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After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.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

father was dutifully

wish to break away from the family, always hoping to

thought of this and

with

speaking up. “Mr. Ellis was dissatisfied with me. I had barely sat down and hadn’t even spoken

came out, one of her uncles became extremely disappointed. “With your looks, he didn’t even bother to give you

“No,

family background is just useless! Brother, you insisted on giving her this opportunity. See? it was wasted! If I had known earlier, I might a well have let my daughter try! At the young people’s private gatherings, my daughter was able to speak a few words with

uncle’s wife also sneered.

but we have plenty of daughters in our family waiting to be

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

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

the first branch snorted coldly. “Fourth brother, since you brought it up, there’s something I have to say. I heard she abused her authority to sign

of the Davis Corporation, you said we couldn’t pull strings, and now for an outsider, for a best friend

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blinded by

can insult me, but don’t drag

cheated on her, and she just tolerates it. With her feeble and incompetent love-struck brain, you’re forbidden from

in the

to you, I would have turned a blind eye to your actions, but unfortunately, you failed to

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 investment failure! When the time comes, don’t

clenched her fists

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she was the first to pass the interview for

a thorn in

families.

failure, but according to the contract, if compensation could be obtained, it meant she had

looking for an excuse

at them and, facing the leviathan that

matter. At the very least, she could help Keera divorce and escape

and Amy, entered the bedroom and took

contained a research and

all the blame onto her and divorced her, she planned to use this latest research and development plan

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with Davis Corporation.

let Mary be put in a difficult

her that she hadn’t mentioned

to Mary yet.

reached the third

delivered to Howard early

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moment, Cindy was in the office coquettishly complaining to Howard about her grievances. “I just want to live in

one too.”

back and discuss it with her

said, “Yeah, you should go back and discuss it with her. After all,

The villa is

exactly how to

I call the shots with everything at the company? Tonight, you’re coming home with me, and you’ll settle down in the villa

quickly said, “Wouldn’t your wife be unhappy and kick us

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

his chin

at this moment 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

“What?!”

let out a shocked exclamation, looking incredulously at the

a wave of his

their part. Mary is so good

they

at his secretary, “But on the

wasn’t submitted on time, was

member in the R&D department was

quan told

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expected things to turn out

panic. I’m calling

saying this, he took out

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

can

tech staff,

thought that

joint projects with Davis Corporation, no one would focus on such a small one. They were steadily receiving R&D funds, and not producing results wouldn’t be a big

Mary actually bellowed at him. “Howard! You have the nerve to

also suffered at the company? My great-uncle was already displeased with my joining the corporation

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position is at risk, I don’t have the capacity to help you any longer!

that statement, Mary hung

Howard was stunned.

Corporation and find

“Yes.”

secretary left, Cindy asked, “Howard, what do we do now? Do we really have to pay twenty million? Even if we sold the company, it wouldn’t

worth that much!”

pacing and suddenly stood up to leave. “I’m going back

her eyes flickered.

two quickly returned to the South

moment, Keira was still playing the role of the dutiful wife and mother, busy preparing lunch in the kitchen

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soon as the door was opened, Howard charged

the kitchen.

right amount

“Call Mary right now and make her find a way to withdraw the lawsuit against

to be uninformed.

the call! No more

Howard was furious.

lowered her

and dialed Mary’s number, but the message on the other end wa “Hello, the phone you

was stunned for a moment, then

Howard.

“Use WhatsApp voice

call to Mary, but Mary immediately hung up

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

tried to send another message, she found she had been

blankly

expression, stepped forward, his hand raised to slap her face. “Bitch! You’ve

didn’t let

extremely aggrieved, and as Howard made his move, she crouched down, hugged her knees, and began to cry,

she block me?!”

up and grabbed Howard’s arm “Howard, you can’t abandon me! I’m your wife, and I can’t come up with twenty

value, which won’t add up to twenty million! Will

husband and wife, for better or

worse…”

words made

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The company’s legal person and shares were all in Keera’s name, and even this villa was under

Davis Corporation pursued this matter, all he needed to do was get a divorce and push all the responsibility onto Keira, then he could walk

eyes instantly

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Keera with a flicker of something in his eyes before he said, “Okay, don’t

that, he turned around

blurted out, “Divorce her,

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

get divorced, I might end up with nothing.

waste?!”

married to

want him to walk away empty-handed

do?”

