My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Chapter 281-290

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

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

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

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

Her eyes reddened with anger.

Was Keera thinking of her as a fool?

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

But why did Keera have to deceive her with such

tricks?

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

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

me.”

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

Amy had already fallen asleep.

After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.

She asked, “What did you just send?”

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

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She shook her head and set the mobile phone aside.

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

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

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

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

The next morning.

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

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

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

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Upon seeing Keira, she immediately curved her lips

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

Keira replied with a thumbs-up and a smile.

The two entered the building together and approached

Howard’s office.

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

Keira’s eyes narrowed slightly.

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

Cindy’s skirt was hiked up to her waist.

Howard’s pants were also down to his knees…

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

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

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

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

and me…”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She wasn’t blind!

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

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

She was suddenly at a loss for words.

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

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

matters into her own hands..

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

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

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

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

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Keira silently watched them, feeling beyond words.

What had she done?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

discern.

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

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

Mary snorted but didn’t speak.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Of course…”

Howard touched her waist, his eyes gradually

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

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

“He won’t.”

Keira replied.

Meanwhile.

At the Olsen residence.

Ellis held the DNA test results and hurried into Uncle

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

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

handing over the corporate affairs to the young man

in advance.

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

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

Upon hearing what Ellis had said, he frowned and

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

Ellis placed the report on Sam’s desk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hearing that, Sam immediately looked toward Ellis.

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

that?”

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

“Pfft…”

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

here.”

Sam looked at him and remained silent, but his eyes

were filled with pity.

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

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

“It’s impossible.”

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

Could Keera really be his dad’s illegitimate daughter?

Thinking of his father’s henpecked demeanor, he still

found it unbelievable.

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

his hand.

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

Ellic entered his father’s room again took hig

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toothbrush, and handed everything to his assistant to

send to the testing center.

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

Lewis Horton in Clance.”

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

But the secretary was puzzled.

Could that be the case?

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

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

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

The secretary paused here.

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Ellis then said, “What about her?”

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

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

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

her?”

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

rumors…”

Ellis raised his eyebrow. “And then?”

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

Mary.”

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

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this look like it?”

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

Ellis asked, “What?”

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

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

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

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

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

intelligence!”

The secretary coughed. “It looks like Uncle Olsen

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intends to acknowledge her and then bring her back

into the family…”

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

“Yes.”

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

Meanwhile.

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

In the South family’s small villa.

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

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

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

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Maybe today I’ll show you.”

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

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

eat?”

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

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

him!

…Their shamelessness was beyond her imagination!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vairo still kant her hood down seemingly fragile and

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

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

child?”

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

Cindy snapped. “You…”

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

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

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

In an instant, Cindy understood. Keera was declaring

war!

Ha.

Did she really think she could win?

It was just because she had snagged a deal with Mary

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

Cindy left reluctantly with Howard.

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

“…Okay.”

Keira looked utterly docile.

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

Howard’s mother.

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

diligent.

Sometimes she would even deliberately seek to please

Howard’s mother.

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

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

Keira just smirked.

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

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

mother-in-law like this?

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

would be once she divorced and Howard’s mother

lived with Cindy.

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

A month passed by quickly.

In two days, the contract would expire.

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

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

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tomorrow comes, we’ll sue him!”

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

Keira nodded. “I’m sure.”

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

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

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

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

check him out.”

Keira was perplexed.

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

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

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wants

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

candidates!”

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

wanted to, whereas I…”

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

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

Keira saw a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

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

definitely be impressed with you!”

People from every social class have their own troubles.

Wealthy families were no exception.

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

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

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

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

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

Keira asked, Who’s your blind date?”

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

Keira was dumbfounded.

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

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Keira watched as Ellis walked in and sat down at Table

8 not far away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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connection!”

This stubborn facade…

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

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

Keira shook her head in resignation at this.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mary was stunned. “You know me?”

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

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

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

“No.” Ellis blinked.

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

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

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Ellis had always despised foolish, unprincipled people.

Mary’s actions had struck a nerve with him.

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

Keera’s best friend.

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

Correct.

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

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

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

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

With that, he left straight away.

Mary still sat there, utterly baffled.

Indeed, she had a good impression of Ellis.

