My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Chapter 281-290

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

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

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

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

Her eyes reddened with anger.

Was Keera thinking of her as a fool?

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

But why did Keera have to deceive her with such

tricks?

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

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

me.”

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

Amy had already fallen asleep.

After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.

She asked, “What did you just send?”

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

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She shook her head and set the mobile phone aside.

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

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

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

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

The next morning.

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

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

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

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Upon seeing Keira, she immediately curved her lips

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

Keira replied with a thumbs-up and a smile.

The two entered the building together and approached

Howard’s office.

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

Keira’s eyes narrowed slightly.

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

Cindy’s skirt was hiked up to her waist.

Howard’s pants were also down to his knees…

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

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

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

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

and me…”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She wasn’t blind!

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

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

She was suddenly at a loss for words.

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

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

matters into her own hands..

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

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

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

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

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Keira silently watched them, feeling beyond words.

What had she done?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

discern.

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

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

Mary snorted but didn’t speak.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Of course…”

Howard touched her waist, his eyes gradually

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

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

“He won’t.”

Keira replied.

Meanwhile.

At the Olsen residence.

Ellis held the DNA test results and hurried into Uncle

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

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

handing over the corporate affairs to the young man

in advance.

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

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

Upon hearing what Ellis had said, he frowned and

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

Ellis placed the report on Sam’s desk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hearing that, Sam immediately looked toward Ellis.

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

that?”

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

“Pfft…”

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

here.”

Sam looked at him and remained silent, but his eyes

were filled with pity.

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

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

“It’s impossible.”

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

Could Keera really be his dad’s illegitimate daughter?

Thinking of his father’s henpecked demeanor, he still

found it unbelievable.

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

his hand.

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

Ellic entered his father’s room again took hig

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toothbrush, and handed everything to his assistant to

send to the testing center.

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

Lewis Horton in Clance.”

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

But the secretary was puzzled.

Could that be the case?

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

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

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

The secretary paused here.

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Ellis then said, “What about her?”

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

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

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

her?”

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

rumors…”

Ellis raised his eyebrow. “And then?”

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

Mary.”

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

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this look like it?”

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

Ellis asked, “What?”

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

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

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

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

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

intelligence!”

The secretary coughed. “It looks like Uncle Olsen

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intends to acknowledge her and then bring her back

into the family…”

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

“Yes.”

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

Meanwhile.

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

In the South family’s small villa.

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

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

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

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Maybe today I’ll show you.”

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

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

eat?”

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

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

him!

…Their shamelessness was beyond her imagination!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vairo still kant her hood down seemingly fragile and

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

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

child?”

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

Cindy snapped. “You…”

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

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

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

In an instant, Cindy understood. Keera was declaring

war!

Ha.

Did she really think she could win?

It was just because she had snagged a deal with Mary

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

Cindy left reluctantly with Howard.

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

“…Okay.”

Keira looked utterly docile.

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

Howard’s mother.

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

diligent.

Sometimes she would even deliberately seek to please

Howard’s mother.

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

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

Keira just smirked.

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

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

mother-in-law like this?

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

would be once she divorced and Howard’s mother

lived with Cindy.

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

A month passed by quickly.

In two days, the contract would expire.

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

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

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tomorrow comes, we’ll sue him!”

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

Keira nodded. “I’m sure.”

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

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

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

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

check him out.”

Keira was perplexed.

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

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

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wants

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

candidates!”

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

wanted to, whereas I…”

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

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

Keira saw a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

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

definitely be impressed with you!”

People from every social class have their own troubles.

Wealthy families were no exception.

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

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

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

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

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

Keira asked, Who’s your blind date?”

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

Keira was dumbfounded.

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

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Keira watched as Ellis walked in and sat down at Table

8 not far away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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connection!”

This stubborn facade…

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

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

Keira shook her head in resignation at this.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mary was stunned. “You know me?”

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

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

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

“No.” Ellis blinked.

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

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

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Ellis had always despised foolish, unprincipled people.

Mary’s actions had struck a nerve with him.

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

Keera’s best friend.

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

Correct.

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

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

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

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

With that, he left straight away.

Mary still sat there, utterly baffled.

Indeed, she had a good impression of Ellis.

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

bullied.

was

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

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

Her crush was well concealed…

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

But what did he just say?

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

empty-headed beauty, a vase with nothing but her

looks.”