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way; there’s

eyes lit up. “When we were in Oceanion, she had a pretty good relationship with Uncle Olsen. Let’s find Uncle 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 still a chance for everything to turn

phone lit up, displaying

friend.

after came a message from

five minutes, consider it payback for the half-year you blocked

way, how are things on your end? Is he going to

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

“So what

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

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

showed that she was

of typing,

unable to resist, asked, “What’s wrong? Is there something

I just feel like you’re not quite the same

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

as she read

and her interactions with Mary made her feel like

for the first

message, she wanted to tell Mary that she was

after a long silence, she

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thought.

thought that if Keera was still alive, she would certainly have regretted

time, and finally replied with only one

Keera.”

was actually

said strange things,

mind it.

long as you land the next client, I’ll secure the position of R&D project tear leader for you. Could you please focus a little

phone. “Unele, don’t

to retract the lawsuit after the divorce or to help

the job she had to

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as he heard her. “Hmm, Mr. Lynch is not very tactful. Don’t provoke

nodded. “I understand,

words fallen than there was a knock on the door, followed by

man.

in his forties, and

beaming smile. “Mr. Davis, who is this young

is my fourth brother’s daughter, who is currently interning at Day Corporation. Today she’s accompanying me to gain some

Lynch immediately nodded. “Oh? Miss

pleasure to meet you…”

extended his hand

hand, she

clammy and quite disgusting.

tightened his grip slightly,

she sought help from her

eyes.

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

sit down with a

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

bringing up the contract

Davis then said with a laugh, “Mary, Mr. Lynch has

by the look in Mr. Lynch’s

walked over to Mr.

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often speaks of you, saying

like to offer you

that statement, she distinguished their

sudden change

at Mary, then shot a

paying attention to Mr. Lynch and didn’t notice her uncle’s expression. She just saw Mr. Lynch’s expression change, and then he stood up. “Alright, my dear niece, your Uncle Lynch

and downed the content

at Uncle Davis. “Uncle, I

I still have some

yourselves. I need to

said that, she quickly picked up

see that something was off with Uncle Davis; how could she possibly stay

as she took a few steps, she suddenly felt

happened and looked desperately at her glass, then incredulously at

Davis!!

Davis family and her uncle’s niece, she was just a ploy to secure a contract with her beauty, but she had never

beyond what she could comprehend

to the door and flung it open, hoping to cry for help from anyone

when she opened the door, the person walking by her private room would actually

commotion, he turned around in

and saw Mary.

met, the plea for help

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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Ellis had once said about her during a matchmaking encounter. “…indeed, just an

even less of her if he found out she was

had too much

some tea…”

arm, pulling

was about to shut the door, a hand suddenly stopped

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slender

taken aback.”

saw the door being

his head to look, only to see

him, everyone in the room paused for

moment.

He stood there, his gaze sweeping over everyone present before finally settling on Mary. “Mr. Ellis is dining next door, and he asked me to come and say hello. Miss Davis,

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

then turned his gaze

originally thought that Mary hadn’t caught Mr. Ellis’s eye, which was why he brought her here to accompany the fat Lynch, but now Mr. Ellis

Mr. Ellis interested

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assistant to expressly ask after her, but she instantly understood; this was her chance to flaunt

to worry. I

also bewildered at

Davis family’s main branch took control of the company, they had been

disrespect to the second branch, as a sort of statement to

branch.

offend any of

families!

had spoken up, how would he dare say anything? He immediately replied with a grin. “Yes, yes, I’m here discussing a partnership with my niece! Dear niece, did you bring the

looked toward

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said, “Yes, I

the contract out

at Mary. “Dear niece, your uncle and I are like brothers. His niece is practically my own! I just remembered I have something else to attend to, so I’ll take my leave

statement, Mr. Lynch promptly ran

from his forehead and tentatively looked at Mary, asking, “Dear niece, you and

You’re mistaken. Since the contract is

the doorway, she

dear niece, rest assured, that contract issue

retract the lawsuit…”

had flaunted borrowed authority

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this very reason, fearing it would hinder Keera’s big plans, so hearing this, she immediately

lawsuit.”

need to retract the lawsuit? Aren’t you and your close friend the

You…”

“Yes, 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

matter.”