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

bullied.

was

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

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

Her crush was well concealed…

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

But what did he just say?

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

empty-headed beauty, a vase with nothing but her

looks.”

Tears welled up in Mary’s eyes.

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

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

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

She was humiliated by her family and now mocked by

Ellis as well.

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

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

standing up as if nothing had happened.

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

“It’s nothing.”

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

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

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

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“…Okay.”

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

tomorrow, the lawsuit will definitely reach the

company.”

“Okay.”

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

“I know.”

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

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

Mary looked at the road ahead. “Yes.”

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

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Since she was in charge of the new energy research

and development, it was possible to offer her a

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

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

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

million?!

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

Meanwhile.

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

Ellis had always remembered her.

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

he very much liked

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

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

intelligence. What a pity.”

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

Ellis now felt a headache whenever he heard those two

words.

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

The secretary didn’t dare to speak.

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

The Olsen family always covered for their own!

They could criticize their own cousin, but nobody else

could!

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

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

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Mary quickly returned to the Davis home.

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

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

so were her other uncles and aunts.

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

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

Mary’s fingers tightened instantly, and she looked

down.

She swallowed before saying, “No…”

“No?!”

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

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

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

Her private affairs were to be laid out and scrutinized

in detail?

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

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

any further…”

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

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

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

indistinguishable from the most distant relatives!”

Mary’s grandfather was the gooand can of the

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

live on his own.

While Mary’s grandfather was still alive, the first

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

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

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

Seeing this scene, Mary clenched her fists.

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Her father indeed didn’t have the same mother as

these people.

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

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

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

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

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

dutifully

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

and felt a sense of

with dismay. “Mary, what

up. “Mr. Ellis was dissatisfied with

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

“No, he

aunt immediately scoffed. “A granddaughter brought up in a small family background is just useless! Brother, you insisted on giving her this opportunity. See? it was wasted! If I had known earlier, I might a well have let my daughter

uncle’s wife

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

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Mr. Ellis? How would he possibly take a fancy to someone who is nothing but

college, and now she’s been valued by the first branch and is in charge of the new energy

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

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

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blinded by

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

nothing but a questionable outsider! I’ve heard her husband cheated on her, and she just tolerates

her in

first branch’s 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 turned a blind eye to your actions, but unfortunately, you failed to grasp the opportunity, and I won’t bend the rules

reasons anymore!

on you for judging people wrongly. If their company fails to deliver the research plan tomorrow, I’ll definitely have the legal department sue them for compensation according to the contract, and at the

her

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peers, she was the first to pass the interview for

she had long been a thorn

families.

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

for an excuse to fire her

and, facing the leviathan that was Davis

she could help Keera divorce and escape from

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

contained a research and

all the blame onto her and divorced her, she planned to use this latest research and development plan to seek in-depth

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with Davis Corporation.

let Mary be put in

just occurred to her that she

to Mary yet.

quickly reached the third

Davis Corporation’s lawsuit was delivered to Howard early

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

one too.”

“Okay, I’ll go back and

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

villa is under her

how to infuriate

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

reaction, Cindy quickly said, “Wouldn’t your wife be unhappy

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

his

this! They say we haven’t submitted the research and development proposal on time, and Davis Corporation has sued us! They’re demanding we compensate them twenty

“What?!”

a shocked exclamation, looking incredulously

wave of

part. Mary is

they

his secretary, “But on the

end, the proposal wasn’t submitted on time, was

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

quan

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he hadn’t expected things

“Don’t panic. I’m calling Mary right

this, he took out

immediately explained the situation before adding, “Do you think there’s some

can

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

that would settle

projects with Davis Corporation, no one would focus on such a small one. They were steadily receiving R&D funds, and not producing results wouldn’t

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

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

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have the capacity to help you any longer! You’re on

statement,

Howard was stunned.

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

“Yes.”

really have to pay

worth that much!”

suddenly stood up to leave. “I’m going

was filled with anxiety, and upon hearing this, her eyes flickered. She immediately followed him, “I’m coming

returned to the South family

the dutiful wife and mother, busy preparing lunch in the kitchen for Howard’s

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door was opened, Howard charged

the kitchen.

just the right amount of

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

pretended to be uninformed.

the call!

