My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Chapter 281-290

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

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

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

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

Her eyes reddened with anger.

Was Keera thinking of her as a fool?

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

But why did Keera have to deceive her with such

tricks?

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

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

me.”

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

Amy had already fallen asleep.

After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.

She asked, “What did you just send?”

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

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She shook her head and set the mobile phone aside.

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

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

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

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

The next morning.

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

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

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

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Upon seeing Keira, she immediately curved her lips

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

Keira replied with a thumbs-up and a smile.

The two entered the building together and approached

Howard’s office.

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

Keira’s eyes narrowed slightly.

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

Cindy’s skirt was hiked up to her waist.

Howard’s pants were also down to his knees…

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

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

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

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

and me…”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She wasn’t blind!

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

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

She was suddenly at a loss for words.

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

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

matters into her own hands..

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

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

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

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

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Keira silently watched them, feeling beyond words.

What had she done?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

discern.

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

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

Mary snorted but didn’t speak.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Of course…”

Howard touched her waist, his eyes gradually

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

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

“He won’t.”

Keira replied.

Meanwhile.

At the Olsen residence.

Ellis held the DNA test results and hurried into Uncle

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

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

handing over the corporate affairs to the young man

in advance.

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

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

Upon hearing what Ellis had said, he frowned and

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

Ellis placed the report on Sam’s desk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hearing that, Sam immediately looked toward Ellis.

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

that?”

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

“Pfft…”

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

here.”

Sam looked at him and remained silent, but his eyes

were filled with pity.

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

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

“It’s impossible.”

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

Could Keera really be his dad’s illegitimate daughter?

Thinking of his father’s henpecked demeanor, he still

found it unbelievable.

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

his hand.

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

Ellic entered his father’s room again took hig

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toothbrush, and handed everything to his assistant to

send to the testing center.

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

Lewis Horton in Clance.”

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

But the secretary was puzzled.

Could that be the case?

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

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

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

The secretary paused here.

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Ellis then said, “What about her?”

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

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

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

her?”

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

rumors…”

Ellis raised his eyebrow. “And then?”

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

Mary.”

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

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this look like it?”

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

Ellis asked, “What?”

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

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

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

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

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

intelligence!”

The secretary coughed. “It looks like Uncle Olsen

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intends to acknowledge her and then bring her back

into the family…”

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

“Yes.”

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

Meanwhile.

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

In the South family’s small villa.

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

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

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

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Maybe today I’ll show you.”

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

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

eat?”

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

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

him!

…Their shamelessness was beyond her imagination!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vairo still kant her hood down seemingly fragile and

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

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

child?”

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

Cindy snapped. “You…”

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

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

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

In an instant, Cindy understood. Keera was declaring

war!

Ha.

Did she really think she could win?

It was just because she had snagged a deal with Mary

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

Cindy left reluctantly with Howard.

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

“…Okay.”

Keira looked utterly docile.

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

Howard’s mother.

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

diligent.

Sometimes she would even deliberately seek to please

Howard’s mother.

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

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

Keira just smirked.

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

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

mother-in-law like this?

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

would be once she divorced and Howard’s mother

lived with Cindy.

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

A month passed by quickly.

In two days, the contract would expire.

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

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

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tomorrow comes, we’ll sue him!”

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

Keira nodded. “I’m sure.”

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

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

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

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

check him out.”

Keira was perplexed.

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

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

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wants

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

candidates!”

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

wanted to, whereas I…”

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

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

Keira saw a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

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

definitely be impressed with you!”

People from every social class have their own troubles.

Wealthy families were no exception.

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

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

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

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

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

Keira asked, Who’s your blind date?”

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

Keira was dumbfounded.

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

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Keira watched as Ellis walked in and sat down at Table

8 not far away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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connection!”

This stubborn facade…

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

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

Keira shook her head in resignation at this.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mary was stunned. “You know me?”

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

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

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

“No.” Ellis blinked.

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

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

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Ellis had always despised foolish, unprincipled people.

Mary’s actions had struck a nerve with him.

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

Keera’s best friend.

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

Correct.

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

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

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

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

With that, he left straight away.

