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After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.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

dutifully filial, and her

break away from the family, always hoping

and felt

look at her with dismay. “Mary,

was dissatisfied with me. I had barely sat down and hadn’t

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

“No,

on giving her this opportunity. See? it was wasted! If I had known earlier, I might a well have let my daughter

wife

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

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Mr. Ellis? How would he possibly take a fancy to someone who is

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 such a position! Mary is a capable and

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

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

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be blinded

said, “You can insult me, but

outsider! I’ve heard her husband cheated on her, and

her in the

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 to grasp the opportunity, and

reasons anymore!

contract is on you for judging people wrongly. If 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, you’ll

her

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was the first to pass the interview

had long been a thorn in

families.

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

first branch’s uncle was clearly looking for an

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

At the very least, she could help

for Howard’s mother and Amy, entered the

laptop contained a research and

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

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with Davis Corporation.

wouldn’t let Mary be

occurred to her

to Mary yet.

reached the

lawsuit was delivered to

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office coquettishly complaining to Howard about her grievances. “I just want to live

one too.”

I’ll go back

and said, “Yeah, you should go back and discuss it with her.

The villa is under her

exactly how to infuriate

head of the household! Haven’t you seen that I call the shots with everything at the company?

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

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

lifted his

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

“What?!”

out a shocked exclamation, looking incredulously at

with a wave

part. Mary

could they sue

secretary, “But

wasn’t submitted on time,

“Mr. Smith, our core staff member in the R&D department was poached last month. He came to

refuged and you quan told him

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he hadn’t expected things to turn out

“Don’t panic.

this, he took out

adding, “Do you think there’s

can

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

thought that would settle

on such a small one. They were steadily receiving R&D funds, and not producing results

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

already displeased with my joining

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at risk, I don’t have the capacity to help you any

that statement,

Howard was stunned.

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

“Yes.”

do now? Do we really have to pay

worth that much!”

up to

with anxiety, and upon hearing this, her eyes flickered.

returned to

the role of the dutiful wife and mother, busy preparing lunch in the

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as the door was opened, Howard

the kitchen.

amount of surprise and joy. “You’re

trying to please him, Howard immediately ordered, “Call Mary right now

to be uninformed.

make the call!

Howard was furious.

lowered her

Mary’s number, but the message on the other

a moment, then looked

Howard.

said, “Use WhatsApp voice

WhatsApp and made a voice call to Mary, but Mary immediately

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

another message, she found she

blankly at

hand raised to slap her face.

let

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

she block me?!”

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

add up to

We’re husband and wife, for better

worse…”

words made

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

matter, all he needed to do was get a divorce and push all the responsibility onto Keira, then

eyes instantly

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a flicker of something in his eyes before

said that, he turned around and left

already caught on to something and blurted out, “Divorce her, then you won’t have

child and, of

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

waste?!”

been married to Keera for three years

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

do?”

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must be a way; there’s definitely a

his chin, and his eyes lit up. “When we were in Oceanion, she had a pretty good relationship with Uncle Olsen. Let’s find Uncle Olsen to intervene. Just one word from him to Davis Corporation, and they’ll

displaying a WhatsApp notification that Mary had

friend.

came a message from

for five minutes, consider it payback for

are things on your end? Is he

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

asked, “So

said. “It looks like he won’t give up until he’s at the end of his rope. As long as Davis Corporation doesn’t drop the lawsuit,

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

chat status continuously showed

of typing, still no message

“What’s wrong? Is there

“No, I just feel like you’re not quite the same as

matter what happens, I’ll always stand by your side. Whether it’s the past you, the present you, or the future you. As

she

been acting as her sister for a while, and her interactions with Mary made her feel like she

the first

she wanted to

a long silence,

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thought.

have regretted being too love-struck to trust in friendship and blocked

and finally replied with only one sentence. “Thank

Keera.”

message was actually

strange

mind it.

down her phone when Uncle Davis, who was sitting across the dining table from her suddenly scoffed. “Mary, as long as you land the next client, I’ll secure the position of R&D project tear leader for you. Could you please focus

“Unele, don’t worry. I’ll

retract the lawsuit after the divorce

the job she

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

“I understand,

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

man.

forties,

a beaming smile. “Mr. Davis, who is

with a smile, “This is my fourth brother’s daughter, who is currently interning

immediately nodded. “Oh?

pleasure to meet you…”

his hand toward

his hand, she only

clammy and quite disgusting.

his grip slightly, making

help from

eyes.

please take a seat! The dishes will get cold if we wait much

Mr. Lynch sit down with

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 branch and further solidify his

avoided bringing up the contract and kept

Mr. Lynch has taken a liking to you. Why don’t

felt repulsed by the look in

with her glass, walked over to Mr. Lynch, and said with a

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often speaks of you, saying you’re a good

offer you

she distinguished their

change in Mr. Lynch’s

Davis furrowed his brows and glared at Mary, then shot

She just saw Mr. Lynch’s expression change, and then he

downed the content of her

Uncle Davis. “Uncle, I

still have some work

enjoy yourselves. I need

she quickly picked up her

could see that something was off with Uncle Davis; how could

she suddenly felt dizzy, and

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

Davis!!

