My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Chapter 281-290

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

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

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

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

Her eyes reddened with anger.

Was Keera thinking of her as a fool?

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

But why did Keera have to deceive her with such

tricks?

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

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

me.”

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

Amy had already fallen asleep.

After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.

She asked, “What did you just send?”

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

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She shook her head and set the mobile phone aside.

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

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

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

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

The next morning.

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

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

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

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Upon seeing Keira, she immediately curved her lips

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

Keira replied with a thumbs-up and a smile.

The two entered the building together and approached

Howard’s office.

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

Keira’s eyes narrowed slightly.

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

Cindy’s skirt was hiked up to her waist.

Howard’s pants were also down to his knees…

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

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

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

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

and me…”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She wasn’t blind!

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

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

She was suddenly at a loss for words.

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

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

matters into her own hands..

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

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

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

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

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Keira silently watched them, feeling beyond words.

What had she done?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

discern.

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

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

Mary snorted but didn’t speak.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Of course…”

Howard touched her waist, his eyes gradually

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

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

“He won’t.”

Keira replied.

Meanwhile.

At the Olsen residence.

Ellis held the DNA test results and hurried into Uncle

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

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

handing over the corporate affairs to the young man

in advance.

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

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

Upon hearing what Ellis had said, he frowned and

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

Ellis placed the report on Sam’s desk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hearing that, Sam immediately looked toward Ellis.

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

that?”

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

“Pfft…”

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

here.”

Sam looked at him and remained silent, but his eyes

were filled with pity.

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

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

“It’s impossible.”

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

Could Keera really be his dad’s illegitimate daughter?

Thinking of his father’s henpecked demeanor, he still

found it unbelievable.

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

his hand.

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

Ellic entered his father’s room again took hig

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toothbrush, and handed everything to his assistant to

send to the testing center.

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

Lewis Horton in Clance.”

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

But the secretary was puzzled.

Could that be the case?

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

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

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

The secretary paused here.

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Ellis then said, “What about her?”

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

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

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

her?”

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

rumors…”

Ellis raised his eyebrow. “And then?”

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

Mary.”

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

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this look like it?”

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

Ellis asked, “What?”

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

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

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

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

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

intelligence!”

The secretary coughed. “It looks like Uncle Olsen

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intends to acknowledge her and then bring her back

into the family…”

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

“Yes.”

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

Meanwhile.

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

In the South family’s small villa.

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

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

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

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Maybe today I’ll show you.”

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

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

eat?”

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

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

him!

…Their shamelessness was beyond her imagination!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vairo still kant her hood down seemingly fragile and

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

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

child?”

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

Cindy snapped. “You…”

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

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

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

In an instant, Cindy understood. Keera was declaring

war!

Ha.

Did she really think she could win?

It was just because she had snagged a deal with Mary

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

Cindy left reluctantly with Howard.

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

“…Okay.”

Keira looked utterly docile.

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

Howard’s mother.

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

diligent.

Sometimes she would even deliberately seek to please

Howard’s mother.

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

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

Keira just smirked.

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

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

mother-in-law like this?

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

would be once she divorced and Howard’s mother

lived with Cindy.

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

A month passed by quickly.

In two days, the contract would expire.

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

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

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tomorrow comes, we’ll sue him!”

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

Keira nodded. “I’m sure.”

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

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

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

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

check him out.”

Keira was perplexed.

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

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

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wants

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

candidates!”

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

wanted to, whereas I…”

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

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

Keira saw a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

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

definitely be impressed with you!”

People from every social class have their own troubles.

Wealthy families were no exception.

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

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

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

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

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

Keira asked, Who’s your blind date?”

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

Keira was dumbfounded.

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

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Keira watched as Ellis walked in and sat down at Table

8 not far away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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connection!”

This stubborn facade…

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

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

Keira shook her head in resignation at this.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mary was stunned. “You know me?”

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

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

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

“No.” Ellis blinked.

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

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

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Ellis had always despised foolish, unprincipled people.

Mary’s actions had struck a nerve with him.

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

Keera’s best friend.

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

Correct.

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

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

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

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

With that, he left straight away.

Mary still sat there, utterly baffled.

Indeed, she had a good impression of Ellis.

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

bullied.

was

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

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

Her crush was well concealed…

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

But what did he just say?

