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After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.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

dutifully filial, and her

break away from the family,

this and

help but look at her with dismay. “Mary,

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

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

“No, he

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

uncle’s wife also

Davis family, but we have plenty of daughters in our family waiting to

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Ellis? How would he possibly take a fancy to someone who is nothing but a pretty

branch and is in charge of the new energy research and development projects at the Davis Corporation… In her generation, she’s the first one to hold such a position! Mary is a capable

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

immediately became shrill. “What? Mary! When my maternal family’s nephew wanted to work in the New Energy Research and Development Department of the Davis Corporation, you

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blinded

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

cheated on her, and she

in the

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

reasons anymore!

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, and at the same time, you’ll be held responsible for the investment failure! When the

her

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to pass the interview

a thorn in the side

families.

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

clearly looking for an excuse to

facing the leviathan that was Davis Corporation,

it didn’t matter. At the very least, she could help Keera divorce and escape from Howard’s

and Amy, entered

a research and

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

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with Davis Corporation.

let Mary be put

just occurred to her that

to Mary yet.

reached the

was delivered to Howard early in

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her grievances. “I just want

one too.”

go back and discuss

and discuss it with her. After all, she’s the owner

is under her

exactly how to

head of the household! Haven’t you seen that I call the shots with everything at the company? Tonight, you’re

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

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

lifted his

delivered this! They say we haven’t submitted the research and development proposal on time, and Davis Corporation has sued us! They’re demanding we compensate them twenty million according

“What?!”

exclamation, looking incredulously

wave of his hand.

mistake on their part. Mary is

could they sue

at his secretary, “But

end, the proposal wasn’t

“Mr. Smith, our core staff member in the R&D department was poached last month. He came to you asking for

you quan told

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expected things to turn out like

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

he took out

Howard immediately explained the situation before adding, “Do you think there’s

can

us another month’s extension. We’ve just hired new tech staff, and we’ll

thought that would settle

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

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

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

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don’t have the capacity to help you any longer! You’re

statement, Mary hung

Howard was stunned.

secretary. “Hurry to Davis Corporation and find

“Yes.”

asked, “Howard, what do we do now? Do we really have to pay twenty

worth that much!”

up to leave. “I’m going back

anxiety, and upon hearing this, her eyes flickered. She

two quickly returned to the South family

the dutiful wife and

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the door was

the kitchen.

just the right amount of surprise and

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

be

make the call! No more

Howard was furious.

lowered her head. “Okay, I’ll

Mary’s number, but the message on the other end wa “Hello, the

for a

Howard.

hastily said, “Use

and made a voice call to Mary, but

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sorry, but we

another message,

stared blankly at

a dark expression, stepped forward, his hand raised

let herself

made his move, she crouched down, hugged her

she block me?!”

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

won’t add up to twenty million! Will

wife, for better or

worse…”

made

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company’s legal person and shares were all in Keera’s name, and even this

to do was get a divorce and push all the responsibility onto Keira, then he could walk away

eyes instantly lit

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of something in his eyes before he said, “Okay,

said that, he turned

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

and, of course,

I might end up with nothing. Wouldn’t all my efforts in the

waste?!”

been married to Keera for

to walk away empty-handed

do?”

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a way; there’s definitely

chin, and his 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

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

friend.

a

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

are things on your end? Is

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

asked, “So what

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

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

continuously showed that

of typing, still no message

wrong?

just feel like you’re not quite the

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

she read

sister for a while, and her

the

moment, looking at the message, she wanted to tell Mary that

a long silence, she ultimately didn’t

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thought.

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

long, long time, and finally

Keera.”

message was actually a

Keera often said strange

mind it.

dining table from her suddenly scoffed. “Mary, as long as you land the next client, I’ll secure the position of R&D project tear leader for you. Could you

down her phone. “Unele,

the company to find a way to retract the lawsuit after the divorce or to help Keera pay that twenty million,

the job she

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Davis’s eyes flickered with a hint of mockery as he heard her. “Hmm, Mr. Lynch is not very tactful. Don’t provoke

nodded. “I

words fallen than there was a knock

man.

to be in his forties, and his appearance

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

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

immediately nodded.

pleasure to meet you…”

extended his hand

took his hand, she only felt his

clammy and quite disgusting.

tightened his grip slightly, making

help from her

eyes.