Tears welled up in Mary’s eyes.

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

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

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

She was humiliated by her family and now mocked by

Ellis as well.

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

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

standing up as if nothing had happened.

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

“It’s nothing.”

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

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

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

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“…Okay.”

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

tomorrow, the lawsuit will definitely reach the

company.”

“Okay.”

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

“I know.”

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

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

Mary looked at the road ahead. “Yes.”

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

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Since she was in charge of the new energy research

and development, it was possible to offer her a

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

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

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

million?!

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

Meanwhile.

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

Ellis had always remembered her.

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

he very much liked

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

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

intelligence. What a pity.”

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

Ellis now felt a headache whenever he heard those two

words.

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

The secretary didn’t dare to speak.

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

The Olsen family always covered for their own!

They could criticize their own cousin, but nobody else

could!

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

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

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Mary quickly returned to the Davis home.

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

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

so were her other uncles and aunts.

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

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

Mary’s fingers tightened instantly, and she looked

down.

She swallowed before saying, “No…”

“No?!”

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

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

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

Her private affairs were to be laid out and scrutinized

in detail?

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

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

any further…”

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

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

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

indistinguishable from the most distant relatives!”

Mary’s grandfather was the gooand can of the

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

live on his own.

While Mary’s grandfather was still alive, the first

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

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

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

Seeing this scene, Mary clenched her fists.

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Her father indeed didn’t have the same mother as

these people.

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

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

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

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

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

was dutifully filial, and her

wish to break away from the

this and felt a

like this, her mother couldn’t help but look at her with

Ellis was dissatisfied with me. I had

extremely disappointed. “With your looks, he didn’t even bother to give

“No, he

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,

second uncle’s wife also sneered.

member of the Davis family, but we have plenty of daughters in our family waiting to be married. Indeed,

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

could no longer hold back. “Sister-in-law, how can you speak so harshly? Mary studied new energy in college, and now she’s been valued by the first branch and is in charge of the new energy research and development projects at the Davis Corporation… In her generation, she’s the first one to hold such a position! Mary is a capable and

it up, there’s something I have to say. I heard she abused her authority to sign a

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

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be blinded by

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

friend? That’s nothing but a questionable outsider! I’ve heard her husband cheated on her, and she just tolerates it. With her feeble and incompetent love-struck

her in

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

reasons anymore!

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

clenched her fists

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

she had long been a thorn

families.

the contract, if compensation could be obtained, it meant she had rectified

first branch’s uncle was clearly looking for an

and, facing the leviathan

she could help

for Howard’s mother and

contained a research and

divorced her, she planned to use this

879

with Davis Corporation.

be put in a

just occurred to her

to Mary yet.

reached the third

Davis Corporation’s lawsuit was delivered to Howard early in the

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this moment, Cindy was in the office coquettishly complaining to Howard about her grievances. “I

one too.”

back and discuss it with

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

The villa is

knew exactly how to infuriate

seen that I call the shots with everything

be unhappy and

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

his

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

“What?!”

shocked exclamation, looking incredulously at the

dismissed it with a wave of

a mistake on their part. Mary is so good

they sue

secretary, “But

end, the proposal wasn’t submitted

“Mr. Smith, our core staff member in the R&D department was

quan told him to not

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things

panic. I’m

saying this, he took out his phone and

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

can

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

thought that

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

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

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

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

that statement, Mary

Howard was stunned.

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

“Yes.”

secretary left, Cindy asked, “Howard, what do we do now? Do we really have to pay twenty million? Even if we sold the

worth that much!”

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

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

quickly returned to the South family

the dutiful

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the door

the kitchen.

the right amount of surprise and joy. “You’re

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

pretended to be uninformed.

make the call!

Howard was furious.

her

down, took out her phone, and dialed Mary’s number, but the message on the other end wa “Hello, the phone you

stunned for a moment, then looked

Howard.

“Use WhatsApp voice

call to Mary, but Mary immediately

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“Keera, I’m sorry, but we shouldn’t contact each other

message, she found she

blankly at

with a dark expression, stepped forward, his hand raised

didn’t let

Howard made his move, she crouched down, hugged

she block me?!”

me! I’m your wife, and

it would only fetch half its value, which won’t add up

husband and wife, for

worse…”

words made Howard

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

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

instantly lit

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

said that, he turned around and left

caught on to something and blurted

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

the worst choice. If we really get divorced, I might end up with nothing. Wouldn’t all

waste?!”

been married to Keera for three years

walk away empty-handed either and immediately said, “Then

do?”

