My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Chapter 281-290

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

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

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

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

Her eyes reddened with anger.

Was Keera thinking of her as a fool?

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

But why did Keera have to deceive her with such

tricks?

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

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

me.”

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

Amy had already fallen asleep.

After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.

She asked, “What did you just send?”

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

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She shook her head and set the mobile phone aside.

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

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

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

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

The next morning.

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

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

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

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Upon seeing Keira, she immediately curved her lips

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

Keira replied with a thumbs-up and a smile.

The two entered the building together and approached

Howard’s office.

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

Keira’s eyes narrowed slightly.

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

Cindy’s skirt was hiked up to her waist.

Howard’s pants were also down to his knees…

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

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

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

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

and me…”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She wasn’t blind!

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

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

She was suddenly at a loss for words.

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

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

matters into her own hands..

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

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

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

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

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Keira silently watched them, feeling beyond words.

What had she done?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

discern.

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

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

Mary snorted but didn’t speak.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Of course…”

Howard touched her waist, his eyes gradually

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

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

“He won’t.”

Keira replied.

Meanwhile.

At the Olsen residence.

Ellis held the DNA test results and hurried into Uncle

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

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

handing over the corporate affairs to the young man

in advance.

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

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

Upon hearing what Ellis had said, he frowned and

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

Ellis placed the report on Sam’s desk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hearing that, Sam immediately looked toward Ellis.

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

that?”

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

“Pfft…”

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

here.”

Sam looked at him and remained silent, but his eyes

were filled with pity.

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

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

“It’s impossible.”

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

Could Keera really be his dad’s illegitimate daughter?

Thinking of his father’s henpecked demeanor, he still

found it unbelievable.

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

his hand.

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

Ellic entered his father’s room again took hig

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toothbrush, and handed everything to his assistant to

send to the testing center.

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

Lewis Horton in Clance.”

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

But the secretary was puzzled.

Could that be the case?

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

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

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

The secretary paused here.

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Ellis then said, “What about her?”

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

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

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

her?”

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

rumors…”

Ellis raised his eyebrow. “And then?”

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

Mary.”

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

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this look like it?”

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

Ellis asked, “What?”

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

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

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

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

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

intelligence!”

The secretary coughed. “It looks like Uncle Olsen

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intends to acknowledge her and then bring her back

into the family…”

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

“Yes.”

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

Meanwhile.

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

In the South family’s small villa.

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

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

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

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Maybe today I’ll show you.”

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

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

eat?”

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

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

him!

…Their shamelessness was beyond her imagination!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vairo still kant her hood down seemingly fragile and

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

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

child?”

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

Cindy snapped. “You…”

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

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

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

In an instant, Cindy understood. Keera was declaring

war!

Ha.

Did she really think she could win?

It was just because she had snagged a deal with Mary

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

Cindy left reluctantly with Howard.

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

“…Okay.”

Keira looked utterly docile.

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

Howard’s mother.

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

diligent.

Sometimes she would even deliberately seek to please

Howard’s mother.

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

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

Keira just smirked.

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

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

mother-in-law like this?

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

would be once she divorced and Howard’s mother

lived with Cindy.

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

A month passed by quickly.

In two days, the contract would expire.

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

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

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tomorrow comes, we’ll sue him!”

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

Keira nodded. “I’m sure.”

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

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

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

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

check him out.”

Keira was perplexed.

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

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

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wants

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

candidates!”

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

wanted to, whereas I…”

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

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

Keira saw a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

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

definitely be impressed with you!”

People from every social class have their own troubles.

Wealthy families were no exception.

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

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

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

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

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

Keira asked, Who’s your blind date?”

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

Keira was dumbfounded.

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

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Keira watched as Ellis walked in and sat down at Table

8 not far away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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connection!”

This stubborn facade…

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

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

Keira shook her head in resignation at this.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mary was stunned. “You know me?”

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

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

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

“No.” Ellis blinked.

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

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

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Ellis had always despised foolish, unprincipled people.

Mary’s actions had struck a nerve with him.

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

Keera’s best friend.

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

Correct.

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

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

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

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

With that, he left straight away.

Mary still sat there, utterly baffled.

Indeed, she had a good impression of Ellis.