Mary still sat there, utterly baffled.

Indeed, she had a good impression of Ellis.

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

bullied.

was

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

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

Her crush was well concealed…

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

But what did he just say?

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

empty-headed beauty, a vase with nothing but her

looks.”

Tears welled up in Mary’s eyes.

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

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

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

She was humiliated by her family and now mocked by

Ellis as well.

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

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

standing up as if nothing had happened.

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

“It’s nothing.”

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

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

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

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“…Okay.”

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

tomorrow, the lawsuit will definitely reach the

company.”

“Okay.”

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

“I know.”

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

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

Mary looked at the road ahead. “Yes.”

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

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Since she was in charge of the new energy research

and development, it was possible to offer her a

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

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

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

million?!

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

Meanwhile.

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

Ellis had always remembered her.

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

he very much liked

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

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

intelligence. What a pity.”

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

Ellis now felt a headache whenever he heard those two

words.

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

The secretary didn’t dare to speak.

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

The Olsen family always covered for their own!

They could criticize their own cousin, but nobody else

could!

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

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

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Mary quickly returned to the Davis home.

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

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

so were her other uncles and aunts.

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

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

Mary’s fingers tightened instantly, and she looked

down.

She swallowed before saying, “No…”

“No?!”

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

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

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

Her private affairs were to be laid out and scrutinized

in detail?

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

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

any further…”

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

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

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

indistinguishable from the most distant relatives!”

Mary’s grandfather was the gooand can of the

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

live on his own.

While Mary’s grandfather was still alive, the first

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

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

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

Seeing this scene, Mary clenched her fists.

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Her father indeed didn’t have the same mother as

these people.

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

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

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

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

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

father was dutifully filial,

from the family, always hoping

thought of this and felt a sense

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

speaking up. “Mr. Ellis was dissatisfied with me. I had barely sat down and hadn’t even spoken

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

“No,

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

wife also sneered.

a member of the Davis family, but we have plenty of daughters in our

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Ellis? How would he possibly take a fancy to someone who is nothing but a pretty face with no understanding of

branch and is in charge of the new energy research and development projects at the Davis Corporation… In her generation, she’s the first one to hold such a position! Mary is a capable and good

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

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

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be blinded

can insult me, but don’t drag my friend into

a questionable outsider! I’ve heard her husband cheated on her, and she just tolerates it. With her

her in

you a chance. If Mr. Ellis had taken a liking to you, I would have turned a blind eye to your actions, but unfortunately, you failed to grasp the opportunity, and I won’t bend the rules for

reasons anymore!

definitely have the legal department sue them for compensation according to the contract, and at the same time, you’ll be held responsible for the investment failure! When the time comes, don’t blame me for not considering

clenched her fists

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pass the interview for Davis Corporation and to work

been a

families.

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

uncle was clearly looking for an excuse to fire her

the leviathan that was Davis

At the very least, she could help Keera divorce and escape from

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

a research and development

planned to use this latest research and development

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with Davis Corporation.

Mary be put in a difficult

her that she

to Mary yet.

reached the third

was delivered to Howard early in

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coquettishly complaining to Howard about her grievances. “I just want to

one too.”

back and discuss it

go back and discuss it with her.

villa is under

knew exactly how to infuriate

“Hers? That’s mine! I’m the head of the household! Haven’t you seen that I call the shots with everything at

be unhappy and kick us out?

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

lifted his

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

“What?!”

let out a shocked exclamation, looking incredulously at the

wave

their part. Mary is so good to

they

his secretary, “But on the

wasn’t submitted on time, was

R&D department was poached last month. He came to you asking

you refuged and you quan told him to not

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things to

said, “Don’t panic. I’m calling

took out his phone and

quickly, and Howard immediately explained the situation before adding, “Do you think there’s some misunderstanding here? Or

can

We’ve just hired new tech staff, and we’ll

thought that would

joint 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 be

him. “Howard! You have the

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

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don’t have the capacity to

statement, Mary hung

Howard was stunned.

