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After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.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

away from the family, always hoping

and

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

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

of her uncles became extremely disappointed. “With your

“No, he

immediately scoffed. “A granddaughter brought up in a small family background is just useless! Brother, you insisted on giving her this opportunity. See? it was wasted! If I had known

uncle’s wife

a member of the Davis family, but we have plenty of

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fancy to someone who is nothing but a pretty face with

his father could no longer hold back. “Sister-in-law, how can you speak so harshly? Mary studied new energy in college, and now she’s been valued by the first branch and is in charge of the new energy research and development projects at the

something I have to say. I heard she abused her authority to sign

wife’s voice 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 said we couldn’t pull strings, and now for an

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blinded

said, “You can insult me, but

questionable outsider! I’ve heard her husband cheated on her, and she just tolerates

in

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 won’t

reasons anymore!

deliver the research plan tomorrow, I’ll definitely have the legal department sue them for compensation according to the contract, and at the same time, you’ll be held responsible for the investment failure! When the time comes, don’t blame me for not considering our

clenched her fists

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was the first to pass the interview for

a thorn in the

families.

if compensation could be obtained,

for an excuse to

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

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

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

contained a research and

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

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with Davis Corporation.

let Mary be put in

occurred to her that she

to Mary yet.

quickly reached

Corporation’s lawsuit was delivered

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her grievances. “I just

one too.”

back and discuss it with her

back and discuss it with her. After all,

villa is under

exactly how to

I call the shots with everything at the company? Tonight, you’re coming home with me,

wife be unhappy and kick us out? Didn’t she

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

his

someone knocked on the office door and entered, handing him the letter. “Mr. Smith, someone just delivered this! They say we haven’t submitted the research and development proposal on

“What?!”

a shocked exclamation, looking incredulously

dismissed it with a wave

mistake on their part. Mary is so

they

looked at his secretary, “But

wasn’t submitted on time, was

core staff member in the R&D

quan

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things

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

saying this, he took out his phone and dialed Mary’s

answered quickly, and Howard immediately explained the situation before adding, “Do you think there’s some misunderstanding here? Or

can

hired new tech staff, and we’ll definitely

that

so many joint projects with Davis Corporation, no one would focus on such a small one. They were steadily receiving

actually bellowed at him. “Howard! You have the nerve to call me?! Do

great-uncle was already displeased with my joining the corporation over my cousin,

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have the capacity to help you any longer! You’re

statement,

Howard was stunned.

to Davis Corporation and find out if Mary really is getting

“Yes.”

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

worth that much!”

frantically pacing and suddenly stood up

with anxiety, and upon hearing this, her eyes flickered. She immediately followed

to

the dutiful wife and mother,

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the door was

the kitchen.

just the right amount

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

pretended to be uninformed.

call! No

Howard was furious.

immediately lowered her head. “Okay, I’ll

dialed Mary’s number, but the message on the other

was stunned for a moment, then

Howard.

“Use WhatsApp voice

made a voice call to Mary, but Mary

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I’m sorry, but we shouldn’t contact each

tried to send another message, she found she had been

blankly

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

didn’t let

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

she block me?!”

he was about to kick and punch Keira, she stood up and grabbed Howard’s arm “Howard, you can’t abandon me! I’m

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

wife, for better or

worse…”

words made Howard

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

a divorce and push all

eyes instantly

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

said that, he turned around and left

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

and, of course, hoped that Howard

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

waste?!”

married to Keera for

walk away empty-handed either and

do?”

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a way; there’s

we were in Oceanion, she had a pretty good relationship with Uncle Olsen. Let’s find Uncle Olsen to intervene. Just one word from him to Davis Corporation, and they’ll surely stop pursuing the lawsuit. As

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

friend.

came a

minutes, consider it payback for the

are things on your

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

“So what

“It looks like he won’t give up until he’s at the end of his rope. As

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

status continuously showed that she was

ten minutes of typing, still no

asked, “What’s wrong? Is there something

just feel like you’re

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

froze as she read

as her sister for a while, and her interactions

for the

she wanted to tell Mary that she was no

long silence, she

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thought.

