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After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.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

away from the

thought of this and felt

like this, her mother couldn’t help but look at her with

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

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

“No,

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,

wife also sneered.

of daughters in our family

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fancy to someone who is nothing but a pretty face

been valued by the first branch and is in charge of the new energy research and

said this, the uncle from the first branch snorted coldly. “Fourth brother, since you brought it up, there’s something I have to say.

Davis Corporation, you said we couldn’t pull strings, and now for an outsider, for a best friend who is mentally deficient, you blatantly do such a

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blinded by

immediately said, “You can insult me, but don’t drag

and she just tolerates it.

in the

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

reasons anymore!

is on you for judging people wrongly. If their company fails to deliver the research plan tomorrow, I’ll definitely have the legal department sue them for compensation according to the contract,

clenched her

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the first to pass the interview for

a thorn in the side of

families.

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

looking for an excuse to fire her from Davis

the leviathan that was Davis Corporation, felt somewhat

it didn’t matter. At the very least, she

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

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.

wouldn’t let Mary be put in

to her that she hadn’t

to Mary yet.

reached

Corporation’s lawsuit was delivered to Howard early

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in the office coquettishly complaining to Howard about her grievances. “I just want to live in a villa, and your son

one too.”

I’ll go back and discuss it

and discuss it with

villa is under her

exactly how to infuriate

the head 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 villa

reaction, Cindy quickly said, “Wouldn’t your wife be unhappy

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

lifted his

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?!”

out a shocked exclamation, looking

wave

part. Mary

they

looked at his secretary,

the proposal wasn’t submitted on

staff member in the R&D department was poached last month. He came to you asking for

you quan

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hadn’t expected things

immediately said, “Don’t panic. I’m

he took out his phone

explained the situation before adding, “Do you think there’s some misunderstanding here? Or maybe

can

staff, and we’ll definitely be able to produce the

that

such a small one. They were steadily receiving R&D funds, and not producing results

bellowed at him. “Howard! You

with my joining the corporation over my cousin, and

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

that statement, Mary hung

Howard was stunned.

to Davis Corporation and find out if Mary

“Yes.”

Do we really have to pay twenty million? Even if

worth that much!”

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

face was filled with anxiety, and upon hearing this, her eyes flickered.

to the South family

playing the role of the dutiful wife

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as the door was opened, Howard charged

the kitchen.

showed just the right amount of surprise and joy.

“Call Mary right now and make her find a way

pretended to be

make the call! No

Howard was furious.

her head. “Okay,

down, took out her phone, and dialed Mary’s number, but the message on the other end wa “Hello, the phone you have

stunned for a moment, then

Howard.

hastily said, “Use WhatsApp voice

a voice call to Mary, but Mary immediately

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sorry, but we shouldn’t contact each other

send another message, she found she had been

stared blankly at her

hand

let herself get

extremely aggrieved, and as Howard made his move, she crouched down, hugged her knees, and began to cry, “Why would Mary do this? Why

she block me?!”

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

won’t add up to twenty

wife, for better

worse…”

made

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

to do was get a

eyes instantly lit

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glanced at Keera with a flicker of something in his eyes before he said, “Okay,

turned around and left with

Cindy had already caught on to something and blurted out, “Divorce her,

of course, hoped that Howard could

choice. If we really get divorced, I might end up with nothing. Wouldn’t all my efforts

waste?!”

had been married to Keera for

away empty-handed either and

do?”

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must be a way; there’s

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

Cindy left, Keira’s phone lit up, displaying a WhatsApp notification that Mary had added her

friend.

a message

consider it payback for the half-year

how are things on your end?