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

empty-headed beauty, a vase with nothing but her

looks.”

Tears welled up in Mary’s eyes.

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

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

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

She was humiliated by her family and now mocked by

Ellis as well.

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

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

standing up as if nothing had happened.

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

“It’s nothing.”

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

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

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

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“…Okay.”

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

tomorrow, the lawsuit will definitely reach the

company.”

“Okay.”

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

“I know.”

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

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

Mary looked at the road ahead. “Yes.”

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

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Since she was in charge of the new energy research

and development, it was possible to offer her a

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

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

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

million?!

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

Meanwhile.

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

Ellis had always remembered her.

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

he very much liked

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

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

intelligence. What a pity.”

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

Ellis now felt a headache whenever he heard those two

words.

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

The secretary didn’t dare to speak.

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

The Olsen family always covered for their own!

They could criticize their own cousin, but nobody else

could!

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

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

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Mary quickly returned to the Davis home.

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

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

so were her other uncles and aunts.

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

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

Mary’s fingers tightened instantly, and she looked

down.

She swallowed before saying, “No…”

“No?!”

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

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

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

Her private affairs were to be laid out and scrutinized

in detail?

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

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

any further…”

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

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

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

indistinguishable from the most distant relatives!”

Mary’s grandfather was the gooand can of the

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

live on his own.

While Mary’s grandfather was still alive, the first

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

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

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

Seeing this scene, Mary clenched her fists.

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Her father indeed didn’t have the same mother as

these people.

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

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

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

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

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

was dutifully

from the family, always hoping to be

thought of this and felt a sense of

her with dismay. “Mary, what exactly happened during the

up. “Mr. Ellis was dissatisfied with me. I had barely sat down and

uncles became extremely disappointed. “With your looks, he

“No,

a small family background is just useless! Brother, you insisted on giving her this opportunity. See? it was wasted! If I had known earlier, I might a

uncle’s wife also sneered.

a member of the Davis family, but we have plenty of daughters in our family waiting to be married. Indeed, the first branch

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to someone who is nothing but a pretty face with no understanding of

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

“Fourth brother, since you brought it up, there’s something I have to say. I heard

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

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blinded

said, “You can insult me, but don’t

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

in the

you a chance. If Mr. Ellis had taken a liking to you, I would have turned a blind eye to your actions, but

reasons anymore!

definitely have the legal department sue them for compensation according to the

her

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first to pass the interview for Davis

a

families.

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

branch’s uncle was clearly looking for an excuse

at them and, facing the leviathan that

very least, she could help

after preparing dinner for Howard’s mother and Amy, entered

laptop contained a research and

divorced her, she planned to use this latest research

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with Davis Corporation.

be put

just occurred to her that she

to Mary yet.

reached the

delivered to Howard early

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coquettishly complaining to Howard about her grievances. “I just

one too.”

I’ll go back and

said, “Yeah, you should go back and discuss

is under

how

That’s mine! I’m the head of the household! Haven’t you seen that I call the shots with everything at the company? Tonight, you’re coming home with me, and you’ll settle down in the villa with

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

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

lifted his chin

moment that someone knocked on the office door and entered, handing him the letter. “Mr. Smith, someone just delivered this! They say we haven’t submitted the research

“What?!”

a shocked exclamation, looking incredulously

with a wave of his hand.

their part. Mary is so good to

could they

secretary, “But on the

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

member in the R&D department was poached last month.

refuged and you quan told him

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expected things to turn

said, “Don’t panic. I’m

took out his phone

situation before adding, “Do you think there’s some misunderstanding here? Or maybe

can

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

thought that would settle

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 a

Mary actually bellowed at him. “Howard! You have the nerve

with my joining the corporation over my cousin, and now he’s using this

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the capacity to help you any

that statement, Mary

Howard was stunned.

at his secretary. “Hurry to Davis Corporation and

“Yes.”

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

worth that much!”

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

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

two quickly returned to the

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

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door was opened,

the kitchen.

amount

ordered, “Call Mary right now and make her

pretended to be

make the call! No

Howard was furious.

her head.

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

stunned for a moment,

Howard.

said, “Use WhatsApp voice

made a voice call to

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but we

another message,

blankly at her

stepped forward, his hand raised to

let herself get

crouched down, hugged her knees, and

she block me?!”