Howard was furious.

her head. “Okay, I’ll

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

was stunned for a

Howard.

hastily said, “Use WhatsApp voice

and made a voice call to Mary, but Mary

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

to send another message, she

stared blankly at

dark expression, stepped forward, his hand raised to slap her

let herself get

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

she block me?!”

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

up

and wife, for

worse…”

made Howard

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and shares were all in Keera’s name, and even this villa

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

instantly

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

said that, he turned around and

caught on to something and blurted out, “Divorce

of course, hoped that Howard could

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 past three years

waste?!”

been married to Keera

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

do?”

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a way; there’s definitely

relationship with Uncle Olsen. Let’s find Uncle Olsen to intervene. Just one word from him to Davis Corporation, and they’ll surely stop pursuing

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

friend.

after came a message

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

the way, how are things on your

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

asked, “So what

the end of his rope. As long as Davis Corporation doesn’t drop the lawsuit, he’ll be like

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

status continuously showed that she was

after ten minutes of typing, still no

“What’s wrong? Is there something inconvenient

immediately replied, “No, I just feel like

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

she read the

sister for a while, and her interactions

for the first

the message, she wanted

long silence, she ultimately didn’t

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thought.

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

finally replied with only one sentence. “Thank you

Keera.”

message was actually

strange things, so

mind it.

yet to put down her phone when Uncle Davis, who was sitting across the dining table from her suddenly scoffed. “Mary, as long as you land the next client,

“Unele, don’t

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

the job she

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mockery as he heard her.

“I understand,

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

man.

in his forties, and his appearance was

to Mary with a beaming smile. “Mr. Davis, who is this young lady? I’ve

brother’s daughter, who is currently interning at Day

immediately nodded. “Oh? Miss Davis,

pleasure to meet you…”

his

hand,

clammy and quite disgusting.

back, but he tightened his grip

sought help from her uncle

eyes.

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

Lynch sit down with a

he could seal the deal, it would earn him the admiration of the first branch and further solidify his position within Davis

all smiles, avoided bringing up the contract and kept glancing

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

by the

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

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of you, saying you’re a good

like to offer you a

that statement, she distinguished

change in

at

and then he stood up. “Alright, my dear niece, your Uncle Lynch will surely take good care of you from now

sigh of relief and downed the content of

she looked at Uncle Davis.

some work to do. You

I need to head

picked up

off with Uncle

she suddenly felt dizzy,

had happened and looked desperately at her glass, then incredulously

Davis!!

and her uncle’s niece, she was just a ploy to secure a contract with her beauty, but she had

completely beyond what she could comprehend or

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

the person walking by her private room would actually

the commotion, he turned

and saw Mary.

the plea for help choked

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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mind, she heard the words Ellis had once said about her during a matchmaking encounter. “…indeed, just an empty-headed beauty with

less of her if he found

had too

some tea…”

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

the very moment he was about to shut the

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looked at that slender hand and was

taken aback.”

the

help but turn his head to look, only to

him, everyone in

moment.

his 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. Miss Davis, are

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

his gaze toward

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

Mr. Ellis interested in

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hadn’t expected Mr. Ellis’s assistant to expressly ask after her, but she instantly understood; this was her chance to

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

also

since the Davis family’s main branch took control of the company, they had been excluding the

disrespect to the second branch, as a sort

branch.

offend

families!

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

toward her

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immediately said,

the contract out of his

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 attend to, so I’ll

that statement, Mr. Lynch promptly

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

You’re mistaken. Since the

doorway,

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

retract the lawsuit…”

had flaunted borrowed

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fearing it would hinder Keera’s big plans, so hearing this, she immediately

lawsuit.”

retract the lawsuit? Aren’t you and

You…”

a man. Do you think I am trying to get close to her now for what reason? Of course, it’s for revenge. I want to witness her regretting and crying after her

matter.”

uncle didn’t quite understand the friendships between young women, but seeing Mary so vehem he

involved in this matter.”

the door open and step

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

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least she couldn’t collapse

to leave, she

looked at her.

also noticing her

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

expected that Mary would actually take advantage

just for signing a contract,

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

after gaining an advantage, used it on

was simply… enough to freeze Ellis’s

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Mary’s conflict with Keera was just foolish, but now it seemed that Mary

friend and bestie?!

despising those who play dirty and backstab friends the

with scorn, and suddenly he grabbed Mary, pulling her

embrace.

with his chest, making

and she forced herself to shake her head,

Ellis had already leaned d whispering into her

breath sprayed on

shivers down her

reactions.

