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After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.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

wish to break away from the family, always hoping

of this and

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

was dissatisfied with me. I had

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

said, “No, he

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

second uncle’s wife also sneered.

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

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a fancy to

respond to these words, but his father 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…

from the first branch snorted coldly. “Fourth brother, since you brought it up, there’s something I have to say. I

wife’s voice immediately became shrill. “What? Mary! When my maternal family’s nephew wanted to work in the New Energy Research and Development Department of the Davis Corporation, you said we couldn’t pull strings, and now for an outsider,

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be blinded

“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

her in

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

reasons anymore!

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 be held responsible for the investment failure! When the time comes, don’t blame me for not

clenched her fists

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her peers, she was the first to pass the interview for Davis

a thorn in the side of

families.

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

for an excuse to fire her from Davis

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

didn’t matter. At the very least, she could help Keera

dinner for Howard’s mother and Amy, entered

laptop contained a research

her and divorced her, she planned to use this latest

879

with Davis Corporation.

be put

just occurred to her that she

to Mary yet.

quickly reached

was delivered to Howard early in

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

one too.”

go back and discuss it with her

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

is under her

knew exactly how to

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

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

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 and development proposal on time, and Davis Corporation has sued us! They’re demanding we compensate them twenty

“What?!”

exclamation, looking incredulously

it with a wave of

on their part. Mary is so good

could they

secretary,

wasn’t submitted

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

refuged and you quan told him

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things to turn out

immediately said, “Don’t panic. I’m

this, he took out his phone and dialed Mary’s

Howard immediately explained the situation before adding, “Do

can

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

that

no one would focus on such a small one. They were steadily receiving

to his surprise, Mary actually bellowed at him. “Howard! You have

incident, I also suffered at the company? My great-uncle was already displeased with my joining the corporation over my cousin, and now he’s using this

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risk, I don’t have the

that statement, Mary hung

Howard was stunned.

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

“Yes.”

“Howard, what do we do now? Do we really have to pay twenty million? Even if we sold the company, it

worth that much!”

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

hearing this, her eyes flickered. She

returned to the South

the role of the dutiful wife

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door was opened,

the kitchen.

right amount of surprise and joy.

immediately ordered, “Call Mary right now and make her find a

be

call! No more

Howard was furious.

her head. “Okay, I’ll

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

was stunned for a moment, then looked

Howard.

hastily said, “Use

a voice call to Mary,

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sorry, but we shouldn’t

Keira tried to send another message,

stared blankly

forward, his hand raised to slap

let herself

made his move, she crouched down, hugged her knees, and began to cry, “Why

she block me?!”

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

add up to twenty million! Will

and wife, for better

worse…”

words made Howard

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

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

instantly

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Keera with a flicker of something in his eyes before he said,

he turned

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

pregnant with Howard’s child and, of course,

“That’s the worst choice. If we really get divorced, I might end

waste?!”

married to Keera for

want him to walk away empty-handed either

do?”

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way; there’s definitely

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

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

friend.

a message

for five minutes, consider it

things on your end? Is

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

asked, “So

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, he’ll be like

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

chat status continuously showed that she was

minutes of typing, still no message

wrong? Is there something

just feel like you’re not quite the same

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

as she

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

the

this moment, looking at the message, she wanted to

long silence, she ultimately didn’t

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thought.

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

for a long, long time, and finally replied with only

Keera.”

actually

said strange

mind it.

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

immediately set down her phone. “Unele, don’t worry. I’ll

retract the lawsuit after the divorce or

job she had

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Davis’s eyes flickered with a hint of mockery as he heard her.

nodded. “I

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

man.

be in his forties, and his appearance

turned to Mary with a beaming smile. “Mr. Davis, who is this young lady? I’ve never

brother’s daughter, who is currently

nodded. “Oh? Miss

pleasure to meet you…”

his

hand, she only felt his

clammy and quite disgusting.

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

sought help from her uncle with

eyes.

laugh, “Mr. Lynch, please take a seat!

Mr. Lynch sit down with a lecherous

could seal the deal, it would earn

Mr. Lynch, all smiles, avoided bringing up the contract and

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

felt repulsed by the look in Mr.

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

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often speaks of you, saying

like to offer

she distinguished their

caused a sudden change in Mr.

glared at Mary,

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

and downed the content of her glass all at

at Uncle Davis. “Uncle,

I still have some work to do. You

yourselves. I need

quickly picked up her bag and

off with Uncle Davis; how could

she suddenly felt dizzy, and her

what had happened and looked

Davis!!

