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After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.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

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

thought of this and felt a sense of

her mother couldn’t help but look at her with dismay. “Mary, what

clenched her fingers before finally speaking up. “Mr. Ellis was dissatisfied with me. I had barely sat down and

extremely disappointed.

“No,

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

second uncle’s wife

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

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possibly take a fancy to someone who is nothing but a pretty face with no understanding of

in college, and now she’s been valued by the first branch and is in charge of the new energy

branch snorted coldly. “Fourth brother, since you brought it up, there’s something I have to say. I heard she abused her authority to sign a contract for her best

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 outsider, for a best friend who is mentally deficient, you blatantly do such a thing? You

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blinded by

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

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

her in

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

reasons anymore!

their company fails to deliver the research plan tomorrow, I’ll definitely have the legal department sue them for compensation according to the contract, and at the same time,

clenched her

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to pass the interview for Davis Corporation and to work

she had long been a thorn in

families.

compensation could be obtained, it meant she had rectified her mistake with

was clearly looking for

leviathan that was

least, she could help Keera

and Amy, entered the bedroom and took

a research and

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

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with Davis Corporation.

wouldn’t let Mary be put

to her that

to Mary yet.

reached

lawsuit was delivered to Howard early in the

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coquettishly complaining to Howard about her grievances. “I just

one too.”

I’ll go back and discuss

go back and discuss it with her. After all,

is under

how to infuriate

him, and Howard retorted. “Hers? That’s mine! I’m the head of the household! Haven’t you seen that I call the shots with everything at the company? Tonight, you’re coming home with me, and you’ll settle

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

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

lifted his

They say we haven’t submitted the research and

“What?!”

a shocked exclamation, looking incredulously at

with a wave of his hand. “It

part. Mary is so good to

could they

his secretary, “But on the

proposal wasn’t

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

quan told

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hadn’t expected things to

panic. I’m calling

he took out his phone

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

can

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

thought that

such a

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

suffered at the company? My great-uncle was already displeased with my joining

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position is at risk, I don’t have the capacity to help you any longer! You’re on

statement,

Howard was stunned.

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

“Yes.”

now? Do we really have to pay twenty million? Even if we sold the

worth that much!”

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

her eyes flickered. She immediately

to

still playing the role of the dutiful wife and mother, busy

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the door was opened,

the kitchen.

amount of

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

be

make the call! No more

Howard was furious.

her head.

took out her phone, and dialed Mary’s number, but the message on the other end

for a moment,

Howard.

“Use WhatsApp

and made a voice call to Mary, but Mary immediately hung up and

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sorry, but we shouldn’t contact each

to send another message, she found she

stared blankly at

with a dark expression, stepped forward, his hand raised

let herself get

too seemed extremely aggrieved, and as Howard made his move, she crouched down,

she block me?!”

grabbed Howard’s arm “Howard, you can’t abandon me! I’m your wife, and I can’t come up with twenty million. The property prices in Clance

up to twenty million! Will

We’re husband and wife, for better

worse…”

made

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

pursued this matter, all he needed to do was get a divorce and

eyes instantly

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a flicker of something in his eyes before he said, “Okay, don’t worry. I’ll definitely

that, he turned around

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

with Howard’s child and, of course, hoped that Howard could have a good

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

waste?!”

to Keera for

didn’t want him to walk away empty-handed either and immediately said,

do?”

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way; there’s definitely a

relationship with Uncle Olsen. Let’s find Uncle Olsen to intervene. Just one

he and Cindy left, Keira’s phone lit up, displaying a

friend.

a message

minutes, consider it payback for the

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

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

asked, “So what

of his rope. As long as Davis Corporation doesn’t drop the lawsuit, he’ll be

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

chat status continuously showed

of typing, still

wrong? Is there something

I just feel like you’re not quite the same

up. “Keera, no matter what happens, I’ll always stand by your side. Whether it’s the past you, the present you, or

as she read the

a while, and her interactions with Mary made her feel like she had

for the first

message, she wanted

after a long silence,

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thought.

