My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Chapter 281-290

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

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

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

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

Her eyes reddened with anger.

Was Keera thinking of her as a fool?

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

But why did Keera have to deceive her with such

tricks?

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

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

me.”

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

Amy had already fallen asleep.

After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.

She asked, “What did you just send?”

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

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She shook her head and set the mobile phone aside.

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

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

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

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

The next morning.

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

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

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

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Upon seeing Keira, she immediately curved her lips

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

Keira replied with a thumbs-up and a smile.

The two entered the building together and approached

Howard’s office.

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

Keira’s eyes narrowed slightly.

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

Cindy’s skirt was hiked up to her waist.

Howard’s pants were also down to his knees…

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

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

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

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

and me…”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She wasn’t blind!

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

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

She was suddenly at a loss for words.

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

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

matters into her own hands..

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

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

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

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

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Keira silently watched them, feeling beyond words.

What had she done?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

discern.

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

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

Mary snorted but didn’t speak.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Of course…”

Howard touched her waist, his eyes gradually

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

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

“He won’t.”

Keira replied.

Meanwhile.

At the Olsen residence.

Ellis held the DNA test results and hurried into Uncle

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

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

handing over the corporate affairs to the young man

in advance.

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

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

Upon hearing what Ellis had said, he frowned and

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

Ellis placed the report on Sam’s desk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hearing that, Sam immediately looked toward Ellis.

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

that?”

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

“Pfft…”

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

here.”

Sam looked at him and remained silent, but his eyes

were filled with pity.

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

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

“It’s impossible.”

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

Could Keera really be his dad’s illegitimate daughter?

Thinking of his father’s henpecked demeanor, he still

found it unbelievable.

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

his hand.

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

Ellic entered his father’s room again took hig

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toothbrush, and handed everything to his assistant to

send to the testing center.

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

Lewis Horton in Clance.”

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

But the secretary was puzzled.

Could that be the case?

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

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

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

The secretary paused here.

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Ellis then said, “What about her?”

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

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

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

her?”

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

rumors…”

Ellis raised his eyebrow. “And then?”

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

Mary.”

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

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this look like it?”

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

Ellis asked, “What?”

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

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

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

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

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

intelligence!”

The secretary coughed. “It looks like Uncle Olsen

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intends to acknowledge her and then bring her back

into the family…”

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

“Yes.”

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

Meanwhile.

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

In the South family’s small villa.

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

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

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

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Maybe today I’ll show you.”

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

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

eat?”

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

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

him!

…Their shamelessness was beyond her imagination!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vairo still kant her hood down seemingly fragile and

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

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

child?”

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

Cindy snapped. “You…”

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

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

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

In an instant, Cindy understood. Keera was declaring

war!

Ha.

Did she really think she could win?

It was just because she had snagged a deal with Mary

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

Cindy left reluctantly with Howard.

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

“…Okay.”

Keira looked utterly docile.

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

Howard’s mother.

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

diligent.

Sometimes she would even deliberately seek to please

Howard’s mother.

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

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

Keira just smirked.

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

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

mother-in-law like this?

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

would be once she divorced and Howard’s mother

lived with Cindy.

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

A month passed by quickly.

In two days, the contract would expire.

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

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

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tomorrow comes, we’ll sue him!”

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

Keira nodded. “I’m sure.”

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

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

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

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

check him out.”

Keira was perplexed.

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

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

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wants

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

candidates!”

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

wanted to, whereas I…”

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

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

Keira saw a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

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

definitely be impressed with you!”

People from every social class have their own troubles.

Wealthy families were no exception.

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

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

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

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

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

Keira asked, Who’s your blind date?”

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

Keira was dumbfounded.

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

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Keira watched as Ellis walked in and sat down at Table

8 not far away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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connection!”

This stubborn facade…

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

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

Keira shook her head in resignation at this.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mary was stunned. “You know me?”

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

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

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

“No.” Ellis blinked.

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

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

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Ellis had always despised foolish, unprincipled people.

Mary’s actions had struck a nerve with him.

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

Keera’s best friend.

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

Correct.

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

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

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

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

With that, he left straight away.

Mary still sat there, utterly baffled.

Indeed, she had a good impression of Ellis.

