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After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.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

traditional woman who didn’t wish to break away from the family, always hoping to be buried

and felt a

help but look at her with dismay. “Mary, what exactly happened during the blind date? Just

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

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

said, “No,

was wasted! If I had known earlier, I might a well have let my

wife also

but we have plenty of daughters in

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to someone who is nothing but a pretty face

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

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

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

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blinded

insult me, but

cheated on her, and she just tolerates it. With her feeble and

in

and looked at her, “Mary, I gave you a chance. If Mr. Ellis had taken a liking to you, I would have turned a blind eye to your actions,

reasons anymore!

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

her fists

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pass the interview for Davis Corporation and

had long been a thorn in

families.

the contract, if compensation could be obtained,

first branch’s uncle was clearly looking for an excuse to

at them and, facing the leviathan that was

the very least, she could

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

a

her and divorced her, she planned to

879

with Davis Corporation.

wouldn’t let Mary be put in a

to her that she hadn’t mentioned

to Mary yet.

quickly reached the

Corporation’s lawsuit was delivered

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office coquettishly complaining to Howard about her grievances. “I just want to live in a villa,

one too.”

back and discuss it

discuss it with her. After

villa is under

how to infuriate

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

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

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

his

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

“What?!”

a shocked exclamation, looking

with a wave of his hand. “It

on their part. Mary is

could they

his secretary, “But on

the proposal wasn’t

R&D department was poached last month.

you quan

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things to turn out like

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

saying this, he took out his

immediately explained the situation before adding, “Do you think

can

just hired new tech staff, and we’ll definitely be able to produce

thought that would

a small one.

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

because of this incident, I also suffered at the company? My great-uncle was already displeased with my joining the corporation over my cousin,

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

that statement,

Howard was stunned.

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

“Yes.”

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

worth that much!”

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

her eyes

two quickly returned to

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

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door was opened, Howard

the kitchen.

just the right amount of surprise and joy.

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

to be uninformed.

the call! No more

Howard was furious.

lowered her

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

stunned for a moment, then looked

Howard.

“Use

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

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message. “Keera, I’m sorry, but

another message,

stared blankly

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

let

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

she block me?!”

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

add up to twenty million! Will I end up in jail?

husband and wife, for better

worse…”

made

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

a divorce and push all the responsibility

instantly

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of something in his eyes before he said, “Okay,

that, he turned around and left

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

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

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

waste?!”

had been married to Keera for three years

walk away empty-handed either and immediately

do?”

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must be a way; there’s definitely a

one word from him to Davis Corporation, and they’ll surely stop pursuing the lawsuit. As long as they

Cindy left, Keira’s phone lit up, displaying a WhatsApp

friend.

a

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

things on your end? Is he going to divorce

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

“So what

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

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

continuously showed that

ten minutes of typing, still no message

wrong?

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

looked at the message and was about to respond with something when she saw another message from Mary pop up. “Keera, no matter what happens, I’ll always stand by your side. Whether it’s the past you, the present you, or the future you. As long as it’s you,

froze as she read the

a while, and her

for the first

message, she wanted to tell Mary that she was

a long silence, she ultimately didn’t voice

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thought.

alive, she would certainly have regretted being too love-struck to trust in

a long, long time, and finally replied with only one sentence.

Keera.”

actually

said strange

mind it.

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

phone. “Unele, don’t worry.

the lawsuit after the divorce or to help Keera pay that twenty million, so if there

the job she had to

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he heard her. “Hmm, Mr. Lynch

“I understand,

words fallen than there was a knock on

man.

his forties, and

shaking hands with Uncle Davis, he immediately turned to Mary with a beaming

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

Lynch immediately nodded. “Oh?

pleasure to meet you…”

his

took his hand, she only felt his

clammy and quite disgusting.

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

help from

eyes.

Lynch, please take a seat! The dishes

then did Mr. Lynch sit down with

discussed a few matters about the contract with Mr. Lynch. This was Uncle Davis’s project. If he could seal the deal, it would earn him the

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

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

the look in Mr.

stood up with her glass, walked over to Mr.

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speaks of you, saying you’re a good

like to offer

she

change

and glared at

saw Mr. Lynch’s expression change, and then

of relief and downed the content of her glass all at

at Uncle Davis. “Uncle, I

still have some work

yourselves. I need

quickly picked up her

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

a few steps, she suddenly

happened and looked desperately at her

Davis!!

