My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Chapter 281-290

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

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

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

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

Her eyes reddened with anger.

Was Keera thinking of her as a fool?

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

But why did Keera have to deceive her with such

tricks?

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

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

me.”

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

Amy had already fallen asleep.

After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.

She asked, “What did you just send?”

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

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She shook her head and set the mobile phone aside.

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

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

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

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

The next morning.

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

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

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

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Upon seeing Keira, she immediately curved her lips

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

Keira replied with a thumbs-up and a smile.

The two entered the building together and approached

Howard’s office.

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

Keira’s eyes narrowed slightly.

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

Cindy’s skirt was hiked up to her waist.

Howard’s pants were also down to his knees…

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

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

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

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

and me…”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She wasn’t blind!

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

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

She was suddenly at a loss for words.

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

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

matters into her own hands..

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

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

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

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

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Keira silently watched them, feeling beyond words.

What had she done?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

discern.

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

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

Mary snorted but didn’t speak.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Of course…”

Howard touched her waist, his eyes gradually

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

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

“He won’t.”

Keira replied.

Meanwhile.

At the Olsen residence.

Ellis held the DNA test results and hurried into Uncle

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

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

handing over the corporate affairs to the young man

in advance.

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

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

Upon hearing what Ellis had said, he frowned and

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

Ellis placed the report on Sam’s desk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hearing that, Sam immediately looked toward Ellis.

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

that?”

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

“Pfft…”

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

here.”

Sam looked at him and remained silent, but his eyes

were filled with pity.

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

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

“It’s impossible.”

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

Could Keera really be his dad’s illegitimate daughter?

Thinking of his father’s henpecked demeanor, he still

found it unbelievable.

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

his hand.

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

Ellic entered his father’s room again took hig

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toothbrush, and handed everything to his assistant to

send to the testing center.

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

Lewis Horton in Clance.”

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

But the secretary was puzzled.

Could that be the case?

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

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

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

The secretary paused here.

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Ellis then said, “What about her?”

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

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

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

her?”

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

rumors…”

Ellis raised his eyebrow. “And then?”

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

Mary.”

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

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this look like it?”

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

Ellis asked, “What?”

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

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

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

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

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

intelligence!”

The secretary coughed. “It looks like Uncle Olsen

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intends to acknowledge her and then bring her back

into the family…”

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

“Yes.”

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

Meanwhile.

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

In the South family’s small villa.

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

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

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

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Maybe today I’ll show you.”

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

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

eat?”

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

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

him!

…Their shamelessness was beyond her imagination!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vairo still kant her hood down seemingly fragile and

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

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

child?”

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

Cindy snapped. “You…”

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

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

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

In an instant, Cindy understood. Keera was declaring

war!

Ha.

Did she really think she could win?

It was just because she had snagged a deal with Mary

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

Cindy left reluctantly with Howard.

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

“…Okay.”

Keira looked utterly docile.

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

Howard’s mother.

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

diligent.

Sometimes she would even deliberately seek to please

Howard’s mother.

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

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

Keira just smirked.

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

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

mother-in-law like this?

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

would be once she divorced and Howard’s mother

lived with Cindy.

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

A month passed by quickly.

In two days, the contract would expire.

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

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

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tomorrow comes, we’ll sue him!”

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

Keira nodded. “I’m sure.”

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

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

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

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

check him out.”

Keira was perplexed.

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

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

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wants

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

candidates!”

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

wanted to, whereas I…”

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

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

Keira saw a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

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

definitely be impressed with you!”

People from every social class have their own troubles.

Wealthy families were no exception.

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

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

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

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

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

Keira asked, Who’s your blind date?”

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

Keira was dumbfounded.

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

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Keira watched as Ellis walked in and sat down at Table

8 not far away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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connection!”

This stubborn facade…

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

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

Keira shook her head in resignation at this.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mary was stunned. “You know me?”

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

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

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

“No.” Ellis blinked.

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

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

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Ellis had always despised foolish, unprincipled people.

Mary’s actions had struck a nerve with him.

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

Keera’s best friend.

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

Correct.

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

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

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

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

With that, he left straight away.

