piece.

Even this opportunity to have a blind date with Ellis was only because the elders felt she was pretty enough to catch his eye…

She was humiliated by her family and now mocked by

Ellis as well.

She clenched her fingers tightly, and tears of shame welled up in her eyes.

But she immediately bit her lip hard and wiped the tear from the corner of her eye with a tissue before

standing up as if nothing had happened.

Keira sensed something was wrong and hurried over, “What happened?”

“It’s nothing.”

Mary clenched her fists. “He didn’t like me.”

“That’s his loss,” Keira immediately consoled her. “You’re beautiful, kind, and smart. He’s simply blind.”

Mary took a deep breath. “Yeah, Keera, let’s go. I have to report back.”

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“…Okay.”

Mary drove the car herself and took Keira back home. As they were about to part, Mary seemed to have recovered, smiling as she said, “The day after

tomorrow, the lawsuit will definitely reach the

company.”

“Okay.”

Keira looked at her seriously, “Mary, thank you. If you have any trouble, remember to tell me.”

“I know.”

Mary waved her hand and started the car. On her way home, she took out her phone and called her financia advisor. “Is the twenty million I asked you to withdra a while ago ready?”

“It’s ready, Miss Davis. It’s the dowry your family gave you. Are you sure you want to use it now?”

Mary looked at the road ahead. “Yes.”

After all, Keera had been a housewife for a few years; she didn’t understand that decisions within a family company like theirs couldn’t be made by one person alone.

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Since she was in charge of the new energy research

and development, it was possible to offer her a

cooperation agreement and to hold Howard’s company accountable as well.

But it seemed that Keera hadn’t fully thought through the subsequent matters.

After the divorce from Howard, all the debt would fall on her shoulders. Where would Keera find twenty

million?!

She couldn’t really let Keera end up on the streets with Amy, could she?

Meanwhile.

Ellis also returned to the Olsen family and entered his. study, where he couldn’t help but say, “So that Mary Davis was her. I remember she was always quietly sitting in the corner at every gathering. Her face is unforgettable.”

Ellis had always remembered her.

Although Mary was quiet and unobtrusive, her face conformed exactly to his aesthetic preferences: bright features with a sense of peace and harmony – the type

he very much liked

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Even when his family told him it was time to marry and have children, the first image that came to his mind was her, but…

Ellis shook his head, “Appearances can be deceiving. She has such a face, but she has wasted her

intelligence. What a pity.”

Hearing this, his secretary asked, “Do I continue to update you on Miss Keera’s affairs?”

Ellis now felt a headache whenever he heard those two

words.

He couldn’t resist complaining, “How can there be such a foolish woman in the world?”

The secretary didn’t dare to speak.

After working for the Olsen family for so many years, he understood their personalities all too well.

The Olsen family always covered for their own!

They could criticize their own cousin, but nobody else

could!

Sure enough, Ellis went on. “Keep an eye on her. Don’t let her be completely taken advantage of. She’s my

cousin, and even if she’s that stupid, at least make sure

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Mary quickly returned to the Davis home.

As soon as she entered the door and saw the people in the room, her expression immediately grew grave.

In their own villa, not only were her parents there, but

so were her other uncles and aunts.

It seemed that all of the older generation of the Davis family had come!

At that moment, everyone was staring at her; her eldest aunt could hardly wait to ask, “Well? Did Mr. Ellis take a liking to you?”

Mary’s fingers tightened instantly, and she looked

down.

She swallowed before saying, “No…”

“No?!”

Her eldest aunt’s voice instantly became shrill. “How could it not be? Mary, are you not gentle enough? Haven’t I told you? When you see Mr. Ellis, talk about horses more; he loves horse racing the most!”

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Her eldest uncle spoke dispassionately, “Don’t rush, Mary. Tell us the details of the blind date so we can analyze it and figure out where the problem lies.”

A trace of shame and anger flashed across Mary’s face.

Her private affairs were to be laid out and scrutinized

in detail?

Her father then intervened. “Brother, Sister-in-law, this, after all, is Mary’s private affair. Since Mr. Ellis didn’t take a liking, then it must mean Mary doesn’t

have such a fate. I think there’s no need to dwell on it

any further…”

Mary’s second uncle immediately scoffed. ” Brother, our eldest brother is the family head, and it’s his turn to speak. Is it your place to interrupt?”