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

“Yes.”

asked, “Howard, what do we do now? Do we really have to pay

worth that much!”

suddenly stood up to leave. “I’m going back

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

two quickly returned to

still playing the role of the dutiful wife and mother, busy preparing lunch in the

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soon as the door was opened, Howard

the kitchen.

showed just the right amount of surprise and joy.

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

be

make the call! No

Howard was furious.

immediately lowered her head.

message on the other end wa “Hello, the phone you have

for a moment, then

Howard.

“Use WhatsApp voice

a voice call to Mary, but Mary immediately hung up and soon

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

send another message, she found she had

stared blankly at

hand raised

didn’t let herself get

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

she block me?!”

about to kick 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 twenty million. The property prices in Clance are unstable,

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

and wife, for better or

worse…”

made Howard

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a divorce and push all the responsibility onto

eyes instantly lit

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

turned around

on to something and blurted out, “Divorce her, then

and, of course,

get divorced, I might end up with nothing. Wouldn’t all my efforts in the

waste?!”

had been married to

want him to walk away empty-handed either and

do?”

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be a way; there’s definitely

and his eyes lit up. “When we were in 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

up, displaying

friend.

after came a message from

it payback for the

on your end? Is he going to divorce

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

“So

at the end of his rope. As long as Davis Corporation

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

chat status continuously showed that

ten minutes of typing, still no message

to resist, asked, “What’s wrong? Is there

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

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

as she read the

had been acting as her sister for a while, and her interactions with

for the

this moment, looking at the message, she wanted to tell Mary that

after a long silence, she ultimately didn’t voice

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thought.

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

long time, and finally replied

Keera.”

actually a

said strange things, so

mind it.

was 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, I’ll secure the position of R&D project tear leader for you. Could you please focus a little and

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

in the company to find a way to retract the lawsuit after the divorce or to help Keera pay that

job she had to

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with a hint of mockery as he heard her. “Hmm, Mr. Lynch is not very tactful. Don’t provoke him

“I

words fallen than there was a knock

man.

forties, and his

a beaming smile. “Mr.

“This is my fourth brother’s daughter, who is currently interning at

Lynch immediately nodded. “Oh?

pleasure to meet you…”

extended his

Mary took his hand, she only

clammy and quite disgusting.

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

from her uncle with

eyes.

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

then did Mr. Lynch sit down with a

This was Uncle Davis’s project. If he could seal the deal, it

bringing up the contract and kept glancing

Mr. Lynch has taken a liking to you. Why

felt repulsed by the look

to Mr. Lynch, and said with a smile,

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you, saying you’re

to offer

statement, she

change

at

change, and then he

of relief and downed the content of her glass all

she looked at Uncle Davis. “Uncle, I

still have some work to do.

I

that, she quickly picked up her bag and started walking

fool could see that something was off

she took a few steps, she suddenly felt

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

Davis!!

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

what she could

flung it open, hoping to

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

commotion, he turned around in

and saw Mary.

their eyes met, the plea

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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words Ellis had once said about her during a matchmaking encounter. “…indeed, just an empty-headed beauty with nothing

he think even less of her if he found

you’ve had too much drink! Come

some tea…”

grabbed Mary’s arm, pulling her back

about to shut

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looked at that slender hand and was

taken aback.”

saw the door being pushed

head to look, only to see a man

everyone in the room

moment.

settling on Mary. “Mr. Ellis

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

his gaze toward

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

Ellis interested

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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 flaunt borrowed

need for Mr. Ellis to worry. I was

was also bewildered at this

took control of the company, they had

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

branch.

afford to offend any of

families!

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

looked toward her

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immediately said, “Yes,

directly took the contract out of

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

statement, Mr. Lynch

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

You’re mistaken. Since the contract

doorway, she

“My dear niece, rest assured, that contract issue

retract the lawsuit…”

flaunted borrowed

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influence for this very reason, fearing it would hinder Keera’s big plans, so hearing

lawsuit.”

the lawsuit? Aren’t you

You…”

my best friend, but she chose to block me over a man. Do you think I am trying to get close to her

matter.”

seeing Mary so vehem he could

involved in this matter.”

the door open

closed again, she took a deep breath, still feeling somewhat dizzy and light-headed, but she forced herself to maintain

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at least she couldn’t collapse

leave, she suddenly froze in

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

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

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

would actually take advantage

it was just for signing a contract, that would be end of

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

gaining an advantage, used it on his

simply… enough to freeze Ellis’s favorable impression

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but now it seemed that Mary

friend and bestie?!