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

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

Keera.”

message was actually

strange things, so Mary

mind it.

across the dining table from her suddenly scoffed. “Mary, as long as you land the next client,

set down her phone. “Unele, don’t worry. I’ll definitely perform

the lawsuit after the divorce or to help Keera pay that twenty million,

the job she had to

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Davis’s eyes flickered with a hint of mockery as he heard her. “Hmm, Mr. Lynch

“I

than there was a knock on the door,

man.

his forties, and his appearance

to Mary with a beaming smile. “Mr. Davis, who

Davis replied with a smile, “This is my fourth brother’s daughter, who is

immediately nodded. “Oh?

pleasure to meet you…”

extended his

his hand, she only

clammy and quite disgusting.

pull her hand back, but he tightened his grip slightly, making it hard for her

sought help from her uncle with

eyes.

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

sit down with a lecherous

he could seal the deal, it would earn him the

Lynch, all smiles, avoided bringing up the contract and kept glancing

a laugh, “Mary, Mr. Lynch has taken a liking

felt repulsed by the look in

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

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often speaks of you, saying you’re a

offer

she distinguished their

change in Mr.

Davis furrowed his brows and glared at Mary, then shot a look at Mr.

expression change, and then he stood up. “Alright, my dear niece, your Uncle Lynch will surely take good

relief and downed

at Uncle Davis. “Uncle, I

still have some work to

I need to head

she quickly picked up her bag and started walking

could see that something was off with

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

looked desperately

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

completely beyond what she

flung it open,

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

he turned

and saw Mary.

plea

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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the words Ellis had once said about her during a matchmaking encounter. “…indeed, just an empty-headed beauty with nothing but

think even less of her if he found out she was using her looks to discuss

you’ve had too much drink! Come

some tea…”

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

about to

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at that slender hand and was

taken aback.”

she saw the door

help but turn his head to look, only to see a man

him, everyone in the room paused for

moment.

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 hello. Miss Davis, are

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

his

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

Ellis

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Mr. Ellis’s assistant to expressly ask after her, but she instantly understood; this was her chance to flaunt

Ellis to worry. I was just discussing a partnership with Uncle Lynch and my uncle. Right,

Lynch was also

took control of the company, they had been excluding

why he dared to show disrespect to the second

branch.

couldn’t afford to offend

families!

how would he dare say anything? He immediately replied with a grin. “Yes, yes, I’m

looked toward her

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immediately said, “Yes,

took the contract out of his

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

statement, Mr. Lynch promptly ran

sweat from his forehead and tentatively looked at Mary,

friends. You’re mistaken. Since the contract is signed, I’ll

the doorway, she suddenly

something. “My dear niece, rest

retract the lawsuit…”

had flaunted borrowed authority

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

lawsuit.”

the lawsuit? Aren’t

You…”

“Yes, she’s my best friend, but she chose to block me over a man. Do you think I am trying to get close to her now for what reason? Of course, it’s for revenge. I want

matter.”

between young women, but seeing Mary so vehem he could only nod. “Oh, okay, don’t worry.

involved in this matter.”

the

closed again, she took a deep breath, still feeling

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she couldn’t

leave, she

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

past and seen Mary, also noticing

blocked the private room door that was about to close. Yet he found his own action a bit baffling, which was why he

expected that Mary would

it was just for signing a contract, that would be end of

and he didn’t mind being

an advantage, used

enough to freeze Ellis’s favorable impression of

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he thought Mary’s conflict with Keera was just foolish, but now it seemed that Mary was both stupid and vicious! How could she do such a thing

friend and bestie?!

man of loyalty, despising

turned icy, his smile edged with scorn, and suddenly he grabbed Mary,

embrace.

collided with his chest, making her

effect, and she forced herself to shake her head,

d whispering into her ear. “For what just happened, w will you give me in

breath sprayed on Mary’s

sent shivers down her

reactions.

against Ellis, her eyes

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her hands suddenly

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

what

tried to push her away, only to hear Mary murmur, “Ellis, I like you so

aback, then scoffed. “How many people have you

smiled at him, extending a

vision

finger, several appeared before her, and

“So many…”

cold instantly. “Mary, I didn’t expect someone who appears so

longer hear what he was saying and pressed

to undo her shirt, revealing a

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collarbone.

breathing became hurried for

a gentleman; he had already taken an interest in Mary, and now

him…

no lady, so why

down, picked up Mary, and carried her into

on the sofa and then bent over her. As soon

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hot, and the way she looked… Was

Ellis furrowed his brows.

do you know

“You are Ellis!”

continuing to snuggle

Ellis resist

onto Mary’s chin, with a profound look in his eyes, he said, “This isn’t your first time, is

Mary was startled.