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

was completely beyond what she

the door and flung it open, hoping to cry for help from anyone

when she opened the door, the person

commotion, he turned around

and saw Mary.

met, the plea

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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

found

dear niece, you’ve had too much

some tea…”

grabbed Mary’s arm, pulling her back inside, then proceeded

the very moment he was about to shut the door, a hand suddenly

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slender

taken aback.”

the door being pushed

his head to look, only to

everyone in the room paused

moment.

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

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

turned his gaze

why he brought her here to accompany the fat Lynch, but now Mr. Ellis

Mr. Ellis interested in

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her, but she instantly understood; this was her chance to flaunt

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

also bewildered at this

family’s main branch took control of the

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

branch.

to offend

families!

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

toward her

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immediately said, “Yes,

the contract out

like brothers. His niece is

Mr. Lynch promptly ran

cold sweat from his forehead and tentatively looked at Mary, asking, “Dear niece,

her gaze. “Uncle, we are just friends. You’re mistaken. Since the contract is signed, I’ll be going

the doorway, she

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

retract the lawsuit…”

had flaunted borrowed

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

lawsuit.”

lawsuit? Aren’t you and your close

You…”

spot. “Yes, she’s my best friend, but she chose to block me over a man. Do you think I am trying to get close to her now for what reason? Of course, it’s for revenge. I want to witness her regretting and crying after her husband

matter.”

understand the friendships between young women, but seeing Mary so vehem he could only nod. “Oh, okay, don’t worry.

involved in this matter.”

then did Mary pull the door open and

private room closed again, she took a deep breath, still feeling

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she

she turned to leave,

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

just walked past and seen Mary, also noticing her anxiousness

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

never expected that Mary would actually

just for signing a contract, that

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

gaining an advantage, used it

to freeze

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

friend and bestie?!

loyalty, despising those who play dirty and backstab

smile edged with scorn, and suddenly he grabbed Mary,

embrace.

collided with his chest, making her even

drug slowly started to take effect, and she forced herself to shake her

already leaned d whispering into her ear.

sprayed on

down her spine, magnifying

reactions.

leaned against Ellis, her

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hands suddenly

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

scare her, but what was this

tried to push her away, only to hear Mary murmur, “Ellis, I like you

taken aback, then scoffed. “How many people have

smiled at him,

vision was

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

“So many…”

“Mary, I didn’t expect someone who

no longer hear what he was saying and pressed closer against the man. “Ellis, I’m

undo her shirt, revealing a

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collarbone.

breathing became hurried

already taken an interest in Mary, and now

him…

Mary was no lady,

picked up Mary, and carried her into the adjacent private

soon as he touched her burning

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so hot, and the way she looked… Was

Ellis furrowed his brows.

you know

“You are Ellis!”

to

Ellis

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

Mary was startled.

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

at Ellis, and after a while, she suddenly

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this, Ellis

in his chest.

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

appointment with today was stopped by his

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

time.”

the visitor leave, the assistant returned his attention

inside were

flushed with embarrassment, but he could only wave his hand, signaling the bodyguards to step back

a man and

Mr. Ellis should

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much time had passed when she

her

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

where she

“Click.”

The light turned on.

it was dark

in a suit sat

was then that Mary realized she was lying on

scattered all over

cov her chest,

“You…”

about what happened that day, her voice

she

hint of shyness flooded her cheeks, and

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touch of joy

Davis,” Ellis then smiled and immediately produced a bank card, extending

aback, her fingers

Fee for service…

he take

gaze downward. She felt as cold as an ice cellar, her voice

bother.”

that statement, the room fell

appraising her closely, his

not that kind of person. There’s

money.”

“Is that so?”

his bank card, “Then

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we fit together, why don’t

them.”

at

been following

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

Ellis was the dream lover

he actually

this?

with her head lowered, “Could

to the corner. “It’s

and, sure enough,

by one,

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has always

from those people, he had also

heart to use them

still kept them.

a bitter

finished dressing and turned to look

staring at her. “Tell me, what do

want?”

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

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 took advantage of

took a stack of cash from her bag and

services.”

made Ellis’s pupils

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gaze piercing Mary.

still turned around and walked briskly out

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

deep breath and then turned

the assistant

gaze fixed on the stack of cash on the table, and the assistant, not understanding the situation, reported to him. “Mr. Ellis, Miss Keera has indeed run into trouble. It’s said their

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

immediately sneered. “How

so high?”