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

was completely beyond what she could comprehend

to the door and flung it open, hoping to

she hadn’t expected that when she opened the door, the person walking

the commotion, he turned around

and saw Mary.

their eyes met, the plea for help

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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mind, she heard the words Ellis had once said about her during

found out she was using her

niece, you’ve had too much drink! Come

some tea…”

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

moment he was about to

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that slender hand and

taken aback.”

the

head to look, only to see a

in

moment.

his gaze sweeping over everyone present before finally settling

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

his

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

Ellis interested in

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ask after her, but she instantly understood; this was her chance

no need for Mr. Ellis to worry. I was just

Lynch was also bewildered at

of the company, they had been excluding

to the second branch,

branch.

couldn’t afford to offend

families!

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

looked toward her

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said, “Yes,

the contract

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

Mr.

cold sweat from his forehead and tentatively looked at Mary,

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

the doorway, she

moment, then suddenly understood something. “My dear niece,

retract the lawsuit…”

had flaunted borrowed authority

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hinder Keera’s big plans, so hearing this, she immediately said, “There’s no need to retract

lawsuit.”

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

You…”

chose to block me over a man. Do you think I am trying to get close to her now for what

matter.”

young women, but seeing Mary so vehem

involved in this matter.”

the door open and step

breath, still

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least she couldn’t

turned to leave, she suddenly froze

have left. He frowned as he looked at her. He

walked past and seen Mary, also noticing her anxiousness and that something was

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

he never expected that Mary would actually

just for signing a contract,

in the business world, and he didn’t mind being used

after gaining an advantage, used it on

was simply… enough to freeze

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but now it seemed that Mary was both stupid and vicious! How could

friend and bestie?!

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

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

embrace.

body collided with his chest, making her

effect, and she forced herself to shake her head,

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

sprayed

shivers down her spine, magnifying

reactions.

Ellis,

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hands

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

her, but what was this woman doing? She

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

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

at him,

vision

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

“So many…”

didn’t expect someone who appears so innocent could play so

no longer hear what he was saying and pressed

to undo her shirt, revealing a

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collarbone.

hurried for a

never a gentleman; he had already taken an interest in Mary, and

him…

lady, so why not

bent down, picked up Mary, and

laid Mary down on the sofa and then bent over her. As soon as he touched her burning skin, Ellis finally sensed that something was

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the way she looked… Was

Ellis furrowed his brows.

do you

“You are Ellis!”

murmured, continuing to

could Ellis

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

Mary was startled.

worn down, she still paused for a

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

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this, Ellis felt an inexplicable

in his chest.

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

Ellis had an appointment with today was stopped

was going on, faint sounds suggesting a tryst emanated from the private room, letting the visitor immediately catch on.

time.”

visitor leave, the assistant returned

sounds inside were becoming more

face flushed with embarrassment, but he could only wave his hand, signaling the bodyguards to step back a few paces to keep a

man and wasn’t

man! Mr. Ellis should

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how much time

moved her

felt as if it had been crushed by a massive

of where

“Click.”

The light turned on.

then did she notice it

a suit

Mary realized she was lying

her clothes scattered all over the floor

exclaimed in shock, immediately cov her

“You…”

day, her

she

flooded her

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a touch of joy emerged in her

bank card,

was taken aback, her

Fee for service…

he take

She felt as cold as an ice cellar, her voice carrying a trace

bother.”

the room fell silent

to see Ellis appraising her closely, his gaze filled

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

withdrew his bank card,

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together, why don’t you speak up? As long as your requests

them.”

at

been following Ellis for many

other wealthy heirs. He was never fickle or messy, and his private

was the dream lover of

now, could he actually be thinking about her

this?

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

pointed to the corner. “It’s already

followed his gaze and, sure enough, there

pieces on one by one, and found that the fit

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always

those people, he had also carefully

the heart to

still kept them.

a

and turned to

her.

want?”

lowered her gaze. “Whether you believe it or not, I truly don’t want

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

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

services.”

Ellis’s pupils contract slightly

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gaze piercing Mary.

around and walked briskly out of

did she cover her wildly beating heart, feeling that if she

a deep breath

the

understanding the situation, reported to him. “Mr. Ellis, Miss Keera has indeed run

was stipulated that Davis Corporation would pay Keera’s company

immediately sneered. “How could the penalty

so high?”

