My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Chapter 281-290

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

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

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

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

Her eyes reddened with anger.

Was Keera thinking of her as a fool?

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

But why did Keera have to deceive her with such

tricks?

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

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

me.”

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

Amy had already fallen asleep.

After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.

She asked, “What did you just send?”

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

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She shook her head and set the mobile phone aside.

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

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

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

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

The next morning.

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

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

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

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Upon seeing Keira, she immediately curved her lips

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

Keira replied with a thumbs-up and a smile.

The two entered the building together and approached

Howard’s office.

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

Keira’s eyes narrowed slightly.

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

Cindy’s skirt was hiked up to her waist.

Howard’s pants were also down to his knees…

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

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

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

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

and me…”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She wasn’t blind!

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

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

She was suddenly at a loss for words.

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

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

matters into her own hands..

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

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

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

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

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Keira silently watched them, feeling beyond words.

What had she done?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

discern.

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

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

Mary snorted but didn’t speak.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Of course…”

Howard touched her waist, his eyes gradually

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

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

“He won’t.”

Keira replied.

Meanwhile.

At the Olsen residence.

Ellis held the DNA test results and hurried into Uncle

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

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

handing over the corporate affairs to the young man

in advance.

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

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

Upon hearing what Ellis had said, he frowned and

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

Ellis placed the report on Sam’s desk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hearing that, Sam immediately looked toward Ellis.

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

that?”

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

“Pfft…”

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

here.”

Sam looked at him and remained silent, but his eyes

were filled with pity.

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

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

“It’s impossible.”

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

Could Keera really be his dad’s illegitimate daughter?

Thinking of his father’s henpecked demeanor, he still

found it unbelievable.

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

his hand.

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

Ellic entered his father’s room again took hig

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toothbrush, and handed everything to his assistant to

send to the testing center.

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

Lewis Horton in Clance.”

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

But the secretary was puzzled.

Could that be the case?

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

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

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

The secretary paused here.

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Ellis then said, “What about her?”

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

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

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

her?”

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

rumors…”

Ellis raised his eyebrow. “And then?”

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

Mary.”

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

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this look like it?”

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

Ellis asked, “What?”

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

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

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

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

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

intelligence!”

The secretary coughed. “It looks like Uncle Olsen

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intends to acknowledge her and then bring her back

into the family…”

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

“Yes.”

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

Meanwhile.

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

In the South family’s small villa.

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

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

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

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Maybe today I’ll show you.”

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

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

eat?”

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

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

him!

…Their shamelessness was beyond her imagination!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vairo still kant her hood down seemingly fragile and

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

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

child?”

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

Cindy snapped. “You…”

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

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

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

In an instant, Cindy understood. Keera was declaring

war!

Ha.

Did she really think she could win?

It was just because she had snagged a deal with Mary

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

Cindy left reluctantly with Howard.

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

“…Okay.”

Keira looked utterly docile.

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

Howard’s mother.

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

diligent.

Sometimes she would even deliberately seek to please

Howard’s mother.

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

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

Keira just smirked.

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

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

mother-in-law like this?

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

would be once she divorced and Howard’s mother

lived with Cindy.

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

A month passed by quickly.

In two days, the contract would expire.

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

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

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tomorrow comes, we’ll sue him!”

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

Keira nodded. “I’m sure.”

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

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

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

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

check him out.”

Keira was perplexed.

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

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

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wants

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

candidates!”

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

wanted to, whereas I…”

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

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

Keira saw a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

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

definitely be impressed with you!”

People from every social class have their own troubles.

Wealthy families were no exception.

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

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

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

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

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

Keira asked, Who’s your blind date?”

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

Keira was dumbfounded.

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

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Keira watched as Ellis walked in and sat down at Table

8 not far away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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connection!”

This stubborn facade…

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

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

Keira shook her head in resignation at this.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mary was stunned. “You know me?”

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

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

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

“No.” Ellis blinked.

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

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

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Ellis had always despised foolish, unprincipled people.

Mary’s actions had struck a nerve with him.

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

Keera’s best friend.

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

Correct.

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

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

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

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

With that, he left straight away.

Mary still sat there, utterly baffled.