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

bullied.

was

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

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

Her crush was well concealed…

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

But what did he just say?

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

empty-headed beauty, a vase with nothing but her

looks.”

Tears welled up in Mary’s eyes.

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

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

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

She was humiliated by her family and now mocked by

Ellis as well.

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

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

standing up as if nothing had happened.

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

“It’s nothing.”

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

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

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

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“…Okay.”

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

tomorrow, the lawsuit will definitely reach the

company.”

“Okay.”

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

“I know.”

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

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

Mary looked at the road ahead. “Yes.”

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

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Since she was in charge of the new energy research

and development, it was possible to offer her a

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

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

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

million?!

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

Meanwhile.

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

Ellis had always remembered her.

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

he very much liked

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

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

intelligence. What a pity.”

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

Ellis now felt a headache whenever he heard those two

words.

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

The secretary didn’t dare to speak.

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

The Olsen family always covered for their own!

They could criticize their own cousin, but nobody else

could!

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

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

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Mary quickly returned to the Davis home.

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

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

so were her other uncles and aunts.

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

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

Mary’s fingers tightened instantly, and she looked

down.

She swallowed before saying, “No…”

“No?!”

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

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

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

Her private affairs were to be laid out and scrutinized

in detail?

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

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

any further…”

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

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

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

indistinguishable from the most distant relatives!”

Mary’s grandfather was the gooand can of the

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

live on his own.

While Mary’s grandfather was still alive, the first

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

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

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

Seeing this scene, Mary clenched her fists.

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Her father indeed didn’t have the same mother as

these people.

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

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

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

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

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

was dutifully

from

of this and felt a

like this, her mother couldn’t help but look at her with dismay. “Mary, what exactly happened

her fingers before finally speaking up. “Mr. Ellis was dissatisfied with me.

came out, one of her uncles became extremely disappointed.

“No, he

her this opportunity. See? it was wasted! If I had known earlier, I might

uncle’s wife

plenty of daughters in our family waiting to be married. Indeed, the first branch

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How would he possibly take a fancy to someone who is nothing but a pretty face with

could no longer hold back. “Sister-in-law, how can you speak so harshly? Mary studied new energy in college, and now she’s been valued by the first branch and is in

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

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

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blinded by

said, “You can insult me,

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

her in

“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,

reasons anymore!

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

clenched her fists

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

been a thorn

families.

failure, but according to the contract, if compensation could be obtained, it

uncle was clearly looking for an excuse to fire her

facing the leviathan

the very least, she could help Keera divorce and

after preparing dinner for Howard’s mother and Amy,

a research and development

shifted 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

her

to Mary yet.

reached the

lawsuit was delivered to Howard early

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

one too.”

I’ll go back

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

is under her

how to

these words immediately provoked him, and Howard retorted. “Hers? That’s mine! I’m the head of the household! Haven’t you seen that I call the shots with everything at the company? Tonight, you’re coming home with me,

quickly said, “Wouldn’t your wife be unhappy and

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

his chin

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

“What?!”

exclamation, looking incredulously

a wave of

part.

could they

at his secretary, “But on

wasn’t submitted on time,

our core staff member in the R&D department was poached last month. He came

refuged and you quan told

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he hadn’t expected things to turn

“Don’t panic. I’m calling Mary right

out his phone and dialed Mary’s

adding, “Do

can

another month’s extension. We’ve just hired new tech staff,

that would

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

actually bellowed at him. “Howard! You

at the company? My great-uncle was already displeased with my joining the corporation over my cousin, and now he’s using this as leverage to fire

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risk, I don’t have the capacity to help you any longer! You’re on

statement, Mary hung

Howard was stunned.

“Hurry to Davis Corporation and find out if Mary really

“Yes.”

we really have to pay twenty million? Even if we sold the company, it wouldn’t

worth that much!”

stood up to leave. “I’m going

her eyes flickered. She immediately followed

to the

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

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as the door

the kitchen.

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

she was trying to please him, Howard immediately ordered, “Call Mary right now and

pretended to be uninformed.

make the call!