Mary so vehem he could only nod. “Oh, okay, don’t

involved in this matter.”

Mary pull the door open

door to the private room closed again, she took a deep breath, still feeling somewhat dizzy and light-headed, but she forced herself to

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she couldn’t

leave, she suddenly froze in

left. He frowned as he looked at her. He had obviously heard the entire conversation in

and seen Mary, also noticing her

close. Yet he found his own action a bit baffling, which was why he sent his assistant in to lend Mary

never expected that Mary would

for signing a contract, that

business world, and he

after gaining an advantage, used

to freeze Ellis’s favorable impression of

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now it seemed that Mary was both stupid and vicious! How could she do such a

friend and bestie?!

loyalty, despising those who play dirty and backstab friends the

icy, his smile edged with scorn, and suddenly

embrace.

entire body collided with his chest, making her

effect, and she forced herself to

she could finish, Ellis had already leaned d whispering into her ear. “For

sprayed on

down

reactions.

against Ellis,

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hands suddenly wrapped around

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

wanted to scare her, but what was this woman doing? She started clinging to

to push her away, only to hear

then scoffed. “How

at him, extending a

vision was

one finger, several appeared before her, and she muttered

“So many…”

didn’t expect someone who appears so innocent

longer hear what he was saying and pressed closer against the man. “Ellis, I’m

undo her

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collarbone.

breathing became hurried for a

a gentleman; he had already taken an interest in Mary, and now she was throwing herself

him…

no lady, so why

bent down, picked up Mary, and carried

over her. As soon as he touched

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so hot, and the way

Ellis furrowed his brows.

do you know who I

“You are Ellis!”

to snuggle up to

could Ellis

heavier, and, holding onto Mary’s chin, with a profound look in his eyes, he

Mary was startled.

completely worn down, she still paused for a moment, feeling a slight

and after a while, she suddenly laughed.

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Ellis felt an

in his chest.

sent his assistant and the others away, and then he fiercely

appointment with

faint sounds suggesting a tryst emanated from the private room, letting the visitor immediately catch on. “Since Mr. Ellis isn’t unavailable today,

time.”

leave, the assistant returned his attention

were becoming more

face flushed with embarrassment, but he could only wave his hand, signaling the bodyguards to step back

a man and

was a perfectly normal man! Mr. Ellis should

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no idea how much time had passed when

moved her

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

of where she

“Click.”

The light turned on.

she notice it

in a suit sat

was then that Mary realized

her clothes scattered all over the

immediately cov her chest, and turning

“You…”

about what happened that day, her

she who

shyness flooded

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of joy emerged in

smiled and immediately produced a bank card, extending it

aback,

Fee for service…

did he take

comment on her flashed through her mind, and she cast her gaze downward. She felt

bother.”

that statement, the room fell silent

to see Ellis appraising her closely, his gaze filled

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

bank card,

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your passion last night and how well we fit together, why don’t you speak up? As long as

them.”

looked at

following Ellis for

was never

lover of so

could he actually be

this?

from the couch, and asked with her head lowered, “Could you prepare a set of suitable clothes for

the corner. “It’s already

his gaze and, sure

by one, and found

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he has always

from those people, he had

hadn’t had the heart to use them

still kept them.

gave a bitter

turned to look at

staring at her. “Tell me, what do

want?”

lowered her gaze. “Whether you believe it or not, I truly don’t want

then straightened her back and looked at Ellis. “Mr. Ellis, I was

cash from her bag and placed

services.”

pupils contract

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gaze piercing Mary.

she still turned around and walked briskly out of the

ran out, only then did she cover her wildly beating heart, feeling that if she stayed any longer in that suite, her heart might leap out through her

breath and then

left, the

has indeed run into trouble. It’s said their company didn’t submit the research plan on time and was

the two parties, it was stipulated that Davis Corporation would pay Keera’s company two million annually for research funding. This penalty was a bit

sneered. “How could

so high?”