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

was silent for a long, long time, and finally replied with only one

Keera.”

was actually a

said strange things, so Mary

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

set down her phone. “Unele,

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

she had

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

nodded. “I understand,

a knock on the door, followed by the entry of a

man.

to be in his forties, and his appearance was

shaking hands with Uncle Davis, he immediately turned to Mary with a beaming smile. “Mr. Davis, who is this young lady? I’ve

who is currently interning at Day Corporation. Today she’s accompanying me

Lynch immediately nodded. “Oh?

pleasure to meet you…”

his

took his hand, she

clammy and quite disgusting.

he tightened his grip

she sought help from her uncle with

eyes.

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

Lynch sit down with

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

up the contract

Davis then said with a laugh, “Mary, Mr. Lynch has taken a liking to you. Why don’t

repulsed by the look

she stood up with her glass, walked over to Mr. Lynch, and said with a smile, “Uncle. Lynch,

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you, saying you’re a

like to offer you

statement, she distinguished

sudden change in Mr. Lynch’s

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

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

and downed the content of her

Uncle Davis.

I still have some work to

enjoy yourselves. I need to

quickly picked up her bag and started

something was off with Uncle Davis; how could she possibly

few steps, she suddenly

and looked desperately at her glass, then incredulously at

Davis!!

was just a ploy to secure a contract with her beauty, but she had never imagined Uncle

completely beyond what she could comprehend

and flung it open, hoping to cry

that when she opened the door, the person walking by her private room would actually

the commotion, he turned

and saw Mary.

their eyes met, the plea for help choked

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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the words Ellis had once said about her during a matchmaking encounter. “…indeed, just

he found out she was using her looks to discuss

had too much

some tea…”

arm, pulling her back inside, then proceeded

he was about to shut the door, a

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slender hand and

taken aback.”

she saw the door being pushed

Davis couldn’t help but turn his head to

in the

moment.

settling on Mary. “Mr. Ellis is dining next

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

then turned his

which was why he brought her here

Mr. Ellis interested

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

Mr. Ellis to worry. I was just discussing a partnership with Uncle Lynch

was also bewildered

main branch took control of the company, they had been excluding

dared to show disrespect to the second branch, as a sort

branch.

afford to offend any

families!

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

toward

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said,

directly took the contract out of

cheerily looked at Mary. “Dear niece, your uncle and I are like brothers. His

that statement, Mr. Lynch promptly

from his forehead and tentatively looked at Mary, asking, “Dear niece, you and Mr.

lowered her gaze. “Uncle, we are just friends. You’re mistaken. Since the contract is

the doorway,

something. “My dear niece, rest

retract the lawsuit…”

flaunted borrowed

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influence for this very reason, fearing it would hinder Keera’s big plans,

lawsuit.”

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

You…”

you think I am trying to get close to her now for what reason? Of course, it’s for revenge. I want to witness her regretting and

matter.”

the friendships between young women, but seeing Mary

involved in this matter.”

pull the door open and

breath, still

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at least she couldn’t

to leave, she suddenly

looked at her. He had obviously heard the

also noticing her anxiousness and that

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

would actually

was just for signing a contract, that

world, and he didn’t mind being used

after gaining an advantage, used it on

simply… enough to freeze Ellis’s

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thought Mary’s conflict with Keera was just foolish, but now it seemed that Mary was both stupid and vicious! How

friend and bestie?!

loyalty, despising those who play dirty and backstab friends the

turned icy, his smile edged with scorn, and suddenly

embrace.

entire body collided with his chest, making her even

forced herself to shake her head, barely maintaining her

could finish, Ellis had already leaned d whispering into her

breath sprayed

down her spine, magnifying

reactions.

Ellis, her eyes gradually

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hands

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

but what was

away, only to hear Mary murmur, “Ellis, I

was taken aback, then scoffed. “How many people have you said

him,

her vision

to extend one finger, several appeared

“So many…”

expect someone who appears so innocent could play so wild behind

longer hear what he was saying and pressed

undo her shirt,

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collarbone.

became hurried for

had already taken an interest in

him…

lady,

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

Mary down on the sofa and then bent over her. As soon as he touched her burning

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skin was so hot, and the way she looked…

Ellis furrowed his brows.