Ellis, her eyes gradually

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her hands suddenly

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

what was this woman doing? She started clinging

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

was taken aback, then scoffed. “How many

him, extending

vision was

finger, several appeared before her, and she muttered in

“So many…”

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

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

began to undo her

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collarbone.

became hurried for a

taken an interest in Mary, and now she was throwing herself

him…

was no lady, so why not play

down, picked up Mary, and carried her into

bent over her. As soon as he touched her burning skin, Ellis finally sensed that something

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was so hot, and the way

Ellis furrowed his brows.

asked, “Mary, do you

“You are Ellis!”

continuing to snuggle up

could Ellis

look in his eyes, he said, “This isn’t your first

Mary was startled.

completely worn down, she still paused

and after a

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Ellis felt an inexplicable

in his chest.

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

had an appointment

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

time.”

visitor leave, the assistant returned

were becoming more

embarrassment, but he could only wave his hand, signaling the bodyguards to

man

perfectly normal man! Mr. Ellis should definitely give him a

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much time had

moved her

her felt as if it had been crushed

of where

“Click.”

The light turned on.

notice it was dark

a suit sat

Mary realized she was lying on

all over

immediately cov her chest, and turning her

“You…”

about what happened that day, her voice came

she

of shyness flooded her cheeks, and

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a touch of joy emerged in

a bank card, extending it toward her. “Your fee for

aback, her

Fee for service…

he

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

bother.”

the room

looked up only to see Ellis appraising

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

his bank card,

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

them.”

looked at him

had been following Ellis

was

also why Ellis was the dream lover

he actually be thinking about her

this?

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

the corner. “It’s already

gaze and, sure enough, there were some

over, tried the pieces on one by one, and found that

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always

her from those people, he

the heart to

still kept them.

a bitter

dressing and turned to look at

her. “Tell me,

want?”

it

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 the one who took advantage

stack of cash from her bag and placed it on the table. “This is for

services.”

made Ellis’s pupils contract slightly his

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gaze piercing Mary.

fear, she still turned around and walked

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

breath

the

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

Davis Corporation would pay Keera’s company

immediately sneered. “How could

so high?”

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promptly said, “It’s

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

Mary’s words “deliberate retaliation,” Ellis

accident, but now it turned out that what Mary had

was really

truly too sinister

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

his teacup onto the

was suddenly feeling so irrationally

night he had spent with her… No, it was she who had slept with him, right? Such a woman wasn’t worth being on

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as he stood

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

stack of money on the table. “Mr. Ellis, whose money is this?

Ellis was speechless.

the money in the assistant’s

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

out the door to the parking lot, only to see

Ellis, this Howar has been trying to reach Uncle Olsen,

frowned. “What does he want with me? Let’s

and see.”

down on such a

Keera as his cousin.

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Howard.

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arrived in

head, with a pleasing smile on his face. “Mr. Ellis, I went to the Olsen

at him. “What do you want

me?”

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

deliver a message

only to find out tha he had been

eyes narrowed.

and said, “We’re having a slight issue with our collaboration with Davis Corporation. Could I trouble Uncle Olsen

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behalf, and ask the Davis family to give us some more time? Just give

gaze,

your message.”

Ellis got into his

to stop him anymore, and Ellis’s

Cindy asked, “Will

Olsen said we could ask him

two talked and

were gone, Mary stepped

corner.

she saw Howard and Cindy stopping Ellis, so she had secretly hidden on the side to

really conveyed the message to Uncle

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ruin

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

had

was reclining in a chair,

with Mary’s delicate skin…

the

was his first

the case, wasn’t he

his tie,

then, his

and saw that it

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

ung still the granddaughter of

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Family’s patriarch and everyone would show

some respect.

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

Ellis

“What’s

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

on Ellis’s face, “So just now you really were playing hard to get? Miss Davis, there’s really no need for

front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

him to marry her, to take responsibility for her, or take

to get some benefits for her branch of the Davis

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Corporation. However, to his surprise, he

you not help Howard and

furrowed his

laugh. “The

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

those words,

He was very angry.