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

bullied.

was

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

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

Her crush was well concealed…

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

But what did he just say?

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

empty-headed beauty, a vase with nothing but her

looks.”

Tears welled up in Mary’s eyes.

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

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

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

She was humiliated by her family and now mocked by

Ellis as well.

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

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

standing up as if nothing had happened.

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

“It’s nothing.”

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

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

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

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“…Okay.”

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

tomorrow, the lawsuit will definitely reach the

company.”

“Okay.”

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

“I know.”

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

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

Mary looked at the road ahead. “Yes.”

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

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Since she was in charge of the new energy research

and development, it was possible to offer her a

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

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

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

million?!

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

Meanwhile.

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

Ellis had always remembered her.

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

he very much liked

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

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

intelligence. What a pity.”

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

Ellis now felt a headache whenever he heard those two

words.

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

The secretary didn’t dare to speak.

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

The Olsen family always covered for their own!

They could criticize their own cousin, but nobody else

could!

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

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

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Mary quickly returned to the Davis home.

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

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

so were her other uncles and aunts.

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

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

Mary’s fingers tightened instantly, and she looked

down.

She swallowed before saying, “No…”

“No?!”

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

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

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

Her private affairs were to be laid out and scrutinized

in detail?

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

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

any further…”

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

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

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

indistinguishable from the most distant relatives!”

Mary’s grandfather was the gooand can of the

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

live on his own.

While Mary’s grandfather was still alive, the first

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

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

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

Seeing this scene, Mary clenched her fists.

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Her father indeed didn’t have the same mother as

these people.

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

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

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

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

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

was dutifully filial, and

wish to break away from the family, always hoping to be

and felt

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 me. I

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

“No,

wasted! If I had known earlier, I might a well have let my daughter try! At the young people’s private gatherings, my daughter was able to speak a few words with

wife also

plenty of daughters in our family waiting to be married. Indeed, the

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How would he possibly take a fancy to someone who is nothing but a pretty face with no

speak so harshly? Mary studied new energy in college, and now she’s been valued by the first branch and is in charge of

up, there’s something I have to say. I heard she abused her authority to sign a contract for her best friend’s husband.

work in the New Energy Research and Development Department of the Davis Corporation, you said we couldn’t pull

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be blinded by

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

I’ve heard her husband cheated on her, and

her in the

I gave you a chance. If Mr. Ellis had taken a liking to you, I would have turned a blind eye to your

reasons anymore!

department sue them for compensation according to the contract, and at

her fists

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

long been a thorn in the side of

families.

an investment failure, but according to the contract, if compensation could

branch’s uncle was clearly looking for

facing the leviathan that was Davis Corporation,

very least, she could

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

laptop contained a research

and divorced her, she planned to use this latest research and development plan to seek in-depth

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with Davis Corporation.

Mary be put in

her that she hadn’t mentioned

to Mary yet.

quickly reached

was delivered to Howard

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to Howard about her grievances. “I just want to live in a

one too.”

“Okay, I’ll go back

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

The villa is

knew exactly how to infuriate

Haven’t you seen that I call the shots with everything

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

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

lifted his

letter. “Mr. Smith, someone just delivered this! They say we haven’t submitted the research and development proposal on time, and Davis Corporation

“What?!”

shocked exclamation, looking incredulously at the

a wave of his

part. Mary is so good

they sue

his secretary, “But on

wasn’t submitted on

in the R&D department was

you refuged and you quan told him to

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expected things to turn out like

panic. I’m

took out his phone

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

can

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

thought that would settle

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

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

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

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

that statement, Mary hung

Howard was stunned.

at his secretary. “Hurry to Davis Corporation

“Yes.”

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

worth that much!”

up to leave. “I’m going back to

her eyes flickered. She immediately followed him,

returned to the South family

dutiful wife and mother, busy preparing lunch in

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the door was opened, Howard charged

the kitchen.

amount of surprise and joy.

Mary right now and make her find a way

be uninformed. “What

the call!

Howard was furious.

lowered her head.

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

for a moment,

Howard.

“Use WhatsApp voice

a voice call to Mary, but Mary immediately hung

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

message, she found she

blankly

forward, his hand raised to slap

let

down, hugged her knees, and began to cry, “Why would Mary

she block me?!”