“Mary, do you

“You are Ellis!”

murmured, continuing to

Ellis resist such

look in his eyes, he said, “This isn’t

Mary was startled.

worn down, she still paused for a moment, feeling a

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

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this, Ellis felt an

in his chest.

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

appointment with today was stopped

faint sounds suggesting a tryst emanated from the private room, letting the visitor

time.”

visitor leave, the assistant returned

sounds inside were

signaling the bodyguards

He wasn’t a man and wasn’t

normal man! Mr. Ellis

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time

moved her

it had been crushed by

of where

“Click.”

The light turned on.

then did she notice it was

a suit

was then that Mary realized she was

clothes scattered all over

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

“You…”

day, her

she who started

of shyness flooded her cheeks, and after

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touch of joy emerged

a bank card, extending it toward her. “Your fee for

aback, her

Fee for service…

did he

man’s comment on her flashed through her mind, and she cast her gaze downward. She felt as cold as

bother.”

statement, the room fell silent for

see Ellis appraising her closely, his gaze filled with

of

money.”

“Is that so?”

bank card, “Then you must

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and how well we fit together, why don’t you speak up? As long as your

them.”

looked at

been following Ellis for many

unlike other wealthy heirs. He was never fickle or

the dream lover of

could he actually be thinking about her

this?

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

to the corner. “It’s

gaze and, sure enough, there were

by one, and found that the fit was

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he has always

from those people, he had also carefully given her a

had the heart to use them

still kept them.

a bitter

and turned to

at her. “Tell me,

want?”

you believe it or

it, then straightened her back and looked at Ellis. “Mr. Ellis, I was presumptuous last night, and if anything, I was the one who took

said that, she took a stack of cash from her bag and placed it on the table.

services.”

words made Ellis’s pupils contract slightly his

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gaze piercing Mary.

felt fear, she still turned around and walked

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

took a deep breath and then turned to

the assistant entered the

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

was stipulated that Davis Corporation would pay Keera’s company two million annually for research funding. This penalty was a

immediately sneered. “How could the

so high?”

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promptly said, “It’s said

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

words “deliberate

turned out that what Mary had said

really out

woman was truly

in front of him.

onto

he was suddenly feeling

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

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stood

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

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

Ellis was speechless.

glanced at the money in the

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

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

been trying to reach Uncle Olsen,

he want with me? Let’s

and see.”

ever looked down on such a scoundrel

as

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arrived in

bent over and lowered his head, with a pleasing smile on his face. “Mr. Ellis, I went to the Olsen family to find Uncle Olsen but couldn’t see anyone, so I came to look for

him.

me?”

Olsen, so my wife and I have a very good relationship with Uncle Olsen, and there’s something I’d like to ask Uncle Olsen about. I wonder

deliver a message for

message to Uncle Olsen only to find out tha he

eyes narrowed.

and said, “We’re having a slight issue with our collaboration with Davis Corporation. Could I

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

his gaze, sneering/”Alright, I’ll

your message.”

Ellis got

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

left, Cindy asked,

great deal, and afterward, Uncle Olsen said we could ask him if we needed anything. It should

talked and left

they were gone, Mary

corner.

yet finding her car, when she saw Howard and Cindy

the message to Uncle

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ruin

found Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated for a

had

was reclining in a chair, his eyes

mind was filled entirely with Mary’s delicate

thought about her words, “not the first

his

the case, wasn’t he

tie,

his phone

it and saw that

on WhatsApp, he had no recollection, but Mary

than Maru ung still the granddaughter

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Family’s patriarch and everyone would show

some respect.

the Davis Family, as Mary’s

this, Ellis

began, “What’s

through, “Did you just say that as long as the requests I make aren’t

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

in front of

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

him to marry her, to take responsibility for her, or take advantage of

get some benefits for her branch of the Davis Family or at least

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However, to his surprise, he

not help Howard and

immediately furrowed his

let out a cold laugh. “The favor you’re asking of

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

those words, he

He was very angry.