Mary’s father was suddenly at a loss for words.

The aunt spoke disdainfully as well. “Brother, the Davis family was indeed once the primary line of the Davis family’s legacy, but now that the old man has passed away, we can only be considered a collateral line. If we don’t strive in this generation, soon we’ll be

indistinguishable from the most distant relatives!”

Mary’s grandfather was the gooand can of the

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legitimate line of the Davis family. After the eldest took over as family head, Mary’s grandfather broke away to

live on his own.

While Mary’s grandfather was still alive, the first

branch of the family showed them some respect, but after the grandfather passed away, the uncle from the main branch who became the head began to tighten his control of the family’s authority, and they were gradually marginalized.

Although they still lived with dignity, in just a few more years, they would be downgraded to a second-tier influential family.

The second uncle continued ” Brother, although we don’t share the same mother, for many years, everyone has held great expectations for Mary, hoping she could marry into the first branch of one of the other fo major families and elevate our status! This opport was fought for by our eldest brother from the main branch only for Mary. Can you say this is her private matter? Can you justify this to our eldest brother?”

Seeing this scene, Mary clenched her fists.

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Her father indeed didn’t have the same mother as

these people.

Their mother was also from one of the five major families, but, unfortunately, after giving birth to their aunt, she weakened in health, fell ill, and died.

Afterward, her grandfather remarried her grandmother, who came from a minor family…

By all means, her grandmother should have been treated with respect as their mother after many years of companionship with her grandfather, but instead…

After her grandfather passed away, her eldest uncle, second uncle, and aunt joined forces to drive her grandmother out of the ancestral home. They said that since she wasn’t the original wife, even in death, she couldn’t be buried alongside Grandpa.

Although Mary could be considered a member of the Davis family, in reality, their family’s status within the Davis family was exceedingly awkward.

was dutifully filial, and her

from the family, always hoping to

and felt a sense of

couldn’t help but look at her with dismay. “Mary, what exactly happened during the blind

“Mr. Ellis was dissatisfied with me. I had barely

uncles became extremely disappointed. “With

said, “No, he

useless! Brother, you insisted on giving her this opportunity. See? it was wasted! If I had known earlier, I might a

wife

of daughters in our family waiting to be married. Indeed, the

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Who is Mr. Ellis? How would he possibly take a fancy to someone who is nothing

no longer hold back. “Sister-in-law, how can you speak so harshly? Mary studied new energy in college, and now she’s been valued by the first branch and is in charge of the new energy research and development projects at the Davis Corporation… In her generation, she’s the first one to

“Fourth brother, since you brought it up, there’s something I have to say. I heard she abused her authority to sign a contract for her best friend’s husband. That’s

Davis Corporation, you said we couldn’t pull strings, and now for an outsider,

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be blinded by

can insult me, but don’t drag my friend into

That’s nothing but a questionable outsider! I’ve heard her husband cheated on her, and she just tolerates it. With her feeble and incompetent love-struck

her in

first branch’s uncle stood up and looked at her, “Mary, I gave you a chance. If Mr. Ellis had taken a liking to you, I would have turned a blind eye to your actions, but unfortunately, you failed to grasp the opportunity, and

reasons anymore!

company fails to deliver the research plan tomorrow, I’ll definitely have the legal department sue them for compensation according to the contract, and at the same time, you’ll be held responsible for the

her

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pass the interview for Davis Corporation and

been a thorn in the side

families.

compensation could be obtained, it meant she had rectified her

was clearly looking for an excuse to fire her

them and, facing the leviathan that was Davis Corporation, felt somewhat

matter. At the very least, she

dinner for Howard’s mother and Amy, entered the bedroom and

laptop contained a research and

divorced her, she planned to use this latest research and development plan to seek in-depth

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with Davis Corporation.

be put in a

occurred to her that she hadn’t

to Mary yet.

quickly reached the third

Davis Corporation’s lawsuit was delivered to

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Cindy was in the office coquettishly complaining to Howard about her grievances. “I

one too.”