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way;

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 surely stop pursuing the lawsuit. As long as they withdraw the legal action, there’s still a

Cindy left, Keira’s phone lit up, displaying a WhatsApp notification that Mary had added her

friend.

a message from

five minutes, consider it payback for

how are things on your end? Is he going to

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

asked, “So what

rope. As long as Davis Corporation doesn’t

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

status continuously showed

after ten minutes of

to resist, asked, “What’s wrong? Is

feel like you’re

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

she

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

for the first

moment, looking at the message, she wanted to tell Mary that she was no

a long silence,

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thought.

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

finally replied with only one sentence.

Keera.”

actually a

strange things, so

mind it.

“Mary, as long as you land the next client, I’ll secure the position of R&D project tear leader for you. Could

immediately set down her phone. “Unele,

the company to find a way to retract the lawsuit after the divorce or to help Keera pay that

the job she

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of mockery as he heard her. “Hmm,

nodded. “I

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

man.

in his forties,

Uncle Davis, he immediately turned to Mary with a beaming smile. “Mr. Davis, who

smile, “This is my fourth brother’s daughter, who is currently interning at Day Corporation. Today she’s accompanying me

nodded. “Oh? Miss

pleasure to meet you…”

his

his hand, she

clammy and quite disgusting.

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

from her uncle with

eyes.

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

Lynch sit down with a

few matters 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 branch

Lynch, all smiles, avoided bringing up the contract

Mr. Lynch has taken a liking to

repulsed by the look in Mr.

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

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you, saying you’re a

like to offer you

that statement, she distinguished their generational

sudden change in Mr. Lynch’s

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

paying attention to Mr. Lynch and didn’t notice her uncle’s expression. She just saw Mr. Lynch’s expression change, and then he stood up. “Alright, my dear niece, your Uncle Lynch will surely

a sigh of relief and downed the content of her glass all

looked at Uncle

still have some work to

yourselves. I

up

see that something was off with Uncle Davis; how could she possibly stay

few steps, she suddenly

and looked

Davis!!

just a ploy to secure a contract with her beauty,

completely beyond what she could

it open, hoping

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

he turned

and saw Mary.

eyes met, the plea for help choked in

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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words Ellis had once said about her during a matchmaking encounter. “…indeed, just an empty-headed

think even less of her if he found out she was

niece, you’ve had

some tea…”

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

he was about to shut the

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looked at that slender

taken aback.”

the

help but turn his head to look, only to

him, everyone in

moment.

present before finally settling on Mary. “Mr. Ellis is dining next door, and he asked me to come and say

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

turned his

which was why he brought her here to accompany the fat Lynch, but now Mr. Ellis suddenly came in to greet

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

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

Lynch was also bewildered at this

the Davis family’s main branch took control of the

disrespect to the second branch, as a sort of

branch.

offend

families!

immediately replied with a grin. “Yes, yes, I’m here discussing a partnership with my

toward

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immediately said, “Yes,

took the contract out of his

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

statement, Mr. Lynch

sweat from his forehead and tentatively looked at Mary, asking,

just friends. You’re mistaken.

reaching the doorway,

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

retract the lawsuit…”

flaunted borrowed

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

lawsuit.”

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

You…”

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

matter.”

quite understand the friendships between young women, but seeing Mary so

involved in this matter.”

did Mary pull the door

again, she took a deep breath, still feeling somewhat dizzy and

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least she

leave, she suddenly froze

should have left. He frowned as he looked at her. He had obviously heard

also noticing her anxiousness and that something

room door that was about to close. Yet he found his own action

never expected that Mary would

was just for signing a contract, that

such things were common in the business world, and he didn’t mind

gaining an advantage, used it on

was simply… enough to freeze Ellis’s favorable impression

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

friend and bestie?!

been a man of loyalty, despising those who play dirty

edged with scorn, and suddenly he grabbed Mary, pulling

embrace.

his chest,

slowly started to take effect, and she forced herself to shake her head, barely maintaining her rationality.

had already leaned d whispering into her ear. “For what just happened, w will you

sprayed

sent shivers down her

reactions.