Indeed, she had a good impression of Ellis.

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

bullied.

was

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

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

Her crush was well concealed…

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

But what did he just say?

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

empty-headed beauty, a vase with nothing but her

looks.”

Tears welled up in Mary’s eyes.

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

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

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

She was humiliated by her family and now mocked by

Ellis as well.

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

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

standing up as if nothing had happened.

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

“It’s nothing.”

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

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

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

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“…Okay.”

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

tomorrow, the lawsuit will definitely reach the

company.”

“Okay.”

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

“I know.”

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

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

Mary looked at the road ahead. “Yes.”

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

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Since she was in charge of the new energy research

and development, it was possible to offer her a

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

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

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

million?!

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

Meanwhile.

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

Ellis had always remembered her.

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

he very much liked

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

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

intelligence. What a pity.”

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

Ellis now felt a headache whenever he heard those two

words.

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

The secretary didn’t dare to speak.

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

The Olsen family always covered for their own!

They could criticize their own cousin, but nobody else

could!

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

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

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Mary quickly returned to the Davis home.

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

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

so were her other uncles and aunts.

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

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

Mary’s fingers tightened instantly, and she looked

down.

She swallowed before saying, “No…”

“No?!”

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

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

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

Her private affairs were to be laid out and scrutinized

in detail?

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

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

any further…”

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

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

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

indistinguishable from the most distant relatives!”

Mary’s grandfather was the gooand can of the

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

live on his own.

While Mary’s grandfather was still alive, the first

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

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

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

Seeing this scene, Mary clenched her fists.

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Her father indeed didn’t have the same mother as

these people.

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

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

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

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

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

father was dutifully filial,

away from

thought of this and felt a sense of

her with dismay. “Mary, what exactly happened during

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

as these words came out, one of her uncles became extremely disappointed. “With

said, “No, he

a small family background is just useless! Brother, you insisted on giving her this opportunity. See? it was wasted! If I had known earlier, I might a well have let my daughter try! At the young people’s private gatherings, my daughter was able to speak a few words with Mr.

wife also

have plenty of daughters

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

how can you speak so harshly? Mary studied new energy in college, and now she’s been valued by the first branch and is in charge of the new energy research and development projects at the Davis Corporation… In her generation, she’s the first one to hold

I have to say. I

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

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blinded by

can insult me, but

I’ve heard her husband cheated on her, and she just tolerates it. With

in the

Mr. Ellis had taken a liking to you, I would have turned a blind eye to your actions, but unfortunately, you failed to grasp the opportunity, and I won’t bend

reasons anymore!

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

her

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was the first to pass the interview for Davis

had long been a thorn in the side of

families.

investment failure, but according to the contract, if compensation could be obtained, it meant she had rectified

looking for an

and, facing the leviathan that was Davis Corporation, felt

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

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

a research and development

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

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with Davis Corporation.

let Mary be put in

just occurred to her that she hadn’t

to Mary yet.

quickly reached the third

lawsuit was delivered to Howard early

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Howard about her grievances. “I just want to live in a villa, and your son

one too.”

back and discuss it

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

The villa is

exactly how to

provoked 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 down in

Cindy quickly said, “Wouldn’t your wife be

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

his

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

“What?!”

shocked exclamation, looking incredulously at the

a wave of his hand.

part. Mary

they

secretary, “But on the

the proposal wasn’t submitted on

R&D department was poached last month. He came to you asking for

you refuged and you quan told him

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things to turn out like

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

out his phone and dialed Mary’s

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

can

extension. We’ve just hired new tech staff, and we’ll definitely be able to

that

projects with Davis Corporation, no one would focus on such a small one. They

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

my

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the capacity to

statement, Mary

Howard was stunned.

immediately looked at his secretary. “Hurry to Davis Corporation and

“Yes.”

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

worth that much!”

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

and upon hearing this, her eyes

returned to

still playing the role of the dutiful wife

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door was opened, Howard charged

the kitchen.

just the right amount of surprise and

Howard immediately ordered, “Call Mary right now and make her find a way to withdraw the

be

make the call!

