My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Chapter 281-290

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

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

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

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

Her eyes reddened with anger.

Was Keera thinking of her as a fool?

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

But why did Keera have to deceive her with such

tricks?

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

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

me.”

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

Amy had already fallen asleep.

After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.

She asked, “What did you just send?”

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

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She shook her head and set the mobile phone aside.

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

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

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

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

The next morning.

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

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

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

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Upon seeing Keira, she immediately curved her lips

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

Keira replied with a thumbs-up and a smile.

The two entered the building together and approached

Howard’s office.

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

Keira’s eyes narrowed slightly.

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

Cindy’s skirt was hiked up to her waist.

Howard’s pants were also down to his knees…

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

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

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

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

and me…”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She wasn’t blind!

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

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

She was suddenly at a loss for words.

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

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

matters into her own hands..

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

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

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

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

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Keira silently watched them, feeling beyond words.

What had she done?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

discern.

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

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

Mary snorted but didn’t speak.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Of course…”

Howard touched her waist, his eyes gradually

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

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

“He won’t.”

Keira replied.

Meanwhile.

At the Olsen residence.

Ellis held the DNA test results and hurried into Uncle

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

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

handing over the corporate affairs to the young man

in advance.

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

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

Upon hearing what Ellis had said, he frowned and

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

Ellis placed the report on Sam’s desk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hearing that, Sam immediately looked toward Ellis.

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

that?”

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

“Pfft…”

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

here.”

Sam looked at him and remained silent, but his eyes

were filled with pity.

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

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

“It’s impossible.”

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

Could Keera really be his dad’s illegitimate daughter?

Thinking of his father’s henpecked demeanor, he still

found it unbelievable.

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

his hand.

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

Ellic entered his father’s room again took hig

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toothbrush, and handed everything to his assistant to

send to the testing center.

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

Lewis Horton in Clance.”

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

But the secretary was puzzled.

Could that be the case?

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

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

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

The secretary paused here.

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Ellis then said, “What about her?”

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

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

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

her?”

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

rumors…”

Ellis raised his eyebrow. “And then?”

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

Mary.”

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

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this look like it?”

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

Ellis asked, “What?”

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

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

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

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

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

intelligence!”

The secretary coughed. “It looks like Uncle Olsen

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intends to acknowledge her and then bring her back

into the family…”

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

“Yes.”

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

Meanwhile.

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

In the South family’s small villa.

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

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

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

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Maybe today I’ll show you.”

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

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

eat?”

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

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

him!

…Their shamelessness was beyond her imagination!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vairo still kant her hood down seemingly fragile and

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

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

child?”

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

Cindy snapped. “You…”

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

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

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

In an instant, Cindy understood. Keera was declaring

war!

Ha.

Did she really think she could win?

It was just because she had snagged a deal with Mary

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

Cindy left reluctantly with Howard.

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

“…Okay.”

Keira looked utterly docile.

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

Howard’s mother.

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

diligent.

Sometimes she would even deliberately seek to please

Howard’s mother.

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

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

Keira just smirked.

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

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

mother-in-law like this?

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

would be once she divorced and Howard’s mother

lived with Cindy.

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

A month passed by quickly.

In two days, the contract would expire.

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

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

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tomorrow comes, we’ll sue him!”

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

Keira nodded. “I’m sure.”

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

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

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

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

check him out.”

Keira was perplexed.

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

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

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wants

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

candidates!”

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

wanted to, whereas I…”

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

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

Keira saw a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

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

definitely be impressed with you!”

People from every social class have their own troubles.

Wealthy families were no exception.

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

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

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

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

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

Keira asked, Who’s your blind date?”

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

Keira was dumbfounded.

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

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Keira watched as Ellis walked in and sat down at Table

8 not far away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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connection!”

This stubborn facade…

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

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

Keira shook her head in resignation at this.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mary was stunned. “You know me?”

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

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

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

“No.” Ellis blinked.

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

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

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Ellis had always despised foolish, unprincipled people.

Mary’s actions had struck a nerve with him.

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

Keera’s best friend.