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

did Mr. Lynch sit down with a

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

smiles, avoided bringing up the contract

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

repulsed by the look in

walked over to

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often speaks of you, saying

offer you a

statement, she distinguished

a sudden change

glared at Mary, then shot a look at Mr.

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 will surely take good care of you from now

breathed a sigh of relief and downed the content of her glass all at

at Uncle

I still have some work

Lynch enjoy yourselves. I need to

that, she quickly picked up

a fool could see that something was off with Uncle Davis; how

she took a few steps, she suddenly felt dizzy,

happened and looked

Davis!!

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

beyond what she

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

hadn’t expected that when she opened the door, the person

commotion, he turned

and saw Mary.

met, the plea for

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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about her

even less of her if he found out she

niece, you’ve had too

some tea…”

behind, Uncle Davis suddenly approached and grabbed Mary’s arm, pulling her back

very moment he was about to shut the

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looked at that slender hand

taken aback.”

the door being

Davis couldn’t help but turn his head to look, only to see a man standing

seeing him, everyone in the room

moment.

this person. He was the assistant to Mr. Ellis. He stood there, his gaze sweeping over everyone present before finally settling on Mary. “Mr. Ellis is dining next

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

his gaze

Ellis’s eye, which was why he brought her here to accompany the fat Lynch, but now Mr.

Ellis interested in

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her, but she instantly understood; this

no need for Mr. Ellis to worry. I

also

since the Davis family’s main branch took control of the

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

branch.

couldn’t afford to offend any of

families!

a grin. “Yes, yes, I’m here discussing a partnership with my niece! Dear

looked toward

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uncle immediately said,

the contract out

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

that statement, Mr. Lynch promptly

and tentatively looked at Mary, asking, “Dear

her gaze. “Uncle, we are just friends. You’re mistaken. Since the contract is signed, I’ll be

doorway, she

“My dear niece, rest assured, that contract

retract the lawsuit…”

had flaunted borrowed

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very reason, fearing it would hinder Keera’s big plans, so hearing this, she immediately said, “There’s no need to

lawsuit.”

retract the lawsuit? Aren’t you

You…”

only make 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 her now for what reason? Of course, it’s for revenge. I want to witness her regretting and crying after her husband abandons

matter.”

Mary so vehem

involved in this matter.”

Mary pull the door open and step

to the private room closed again, she took a deep breath,

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at least she couldn’t

to leave, she

should have left. He frowned as he looked at her. He

had just walked past and seen Mary, also noticing her anxiousness and

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

Mary would

a

such things were common in the business world, and he didn’t mind being used this once, especially

unfortunately, Mary, after gaining an advantage, used it on his cousin,

enough to freeze Ellis’s favorable

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with Keera was just foolish, but now it seemed that Mary

friend and bestie?!

man of loyalty, despising those who play dirty and backstab friends the

scorn, and suddenly he grabbed Mary, pulling her

embrace.

collided with his chest, making her even

drug slowly started to take effect, and she forced herself to shake her head,

finish, Ellis had already leaned d whispering into her ear. “For what just happened, w will you give me in

breath sprayed on

down her

reactions.

Ellis,

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her hands suddenly wrapped

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

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

only to hear Mary murmur, “Ellis, I like you

“How many people have you

smiled at him, extending a

vision was

she tried to extend one finger, several appeared before

“So many…”

turned cold instantly. “Mary, I didn’t expect someone who appears so innocent could play

and pressed closer against

her shirt, revealing a

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collarbone.

hurried for

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

him…

Mary was no lady,

down, picked up Mary, and carried her into the

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

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so hot, and the way she looked… Was

Ellis furrowed his brows.

“Mary, do you know

“You are Ellis!”

continuing to snuggle up to

Ellis

and, holding onto Mary’s chin, with a profound look in

Mary was startled.

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

eyes looked at Ellis, and after

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hearing this, Ellis

in his chest.

and the others away, and then he fiercely turned his

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

suggesting a tryst emanated from the private room,

time.”

visitor leave, the assistant returned his attention

sounds inside were becoming

face flushed with embarrassment, but he could only wave his hand, signaling the

a man and

normal man! Mr. Ellis should definitely give him

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time had passed when she finally woke

her sore

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

where

“Click.”

