My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Chapter 281-290

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

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

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

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

Her eyes reddened with anger.

Was Keera thinking of her as a fool?

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

But why did Keera have to deceive her with such

tricks?

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

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

me.”

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

Amy had already fallen asleep.

After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.

She asked, “What did you just send?”

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

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She shook her head and set the mobile phone aside.

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

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

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

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

The next morning.

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

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

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

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Upon seeing Keira, she immediately curved her lips

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

Keira replied with a thumbs-up and a smile.

The two entered the building together and approached

Howard’s office.

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

Keira’s eyes narrowed slightly.

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

Cindy’s skirt was hiked up to her waist.

Howard’s pants were also down to his knees…

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

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

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

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

and me…”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She wasn’t blind!

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

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

She was suddenly at a loss for words.

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

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

matters into her own hands..

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

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

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

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

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Keira silently watched them, feeling beyond words.

What had she done?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

discern.

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

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

Mary snorted but didn’t speak.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Of course…”

Howard touched her waist, his eyes gradually

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

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

“He won’t.”

Keira replied.

Meanwhile.

At the Olsen residence.

Ellis held the DNA test results and hurried into Uncle

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

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

handing over the corporate affairs to the young man

in advance.

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

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

Upon hearing what Ellis had said, he frowned and

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

Ellis placed the report on Sam’s desk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hearing that, Sam immediately looked toward Ellis.

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

that?”

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

“Pfft…”

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

here.”

Sam looked at him and remained silent, but his eyes

were filled with pity.

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

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

“It’s impossible.”

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

Could Keera really be his dad’s illegitimate daughter?

Thinking of his father’s henpecked demeanor, he still

found it unbelievable.

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

his hand.

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

Ellic entered his father’s room again took hig

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toothbrush, and handed everything to his assistant to

send to the testing center.

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

Lewis Horton in Clance.”

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

But the secretary was puzzled.

Could that be the case?

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

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

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

The secretary paused here.

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Ellis then said, “What about her?”

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

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

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

her?”

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

rumors…”

Ellis raised his eyebrow. “And then?”

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

Mary.”

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

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this look like it?”

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

Ellis asked, “What?”

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

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

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

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

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

intelligence!”

The secretary coughed. “It looks like Uncle Olsen

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intends to acknowledge her and then bring her back

into the family…”

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

“Yes.”

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

Meanwhile.

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

In the South family’s small villa.

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

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

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

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Maybe today I’ll show you.”

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

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

eat?”

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

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

him!

…Their shamelessness was beyond her imagination!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vairo still kant her hood down seemingly fragile and

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

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

child?”

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

Cindy snapped. “You…”

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

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

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

In an instant, Cindy understood. Keera was declaring

war!

Ha.

Did she really think she could win?

It was just because she had snagged a deal with Mary

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

Cindy left reluctantly with Howard.

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

“…Okay.”

Keira looked utterly docile.

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

Howard’s mother.

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

diligent.

Sometimes she would even deliberately seek to please

Howard’s mother.

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

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

Keira just smirked.

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

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

mother-in-law like this?

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

would be once she divorced and Howard’s mother

lived with Cindy.

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

A month passed by quickly.

In two days, the contract would expire.

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

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

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tomorrow comes, we’ll sue him!”

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

Keira nodded. “I’m sure.”

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

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

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

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

check him out.”

Keira was perplexed.

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

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

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wants

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

candidates!”

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

wanted to, whereas I…”

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

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

Keira saw a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

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

definitely be impressed with you!”

People from every social class have their own troubles.

Wealthy families were no exception.

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

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

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

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

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

Keira asked, Who’s your blind date?”

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

Keira was dumbfounded.

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

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Keira watched as Ellis walked in and sat down at Table

8 not far away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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connection!”

This stubborn facade…

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

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

Keira shook her head in resignation at this.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mary was stunned. “You know me?”

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

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

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

“No.” Ellis blinked.

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

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

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Ellis had always despised foolish, unprincipled people.

Mary’s actions had struck a nerve with him.

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

Keera’s best friend.

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

Correct.

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

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

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

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

With that, he left straight away.