said, “Okay, I’ll go back and discuss it with

you should go back and discuss it with her. After

The villa is

exactly how to infuriate

of the household! Haven’t you seen that I call the shots with everything at the company? Tonight, you’re coming home with me, and you’ll settle down in the

wife be

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

his chin

that someone knocked on the office door and entered, handing him the letter. “Mr. Smith, someone just delivered this! They say we haven’t submitted the research and development proposal on time, and Davis Corporation has sued us! They’re demanding we compensate them twenty million according to the

“What?!”

exclamation, looking incredulously

wave of his hand. “It

mistake on their part. Mary is so

could they sue

secretary, “But on

end, the proposal wasn’t submitted on

Smith, our core staff member in the R&D department was poached last month. He

you quan told him

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hadn’t expected things to

immediately said, “Don’t panic. I’m calling Mary right

saying this, he took out his phone

before adding, “Do you think there’s some misunderstanding here? Or

can

extension. We’ve just hired new tech staff, and we’ll definitely be able to produce

thought that would settle

with Davis Corporation, no one would focus on such a small one. They

at him. “Howard! You have the nerve

at the company? My great-uncle was already displeased with my joining the corporation over my cousin, and now he’s using this as

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the capacity to help you any longer! You’re on your

statement,

Howard was stunned.

“Hurry to Davis Corporation and

“Yes.”

the secretary left, Cindy asked, “Howard, what do we do now? Do we really have to pay twenty million? Even if we sold the company,

worth that much!”

was frantically pacing and suddenly stood up to

upon hearing this, her

returned to the

that moment, Keira was still playing the role of the dutiful wife and mother, busy

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as the door was opened,

the kitchen.

right amount of

she was trying to please him, Howard immediately ordered, “Call Mary right now and make her find a way to withdraw

be uninformed.

call! No more

Howard was furious.

immediately lowered her head. “Okay, I’ll

the message on the other end wa “Hello, the phone you have

a

Howard.

“Use WhatsApp

quickly opened WhatsApp and made a voice call to Mary, but Mary immediately

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a message. “Keera, I’m sorry, but we shouldn’t

to send another message, she found

blankly at

hand raised to slap her face. “Bitch! You’ve ruined

let

move, she crouched down, hugged her knees, and began to

she block me?!”

and punch Keira, she stood up and grabbed Howard’s arm “Howard, you can’t abandon me! I’m your wife, and I can’t come up with twenty million. The property prices in Clance are unstable, and if we have to sell

fetch half its value, which won’t add up to twenty million! Will I end up in

and wife, for better or

worse…”

words made Howard

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company’s legal person and shares were all in Keera’s

get a divorce and push all the

instantly lit

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something in his eyes

he turned around and

caught on to something and blurted out, “Divorce her,

child and, of course, hoped that Howard could have a

“That’s the worst choice. If we really get divorced, I might end up with nothing. Wouldn’t all my

waste?!”

been married to

didn’t want him to walk away empty-handed either and immediately said, “Then

do?”

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must be a way; there’s

Olsen to intervene. Just one word from him to Davis Corporation, and they’ll surely stop pursuing the lawsuit. As long as they withdraw the legal action, there’s

and Cindy left, Keira’s phone lit up, displaying a

friend.

came a message

you for five minutes, consider it

on your end? Is

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

“So what

up until he’s at the end of his rope. As long as Davis Corporation doesn’t drop the lawsuit, he’ll be like

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

continuously showed

minutes of typing,

asked, “What’s wrong? Is

replied, “No, I just feel like you’re not quite

at the message and was about to respond with something when she saw another message from Mary pop up. “Keera, no matter what happens, I’ll always stand by your side. Whether it’s the past you, the present you, or the future you. As long as it’s you, I will always be there

froze as she read

acting as her sister for a while, and her interactions with Mary made her feel like she had

the first

at the message, she wanted to tell Mary that she was no longer

after a long silence,

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thought.

have regretted being too love-struck to trust in friendship

silent for a long, long time, and finally replied with only one sentence. “Thank

Keera.”

was actually

strange things,

mind it.

was yet to put down her phone when Uncle Davis, who was sitting across the dining table from her suddenly scoffed. “Mary, as long as you land the next client, I’ll secure the position of R&D project tear leader

immediately set down her phone. “Unele,

in the company to find a way to retract the lawsuit after the divorce or to help Keera pay that twenty million, so if there was

job she had to

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mockery as he heard her. “Hmm, Mr. Lynch is not very tactful.