Howard was furious.

her

the message on the other end wa “Hello,

stunned for a moment, then looked

Howard.

hastily said, “Use WhatsApp voice

and made a voice call to Mary, but Mary immediately

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sorry, but

send another message, she found she had

stared blankly at

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

let herself get

down, hugged her knees, and began to cry, “Why would Mary do this? Why

she block me?!”

and 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

it would only fetch half its value, which won’t add up to twenty million! Will I end up in jail? Think

and wife, for better or

worse…”

made Howard

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

get a divorce and push all the responsibility onto Keira,

eyes instantly lit

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at Keera with a flicker of something in his eyes

said that, he turned around and

something and blurted out, “Divorce her, then you won’t have any

with Howard’s child and, of course, hoped that Howard

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

waste?!”

been married to Keera for three years

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

do?”

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be a way; there’s

Oceanion, she had a pretty good relationship with Uncle Olsen. Let’s find Uncle Olsen to intervene. Just one word from him to Davis Corporation, and they’ll surely stop pursuing the lawsuit. As long as they withdraw the legal action, there’s still a chance for everything to

phone lit up, displaying a WhatsApp notification that Mary

friend.

came a message from

five minutes, consider it

things on your

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

asked, “So what

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

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

continuously showed that she was

ten minutes of typing,

wrong? Is there something inconvenient

just feel like you’re not quite the same as

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

as she read

a while, and

the

at the message, she wanted to tell Mary

a 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

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

Keera.”

actually a

strange things, so Mary

mind it.

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

her phone. “Unele, don’t worry. I’ll definitely

after the divorce or to

job she had to

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eyes flickered with a hint of mockery as he heard

“I understand,

sooner had these words fallen than there was a knock

man.

appeared to be in his forties, and his appearance was

turned to Mary with a beaming smile. “Mr. Davis,

is currently interning at Day Corporation. Today she’s accompanying

nodded.

pleasure to meet you…”

extended his

took his hand, she

clammy and quite disgusting.

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

sought help from her uncle with

eyes.

“Mr. Lynch, please take a seat!

sit down

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

smiles, avoided bringing up the contract and

a laugh, “Mary, Mr. Lynch has

by the

walked over to Mr. Lynch,

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often speaks of you, saying

to offer you a

that statement, she distinguished

caused a sudden change

glared at Mary, then

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

of relief and downed

she looked at Uncle Davis. “Uncle, I

have some work

yourselves. I need to

picked up her bag and started

was off with Uncle Davis; how could

took a few steps, she suddenly felt dizzy, and her body went

realized what had happened and looked desperately at her glass, then

Davis!!

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

beyond what she could

open, hoping to cry

expected that when she opened the door, the person walking by her

he turned around

and saw Mary.

met, the plea for help choked

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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once said about her during a matchmaking encounter. “…indeed, just an empty-headed beauty with

he think even less of her if he found out she was

niece, you’ve had too much drink!

some tea…”

grabbed Mary’s arm, pulling her

to shut the door, a hand suddenly

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that slender hand and

taken aback.”

saw the door being

to

in the room paused

moment.

to Mr. Ellis. He stood there, 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.

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

his

thought that Mary hadn’t caught Mr. Ellis’s eye, which was why he brought her here to accompany the fat Lynch,

Mr. Ellis interested in

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

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

Lynch was also bewildered at

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

the second branch, as a sort of statement

branch.

to offend

families!

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

toward

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immediately said,

the contract out of his

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

statement, Mr. Lynch promptly

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

friends. You’re mistaken. Since the contract is signed, I’ll

reaching the doorway,

understood something. “My dear niece, rest assured,

retract the lawsuit…”

had flaunted borrowed

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

lawsuit.”

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

You…”

make up an excuse on the spot. “Yes, she’s my best friend, but she chose to block me over a man. Do you think I am trying to get close to her now for what reason? Of course, it’s for revenge. I want

matter.”

Mary so vehem he could only nod. “Oh, okay, don’t

involved in this matter.”

then did Mary pull the

deep breath, still feeling somewhat dizzy and light-headed, but she

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she

she turned to leave, she

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

also noticing her

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

he never expected that Mary would

was just for signing a contract,

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

an advantage, used

simply… enough to freeze Ellis’s

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Mary was both stupid and

friend and bestie?!

always been a man of loyalty, despising those who play dirty and backstab

his smile edged with scorn,

embrace.

with his chest, making her

effect, and she forced herself to shake her

her ear. “For what

sprayed

down her spine, magnifying

reactions.