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said, “It’s said to be

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

words “deliberate

affair could indeed have been an accident, but now it turned out that what Mary had said was true! If it wasn’t

really

woman was truly too

had just shown such pride in front of him. It must have been

teacup onto

didn’t understand why he was suddenly feeling

spent with her… No, it was she who had slept with him, right? Such a woman wasn’t worth

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he stood up

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

stack of money on the table. “Mr. Ellis, whose

Ellis was speechless.

sharply, glanced at the money in the assistant’s hand,

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

parking lot, only to see Howard and Cindy pacing back and forth in front of his

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

does he want with me? Let’s

and see.”

only ever looked down on such a

now thinking of Keera as

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in front of

“Mr. Ellis, I went to the Olsen family to find Uncle Olsen but couldn’t see anyone, so I came to look

looked down at him.

me?”

my wife and I have a very

a message

a message to Uncle Olsen only to find out tha he had been blocked on WhatsApp a

narrowed.

said, “We’re having a slight issue with our collaboration with Davis Corporation. Could I trouble Uncle Olsen or Mr. Ellis to step in, give

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ask the Davis family to give us some more time? Just give us one more

gaze,

your message.”

that, Ellis

dare to stop him anymore, and Ellis’s car sped

Cindy asked, “Will

afterward, Uncle Olsen said we could ask him if we needed anything. It should

two talked and left the

gone, Mary stepped

corner.

come down to the parking lot, not yet finding her car, when she saw Howard and Cindy stopping Ellis, so she

Ellis really conveyed the

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that ruin Keera’s

her phone, found Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated for a moment, and then directly

sky had

was reclining in a chair, his

mind was filled entirely with Mary’s delicate

when he thought about her words, “not the first time,” Ellis could not

his first

case, wasn’t

his tie, feeling a

his

glanced at it and saw that it was

had no recollection, but Mary had been mingling in their circles since

than Maru ung still the granddaughter

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Family’s patriarch and everyone

some respect.

grandfather passed away and the first branch took over the Davis Family, as Mary’s branch

this, Ellis

began, “What’s

through, “Did you just say that as long as the requests I make aren’t excessive,

on Ellis’s face, “So just now you really were playing hard to get? Miss Davis, there’s really no need for you

front of

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

thought Mary would ask him to marry her, to take

some benefits for her branch of the Davis Family or at least

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his surprise, he heard Mary

you not help

immediately furrowed

laugh. “The favor you’re asking of

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

those words, he hung

He was very angry.

help saying, “Mr. Ellis, Miss Davis also didn’t know about Miss Keera’s

not Uncle Olsen’s daughter, is this the way to treat an 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

I’m afraid Mary

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stay in

the assistant was silent for a moment before saying, “Mr. Ellis, are you still

the

made Ellis

the DNA test had been

and he actually believed Keera was Ellis’s dad’s

for those two days.

got a good beating

have thought that the results would show, that Keera

stunned

Uncle Olsen immediately, but after hearing the assistant’s report

hesitated.

always

not a single woman

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asked, “Why not find someone,

Olsen’s reply was, “Blood ties aren’t to be compromised with. Better have nothing than have

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

glorious and majestic life would be ruined by his daughter,

for a long time and hadn’t reported the

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

since that day.

sighed. “Let’s not talk about this for now. I’m afraid Uncle Olsen might get

assistant asked again. “Then, this matter…

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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felt like not intervening, thinking it would be quite good just to let Howard abandon Keera. It might

also felt that this

according to their own hearts, and the family elders never did

asked, “What do you

to help her pressure Howard, to make him. afraid to ever divorce.

as he thought about this, his phone buzzed because of WhatsApp again, and it

few degrees colder. “Miss Davis, are you doing this

hurriedly said, “No, I want her to

“You want her to get a divorce, but does she want it herself? Do

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another person are

his words.

she doesn’t want to?!”