Mary still sat there, utterly baffled.

Indeed, she had a good impression of Ellis.

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

bullied.

was

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

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

Her crush was well concealed…

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

But what did he just say?

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

empty-headed beauty, a vase with nothing but her

looks.”

Tears welled up in Mary’s eyes.

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

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

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

She was humiliated by her family and now mocked by

Ellis as well.

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

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

standing up as if nothing had happened.

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

“It’s nothing.”

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

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

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

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“…Okay.”

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

tomorrow, the lawsuit will definitely reach the

company.”

“Okay.”

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

“I know.”

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

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

Mary looked at the road ahead. “Yes.”

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

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Since she was in charge of the new energy research

and development, it was possible to offer her a

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

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

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

million?!

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

Meanwhile.

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

Ellis had always remembered her.

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

he very much liked

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

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

intelligence. What a pity.”

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

Ellis now felt a headache whenever he heard those two

words.

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

The secretary didn’t dare to speak.

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

The Olsen family always covered for their own!

They could criticize their own cousin, but nobody else

could!

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

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

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Mary quickly returned to the Davis home.

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

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

so were her other uncles and aunts.

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

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

Mary’s fingers tightened instantly, and she looked

down.

She swallowed before saying, “No…”

“No?!”

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

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

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

Her private affairs were to be laid out and scrutinized

in detail?

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

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

any further…”

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

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

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

indistinguishable from the most distant relatives!”

Mary’s grandfather was the gooand can of the

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

live on his own.

While Mary’s grandfather was still alive, the first

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

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

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

Seeing this scene, Mary clenched her fists.

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Her father indeed didn’t have the same mother as

these people.

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

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

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

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

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

dutifully filial,

from the family,

thought of this and felt a

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

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

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

“No,

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

uncle’s wife

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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Mr. Ellis? How would he possibly take a fancy to

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

something I have to say. I heard she abused her authority to

voice immediately became shrill. “What? Mary! When my maternal family’s nephew wanted to work in the New Energy Research and Development Department of the Davis Corporation, you said we

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be blinded

insult me, but don’t

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

in

liking to you, I would have turned a blind eye to your actions, but unfortunately, you failed to grasp the opportunity, and I won’t bend the

reasons anymore!

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

clenched her

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was the first to pass the interview for Davis Corporation and to

had long been a thorn in

families.

according to the contract, if compensation could be obtained, it meant

was clearly looking for

at them and, facing the leviathan that

least, she could help Keera divorce and

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

laptop contained a

the blame onto her and divorced her, she planned to use this

879

with Davis Corporation.

be put in a

just occurred to her that she hadn’t

to Mary yet.

reached the third

was delivered to Howard early in

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

one too.”

go back and discuss

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

The villa is under

how to

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

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

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

his

the letter. “Mr. Smith, someone just delivered this! They say we haven’t submitted the research and development proposal on

“What?!”

exclamation, looking incredulously

a wave of his hand. “It

their part. Mary

they

at his secretary,

wasn’t

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

refuged and you quan told him to not

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expected things

panic. I’m calling

took out his phone

immediately explained the situation before adding, “Do you think

can

just hired new tech staff,

thought that would settle

one would focus on such a small

at him. “Howard! You have the nerve to call me?! Do

great-uncle was already displeased with my

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risk, I don’t have the capacity to help you any

that statement, Mary hung

Howard was stunned.

Davis Corporation and find

“Yes.”

Do we really have to pay twenty million? Even if we sold the company, it

worth that much!”

stood up to

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

quickly returned to the

moment, Keira was still playing the role of the dutiful wife

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door was opened, Howard charged

the kitchen.

right amount of surprise

right now and make her find

to be

call! No

Howard was furious.

immediately lowered her head. “Okay,

her phone, and dialed Mary’s number, but the message on the other end wa “Hello,

for a

Howard.

hastily said, “Use

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

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sorry, but we shouldn’t contact each other

send another message, she found

blankly at

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

let herself

seemed extremely aggrieved, and as Howard made his move, she crouched down, hugged her knees, and began to cry, “Why would Mary do this?

she block me?!”

as 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 are unstable, and if we have to sell

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

and wife, for better or

worse…”

words made Howard

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

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

instantly

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Keera with a flicker of something in his eyes before

turned around and

had already caught on to something and blurted out, “Divorce

of course, hoped that Howard could have a

end up with

waste?!”

married to Keera for three years

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

do?”