“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,

which won’t add up

wife, for better

worse…”

made Howard

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

to do was get a divorce and push all the responsibility onto Keira, then he could walk

eyes instantly lit

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

turned around and left

and blurted out,

of

end

waste?!”

to Keera for

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

do?”

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a way; there’s

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

phone lit up, displaying a WhatsApp notification that Mary had added her as

friend.

came a message

consider it payback for the half-year you blocked

are things on your end? Is he going to divorce

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

asked, “So

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

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

status continuously showed that she was

minutes of typing,

wrong? Is there something

just feel like you’re not quite

when she saw another message from Mary pop up. “Keera, no matter what happens, I’ll always stand by your side. Whether

froze as she

a while, and her interactions with Mary made

the first

moment, looking at the message, she wanted

long silence, she ultimately didn’t voice

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thought.

certainly have regretted

long time, and finally

Keera.”

actually a

strange things, so Mary

mind it.

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.

“Unele, don’t worry.

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

job she had

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

“I understand,

than there was a knock on

man.

in his forties, and his

a beaming smile. “Mr. Davis, who is this young

Davis replied with a smile, “This is my fourth brother’s daughter, who is currently interning at Day Corporation.

nodded. “Oh? Miss

pleasure to meet you…”

extended his

his hand,

clammy and quite disgusting.

his

she sought help from her

eyes.

a laugh, “Mr. Lynch, please take a

Mr. Lynch sit down with

seal the deal, it would earn him the admiration of

smiles, avoided bringing up the contract and kept glancing over at

Lynch has

the look

over to Mr.

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you, saying you’re a

to offer

that statement, she distinguished their generational

change in Mr.

glared at Mary, then shot a

her uncle’s expression. She just saw Mr. Lynch’s expression change, and then he stood up. “Alright,

relief and downed

she looked at Uncle

that I still have some work

I need to

quickly picked up her bag and started

a fool could see that something was off with Uncle

a few steps, she suddenly felt dizzy,

realized what had happened and looked desperately at

Davis!!

was just a ploy

beyond what she could comprehend or

it open, hoping to cry for

the door, the person

he turned

and saw Mary.

eyes met, the plea

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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

less of her if he found out she was using her

dear niece, you’ve had too much drink! Come

some tea…”

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

moment he was about to shut the door, a hand

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at that slender hand

taken aback.”

saw the door being pushed

turn his head to

in the

moment.

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

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

turned his gaze

Ellis’s eye, which was why he brought her here

Mr. Ellis interested in

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but she instantly understood; this was

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

was also bewildered at this

took control of

he dared to show disrespect to the second

branch.

couldn’t afford to offend any of the

families!

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

toward

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immediately said,

directly took the contract out of his

looked at Mary. “Dear niece, your uncle and I are like brothers.

statement, Mr. Lynch promptly ran

and tentatively looked at Mary, asking, “Dear

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

doorway, she

something. “My dear niece,

retract the lawsuit…”

flaunted borrowed authority

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it would hinder Keera’s big

lawsuit.”

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

You…”

you think I am trying to get close to her now for what reason? Of course, it’s for revenge. I

matter.”

but seeing Mary so vehem he could only nod. “Oh, okay,

involved in this matter.”

the door open

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

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she

she turned to leave, she suddenly froze

frowned as he looked at her. He had

past and seen Mary, also noticing her anxiousness

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

that Mary would actually take advantage of his

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

world, and he didn’t mind

after gaining an advantage, used it

to freeze Ellis’s favorable

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

friend and bestie?!

been a man of loyalty, despising those

icy, his smile edged with scorn, and suddenly he

embrace.

with his chest, making her even

to take effect, and she forced

leaned d whispering into her ear.

breath sprayed on Mary’s

down

reactions.

Ellis, her eyes

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her hands suddenly

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

to scare her, but what was this woman doing?

to push her away, only to hear Mary

then scoffed. “How many

him,

vision was

she tried to extend one finger, several appeared before her, and

“So many…”

expression turned cold instantly. “Mary, I didn’t expect someone who appears so innocent could

saying and pressed closer

began to undo her shirt, revealing a

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collarbone.

became hurried

already taken an interest in

him…

lady, so why not play

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

soon as he touched her burning skin, Ellis finally sensed

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the

Ellis furrowed his brows.