leaned against Ellis, her eyes gradually

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hands suddenly

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

but what was this woman doing? She started clinging

hear Mary murmur,

taken aback, then scoffed. “How many people have

him, extending a

vision was

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

“So many…”

someone who appears

and pressed closer against the man. “Ellis, I’m so

began to undo her

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collarbone.

breathing became hurried for

an interest in Mary,

him…

no lady, so why not

picked up Mary, and carried her

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

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and the way she looked… Was she

Ellis furrowed his brows.

you know who I

“You are Ellis!”

murmured, continuing to snuggle

Ellis resist

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

Mary was startled.

she still paused for a

and after a while, she suddenly laughed. “Of

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hearing this, Ellis felt

in his chest.

and then he fiercely turned his gaze to Mary, “You

had an appointment with today was stopped by his

ask what was going on, faint sounds suggesting a tryst emanated from the private room, letting the visitor immediately catch on. “Since Mr.

time.”

the assistant returned his attention to the private

inside were

only wave his hand, signaling the bodyguards to step

a man and wasn’t immune

Mr. Ellis should definitely give him

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time

moved her

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

of where she

“Click.”

The light turned on.

she notice it was dark outside, and

in a suit sat before

Mary realized she was lying on

clothes scattered all

immediately cov her chest, and

“You…”

about what happened that day, her

she who started

hint of shyness flooded her cheeks, and after

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of

produced a bank card,

aback,

Fee for service…

did he take

mind, and she cast her gaze downward. She felt as cold as an ice cellar, her voice

bother.”

the room fell

looked up only to see Ellis appraising her closely, his gaze filled

of person. There’s no need for you to insult me

money.”

“Is that so?”

bank card,

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we fit together, why don’t you speak up? As long as

them.”

at

had been following Ellis

wealthy heirs. He was never fickle

Ellis was the dream lover of so

could he actually

this?

stood up from the couch, and asked with her head

the corner. “It’s

and, sure enough, there were

one by one, and found that the fit

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he has always

after rescuing her from those people, he

to use them even now

still kept them.

gave a

turned to look at

still staring at her. “Tell me, what

want?”

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

up her bag, stuffed her own phone into it, then straightened her back and looked at Ellis. “Mr. Ellis, I was presumptuous last night, and if anything, I was the one who

from her bag

services.”

made Ellis’s pupils contract

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gaze piercing Mary.

turned around and walked briskly out of

her wildly beating heart, feeling that if she stayed any longer in that suite, her heart might leap out through

deep breath and then turned

she had left, 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

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

immediately sneered. “How could

so high?”

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said, “It’s said to be

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

“deliberate retaliation,” Ellis sneered

accident, but now it turned out that what Mary

really out for

woman was truly too sinister and

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

slammed his teacup onto

didn’t understand why he was

who had slept

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as he stood up and

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

instinctively picked up the stack of money on the table. “Mr. Ellis, whose money is this? It must amount to about

Ellis was speechless.

back sharply, glanced at the money in

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

only to see Howard and Cindy

trying to reach Uncle Olsen,

does he

and see.”

down on such a

now thinking of Keera as his cousin. he took

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arrived in front

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

him. “What

me?”

he even had my wife, Keera, help visit Mrs. Olsen, so my wife and I have a very good relationship with Uncle Olsen, and there’s something I’d like to ask Uncle Olsen about.

a message for

message to Uncle Olsen only to find out tha he had been blocked on WhatsApp

eyes narrowed. “What

a slight issue with our collaboration with Davis Corporation. Could I trouble Uncle Olsen or Mr. Ellis to step in,

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

gaze, sneering/”Alright, I’ll

your message.”

that, Ellis got into

dare to stop him anymore, and Ellis’s car

left, Cindy asked,

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

talked and

they were gone, Mary stepped out

corner.

parking lot, not yet finding her car, when she saw Howard and Cindy stopping Ellis, so she had secretly hidden on the

the message

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that ruin

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

had

in a chair, his eyes

was filled entirely with

the first time,” Ellis could

his

that was the case, wasn’t he at

tie, feeling a bit

his phone suddenly

glanced at it and saw that it was

for when he had added Mary on WhatsApp, he had no recollection, but Mary

Maru ung still the granddaughter

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and

some respect.

took over the Davis Family,

of this, Ellis answered the voice

began, “What’s the

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

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

front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

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

of the Davis Family or at least to solidify

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his surprise, he heard Mary

not help

immediately furrowed

cold laugh. “The

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

Ellis said those words,

He was very angry.