nodded. “I

than there was a knock on the door, followed by

man.

his forties,

Davis, he immediately turned to Mary with a beaming smile. “Mr.

who is currently interning at Day Corporation. Today she’s accompanying me to

nodded. “Oh? Miss Davis,

pleasure to meet you…”

his hand toward

his hand, she

clammy and quite disgusting.

his grip slightly, making it hard for her to pull

help from her uncle

eyes.

laugh, “Mr. Lynch, please take a seat! The dishes will get

did Mr. Lynch sit down

with Mr. Lynch. This was Uncle Davis’s project. If he could seal the deal, it would earn him the admiration of the first branch and

avoided bringing up the contract

Mr. Lynch has taken a liking to you.

by the look in Mr.

glass, walked over to Mr. Lynch,

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you, saying you’re a good

like to offer you a

that statement, she distinguished their generational

change in

Davis furrowed his brows and glared at Mary, then shot

She just saw Mr. Lynch’s expression change, and then he stood up. “Alright, my dear niece, your Uncle Lynch will surely take good

sigh of relief and downed the

she looked at Uncle Davis.

some

enjoy yourselves. I

that, she quickly picked up her bag and started

something was off with Uncle

steps, she suddenly

realized what had happened and looked desperately at her glass,

Davis!!

niece, she was just a ploy to secure a contract with her beauty, but she had never imagined Uncle Davis would drug

beyond what she could comprehend or

flung it open, hoping to cry for help from anyone passing

the door, the person walking by her private room would actually be

commotion, he turned

and saw Mary.

eyes met, the plea for

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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her mind, she heard the words Ellis had once said about her during a

he found out she was using her looks to

had

some tea…”

grabbed Mary’s arm, pulling her back inside, then proceeded to push

was about to

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that slender

taken aback.”

saw the door

turn his head to look, only

seeing him, everyone in the room

moment.

present before finally settling on Mary. “Mr. Ellis is dining next door, and he asked me to come and say hello. Miss Davis, are

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

then turned his gaze toward

Mr. Ellis’s eye, which was why he brought her here

Ellis interested in

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but she instantly understood; this was

Mr. Ellis to worry. I

also bewildered at this

family’s main branch took control of the

was why he dared to show disrespect to the second branch, as a sort of statement

branch.

couldn’t afford to offend any

families!

he dare say anything? He immediately replied with a grin. “Yes, yes, I’m here discussing a partnership with my

toward

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immediately said,

directly took the contract out

“Dear niece, your uncle and I are like brothers. His niece is practically my own! I just remembered

Mr.

wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead and tentatively looked at Mary, asking, “Dear niece, you and

“Uncle, we are just friends. You’re mistaken. Since the

the doorway, she

“My dear niece, rest assured,

retract the lawsuit…”

had flaunted borrowed

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influence for this very reason, fearing it would hinder Keera’s big

lawsuit.”

to retract the lawsuit? Aren’t you and

You…”

she’s my best friend, but she chose to block me over a man. Do you think I am trying to get close to her now for what reason? Of course, it’s for revenge. I want to witness her regretting and crying after her husband abandons her. Uncle, you must

matter.”

didn’t quite understand the friendships between young women, but seeing Mary so vehem he could only

involved in this matter.”

then did Mary pull the

private room closed again, she took a deep breath, still feeling

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at least she couldn’t

turned to leave, she suddenly

Ellis, who should have left. He frowned as he looked at her. He had obviously heard the entire

seen Mary, also noticing her anxiousness and that

own action a bit baffling, which was why he sent his assistant

would actually take

was just for signing a contract, that would

and he didn’t mind being used

gaining an advantage, used it on his cousin,

to freeze Ellis’s favorable impression of

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with Keera was just foolish, but now it seemed that Mary was both stupid and vicious! How could she do such

friend and bestie?!

been a man of loyalty, despising those

gaze turned icy, his smile edged with scorn,

embrace.

collided with his chest, making her even more

slowly started to take effect, and she forced herself to

leaned d whispering into her ear. “For what just happened, w will you

breath sprayed on

down

reactions.