Mary still sat there, utterly baffled.

Indeed, she had a good impression of Ellis.

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

bullied.

was

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

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

Her crush was well concealed…

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

But what did he just say?

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

empty-headed beauty, a vase with nothing but her

looks.”

Tears welled up in Mary’s eyes.

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

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

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

She was humiliated by her family and now mocked by

Ellis as well.

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

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

standing up as if nothing had happened.

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

“It’s nothing.”

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

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

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

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“…Okay.”

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

tomorrow, the lawsuit will definitely reach the

company.”

“Okay.”

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

“I know.”

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

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

Mary looked at the road ahead. “Yes.”

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

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Since she was in charge of the new energy research

and development, it was possible to offer her a

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

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

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

million?!

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

Meanwhile.

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

Ellis had always remembered her.

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

he very much liked

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

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

intelligence. What a pity.”

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

Ellis now felt a headache whenever he heard those two

words.

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

The secretary didn’t dare to speak.

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

The Olsen family always covered for their own!

They could criticize their own cousin, but nobody else

could!

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

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

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Mary quickly returned to the Davis home.

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

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

so were her other uncles and aunts.

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

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

Mary’s fingers tightened instantly, and she looked

down.

She swallowed before saying, “No…”

“No?!”

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

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

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

Her private affairs were to be laid out and scrutinized

in detail?

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

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

any further…”

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

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

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

indistinguishable from the most distant relatives!”

Mary’s grandfather was the gooand can of the

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

live on his own.

While Mary’s grandfather was still alive, the first

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

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

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

Seeing this scene, Mary clenched her fists.

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Her father indeed didn’t have the same mother as

these people.

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

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

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

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

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

father was dutifully filial,

didn’t wish to break away from the family, always hoping to

thought of this and felt a sense

with dismay. “Mary, what exactly happened during

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

came out, one of her uncles became extremely disappointed. “With your looks, he didn’t even bother to give

“No, he

opportunity. See? it was wasted! If I had known earlier, I might a well have

second uncle’s wife

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

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would he possibly take a fancy to someone who is

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

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

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

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blinded

me, but don’t

cheated on her, and she

in the

uncle stood up and looked at her, “Mary, I gave you a chance. If Mr. Ellis had taken a liking to you, I would have

reasons anymore!

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

her fists

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pass the interview for Davis Corporation and

a thorn

families.

could be obtained, it meant she had

for an excuse

them and, facing the leviathan that was Davis

At the very least, she could help

for Howard’s mother and

contained a research and

she planned to use this latest research and

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with Davis Corporation.

Mary be put

to her that

to Mary yet.

reached the third

lawsuit was delivered to Howard early

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was in the office coquettishly complaining to Howard about her grievances. “I just want to live in a villa, and your son wants to be

one too.”

back and discuss

you should go back and discuss it with her. After all, she’s

is

knew exactly how to infuriate

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

wife be unhappy and kick us out? Didn’t she kick

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

lifted his chin

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

“What?!”

a shocked exclamation, looking incredulously

with a wave of his hand. “It

on their part. Mary is so good

could they sue

looked at his secretary, “But on

the proposal wasn’t submitted on

staff member in the R&D

refuged and you quan

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things to

panic. I’m calling

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

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

can

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

that would settle

all, with so many joint projects with Davis Corporation, no one would focus on such a small one. They

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

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I don’t have the capacity to help you any

statement, Mary hung

Howard was stunned.

“Hurry to Davis Corporation and find out if Mary

“Yes.”

we really

worth that much!”

up to leave. “I’m going

and upon hearing this, her eyes flickered. She immediately followed

returned to the

moment, Keira was still playing the role of the dutiful wife and mother, busy preparing

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the door

the kitchen.

right amount of surprise

Mary right now and make her find a way to withdraw

pretended to be uninformed. “What

make the call!

Howard was furious.

her head. “Okay,

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

a moment, then

Howard.

hastily said, “Use WhatsApp

call to Mary, but Mary immediately hung up

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

message, she found she had

stared blankly

dark expression, stepped forward, his hand raised to

let herself

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

she block me?!”