Ellis, her eyes

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her hands

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

but what was this woman doing? She started

only to hear Mary murmur, “Ellis, I like

taken aback, then scoffed. “How

him, extending a

her vision was

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

no longer hear what he was saying and pressed

to undo her shirt, revealing

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collarbone.

hurried for

an interest in Mary, and

him…

no lady, so why not play

Mary, and carried her into the adjacent

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

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was so hot, and the way she

Ellis furrowed his brows.

“Mary, do you

“You are Ellis!”

murmured, continuing to snuggle up

Ellis resist

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

Mary was startled.

still paused for a moment, feeling

at Ellis, and after a while, she

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this, Ellis felt an

in his chest.

others away, and then he fiercely turned his gaze

appointment with today was stopped by his

a tryst emanated from the private room, letting the visitor immediately

time.”

visitor leave, the assistant returned his attention

were becoming

could only wave his hand, signaling

a man and wasn’t immune

perfectly normal man! Mr. Ellis should definitely give him

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much time had passed

her

been crushed

of where

“Click.”

The light turned on.

then did she notice it was

a suit sat before

realized she was

clothes scattered all over the

exclaimed in shock, immediately cov her chest, and turning her gaze fiercely toward

“You…”

that day, her

she who

of shyness flooded her

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a touch of joy emerged in her

bank card, extending it toward her. “Your

aback,

Fee for service…

he take her

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

bother.”

room fell silent for a

Ellis appraising her closely, his gaze

gaze, then said, “I’m not that kind of person.

money.”

“Is that so?”

card, “Then you

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last night and how well we fit together, why

them.”

looked at

had been following Ellis for many

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

the dream lover of

he actually be

this?

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

pointed to the corner.

sure enough,

pieces on one by one, and found

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he has always

rescuing her from those people, he had also carefully given her a

to use them even

still kept them.

a

finished dressing and turned to look

was still staring at her. “Tell me, what

want?”

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

saying that, she bent down to pick up her bag, stuffed her own phone into it, then straightened her back and looked at Ellis. “Mr. Ellis, I was presumptuous last night, and if anything, I was the one who took advantage

stack of cash from her bag and placed it on

services.”

Ellis’s pupils

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gaze piercing Mary.

turned around and walked briskly

the door and ran out, only then did she cover her wildly beating heart, feeling

breath and then turned to

had left, the

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

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

sneered. “How

so high?”

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“It’s said to be

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

“deliberate retaliation,”

turned out that what Mary had said

was really out for

was truly too

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

slammed his teacup onto the ground in

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 his

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stood

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

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

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

frowned. “What does he want with

and see.”

on such

now thinking of Keera as his cousin. he took

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290 Uncle Olsen’s Daughter

in front

Ellis, I went to the Olsen family to find Uncle Olsen

looked down at him. “What

me?”

he even had my wife, Keera, help visit Mrs. Olsen, so my wife and I have a

deliver a message

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

eyes narrowed. “What

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

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behalf, and ask the Davis family to give us some more time? Just give us one more month, no, half a month and I’ll

lowered his gaze, sneering/”Alright, I’ll

your message.”

said that, Ellis got into

and Cindy didn’t dare to stop him anymore, and

Cindy asked, “Will this

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

talked and left

they were gone, Mary stepped

corner.

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

really conveyed the message

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that ruin

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

had already

in a chair,

filled entirely with Mary’s

about her words, “not the first

was his first

that was the case, wasn’t he

his tie, feeling

then, his phone suddenly

it and saw that

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.

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

Ellis

began, “What’s

through, “Did you just say that as long

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

front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

marry her, to take responsibility for her, or take

the Davis Family or at

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Corporation. However, to his

help Howard

furrowed

cold laugh. “The favor

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

said those words,

He was very angry.