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was slightly startled when he heard this. “You mean, Keera

topic had come to this point, Mary really feared that

“Yes, it’s a plan that

out.”

then went straight to the point. “We want to make

a penny, and give both the company and the

“So, please don

“Miss Davis, do you think I would believe such a

and almost fell out with her

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best friend

in recent times, he had been keeping an eye on Keera and knew that she had 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

Ellis possibly believe that such a person, whose heart was full of thoughts of Howard, wanted

divorce?

influence wasn’t sufficient to make Davis Corporation drop the lawsuit, and since the lawsuit had been filed, even if Keera really made Howard leave without a penny,

it was really a trap set by

simply didn’t make any logical

wanted to explain, but she also understood that her words were hard

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

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Howard.

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 tell me, maybe he’ll return to the family after a while on his own! I don’t need your

infatuation was beyond

simply didn’t bother explaining further and only said, “Mr. Ellis, you just promised me that as

eyes instantly became icy

Mary determined to

the icy chill within. “Are

“Indeed.”

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

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from me, you have to

Mary was startled.

lips, knowing

her off today because he misunderstood that Ellis

days might

for the company and the villa,

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

still hadn’t realized

of relief,

and headed home.

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

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passionate encounter with Ellis, a hint of shyness appeared

Soon, she arrived home.

parked the car and quickly entered the

in, her

her, she saw her parents kneeling on the floor of the hall,

faltered in her

her jaw, her whole body freezing. She took a step forward and called out gently, “Dad,

“Mary…”

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

Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed

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Mary didn’t kneel.

the bodyguards were already approaching, and with a cruel kick to her knees, they forced her legs

interest in you, yet you dared to take advantage of his influence? Do

grabbing her hair. “Mary, who gave you such audacity? To make

in pain

look up.

were clenched tight, and

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

uncle, however, kicked Mary’s father away, “A waste of a father raising a waste

her? If I spare her, how could Mr. Lynch

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raised his hand and viciously

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

anticipated pain did

I can’t

Mary, and she breathed

relief.

the

“Slap!”

slap landed on

Mary’s father. “I blame you for not raising your daughter rig I

for mercy. He already knew what his

Mary please. She

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to the Davis

“Dad!”

She cried out and tried to rush over, but the bodyguards

wanting to stop her eldest uncle’s beating and insults

were professional, robust, and impossible

stop! If you keep going, it could be

cried out with a piercing voice, tears and snot streaming

that her

to stop hitting him, fine, but

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clenched her fists

what kind of demand her eldest

make next…

face, her mother who was being held down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her grandmother, who hurried over after hearing the commotion in the living room but fainted

before her…

of this

she would have already been taken advantage of

significant achievements in the company to gain the favor of the first branch, and with her father being relentlessly suppressed by

anticipated a situation

she still harbored

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toward Ellis.

blamed herself in secret for

useless she was!

her parents and unable to save

only obediently become a social butterfly for her

feeling an overwhelming sense of

father was trying to get up from the

looked at him

gaze. “Fine, I’ll b obedient. I’ll listen to everything you say from now on, just let my

Π

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

he left with his bodyguards in

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of this soon reached Ellis’s

study, listening to

life

“Mr. Ellis, since she’s technically your woman, do you want to

“No.”

reluctance in his heart and sneered. “She dares to scheme

assistant looked at him. “What about that contract? Should we

I promised her,

his gaze. “But the twenty million,

just might show your cousin what kind of man her husband is.

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she really

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

this topic, he instructed the assistant. “Keep a close eye on Keera’s situation; after all,

loss.”

but what about Miss

silent for a moment and

“Leave her be.”

Ellis

dreamt of Mary’s fair skin, and her plaintive cryin on the sofa, begging him to be faster… Just as he was about to relent and end the encounter

was beneath

was licentious as she looked at him sideways. “It’s not

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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rubbed his forehead, feeling utterly

how much he tossed and turned, he couldn’t

to the office to handle affairs. After finishing the meetings in the afternoon, as soon as he stepped out of the conference room, his assistant hurried over. “Mr. Ellis, after Howard knew we wouldn’t help, he proposed divorce to Miss Keera! We just received the news; he

“Let’s go and see. Do they really think that Keera doesn’t have a family to back her up

be bullied at will?!”

was in di straits, was struggling to suppress a smile as she

agreement gave her the

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

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signs, you better sign quickly and

and looked toward

the two copies of the divorce agreement, lost in thought, with an expression of reluctance creeping

Three years!

years since he married Keera, and all he

and 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

savings…

to say, he only got a little over a hundred

bear to

house and company

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he wanted a clean break in the divorce, he had no choice but to leave the company and

her!

feigned a look of agony. “Howard, you can’t abandon me… The real estate market in Clance is terrible right 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

Howard panicked a little.

he didn’t divorce, then both spouses would be burdened with millions in

had already sent people over

pushed Keira away and was

couldn’t immediately show her eager expression; she still had to keep

this, Howard’s mother

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

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at your own problems!