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

up to twenty

wife, for better

worse…”

made Howard

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all in Keera’s name,

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

instantly lit

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

he turned around and

something and blurted out, “Divorce

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

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

waste?!”

been married to Keera for three

empty-handed either and immediately said, “Then what should

do?”

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a way; there’s definitely

Olsen to intervene. Just one word from

phone lit up, displaying a WhatsApp notification that Mary had added her as

friend.

came a message from

for five minutes, consider it payback for

your end? Is he going to

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

“So what

looks like he won’t give up until he’s at the end of his rope. As long as Davis Corporation

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

showed that

of typing, still

“What’s wrong? Is there something inconvenient on

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

something when she saw another message from Mary pop up. “Keera, no matter what happens, I’ll always stand by your side. Whether it’s the past you,

froze as she read

sister for a while, and her interactions with

the first

the message, she wanted

a long silence, she ultimately didn’t

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thought.

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

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

Keera.”

message was actually a bit

said strange things,

mind it.

Davis, who was sitting across the dining table from her suddenly scoffed. “Mary, as long as you land the next client,

“Unele, don’t worry. I’ll definitely perform

the divorce or to help Keera pay that twenty million,

she had

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eyes flickered with a hint of mockery as he heard her. “Hmm,

“I understand,

was a knock on the door, followed by

man.

in his forties, and

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

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

nodded. “Oh?

pleasure to meet you…”

extended his hand toward

his hand, she only felt his

clammy and quite disgusting.

his grip slightly, making it hard for her

sought help from her uncle

eyes.

Lynch, please take a seat! The dishes

sit down with

he could seal the deal, it would earn him the admiration of the first branch

bringing up the contract and kept glancing

Mr. Lynch has taken a

repulsed by the

to Mr. Lynch,

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you, saying you’re a

offer you

that statement, she distinguished their generational

caused a sudden change in Mr. Lynch’s

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

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

sigh of relief and downed the content of her glass

looked at Uncle Davis.

have some work to

enjoy yourselves. I need

said that, she quickly picked up her

something was off with Uncle Davis; how

a few steps, she suddenly felt

and looked desperately at her glass, then incredulously

Davis!!

thought, being the daughter of the Davis family and her uncle’s niece, she was just a ploy to

was completely beyond what

rushed to the door and flung it open, hoping to cry

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

commotion, he turned around

and saw Mary.

eyes met, the plea

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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had once said about her during

found out she was using her looks to

niece, you’ve had

some tea…”

suddenly approached and grabbed Mary’s arm, pulling

very moment he was about to

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that slender hand and

taken aback.”

saw the door

help but turn his head to look, only to see

everyone in the

moment.

was the assistant to Mr. Ellis. He stood there, his gaze sweeping over everyone present before finally settling on Mary.

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

then turned his

was why he brought her here to accompany the fat Lynch,

Ellis interested in

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her, but she instantly understood;

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

Lynch was also bewildered

of the company,

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

branch.

offend any of the five

families!

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

toward

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uncle immediately said, “Yes,

the contract out of his

and I are like brothers. His niece is practically my own! I just remembered I

Mr. Lynch promptly

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

just friends. You’re

doorway, she suddenly

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

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

lawsuit.”

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

You…”

only make up an excuse on the 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

matter.”

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

involved in this matter.”

Mary pull the door open

closed again, she took a deep breath,

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at least she

she turned to leave, she suddenly froze

at

had just walked past and seen Mary, also noticing her anxiousness

Yet he found his own action a bit

Mary would actually take advantage of

was just for signing a contract, that would be

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

an advantage, used it on his

was simply… enough to freeze Ellis’s

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foolish, but now it seemed that Mary was both stupid and vicious! How could she do such

friend and bestie?!

loyalty, despising those who play dirty

scorn, and suddenly he grabbed Mary, pulling her

embrace.

his

take effect, and she forced herself to shake her head, barely

whispering into her ear.

breath sprayed on Mary’s

sent shivers down her

reactions.