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said, “It’s

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

words “deliberate retaliation,” Ellis

had thought that the whole affair could indeed have been an accident, but now it turned out that what Mary had said was true! If it wasn’t for a deliberately

really

truly too

pride in front of him. It must have been a

his teacup onto the

why he was suddenly feeling

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

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he stood up and

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

on the table. “Mr. Ellis, whose

Ellis was speechless.

the money in the

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

lot, only to see Howard and Cindy pacing

reach Uncle Olsen,

“What does he want with me? Let’s

and see.”

on such a scoundrel in

thinking of Keera as his cousin.

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290 Uncle Olsen’s Daughter

arrived in

Ellis, I went to the Olsen family

looked down at him. “What do you

me?”

hit it off. Afterward, he even had my wife, Keera, help visit Mrs. Olsen, so my wife and I have a very good

deliver a

a message to Uncle Olsen only to find out tha

narrowed. “What

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

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give us some more time? Just give us one more month, no, half a month

gaze,

your message.”

Ellis got

to stop him anymore, and Ellis’s car

Cindy asked, “Will

great deal, and afterward, Uncle Olsen said we could ask him if we needed anything. It should be no

talked and left

were gone, Mary

corner.

lot, not yet finding her car, when she saw Howard and Cindy

really conveyed the message to

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ruin

hurriedly took out her phone, found Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated for a moment, and then directly dialed his

sky had already

that moment, Ellis was reclining in

entirely with

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

was his first

the case, wasn’t

tie, feeling

then, his phone

it and saw that it was Mary’s

had added Mary on WhatsApp, he had no recollection,

Maru ung still the granddaughter

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and everyone would show

some respect.

first branch took over the Davis Family, as Mary’s branch gradually

of this, Ellis answered

began, “What’s the

as long as the requests I make aren’t

you really were playing

front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

Mary would ask him to marry her, to take responsibility for her, or take advantage

to get some benefits for her branch of the Davis Family

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Corporation. However, to his surprise, he heard

not help Howard

immediately furrowed

a cold laugh. “The

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

said those words,

He was very angry.

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

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

afraid Mary would no longer

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stay in Oceanion!”

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

Uncle Olsen the truth about the

made

the DNA test had been out for a

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

for those two days.

got a

that the results would show, that Keera was

was stunned at

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

hesitated.

Olsen had always

a single woman had

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

be compromised with. Better have nothing than have

being played around by a man from a small place, Uncle

would be ruined by

Olsen for a long time and hadn’t reported the

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

since that day.

talk about this for now. I’m afraid

“Then, this matter… do

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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quite good just to let Howard abandon Keera. It might even cure this cousin of

that this was

own hearts, and the family elders never

asked, “What do you

choice would be to help her pressure Howard, to make him. afraid to ever divorce. After

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

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

said, “No, I want her to get a

want her to get a divorce, but does she want it herself? Do you not know

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another person are

infuriated by his words. “How do you

she doesn’t want to?!”

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

feared that Ellis would take action and help Keera’s

sighed. “Yes, it’s a plan that Keera

out.”

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

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

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

do you think I would

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

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her best friend Mary over

keeping an eye on Keera and knew that she had been tolerant at home for the sake of competing

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

divorce?

lawsuit, and since the lawsuit had been filed, even if Keera really made Howard

if it was really a trap set by Keera herself, what

simply didn’t make any logical

wanted to explain, but she also understood that her words

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

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Howard.

it from me shows that he cares about me. Mary, I don’t need your warnings; he just made a mistake that any man could make. If you don’t tell me, maybe he’ll return to

infatuation was

promised me that as

instantly became icy

determined

the icy

“Indeed.”

Ellis indifferently, lifting his head, his eyes

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me, you have to return it

Mary was startled.

lips, knowing

uncle agreed to let her off today because he misunderstood that Ellis was interested in her. If Ellis went to

future days might become even

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

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

hadn’t

just breathed a sigh of

and headed home.

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

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the passionate encounter with Ellis, a hint of shyness

Soon, she arrived home.

the car and

as she stepped in, her pace came

the floor of the hall, while her

in her

She took a step forward and called out gently, “Dad,

“Mary…”

with sobs. “What on earth did you do to offend Mr. Ellis? Why would he suddenly call your uncle and claim to have no association with you? Hurry up and explain to your uncle. Was Mr. Ellis joking? Didn’t he go to the private room to find

hearing this, Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed

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Mary didn’t kneel.

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

dared to take advantage of his influence? Do you know that

her, grabbing her hair. “Mary, who gave you such audacity?

in pain

look up.

clenched tight, and she remained

over on his knees, hugging his eldest brother’s leg. “Brother, Mary is still young, and

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

her? If I spare her, how

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hand and viciously struck toward

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

the anticipated pain did not

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

she breathed a

relief.

in the

“Slap!”

landed

“I blame you for not raising your daughter rig

fight back; instead, he covered his head and pleaded for mercy. He already knew what his big brother intended to do

spare Mary please.