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

with scorn, and suddenly he grabbed Mary,

embrace.

with his chest, making her even

slowly started to take effect, and she forced herself

leaned d whispering into her ear. “For what

sprayed

down

reactions.

leaned against Ellis, her eyes gradually

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hands suddenly wrapped around

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

wanted to scare her, but what was this

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

scoffed. “How many people

at him, extending

vision was

tried to extend one finger, several appeared before

“So many…”

didn’t expect someone who appears

what he was saying and pressed closer

undo her

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collarbone.

breathing became hurried for a

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

him…

lady, so

down, picked up Mary, and

laid Mary down on the sofa and then bent over her. As soon as he touched her burning skin, Ellis finally

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was so hot, and the way

Ellis furrowed his brows.

“Mary, do you know who I

“You are Ellis!”

murmured, continuing to snuggle up to

Ellis resist such

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

Mary was startled.

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

and after a while, she

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this, Ellis felt an inexplicable

in his chest.

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

had an appointment with today was stopped

a tryst emanated from the private room, letting the visitor immediately catch on. “Since Mr. Ellis isn’t unavailable today, let’s reschedule

time.”

the visitor leave, the assistant returned his attention to

were

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

wasn’t a man

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

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had no idea how much time had passed

moved her sore

felt as if it had been crushed by a

where

“Click.”

The light turned on.

did she notice it was dark outside,

in a suit sat

that Mary realized she was lying on

her clothes scattered all over

her chest,

“You…”

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

she

shyness flooded her

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surprise, a touch of joy emerged in her

and immediately produced a bank

aback,

Fee for service…

did he take her

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

bother.”

the room fell

see Ellis appraising her closely, his gaze filled

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

card, “Then

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how well we fit together, why don’t you speak up?

them.”

at

been following Ellis for many

He was never fickle or messy, and his

dream lover

actually be

this?

and asked with her head

to the corner. “It’s already

his gaze and, sure enough,

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

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he has always been so

people, he had also carefully given her

heart to

still kept them.

a

finished dressing and turned

her.

want?”

her gaze. “Whether you believe it or not, I

straightened her back and looked

took a stack of cash from her bag and placed it on the

services.”

pupils contract

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gaze piercing Mary.

Mary felt fear, she still turned around and walked briskly

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

deep breath and then turned to

had left, the

Keera has indeed run into trouble. It’s said their company didn’t submit the research plan on time and was su by Davis Corporation. The penalty is ten times the amount, as high as

would pay Keera’s company two million annually for research funding. This

sneered. “How could

so high?”

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assistant promptly said, “It’s said

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

words “deliberate

the whole affair could indeed have been an accident, but now it turned out that what Mary had

was really out for

was truly

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

his teacup onto the

understand why he was

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

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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

Ellis was speechless.

sharply, glanced at the money in the assistant’s hand,

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

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

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

he want with

and see.”

down on

now thinking of Keera as his cousin.

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290 Uncle Olsen’s Daughter

in front

“Mr. Ellis, I went to the Olsen family to find Uncle Olsen but couldn’t see anyone,

at him. “What

me?”

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

a

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

eyes narrowed.

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

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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 definitely

gaze, sneering/”Alright,

your message.”

Ellis

stop him anymore, and Ellis’s

Cindy asked,

Uncle Olsen said we could

two talked and left

they were gone, Mary

corner.

yet finding her car, when she saw Howard and Cindy stopping Ellis, so

the message

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ruin

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

sky had already

in a chair, his eyes closed,

was filled entirely with Mary’s delicate skin… endlessly

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

was his first

case, wasn’t he

tie,

his phone suddenly

at it and saw that it was Mary’s

recollection, but Mary

still the

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Family’s patriarch and everyone would

some respect.