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

won’t add up to twenty million! Will

wife, for better

worse…”

words made

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

do was get a divorce and push all the responsibility onto Keira, then

eyes instantly lit

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eyes before he said, “Okay, don’t worry. I’ll definitely think

said that, he turned around and

Cindy had already caught on to something and blurted

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

however. “That’s the worst choice. If we really get divorced, I might end up with nothing. Wouldn’t all my efforts in the past

waste?!”

had been married to

want him to walk away empty-handed either and immediately said, “Then what

do?”

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be a way; there’s definitely

chin, and his eyes lit up. “When we were in Oceanion, she had a pretty good relationship with Uncle Olsen. Let’s find Uncle Olsen to intervene. Just one word from him to Davis Corporation, and they’ll surely stop pursuing the lawsuit. As long as they withdraw the legal action, there’s still a

Keira’s phone lit up, displaying a

friend.

a message from

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

the way, how are things on your end? Is he

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

“So what

the end of his rope. As long

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

status continuously showed that

ten minutes of typing, still

to resist, asked, “What’s wrong? Is

feel like you’re not quite the

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

froze as she

her sister for a while, and her interactions

for the

wanted to tell Mary that she was

silence, she

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thought.

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

was silent for a long, long time, and finally replied

Keera.”

message was actually a

strange

mind it.

across the 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 and

her phone. “Unele, don’t worry. I’ll

to stay in the company to find a way to retract the lawsuit after the divorce or to help Keera pay that twenty million, so if there

job she had to

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as he heard her. “Hmm, Mr. Lynch is not very tactful.

nodded. “I understand,

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

man.

in his forties, and his appearance was quite

beaming smile. “Mr.

brother’s daughter, who is currently interning at Day Corporation. Today

Lynch immediately nodded.

pleasure to meet you…”

extended his hand

Mary took his hand,

clammy and quite disgusting.

pull her hand back, but he tightened his grip

from her uncle

eyes.

please take a seat! The dishes will get cold if

did Mr. Lynch sit down with

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

bringing up the contract and kept glancing over at

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

felt repulsed by the look in

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

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speaks of you, saying you’re

like to offer

statement, she distinguished

change in

his brows and glared at Mary,

saw Mr. Lynch’s expression change, and then he stood up. “Alright, my dear niece, your Uncle Lynch will surely take good care of

and downed the

Uncle Davis.

some

enjoy yourselves. I need to

quickly picked up her bag and started

could see that something was off with Uncle

she took a few steps, she

happened and looked desperately at her glass, then

Davis!!

ploy to secure a contract with her beauty, but she

what she could comprehend or

to the door and flung it open, hoping

the person walking by her private room

commotion, he

and saw Mary.

eyes met, the plea for

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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heard the words Ellis had once said about her during a

found out

had too much

some tea…”

Davis suddenly approached and grabbed Mary’s arm, pulling

he was about to shut

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that slender hand and

taken aback.”

the door

to look, only to see a man

seeing him, everyone in

moment.

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

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

then turned his gaze

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

Ellis

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hadn’t expected Mr. Ellis’s assistant to expressly ask after her, but she instantly understood; this was

decisively grabbed the opportunity, smiling. “I’m fine. There’s no need for Mr. Ellis to worry. I was just discussing a partnership

was also

took control of

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

branch.

afford to offend

families!

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

looked toward

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said, “Yes, I

contract out of

are like brothers. His niece is practically

Mr.

uncle wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead and tentatively

friends. You’re mistaken. Since the

doorway,

something. “My dear niece, rest assured, that contract issue with your friend’s

retract the lawsuit…”

had flaunted

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

lawsuit.”

uncle was baffled. “No need to retract the lawsuit? Aren’t you

You…”

get close to her now for what reason? Of course, it’s for revenge. I want

matter.”

women, but seeing Mary so vehem he could only nod. “Oh,

involved in this matter.”

pull the door open and step

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

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at least she

leave,

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

seen Mary, also noticing her anxiousness and that something was

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

never expected that Mary would actually take advantage

a contract, that

he didn’t mind being used this once, especially

advantage, used it

was simply… enough to freeze Ellis’s favorable impression of

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Keera was just foolish, but now it seemed that Mary was both stupid and

friend and bestie?!