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

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

Mary would no

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to stay

remark, the assistant was silent for a moment before saying, “Mr. Ellis, are you still not

the truth about the DNA

made Ellis

the DNA test

Olsen had sounded so confident, and he actually believed Keera was Ellis’s dad’s illegitimate daughter,

for those two days.

Ellis even got a good

results would show, that Keera was Uncle Olsen’s

was stunned at the

to tell Uncle Olsen immediately, but after hearing the

hesitated.

had always been a

so many years, not a single

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once been asked, “Why not find someone, just to

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

around by

life would be ruined by his daughter,

see Uncle Olsen for a long time and

for traces of Mrs. Olsen,

since that day.

I’m afraid Uncle Olsen might get so angry it

“Then,

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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just to let Howard abandon Keera. It

that this was his cousin’s

to act according to their own hearts, and

only asked,

if Keera loved Howard so deeply, Ellis’s choice would be to help her pressure Howard, to make him. afraid to ever divorce. After all, the Olsen family could protect her for a

thought about this, his phone buzzed because of WhatsApp again, and it was still

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

“No, I want her to get

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

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forced onto another person are actually very

his words. “How

she doesn’t want to?!”

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

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

it’s a plan that Keera and I

out.”

Keera had signed and then went straight to the

and give both the company and the custody of the daughter

continued. “So, please

think I would believe such a clumsy

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

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best friend

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

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

divorce?

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

was really a trap set by Keera herself, what

didn’t make any logical

also understood that her words were hard

had doubted until now whether Keera

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Howard.

was blocked by Keera, she said something. The last message Keera sent Mary was, “Even if Howard really cheats, the fact that he’s been hiding it from me shows that he cares about me. Mary, I don’t need your warnings; he just made a mistake that any man could make. If you don’t tell me, maybe he’ll

was beyond

explaining further and only said, “Mr. Ellis, you just promised me that

instantly

Mary determined to punish

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

“Indeed.”

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

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you have to

Mary was startled.

knowing what Ellis

he misunderstood that Ellis was interested in her.

might

thinking of Keera’s desire for a divorce, for the company and the villa, as well as freedom, she eventually clenched

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

this moment, Mary still hadn’t realized

breathed a sigh of relief, then

and headed home.

I did something big today! I’ll tell you

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encounter with Ellis, a hint of shyness

Soon, she arrived home.

the car and quickly entered

in, her pace came

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

faltered in her

her jaw, her whole body freezing. She took a

“Mary…”

to have no association

Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed coldly and immediately scolded.

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Mary didn’t kneel.

with a cruel kick to her knees, they forced her legs to buckle, and she fell kneeling

in you, yet you dared to take advantage of his influence? Do you know that Mr. Lynch also

hair. “Mary, who gave you such audacity? To make such a fool out of

in pain

look up.

tight, and she remained

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

eldest uncle, however, kicked Mary’s father away, “A waste of a father raising a waste of

spare her, how could Mr. Lynch

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his hand and

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

pain did

face is something I can’t bear to harm, no

Mary, and she breathed a huge sigh

relief.

in the

“Slap!”

slap landed on Mary’s

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

He already knew what his

but spare Mary

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the

“Dad!”

cried out and tried to rush over, but the bodyguards blocked

fiercely, trying to break free from their grip, wanting to stop her eldest

robust, and impossible

you keep

voice, tears and snot streaming down

was only then that her

to stop hitting him, fine, but from now on, you’d better

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her fists

of demand her

make next…

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

before her…

none of this was

him, she would have already been taken advantage

the favor of the first branch, and with her father

anticipated a situation

she

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toward Ellis.

same time, she blamed herself in

useless she was!

protect her parents and unable to save

become a

an

was trying to get up from the ground.

mother looked at him

lowered her gaze. “Fine, I’ll b obedient. I’ll listen to everything you say from now on, just let

Π

the evening, and you’ll come with me to the hotel, and sweet-talk Mr.

he left with

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soon reached Ellis’s

Olsen residence’s study, listening

hadn’t expected Mary’s life to

she’s technically your woman, do

“No.”