over the Davis Family, as Mary’s

Ellis answered the

“What’s the

you just say that as long as the requests I make

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

front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

Mary would ask him to marry her, to take

to get some benefits for her branch of the Davis Family or at least

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Corporation. However, to his

not help Howard and

furrowed his

laugh. “The favor you’re asking of

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

after Ellis said those words, he hung

He was very angry.

couldn’t help saying, “Mr. Ellis, Miss

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

behavior, I’m afraid Mary would

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to stay

a moment before saying, “Mr. Ellis, are

tell Uncle Olsen the

made

DNA test

Keera was Ellis’s dad’s illegitimate daughter, which caused him to

for those two days.

a

that the results would

stunned at

but after hearing the assistant’s

hesitated.

always

years, not a single woman

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had once been asked, “Why not find someone, just

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

played around by a man from

glorious and majestic life would be ruined

for a

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

since that day.

this for now. I’m afraid Uncle Olsen might get so

again. “Then, this

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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it would be quite good just to let Howard abandon

this was his cousin’s own

according to their own

they only asked, “What

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

phone buzzed because of WhatsApp again, and it was still

a decision forming in his heart, Ellis’s tone became a few degrees colder. “Miss Davis, are you

said, “No, I want

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

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another person

infuriated by his words.

she doesn’t want to?!”

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startled when he heard this. “You mean,

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

sighed. “Yes, it’s a plan that Keera and

out.”

signed and then went straight to the point. “We

a penny, and give both the company and the custody of

this, Mary continued. “So, please don step

do you think I

had been love-struck since college and almost fell out with her adoptive parents for Howard. Later, she even

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her best friend

home for the sake of competing with that mistress, serving Howard’s mother well, to

whose heart

divorce?

lawsuit had been filed, even if Keera really made Howard leave without a penny, the value of that company and villa sold together wouldn’t

it was really a trap set by Keera

make any

to explain, but she also understood that her words

even she, who knew her friend best, had doubted

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Howard.

she was blocked by Keera, 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

was

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

instantly became icy

determined to

hiding the icy chill

“Indeed.”

his head, his eyes filled with a cold intent. “But the

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me, you have to return

Mary was startled.

lips, knowing

that Ellis was interested in her.

future days might become

a divorce, for the company and the villa, as well as freedom, she

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

moment, Mary still hadn’t realized the consequences of

of

and headed home.

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

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encounter with Ellis,

Soon, she arrived home.

parked the car and quickly entered

she stepped in,

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

faltered in her

took a step forward and

“Mary…”

with sobs. “What on earth did you do to offend Mr. Ellis? Why would he suddenly call your uncle and claim to have no

this, Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed coldly

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Mary didn’t kneel.

knees, they forced her

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

uncle came right up to her, grabbing her hair. “Mary, who

scalp throbbed in pain as she was forced

look up.

were clenched tight,

eldest brother’s leg.

a father raising a waste of

spare her, how could

ma21″

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hand and viciously struck toward

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

the anticipated pain did not

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

released Mary, and she breathed

relief.

the

“Slap!”

firm slap landed on Mary’s

eldest uncle furiously beat and kicked Mary’s father. “I blame you for not raising your daughter rig I blame you for not raising your daughter

father dared not fight back; instead, he covered his head and pleaded for mercy. He already knew what his big

spare Mary please. She doesn’t

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the

“Dad!”

widened in shock. She cried out and tried to rush over, but the bodyguards

from their grip, wanting to stop her eldest uncle’s

were professional, robust, and impossible

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

a piercing voice, tears and snot

that her eldest

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

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her fists

of demand

make next…

held down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her grandmother, who hurried over after hearing the commotion in the living room but fainted from the

before her…

of

already been taken

herself or make any significant achievements in the company to gain the favor of

long anticipated a situation like

her heart, she still

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toward Ellis.

she blamed

useless she was!

unable to protect her parents

end, she could only obediently become a social butterfly

on the ground, feeling an overwhelming sense of helplessness

get up from the ground. “Mary,

looked

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

Π

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

he left with his bodyguards in

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this soon reached Ellis’s

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

Mary’s life to be

Ellis, since she’s technically your

“No.”

in his heart and sneered. “She dares to scheme against Keera, so

looked at him. “What about that contract?