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

Correct.

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

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

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

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

With that, he left straight away.

Mary still sat there, utterly baffled.

Indeed, she had a good impression of Ellis.

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

bullied.

was

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

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

Her crush was well concealed…

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

But what did he just say?

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

empty-headed beauty, a vase with nothing but her

looks.”

Tears welled up in Mary’s eyes.

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

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

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

She was humiliated by her family and now mocked by

Ellis as well.

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

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

standing up as if nothing had happened.

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

“It’s nothing.”

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

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

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

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“…Okay.”

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

tomorrow, the lawsuit will definitely reach the

company.”

“Okay.”

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

“I know.”

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

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

Mary looked at the road ahead. “Yes.”

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

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Since she was in charge of the new energy research

and development, it was possible to offer her a

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

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

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

million?!

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

Meanwhile.

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

Ellis had always remembered her.

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

he very much liked

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

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

intelligence. What a pity.”

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

Ellis now felt a headache whenever he heard those two

words.

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

The secretary didn’t dare to speak.

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

The Olsen family always covered for their own!

They could criticize their own cousin, but nobody else

could!

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

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

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Mary quickly returned to the Davis home.

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

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

so were her other uncles and aunts.

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

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

Mary’s fingers tightened instantly, and she looked

down.

She swallowed before saying, “No…”

“No?!”

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

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

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

Her private affairs were to be laid out and scrutinized

in detail?

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

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

any further…”

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

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

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

indistinguishable from the most distant relatives!”

Mary’s grandfather was the gooand can of the

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

live on his own.

While Mary’s grandfather was still alive, the first

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

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

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

Seeing this scene, Mary clenched her fists.

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Her father indeed didn’t have the same mother as

these people.

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

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

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

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

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

father was dutifully filial,

a traditional woman who didn’t wish to break away from the family, always hoping to be buried with her

and

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

fingers before finally speaking up. “Mr. Ellis was dissatisfied with me.

uncles became extremely disappointed. “With your

“No,

I had known earlier, I might a well have let my daughter try! At the young

wife

have plenty of daughters in our

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Ellis? How would he possibly take a fancy to

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

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

nephew wanted to work in the New Energy Research and Development Department of the Davis Corporation, you said we couldn’t pull strings, and now for an outsider, for a best friend who is mentally deficient,

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be blinded by

can insult me, but don’t drag

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

in the

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

reasons anymore!

for compensation according to the contract, and at the same time, you’ll be held responsible for the

clenched her fists

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peers, she was the first to pass the interview for Davis Corporation and to

a

families.

contract, if compensation could be obtained,

for an excuse to fire her from

them and, facing the leviathan

least, she could help Keera divorce and

for Howard’s mother and

contained a research and development

planned to use this latest research and development plan to seek

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with Davis Corporation.

be put

her that she

to Mary yet.

quickly reached the third

lawsuit was delivered to Howard early in the

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

one too.”

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

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

villa is under her

exactly how

household! Haven’t you seen that I call the

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

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

“What?!”

out a shocked exclamation, looking

a wave of his

part. Mary is so good

they

at his secretary, “But on

wasn’t submitted on time, was

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

quan told

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expected things to

“Don’t panic. I’m calling

took out his phone and

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

can

just hired new tech staff, and we’ll definitely

thought that would settle

with so many joint projects with Davis Corporation, no one would focus on such a small one. They were steadily receiving R&D funds, and not producing

surprise, Mary actually bellowed at him. “Howard! You have the

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don’t have the capacity to

that statement, Mary

Howard was stunned.

his secretary. “Hurry to Davis Corporation and find out if Mary

“Yes.”