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

Ellis, and after a while,

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Ellis felt an

in his chest.

and the others away, and then he

Ellis had an appointment with today was

ask what was going on, faint sounds suggesting a tryst emanated from the private room, letting the visitor

time.”

returned his attention to the

inside were becoming

could only wave his hand, signaling the bodyguards to step back a few paces to keep

wasn’t a man and

perfectly normal man! Mr.

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had no idea how much time had passed when she finally woke

moved her sore

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

where

“Click.”

The light turned on.

then did she notice it was

in a suit sat

was then that Mary realized she

clothes scattered all over

immediately cov her chest, and turning her

“You…”

what happened that day, her voice

she

shyness flooded her cheeks, and

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a touch of joy emerged in her

a bank card,

was taken aback,

Fee for service…

did he

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

bother.”

that statement, the room fell silent for

up only to see Ellis appraising her closely, his

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

withdrew his bank card,

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Considering your passion last night and how well we fit together, why

them.”

looked at

been following

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

lover of so many eligible ladies

actually

this?

the couch, and asked with her head lowered, “Could

the

gaze and, sure enough, there were some

walked over, tried the pieces on one by one, and found

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always been so

rescuing her from those people, he had

the heart to use them even

still kept them.

gave a bitter

finished dressing and turned to look

was still staring at her. “Tell me,

want?”

you believe it or not, I truly don’t want

bent down to pick up her bag, stuffed her own phone into it, then straightened her back and looked at Ellis. “Mr. Ellis, I

from her bag and placed it on the table. “This is for last

services.”

words made Ellis’s pupils

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gaze piercing Mary.

around and walked

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

a deep breath

had left, the assistant

dark gaze fixed on the stack of cash on the table, and the assistant, not understanding the situation, reported to him. “Mr. Ellis, Miss Keera has indeed run into trouble. It’s said their company didn’t submit

Davis Corporation would pay Keera’s company two million

immediately sneered. “How

so high?”

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said, “It’s

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

of Mary’s words “deliberate retaliation,” Ellis sneered

had thought that the whole affair could indeed have been an accident, but now it turned out that what Mary

was really

was truly too sinister

pride in front of

his teacup onto the ground in

didn’t understand why he was suddenly feeling so irrationally

it was she who had slept with him, right? Such a woman wasn’t worth being on his

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sneered as he stood up and straightened

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

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

Ellis was speechless.

in the assistant’s

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

words behind, he walked out the door to the parking lot, only to see Howard and Cindy

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

does he want with me? Let’s

and see.”

had only ever looked down on such

of Keera as his

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arrived in front

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

looked down at him. “What do

me?”

this. Last time in Oceanion, Uncle Olsen and I hit it off. Afterward, he even had my wife, Keera, help visit Mrs. Olsen, so my wife and I have a

a message

sent a message to Uncle Olsen only to find out

eyes narrowed. “What

Davis Corporation. Could I trouble Uncle Olsen or

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on our behalf, and ask the Davis family to give us some more time? Just give us one more month, no, half a month and I’ll definitely submit

lowered his gaze, sneering/”Alright,

your message.”

Ellis got into

stop him anymore,

Cindy asked, “Will

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

two talked and

they were gone, Mary stepped out

corner.

yet finding her car, when she saw Howard and Cindy

the message

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ruin

her phone, found Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated for

sky had

that moment, Ellis was reclining in a chair, his

mind was filled entirely with Mary’s delicate skin… endlessly

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

his first

the case, wasn’t he at

his tie, feeling

then, his phone suddenly

glanced at it and saw that it was

WhatsApp, he had no recollection, but

ung still the granddaughter

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and everyone would show

some respect.