Ellis, her eyes gradually

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hands suddenly wrapped

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

her, but what was this woman doing? She

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

then scoffed. “How many

at him, extending

vision

finger, several appeared before her,

“So many…”

instantly. “Mary, I didn’t expect someone who appears so innocent could play so wild behind

hear what he was saying and pressed closer against the man.

her

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collarbone.

hurried for

a gentleman; he had already taken an interest in Mary, and now she

him…

no lady, so why not play

down, picked up Mary, and carried her

soon as he touched her burning skin, Ellis finally sensed that something was

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was so hot, and the way she looked…

Ellis furrowed his brows.

do you know

“You are Ellis!”

to snuggle up to

could Ellis resist

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

Mary was startled.

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

blurred eyes looked at Ellis, and after a while, she suddenly laughed.

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Ellis felt an

in his chest.

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

client Ellis had an appointment with today was stopped by

faint sounds suggesting a tryst emanated from the private room, letting the visitor immediately catch on. “Since Mr. Ellis isn’t

time.”

leave, the assistant returned his attention to the private

were

signaling the bodyguards to step back a

man and wasn’t immune

normal man! Mr. Ellis should definitely give

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no idea how much time had

moved her

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

of where

“Click.”

The light turned on.

it was dark outside, and

a suit

then that Mary realized she was

her clothes scattered all

exclaimed in shock, immediately cov her chest, and

“You…”

she thought about what happened that day, her voice came to an

she

flooded her

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a touch of joy emerged

and immediately produced a bank card, extending it toward her. “Your fee

was taken aback, her fingers

Fee for service…

did he take her

on her flashed through her mind, and she cast her gaze downward. She felt as cold as an ice

bother.”

room

looked up only to see Ellis appraising

her gaze, then said, “I’m not that kind of person. There’s no need for you to

money.”

“Is that so?”

his bank card, “Then

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Considering your passion last night and how well we fit together, why don’t

them.”

at him

following

type of person, unlike other wealthy heirs. He was never fickle

lover of so many eligible

could he actually be thinking

this?

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

the corner.

his gaze and, sure enough, there were some

pieces on one by one, and found that the

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has always been

from those people, he had also carefully given her

heart to use them

still kept them.

gave a

turned to look

her. “Tell me, what do

want?”

gaze. “Whether you believe it or not,

saying that, she bent down to pick 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

stack of cash from her bag and placed it on

services.”

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gaze piercing Mary.

felt fear, she still turned around and

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

took a deep breath and then

left, the assistant entered the

the table, and the assistant, not understanding the situation, reported to him. “Mr. Ellis, Miss Keera has indeed run into trouble. It’s said their company didn’t submit the research plan on time and was su by Davis Corporation. The penalty is ten times the amount, as high as twenty

the contract between the two parties, it was 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 be

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

Mary’s words “deliberate

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

was really out

was truly too sinister

thought again of how Mary had just shown such pride in front of him. It must have

onto the ground in

why he was suddenly

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

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as he stood up and straightened

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

“Mr. Ellis, whose money is this? It must amount to

Ellis was speechless.

money in the assistant’s hand,

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

lot, only to see Howard and Cindy pacing back and forth in front of his

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

“What does he want with

and see.”

on

as

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arrived in front of

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

at him.

me?”

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. I

a message

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

narrowed.

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

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

gaze, sneering/”Alright,

your message.”

that, Ellis got into his

dare to stop

Cindy asked, “Will this

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

talked and left

Mary stepped out

corner.

yet finding her car, when she saw

really conveyed the message to Uncle

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ruin

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

had

that moment, Ellis was reclining in

mind was filled entirely with

“not the first time,” Ellis could not

his

case,

tie, feeling

then, his phone

saw that it was

no recollection, but Mary

ung still

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patriarch and

some respect.

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

this, Ellis answered the voice

“What’s the

“Did you just say that as long as the requests I make aren’t excessive, you’ll agree to

“So just now you really were playing hard to get?

in front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

would ask him to marry her, to take responsibility

the Davis Family

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However, to his surprise, he heard

you not help Howard

furrowed

a cold laugh. “The favor you’re

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

those words,

He was very angry.

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

not 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

behavior, I’m afraid Mary would no longer

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stay in Oceanion!”

