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After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.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

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

and felt

at her with

before finally speaking up. “Mr. Ellis was dissatisfied with me. I had

came out, one of her uncles became extremely disappointed. “With your looks,

“No,

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 people’s private gatherings, my daughter was able to speak a few words

uncle’s wife also

family, but we have plenty of daughters in our family waiting to be married. Indeed,

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to someone who is nothing but a pretty face with

and now she’s been valued by the first branch and is in charge of the new energy research and development projects at the Davis Corporation… In her generation,

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

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

immediately said, “You can insult me, but

That’s nothing but a questionable outsider! I’ve heard her husband cheated on her, and she just tolerates it. With her

in

had taken a liking to you, I would have turned a blind eye to your actions, but unfortunately, you failed to grasp the opportunity,

reasons anymore!

research plan tomorrow, I’ll definitely have the legal department sue them for compensation according to the contract, and at the same time, you’ll be held responsible for

clenched her

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peers, she was the first to pass the interview for Davis Corporation and to work

been a thorn

families.

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

uncle was clearly looking for an excuse to fire

looked at them and, facing the leviathan that was Davis Corporation, felt

it didn’t matter. At the very least, she

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

contained a

divorced her, she planned to use this latest research and development plan to

879

with Davis Corporation.

let Mary be

her that

to Mary yet.

reached the

Davis Corporation’s lawsuit was delivered to Howard early in the

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

one too.”

I’ll go back

discuss it with her.

The villa is

exactly how to

and Howard retorted. “Hers? That’s mine! I’m the head of the household! Haven’t you seen that I call the

Cindy quickly said, “Wouldn’t your wife be

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

lifted his

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!

“What?!”

shocked exclamation, looking incredulously

a wave of his hand. “It

their part. Mary

they sue

at his secretary,

wasn’t

the R&D department was poached last month.

quan told him to

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things

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

out his

before adding, “Do you think there’s some

can

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

that would settle

a small one. They were steadily receiving

“Howard! You have

the company? My great-uncle was already displeased with my joining the corporation over my cousin, and now

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the capacity

that statement,

Howard was stunned.

to Davis Corporation and

“Yes.”

we really have to pay twenty

worth that much!”

frantically pacing and suddenly stood up to leave.

her eyes flickered.

quickly returned to

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

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as the door was

the kitchen.

just the right amount of surprise and

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

to be

the call! No more

Howard was furious.

her head.

number, but the message on the other end wa “Hello, the phone you

for a

Howard.

said, “Use

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

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message. “Keera, I’m sorry, but we

message, she found she had been

blankly

with a dark expression, stepped forward, his hand raised to

let

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

she block me?!”

he was 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

add up to twenty million! Will I end

and wife, for better or

worse…”

words made

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

matter, all he needed to do was get a divorce

eyes instantly lit

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his eyes before he said, “Okay, don’t worry. I’ll

turned

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

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

the worst choice. If we really get divorced, I might end up with nothing. Wouldn’t all my efforts in the past

waste?!”

married to Keera for

didn’t want him to walk away empty-handed either and immediately said, “Then what

do?”

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must be a way;

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 they’ll surely stop pursuing the lawsuit. As long as they

and Cindy left, Keira’s phone lit up, displaying a WhatsApp notification that Mary had added her

friend.

after came a

you for five minutes, consider it payback

on your end? Is he going

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

asked, “So what

rope. As

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

chat status continuously showed that

ten minutes of typing, still

to resist, asked, “What’s wrong? Is

just feel like you’re not quite the same as

“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 she

and her

for the first

message, she wanted to

a long silence, she ultimately didn’t

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thought.

Keera was still alive, she would certainly have regretted being too love-struck

for a long, long time, and finally

Keera.”

message was actually

often said strange things, so Mary

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

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

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

the job she

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of mockery as he heard her. “Hmm, Mr. Lynch is

“I

there was a knock on the door, followed

man.

to be in his forties, and his appearance

immediately turned to Mary with a beaming smile. “Mr. Davis, who is this young

who is currently interning at Day Corporation.

nodded. “Oh?

pleasure to meet you…”

his

his hand, she

clammy and quite disgusting.

tightened his grip slightly, making it hard for her

she sought help from her uncle with

eyes.

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

Mr. Lynch sit

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

up the contract and

Davis then said with a laugh, “Mary, Mr. Lynch has

the

stood up with her glass, walked over to

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of you, saying

to offer you a

statement, she distinguished

caused a sudden change in Mr. Lynch’s

at Mary, then shot a look at Mr.