Family, as Mary’s branch gradually declined, she started to

of this, Ellis answered the

“What’s the

you just say that as long as the requests

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

front of

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

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

get some benefits for her branch of the Davis Family or

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his surprise, he heard Mary

not help Howard

furrowed

cold laugh. “The favor you’re

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

those words, he hung

He was very angry.

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

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

Mary

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stay in Oceanion!”

for a moment before saying, “Mr. Ellis, are

Uncle Olsen the truth about the

made

DNA test

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

for those two days.

Ellis even got a good beating from

would show, that

stunned at the

immediately, but after hearing

hesitated.

had always been a

a single woman had

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asked, “Why not

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

a defeated life, being played around by a man from a small place, Uncle Olsen would probably be

majestic life would be

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

traces of Mrs. Olsen, so the two of

since that day.

this for now. I’m

assistant asked again. “Then, this

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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actually felt like not intervening, thinking it would be quite good just to let

also felt that this

had always taught them since childhood to act according to their own

asked, “What

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

thought about this, his phone buzzed because

tone became a few degrees colder. “Miss Davis, are you doing this just to hit back at your

“No, I want her to

to get a divorce, but does she want it herself? Do you

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forced onto another person

by his words. “How

she doesn’t want to?!”

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“You mean,

come to this point, Mary really feared that Ellis would take action

“Yes, it’s a plan

out.”

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

leave without a penny, and give both the company and the custody

all this, Mary continued. “So, please

Davis, do you think I would believe such

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

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friend Mary

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

Ellis possibly believe that such a person, whose heart was

divorce?

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

it was really a trap set by

didn’t make any

also understood that her words

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

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Howard.

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

was beyond

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

instantly became

determined

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

“Indeed.”

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

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you have to return it

Mary was startled.

her lips, knowing what Ellis was

misunderstood that Ellis was interested

future days might

a divorce, for the company and the villa,

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

this moment, Mary still hadn’t realized the

of relief, then started

and headed home.

Keera. “Keera, I did something big today! I’ll tell you all about it some other

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passionate encounter with Ellis, a hint of shyness appeared

Soon, she arrived home.

and quickly entered

in, her

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

in her

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

“Mary…”

voice was choked with sobs. “What on earth did you do to offend Mr. Ellis? Why would he suddenly call your uncle and claim to have no association with you? Hurry up and

eldest uncle scoffed coldly and

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Mary didn’t kneel.

a cruel kick to her knees,

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

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

throbbed in pain as

look up.

fists were clenched tight,

father crawled over on his knees, hugging his eldest brother’s leg. “Brother, Mary is still young, and she doesn’t understand. Please spare

raising a waste of a daughter! Do you still have the nerve to ask me

spare her,

ma21″

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his hand and

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

the anticipated pain did

her eyes in confusion, she saw her eldest uncle sneer. “Your face is something I can’t bear to

and she breathed a huge sigh

relief.

the

“Slap!”

slap landed on

“I blame you for not raising your daughter rig I

back; instead, he covered his head and pleaded for mercy. He already knew what his

but spare Mary please. She doesn’t

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to the Davis

“Dad!”

out and tried to rush over, but the bodyguards

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

robust,

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

a piercing voice, tears and snot

then that her

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

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clenched her

knew what kind of demand her eldest uncle

make next…

father with a bruised nose and swollen face, her mother who was being held down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her

before her…

knew none of this was

would have already been taken advantage of by Mr. Lynch at the

ability to protect herself or make any significant achievements in the company to gain the favor of the first branch,

long anticipated a situation like

she still

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toward Ellis.

blamed herself in

useless she was!

her parents and

end, she could only obediently become a

sat on the ground, feeling an overwhelming sense

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

mother looked

b obedient. I’ll listen to everything you say from now on, just

Π

chin. “Come tomorrow at six in the evening, and you’ll come with me

these words behind, he left with

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soon reached Ellis’s

the Olsen residence’s study, listening to his assistant’s report. Indescribable

hadn’t expected Mary’s life to be

Ellis, since she’s technically your woman, do you

“No.”

and sneered. “She dares to scheme against Keera,

this, the assistant looked at him. “What about that

her,

million, I’ll have Keera

what kind of man her husband

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smiled. “If she really

acknowledge her again as a cousin and let Uncle Olsen properly

instructed the assistant. “Keep a close eye on Keera’s situation; after all, she’s my uncle’s

loss.”

but what about Miss

a moment

“Leave her be.”

that night, Ellis dreamt

on the sofa, begging him to be

beneath

sideways. “It’s not my first

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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his forehead, feeling

tossed and turned,

room, his assistant hurried over. “Mr. Ellis, after Howard knew we wouldn’t help, he proposed divorce to Miss Keera!

out a cold laugh, “Let’s go and see. Do they really think that Keera doesn’t

be bullied at will?!”