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

should keep her distance. It was Mary herself who-got closer, and the result was just to embarrass Keera?! Is their friendship of over ten years all fake?! If Uncle Olsen

behavior, I’m afraid Mary

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stay

this remark, the assistant was silent for a moment

Olsen the

made Ellis

test had

Ellis’s dad’s illegitimate daughter, which caused him to show his dad a cold face at

for those two days.

a good beating

would show, that Keera was Uncle

was stunned

planned to tell Uncle Olsen immediately, but after hearing the

hesitated.

Olsen had always

many years, not a single woman had caught

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asked, “Why

Olsen’s reply was, “Blood ties aren’t to be compromised with.

daughter had been living such a defeated life, being played around by a man from a small place, Uncle Olsen would

and majestic life would be ruined by his daughter,

to see Uncle Olsen for a long time and

for traces of Mrs. Olsen, so

since that day.

about this for now. I’m afraid Uncle Olsen might get so angry it harms

again. “Then, this matter…

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

felt that this was his

them since childhood to act according to their own hearts, and the family elders never

only asked, “What do

to make him. afraid to ever divorce. After all, the Olsen family could protect

phone buzzed because of WhatsApp again, and it

colder. “Miss Davis, are you doing this just to

want her to get

snorted. “You want her to get a divorce, but does she want it herself? Do

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person are

by his words. “How

she doesn’t want to?!”

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

come to this point, Mary really feared that Ellis would

“Yes, it’s a plan that Keera and

out.”

and then went straight to the point. “We want to make Howard retreat in the

leave without a penny, and give both the company and the custody of

continued. “So, please don step

do you think I would believe such a clumsy

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

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her best friend Mary

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

a person, whose heart

divorce?

wasn’t sufficient to make Davis Corporation drop the lawsuit, and since the lawsuit had been filed, even if Keera really made Howard leave without a penny, the value

really a trap set by Keera herself, what was

didn’t make any

also understood

had doubted until now whether Keera had

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Howard.

he cares about me. Mary, I don’t need your warnings; he just made a mistake that any man

infatuation was

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

instantly became icy

determined to

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

“Indeed.”

I agree,” said Ellis indifferently, lifting his head, his eyes

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from me, you have to

Mary was startled.

lips, knowing

that Ellis was interested in her. If

days might

company and the villa, as well as freedom, she eventually clenched

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

this moment, Mary still hadn’t

just breathed a sigh of

and headed home.

Keera. “Keera, I did something big today!

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passionate encounter with Ellis, a hint of shyness appeared on

Soon, she arrived home.

and quickly

as soon as she stepped in, her pace came to an

on the floor of the hall, while her eldest

in

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

“Mary…”

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?

this, Mary’s eldest uncle

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Mary didn’t kneel.

kick to her knees, they forced her legs to

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

her, grabbing her hair. “Mary, who

pain as she

look up.

tight,

his eldest brother’s leg. “Brother,

eldest uncle, however, kicked Mary’s father away, “A waste of a father raising a waste of a daughter! Do you still have

her, how could

ma21″

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hand and viciously struck

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,

released Mary, and she breathed a huge sigh

relief.

in the

“Slap!”

slap landed on

beat and kicked Mary’s father. “I blame you for not raising your

not fight back; instead, he covered his head and pleaded for mercy. He already knew what his big brother intended to do and shouted, “Brother, I’m begging you. Take

but spare Mary please.

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to the Davis

“Dad!”

shock. She cried out and tried to rush over,

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

robust, and impossible to break away

stop hitting him, please stop! If you keep going,

with a piercing voice, tears and snot

only then that her

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

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her

knew what kind of demand her eldest uncle

make next…

as she looked at her father with a bruised nose and swollen face, her mother who was being held down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her grandmother, who hurried over after hearing the commotion

before her…

of

would have already been taken advantage of by Mr. Lynch at

in the company to gain the favor of the first branch, and

long anticipated a

heart, she

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toward Ellis.

time, she blamed herself in secret

useless she was!

unable to protect her parents and unable to save her best

only obediently become a social butterfly

an overwhelming

from the

looked

“Fine, I’ll b obedient. I’ll listen to

Π

the evening, and you’ll

left with

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of this soon reached Ellis’s

residence’s study, listening to his assistant’s report. Indescribable emotions

Mary’s life

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

“No.”

and sneered. “She dares to

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

her,

twenty million, I’ll have Keera

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

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however, smiled. “If she

case, we’ll acknowledge her again as

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

loss.”

but what

for a moment and

“Leave her be.”