man of loyalty, despising those who play

turned icy, his smile edged with scorn,

embrace.

with his

slowly started to take effect, and she forced

already leaned d whispering into her

breath sprayed on

sent shivers down her

reactions.

against Ellis, her eyes

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her hands suddenly

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

but what was this woman doing? She started clinging

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

“How many people have you said

smiled at him, extending

her vision

finger, several appeared before her, and

“So many…”

who appears so innocent could play so

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

undo her shirt, revealing a

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collarbone.

breathing became hurried for

already taken an interest in Mary,

him…

Mary was no lady,

bent down, picked up Mary, and carried her into the adjacent private

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

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hot, and the way she looked…

Ellis furrowed his brows.

asked, “Mary, do you know who

“You are Ellis!”

continuing to

could Ellis resist such

Mary’s chin, with a profound look in his eyes, he said,

Mary was startled.

completely worn down, she still paused for a

Ellis, and after

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this, Ellis

in his chest.

the others away, and then he fiercely turned his gaze to Mary, “You are the one

an appointment with today was

private room, letting the visitor

time.”

assistant returned his attention to

were becoming more

but he could only wave his hand, signaling the bodyguards to

He wasn’t a man and wasn’t

normal man! Mr. Ellis should

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how much time had passed when she finally woke

moved her

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

of where

“Click.”

The light turned on.

then did she notice it was dark outside,

in a suit

that Mary realized

her clothes scattered all

shock, immediately cov her

“You…”

she thought about what happened that day, her voice came to

was she who

hint of shyness flooded her cheeks, and after

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surprise, a touch of joy emerged in her

a bank card, extending it toward her. “Your

taken aback,

Fee for service…

he

she cast her gaze downward. She

bother.”

that statement, the room fell silent for

to see Ellis appraising her closely,

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

his bank card, “Then you must

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and how well we fit together, why don’t

them.”

looked at him

following Ellis

was never fickle or messy, and his private

dream lover of so many eligible ladies in

could he actually be thinking

this?

her fists tightly, stood up from the couch, and asked with her head lowered,

pointed to the corner. “It’s already

followed his gaze and, sure enough,

by one,

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he has always

rescuing her from those people, he

hadn’t had the heart to

still kept them.

gave a

turned to

still staring at her. “Tell me,

want?”

her gaze. “Whether you believe it or

her back and looked at Ellis. “Mr. Ellis, I was presumptuous last night, and

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

services.”

words made Ellis’s pupils contract slightly his

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gaze piercing Mary.

she still turned around and

and ran out, only then did she cover her wildly beating heart, feeling

a deep breath and then

left, the

stack of cash on the table, and the assistant, not understanding the situation, reported to him. “Mr. Ellis, Miss Keera has indeed run into trouble. It’s said their company didn’t submit the research plan on time and was su by Davis Corporation. The penalty is ten

would pay Keera’s company two million annually for

sneered. “How could

so high?”

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assistant promptly said, “It’s

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

words “deliberate retaliation,” Ellis

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

really

woman was truly too sinister

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

slammed his teacup onto

why he was suddenly

he had spent with her… No, 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

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

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

Ellis was speechless.

at the money in the

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

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

been trying to reach

“What does he want with me? Let’s

and see.”

ever looked down on such a scoundrel

of Keera as his cousin. he took

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breath to suppress his anger

Howard.

290 Uncle Olsen’s Daughter

arrived in front

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

him. “What do you want

me?”

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 very good relationship

deliver a message for

to find out

narrowed.