Howard was furious.

her head. “Okay,

her phone, and dialed Mary’s number, but the message on the other end wa “Hello, the phone you have dialed is turned

for a moment, then looked

Howard.

said, “Use WhatsApp

made a voice call to

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a message. “Keera, I’m sorry, but we

send another message, she

stared blankly at

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

didn’t let herself get

extremely aggrieved, and as Howard made his move, she crouched down, hugged her knees, and

she block me?!”

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

only fetch half its value, which won’t add up to twenty million! Will I end up in

husband and wife, for

worse…”

words made Howard

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company’s legal person and shares were all in

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

instantly lit

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something in his eyes before he said, “Okay, don’t

that, he turned

Cindy had already caught on to something and blurted out,

pregnant with Howard’s child and, of course,

the worst choice. If we really get divorced, I might end

waste?!”

had been married to Keera for

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

do?”

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way; there’s definitely a

Uncle Olsen. Let’s find Uncle Olsen to intervene. Just one word from him to Davis Corporation, and they’ll surely stop pursuing the lawsuit. As long as they withdraw the legal action, there’s still a chance for

up, displaying a WhatsApp notification that Mary

friend.

after came a message from

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

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

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

“So

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

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

status continuously showed that she

minutes of typing, still no

to resist, asked, “What’s wrong? Is

just feel like you’re not quite the same

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.

she read the

for a while, and

for the

at the message, she wanted to tell Mary that

long silence, she ultimately

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thought.

that if Keera was still alive, she would certainly have

silent for a long, long time, and finally replied

Keera.”

actually

strange things, so

mind it.

put down her phone when Uncle Davis, who was sitting across the dining table from her suddenly scoffed. “Mary, as long as you

set down her phone. “Unele,

to retract the lawsuit after the divorce or to help Keera pay

job she had

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eyes flickered with a hint of mockery as he heard her. “Hmm, Mr. Lynch is not

nodded. “I

sooner had these words fallen than there was a knock on the door, followed

man.

appeared to be in his forties, and his appearance was quite

beaming smile. “Mr. Davis, who is this young lady? I’ve

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

immediately nodded. “Oh?

pleasure to meet you…”

his hand toward

Mary took his hand, she only

clammy and quite disgusting.

her hand back, but he tightened his grip slightly, making

she sought help from

eyes.

“Mr. Lynch, please take a seat! The dishes

then did Mr. Lynch sit down

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

avoided bringing up the contract and

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

felt repulsed by the look

up with her glass, walked over to Mr.

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often speaks of you, saying

offer you

statement, she distinguished

a sudden change

and glared at

Mr. Lynch and didn’t notice her uncle’s expression. She just saw Mr. Lynch’s expression change, and then

of relief and downed the content of her glass all

she looked at Uncle

I still have some work to do. You

I need to head

picked up her bag and started walking

a fool could see that something was off with

few steps, she suddenly felt dizzy,

what had happened and looked desperately at her glass,

Davis!!

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

what she could

and flung it open, hoping to cry for help

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

commotion, he

and saw Mary.

the plea for

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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about her during a

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

niece, you’ve had too much drink!

some tea…”

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

moment he was about to shut the door, a hand

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slender hand

taken aback.”

she saw the door being

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

him, everyone in the room paused

moment.

He stood there, his gaze sweeping over everyone present before finally settling on Mary. “Mr. Ellis is dining next

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

turned his gaze

brought her here to accompany the fat Lynch, but now Mr. Ellis suddenly came in to

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 to flaunt

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

also bewildered at

branch took control of the company, they had been

to the second branch,

branch.

to offend any of the

families!

say anything? He immediately replied with a grin. “Yes, yes, I’m here discussing a partnership

toward

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said, “Yes, I

contract out of his

“Dear niece, your uncle and I are like brothers. His

Mr. Lynch promptly ran

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

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

reaching the doorway, she

for a moment, then suddenly understood something. “My dear niece, rest assured, that

retract the lawsuit…”

flaunted

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

lawsuit.”

lawsuit?

You…”

my best friend, but she chose to block me over a man. Do you think I am trying to get close to her now for what reason? Of course, it’s for revenge. I want to witness her regretting and crying after her husband abandons her. Uncle, you must not intervene

matter.”