The light turned on.

it was dark outside,

a suit sat

realized she was lying on

all over

exclaimed in shock, immediately cov her chest, and turning her gaze

“You…”

happened that day, her voice

was she who started

of shyness flooded her cheeks, and

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a touch of joy

immediately produced a bank card, extending it toward

taken aback, her

Fee for service…

did he

comment on her flashed through her mind, and she cast her gaze downward. She felt as cold as an ice cellar, her voice carrying a trace more chill.

bother.”

room fell silent

to see Ellis appraising her closely, his gaze filled

of person.

money.”

“Is that so?”

card,

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

them.”

looked at

following

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

dream lover

could he actually be thinking

this?

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

the

his gaze and, sure enough, there were

on one by one, and found that the fit was

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he has always

those people, he had also carefully given her a

hadn’t had the heart to use them even now

still kept them.

a

turned

still staring at her. “Tell me,

want?”

her gaze. “Whether you believe it or

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

a stack of cash from her bag

services.”

Ellis’s pupils contract

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gaze piercing Mary.

she still turned around and walked

cover her wildly beating heart, feeling that if

deep breath and then

had left, the assistant entered

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. The penalty is ten times the amount, as high as

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

immediately sneered. “How

so high?”

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assistant promptly said, “It’s said to be

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

of Mary’s words “deliberate

thought that the whole affair could indeed have been an accident, but now it turned out that what Mary had said was true! If it wasn’t for a deliberately set contractual

really out for

was truly

Mary had just shown such pride in

slammed his teacup onto the

understand why he was

a night he had spent with her… No, it was she who had

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sneered as he stood up

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

of money on the table. “Mr. Ellis, whose money is this?

Ellis was speechless.

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

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

door to the parking lot, only to

trying to reach Uncle Olsen, but after we stopped him, he came looking for

frowned. “What does he want

and see.”

on such a scoundrel in

now thinking of Keera as

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Howard.

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arrived in

with a pleasing smile on his face. “Mr. Ellis, I went to the Olsen family to find Uncle

down at him.

me?”

off. Afterward, he even had my wife, Keera, help visit Mrs. Olsen, so my wife and I have a very good relationship with

deliver a message

only to find out tha he had

eyes narrowed. “What

with Davis Corporation. Could I trouble Uncle

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the Davis family to give us some more time? Just

gaze, sneering/”Alright,

your message.”

said that, Ellis got into his

didn’t dare to stop him anymore, and Ellis’s car

left, Cindy

Olsen a great deal, and afterward, Uncle Olsen said we could ask

two talked and

were gone, Mary stepped

corner.

her car, when she saw Howard and

Ellis really conveyed the message

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ruin Keera’s

her phone, found Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated for a moment,

sky had

Ellis was reclining in a

with

words, “not the first time,”

was his first

the case, wasn’t

tie, feeling

then, his phone suddenly

it and saw that it was

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

still the granddaughter of

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Family’s patriarch and everyone would

some respect.

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

this, Ellis answered

“What’s

long as the requests I make

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

front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

her, to

get some benefits for her branch of the Davis Family or

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his surprise, he heard Mary

you not help

immediately furrowed his

a 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

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

behavior, I’m afraid Mary

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to stay in Oceanion!”

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

tell Uncle Olsen the truth about

made

test had been out for a

actually believed Keera was Ellis’s dad’s illegitimate daughter, which

for those two days.

got a good beating from

have thought that the results would show, that

stunned at

but after hearing the

hesitated.

had always

years, not a single woman

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once been asked, “Why not find someone, just to have

be compromised with. Better have nothing

defeated life, being played around by a man from a small place, Uncle

and majestic life would be ruined by

for a long time and hadn’t reported the

looking for traces of Mrs. Olsen, so the two of them hadn’t seen

since that day.

for now. I’m afraid Uncle Olsen

asked again. “Then, this

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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quite good just to let Howard abandon Keera. It might even cure this cousin of her

also felt that this was his cousin’s own

tradition had always taught them since childhood to act according to their own hearts, and the

they only asked, “What do you

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

his phone buzzed because of WhatsApp again, and it

decision forming in his heart, Ellis’s tone became a few degrees colder. “Miss Davis, are you doing this just to hit back at your good

hurriedly said, “No, I want

divorce, but does she want

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forced onto another person are

infuriated by his words.

she doesn’t want to?!”