Ellis, her

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as her hands suddenly

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

what was this woman doing? She started clinging to

tried to push her away, only to hear Mary

taken aback, then scoffed. “How many people have you said that

at him,

her vision

to extend one finger, several appeared before her,

“So many…”

expect someone who

could no longer hear what he was saying and pressed closer against the

began to undo her shirt, revealing

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collarbone.

breathing became hurried for a

he had already taken an interest in Mary, and

him…

was no lady,

and carried her into the

laid Mary down on the sofa and then bent over her. As soon as he touched her

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the

Ellis furrowed his brows.

do you know

“You are Ellis!”

murmured, continuing to snuggle up

could Ellis resist

chin, with a profound look in his eyes, he said, “This isn’t your

Mary was startled.

down, she still paused for a moment, feeling a

looked at Ellis, and after a while, she suddenly laughed. “Of course

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this, Ellis felt an inexplicable

in his chest.

others away, and then he fiercely turned his gaze to

the client Ellis had an appointment with today was stopped by his

suggesting a tryst emanated from the private room, letting the visitor immediately catch

time.”

assistant returned his attention to

sounds inside were

only wave his hand, signaling

wasn’t a man and wasn’t immune

man! Mr.

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no idea how much time

moved her sore

felt as if it had been crushed by a massive truck, leaving her

of where she

“Click.”

The light turned on.

notice it was

in a suit sat

that Mary realized she was lying on

her clothes scattered all

exclaimed in shock, immediately cov her chest,

“You…”

thought about what happened that day, her voice came to an abrupt

she

hint of shyness flooded her cheeks, and after

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touch of joy emerged in

and immediately produced a bank card,

aback, her

Fee for service…

did he

downward. She felt as cold as an

bother.”

room fell silent

up only to see Ellis appraising her closely,

her gaze, then said, “I’m not that kind of person. There’s no need for

money.”

“Is that so?”

his bank card, “Then

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how well we fit together, why don’t you speak up? As long as your requests aren’t too

them.”

at

had been following Ellis for many

person, unlike other wealthy heirs. He was never fickle or messy, and

also why Ellis was the dream lover of so many eligible

now, could he actually be

this?

couch, and asked with her head

the

and, sure enough, there

tried the pieces on one by one, and

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he has always been

like years ago, after rescuing her from those people, he had also carefully given her

hadn’t had the heart to use them

still kept them.

gave a bitter

turned

staring at her. “Tell me,

want?”

you believe it or not,

phone into it, then straightened her back and

from her bag and placed

services.”

words made Ellis’s pupils

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gaze piercing Mary.

around and walked briskly out of

did she cover her wildly beating heart, feeling that if she stayed any

took a deep breath and then turned

left, the

not understanding the situation, reported to him. “Mr. Ellis, Miss Keera has indeed run into trouble. It’s said their company didn’t submit the research plan on time and was su

would pay Keera’s company two million annually for research funding. This penalty was

immediately sneered. “How could the

so high?”

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promptly said, “It’s said

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

“deliberate

it turned out that what Mary had said was true! If it wasn’t for a deliberately set contractual

was really out for

truly too

shown such pride in front of him. It

slammed his teacup onto the ground

was suddenly feeling so irrationally

who

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sneered as he stood

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

assistant instinctively picked up the stack of money on the table. “Mr. Ellis, whose money is this? It must amount to about

Ellis was speechless.

glanced at the money in the assistant’s hand, and after a

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

the door to the parking lot, only

has been trying to reach Uncle Olsen, but after we stopped him, he came

he want

and see.”

on

Keera as his cousin. he

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arrived in front of

smile on his face. “Mr. Ellis, I went to the Olsen family to find Uncle Olsen but couldn’t see anyone, so I came to look for you to try

looked down at him. “What

me?”

my wife and I have a very good relationship with Uncle Olsen, and

deliver a message for

message to Uncle Olsen only to find out tha he

eyes narrowed. “What

and said, “We’re having a slight issue with our collaboration with Davis Corporation. Could I trouble Uncle Olsen

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some more time? Just give us

gaze, sneering/”Alright, I’ll

your message.”

that, Ellis got

stop him anymore, and Ellis’s car

left, Cindy asked,

Uncle Olsen said we could ask him if we needed

and left the

they were gone, Mary stepped out

corner.