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

involved in this matter.”

did Mary pull the door open

to the private room closed again, she took a deep breath, still feeling somewhat dizzy and

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she couldn’t collapse

turned to leave, she

He frowned as he looked at her. He had obviously heard the entire conversation in the private

walked past and seen Mary, also noticing her anxiousness and

Yet he found his own action a bit baffling, which was why

would actually take advantage of his

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

the business world, and he didn’t mind being used this once, especially since

Mary, after gaining an advantage, used it on

freeze Ellis’s favorable

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Mary was both stupid and vicious! How could she do such a

friend and bestie?!

man of loyalty, despising those who play dirty and

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

embrace.

with his

and she forced herself to shake her head, barely maintaining

into her

breath sprayed

shivers down her spine, magnifying

reactions.

against Ellis, her eyes gradually

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her hands suddenly wrapped

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

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

away, only to hear

was taken aback, then scoffed. “How many

him, extending

vision was

several appeared

“So many…”

someone who appears so innocent could play so wild

was saying and pressed closer against the

to undo her shirt, revealing

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collarbone.

hurried for a

a gentleman; he had already taken an interest

him…

lady, so why not play

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

then bent over her. As soon as he touched

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skin was so hot, and the way she looked… Was she

Ellis furrowed his brows.

you know who

“You are Ellis!”

murmured, continuing to snuggle up

Ellis

profound look in his eyes, he said, “This

Mary was startled.

was almost completely worn down, she still paused for a moment, feeling a slight pain in her

and after a while, she suddenly laughed. “Of course

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hearing this, Ellis felt

in his chest.

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

Ellis had an appointment with today

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

time.”

visitor leave, the assistant returned his attention to the private

were becoming

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

wasn’t a man and

He was a perfectly normal man! Mr.

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much time had passed when she finally woke

moved her

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

where

“Click.”

The light turned on.

she notice it was dark outside,

suit sat

Mary realized she

her clothes scattered all over

her chest, and turning

“You…”

day,

was she

shyness flooded her

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touch of

Ellis then smiled and immediately produced a bank card, extending it

taken aback,

Fee for service…

did he

she cast her gaze downward. She felt as

bother.”

room fell silent

see Ellis appraising her closely,

of person. There’s

money.”

“Is that so?”

withdrew his bank card, “Then

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

them.”

looked at

been following Ellis

was never

also why Ellis was the dream lover of so many

actually be thinking about

this?

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

the corner.

sure enough, there were

over, tried the pieces on one by

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has always been so

her from those people, he had also carefully

heart to use them

still kept them.

a

finished dressing and turned to look at

staring at her.

want?”

you believe it or not, I truly

own phone into it, then straightened her back and

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

services.”

Ellis’s pupils contract slightly his

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gaze piercing Mary.

turned around and walked briskly out of

beating heart, feeling that if she stayed any longer in that suite,

breath and

left, the assistant entered the

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

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

sneered. “How could the

so high?”

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said, “It’s

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

of Mary’s words “deliberate

been an accident, but now it turned out that what Mary had said was

was really

woman was truly too

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

his teacup onto

didn’t understand why he was suddenly feeling

her… No, it was she who had

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as he stood up and straightened

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

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

Ellis was speechless.

in the assistant’s hand, and after a moment of

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

only to see Howard and Cindy pacing back and forth

immediately said, “Mr. Ellis, this Howar has been trying to reach Uncle Olsen, but after we stopped him, he came

frowned. “What does he want with

and see.”

ever looked down on such a scoundrel in the

Keera as his cousin. he took

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in front

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

at him.

me?”

my wife and I have a very good relationship with Uncle Olsen, and there’s something

deliver a message for

to Uncle Olsen only to find out tha he had been blocked on WhatsApp a long time

narrowed. “What

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

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on our behalf, and ask the Davis family to give us some more time? Just give

lowered his gaze,

your message.”

Ellis got into his

didn’t dare to stop him anymore,

Ellis left, Cindy

said, “Last time Keera helped Uncle Olsen a great deal, and afterward, Uncle Olsen said we could ask him if we needed anything. It should be no problem for such

talked and

were gone, Mary stepped out from

corner.