“Mary, do you know who

“You are Ellis!”

to

could Ellis

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

Mary was startled.

reasoning was almost completely worn down, she still paused for a

blurred eyes looked at Ellis, and after a while, she suddenly laughed. “Of

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hearing this, Ellis felt an

in his chest.

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

appointment with today was stopped by his

sounds suggesting a tryst emanated from the private room, letting the visitor

time.”

returned

sounds inside were becoming more

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

He wasn’t a man and wasn’t

normal man! Mr. Ellis

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how much time had passed when she finally

moved her sore

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

where she

“Click.”

The light turned on.

it was dark

in a suit sat before

Mary realized she was

all over the floor

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

“You…”

happened that day,

she who started

flooded her cheeks, and after

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surprise, a touch of joy

produced a bank card, extending it

aback, her fingers

Fee for service…

did he

cast her gaze downward. She felt as cold as an ice cellar, her voice carrying a trace more

bother.”

statement, the room fell silent for

only to see Ellis appraising

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

bank card,

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Considering your passion last night and how well we fit together, why don’t you speak up?

them.”

looked at

following Ellis for

of person, unlike other wealthy heirs. He was

the dream lover of so many eligible

could he actually be thinking about

this?

and asked with her head lowered, “Could you prepare a

the

sure enough, there were some

one by one, and found that

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he has always been so

rescuing her from those people, he

to use them

still kept them.

a

and turned

was still staring at her.

want?”

believe it or not, I

up her bag, stuffed her own phone into it, then straightened her back and looked at Ellis. “Mr. Ellis, I was presumptuous last

her bag and placed it on the table. “This is for last

services.”

words made Ellis’s pupils contract slightly

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gaze piercing Mary.

she still turned around and walked briskly out

only then did she cover her wildly beating heart, feeling that if she stayed any longer in that suite, her heart

deep breath

left, the

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

the contract between the two parties, it was stipulated that Davis Corporation would pay Keera’s company two million annually for research funding. This penalty was a bit

immediately sneered. “How

so high?”

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“It’s

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

of Mary’s words “deliberate retaliation,” Ellis

it turned out that what Mary had said was true! If it wasn’t for a deliberately set

was really

was truly

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

teacup onto

was suddenly feeling

with her… No, it was she who had slept with him,

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sneered as he stood up

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

the parking lot, only to see Howard

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

“What does he want with me?

and see.”

looked down on such a

as

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Howard.

290 Uncle Olsen’s Daughter

arrived in front of

to the Olsen family to find Uncle Olsen but couldn’t see anyone,

down at him. “What do you

me?”

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

a

only to find out tha he had been blocked on WhatsApp

narrowed. “What

collaboration with Davis Corporation. Could I trouble Uncle Olsen or Mr. Ellis to

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to give us some more time? Just give us

gaze,

your message.”

that, Ellis got into his

to stop him anymore, and

Cindy asked,

Olsen said we could ask him

two talked and

were gone, Mary stepped out

corner.

parking lot, not yet finding her car, when she saw Howard and Cindy stopping

Ellis really conveyed the message to Uncle

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that ruin Keera’s

phone, found Ellis on WhatsApp,

sky had already

Ellis was reclining in a

mind was filled entirely with Mary’s delicate

words, “not the first time,” Ellis could

his

case, wasn’t he at a

loosened his tie,

his phone

and saw that it was Mary’s

no recollection, but Mary had been mingling in their

than Maru ung still the granddaughter of

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and everyone

some respect.

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

of this, Ellis answered

“What’s

came through, “Did you just say that as long as the

now you really were playing hard to get?

in front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

thought Mary would ask him to marry her, to take

benefits for her branch of the Davis Family or

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Corporation. However, to his surprise, he heard Mary

you not help

furrowed his

a cold laugh. “The favor you’re asking

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

said those

He was very angry.

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

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 Olsen found out

afraid Mary would no longer

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stay in Oceanion!”

remark, the assistant was silent for a moment before saying, “Mr. Ellis, are you

Uncle Olsen the truth about the DNA

made Ellis

the DNA test had been out for a

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

for those two days.