Ellis thought was in di straits, was struggling to suppress a smile as

her the company and

with Brother Howard, now he’s

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you better sign quickly and painlessly, got

finished speaking and looked toward

stared at the two copies of the divorce agreement, lost in thought, with an expression

Three years!

Keera, and all he had gotten

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

savings…

got a little over a hundred

couldn’t bear to let

and company were

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out of the question. If he wanted a clean break in the divorce, he had no choice but

her!

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.

spouses

sent people over with the message that

away and was about

immediately show her eager expression; she still had to keep a miserable

this, Howard’s mother

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

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your own problems! Why are you

pique his

could be saved, and you and Howard

wanted

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

and curses had

swallowed.

her head, continuing to cry. “Howard, for the sake of our three years of marriage, don’t aband me, please. I haven’t

own…”

no longer hesitated and swiftly signed on

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

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

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anyone, blame yourself for not having enough support from

took the contract with

the

heaven knew how hard Keira was trying

South family villa, a black luxury car

the South family

assistant!

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his assistant, he just happened to see a woman with her back to him, holding two

T

brows but stopped in his

a sobbing tone, as she said with her head down, “Howard, I don’t want to

the company, and you? You just gave birth to a child, living in a daze every day, enjoying luxury with the company’s money for so many years. What contributions have you made to the

was

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

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this time, Keira had read through

her diary, Keera recorded the happy

Howard.

college, had also

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

said that going to work was too hard and that you would manage the company for me, that in the future

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

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

words on

“Enough!”

want to listen any longer

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

looked incredulously

wasn’t Howard aware of it?

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

was red-hot with rage upon

to back up Keera, he heard the

Ellis immediately halted.

would just divorce like this, it

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all, it was just a divorce agreement. Having signed it, given the Olsen family’s assertiveness, if Keera regretted it later and didn’t want a divorce,

and simply stood still,

an inch.

Inside the room.

coerced, placing the divorce agreement on the

Cindy was pleased.

a sigh

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

villa, wanting to say something, but Keira said, “Howard,

agreement. Could you agree

for me?”

immediately asked with suspicion, “What

it?”

much child

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give Amy every month?”

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

he earned for this family? How can you still want his

living expenses, but Howard has already made it clear that

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

business for three years, he had built up his own network. It was easy for him to find a job in the new energy sector with a monthly salary of

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thousands.

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

was something Cindy wouldn’t tell

Amy’s father, and it’s your duty to raise her… Moreover, I’m so deep

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

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

After all, working is so exhausting,

Amy, letting Howard

dreaming!” Howard’s

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that will hold you accountable! I’m not making an unreasonable request, Howard. You can’t be so heartless toward Amy… As long as you are her father, you have to

who was listening outside,

earth was Keera

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

took several deep breaths to suppress the anger welling up inside

someone as defeatist

be

Inside.

Keira said her piece, she saw Howard’s mother jumping up and down in anger. “You’re already divorced, so how could Howard

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whose child Amy really is! Howard, think of a way to cut ties with them, so she

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

this, Keira

it hadn’t been in vain that

Howard and his family, so that in the

immediately shook her head and

paper. “You don’t get to make the

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two waivers, indicating that he had no relation with Amy

had a 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

intimidated. She signed her

up. He exchange a look with

said, “Are we leaving in such a

prevent this woman from demanding

bit

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where will we

move to my place first. I

you in the future. You’re pregnant and shouldn’t be

picked up her suitcase and followed

they reached the door, they encountered the ashen-faced

Ellis? When, when did

coldly looked

shifted to Keira, who had her back

them.

seemed to be weeping with her shoulders

said, “Howard, is this how you treat

hard. “Mr. Ellis, my divorce from

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