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way;

pretty good relationship with Uncle Olsen. Let’s find Uncle Olsen to intervene. Just one word from

lit up, displaying a WhatsApp notification that Mary had added

friend.

came a message from

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

the way, how are things on your end? Is

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

“So

rope. As long as Davis Corporation doesn’t drop the lawsuit, he’ll be like an ant on a

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

status continuously showed that she was

ten minutes of typing, still

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

just feel like you’re not quite

was about to respond with something when she saw another message from Mary pop up. “Keera, no matter what happens, I’ll always stand by your side. Whether it’s the past you, the present you, or the future you. As long as it’s you, I will always be

she read

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

for the first

she wanted to tell Mary that she was

after a long silence, she ultimately

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thought.

would certainly have regretted being too love-struck to trust in friendship and blocked

time, and finally replied with only

Keera.”

actually

often said strange

mind it.

Davis, who was sitting across the dining table from her suddenly scoffed. “Mary, as long as

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

the divorce

the job she had to

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of mockery as he heard her. “Hmm, Mr. Lynch is not very tactful. Don’t

“I understand,

was a knock on the door, followed by the entry of

man.

his forties, and his

with a beaming smile. “Mr.

replied with a smile, “This is my fourth brother’s daughter, who is currently interning

nodded. “Oh?

pleasure to meet you…”

extended his

took his hand, she only

clammy and quite disgusting.

tried to pull her hand back, but he tightened his grip slightly, making it hard for

help from her uncle with

eyes.

a laugh, “Mr. Lynch, please take a seat! The

Mr. Lynch sit

If he could seal the deal, it would earn him the admiration of the first

Lynch, all smiles, avoided bringing up the contract and

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

by the look

glass, walked over to Mr. Lynch, and said with a smile, “Uncle.

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of you, saying you’re a

like to offer

statement, she

sudden change in Mr.

his brows and glared 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 Uncle Lynch will surely take good care of you from now

breathed a sigh of relief and downed the content of her

Uncle

some work to

yourselves. I need to

that, she quickly picked up her bag

see that something was off with Uncle Davis;

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

had happened and looked desperately at

Davis!!

being the daughter of the Davis family and her uncle’s niece, she was just a ploy to secure a contract

was completely beyond what she could comprehend or

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

she hadn’t expected that when she opened the door, the person walking by

the commotion, he turned around in

and saw Mary.

eyes met, the plea for help choked

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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

her if he found out she was using her looks to

niece, you’ve had too much

some tea…”

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

very moment he was about to shut

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at that slender hand

taken aback.”

she saw the

Davis couldn’t help but turn his head to look, only to see a

in

moment.

person. He was the assistant to Mr. Ellis. He stood there, his gaze sweeping over everyone present before finally settling on Mary. “Mr. Ellis is dining next door, and he asked me to come and say hello. Miss Davis,

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

then turned his

Mr. Ellis’s eye, which was why he brought her here to accompany the fat Lynch, but now Mr. Ellis

Ellis

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ask after her, but she instantly understood; this was her chance to

need for Mr. Ellis to worry. I was just discussing a partnership with Uncle Lynch and my uncle.

Lynch was also bewildered at this

family’s main branch took control of the company,

show disrespect to the

branch.

couldn’t afford to offend any of the five

families!

with a grin. “Yes, yes, I’m here discussing a partnership with my niece! Dear niece, did you bring

toward

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said,

contract out of his

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

Mr. Lynch

wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead and tentatively looked at Mary, asking, “Dear niece, you

just friends. You’re mistaken. Since the

the doorway, she suddenly

dear niece, rest assured, that contract issue with your

retract the lawsuit…”

flaunted

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reason, fearing it would hinder Keera’s big plans, so hearing this, she immediately said, “There’s

lawsuit.”