Ellis even got a good beating

have thought that the results would

was stunned at the

Uncle Olsen immediately, but after hearing the assistant’s report

hesitated.

always been a

a single

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“Why not find someone, just to have some

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

that his daughter had been living such a defeated life, being played around by a man

glorious and majestic life would be ruined by

Olsen for a long time and hadn’t reported the

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

since that day.

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

assistant asked again. “Then, this

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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actually felt like not intervening, thinking it would be quite good just to let Howard abandon Keera. It might even

that this was his

tradition had always taught them since childhood to act according to their own hearts, and the family elders

asked, “What do you

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

as he thought about this, his phone buzzed because of WhatsApp again, and it was still from

colder. “Miss Davis,

hurriedly said, “No, I want her to

her to get a divorce, but does she want it herself? Do you not know that such

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person

was infuriated by his

she doesn’t want to?!”

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

this point, Mary really feared that Ellis would take action and help Keera’s Company solve

a plan

out.”

agreement that Keera had signed and then went straight to the point. “We

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

Mary continued. “So, please don step in

“Miss Davis, do you think I

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

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best friend Mary

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

a person, whose heart was full of thoughts of Howard,

divorce?

make Davis Corporation drop the lawsuit, and since the lawsuit had been filed, even if Keera really made Howard leave without

was really a trap set by Keera herself,

didn’t make any

also understood that her

even she, who knew her friend best, had doubted

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Howard.

fact that he’s been hiding it from me shows that he cares about me. Mary, I don’t need your warnings; he just made a mistake that any man could make. If you don’t tell me, maybe he’ll return to the family after a while on his own! I don’t need

was

said, “Mr. Ellis, you just promised me that as long as my request isn’t excessive,

eyes instantly became icy

Mary determined to punish

gaze, hiding the icy chill within. “Are you sure you want

“Indeed.”

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

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you have to return it

Mary was startled.

her lips, knowing what

today because he misunderstood that

days might

for the company and the villa, as well

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

moment, Mary still hadn’t realized the consequences of

sigh of relief, then

and headed home.

the way, she even sent a WhatsApp message to Keera. “Keera, I did something big today! I’ll tell

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encounter with Ellis, a hint of

Soon, she arrived home.

parked the car and quickly entered

stepped in,

floor of the hall, while her eldest uncle sat

faltered in her

her jaw, her whole body freezing. She took a

“Mary…”

would he suddenly call your uncle and claim to have no association with you? Hurry up and explain to your uncle. Was Mr. Ellis joking? Didn’t he go to the private room to find

Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed coldly and immediately scolded.

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Mary didn’t kneel.

kick to her knees, they forced her

interest in you, yet you dared to take advantage of his influence? Do you know that Mr.

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

pain as she was

look up.

tight,

brother’s leg.

“A waste of a father raising a waste of a daughter! Do you still have the nerve to ask

I spare her, how could Mr. Lynch

ma21″

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raised his hand and viciously struck

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

pain did

face is something I can’t bear to

released Mary, and she breathed a

relief.

in the next

“Slap!”

firm slap landed on Mary’s

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

instead, he covered his head and pleaded for mercy. He already knew what his big brother intended to

spare Mary

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to the Davis

“Dad!”

in shock. She cried out and tried to rush over,

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

were professional, robust, and impossible to break away

If you keep going, it could

with a piercing voice, tears and

that

want me to stop hitting him, fine,

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clenched her fists

of demand her eldest

make next…

by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her grandmother, who

before her…

knew none of this was Ellis’s

it weren’t for him, she would have already been taken advantage of by

make any significant achievements in the company to gain the favor of the first branch, and with her father being relentlessly suppressed by

anticipated a situation like

heart, she still

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toward Ellis.

she blamed herself in secret for

useless she was!

unable to protect her parents and unable

could only obediently become a social butterfly for her

feeling an overwhelming sense of helplessness wash over

get up from the ground. “Mary, don’t agree to

looked

I’ll b obedient. I’ll listen to everything you say from now on, just

Π

at six in the evening, and you’ll come with me to the hotel, and sweet-talk Mr. Lynch for

he left with his bodyguards in

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of this soon reached Ellis’s

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

hadn’t expected Mary’s life

since she’s technically your woman, do you want to

“No.”

heart and sneered. “She dares to scheme against Keera, so she must pay

at him. “What about that contract?

her,

gaze. “But the twenty million, I’ll have Keera pay

cousin what kind of man her husband is. Who knows? After going through this ordeal,

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she

case, we’ll acknowledge her again as a cousin and let Uncle

he instructed the assistant. “Keep a close eye on Keera’s situation; after all, she’s

loss.”

what about

fell silent for a moment and

“Leave her be.”