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

conveyed the message to

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ruin

Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated

sky had

was reclining in a chair,

mind was filled entirely with Mary’s delicate skin…

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

his

case,

his tie, feeling a bit

then, his

and saw that it was

he had no recollection,

Maru ung still the granddaughter of

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Family’s patriarch and everyone would

some respect.

over the Davis Family,

of this, Ellis answered the voice

“What’s the

as long as the requests I make

instantly appeared on Ellis’s face, “So just now you really were playing hard to get? Miss

in front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

her, to take

the Davis Family or at

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However, to his surprise, he heard Mary

not help Howard

immediately furrowed

let out a cold laugh.

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

Ellis said those words, he

He was very angry.

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

she should keep her distance. It was Mary herself who-got closer, and the result was

Mary would no longer

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to stay in

moment before saying,

tell Uncle Olsen the

made

of the DNA test had been

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

for those two days.

even got a good beating from

would show,

was stunned

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

hesitated.

had always been a

not a

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had once been asked, “Why

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

around by a man

and majestic life would

hadn’t gone to see Uncle Olsen for

Olsen was out there looking for traces of Mrs. Olsen, so the two of

since that day.

talk about this for now. I’m afraid

assistant asked again. “Then, this matter…

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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

he also felt that this was

own hearts,

they only asked, “What do

to help her pressure Howard, to make him. afraid to

he thought about this, his phone buzzed because

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

said, “No, I want

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

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another person are actually very

was infuriated by his words. “How

she doesn’t want to?!”

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

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

sighed. “Yes, it’s a plan

out.”

went straight to the point. “We want to make Howard retreat

penny, and give both the company and the custody of the daughter

continued. “So, please don step

Ellis sneered. “Miss Davis, do you think I would believe such

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

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her best friend

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 with

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

divorce?

filed, even if Keera really made Howard leave without a penny,

a trap set by Keera herself,

didn’t make any logical

to explain, but she also understood that her words

even she, who knew her friend best, had doubted until now whether Keera had truly let go

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Howard.

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

was

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

instantly became icy

Mary determined to punish

lowered his gaze, hiding the icy chill within.

“Indeed.”

his eyes filled with a cold intent.

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me, you have

Mary was startled.

pursed her lips, knowing what

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

days might become even

of Keera’s desire for a divorce, for the company and the villa, as well as

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

this moment, Mary still hadn’t realized

just breathed a sigh of relief, then started

and headed home.

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

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the passionate encounter with Ellis, a

Soon, she arrived home.

car and

she stepped in, her pace came to an abrupt

she saw her parents kneeling on the floor of the hall, while

in her

body freezing. She took a step forward

“Mary…”

to have no association with you? Hurry up and explain to your uncle. Was Mr. Ellis joking?

eldest uncle

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Mary didn’t kneel.

her knees,

you dared to take advantage of his influence? Do you know that Mr. Lynch also called me just now and gave me an

hair. “Mary, who gave you such audacity?

in pain as

look up.

clenched tight, and she remained

on his knees, hugging his eldest brother’s leg. “Brother,

however, kicked Mary’s father away, “A waste of a father raising a waste of a daughter! Do you still have the nerve to ask me

I spare her, how could Mr. Lynch

ma21″

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hand and viciously

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

pain did

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

released Mary, and she breathed

relief.

in the

“Slap!”

slap landed on Mary’s

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

his head and pleaded for mercy. He already knew what his

spare Mary

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the Davis

“Dad!”

out and tried to

free from their grip, wanting to stop her

were professional, robust, and impossible to break away

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

with a piercing voice, tears and snot streaming down

was only then that her eldest

“If you want me to stop hitting him, fine, but from now on, you’d better listen to

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her

kind of demand her

make next…

down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her grandmother, who hurried over after hearing the commotion in the

before her…

knew none of

already been

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

anticipated a situation

her heart, she still harbored some

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toward Ellis.

time, she blamed

useless she was!

protect her parents and unable

she could only obediently become a

on the ground, feeling an overwhelming sense

father was trying to get up from the ground. “Mary,

mother looked at

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

Π

in the evening, and you’ll come with me to the hotel, and

words behind, he left

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this soon reached Ellis’s

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

hadn’t expected Mary’s life to be this

she’s technically your woman, do you want

“No.”

heart and sneered. “She dares

the assistant looked at him. “What

her, I won’t interfere

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

your cousin what kind of man her husband is. Who knows?