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

is not Uncle Olsen’s daughter, is this the way to treat an ordinary friend?!” Ellis rebuked, then scoffed. “If she really can’t stand someone like Keera, then she should keep her distance.

behavior, I’m afraid Mary would

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to stay in

assistant was silent for a moment before saying, “Mr.

the truth about the

made Ellis

test had been

confident, and he actually believed Keera was Ellis’s dad’s illegitimate daughter, which caused him

for those two days.

got a

thought that the results would show, that

was stunned at the

had planned to tell Uncle Olsen immediately, but after hearing the assistant’s report on Keera’s

hesitated.

always

years, not a single

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had once been asked, “Why not find someone, just to have some

aren’t to be compromised with. Better have nothing than

being played around by a man from a small place, Uncle

and majestic life would be ruined

Ellis hadn’t gone to see Uncle Olsen for a long time and hadn’t reported the

of Mrs. Olsen, so the two of them hadn’t seen each

since that day.

about this for now. I’m afraid Uncle Olsen might

“Then, this

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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like not intervening, thinking it would be quite good just to let Howard abandon Keera.

also felt that this was his cousin’s own

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

they only asked, “What

to help her pressure Howard, to make him. afraid

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

colder. “Miss Davis, are you doing this

hurriedly said, “No, I want her

does she want it

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person are actually

by his words.

she doesn’t want to?!”

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he heard this. “You mean,

topic had come to this point, Mary really feared that

“Yes, it’s a plan that

out.”

straight to the point. “We want to

and give both the company and the custody of the daughter

continued. “So,

Davis, do you think I would believe such a

since college and almost fell out with her adoptive parents for Howard. Later, she even fell

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best friend Mary over

tolerant at home for the sake of competing with that mistress, serving Howard’s mother well, to the point where Howard’s mother didn’t want

a person, whose heart was

divorce?

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

set by Keera herself, what was

make

also understood that her words were hard

even she, who knew her friend best, had doubted until now whether Keera had truly let go

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Howard.

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

was

bother explaining further and only said, “Mr. Ellis, you just promised me that as long as my request isn’t excessive, you would

eyes instantly became

Mary determined to

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

“Indeed.”

lifting his head, his eyes filled with a

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have to return

Mary was startled.

pursed her lips, knowing what Ellis was

he misunderstood that Ellis was interested

days might

of Keera’s desire for a divorce, for the company and the

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

Mary still hadn’t realized the consequences

breathed a sigh of relief, then started

and headed home.

way, she even sent a WhatsApp message to Keera. “Keera, I did something big

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passionate encounter with Ellis, a hint of shyness appeared on her

Soon, she arrived home.

and quickly entered

as she stepped in, her pace came to an abrupt

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

faltered in

body freezing. She took a step forward and

“Mary…”

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

this, Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed

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Mary didn’t kneel.

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

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

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

in pain as she was forced

look up.

tight, and she remained

her, Mary’s father crawled over on his knees, hugging his eldest brother’s

father away, “A waste of a father raising a waste of a daughter! Do you still

I spare her, how could

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his hand and viciously struck

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

the anticipated pain

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

released Mary, and she breathed a huge

relief.

in the

“Slap!”

firm slap landed

for not raising your daughter

knew what his big brother intended to

spare Mary please.

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the Davis

“Dad!”

and tried to rush over, but

from their grip, wanting to

were professional, robust, and

keep going, it could be

piercing voice, tears and snot streaming down

was only then that her eldest uncle

his wrist and turned to look at Mary. “If you want me to stop hitting him, fine, but from now

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her fists

knew what kind of demand her

make next…

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

before her…

none of this was

would have already been taken advantage of by

company to gain the favor of the first branch, and with her father

anticipated a situation like

heart, she still harbored

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toward Ellis.

blamed herself in secret

useless she was!

was unable to protect her parents and unable to save her

the end, she could only obediently become a social butterfly for her

sat on the ground, feeling an overwhelming sense of helplessness wash

father was trying to get up from the ground. “Mary,

mother looked at him

listen to

Π

in the evening, and you’ll come with

behind, he left with his

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of this soon reached Ellis’s

the Olsen residence’s study, listening to

Mary’s life to be this

asked cautiously, “Mr. Ellis, since she’s technically

“No.”

sneered. “She dares to scheme against Keera, so

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

I promised her, I won’t

twenty million, I’ll

kind of man her husband is.