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

worth that much!”

up to

her eyes flickered. She immediately followed

two quickly returned to

the role of the dutiful

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as the door was opened, Howard charged

the kitchen.

just the right amount of surprise and joy. “You’re

“Call Mary right now and make her

to be

make the call! No

Howard was furious.

immediately lowered her head. “Okay, I’ll

message on the

a

Howard.

said, “Use WhatsApp

a voice call to Mary, but

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

to send another message,

stared blankly at

forward, his hand raised to slap

let herself

made his move, she crouched down, hugged her knees, and began to cry, “Why

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 have to sell

only fetch half its value, which won’t add up to

husband and wife, for better or

worse…”

words made Howard

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

get a divorce and push

instantly

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a flicker of something in his eyes before he said,

turned around and left with

something and blurted out, “Divorce her, then you won’t have

pregnant with Howard’s child and, of course, hoped that Howard

divorced, I might end up with nothing. Wouldn’t all my efforts in the past three

waste?!”

to Keera for

away empty-handed

do?”

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must be a way; there’s

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

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

friend.

after came a message

you for five minutes, consider it payback for

things on your end?

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

“So what

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

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

continuously showed

of

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

feel like you’re not quite the same as

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

as she read the

sister for a while, and her interactions with Mary made

for the first

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

silence, she

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thought.

was still alive, she would certainly have regretted being too love-struck to

long time, and finally

Keera.”

message was actually a

Keera often said strange things, so Mary

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 please focus a little

her phone. “Unele, don’t

lawsuit after the divorce or to help Keera pay that twenty million, so if there was

job she had to

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flickered with a hint of mockery as he heard her. “Hmm, Mr.

nodded. “I understand,

words fallen than there was a knock

man.

forties, and his

shaking hands with Uncle Davis, he immediately turned to Mary with a beaming smile. “Mr. Davis, who is this young lady? I’ve never seen

is currently

nodded. “Oh? Miss

pleasure to meet you…”

his

hand, she only felt his

clammy and quite disgusting.

hand back, but he tightened his grip

help from her uncle

eyes.

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

then did Mr. Lynch sit down with a lecherous

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

smiles, avoided bringing up

Lynch has taken a

the look

she stood up with her glass, walked over to

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speaks of you, saying

like to offer you

she distinguished

sudden change in Mr. Lynch’s

brows and glared at Mary, then shot a look

and didn’t notice her uncle’s expression. She just saw Mr. Lynch’s expression change, and then he stood up. “Alright, my

downed the content of

looked at Uncle Davis. “Uncle, I

some work to do.

enjoy yourselves. I need to

quickly picked up her bag and started walking

something was off with

she took a few steps, she suddenly felt dizzy, and her body

had happened and looked desperately at her glass, then incredulously at

Davis!!

was just a ploy to secure a contract with her beauty,

was completely beyond what

flung it open, hoping to cry for help from

the door, the person walking by her private

he

and saw Mary.

eyes met, the plea for help

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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

he found out she was using her looks

had too much drink!

some tea…”

Uncle Davis suddenly approached and grabbed Mary’s arm, pulling her back inside, then proceeded to

to shut the door, a hand suddenly

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slender hand and

taken aback.”

she saw the door being pushed

his head to look, only to

in the room paused for

moment.

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

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

then turned his gaze

eye, which was why he brought her here

Mr. Ellis interested in

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assistant to expressly ask after her, but she instantly understood;

worry. I was just discussing a partnership with Uncle Lynch and

was also bewildered

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

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

branch.

offend any of the

families!

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

looked toward

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said,

the contract out of

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

Mr. Lynch promptly

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

are just friends. You’re mistaken. Since the contract

doorway, she suddenly

then suddenly understood something. “My dear niece,

retract the lawsuit…”

had flaunted

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

lawsuit.”

lawsuit? Aren’t you and your close friend the best

You…”

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 her. Uncle, you must not intervene in

matter.”

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

involved in this matter.”

Mary pull the

room closed again, she took a deep breath,

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least she couldn’t

to leave,

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

also

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

would actually take

signing a contract, that would be

and he

an advantage, used it on his cousin,

was simply… enough to freeze Ellis’s

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

friend and bestie?!