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

beyond what

door and flung it open, hoping to cry for

when she opened the door, the person walking by her private room would

he

and saw Mary.

plea for help choked in

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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once said about her during a matchmaking encounter. “…indeed,

found out she

had

some tea…”

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

was about to shut

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slender hand and

taken aback.”

saw the door being

his head to look, only to

seeing him, everyone in the

moment.

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

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

then turned his gaze toward

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

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but she instantly understood; this

worry. I was just discussing a partnership with Uncle Lynch and

also bewildered

main branch took control of the company, they had been excluding the second

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

branch.

couldn’t afford to offend any of

families!

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

toward her

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uncle immediately said, “Yes, I

directly took the contract out of

another word, Mr. Lynch signed the contract and then cheerily looked at Mary. “Dear niece, your uncle and I are like brothers. His niece is practically my own! I just remembered I have something else to

Mr.

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

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

reaching the doorway, she

moment, then suddenly understood something. “My dear niece, rest assured, that contract issue with your friend’s company,

retract the lawsuit…”

had flaunted borrowed

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would hinder Keera’s big plans, so hearing

lawsuit.”

“No need to retract the lawsuit? Aren’t you

You…”

think I am trying to get close

matter.”

young women, but seeing Mary so vehem he could

involved in this matter.”

did Mary pull the door open and

private room closed again, she took a deep breath, still feeling somewhat dizzy and light-headed,

288 Something

she couldn’t

leave, she

frowned as he looked at

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

own action a bit baffling, which was why he sent his assistant in to lend Mary a

never expected that Mary would

it was just for signing a

all, such things were common in the business world, and he didn’t mind being used this once, especially

unfortunately, Mary, after gaining an advantage, used it

was simply… enough to freeze Ellis’s favorable

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just foolish, but now it seemed that Mary was both stupid and vicious! How could she do such a thing to her

friend and bestie?!

been a man of loyalty, despising those who play

smile edged with scorn,

embrace.

his chest, making her even

started to take effect, and she forced herself

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

breath sprayed on

down her spine,

reactions.

leaned against Ellis, her

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her hands

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

her, but what was this

away, only to hear Mary murmur,

then scoffed. “How many

him, extending

vision

one finger, several appeared before her, and

“So many…”

expression turned cold instantly. “Mary, I didn’t expect someone who

could no longer hear what he was saying and pressed closer against

to undo her shirt, revealing a

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collarbone.

became hurried

taken an interest in Mary, and now she

him…

was no lady, so why not

bent down, picked up Mary, and

over her. As soon as he touched her burning skin, Ellis

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hot, and the way

Ellis furrowed his brows.

“Mary, do you

“You are Ellis!”

to

could Ellis resist such

heavier, and, holding onto Mary’s chin, with a profound look in his eyes, he said,

Mary was startled.

down, she still paused for

at Ellis, and after a

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hearing this, Ellis felt an inexplicable

in his chest.

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

had an appointment with today was stopped by

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

time.”

assistant returned

sounds inside were

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

a man and wasn’t immune

man! Mr. Ellis should definitely give him a pay

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much time had passed when she finally woke

moved her sore

had been crushed by a massive

where she

“Click.”

The light turned on.

then did she notice it

suit sat before

was then that Mary realized

all

cov her chest,

“You…”

happened that day, her voice came to

was she

of shyness flooded her

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of joy emerged

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

was taken aback, her fingers

Fee for service…

did he

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

bother.”

that statement, the room fell silent

Ellis appraising her closely, his gaze

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

card,

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

them.”

at

following Ellis for

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

was the dream lover

could he actually

this?

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

the corner.

gaze and, sure enough, there

over, tried the pieces on one by one, and

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he has always been so

years ago, after rescuing her from those people, he had also carefully

hadn’t had the heart to use them even

still kept them.

a

finished dressing and turned to look

was still staring at her. “Tell me, what

want?”

you believe it or not, I truly don’t want

her back and looked at Ellis. “Mr. Ellis, I was presumptuous

of cash from her bag and

services.”

made Ellis’s pupils

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gaze piercing Mary.

still turned around and walked briskly

heart, feeling

took a deep breath and then

left, the assistant

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

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

immediately sneered. “How could

so high?”