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

sigh of relief and downed the content of her glass all

she looked at Uncle Davis. “Uncle,

that I still have some work to

Lynch enjoy yourselves. I need to

up her bag and started

something was off with Uncle Davis; how could she possibly

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

had happened and looked desperately at her

Davis!!

being the daughter of the Davis family and her uncle’s niece, she was just a ploy to secure a contract with her beauty, but she had never

completely beyond what she could

rushed to the door and flung it open, hoping to cry for help from

the person

commotion, he turned

and saw Mary.

plea for help choked

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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Ellis had once said about her

think even less of her if he found out she

niece, you’ve had too much drink!

some tea…”

Davis suddenly approached and grabbed Mary’s arm, pulling her back inside, then proceeded to push

about to

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looked at that slender

taken aback.”

she saw the door being pushed

head to look, only to see

everyone in the room paused

moment.

He stood there, his gaze sweeping over everyone present before finally settling on Mary. “Mr. Ellis is dining next door, and he asked

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

his gaze

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

Mr. Ellis interested

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her, but she instantly understood; this

grabbed the opportunity, smiling. “I’m fine. There’s no need for Mr. Ellis to worry. I was just discussing a partnership with

was also bewildered at

main branch took control of the company, they

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

branch.

couldn’t afford to offend any of the five

families!

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

toward her

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uncle immediately said, “Yes,

took the contract out

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

that statement, Mr. Lynch

and tentatively looked at Mary, asking, “Dear

just friends. You’re mistaken. Since the contract

reaching the doorway, she

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

retract the lawsuit…”

had flaunted

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

lawsuit.”

to retract the lawsuit? Aren’t you and your

You…”

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

matter.”

between young women, but seeing Mary so vehem he could only

involved in this matter.”

then did Mary pull the door

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

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she

she turned to leave,

have left. He frowned as he looked at her. He had

and seen Mary, also noticing her

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

Mary would actually

was just for signing a contract, that would be end

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

Mary, after gaining an advantage, used

freeze Ellis’s favorable impression

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seemed that Mary was both stupid and vicious! How could she

friend and bestie?!

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

edged with scorn, and

embrace.

collided with his chest, making her even more

forced herself

she could finish, Ellis had already leaned d whispering into her ear. “For what just happened, w will you

sprayed on

down her spine, magnifying

reactions.

leaned against Ellis, her

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hands suddenly

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

initially just wanted to scare her, but what was this woman doing? She

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

scoffed. “How many people have

him, extending

vision was

several appeared before her, and she

“So many…”

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

no longer hear what he was saying and pressed closer against the man. “Ellis, I’m so

undo her shirt, revealing a

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collarbone.

became hurried for a

an interest in Mary, and now she was throwing herself

him…

Mary was no lady, so why not play

down, picked up Mary, and carried her into the adjacent

on the sofa and then bent over her. As soon as he touched her burning skin, Ellis finally sensed that

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hot, and the way she looked… Was

Ellis furrowed his brows.

asked, “Mary, do you know who

“You are Ellis!”

murmured, continuing to

Ellis resist

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

Mary was startled.

though her reasoning was almost completely worn down, she still

blurred eyes looked at Ellis, and after a while, she

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this, Ellis felt an

in his chest.

the others away, and then he fiercely

appointment with today was stopped by

room, letting the visitor immediately catch on.

time.”

visitor leave, the assistant returned his attention to the

were becoming

hand, signaling the bodyguards to step back a

He wasn’t a man and wasn’t immune

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

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time had

moved her

if it had been crushed by a massive truck, leaving her brain somewhat

of where

“Click.”

The light turned on.

notice it

suit sat before

realized she was

all over the

cov her chest, and turning her gaze fiercely toward

“You…”

about what happened that day, her voice came to an

she who

hint of shyness flooded her cheeks,

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a touch of joy

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

aback,

Fee for service…

did he take

on her flashed through her mind, and she cast her gaze downward. She felt

bother.”

that statement, the room fell silent

appraising her closely, his gaze filled

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

withdrew his bank card,

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and how well we fit together, why don’t you

them.”

at him

had been following

was never fickle or messy, and his private

also why Ellis was the dream lover of

now, could he actually be

this?

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

to the corner. “It’s

and, sure enough, there were

one by one,

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always been so

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

hadn’t had the heart to use them even

still kept them.

a bitter

dressing and turned to look at

her.

want?”

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

stuffed her own phone into it, then straightened her back and looked at

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

services.”

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gaze piercing Mary.

Mary felt fear, she still turned around and walked briskly out

she cover her wildly beating heart, feeling that if

a deep breath and then turned

had left, the assistant entered

indeed run into trouble. It’s said their company didn’t submit the research plan on time and was su by Davis Corporation. The

pay Keera’s company two million annually

immediately sneered. “How could the penalty

so high?”