promised her, I

lowered his gaze. “But the twenty million,

might show your cousin what kind of man her husband is. Who knows? After going through

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she really gets over

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

on Keera’s situation; after all,

loss.”

what about

a moment

“Leave her be.”

night, Ellis

be faster… Just as he

beneath a corpulent

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

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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his forehead, feeling utterly

tossed and

as soon as he stepped out of the conference room, his assistant hurried over. “Mr. Ellis, after Howard knew we wouldn’t

go and see. Do they really think that Keera doesn’t have a family to back her up

be bullied at will?!”

di straits, was struggling to suppress

her the company and the

Howard, now he’s giving

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signs, you better sign quickly and painlessly,

finished speaking and

agreement,

Three years!

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

to around two million a year. Out of that, one million went to Keera for household expenses, and with the three million

savings…

only got a little over a hundred thousand in three

bear to

and company were originally

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

her!

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

Howard panicked a little.

both spouses would be burdened with millions

already sent people over with the message that

pushed Keira away and

immediately show her eager expression; she still had

this, Howard’s mother couldn’t

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

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own problems! Why are you

Horton and failed to pique his interest at

could be saved, and you and Howard wouldn’t have come to

wanted

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

scolding 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

own…”

no longer hesitated

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

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

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

the contract

the three people,

heaven knew how hard Keira was trying not to

the South family villa,

into the South

assistant!

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as he walked to the living room entrance with his assistant, he just happened to see a woman

T

his brows but stopped in

voice was low, with a sobbing tone, as she

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

was

we graduated, it you who said I

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this time, Keira had read through Keera’s

her diary, Keera recorded the happy times

Howard.

college, had also been

with Keera, and before they got married, after

to work was too hard and that you would manage the

socializing, that it was all an act, that the person you

the child I gave birth to was a boy

speaking these words on behalf of

“Enough!”

to listen any

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

looked

come about, wasn’t Howard aware

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

he heard the

Ellis immediately halted.

just divorce like

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

about it and simply

an inch.

Inside the room.

coerced, placing the divorce agreement on the table and

Cindy was pleased.

a sigh

signed, son, go get the divorce certificate with

regretfully around the villa, wanting to say something, but Keira said, “Howard, I’ve agreed to

Could you agree to

for me?”

with suspicion, “What

it?”

“How much child support

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give Amy every month?”

came out, Howard immediately bristled. “What nonsense are you talking about? The company is in debt, and

the years? How much has he earned for this family?

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 income is unstable, so

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

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

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thousands.

Howard wouldn’t have so easily let go of

something Cindy wouldn’t tell

hearing all this, looked up incredulously. She bit her lip, pretending to be aggrieved, “Howard, you’re Amy’s father, and it’s your duty to raise her… Moreover, I’m so deep in debt, and I definitely won’t have the money to raise

how you live! If you can’t make it,

mother sneered. “Exactly, Keera, you ha hands and feet.

added. “Auntie, I guess Keera hasn’t worked i several years and doesn’t want to go out and find a jo After all, working is so exhausting, and if she could get living expenses for Amy, she could just

Amy, letting Howard

Howard’s

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

was listening outside, felt a

on earth was Keera

bit of child

several deep breaths to suppress the anger welling up

as defeatist

could there be such

Inside.

up and down in anger. “You’re already divorced, so how could Howard

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

soon as these words came out, Cindy immediately said, “Why not sign

Keira narrowed her

hadn’t been in vain that

so that in the future, Howard would

about this, she immediately shook her head and waved

of paper. “You don’t get to make the decision. I’m signing

294 She’s Keira

with Amy from then on,

her hand. “When we tell you to sign, you sign. Don’t even

seemed intimidated. She

up. He exchange

mother said, “Are we leaving

this woman from demanding

a bit reluctant.

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where will we

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

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

mother immediately picked up her suitcase and

as they reached the door, they

was terrified. “Mr. Ellis? When, when did you get

coldly looked at

gaze shifted to Keira,

them.

her shoulders trembling

this how you treat your

was stupefied, then swallowed hard. “Mr. Ellis, my divorce

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