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

at him. “What about that contract? Should we

promised her, I won’t

lowered his gaze. “But the twenty million,

man her husband is. Who knows? After going through this ordeal, she might actually learn

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however, smiled. “If she

acknowledge her again as a cousin and let Uncle Olsen properly

assistant. “Keep a close eye on Keera’s situation; after all, she’s my uncle’s daughter and shouldn’t suffer too

loss.”

what about

for a moment and eventually said

“Leave her be.”

that night, Ellis

her plaintive cryin on the sofa, begging him to be faster… Just as he was about to relent and end the

beneath a

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

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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rubbed his forehead, feeling utterly

tossed and turned, he couldn’t

finishing the meetings in the afternoon, as soon as he stepped out of the conference room, his assistant hurried over. “Mr. Ellis,

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

be bullied at will?!”

this moment, Keira, whom Ellis thought was in di straits, was struggling to

gave her the company

years of marriage with Brother Howard, now

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sign quickly and painlessly, got

finished speaking and looked

copies of the divorce agreement, lost

Three years!

and

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

savings…

say, he only got a little over a hundred thousand in

really couldn’t bear to let it

company

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break in the divorce, he had no choice but to leave the company and house

her!

eyes flickered, and then she feigned a look of agony. “Howard, you can’t abandon me… The real estate market in Clance is terrible right now, this villa can sell at most for fifteen million. The company has a debt contract of twenty million, and if

Howard panicked a little.

then both spouses

Olsen had already sent people over

and

couldn’t immediately show her eager expression; she still had to keep a

Howard’s mother

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

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at your own problems! Why are

with Mr. Horton and failed to pique his

the company could be saved, and you

really wanted to

second, but he hesitated again as if he was

and curses had to

swallowed.

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

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

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

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you want to blame anyone, blame yourself for not having enough support from your own family, which is why your husband’s family can

the contract with

of the three people, she

hard Keira was

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

into the South family villa

assistant!

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and as he walked to the living room entrance with his assistant, he just happened to see a woman with her back to him, holding

T

but stopped in his tracks,

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

birth to a child, living in a daze every day, enjoying luxury with the company’s

was

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

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this time, Keira had read

her diary, Keera recorded the

Howard.

had also

got married, after graduating from university,

of Keera’s diary, Keira said with her head down, “You said that going to work was too hard and that you would manage the company for me, that in the future

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

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

these words

“Enough!”

to listen any

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of saying all this? I have a mistress outside, but are

suddenly looked incredulously at

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

with rage

he heard the woman with

Ellis immediately halted.

divorce like this,

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

and simply stood still,

an inch.

Inside the room.

agreement on the table and quickly signing her

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a sigh

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

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

you agree to one

for me?”

immediately asked with

it?”

much child

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give Amy every month?”

these words came out, Howard immediately bristled. “What nonsense are you talking about? The company is in debt, and I’ve resigned. I don’t have a job right now.

this family? How can you still want his money after the divorce? You wish! Howard’s future income has nothing to do with

income to his child for living expenses, but Howard has already made it clear that he doesn’t have a proper job yet, and his future income is unstable, so he really can’t give

with another employer and

was easy for him to find a job in the new energy sector with a

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thousands.

wouldn’t have so easily let go

this was something Cindy wouldn’t tell

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

made Howard retort impatiently, “I don’t care how you live! If you can’t make it, just take her and go beg on

ha hands and

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 raise

dreaming!” Howard’s mother

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If Amy can’t afford to go to school, there will be relevant departments that will hold you accountable! I’m

outside, felt a

earth

cared about that bit of child support? Couldn’t she be a bit

took several deep breaths to suppress

felt that someone as defeatist as Keer

be such

Inside.

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

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think of a way to cut ties with them, so she won’t be like a vampire sucking your

immediately said, “Why not sign a waiver

this, Keira narrowed

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

so that in the future, Howard would have no reason to come looking for

this, she immediately shook her head and

of paper. “You don’t get to make the decision. I’m signing the waiver

294 She’s Keira

no relation with Amy from

stepped forward and grabbed her hand. “When we tell you to sign, you

intimidated. She signed

excitedly stood up. He exchange a look with

mother said, “Are we leaving in such a

woman from demanding any

bit reluctant.

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where will

said with a smile, “Auntie, move to

take care of you in

her suitcase

reached the door, they encountered the

When, when did you get

coldly looked at

gaze shifted to Keira, who

them.

her shoulders trembling slightly, fueling

is this how

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

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