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

Uncle Olsen the

made

results of the DNA test had been out for a

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

for those two days.

a good beating from his

would show,

stunned at the

planned to tell Uncle Olsen immediately, but after

hesitated.

had always been a

many years, not a single woman had caught

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had once been asked, “Why

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

being played around by a man from

life would be

Olsen for

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

since that day.

not talk about this for now. I’m afraid Uncle Olsen might

again. “Then, this matter…

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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

he also felt that this

their own hearts, and the family elders never did things just because they felt

only asked, “What do you

loved Howard so deeply, Ellis’s choice would be to help her pressure Howard, to make him. afraid to

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

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

hurriedly said, “No, I want her

get a divorce, but does she want

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onto another person are actually very

infuriated by his words. “How do

she doesn’t want to?!”

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he heard this. “You mean, Keera

the topic had come to this point, Mary really feared that Ellis would take action and help

it’s a plan that

out.”

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

and give both the company and the custody of the daughter to

this, Mary continued. “So, please

think I

and almost fell out with her adoptive

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friend Mary over

on Keera and knew that she had been tolerant at home for the sake of competing with that mistress, serving

a person, whose heart was full of thoughts

divorce?

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

trap set by Keera herself, what

didn’t make any

understood that her words were hard to

even she, who knew her friend best, had doubted until now

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Howard.

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

was beyond

only said, “Mr. Ellis, you just promised

instantly

Mary determined to

hiding the

“Indeed.”

lifting his head, his eyes filled with

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from me, you have to return

Mary was startled.

her lips, knowing

misunderstood that Ellis was interested in her. If Ellis

future days might

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

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

this moment, Mary still hadn’t

sigh of relief,

and headed home.

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

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encounter with Ellis, a hint

Soon, she arrived home.

car and quickly

soon as she stepped in, her pace came

she saw her parents kneeling on the floor of the hall, while her eldest uncle sat in front of them

faltered in

whole body freezing. She took a step forward and

“Mary…”

he suddenly call your uncle and claim to have no association with you? Hurry up and explain

uncle scoffed

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Mary didn’t kneel.

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

Ellis had no interest in you, yet you dared to take advantage of his

up to her, grabbing her hair. “Mary, who gave you such audacity? To make such a fool out of us?

throbbed in pain

look up.

fists were clenched tight,

eldest brother’s leg. “Brother, Mary is still young, and she doesn’t understand. Please spare

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

spare her, how could Mr.

ma21″

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raised his hand and viciously struck toward

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

pain did

something I can’t bear to harm,

Mary, and she breathed a huge sigh

relief.

in the next

“Slap!”

landed on Mary’s

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

back; instead, he covered his head and pleaded for mercy. He already knew what his

spare Mary please. She doesn’t

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to the Davis

“Dad!”

and tried to

wanting to stop her eldest uncle’s beating and

professional, robust,

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

a piercing voice, tears and snot

only then that her eldest uncle finally

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

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her

of demand

make next…

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

before her…

none of

been taken

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

long anticipated a

in her heart, she still harbored

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toward Ellis.

she blamed herself in secret for

useless she was!

was unable to protect her parents and unable to save

only obediently become

on the ground, feeling an

trying to get up from the ground.

mother looked

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

Π

forward, pinching Mary’s chin. “Come tomorrow at six in the evening, and you’ll come with me to the

these words behind, he left with his bodyguards in

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soon reached Ellis’s

he was in the Olsen residence’s study, listening to his assistant’s report. Indescribable emotions

Mary’s life to

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

“No.”

“She dares to scheme against Keera, so she must

looked at him. “What about that contract? Should we still

I promised her, I won’t interfere

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

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

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smiled. “If she really

we’ll acknowledge her again as a cousin and let Uncle Olsen properly

this topic, he instructed the 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 about

silent for a moment and

“Leave her be.”

night, Ellis dreamt

to be faster… Just as he was

beneath

as she looked at him sideways. “It’s not

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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his forehead,

how much he tossed and turned, he couldn’t

making it through the night, he got up in the morning and went to the office to handle affairs. After finishing the meetings in the afternoon, as soon as he stepped out of the conference room, his assistant hurried over. “Mr. Ellis, after Howard

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

be bullied at will?!”