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

“So what

give up until he’s at the end of his rope. As long as

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

status continuously showed that she was

minutes of typing, still

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

immediately replied, “No, I just feel like you’re

she saw another message from Mary pop up. “Keera, no matter what happens, I’ll always

as she

and her interactions with

for the

wanted to

a long silence,

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thought.

that if Keera was still alive, she would certainly have regretted being too love-struck to trust in friendship and

long, long time, and finally replied with

Keera.”

was actually a

often said strange things, so Mary

mind it.

her suddenly scoffed. “Mary, as long as you land the next client,

down her phone. “Unele, don’t

in the company to find a way to retract the lawsuit after the divorce

the job she had

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flickered with a hint of mockery as he heard her. “Hmm, Mr. Lynch is not very tactful.

nodded. “I understand,

words fallen than there was a knock on the door,

man.

appeared to be in his forties, and his appearance was quite

to Mary with a beaming smile. “Mr. Davis, who is this young lady?

replied with a smile, “This is my fourth brother’s daughter, who is currently interning at Day Corporation. Today she’s

nodded. “Oh?

pleasure to meet you…”

extended his

took his hand, she only felt

clammy and quite disgusting.

but he tightened his grip slightly,

sought help from her uncle with

eyes.

Lynch, please take a

Lynch sit down with a

he could seal the deal, it would earn him the admiration of the

up the contract and kept

then said with a laugh, “Mary, Mr. Lynch has taken a liking to you.

felt repulsed by the

stood up with her glass, walked over to Mr. Lynch,

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of you, saying you’re

to offer you a

statement, she distinguished their

change in

at Mary,

expression. She just saw Mr. Lynch’s expression change, and then he stood up. “Alright, my

relief and downed the content of

looked at Uncle Davis. “Uncle, I

still have some work to

Lynch enjoy yourselves. I need to head

up her bag

that something was off with Uncle Davis; how

few steps, she suddenly felt

what had happened and looked

Davis!!

the daughter of the Davis family and her uncle’s niece, she was just a ploy to secure a contract

completely beyond what

the door and flung it open, hoping

she hadn’t expected that when she opened the door, the person walking by her private room would

commotion, he turned

and saw Mary.

eyes met, the plea for help choked

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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heard the words Ellis had once said about her during a matchmaking

he found out she was using her looks to discuss

dear niece, you’ve had too much

some tea…”

arm, pulling

the very moment he was about to shut the door, a hand suddenly stopped

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at that slender

taken aback.”

the door being

to

in the

moment.

He stood there, his gaze sweeping over everyone present before finally settling on Mary. “Mr. Ellis is

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

his

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

Mr. Ellis interested in

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after her, but she

no need for Mr. Ellis to worry. I was just discussing a partnership with Uncle Lynch and

also bewildered at

of the company, they had been excluding

to the second branch, as a sort

branch.

couldn’t afford to offend any of the five

families!

He immediately replied with a grin. “Yes, yes, I’m here

looked toward

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immediately said,

took the contract out

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

statement, Mr. Lynch promptly ran

the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead and tentatively looked at Mary, asking,

her gaze. “Uncle, we are just friends. You’re mistaken.

doorway, she

something. “My dear

retract the lawsuit…”

had flaunted borrowed authority

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

lawsuit.”

to retract the lawsuit? Aren’t you and

You…”

up an excuse on the spot. “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

matter.”

friendships between young women, but seeing Mary so vehem he could only nod.

involved in this matter.”

did Mary pull the door open

took a deep breath, still feeling somewhat dizzy and light-headed, but she forced

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least she couldn’t

turned to leave, she

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

Mary, also noticing

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

expected that Mary would actually

for signing a

the business world, and he didn’t mind being used this

an advantage, used it on

enough to freeze

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seemed that Mary was both

friend and bestie?!

of loyalty, despising those who

turned icy, his smile edged with scorn, and

embrace.

entire body collided with his chest, making her even more

she forced herself to

could finish, Ellis had already leaned d whispering into her ear. “For what just happened, w will

sprayed on

sent shivers down her spine, magnifying

reactions.

Ellis,

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as her hands suddenly

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

but what was this

only to hear Mary murmur, “Ellis, I

scoffed. “How

at him, extending

her vision was

extend one finger, several appeared before her,

“So many…”

didn’t expect someone who appears so

what he was saying and

undo her shirt,

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collarbone.

became hurried for a

an interest in Mary, and now she was throwing herself

him…

no lady, so

down, picked up Mary, and carried her into

Mary down on the sofa and then bent over her. As soon as he touched her burning skin, Ellis finally sensed that

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hot, and the way she

Ellis furrowed his brows.

you know who

“You are Ellis!”

continuing to snuggle up to

Ellis resist such

chin, with a profound look in his eyes,

Mary was startled.

reasoning was almost completely worn down, she still paused for a moment, feeling a slight pain in

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

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hearing this, Ellis felt

in his chest.