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

You…”

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

matter.”

women, but seeing Mary

involved in this matter.”

pull the door open and step

closed again, she took a deep breath, still feeling somewhat

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least she couldn’t collapse

she turned to leave, she

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

past and seen Mary, also noticing her anxiousness

Yet he found his own action a

that Mary would actually take advantage

a contract, that would be end

world, and he didn’t mind being

after gaining an advantage, used it on his cousin,

simply… enough to freeze

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Mary was

friend and bestie?!

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

icy, his smile edged with scorn, and suddenly he grabbed Mary, pulling

embrace.

entire body collided with his chest, making her even

forced herself to shake her head, barely maintaining her

d whispering into her ear. “For what just happened, w will

breath sprayed

shivers down her spine,

reactions.

leaned against Ellis,

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hands suddenly wrapped around

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

but what was

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

aback, then scoffed. “How many people have you said that

at him, extending a

her vision was

extend one finger, several appeared before her, and she muttered in

“So many…”

who appears so

hear what he was saying and pressed closer against the man. “Ellis,

began to undo her shirt,

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collarbone.

became hurried for

taken an interest in

him…

was no lady, so

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

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

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skin was so hot, and the way she looked… Was

Ellis furrowed his brows.

do you

“You are Ellis!”

to

Ellis resist such

look in his eyes,

Mary was startled.

she still

eyes looked at Ellis, and after a while, she

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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

an appointment with today

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

time.”

the assistant returned his attention

inside were

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

man and wasn’t

a perfectly normal man! Mr. Ellis should

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much time had passed when she finally

her sore

her felt as if it had been crushed by

where she

“Click.”

The light turned on.

it was dark outside, and

suit

was then that Mary realized she was

clothes scattered all over

She exclaimed in shock, immediately cov her chest,

“You…”

that day,

was she who

hint of shyness flooded her

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touch of

a bank card, extending it toward

aback, her

Fee for service…

he

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

bother.”

the room fell silent for

see Ellis appraising her closely, his

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

bank card,

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

them.”

at

been following

type of person, unlike other wealthy heirs. He was never fickle or messy, and his private life was

also why Ellis was the dream lover of so many

now, could he actually

this?

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

to the corner. “It’s already

followed his gaze and, sure

one by one,

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always been

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

the heart to use

still kept them.

a bitter

dressing and turned to look

her. “Tell

want?”

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

phone into it, then straightened her back and looked at Ellis. “Mr. Ellis, I was presumptuous last night, and if anything, I

stack of cash from her bag

services.”

Ellis’s pupils contract

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gaze piercing Mary.

Mary felt fear, she still turned around and walked

then did she cover her wildly beating heart, feeling that

took a deep breath and then turned

the

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

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

sneered. “How could the penalty

so high?”

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“It’s said to

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

“deliberate retaliation,” Ellis sneered

accident, but now it turned out that what Mary had said

really out

truly too

of how Mary had just shown such pride in front of

slammed his teacup onto the ground in

why he was suddenly feeling so

he had spent with her… No, it was she who had

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as he stood up and straightened

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

walked out the door to the parking lot, only to see Howard

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

he want with me? Let’s

and see.”

had only ever looked down on

as

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in

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

at him. “What

me?”

Afterward, he even had my wife, Keera, help visit Mrs. Olsen, so my wife

a message for

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

narrowed. “What

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

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more time? Just give

gaze, sneering/”Alright,

your message.”

that, Ellis got into his

didn’t dare to stop

Ellis left, Cindy

“Last time Keera helped Uncle Olsen a great deal, and afterward, Uncle Olsen said we could ask him if we needed anything. It should

two talked and left the

were gone, Mary stepped

corner.

just come down to the parking lot, not yet finding her car, when she saw Howard and Cindy stopping Ellis, so she had

conveyed the

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that ruin

phone, found Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated for a

had already

Ellis was reclining in a chair,

mind was filled entirely with Mary’s

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

his first

case, wasn’t he at

his tie, feeling a

his phone suddenly

it and saw that

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

ung still the granddaughter of

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patriarch and everyone

some respect.