Ellis thought was in di straits, was struggling to suppress

agreement gave her the company and the

“Keera, after all these years of marriage with Brother Howard, now he’s giving you the house and

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better sign quickly and

speaking and

the divorce agreement, lost in

Three years!

been three years since he married Keera, and all

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

savings…

little over a hundred

really couldn’t bear

house and company were originally

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emergency transfer was out of the question. If he wanted a clean break

her!

sell at most for fifteen million. The company has a debt

Howard panicked a little.

then both spouses would be burdened with millions

had already sent people over

Keira away and was about to

expression; she still

mother

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

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own problems! Why

pique his interest

be saved, and you and Howard wouldn’t

really wanted to curse

already signed one contract and was about to sign the second, but he

curses had to

swallowed.

three years of marriage, don’t aband me, please. I haven’t worked for so many years, an the debt is

own…”

hesitated and swiftly signed

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

two contracts to her. “Keera, stop struggling, just sign it! Otherwise, Howard and his mother won’t let you off! This

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

took the contract with

the

knew how hard

just then, outside the South family villa, a black

South family villa

assistant!

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see a woman with her back to him, holding

T

his brows but stopped in his tracks,

was low, with a sobbing tone, as she said with her head down, “Howard, I

“Keera, look at yourself now, just staying at home every day. For all these years it was I who managed the company, and you? You just gave birth to a child, living in a daze every day, enjoying luxury with the company’s money for so many years. What contributions have you made to the company? Now, just a little bit of debt, and

was

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

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time, Keira had read through

recorded the happy times

Howard.

in college, had

married, after graduating from university, Howard was a typical

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

all an act, that the person you loved

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

was speaking these words

“Enough!”

didn’t want to listen

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and he coldly laughed. “Keera, what’s the point of saying all this? I have a mistress outside,

looked

come about, wasn’t Howard aware of it? How could he

What right do you have to accuse Howard here? Just sign the paper, otherwise, don’t blame us

with rage upon hearing

Keera, he heard the woman with a trembling voice start to speak. “Fine,

Ellis immediately halted.

would just divorce like this, it wouldn’t be

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given the Olsen family’s assertiveness, if Keera regretted it later and

it and simply stood still, not

an inch.

Inside the room.

be coerced, placing the divorce agreement

Cindy was pleased.

a

son, go

villa, wanting to say something, but Keira said,

you agree to one

for me?”

asked with suspicion,

it?”

said weakly. “How much

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give Amy every month?”

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

Howard given you over the years? How much has he earned for this family? How

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

touch with another employer and was preparing

running a business for three years, he had built up his own network. It was easy for him to find a job in the new energy sector with

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thousands.

Howard wouldn’t have so easily let

this was something Cindy

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

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

you ha hands and feet. Why can’t you

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

Amy, letting Howard

Howard’s

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

outside, felt a surge

on earth

were already divorced, and she still cared about that bit of child

deep breaths to suppress the anger welling up inside

someone as defeatist as

be such

Inside.

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

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still uncertain whose child Amy really is! Howard, think of a way to cut ties

Cindy immediately said, “Why not

Keira

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

and his family, so that in the future, Howard

about this, she immediately shook her head and waved her hands,

paper. “You don’t get to make the decision.

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waivers, indicating that he had no relation with Amy from then on, before turning to Keira. “You, sign

we tell you to sign, you sign. Don’t even think about clinging to Howard. Once you’re divorced,

She signed her name

then excitedly stood up. He exchange

said, “Are we leaving

this woman from demanding any more

mother felt a bit reluctant. “Once we

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where will

smile, “Auntie, move to

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

mother immediately picked up her suitcase and followed behind

as they reached the door, they encountered the

Ellis? When, when did you

coldly looked

shifted to Keira, who had

them.

seemed to be weeping with her shoulders trembling slightly, fueling his anger

“Howard, is this how you treat your lawful

“Mr. Ellis, my divorce from Keera

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