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

an appointment with today was

tryst emanated from the private room,

time.”

the assistant returned his attention to the

inside were

hand, signaling the

man and

perfectly normal man! Mr. Ellis should definitely give him a pay

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had no idea how much time had passed when she finally

moved her sore

felt as if it had been crushed

of where she

“Click.”

The light turned on.

then did she notice it was dark outside, and

suit sat

was then that Mary realized

clothes scattered all over

in shock, immediately cov her chest, and turning her

“You…”

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

she who started

hint of shyness flooded her

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surprise, a touch of

a bank card, extending it toward

was taken aback, her fingers

Fee for service…

he

through her mind, and she cast her gaze downward. She

bother.”

that statement, the room fell silent for a

Ellis appraising

“I’m not that kind of person. There’s no need

money.”

“Is that so?”

bank card, “Then

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together, why don’t you speak up? As long as your requests aren’t

them.”

looked at

had been following Ellis for many

heirs. He was never fickle or messy, and his private life was

the dream lover of so many eligible ladies

actually be thinking

this?

asked with her

the corner. “It’s already

and, sure enough, there were

tried the pieces on one by one, and

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he has always

her from those people, he had also

had the heart to use

still kept them.

a bitter

turned to look

her. “Tell me, what do

want?”

you believe it or not, I truly don’t

bag, stuffed her own phone into it, then straightened her back and looked at Ellis. “Mr. Ellis, I

took a stack of cash from her bag

services.”

words made Ellis’s pupils contract slightly his

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gaze piercing Mary.

still turned around

opened the door and ran out, only then did she cover her wildly beating heart, feeling that if she stayed

breath and then turned to

left, the

on the stack of cash on the table, and the assistant, 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 by Davis Corporation.

it was stipulated that Davis Corporation would pay

sneered. “How could the penalty

so high?”

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assistant promptly said, “It’s

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

words “deliberate

an accident, but now it turned out that what Mary

was really out

truly

of how Mary had just shown such pride in front of him. It

his teacup onto the

understand why he was suddenly

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

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sneered as he stood up and

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

table. “Mr. Ellis, whose money is this? It must amount to about three

Ellis was speechless.

money in the

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

walked out the door to the parking lot, only to see Howard and Cindy pacing back and forth

Ellis, this Howar has been trying to reach Uncle Olsen, but after

“What does he want with me? Let’s

and see.”

only ever looked down on

Keera as his cousin. he took

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in front

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

looked down at him. “What do you want

me?”

even had my wife, Keera, help visit Mrs. Olsen, so my wife and I have a very good relationship with Uncle Olsen, and there’s something I’d like to ask Uncle Olsen about. I

a message for

to find out tha he had been blocked on WhatsApp a long time

eyes narrowed. “What

Corporation. Could I trouble Uncle Olsen or Mr. Ellis to step in,

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ask the Davis family to give us some more time? Just give us one more month, no, half a month and

his gaze, sneering/”Alright,

your message.”

said that, Ellis got into his

stop

Cindy asked, “Will

Olsen said we could ask him if we needed anything. It should be no problem

talked and left the

they were gone, Mary stepped

corner.

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

Ellis really conveyed the message to Uncle

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that ruin Keera’s

hurriedly took out her phone, found Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated for a moment, and then directly dialed his

sky had

reclining in a chair, his

with Mary’s delicate skin… endlessly

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

was his

case, wasn’t he at a

his tie, feeling a bit

his phone

and saw that it was

on WhatsApp, he had no recollection, but Mary had been

than Maru ung still the granddaughter

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patriarch and everyone would show

some respect.

first branch took over the Davis Family, as Mary’s

of this, Ellis answered the voice

began, “What’s the

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

“So just now you really were playing hard to get? Miss Davis, there’s really

front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

thought Mary would ask him to marry her, to take responsibility for her, or take advantage of

of the Davis Family or at least

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to his surprise,

not help Howard

immediately furrowed his

cold laugh. “The favor you’re asking of

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

those

He was very angry.