finding her car, when she saw Howard and Cindy stopping Ellis,

the message to Uncle

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ruin

thought, Mary hurriedly took out her phone, found Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated

had

moment, Ellis was reclining in a chair, his

filled entirely with

about her words, “not the first time,” Ellis could not help but

his first

case, wasn’t he at

loosened his tie, feeling a bit

his

glanced at it and saw that

for when he had added Mary on WhatsApp, he had no recollection, but Mary had

than Maru ung still the granddaughter

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and everyone would show

some respect.

the Davis Family, as Mary’s branch gradually declined,

this, Ellis answered the voice

began, “What’s the

that as long as the requests I make aren’t excessive, you’ll agree

really were playing hard to get? Miss

front of

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

to take responsibility for her, or take

branch of the Davis Family or at least to solidify her

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his surprise, he heard Mary

not help Howard and

immediately furrowed

cold laugh. “The favor you’re asking of

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

said those words,

He was very angry.

“Mr. Ellis, Miss Davis also didn’t

ordinary friend?!” Ellis rebuked, then scoffed. “If she really can’t stand someone like Keera, then she should keep her distance. It was Mary herself who-got closer, and the result was just to embarrass Keera?! Is their friendship of over ten

Mary would no

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to stay in

moment before saying, “Mr.

Olsen the truth

made Ellis

test had been

and he actually believed Keera was Ellis’s dad’s illegitimate daughter, which caused him to show his

for those two days.

a good beating from

would have thought that the results would show, that Keera was Uncle Olsen’s

stunned at

to tell Uncle Olsen immediately, but after

hesitated.

always been a

so many years, not a single woman had caught

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had once been asked, “Why not find someone, just

ties aren’t to be compromised with. Better have nothing than have something

daughter had been living such a defeated life, being played around by a man from a small

glorious and majestic life would be

hadn’t gone to see Uncle Olsen for a long time and

Uncle Olsen was out there looking for traces of Mrs. Olsen, so the two

since that day.

not talk about this for now. I’m afraid Uncle Olsen might get

asked again. “Then, this

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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it would be quite good just to

this was his cousin’s

family’s tradition had always taught them since childhood to act according to their own hearts, and the family elders never did things just

asked, “What do

her pressure Howard, to make him. afraid to ever divorce. After all, the Olsen family

his phone buzzed because of

degrees colder. “Miss Davis, are you doing this just to hit back at your good friend

said, “No, I want

“You want her to get a divorce, but does

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forced onto another person are actually very

was infuriated by his

she doesn’t want to?!”

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“You mean, Keera wants to divorce on

had come to this point, Mary really feared that Ellis would take action and help Keera’s Company solve

sighed. “Yes, it’s a plan that Keera and

out.”

prenuptial agreement that Keera had signed and then went straight to the point. “We want to make Howard retreat in the

without a penny, and give both the company and

continued. “So, please don step in

you think I would believe such

She had been love-struck since college and almost fell out with her

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best friend

been tolerant at home for the sake of competing with that mistress, serving Howard’s mother well, to the point where Howard’s mother didn’t want to

believe that such a person, whose heart was full of

divorce?

the lawsuit had been filed, even if Keera really made Howard leave without a penny, the value of that company and villa sold together

if it was really a trap set by Keera herself, what

simply didn’t make any logical

wanted to explain, but she also understood that her words

even she, who knew her friend best, had doubted until now whether Keera had truly

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Howard.

the fact that he’s been hiding it from me shows that he cares about me. Mary, I don’t need your warnings; he just made a mistake that any man could make. If you don’t

was beyond

“Mr. Ellis, you just promised me that as long as

instantly

determined

deep breath and suddenly lowered his gaze, hiding the icy chill

“Indeed.”

I agree,” said Ellis indifferently, lifting his head, his eyes filled with a cold intent. “But the favor you

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have to return it

Mary was startled.

lips, knowing what Ellis

because he misunderstood that Ellis was interested in her. If Ellis went to clarify it

future days might become

the company and the villa, as well as freedom, she eventually clenched her

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

Mary still hadn’t realized the consequences of

just breathed a sigh of relief, then

and headed home.

the way, she even sent a WhatsApp message to Keera. “Keera, I did something big today! I’ll tell you all

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encounter with Ellis,

Soon, she arrived home.