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“It’s said to

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

of Mary’s words “deliberate retaliation,” Ellis sneered

but now it turned out that what Mary had said was true! If it wasn’t for a deliberately

was really out

woman was truly too sinister

such pride in front

slammed his teacup onto the ground in

why he was suddenly feeling so

with her… No, it was she who had slept with him, right? Such a woman

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he stood up and straightened

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

of money on the table. “Mr. Ellis, whose money is this? It must amount to about three thousand,

Ellis was speechless.

money in the assistant’s hand, and after

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

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

Howar has been trying to reach Uncle Olsen, but after we stopped

“What does he want with

and see.”

on such a

of Keera as his cousin. he

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Howard.

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in front

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

down at him. “What do

me?”

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

Uncle Olsen only to find out tha he had been

eyes narrowed.

having a slight issue with our collaboration with Davis Corporation. Could I trouble

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Just give us one more month, no, half a month and I’ll definitely submit the

his gaze,

your message.”

said that, Ellis

dare to stop him anymore, and

left, Cindy asked, “Will

said we could ask him if

and left the

gone, Mary stepped out from

corner.

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

the message

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that ruin Keera’s

Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated for a moment, and

sky had already

reclining in a chair, his

mind was filled entirely with Mary’s delicate skin… endlessly

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

his

case, wasn’t he

his tie, feeling a

then, his

it and saw that it

no recollection, but Mary had been mingling in their circles since

still the

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patriarch and everyone would show

some respect.

Mary’s grandfather passed away and the first branch took over the Davis Family, as Mary’s branch gradually declined,

Ellis answered the voice

began, “What’s the

“Did you just say that as long as the requests I make

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

front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

to take

benefits for her branch of the Davis Family or

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to his surprise,

not help Howard and

furrowed

let out a cold laugh.

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

said those words, he hung

He was very angry.

saw this and couldn’t help saying, “Mr.

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

Mary would no longer

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stay in

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

the truth

made

the DNA test had been

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

for those two days.

got a

have thought that the results would show, that Keera

was stunned at the

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

hesitated.

always been a proud

a single woman had

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“Why not find someone, just to have some

Olsen’s reply was, “Blood ties aren’t to be compromised with. Better have nothing than

had been living such a defeated life, being played around by a

would be ruined by his daughter,

for a

Mrs. Olsen, so the two of them hadn’t

since that day.

I’m afraid Uncle Olsen might get so angry

again. “Then,

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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

felt that this

tradition had always taught them since childhood to act according to their own hearts, and the family elders never did things

asked, “What

Howard so deeply, Ellis’s choice would be to help her pressure Howard, to make him. afraid to ever divorce. After all,

about this, his phone buzzed because of

degrees colder. “Miss Davis, are you doing this just to hit back at your good friend

“No, I want her

but does she

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onto another person are actually

his words. “How

she doesn’t want to?!”

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

this point, Mary really feared that Ellis would take action and help

plan

out.”

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

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

“So,

you think I would believe such

had 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 Mary

that she had been tolerant at home for the sake of competing with that mistress, serving Howard’s mother well, to the

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

divorce?

had been filed, even if Keera really made Howard leave without a penny, the value of that company and villa sold together

a trap set by Keera herself, what was

simply didn’t make any logical

to explain, but she also understood that

best, had doubted until now whether Keera had

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Howard.

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

infatuation was beyond

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

eyes instantly became icy

Mary determined

breath and suddenly lowered his gaze, hiding the icy

“Indeed.”

eyes filled with a cold intent. “But the favor

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from me, you have to return it

Mary was startled.

lips, knowing

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

days might become

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

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

moment, Mary still hadn’t realized the consequences of enraging

of relief, then

and headed home.

she even sent a WhatsApp message to Keera. “Keera, I did something big today! I’ll tell you all about it

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

Soon, she arrived home.

the car and

stepped in, her pace came

of the hall, while her eldest

in

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

“Mary…”

do to offend Mr. Ellis? Why would he suddenly call your uncle and claim to have no association with you?