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said, “It’s said to

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

Mary’s words “deliberate retaliation,”

whole affair could indeed have been an accident, but now it turned out that what Mary had said was true! If it wasn’t for a deliberately set contractual trap, how could

was really out for

was truly

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

slammed his teacup onto

didn’t understand why he was suddenly feeling so irrationally

who had slept with him,

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as he stood up and

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

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

Ellis was speechless.

the money in the assistant’s hand, and after a moment of

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

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

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

“What does he want with me? Let’s

and see.”

down on such a

of Keera as

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Howard.

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in

went to the Olsen family to find Uncle Olsen but couldn’t see anyone, so I came to look for you

looked down at him. “What

me?”

so my wife and I

deliver a

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

narrowed.

a slight issue with our collaboration with Davis Corporation. Could I trouble Uncle Olsen or Mr. Ellis to step

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more time? Just give

his gaze, sneering/”Alright,

your message.”

that, Ellis got

dare to stop him anymore, and Ellis’s

Cindy asked,

and afterward, Uncle Olsen said we could ask him if we needed anything. It should

two talked and left

Mary stepped out

corner.

down to the parking lot, not yet finding her car, when she saw Howard and Cindy stopping Ellis, so she had secretly hidden on the side to

conveyed the message to

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ruin Keera’s

out her phone, found Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated

had already

moment, Ellis was reclining in a chair, his eyes closed,

entirely with Mary’s delicate skin…

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

was his

that was the case, wasn’t he at a

his tie,

then, his phone suddenly

saw

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

still the

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patriarch and everyone would

some respect.

the first branch took over the Davis Family, as Mary’s branch

this, Ellis answered the

began, “What’s

just say that as long as the requests I make aren’t excessive,

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

in front of

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

ask him to marry her, to take responsibility for her, or take advantage of

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

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Corporation. However, to his surprise, he

you not help Howard

immediately furrowed

cold laugh. “The favor you’re asking

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

after Ellis said those words, he

He was very angry.

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

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

Mary

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to stay

moment before saying, “Mr. Ellis, are you still

the truth about the DNA

made

of the DNA test had been out for a

Ellis’s dad’s illegitimate daughter,

for those two days.

got a good beating

the results would show, that

stunned

but after

hesitated.

Olsen had always been a

so many years, not a single woman had

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asked, “Why not find someone, just to have

reply was, “Blood ties aren’t to be compromised with. Better have

life, being played around by a man from a

majestic life would be ruined by his daughter,

to see Uncle Olsen for

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

since that day.

talk about this for now. I’m afraid

“Then,

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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intervening, thinking it would be quite good just to let Howard abandon Keera. It might

that this

own hearts, and the family elders never did things just because they felt “It’s good for

only asked, “What do

if Keera loved Howard so deeply, Ellis’s choice would be to help her pressure Howard, to make him. afraid to ever divorce. After all, the Olsen

phone buzzed because of WhatsApp again, and it

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

I want her to

“You want her to get a divorce, but does

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person are actually very

was infuriated by his

she doesn’t want to?!”

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

that Ellis would

“Yes, it’s a plan

out.”

briefly explained the prenuptial agreement that Keera had signed and then went straight to the point. “We want to

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

Mary continued. “So, please don step

Ellis sneered. “Miss Davis, do you think I would believe such a clumsy

She had been love-struck since college and almost fell out with her

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best friend

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

whose heart was full

divorce?

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 of that company and villa sold together wouldn’t be enough cover twenty

set by Keera herself, what

simply didn’t make any logical

understood that her words were hard to

she, who knew her friend best, had

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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 mistake that any man could make. If you don’t tell me, maybe he’ll return to

was beyond

and only said, “Mr. Ellis, you just promised me that as long

instantly became

Mary determined to

the icy

“Indeed.”

I agree,” said Ellis indifferently, lifting his head, his eyes filled with a cold

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from me, you have to return

Mary was startled.

lips, knowing

because he misunderstood that Ellis was

days might become even

desire for a divorce, for the company and

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

hadn’t realized the consequences of enraging

breathed a sigh of relief, then started

and headed home.

a WhatsApp message to Keera. “Keera, I did something

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back to the passionate encounter with Ellis, a hint

Soon, she arrived home.

car and quickly entered the

soon as she stepped in, her

floor of the hall, while her eldest uncle sat in front

in

freezing. She took a step forward and

“Mary…”

Ellis? Why would he suddenly call your uncle and claim to have no association with you?

Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed coldly and immediately

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Mary didn’t kneel.

her knees, they forced her legs to buckle, and she

in you, yet you dared to take advantage of his influence? Do you

right up to her, grabbing her hair. “Mary, who gave

scalp throbbed in pain as

look up.

clenched tight, and she

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

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

If I spare her, how could Mr.

ma21″

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hand and viciously struck toward

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

pain did

is something I can’t bear to harm, no wonder Mr. Lynch keeps thinking about you. I can’t

she

relief.

the next

“Slap!”

slap landed on Mary’s father’s

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

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

but spare Mary please. She

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to the

“Dad!”

cried out and tried to rush over, but the

grip, wanting to stop her

were professional, robust, and impossible to break away

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

voice, tears and

was only then that her eldest uncle finally

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

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her fists

of demand

make next…

being held down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her grandmother, who hurried over after hearing the commotion in

before her…

of this was

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

herself or make any significant achievements in the company to gain the favor of the first branch, and

anticipated

she still harbored

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toward Ellis.

time, she blamed herself in secret for

useless she was!

parents and unable to save her best

she could only obediently become a social butterfly for her

ground, feeling an overwhelming sense of helplessness wash

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

mother looked at him

b obedient. I’ll listen to everything you say from

Π

her eldest uncle stepped forward, pinching Mary’s chin. “Come tomorrow at six in the evening, and you’ll

words behind, he left with his bodyguards in

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of this soon

residence’s study, listening

hadn’t expected Mary’s life

since she’s technically your woman,

“No.”

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

this, the assistant looked at him. “What about that

promised her,

the twenty million, I’ll have Keera

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

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she really gets

we’ll acknowledge her

close eye on Keera’s situation; after all, she’s my uncle’s daughter and shouldn’t

loss.”

what

fell silent for a moment

“Leave her be.”

night, Ellis dreamt of

be faster… Just as he was about to relent and end the encounter swiftly, the scene suddenly

was beneath

“It’s not

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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rubbed his forehead, feeling utterly

he tossed and turned, he couldn’t fall back

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; he has printed a divorce

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

be bullied at will?!”

thought was in di straits, was struggling to suppress

the company

years of marriage with Brother Howard, now he’s giving you the house and the company, and even the kid.

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signs, you better sign quickly

finished speaking and looked

copies of the divorce agreement, lost in thought, with an expression of reluctance

Three years!

years since he married Keera, and all

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

savings…

little over a hundred thousand in three

couldn’t bear to

the house and company were originally

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

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

Howard panicked a little.

then both spouses would be

had already sent people over with the message

and

expression; she still had to keep

mother couldn’t

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

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your own problems! Why

Horton and failed to pique his interest

could be saved, and you and

wanted to

about to sign the second, but he hesitated again

scolding and curses

swallowed.

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

own…”

hesitated

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

just sign it! Otherwise,

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a torture for you, don’t blame anyone else. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself for not having enough support from your own family, which is

contract with trembling

eyes of the three people,

hard Keira was trying not

villa, a black luxury car screeched

into the South

assistant!

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

T

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

sobbing tone, as she said

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

was

said I didn’t need to work! You said

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time, Keira had

diary, Keera recorded the

Howard.

college, had also been

with Keera, and before they got married, after graduating from university,

was too hard and that you would manage the company for me, that in the future you would earn money to support

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

whether the child I gave birth to was a boy

speaking these words

“Enough!”

didn’t want to listen any longer

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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, but are you clean yourself? Haven’t you slept

suddenly looked

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

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

red-hot with

room to back up Keera, he heard the woman with

Ellis immediately halted.

if Keera would just divorce like this, it wouldn’t be

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waiver of Custody

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

it and simply

an inch.

Inside the room.

placing the divorce agreement on the table and quickly signing

Cindy was pleased.

a sigh

signed, son, go get the

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

you agree to one

for me?”

with suspicion,

it?”

weakly. “How much

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give Amy every month?”

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

you over the years? How much has he earned for this family? How can you still

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

been in touch with another employer and was

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

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thousands.

wouldn’t have so easily let go of

was something

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

you live! If you can’t make it, just take her and go beg

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

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

with Amy,

dreaming!” Howard’s mother shouted

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

outside, felt a surge of

on earth was

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

breaths to suppress

as defeatist as

could there be such

Inside.

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

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child Amy really is! Howard, think of a way to cut ties with them, so she

soon as these words came out, Cindy immediately said,

hearing this, Keira narrowed her

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 no reason to come looking

she immediately shook her

Howard decisively pulled out a piece of paper. “You don’t get to make the decision. I’m signing the waiver

294 She’s Keira

with

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

intimidated. She signed her

He exchange a

mother said, “Are we

prevent this woman from demanding any more living expenses from

mother felt a bit

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will

move to my place first.

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

mother immediately picked up her suitcase and followed

they reached the door, they encountered the

“Mr. Ellis? When, when

coldly looked at

Keira, who had

them.

her

“Howard, is this how you treat your lawful

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

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