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

gaze turned icy, his smile edged with scorn,

embrace.

his chest, making her even

started to take effect, and she forced herself to shake her

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

sprayed on Mary’s

sent shivers down her spine, magnifying

reactions.

against Ellis, her

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hands

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

initially just wanted to scare her, but what was this woman doing? She

hear Mary murmur, “Ellis, I like

then scoffed. “How many

at him,

her vision was

tried to extend one finger, several appeared before her, and she

“So many…”

who appears so innocent

and pressed

her shirt, revealing

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collarbone.

hurried for

taken an

him…

was no lady, so why not

down, picked up Mary, and carried her

and then bent over her. As soon as he touched her burning

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hot, and the way she looked… Was

Ellis furrowed his brows.

“Mary, do you

“You are Ellis!”

to snuggle up

could Ellis resist such

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

Mary was startled.

her reasoning was almost completely worn down, she still paused for a moment, feeling a

and after

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Ellis

in his chest.

look, he sent his assistant and the others away, and then he fiercely turned his gaze to Mary, “You are the one who started

the client Ellis had an appointment with today was stopped

from the private room, letting the visitor immediately catch on. “Since Mr.

time.”

assistant returned his

were becoming more

his hand, signaling the bodyguards to step back a few paces

He wasn’t a man and wasn’t immune

normal man! Mr.

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no idea how much time had passed

her

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

where she

“Click.”

The light turned on.

she notice it was dark

in a suit sat

was then that Mary realized she was

scattered all over

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

“You…”

she thought about what happened that day, her

was she

shyness flooded her cheeks,

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a touch of joy emerged in

produced a bank card, extending it toward

taken aback, her fingers

Fee for service…

he take

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

bother.”

statement, the room

looked up only to see Ellis appraising her closely,

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

card, “Then you must

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fit together, why don’t you speak up? As long

them.”

looked at

had been following Ellis for many

wasn’t that type of person, unlike other wealthy heirs. He was never fickle or messy, and his

also why Ellis was the dream lover of so many eligible ladies in

actually be thinking

this?

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

the

followed his gaze and, sure enough,

on one by one, and found that the fit was

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has always been

rescuing her from those people,

to use them even

still kept them.

gave a

finished dressing and turned to look at

staring at her. “Tell me, what do

want?”

you believe it or

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

cash from her bag and placed it on the table.

services.”

pupils contract

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gaze piercing Mary.

fear, she still turned around

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

breath

had left, the assistant entered the

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

Corporation would pay Keera’s company two million annually

sneered. “How could

so high?”

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said, “It’s

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

words “deliberate retaliation,” Ellis

been an accident, but now it turned out that what Mary had said was true! If it wasn’t for a

was really out

woman was truly too sinister

in front of him. It must have been a ploy

slammed his teacup onto the

was suddenly feeling

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

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he stood

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

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

Ellis was speechless.

glanced at the money in the assistant’s

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

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

said, “Mr. Ellis, this Howar has been trying to reach Uncle

frowned. “What does he want with me?

and see.”

had only ever looked down on such a scoundrel in

thinking of Keera as his cousin. he took

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Howard.

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arrived in

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

looked down at him. “What do you want

me?”

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 wonder

deliver a

Uncle Olsen only to find out tha he had been

narrowed.

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

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us some more time? Just give us one more

lowered his gaze, sneering/”Alright,

your message.”

that, Ellis got into his

didn’t dare to stop

left, Cindy

“Last time Keera helped Uncle Olsen a great deal, and afterward, Uncle Olsen said we could ask

and left

were gone, Mary stepped

corner.

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

really conveyed the message to

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ruin

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

had already

was reclining in a

with Mary’s

the first time,” Ellis could not

was his first

was the case, wasn’t he at

his tie, feeling a bit

his

saw that it

had added Mary on WhatsApp, he had no recollection, but Mary had been mingling in their

than Maru ung still the granddaughter of

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Family’s patriarch and everyone

some respect.

over the Davis Family, as Mary’s branch gradually declined, she started to become more invisible

this, Ellis answered the

“What’s

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

you really were playing hard to

in front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

her, to take responsibility for

her branch of the Davis Family or at least to solidify her

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to his surprise, he

not help Howard and

furrowed

a cold laugh. “The favor you’re asking

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

said those words, he hung

He was very angry.

and couldn’t help saying, “Mr. Ellis, Miss Davis also didn’t

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 over ten years all fake?!