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however, smiled. “If she really gets

her again

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

loss.”

what about

a

“Leave her be.”

night, Ellis

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 encounter swiftly, the scene

beneath a

sideways. “It’s not my first time, Mr. Ellis. Don’t be so

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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rubbed his forehead, feeling utterly

how much he tossed and turned, he couldn’t fall

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

go and see. Do they really think that Keera doesn’t have a family to back her up and

be bullied at will?!”

was struggling to suppress a

gave her the

was mocking her. “Keera, after all these years of marriage with Brother Howard, now he’s giving you the house and the company, and even the

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you better sign quickly

and looked

agreement, lost in thought, with an expression

Three years!

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

first year’s company income as dividends, and for the second and third years, his salary amounted to around two million a year. Out of that, one million went to Keera for household expenses, and with the three

savings…

was to say, he only got a little over

really couldn’t bear to let it

the house and company

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

her!

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

Howard panicked a little.

spouses would

over

and was about

her eager expression; she

Howard’s mother couldn’t help

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

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at your own problems!

Mr. Horton and failed to pique his interest

the company could be saved, and you and

wanted to curse

sign the second, but he hesitated

curses had to

swallowed.

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

own…”

words, Howard no longer hesitated and swiftly signed on the second

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

struggling, just sign it! Otherwise,

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anyone, blame yourself for not having enough support from your own

took the contract with trembling

eyes of the three people,

how hard Keira was trying not

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

South

assistant!

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his assistant, he just happened to see a woman with her back to him, holding two copies of a divorce agreement in

T

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

tone, as she said with her

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

was

trembled. “When we graduated, it you who said I didn’t need to

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Keira had read through Keera’s

her diary, Keera recorded the happy times

Howard.

in college, had also been sweet

married, after graduating from university, Howard was

head down, “You said that going to work was too hard and that you would manage the company for me, that in

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

also said, no matter whether the child I gave birth

words on behalf of

“Enough!”

want to

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the point of saying

suddenly looked

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

mother immediately followed up. “That’s right, Keera, you also didn’t behave like a wife should. What right do you have to accuse Howard here? Just sign the paper,

red-hot with rage upon

the room to back up Keera, he heard the

Ellis immediately halted.

Keera would just divorce like this, it wouldn’t be

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the Olsen family’s assertiveness, if Keera regretted it

thought about it and simply

an inch.

Inside the room.

to be coerced, placing the divorce agreement on the table and quickly

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a sigh of

son, go get the

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

you agree to

for me?”

asked with suspicion,

it?”

much child support

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give Amy every month?”

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.

given you over the years? How much has he earned for this family? How can you still want his money after the divorce? You wish! Howard’s future income has nothing to do with your daughter. It’s all for my

well, “Keera, legally, a father should pay 20% of his income to his child for living expenses, but Howard has already made it clear

already been in touch with another employer and was

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

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thousands.

have so

this was something

all this, 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

words made Howard retort impatiently, “I don’t care how you live! If you can’t make it, just take

ha hands and feet. Why can’t you

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 a place

Amy, letting Howard

Howard’s mother

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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…

outside, felt a

earth was

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

to suppress the

even felt that someone as defeatist as Keer

could there be such

Inside.

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

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with the way 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 vampire

out, Cindy immediately said,

this, Keira

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

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

she immediately shook her head

decisively pulled out a piece of paper. “You don’t

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

to sign, you sign. Don’t even

She

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

“Are we leaving

“Absolutely, to prevent this woman from demanding any

mother felt a bit reluctant. “Once we

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where will we

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

in the future. You’re

her suitcase and followed behind

reached the door, they encountered the ashen-faced

terrified. “Mr. Ellis? When, when

coldly looked at

gaze shifted to Keira, who

them.

weeping with her shoulders

is this how

was stupefied, then swallowed hard. “Mr. Ellis, my divorce from

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