parked the car and quickly entered the

in, her pace came to

on the floor of the hall, while her eldest

faltered in her

tensed her jaw, her whole body freezing. She took a

“Mary…”

voice was choked with sobs. “What on earth did you do to offend Mr. Ellis? Why would he suddenly call your uncle and claim to have no association with you? Hurry up and explain to your uncle. Was Mr. Ellis joking? Didn’t he go to the private

eldest uncle scoffed coldly and immediately

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291 Mary’s Choice

Mary didn’t kneel.

her knees, they forced

no interest in you, yet you dared to take advantage of his influence? Do you know that Mr. Lynch also called me just now and

right up to her, grabbing her hair. “Mary, who gave you such audacity? To

pain as she was

look up.

fists were clenched tight, and she

Mary’s father crawled over on his knees, hugging his eldest brother’s leg. “Brother, Mary is still

father away, “A waste of a father raising a waste of a daughter! Do you still have the nerve to

her, how could Mr.

ma21″

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hand and viciously struck toward

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

the anticipated pain did

“Your face is something I can’t bear to harm, no wonder Mr. Lynch keeps thinking about

Mary, and she

relief.

in the next

“Slap!”

firm slap landed

blame you for not raising your daughter

already knew what his big brother intended to do and shouted, “Brother, I’m begging you. Take it out on me if

but spare Mary

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to the Davis

“Dad!”

and tried to

trying to break free from their grip, wanting to stop her eldest uncle’s beating and insults

were professional, robust, and impossible to break

hitting him, please stop! If you keep going, it

voice,

only then that her eldest uncle finally

at Mary. “If you want me to

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clenched her fists

what kind of

make next…

held down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and

before her…

none of

already been taken advantage of by Mr.

any significant achievements in the company to gain the favor of the

long anticipated a situation like

heart, she still harbored some

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toward Ellis.

same time, she blamed

useless she was!

was unable to protect her parents and unable to save

obediently become a social butterfly for

an overwhelming sense of helplessness wash

was trying to get up from the ground. “Mary,

looked at him

I’ll listen

Π

uncle stepped forward, pinching Mary’s chin. “Come tomorrow at six in the evening, and you’ll come with me to the

these words behind, he left with

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soon reached Ellis’s

listening to his assistant’s report. Indescribable emotions flashed in

life to

Ellis, since she’s technically

“No.”

and sneered. “She dares to scheme against Keera, so she must pay these

at him. “What about that contract? Should we still help

promised her, I won’t interfere

twenty million, I’ll have Keera

It just might show your cousin what kind of man her husband

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however, smiled. “If she really gets

In that case, we’ll acknowledge her again as a cousin and let Uncle Olsen

eye on Keera’s situation; after all, she’s my uncle’s daughter

loss.”

what about Miss

silent for a moment

“Leave her be.”

Ellis

sofa, begging him to be faster… Just as he was about to

was beneath a corpulent

as she looked at him sideways. “It’s not my first time, Mr. Ellis. Don’t

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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forehead,

matter how much he tossed and turned, he

he stepped out of the conference room,

a cold laugh, “Let’s go and see. Do they really

be bullied at will?!”

whom Ellis thought was in di straits, was struggling to

agreement gave her the company

“Keera, after all these years of marriage with Brother Howard, now he’s giving you the house and the company, and

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better sign quickly and painlessly, got

and

of the divorce agreement, lost in thought, with an

Three years!

and all he

for the second and third years, his salary amounted to around two million a year. Out of that, one million went to Keera for household expenses, and with the three million left, h spent a little over one million on Cindy, and some on entertaining, leaving only

savings…

was to say, he only got a little over a hundred thousand

really couldn’t bear to let it

company were originally

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and the emergency transfer was out of the question. If he wanted a clean break in the divorce, he had no choice but to leave the company and

her!

now, this villa can sell at most for fifteen million. The company has a debt contract of twenty million, and if we can’t sell it at a good price, I’ll end

Howard panicked a little.

both spouses

Olsen had already sent people over

away and was about

show her eager expression; she

mother

  1. “Keera if Howard divorces you vou also have to

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at your own problems!

failed to pique his interest at all! If

be saved, and you

wanted to

to sign the second, but he hesitated again as if he was

curses had to be

swallowed.

please. I haven’t worked for so many years, an the

own…”

Howard no longer hesitated and swiftly signed

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

to her. “Keera, stop struggling, just sign

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you want to blame anyone, blame yourself for not having enough support from your own

contract

the eyes of the three

knew how hard Keira was trying

just then, outside the South family villa, a black luxury car

strode into the South

assistant!