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said, “It’s said to

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

“deliberate retaliation,” Ellis sneered

that what Mary

really out

was truly

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

teacup onto

was suddenly feeling so

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

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stood

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

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

Ellis was speechless.

back sharply, glanced at the money in the assistant’s hand, and after a moment

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

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

said, “Mr. Ellis, this Howar has been trying to reach Uncle Olsen, but after

he want

and see.”

ever looked down on such a scoundrel

Keera as his cousin. he took

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290 Uncle Olsen’s Daughter

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

down 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

deliver a

out tha he had been blocked on WhatsApp a long time

narrowed.

collaboration with Davis Corporation. Could I trouble Uncle Olsen or

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family to give us some more time? Just give us one more

lowered his gaze,

your message.”

Ellis got into his

stop him

Ellis left, Cindy asked, “Will this

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

two talked and left

Mary stepped out from

corner.

the parking lot, not yet finding her car, when she saw

Ellis really conveyed the

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that ruin

her phone, found Ellis on

had already

was reclining in a

with Mary’s delicate skin… endlessly

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

his first

case, wasn’t

loosened his tie, feeling a bit

then, his

saw that it

added Mary on WhatsApp, he had no recollection, but Mary had been mingling in their circles since she was

Maru ung still the granddaughter

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patriarch and everyone would

some respect.

first branch took over the Davis Family, as Mary’s branch gradually declined, she started to become more invisible in

Ellis

began, “What’s

as long as the requests I

now you really were playing

front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

to marry her, to take responsibility

for her branch of the

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However, to his surprise, he heard

not help

immediately furrowed

let out a cold laugh. “The favor

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

said those words, he

He was very angry.

couldn’t help saying, “Mr. Ellis, Miss Davis also didn’t know about Miss

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

Mary

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stay

was silent for a moment before saying, “Mr.

tell Uncle Olsen the truth about

made

DNA test had been

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

for those two days.

Ellis even got a

results would show, that Keera was Uncle Olsen’s

stunned at the

Uncle Olsen immediately, but after hearing

hesitated.

always been

a single

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“Why

to be compromised with. Better

defeated life, being played around by a man from

and majestic life would be ruined by his daughter,

to see Uncle Olsen for a long time and

looking for traces of Mrs. Olsen, so the two of them hadn’t

since that day.

“Let’s not talk about this for now. I’m afraid Uncle Olsen might get so

assistant asked again. “Then, this matter… do

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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felt like not intervening, thinking it would be quite good just to let Howard abandon Keera. It might even cure this cousin of her love-sick

this was his cousin’s

childhood to act according to their own hearts, and the family elders never did things just

they only asked,

pressure Howard, to make him. afraid to ever divorce.

his phone buzzed because of WhatsApp again, and

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

want her to

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

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forced onto another person are actually

by his words. “How do you

she doesn’t want to?!”

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heard this. “You mean, Keera

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

a plan that Keera

out.”

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

both the company and the

saying all this, Mary continued. “So,

Davis, do you think

college and almost fell out

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best friend Mary

the sake of competing with that

could Ellis possibly believe that such a person, whose

divorce?

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

was really a trap set by Keera

simply didn’t make any

explain, but she also understood that her words were hard

she, who knew her friend best, had doubted until

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Howard.

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

was beyond

said, “Mr. Ellis, you just promised

instantly became

determined to punish

deep breath and suddenly lowered his gaze, hiding the icy chill within. “Are you

“Indeed.”

Ellis indifferently, lifting his head, his eyes filled with a

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from me, you have to return

Mary was startled.

her lips, knowing what Ellis was

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

future days might become even

and the villa, as well as freedom,

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

moment, Mary still hadn’t realized the consequences

breathed a sigh of relief, then started

and headed home.

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

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with Ellis, a hint of shyness appeared on her

Soon, she arrived home.

car and quickly entered the

in, her pace came

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

in her

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

“Mary…”

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

eldest uncle scoffed coldly and immediately

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Mary didn’t kneel.

a cruel kick to her knees, they forced

advantage of his influence? Do

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

pain as she

look up.

fists were clenched tight, and

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

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

spare her, how could

ma21″

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hand and

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

the anticipated pain did not

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

she

relief.

in the next

“Slap!”

landed on

not raising your daughter rig I blame you for

mercy. He already knew what his big brother intended to do and shouted, “Brother, I’m begging you. Take it out

but spare Mary

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the

“Dad!”

cried out and tried to

trying to break free from their grip, wanting to stop her eldest uncle’s beating and insults

robust, and impossible

stop! If you keep going, it could be fatal!

voice, tears and snot streaming

then that her eldest

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

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her

kind of demand her eldest uncle

make next…

her father 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 this was

for him, she would have already been taken advantage of by Mr. Lynch at the

any significant achievements in the company to gain the favor

long anticipated a situation like

she still harbored some

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toward Ellis.

blamed herself in secret

useless she was!

to protect her parents and unable to save her best

could only obediently become a social butterfly

on the ground, feeling an overwhelming sense

trying to get up from the ground. “Mary,

mother looked at him

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

Π

chin. “Come tomorrow at six in the evening, and you’ll come with me to the hotel, and sweet-talk

left with his bodyguards

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soon reached Ellis’s

study, listening

hadn’t expected Mary’s life

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

“No.”