I’m afraid Mary would no

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to stay in Oceanion!”

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

Uncle Olsen the

question made

of the DNA test had

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

for those two days.

got a good beating from

have thought that the results would show, that Keera

stunned

Olsen immediately, but after hearing the assistant’s

hesitated.

always been a proud

so many years, not a

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

to be compromised with. Better have nothing than have something

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

and majestic life would be ruined by his daughter,

hadn’t gone to see Uncle Olsen for

Olsen was out there looking for traces of Mrs. Olsen, so the two of them hadn’t

since that day.

I’m afraid Uncle

“Then,

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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like not intervening, thinking it would be quite good just to let Howard abandon

that this was his cousin’s own

own hearts, and the family elders never did things just because they felt “It’s

they only asked, “What do you

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

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

tone became a few degrees colder. “Miss Davis, are you

I want her

divorce, but does she want it herself?

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onto another person are

his words. “How do

she doesn’t want to?!”

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heard this. “You mean, Keera

this point, Mary really feared that Ellis

it’s a plan that Keera and I

out.”

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

without a penny, and give both the company

all this, Mary continued. “So, please don

you think I would

college and almost fell out with her adoptive parents for Howard. Later, she even fell

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her best friend Mary

an eye on Keera and knew that she had been tolerant at home for the sake of competing with that mistress, serving Howard’s mother well, to the point where Howard’s mother didn’t

such a person, whose heart was

divorce?

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

it was really a trap set by Keera herself,

didn’t make any

to explain, but she also understood that her

all, even she, who knew her friend best, had

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Howard.

me. Mary, I don’t need your warnings; he just made a mistake

infatuation was

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

eyes instantly

Mary determined to

took a deep breath and suddenly lowered his gaze, hiding the icy chill within. “Are

“Indeed.”

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

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me, you have to return it

Mary was startled.

her lips, knowing what Ellis was

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

might become

Keera’s desire for a divorce, for the company and the villa, as well as freedom, she eventually

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

hadn’t

breathed a sigh of relief, then started the

and headed home.

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

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back to the passionate encounter with Ellis, a hint of shyness

Soon, she arrived home.

the car and

stepped in, her pace came to an

her parents kneeling on the floor of the hall, while her eldest uncle sat

faltered in her

jaw, her whole body freezing. She took a

“Mary…”

do to offend Mr. Ellis? Why would he suddenly call your uncle and claim to have no

Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed coldly

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Mary didn’t kneel.

were already approaching, and with a cruel kick to her knees, they forced her legs to buckle, and she fell

in you, yet you dared to take advantage of his

who gave you such audacity? To

throbbed in pain as she was forced

look up.

clenched tight,

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

“A waste of a father raising a

spare her, how could

ma21″

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and viciously struck

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

anticipated pain did not

I can’t bear to harm, no wonder Mr. Lynch keeps thinking about you. I can’t hit

Mary, and she breathed a

relief.

the

“Slap!”

slap landed on

“I blame you for not raising your daughter rig I

knew what his big brother intended to do and shouted, “Brother, I’m begging you. Take

Mary please. She

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to the Davis

“Dad!”

She cried out and tried to rush over,

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

professional, robust, and impossible to break

please stop! If you keep going, it could

piercing voice, tears and snot

was only then that her

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her fists

what kind of demand her eldest uncle

make next…

nose and swollen face, her mother who was being held down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her grandmother, who

before her…

none of

been

any significant achievements in the company to gain the favor of the first branch,

had long anticipated a situation

she

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toward Ellis.

she blamed herself in

useless she was!

protect her parents and

could only obediently become a social butterfly for her

feeling an overwhelming sense of helplessness wash over

was trying to get up from

mother looked at him

this, finally lowered her gaze. “Fine, I’ll b obedient. I’ll listen to everything

Π

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

he left with

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this soon

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

hadn’t expected Mary’s life to be this

technically your woman, do you

“No.”