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

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time? Just give us one

gaze,

your message.”

that, Ellis got into

to stop him anymore, and

left, Cindy asked,

Keera helped Uncle Olsen a great deal, and afterward, Uncle Olsen said we

two talked and left the

were gone, Mary

corner.

car, when she saw Howard and Cindy stopping Ellis, so she had

really conveyed the message

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ruin Keera’s

on WhatsApp, hesitated for a moment, and then

sky had already

reclining in a chair, his eyes

entirely with Mary’s delicate

words, “not the

his first

the case,

his tie,

then, his

it and saw that it was

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

Maru ung still the

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Family’s patriarch and everyone

some respect.

took over the Davis Family,

of this, Ellis answered the voice

“What’s

came through, “Did you just say that as long as the requests I

you really were playing hard to get? Miss Davis, there’s really no

front of

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

to

of the Davis Family

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Corporation. However, to his

not help

immediately furrowed his

out a cold laugh. “The favor you’re

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

said those words,

He was very angry.

assistant beside him saw this and couldn’t help saying, “Mr. Ellis, Miss Davis also didn’t know about Miss Keera’s

is not Uncle Olsen’s daughter, is this the way to treat an ordinary friend?!” Ellis rebuked, then scoffed. “If she really can’t stand someone like Keera, then she should keep her distance. It was Mary herself who-got closer, and the result was just to embarrass Keera?! Is their friendship of over ten years all fake?! If Uncle Olsen found out about Keera’s identity

I’m afraid Mary

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to stay in

was silent for a moment before saying,

Olsen the truth about the

made

the DNA test had been

Ellis’s dad’s illegitimate daughter, which caused him to show his dad a

for those two days.

Ellis even got a good beating from his

results would show, that Keera

stunned

to tell Uncle Olsen immediately, but

hesitated.

Olsen had always been a proud

years, not a

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

Olsen’s reply was, “Blood ties aren’t to be compromised with. Better have

being played around by a man from a

would

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

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

since that day.

I’m afraid Uncle Olsen might get so

“Then,

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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

he also felt that this

childhood to act according to their own hearts, and the family elders never did things just because they felt “It’s good

they only asked, “What do

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

this, his phone buzzed because

colder. “Miss Davis, are

hurriedly said, “No, I want her to

“You want her to get a divorce, but does

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another person are actually

his words. “How do

she doesn’t want to?!”

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slightly startled when he heard this. “You mean, Keera wants to divorce on her

point, Mary really feared that Ellis would take action and

sighed. “Yes, it’s a plan that Keera

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

continued. “So, please don step in

you think

and almost fell out

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best friend

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

Ellis possibly believe that such a person, whose

divorce?

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

was really a trap set

simply didn’t make any

understood that her words were

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

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Howard.

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

was

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

eyes instantly became

determined to punish

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

“Indeed.”

his eyes

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have to return it

Mary was startled.

her lips, knowing what Ellis

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

days might become

company and the villa, as well as

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

hadn’t realized the consequences of

breathed a sigh of

and headed home.

I did something big today! I’ll tell

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to the passionate encounter with Ellis, a hint of shyness appeared on her

Soon, she arrived home.

and quickly

stepped in,

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

faltered in

her jaw, her whole body freezing. She took

“Mary…”

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

uncle scoffed

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Mary didn’t kneel.

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

had no interest in you, yet you dared to take advantage of his influence? Do you

who gave you such audacity? To make such a

pain as she was

look up.

were clenched tight, and

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

a waste

her,

ma21″

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hand and viciously

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

pain

her eyes in confusion, she saw her eldest uncle sneer. “Your face is something I can’t bear to harm, no wonder Mr. Lynch

released Mary, and she breathed a huge sigh

relief.

in the next

“Slap!”

landed on Mary’s father’s

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

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

but spare Mary please.

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the

“Dad!”

She cried out and tried to rush over, but the

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

bodyguards were professional, robust, and impossible

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

with a piercing voice, tears and

was only then that her eldest

at Mary. “If you want me to stop hitting him, fine, but from now on,

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clenched her

what kind of demand her eldest uncle

make next…

a bruised nose and swollen face, her mother who was being held down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her grandmother, who hurried over after hearing the commotion in the living room but fainted from the shock of

before her…

of this was Ellis’s

for him, she would have already been taken advantage of by Mr. Lynch at the restaurant

favor

long anticipated a situation like

heart, she still harbored some

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toward Ellis.

blamed herself in secret for

useless she was!

protect her parents and

only obediently become a social butterfly for her

sat on the ground, feeling an overwhelming sense of helplessness

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

mother looked

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

Π

at six in the evening, and you’ll come with me

behind, he left with his bodyguards in

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this soon

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

Mary’s life to be

since she’s technically your woman, do you

“No.”