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

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

promised her, I

“But the twenty million, I’ll have

assistant nodded. “That works too. It just might show your cousin what kind of man her husband is. Who knows? After going through this ordeal, she

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smiled. “If she really gets

means there’s hope. In that case, we’ll acknowledge her

close eye on Keera’s situation; after all,

loss.”

but what about Miss

for a moment

“Leave her be.”

night, Ellis

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

beneath a

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

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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his forehead, feeling

tossed and turned, he couldn’t fall back

he stepped out of the conference room, his assistant hurried over. “Mr. Ellis, after Howard knew we wouldn’t help, he proposed divorce to Miss Keera! We just

laugh, “Let’s go and see. Do they really think

be bullied at will?!”

di straits, was struggling to suppress a smile

the company and

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

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signs, you better sign quickly and painlessly, got

finished speaking and

of the divorce agreement, lost in

Three years!

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

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 over one million on Cindy, and some on entertaining, leaving only about a

savings…

to say, he only got a little over a

really couldn’t bear to let

the house and company were

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out of the question. If he wanted a clean break in the divorce, he had no

her!

for fifteen million.

Howard panicked a little.

divorce, then both spouses would

people over with

and was

show her eager expression; she still

Howard’s mother couldn’t

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

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your own problems!

with Mr. Horton and failed to pique his interest at all! If

be saved, and you and Howard

wanted to curse

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

curses had

swallowed.

“Howard, for the sake of our three years of marriage, don’t aband me, please.

own…”

hesitated and swiftly

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

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

contract

the three people, she

how hard Keira was trying

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

into the South family villa

assistant!

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

T

brows but stopped in his tracks, not entering the

woman’s voice was low, with a sobbing tone, as she said with her head down, “Howard,

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

was

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

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Keira had read

her diary, Keera recorded the

Howard.

had also

married, after graduating from

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

Cindy were just socializing, that it was all an act, that the person you loved the most was

whether the child I gave birth to

these words on

“Enough!”

to

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

looked incredulously at

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

Keera, you also didn’t behave like a wife should. What right do you have to accuse Howard here? Just sign the paper, otherwise,

with rage

back up Keera, he heard the

Ellis immediately halted.

Keera would just divorce like this,

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

thought about it and simply

an inch.

Inside the room.

placing the divorce agreement

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a

son, go get the divorce certificate

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

you

for me?”

with

it?”

“How much child support

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give Amy every month?”

nonsense are you talking about? The company is in debt, and

also said, “Keera, don’t go too far! How much money has Howard given you over the years? How much has he earned for this family? How can you still want his money

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

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

for him to find a job in the

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thousands.

have so easily let go of

this was something Cindy

upon hearing all this, looked up incredulously. She bit her lip, pretending to be aggrieved, “Howard, you’re Amy’s father, and it’s your duty to raise her… Moreover, I’m so deep

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

you ha hands and feet. Why can’t you live on your

several years and doesn’t want to go out and find a jo After all, working is so

with Amy, letting Howard

Howard’s mother

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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

was listening outside, felt a

earth was

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

several deep breaths to suppress

as defeatist

be such weak

Inside.

said her piece, she saw Howard’s mother jumping up and down in anger. “You’re already divorced,

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Amy really is! Howard, think of a way to cut ties with them, so she won’t be like a vampire sucking your blood even after

Cindy immediately said, “Why not sign a

this, Keira

vain that she had put on such an

Amy’s relationship with Howard and his family, so that in

she immediately shook her head and waved her

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

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that he had no relation with Amy from

hand. “When we tell you to sign, you sign. Don’t even think about clinging to Howard. Once

She signed

up. He

“Are we

from

mother felt a bit

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will

to my

I’ll take care of you in

mother immediately picked up her suitcase and

door, they encountered the ashen-faced

was terrified. “Mr. Ellis? When,

looked at

Keira, who had her

them.

with her shoulders trembling slightly, fueling his

how you treat

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

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