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

assistant looked at him. “What about that contract?

her, I won’t interfere

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

“That works too. It just might show your cousin what kind of man her husband is. Who knows? After going through this ordeal, she

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smiled. “If she really

acknowledge her again

finishing this topic, he instructed the assistant. “Keep a close eye on Keera’s situation; after all, she’s my uncle’s daughter and

loss.”

but what

a moment

“Leave her be.”

that night, Ellis dreamt

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

was beneath a

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

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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his forehead, feeling utterly

he tossed and turned, he couldn’t fall back

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 knew we wouldn’t help, he

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

be bullied at will?!”

in di straits, was struggling to suppress

the company and the

all these years of 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 and painlessly,

finished speaking and looked toward

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

Three years!

had been three years since he married Keera, and all he had gotten was a

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, and with the three million left, h spent a little over one million on Cindy, and

savings…

he only got a little over a hundred thousand in

couldn’t bear to let

the house and company were originally

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

her!

The real estate market in Clance is terrible right now, this villa can sell at most for fifteen million. The company has a debt contract of twenty million, and if we can’t sell it at a good price, I’ll end up with nothing and still be saddled with millions in debt. You can’t do this to

Howard panicked a little.

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

Olsen had already sent people over with the message that they

Keira away and was about

expression; she still had to keep a miserable

Howard’s mother

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

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own problems!

slept with Mr. Horton and failed to pique his

maybe the company could be saved, and you and Howard wouldn’t

wanted

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

scolding and curses had to be

swallowed.

don’t aband me, please. I haven’t worked for so many years, an the debt is in

own…”

longer hesitated and swiftly signed on the second

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

just sign it! Otherwise, Howard

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else. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself for not having enough support from your own family, which is why your husband’s family can easily

took the contract

the three people, she was

hard Keira was trying

family villa,

South family villa

assistant!

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see a woman with her back to him, holding

T

furrowed his brows but stopped in his tracks, not entering

with a sobbing tone, as she said with her

in

was

trembled. “When we graduated, it you who said I

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had read

Keera recorded the happy times

Howard.

college, had also been

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

that you would manage the company for me, that in the future

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

matter whether the child I gave birth to was a boy or

speaking these words on

“Enough!”

clearly didn’t want to listen any

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preventing others from talking about them, and he coldly laughed. “Keera, what’s the point of saying all this? I have a

looked incredulously at

come about, wasn’t Howard aware of it? How could he shamelessly say such

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

with

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

Ellis immediately halted.

Keera would just divorce like this,

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signed it, given the Olsen family’s assertiveness,

thought about it and simply stood still, not

an inch.

Inside the room.

coerced, placing the divorce agreement on the table

Cindy was pleased.

a

you’ve signed, son, go get the

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

Could you agree to

for me?”

asked with

it?”

“How much

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give Amy every month?”

words came out, Howard immediately bristled. “What nonsense are you talking about? The company is in debt, and

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

living expenses, but Howard has already made it clear that he doesn’t have a proper job yet, and his future income is

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

for him to find

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thousands.

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

this was something

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 child support,

you live! If you can’t make

mother sneered. “Exactly, Keera, you ha hands and

to go out and find a jo After all, working is so exhausting, and if

Amy,

Howard’s

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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

listening outside, felt a

earth

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

deep breaths to suppress the anger welling up inside

even felt that someone as defeatist as

could there be

Inside.

jumping up and down in anger. “You’re

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Howard, think of a way to cut ties with them, so she

as these words came out, Cindy immediately said, “Why not sign a

this, Keira

it hadn’t been in vain that she

wanted to completely sever Amy’s relationship with Howard and his family, so that in the future, Howard would have

her

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

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

chance to act, 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 you’re divorced, you and that loser better stay

seemed intimidated. She signed her name

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

said, “Are we leaving in such a

from demanding any

felt a bit

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will we

move to my place first. I have

in the future. You’re pregnant and

picked up her suitcase and

they reached the door, they encountered

Ellis? When,

coldly looked at

gaze shifted to Keira, who had

them.

seemed to be weeping with her

is this how you

“Mr. Ellis, my divorce from

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