Horton and failed to pique his interest

could be saved, and you and Howard wouldn’t have come to

wanted

and was about to sign the second, but he hesitated again

and curses

swallowed.

our three years of marriage, don’t aband me, please. I haven’t worked for so many years, an

own…”

hesitated and swiftly signed on the second

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

to her. “Keera, stop struggling, just sign it!

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a torture for you, don’t blame anyone else. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself for not having enough

contract with

the eyes of the three people, she

how hard Keira

outside the South family villa, a

into the South family villa with

assistant!

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he walked to the living room entrance with his assistant, he just happened to see a woman with her back to him, holding two copies of a divorce

T

in his tracks, not entering the room

low, with a sobbing tone, as she said with

I who managed the company, and you? You just gave birth to a child, living in a daze every day, enjoying luxury with

was

said I didn’t need

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this time, Keira had read through Keera’s

Keera recorded

Howard.

college, had

they got married, after graduating from university,

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

just socializing, that it was all an act, that the person you loved the most was

gave birth to was a boy or

was speaking these words

“Enough!”

to listen any longer

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coldly laughed. “Keera, what’s the point of saying all this? I have a mistress outside, but are

looked incredulously

Howard aware of it? How could he shamelessly

“That’s right, Keera, you also didn’t behave like a wife should. What right do you have to accuse Howard

red-hot with

about to enter the room to back up Keera, he heard the

Ellis immediately halted.

just divorce like

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family’s assertiveness, if Keera regretted it later and didn’t want a divorce, the agreement could completely be

about it and simply stood

an inch.

Inside the room.

coerced, placing the divorce agreement on the table and quickly

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a sigh

signed, son, go get the divorce certificate with her

regretfully around the villa, wanting to say something, but

agreement. Could you agree to one

for me?”

immediately asked with

it?”

weakly. “How much child support will

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give Amy every month?”

“What nonsense are you talking about? The company is in debt, and I’ve resigned. I don’t have a job right now. Where would I get the

How 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

expenses, but Howard has already made it clear that he doesn’t have a proper

already been in touch with another employer and was

It was easy for him to find a job in the new

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thousands.

so easily let

something Cindy wouldn’t tell

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

impatiently, “I don’t care how you live! If you can’t make it, just take her

ha hands and feet. Why can’t

years and doesn’t want to go out and find a jo After all, working is so exhausting,

off with Amy, letting Howard raise

Howard’s mother shouted

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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 you are her father, you have to take responsibility for

who was listening outside,

on earth was Keera

still cared about that bit of child support? Couldn’t she be a bit

suppress

even felt that someone as defeatist as Keer deserve

could there be such

Inside.

and down

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uncertain whose child Amy really is! Howard, think of a

came out, Cindy immediately said, “Why not sign a waiver

hearing this, Keira

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

Howard and his family, so that in the future,

immediately shook her head and

piece of paper. “You don’t get to make the decision. I’m signing the

294 She’s Keira

that he had no relation with Amy from then on, before turning

you to sign, you sign. Don’t even think about clinging to Howard. Once you’re divorced, you

She signed her

the waiver, then excitedly stood up. He exchange a look with Cindy, and the two, along with Howard’s mother, promptly

“Are we leaving in such a

prevent this woman from demanding any more

felt a bit reluctant.

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will we

move to my place first. I have a

in the future. You’re pregnant and

picked up her suitcase

door, they encountered the ashen-faced

When, when did

looked at

Keira, who had

them.

to be weeping with her shoulders trembling slightly, fueling his

said, “Howard, is this how you treat your

“Mr. Ellis, my divorce from Keera is

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