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the Davis

“Dad!”

widened in shock. She cried out and tried to rush over, but the

break free from their grip, wanting to

bodyguards were professional, robust, and impossible to break away

you keep going, it could be fatal! I beg

a piercing voice,

was only then that her eldest

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

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her fists

kind of demand her eldest

make next…

who was being held down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her grandmother, who hurried over after hearing the commotion in the living room but fainted

before her…

knew none of

for him, she would have already been taken advantage

achievements in the company to gain the favor of the first branch, and with her father being relentlessly suppressed

long anticipated a

her heart, she

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toward Ellis.

blamed

useless she was!

unable to protect her parents and

she could only obediently become a

an overwhelming sense

trying to get up from the ground.

looked at

gaze. “Fine, I’ll b obedient. I’ll listen to everything you say

Π

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

he left with

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of this soon

Olsen residence’s study, listening

life to

since she’s technically your woman, do you

“No.”

dares

“What about that contract? Should we still

I promised her,

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

just might show your cousin what kind of man her husband is. Who knows? After

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“If she really gets

In that case, we’ll acknowledge her again as

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

loss.”

but what

fell silent for a

“Leave her be.”

night, Ellis dreamt of

cryin on the sofa, begging him to be faster… Just as he was about

beneath

“It’s not

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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his forehead, feeling

and turned, he couldn’t

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

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

be bullied at will?!”

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

agreement gave her the company and

of marriage with Brother Howard, now he’s giving you

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better sign

finished speaking and

of the divorce agreement, lost in thought, with

Three years!

since he married Keera, and

million a year. Out of that, one million went to Keera for

savings…

a little

couldn’t bear to

company were originally

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

her!

fifteen million. The company has a debt contract of twenty million, and if we can’t sell it at a good price, I’ll end up with nothing and still be saddled with millions

Howard panicked a little.

both spouses would

over with the message that

away and was

immediately show her eager expression; she still

this, Howard’s mother couldn’t

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

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own problems! Why

and failed to pique his

could be saved, and you and Howard wouldn’t have come to

really wanted

about to sign the second, but he hesitated

scolding and curses

swallowed.

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 simply can’t raise Amy on

own…”

Howard no longer hesitated and swiftly signed

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

handed the two contracts to her. “Keera, stop struggling, just sign it! Otherwise, Howard and his mother won’t

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

the contract with trembling

the three people, she was

hard Keira was

family villa, a black luxury car screeched

into the South family

assistant!

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to see a woman with her back to him, holding two copies of a divorce agreement in

T

but stopped in his tracks,

she said with

look at yourself now, just staying at home 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

said I didn’t need to work! You said

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time, Keira had read

recorded the

Howard.

college, had also been

with Keera, and before they got married, after graduating from university,

work was too hard and that you would manage the company for me, that in

all an act, that the person you

also said, no matter whether the child I gave birth to was a boy or a girl, you

words on behalf of

“Enough!”

to

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so many things yet preventing others from talking about them, and he coldly laughed. “Keera, what’s the point of saying all this? I have a mistress outside, but are you clean yourself? Haven’t you slept

suddenly looked

come about, wasn’t Howard aware of it?

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

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

Ellis immediately halted.

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

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assertiveness, if

about it and simply

an inch.

Inside the room.

be coerced, placing the divorce agreement on the table

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a

son, go get the divorce certificate

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

agreement. Could you

for me?”

asked with

it?”

weakly. “How much child

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give Amy every month?”

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

mother also said, “Keera, don’t go too far! How much money has Howard given you over the years? How much has he earned for this family? How can you still want his money after the divorce? You wish! Howard’s future income has nothing to do with your daughter. It’s all

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

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

was easy for

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thousands.

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

something Cindy

duty to raise her… Moreover, I’m so deep

If you can’t make it, just take

Keera, you ha hands and feet. Why can’t you live

to go out and find a jo After all, working is so exhausting, and if she could get living expenses for

Amy,

Howard’s mother shouted

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

who was listening outside, felt a surge

on earth was

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

several deep breaths to suppress the anger welling up inside

that someone as

there be such

Inside.

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

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

immediately

this, Keira narrowed her

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

that in

this, she immediately shook her head and waved her

a piece of paper. “You don’t get to make

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

stepped forward and grabbed her hand. “When we tell you to sign, you sign. Don’t even

intimidated. She

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

we leaving

“Absolutely, to prevent this woman from

a bit reluctant. “Once

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where will

a smile, “Auntie, move to

care of you in

her suitcase and

they reached the door, they encountered the ashen-faced

When, when

looked

Keira,

them.

be weeping with her shoulders

said, “Howard, is this how

stupefied, then swallowed hard. “Mr. Ellis, my divorce from Keera is mutual.

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