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she really

means there’s hope. In that case, we’ll acknowledge her again as a cousin and let Uncle

he instructed 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 about

fell silent for a moment and

“Leave her be.”

that night, Ellis dreamt

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

beneath

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

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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his forehead, feeling utterly

he tossed and turned, he couldn’t

the office to handle affairs. After finishing the meetings in the afternoon, as soon as he stepped out of the conference room, his assistant hurried over. “Mr. Ellis, after Howard knew we wouldn’t help, he proposed divorce to Miss Keera! We just received the news;

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

be bullied at will?!”

thought was in di straits, was struggling to suppress a smile

agreement gave her the company and

with Brother Howard, now he’s giving you the house and the company, and even the

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sign quickly and

speaking and looked toward

stared at the two copies of the divorce agreement, lost in thought, with

Three years!

years since he married Keera, and all he had

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

savings…

was to say, he only got a little over a hundred thousand in three

really couldn’t bear to let it

house and company were

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clean break in the divorce, he had no choice but

her!

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 we can’t sell

Howard panicked a little.

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

people over with the

pushed Keira away and was

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

mother

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

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your own problems! Why are you

failed to pique his interest at all! If Mr.

could be saved, and you and Howard

wanted

was about to sign the second, but he hesitated again as if he was having

and curses had

swallowed.

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

own…”

longer hesitated and swiftly signed on

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

two contracts to her. “Keera, stop struggling, just sign

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don’t blame anyone else. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself for not having enough support

took the contract with trembling

of the three people, she

only heaven knew how hard Keira was

just then, outside the South family villa, a black

South family villa with

assistant!

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

T

immediately furrowed his brows but stopped in his tracks, not entering the room right

tone, as she said with her head down, “Howard, I

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

was

who said I didn’t need

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had read through

recorded the happy

Howard.

had also

got married, after graduating from university, Howard was

head down, “You said that going to work was too hard and that you would manage

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

child I gave birth to was

these words on behalf

“Enough!”

didn’t want to

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

suddenly looked

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

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 not being

was red-hot with rage

he heard the woman with a trembling

Ellis immediately halted.

if Keera would just divorce like this,

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a divorce agreement. Having signed it, given the Olsen family’s assertiveness,

about it and simply stood

an inch.

Inside the room.

placing the divorce agreement

Cindy was pleased.

a

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

nodded, then looked regretfully around the villa, wanting to say something, but Keira said, “Howard, I’ve agreed to all the conditions in

agreement. Could you agree to

for me?”

asked with suspicion, “What

it?”

“How much child support

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give Amy every month?”

are you talking about? The company is in debt, and I’ve

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

Howard has already made it clear that he doesn’t have a proper job yet, and his

Howard had already been in touch with another employer and

a business for three years, he had built up his own network. It was easy for him to find a

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thousands.

have so

was something

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

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

hands and feet. Why can’t

want to go out and find a jo After all, working is so exhausting, and if she could get living expenses for Amy, she could just find a

off with Amy, letting

dreaming!” Howard’s

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relevant departments that will hold you accountable! I’m not making an unreasonable request, Howard. You can’t be so heartless toward Amy… As long as you are her

was listening outside, felt a

earth was

still cared about that bit of child

several deep breaths to suppress the anger welling up

someone as

could there be

Inside.

down in anger. “You’re already divorced, so

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the way you mess around, it’s still uncertain whose child 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

out, Cindy immediately said, “Why not sign a waiver of

hearing this, Keira

in vain that she had put on such an act

completely sever Amy’s relationship with Howard and his family, so that in the future, Howard would have

her head and waved her

Howard decisively pulled out a piece of paper. “You

294 She’s Keira

indicating that he had no relation with

a chance to act, Howard’s mother stepped forward and grabbed her hand. “When we tell you to sign, you sign. Don’t even think

seemed intimidated. She signed

the divorce agreement and the waiver, then excitedly stood up. He exchange a look with

“Are we leaving in

woman from demanding any

bit reluctant. “Once we

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will we

a smile, “Auntie, move to my place

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

immediately picked up her

the door, they encountered

“Mr. Ellis? When, when

coldly looked

shifted to Keira, who had her

them.

weeping with her shoulders trembling slightly, fueling his

“Howard, is this how you treat your lawful

then swallowed hard. “Mr. Ellis,

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