Ellis dreamt of

be faster… Just as he was about to relent and end the

beneath a

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

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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forehead, feeling

and turned, he couldn’t fall

the conference room, his assistant hurried over. “Mr. Ellis, after Howard knew we

cold laugh, “Let’s go and see. Do they really think that Keera doesn’t have a family to

be bullied at will?!”

whom Ellis thought was in di straits, was

agreement gave her the

Howard, now he’s giving

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you better sign quickly and painlessly, got

and looked

this moment, Howard stared at the two copies of the divorce agreement, lost in thought, with an expression of reluctance creeping

Three years!

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

the first year’s company income as dividends, and for the second and third years, his salary amounted to around two million a year. Out of that, one million went to Keera for household

savings…

a little over a

bear

company were originally

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a clean break in the divorce, he had

her!

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 be saddled with millions

Howard panicked a little.

both spouses

sent people over with the message that

Keira away and was about

she still had to keep a miserable

Howard’s mother

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

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own problems! Why

and failed to pique his interest at

maybe the company could be saved, and you and Howard wouldn’t have come

wanted

the second, but

scolding and curses had

swallowed.

her head, continuing to cry. “Howard, for the 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 and swiftly

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

contracts to her. “Keera, stop struggling, just sign it! Otherwise, Howard and his mother

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

took the contract

the three

heaven knew how hard Keira was

the South family villa, a

strode into the South family villa

assistant!

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

T

but stopped in his tracks, not entering the room right

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

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

who said I didn’t need to work! You said that

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time, Keira had read through

Keera recorded the happy

Howard.

college, had

Keera, and before they got married, after graduating from university, Howard was

would manage the company for me, that in the future you would earn money to support the family, and I just

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

also said, no matter whether the child I gave birth to was a boy or a

these words

“Enough!”

to listen any longer

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many things yet preventing others from talking about them, and he coldly laughed. “Keera, what’s the point of saying all this? I

looked incredulously at

wasn’t Howard aware of it? How could he shamelessly say such

behave like a wife should. What right do you have to accuse Howard here? Just sign the paper, otherwise, don’t blame us for not being

red-hot with

enter the room to back up Keera, he heard the woman with a trembling voice start to speak. “Fine, I’ll

Ellis immediately halted.

if Keera would just divorce like this, it

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

thought about it and simply stood still, not

an inch.

Inside the room.

coerced, placing the divorce agreement on the table and quickly signing her

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a sigh

signed, son, go get the divorce certificate with her

nodded, then looked regretfully around the villa, wanting to say something,

you agree to one

for me?”

asked with

it?”

much

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give Amy every month?”

as these words came out, Howard immediately bristled. “What nonsense are you talking about? The company is in debt, and I’ve resigned.

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

legally, a father should pay 20% of his income to his child for living expenses, but Howard has already made it clear

another employer

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

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thousands.

Cindy and Howard wouldn’t have so easily let go of this

this was something

raise her… Moreover, I’m so deep in debt, and I definitely

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

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 she could get living expenses

with Amy, letting Howard raise

Howard’s

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can’t afford to go to school, there will be relevant departments that will hold you

listening outside, felt a surge

on earth

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

suppress the anger

felt that someone as

be such

Inside.

down in anger. “You’re already divorced, so how could Howard possibly still be

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around, it’s still uncertain whose child Amy really is! Howard, think of a way to cut ties with them,

immediately said, “Why not

Keira narrowed

been in vain that she

wanted to completely sever Amy’s relationship with Howard and his family, so that in the future, Howard would have no reason to come looking

shook her head and waved

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

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indicating that he had no relation with Amy from then on, before turning to Keira. “You,

we tell you to sign, you sign. Don’t even think

intimidated. She signed her name

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

“Are we leaving in such a

from demanding any more

mother felt a bit reluctant.

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will we

“Auntie, move to my

care of you in the future. You’re pregnant and

up her suitcase and followed

reached the door, they encountered

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

looked

to Keira,

them.

weeping with her shoulders

this how

Ellis,

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