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startled when he heard this. “You mean,

topic had come to this point, Mary really feared that Ellis

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

out.”

prenuptial agreement that Keera had signed and then went straight to the

a penny, and give both the

all this, Mary continued. “So, please don step in

Davis, do you think

Keera before. She had been love-struck since college and almost fell

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friend

home for the sake of competing with that mistress, serving Howard’s mother well, to the point

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

divorce?

make Davis Corporation drop the lawsuit, and since the lawsuit had been filed, even if Keera really made Howard leave without a penny, the value of that company and villa sold together wouldn’t

was really a trap set by Keera herself,

simply didn’t make

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

knew her friend best, had doubted until now whether

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Howard.

she said something. The last message Keera sent Mary was, “Even if Howard really cheats, the fact that he’s been hiding it from me shows that he cares about me. Mary, I don’t need your warnings; he just made a mistake that any man could make. If you don’t tell me, maybe he’ll return to the family after a while on his own!

was beyond

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

instantly became

determined to

lowered his gaze, hiding the icy chill within. “Are you sure you want to make this

“Indeed.”

head, his eyes filled with a cold intent. “But the favor

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from me, you have to return

Mary was startled.

her lips, knowing

let her off today because he misunderstood that Ellis was interested in her. If Ellis went to

days might become

the company and the villa,

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

this moment, Mary still hadn’t

just breathed a sigh of relief,

and headed home.

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

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with Ellis, a hint

Soon, she arrived home.

parked the car and

soon as she stepped in,

her, she saw her parents kneeling on the floor of the hall, while her eldest uncle sat in front of them with several

in her

her whole body freezing. She took a step forward

“Mary…”

suddenly call your uncle and claim to have no association with you? Hurry up and explain to your uncle. Was Mr. Ellis joking? Didn’t he go to the private

this, Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed coldly and immediately scolded.

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Mary didn’t kneel.

and with a cruel kick to her knees, they forced her legs to buckle, and

of his influence? Do you know that Mr. Lynch also called me just now

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

in pain as she was

look up.

tight, and

brother’s leg. “Brother, Mary is still young, and she doesn’t understand. Please

a waste of a daughter! Do you still have the nerve

I spare her, how could Mr.

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and viciously struck

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

the anticipated pain did

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

and she breathed a

relief.

in the

“Slap!”

slap landed on Mary’s

beat and kicked Mary’s father. “I blame you for not raising your

head and pleaded for mercy. He already knew what his big brother intended to do

spare Mary please. She

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to the

“Dad!”

cried out and tried to rush over, but

their grip, wanting to stop her eldest uncle’s

professional, robust, and impossible to break away

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

cried out with a piercing voice, tears

only then that her eldest uncle finally

look at Mary. “If you want me to stop hitting him, fine, but

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clenched her fists

what kind of demand her eldest uncle

make next…

a bruised nose and swollen face, her mother who was being held down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her grandmother, who hurried over after hearing

before her…

none of this was

would have already been taken

company to gain the favor

had long anticipated a situation like

she still harbored

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toward Ellis.

the same time, she blamed herself in secret

useless she was!

unable to protect her parents and unable to

only obediently become a social butterfly

feeling an overwhelming

father was trying to get up from the ground. “Mary, don’t

mother looked

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

Π

“Come tomorrow at six in the evening, and you’ll come with me to the hotel, and sweet-talk Mr.

these words behind, he left

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this soon reached Ellis’s

Olsen residence’s study, listening to

expected Mary’s life to be

she’s technically your

“No.”

reluctance in his heart and sneered. “She dares to scheme against Keera, so she

at him. “What about

promised her, I

“But the twenty million, I’ll have Keera pay it back

show your cousin what kind of man her husband is.