Ellis dreamt

Mary’s fair skin, and her plaintive cryin on the sofa, begging him to be faster…

beneath a corpulent

was licentious as she looked at him sideways. “It’s

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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forehead, feeling

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

meetings in the afternoon, as soon as he stepped out of the conference room, his

see. Do they really think that Keera doesn’t

be bullied at will?!”

thought was in di straits, was struggling to

agreement gave her the company

was mocking her. “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 painlessly, got

speaking and looked toward

stared at the two copies of the divorce agreement, lost

Three years!

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

these three years, he 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 million went

savings…

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

couldn’t bear

and company were originally in

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question. If he wanted a clean break

her!

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

Howard panicked a little.

he didn’t divorce, then both spouses

sent people over

Keira away and

show her eager expression; she still had

mother couldn’t help

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

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at your own problems! Why are you

to pique

maybe the company could be saved, and you and

wanted to

already signed one contract and was about to sign the second, but he hesitated again as if he was having doubts

curses had to be

swallowed.

“Howard, for the sake of our three years of marriage, don’t aband me, please. I haven’t worked for so many years, an the debt is in millions.

own…”

these words, Howard no longer hesitated and swiftly

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

her. “Keera, stop struggling, just sign

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

the contract

eyes of the three people,

only heaven knew how hard Keira was trying not to

outside the South family villa, a black luxury car screeched

into the South family villa with

assistant!

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his assistant, he just happened to see a woman with her back to

T

furrowed his brows but stopped in his tracks, not

was low, with a sobbing tone, as she said with her head down, “Howard, I don’t want

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 you don’t want to bear

was

it you who said I didn’t

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had read through Keera’s

diary, Keera recorded the happy

Howard.

college, had

they got 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 you would earn money to support the

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

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

words

“Enough!”

want to listen

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from talking about them, and he coldly laughed. “Keera, what’s the point of saying all this? I have a

looked incredulously at

had that night with Lewis come about, wasn’t Howard aware of it? How

followed up. “That’s right, Keera, you also didn’t behave like a wife should. What right do you have to accuse Howard here? Just sign the paper, otherwise, don’t blame us for

with rage upon

up Keera, he heard the woman with a trembling voice start

Ellis immediately halted.

like this, it

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

about it and simply stood still, not

an inch.

Inside the room.

agreement

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a sigh

Howard’s mother said, “Now that you’ve signed, son, go

say something, but Keira said,

agreement. Could you agree to

for me?”

asked with suspicion,

it?”

“How much child support

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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

has Howard given you over the years? How much has he earned for this family? How can you still want his money after the divorce? You wish! Howard’s future income

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

with another employer and was preparing to start working

his own network. It was easy for him to find a job in the new energy sector with a

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thousands.

and Howard wouldn’t have so easily

something Cindy wouldn’t tell

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 in debt, and I definitely won’t have the money to raise Amy

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 live on your

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

off with Amy, letting

Howard’s mother shouted

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

was listening outside, felt

on earth was Keera

bit of child support? Couldn’t she be a

breaths to suppress the anger welling

felt that someone as defeatist as Keer

be such

Inside.

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

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whose child Amy really is! Howard, think of a

these words came out, Cindy immediately said, “Why not sign a waiver

hearing this, Keira

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

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

her head and waved her hands, “No,

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

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two waivers, indicating that he had no relation with

mother stepped forward and grabbed her hand. “When we tell you to sign, you sign. Don’t even think about clinging to Howard. Once you’re divorced, you and that

seemed intimidated. She

stood up. He exchange

“Are we

this woman from demanding any more living

bit reluctant. “Once we

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will we

smile, “Auntie, move to my place first. I have

care of you in the future. You’re pregnant and shouldn’t

up her suitcase and followed

they reached the door, they encountered

When,

looked at

to Keira, who had

them.

weeping with her shoulders

how you treat your lawful

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

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