“Mr. Ellis, Miss Davis also didn’t know about Miss

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

Mary would no

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stay

this remark, the assistant was silent for a moment before saying, “Mr. Ellis,

tell Uncle Olsen the truth about the

question made

results of the DNA test had been out for

confident, and he actually believed Keera was Ellis’s dad’s illegitimate daughter, which caused him

for those two days.

even got a

would show,

stunned at

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

hesitated.

always

not a single woman

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once been asked, “Why not find someone, just

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

that his daughter had been living such a defeated life, being played around

majestic life would

Uncle Olsen for a long time

of Mrs. Olsen, so the two

since that day.

talk about this for now. I’m afraid Uncle Olsen might

again. “Then, this matter… do

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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actually felt like not intervening, thinking it would be quite good just to let Howard abandon Keera. It might even cure this

that this was his cousin’s

according to their own hearts, and the family elders never

they only asked, “What

if Keera loved Howard 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

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

“No, I want her to

divorce, but does she want it herself? Do you not know that

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another person are actually very

by his words. “How

she doesn’t want to?!”

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startled when he heard this. “You mean, Keera wants to

feared that Ellis would take action and help Keera’s

a plan

out.”

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

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

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

Davis, do you think I would believe such a

investigated Keera before. She had been love-struck since college and almost fell out with her adoptive parents for

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best friend Mary

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

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

divorce?

Davis Corporation drop the lawsuit, and since the lawsuit had been filed, even if Keera really

really a trap set by Keera herself, what was Keera

make any

understood that her words were hard to

her friend best, had doubted until

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Howard.

he’s been hiding it from me shows that he cares about me. Mary, I don’t need your warnings; he just made

infatuation was beyond

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

eyes instantly became icy

determined to punish

suddenly lowered his gaze, hiding the icy chill within. “Are

“Indeed.”

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

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from me, you have to

Mary was startled.

knowing what Ellis

he misunderstood that Ellis was interested in her. If

might become even

thinking of Keera’s desire for a divorce, for the company and the

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

moment, Mary still hadn’t realized the

a sigh of

and headed home.

she even sent a WhatsApp message to Keera. “Keera, I did something big

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encounter with Ellis, a hint of

Soon, she arrived home.

and quickly entered

as soon as she stepped in, her

hall, while her eldest uncle sat in front of

in her

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

“Mary…”

would he suddenly call your uncle and claim to

Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed

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Mary didn’t kneel.

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

creature! Mr. 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

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

scalp throbbed in pain as she was

look up.

fists were clenched tight, and she

on his knees, hugging his eldest brother’s

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

her? If I spare her,

ma21″

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his hand and viciously struck toward

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

the anticipated pain did

face is something I can’t

Mary, and she breathed

relief.

in the next

“Slap!”

landed on Mary’s

blame you for not raising your daughter rig I blame you for not

and pleaded for mercy. He already knew what his big

but spare Mary please.

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to the

“Dad!”

out and tried to rush over,

free from their grip, wanting to

professional, robust, and impossible to

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

with a piercing voice,

that her eldest

and turned to look at Mary. “If you want me to stop hitting

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her

of demand her eldest uncle

make next…

who was being held down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her grandmother, who hurried over after hearing

before her…

none of this

him, she would have already been taken advantage of by Mr.

achievements in the company to gain the favor of the first

anticipated a

in her heart, she still harbored some

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toward Ellis.

time, she blamed herself in secret

useless she was!

protect her parents and unable to save her

could only obediently become a social butterfly for

on the ground, feeling an overwhelming sense of helplessness wash

to get up from

mother looked at him

I’ll listen to everything you say from now on, just let my

Π

at six in the evening,

these words behind, he left with his bodyguards

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soon reached Ellis’s

moment, he was in the Olsen residence’s study, listening to his assistant’s

Mary’s life

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

“No.”