beside him saw this and couldn’t help saying, “Mr. Ellis, Miss Davis also didn’t

if she is 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 friendship of

Mary would

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stay in

silent for a moment before

Uncle Olsen the truth about

made Ellis

test had been out

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

for those two days.

even got a good beating

results would show,

stunned at the

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

hesitated.

always been a

so many years, not a single woman

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had once been asked, “Why not

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

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

life would be ruined

see Uncle Olsen for a long time

looking for traces of Mrs. Olsen, so the two of them

since that day.

I’m afraid Uncle Olsen might get so angry

asked again. “Then, this matter… do

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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it would be quite good just to let Howard abandon Keera. It might

this

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

only asked, “What

so deeply, Ellis’s choice would be to help her pressure Howard, to make him. afraid to

buzzed because of

his heart, Ellis’s tone became a few degrees colder. “Miss Davis, are you doing

said, “No, I want her to

to get a divorce, but does she want it herself? Do you not know that such

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onto another person

his words. “How

she doesn’t want to?!”

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when he heard this. “You mean, Keera wants

point, Mary really feared that Ellis would take action and help Keera’s Company solve the

it’s a plan that Keera and I

out.”

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

both the company and

continued. “So, please don step in and

Ellis sneered. “Miss Davis, do you think I would

been love-struck since college and almost fell out with her adoptive parents for Howard. Later, she even

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her best friend Mary

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

possibly believe that such a person, whose

divorce?

been filed, even if Keera really made Howard leave without a penny, the value of that

set

make

to explain, but she also understood that her words were

knew her friend best, had doubted until

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Howard.

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

infatuation was beyond

promised me that as long as my request isn’t excessive, you would agree

eyes instantly became

determined to

took a deep breath and suddenly lowered his gaze, hiding the icy

“Indeed.”

I agree,” said Ellis indifferently, lifting his head, his eyes filled with a cold intent.

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you have to return

Mary was startled.

her lips, knowing what

that Ellis was interested

days might become even

desire for a divorce, for the company and the villa, as well as freedom, she

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

this moment, Mary still hadn’t realized

a sigh of relief,

and headed home.

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

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to the passionate encounter with Ellis, a hint of

Soon, she arrived home.

car and quickly

stepped in,

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

in

body freezing. She took a step forward and called out

“Mary…”

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

eldest uncle scoffed coldly and immediately

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Mary didn’t kneel.

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

you dared to take advantage of his influence? Do you know that Mr. Lynch

uncle came right up to her, grabbing her hair. “Mary, who

scalp throbbed in pain as she

look up.

fists were clenched tight, and she remained

his eldest brother’s leg. “Brother,

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

her,

ma21″

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hand and viciously struck toward

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

pain

sneer. “Your face is something I

and she breathed a huge

relief.

the next

“Slap!”

slap landed on Mary’s

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

He already knew what his big brother intended to

but spare Mary please.

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to the

“Dad!”

and tried to rush

break free from their grip, wanting to stop

robust,

please stop! If you keep going, it could be fatal! I

out with a piercing voice, tears

was only then that her eldest uncle

his wrist and turned to look at Mary. “If you want me to stop hitting him, fine, but from now on, you’d better

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her

knew what kind of demand her eldest

make next…

bodyguards, unable to

before her…

knew none of this

would have already been taken advantage of by Mr.

sufficient ability to protect herself or make any significant achievements in the company to gain the favor of the first branch, and with her father being relentlessly suppressed by her uncle and his

long anticipated

heart, she still harbored

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toward Ellis.

blamed

useless she was!

to protect her parents and unable

become a social

on the ground, feeling an

get up from the ground. “Mary, don’t

looked at him

gaze. “Fine, I’ll b obedient. I’ll listen

Π

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

behind, he left

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soon reached

listening to his assistant’s report. Indescribable

life

asked cautiously, “Mr. Ellis, since she’s technically your woman, do you

“No.”

his heart and sneered. “She dares to scheme

at him. “What about

I promised her,

his gaze. “But the twenty million, I’ll have Keera

your cousin what kind of man her husband is. Who knows?