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to the living room entrance with his assistant, he just happened to see

T

in his

woman’s voice was low, with a sobbing tone, as she

I who managed the company, and you? You just gave birth to a child, living in a daze every day, enjoying luxury with the company’s money for so many years. What contributions have you made to the company? Now, just a little bit of debt, and you don’t want

was

who said I

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this time, Keira had read through

Keera recorded

Howard.

had also

got married, after graduating from university, Howard

content of Keera’s diary, Keira said with her head down, “You said that going to work was too hard and that you would manage the company for me, that in the future you would earn money to support the family, and I just

that you and Cindy were just socializing, that it was all

also said, no matter whether the child I gave birth to was a boy or a girl, you would love

words

“Enough!”

want to listen any

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talking about them, and he coldly laughed. “Keera, what’s the point of saying all this? I have a mistress outside, but are you clean

suddenly looked incredulously at

night with Lewis come about, wasn’t Howard

up. “That’s right, Keera, you also didn’t behave like a wife should. What right do you have to accuse Howard here? Just sign the paper, otherwise, don’t blame us for not being

with rage upon hearing

to enter the room to back up Keera, he heard the woman with a trembling voice start

Ellis immediately halted.

if Keera would just divorce like this, it wouldn’t

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signed it, given the Olsen family’s assertiveness, if Keera regretted it later and didn’t want a divorce, the agreement could

it and simply

an inch.

Inside the room.

agreement on

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a sigh

Howard’s mother said, “Now that you’ve signed, son, go get the divorce certificate with her

regretfully around the villa, wanting to say something, but Keira said, “Howard, I’ve

you agree

for me?”

asked with suspicion, “What

it?”

weakly. “How much child support will

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give Amy every month?”

is in debt, and I’ve resigned. I don’t have a

much money has Howard given you over the years? How much has he earned for this family? How can you still want his money after the divorce? You wish! Howard’s future income has nothing to do with your daughter. It’s all for my

should pay 20% of his income to his child for living expenses, but Howard has already made it clear that he doesn’t have a proper job

already been in touch with another employer and was preparing to start working

It was easy for him to find a

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thousands.

Howard wouldn’t have so easily let go of

this was something Cindy wouldn’t tell

all this, looked up incredulously. She bit her lip, pretending to be aggrieved, “Howard, you’re Amy’s father, and it’s your duty to raise her… Moreover, I’m so deep in debt, and I definitely won’t have the money to raise Amy in the future. If

words made Howard retort impatiently, “I don’t care how you live! If you can’t make it, just take her and go beg

sneered. “Exactly, Keera, you ha hands and feet. Why can’t you

and find a jo After all, working is so exhausting, and if she could

with Amy,

Howard’s

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“Howard, you are Amy’s father. If Amy can’t afford to go to school, there will be relevant departments that will hold you accountable! I’m not making an unreasonable request, Howard. You can’t be so heartless toward Amy… As long as

was listening outside, felt a surge

on earth was

and she still cared about that bit of child support?

deep breaths to suppress the anger welling up

as defeatist as Keer deserve

could there be

Inside.

jumping up and down in anger. “You’re already divorced,

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you mess around, it’s still uncertain whose child Amy really is! Howard, think of a way to cut ties with them, so she won’t be like a vampire sucking your blood even after

Cindy immediately said, “Why

this, Keira

goal was achieved, and it hadn’t been in vain that

family, so that in the

immediately shook her head

paper. “You don’t get to make the decision.

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no relation with Amy from then

and grabbed her hand. “When we tell you to sign, you sign. Don’t

seemed intimidated. She signed her

up the divorce agreement and the waiver, then excitedly stood up. He exchange a look with Cindy, and the two,

we leaving in

from demanding any more

bit

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will we

“Auntie, move to my place first. I have a three-bedroom

care of you in the future.

up her suitcase

reached the door, they

Ellis? When,

looked

his gaze shifted to Keira, who

them.

her shoulders trembling slightly, fueling

how you treat

stupefied, then swallowed hard. “Mr. Ellis,

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