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

looked at him. “What about that

her,

“But the twenty million, I’ll have

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

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however, smiled. “If she really

her again as a cousin and let Uncle Olsen properly

instructed the assistant. “Keep a close eye on Keera’s situation;

loss.”

but what

silent for a

“Leave her be.”

Ellis

to be faster… Just as he was about to relent and end the

beneath

at him sideways. “It’s not my first time,

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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rubbed his forehead, feeling utterly

tossed and turned, he

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

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

be bullied at will?!”

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

gave her the company and the

Howard, now he’s giving you the house and the

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better sign quickly and painlessly,

and looked

divorce agreement, lost in thought, with an expression of reluctance creeping over

Three years!

three years since he married Keera, and all he had gotten was a little bit of

of that, one million went to Keera for household expenses, and with the three million left, h spent

savings…

little over

really couldn’t bear to let

the house and company were originally in

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

her!

real estate market in Clance is terrible right now, this villa can sell at most for fifteen million. The company has

Howard panicked a little.

didn’t divorce, then both spouses

people over with the message that

Keira away and was

she still had to keep a miserable

Howard’s mother

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

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at your own problems! Why

Horton and failed to pique his interest at

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

wanted

about to sign the second, but he hesitated again as

and curses had to be

swallowed.

to cry. “Howard, for the sake of our three years of marriage, don’t aband me, please. I haven’t worked for so many years, an the debt is

own…”

words, Howard no longer hesitated

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

sign it! Otherwise, Howard and his mother won’t

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blame anyone 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

contract

eyes of the three

knew how hard

the South family villa, a black luxury

into the South

assistant!

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happened to see a woman with her back to him, holding two copies of a

T

in his tracks, not entering the room

a sobbing tone, as she

in a daze every day, enjoying luxury with the company’s money for so many years. What contributions have you made to the company? Now, just a little bit of debt, and you don’t want to bear

was

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

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this time, Keira had

diary, Keera recorded

Howard.

in college, had also been

they got married, after graduating from university,

hard and that you would manage the company for me, that in the future you would earn money to support the

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

birth to was a boy or

these words

“Enough!”

didn’t want to listen

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of saying all

looked

night with Lewis come about, wasn’t Howard

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

was red-hot with rage upon hearing

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

Ellis immediately halted.

would just divorce like this, it wouldn’t be

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

about it and simply stood

an inch.

Inside the room.

coerced, placing the divorce agreement

Cindy was pleased.

a

you’ve signed, son, go get the divorce certificate with

wanting to say something, but Keira said,

agreement. Could you agree

for me?”

immediately asked with suspicion, “What

it?”

much

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give Amy every month?”

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

go too far! How much money has Howard given you over the years? How much has he earned for this family? How can you still want his money after the divorce? You wish! Howard’s future income

well, “Keera, legally, a father should pay 20% of his income to his child for living expenses, but Howard has already made it clear that he doesn’t have a proper job yet, and his future income is unstable, so he really can’t give

Howard had already been in touch with another employer and was

for him to find a job in the

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thousands.

Cindy and Howard wouldn’t have so easily let

was something Cindy

“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

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

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

added. “Auntie, I guess Keera hasn’t worked i several years and doesn’t want to go out and find a jo After all, working is so exhausting, and if she could get living expenses for Amy, she could just find

Amy, letting Howard raise

Howard’s mother

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

who was listening outside, felt

on earth was

cared about that bit of child

several deep breaths to suppress the

felt that someone as defeatist as

could there be

Inside.

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

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you mess around, it’s still uncertain whose child Amy really is! Howard, think of a way to cut ties with them, so she won’t

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

this, Keira narrowed

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

to completely sever Amy’s relationship with Howard and his family, so that

this, she immediately shook her head and

piece of paper. “You don’t get

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with Amy from then

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

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

“Are we leaving

said, “Absolutely, to prevent this woman from

a bit reluctant. “Once we

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where will we

smile, “Auntie, move to my place first. I have

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

mother immediately picked up her suitcase and

as they reached the door, they

“Mr. Ellis? When, when did you get

coldly looked

shifted to Keira,

them.

be weeping with her

how

stupefied, then swallowed hard. “Mr. Ellis,

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