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

at him. “What about that

her,

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

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

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she really

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

a close eye on Keera’s situation; after all, she’s my

loss.”

what about Miss

fell silent for a moment and

“Leave her be.”

that night, Ellis dreamt

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

was beneath a

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

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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his forehead, feeling

and turned,

stepped out of the conference room, his assistant hurried

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

be bullied at will?!”

whom Ellis thought was in di straits, was struggling to

agreement gave her the

these years of marriage with Brother Howard, now he’s giving you the house and the company, and even the

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better sign quickly and

and looked

the divorce agreement, lost in thought, with

Three years!

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

second and third years, his salary amounted to around two million a year. Out of that, one million went to Keera for household expenses, and with the three million left, h spent a little

savings…

only got a little over a hundred thousand

bear

and company

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of the question. If he wanted a clean break in the divorce, he had no choice but to leave the company and

her!

she feigned a look of agony. “Howard, you can’t abandon me… The real estate market in Clance is terrible right now, this villa can sell at most for fifteen million. The company has a debt contract of twenty million, and if we can’t sell it at a good price, I’ll end up with nothing and

Howard panicked a little.

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

had already sent people over with the message that they

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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at your own problems!

slept with Mr. Horton and failed to pique

be saved, and you and Howard

wanted to

and was about to sign the second, but he hesitated again as if he was having doubts

curses

swallowed.

hung her head, continuing 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 in millions. I

own…”

hesitated

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

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

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don’t blame anyone else. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself for not having enough support from your own family, which is why

took the contract with

eyes of the three people, she

knew how hard Keira

just then, outside the South family villa, a black luxury car

into the South family villa with

assistant!

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

T

immediately furrowed his brows but stopped in his tracks, not entering

voice was low, with a sobbing tone, as she said with her head down,

every day. For all these years it was I who managed the company, and you? You just gave birth to a child, living in a daze every

was

I didn’t need to work! You said that being your wife was

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had read

recorded the

Howard.

in college, had

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

hard and that you would manage

all an act, that the person you loved the most

child I gave birth to was a boy or a girl, you would love

these words

“Enough!”

to listen any

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about them, and he coldly laughed. “Keera, what’s the point of saying

looked incredulously at

had that night with Lewis come about, wasn’t Howard aware

do you have to accuse Howard here?

with rage

the room to back up Keera, he heard the woman with a trembling voice start to speak. “Fine, I’ll sign the

Ellis immediately halted.

like

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family’s assertiveness, if Keera regretted it

thought about it and simply stood still,

an inch.

Inside the room.

appeared to be coerced, placing the divorce agreement on the

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a sigh

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

to say something, but Keira said, “Howard, I’ve

you

for me?”

asked with suspicion, “What

it?”

“How much child support will

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give Amy every month?”

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

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

a father should pay 20% of his income to his child for living expenses, but Howard has already

been in touch with another

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

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thousands.

and Howard wouldn’t have so

was something Cindy wouldn’t tell

looked up incredulously. She bit her lip, pretending to be aggrieved, “Howard, you’re Amy’s father, and it’s your duty to raise her… Moreover, I’m so deep in debt, and I definitely won’t have the money to raise Amy in the future. If you don’t provide child support, how will the child

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

and feet. Why can’t you live

to go out and find a jo After all,

with Amy, letting Howard

Howard’s

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you are Amy’s father. If Amy can’t afford to go to school, there will be relevant departments that will hold you accountable!

outside, felt a surge

on earth was Keera

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

took several deep breaths to suppress the anger

as

be such

Inside.

she saw Howard’s mother jumping up and down in

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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 be like a

immediately

this, Keira narrowed

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

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

shook her head and waved her hands, “No,

a piece of paper. “You don’t get to

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two waivers, indicating that he had no relation with Amy

and grabbed her hand. “When we tell you to sign, you sign. Don’t even think about clinging to Howard. Once you’re divorced, you

She signed her name

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

said, “Are we leaving in such

prevent this woman from demanding any more living expenses

felt a bit reluctant. “Once

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where will

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

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

up her suitcase and

door, they encountered the ashen-faced

“Mr. Ellis? When,

looked at

to Keira, who had

them.

be weeping with her shoulders trembling slightly,

“Howard, is this how you treat

hard. “Mr. Ellis, my divorce from Keera is

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