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smiled. “If she really gets over

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

a close eye on

loss.”

what

fell silent for a moment and eventually

“Leave her be.”

night, Ellis dreamt

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

beneath

she looked at him sideways. “It’s not

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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forehead, feeling

much he tossed and turned, he couldn’t

it through the night, he got up in the morning and went 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

he let out a cold laugh, “Let’s go and see. Do they really think that

be bullied at will?!”

moment, Keira, whom Ellis thought was in di straits, was struggling to suppress a smile as she looked

the

Howard, now he’s

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sign quickly and

finished speaking and looked

moment, Howard stared at the two copies of the divorce agreement, lost in thought,

Three years!

had been three years since he married Keera, and

one million went to Keera for household expenses, and with the three million left, h spent a little over one million on Cindy, and some on entertaining,

savings…

a little over a hundred

bear to

house and company were

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

her!

now, this villa can sell at most for fifteen million. The company has a debt contract of twenty million, and if we can’t sell it at a good price, I’ll end up with nothing and still

Howard panicked a little.

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

over with

Keira away and

couldn’t immediately show her eager expression; she

mother couldn’t

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

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own problems! Why are

pique his interest at all! If Mr. Horton were

maybe the company could be saved, and you and Howard

really wanted

about to sign the second, but he hesitated again

and curses had

swallowed.

don’t aband me, please. I haven’t worked for so

own…”

hesitated and swiftly signed on the second

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

two contracts to her. “Keera, stop struggling, just sign it! Otherwise, Howard and his mother won’t let you

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blame anyone else. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself for not having enough support

the contract with trembling

of the three

heaven knew how hard

South family villa, a black luxury car

strode into the South family villa with

assistant!

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and as 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 agreement in her hands,

T

immediately furrowed his brows but stopped in his tracks, not entering the room right

voice was low, with a sobbing tone, as she

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

was

graduated, it you who said I didn’t need to work! You said that being

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had read

diary, Keera recorded the

Howard.

college, had also

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

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

socializing, that it was all an act,

also said, no matter whether the child I gave birth to

these words on behalf

“Enough!”

clearly didn’t want to listen any longer

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he coldly laughed. “Keera, what’s the point of saying all

looked incredulously

had that night with Lewis come about, wasn’t Howard aware of it? How could

right, Keera, you also didn’t behave like a wife should. What right do you have

with rage

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

Ellis immediately halted.

like this,

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agreement. Having signed it, given the Olsen family’s assertiveness,

it and simply stood

an inch.

Inside the room.

appeared to be coerced, placing the divorce agreement on the

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a sigh

“Now that you’ve signed, son, go get the divorce certificate

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

you agree to one

for me?”

immediately asked with suspicion, “What

it?”

said weakly. “How much

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give Amy every month?”

is in debt, and I’ve resigned. I don’t have a job right now. Where would I get the money to pay 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

of his income to his child for living expenses, but Howard has already made it clear that he doesn’t have a

with another

was easy for him to find a job in the

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thousands.

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

this was something

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 don’t provide

you live! If you can’t make it, just take her and go beg

hands and feet. Why can’t you

want to go out and find a jo After all, working is so exhausting, and if she could get living expenses for Amy, she

off with Amy,

Howard’s

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will hold you accountable! I’m not making an unreasonable request, Howard.

listening outside, felt

on earth

about that bit of child support? Couldn’t

deep breaths to suppress the anger welling up

someone as defeatist as Keer deserve

there be such weak

Inside.

her piece, she saw Howard’s mother jumping up and down

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Amy really is! Howard, think of a way to cut ties with them, so she won’t be like a vampire sucking your blood

Cindy immediately said, “Why not

this, Keira narrowed

it hadn’t been in vain that she had put on such an

sever Amy’s relationship with Howard and his family, so that in the future, Howard would have no

shook her

Howard decisively pulled out a piece of paper. “You don’t get to make

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no relation with Amy from then on, before turning

Howard’s mother stepped forward and grabbed her hand. “When we tell you to sign, you sign. Don’t even think about clinging to Howard. Once

seemed intimidated. She signed her

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

mother said, “Are we leaving in such a

“Absolutely, to prevent this woman from demanding any more living

bit reluctant. “Once

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where will we

move to my place first. I have

you in the future.

picked up her suitcase and followed behind

reached the door, they encountered the ashen-faced

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

looked

gaze shifted to Keira, who had her back

them.

be weeping with her shoulders trembling slightly, fueling his anger

“Howard, is this how you

then swallowed hard. “Mr. Ellis, my divorce from Keera is mutual.

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