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 legs to buckle,

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

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

in pain

look up.

tight, and she

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

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

If I spare her, how could

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and

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

the anticipated pain did

her eldest uncle sneer. “Your face is something I can’t bear to harm, no wonder Mr.

she breathed a

relief.

in the next

“Slap!”

firm slap landed on Mary’s

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

head and pleaded for mercy. He already knew what his big brother intended to

but spare Mary please. She doesn’t

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the

“Dad!”

and tried to rush over,

grip, wanting to stop her eldest uncle’s beating and

were professional, robust,

keep going, it could be fatal!

out with a piercing voice, tears and snot streaming

that her

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

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her

of demand her

make next…

bruised nose and swollen face, her mother who was being held down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and

before her…

none of this was Ellis’s

for him, she would have already been taken advantage of by

to protect herself or make any significant achievements in the company to gain the favor of the first branch, and with her father being relentlessly suppressed by her uncle and

had long anticipated a situation

heart, she still harbored

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toward Ellis.

the same time, she blamed

useless she was!

her parents and unable to save

she could only obediently become a social

an

father was trying to get up from the ground.

mother looked at

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

Π

tomorrow at six in the evening, and you’ll come

these words behind, he left

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this soon

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

expected Mary’s life to

Ellis, since she’s technically your

“No.”

dares to scheme against Keera, so she must

this, the assistant looked at him. “What about that contract? Should we

her, I won’t

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

works too. It just might show your cousin what kind of man her

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she really gets

In that case, we’ll acknowledge her again as a cousin and

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

loss.”

but what

for a moment and

“Leave her be.”

night, Ellis dreamt of

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

beneath

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

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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forehead, feeling utterly

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

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

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

be bullied at will?!”

in di straits, was struggling to suppress a smile

gave her the

these years of marriage with Brother Howard,

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better sign quickly and

and

moment, Howard stared at the two copies of the divorce agreement, lost in thought, with an expression of reluctance creeping

Three years!

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

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

savings…

to say, he only got a little over

couldn’t bear to let

company were originally in

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

her!

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

Howard panicked a little.

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

had already sent people over with the message

away and

her eager expression; she

Howard’s mother

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

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problems! Why are you

and failed to pique his interest at all! If

be saved, and

really wanted

sign the second, but

curses had to be

swallowed.

for the sake of our three years of marriage, don’t aband me, please. I haven’t worked for

own…”

no longer hesitated and swiftly signed on

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 you

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

took the contract with

the

only heaven knew how hard Keira was trying

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

South

assistant!

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to the living room entrance with his assistant, he just happened to see a woman with her back to him, holding two copies of a

T

brows but stopped in his tracks, not

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

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 day, enjoying luxury with the company’s money for so many years. What contributions have you made to the company? Now,

was

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

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time, Keira had

recorded the happy times

Howard.

had also

and before they got married, after graduating from university,

to work was too hard and that you would

was all an

no matter whether the child I gave birth

speaking these words

“Enough!”

clearly didn’t want 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 with Mr.

looked

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

What right do you

with rage

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

Ellis immediately halted.

if Keera would just divorce like

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

and

an inch.

Inside the room.

be coerced, placing the divorce agreement

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a sigh

signed, son,

looked regretfully around the villa, wanting to say something, but Keira

agreement. Could you agree to

for me?”

asked with suspicion,

it?”

said weakly. “How much child

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give Amy every month?”

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

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

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 you

already been in touch with another employer and was

for him to find a

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thousands.

so easily let

was something

She bit her lip, pretending to be aggrieved, “Howard, you’re Amy’s father, and it’s your duty to raise her… Moreover, I’m so deep in debt, and I definitely won’t have

you live! If you can’t make it,

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

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

off with Amy, letting Howard raise

dreaming!” Howard’s mother shouted

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go to school, there will be relevant departments that will hold you accountable! I’m not making an

who was listening outside, felt a surge

on earth

about that bit of child support? Couldn’t

took several deep breaths to suppress the anger welling

felt that someone as defeatist as Keer

there be

Inside.

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 she won’t be like a vampire sucking your

words came out, Cindy immediately said, “Why not

hearing this, Keira narrowed

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

Amy’s relationship with Howard and his family, so that in the future, Howard would have no reason to come looking for her

shook her head and waved her

of paper. “You don’t get to make the

294 She’s Keira

relation with Amy

sign, you sign. Don’t even think about clinging to Howard. Once you’re divorced, you and that loser better stay

intimidated. She signed her name

waiver, then excitedly stood up. He exchange a look

“Are we leaving in such a

from demanding any more living expenses from

a bit reluctant. “Once we

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will we

move to my place

Cindy, I’ll take care of you in the future. You’re pregnant and

picked up her suitcase and followed behind the

they reached the door, they encountered

“Mr. Ellis? When, when did

coldly looked

Keira, who had her back

them.

weeping with her shoulders trembling slightly,

is this how you treat your

“Mr. Ellis, my

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