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however, smiled. “If she

acknowledge her again as a

on

loss.”

what about

silent for a moment and eventually

“Leave her be.”

Ellis dreamt of

and her plaintive cryin on the sofa, begging him to be faster… Just as he was about to relent and end the encounter swiftly, the

was beneath

looked at him sideways. “It’s not my first

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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forehead, feeling

tossed and

the conference room, his assistant hurried over. “Mr. Ellis, after Howard knew we

they really think

be bullied at will?!”

was struggling to suppress a smile as she looked at

agreement gave her the company and

marriage with Brother Howard, now he’s giving you the house and the company, and even the kid.

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better sign quickly

speaking and

two copies of the divorce agreement, lost in

Three years!

and all he had gotten was a little bit of

these three years, he gave Keera the first year’s company income as dividends, 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,

savings…

got a little over a hundred thousand

bear to

the house and company

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out of the question. If he wanted a clean break in the divorce, he had

her!

sell at most for fifteen

Howard panicked a little.

both spouses would be burdened

Olsen had already sent people over with the message that they

away and was about to

eager expression; she still had to keep a miserable

mother

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

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your own problems! Why

and failed to pique his interest

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

wanted to

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

and curses had to

swallowed.

to cry. “Howard, for the sake of 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

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

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

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for you, don’t blame anyone else. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself for

contract with

of the three people, she

knew how hard Keira was trying

villa, a black luxury car screeched

strode into the South family villa

assistant!

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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

she said with her head down, “Howard,

home every day. For all these years it was 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

was

graduated, it you who said I didn’t need

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time, Keira had read

recorded

Howard.

in college, had also

before they got married, after graduating from university, Howard was a typical

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 needed to

Cindy were just socializing, that it was all

child I gave birth to was a boy or a

words on

“Enough!”

to listen any

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

looked incredulously at

Lewis come about, wasn’t Howard aware of it?

wife should. What right do you have to accuse Howard here? Just

with rage upon hearing

up Keera, he heard the woman

Ellis immediately halted.

would just divorce like

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

it and simply stood still,

an inch.

Inside the room.

appeared to be coerced, placing the divorce agreement on the table and quickly signing

Cindy was pleased.

a sigh of

son, go get the divorce certificate with her

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

you agree to one

for me?”

with suspicion, “What

it?”

said weakly. “How much child support will

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give Amy every month?”

bristled. “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 money to pay

far! 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 future income has nothing to do with

Howard has already made it clear that he doesn’t have a proper job yet, and

in touch with another employer and was

years, he had built up his own network. It was easy for him to find a job in

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thousands.

and Howard wouldn’t have so easily let go of this

this was something Cindy

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 you

retort impatiently, “I don’t care how you live! If you

you ha hands and feet. Why can’t you live on

a jo After all, working

with Amy, letting Howard

Howard’s mother shouted

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be relevant departments that will hold you accountable! I’m not making an unreasonable request, Howard. You can’t be so heartless toward

who was listening outside, felt a surge of

on earth

were already divorced, and she still cared about that bit of child support? Couldn’t she be a bit more

breaths to suppress

even felt that someone as defeatist

be such

Inside.

and down in anger. “You’re already divorced, so how could Howard

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of a way to cut ties with them, so she won’t be like

these words came out, Cindy immediately

Keira narrowed

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

Amy’s relationship with Howard and his family, so that in the future, Howard would have no reason to come looking for

immediately shook her head and waved her hands, “No,

paper. “You

294 She’s Keira

wrote two waivers, indicating that he had no relation with Amy from

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

She

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

“Are we leaving in

said, “Absolutely, to prevent this woman from

felt a bit reluctant. “Once we

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will

smile, “Auntie, move to my place

you in the future. You’re pregnant and

immediately picked up her

the door, they encountered

terrified. “Mr. Ellis? When, when did you

coldly looked

shifted to Keira, who had her back

them.

be weeping with her shoulders trembling slightly, fueling his

this how you treat

was stupefied, then swallowed hard. “Mr. Ellis, my

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