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

Ellis

began, “What’s

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

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

front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

would ask him to marry her, to

her branch of the Davis Family or at least to solidify

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to his surprise, he heard Mary

you not help Howard and

immediately furrowed

let out a cold laugh. “The favor you’re

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

Ellis said those words, he

He was very angry.

couldn’t help saying, “Mr. Ellis,

can’t stand someone like Keera, then she should keep her distance. It was Mary herself who-got closer, and the result was just to embarrass Keera?! Is their friendship of over ten years all fake?! If Uncle Olsen

afraid Mary would no longer

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stay

for a moment before saying, “Mr. Ellis, are you

tell Uncle Olsen the truth about the DNA

made

results of the DNA test had been out for

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

for those two days.

even got a good beating from his

the results would show, that Keera was

was stunned at

tell Uncle Olsen immediately, but after hearing the

hesitated.

Olsen had always been a proud

a single

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

be compromised

been living such a defeated life, being played around by a

would

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

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

since that day.

sighed. “Let’s not talk about this for now. I’m afraid Uncle Olsen might get so angry it harms

assistant asked again. “Then, this matter…

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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thinking it would be quite good just to let Howard abandon Keera. It might even cure this cousin of her

that this was his cousin’s own

to their own hearts, and

only asked,

Howard, to make him. afraid to ever divorce. After all, the Olsen

phone buzzed because of WhatsApp again, and it was still

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

said, “No, I want her to get

her to get a divorce, but does she want

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another person

by his words. “How do

she doesn’t want to?!”

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when he heard this. “You mean, Keera wants to divorce

really feared that Ellis would take

a plan that Keera and

out.”

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

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

Mary continued. “So, please don step

“Miss Davis, do you think I would believe such

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

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friend Mary

that she had been tolerant at home for the sake of competing with that mistress, serving Howard’s mother

a person, whose heart was full of

divorce?

Corporation drop the lawsuit, and since the lawsuit had been filed, even if Keera really made Howard leave without a penny, the value of

was really a trap set by Keera herself, what was Keera

make any

to explain, but she also understood

she, who knew her friend best, had

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Howard.

time 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

was beyond

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

instantly

Mary determined to punish

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

“Indeed.”

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

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you have

Mary was startled.

knowing what Ellis was

her off today because he misunderstood that Ellis was interested in

days might become

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

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

Mary still hadn’t

a sigh of relief, then started the

and headed home.

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

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with Ellis, a

Soon, she arrived home.

car and quickly

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

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

faltered in

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

“Mary…”

and claim to have no

hearing this, Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed coldly and immediately

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Mary didn’t kneel.

a cruel kick to her knees, they forced her legs to buckle, and

take advantage of his influence? Do you know that Mr. Lynch also called me just now and gave

up to her, grabbing her hair. “Mary, who gave you such audacity? To make such a fool out

throbbed in pain as she was forced

look up.

clenched tight,

brother’s leg. “Brother, Mary

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

spare her, how could Mr.

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and viciously

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

pain did not

sneer. “Your face is something I can’t bear to harm, no wonder Mr. Lynch keeps thinking

she breathed a huge

relief.

the next

“Slap!”

slap landed on

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

for mercy. He already knew what his big brother intended to do and shouted, “Brother,

spare Mary please. She

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to the

“Dad!”

shock. She cried out and tried to

wanting to stop her eldest uncle’s beating

those bodyguards were professional, robust, and impossible to break away

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

voice, tears and snot

only then that

at Mary. “If you want me to stop hitting him, fine, but from now

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clenched her fists

knew what kind of demand

make next…

by bodyguards, unable

before her…

of this

him, she would have already been taken advantage of by Mr. Lynch

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

long anticipated a

she still harbored

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toward Ellis.

same time, she blamed

useless she was!

protect her parents and

end, she could only obediently become a social butterfly for

an overwhelming sense of helplessness

trying to get up from the ground.

mother looked at him

I’ll listen to everything you say from now on, just let

Π

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

words behind, he left

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this soon

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

life to

she’s technically

“No.”

dares to

this, the assistant looked at him. “What

I promised her,

his gaze. “But the twenty million,

of man her husband is. Who knows? After going

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smiled. “If she really

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

a close eye on Keera’s situation; after all, she’s my uncle’s daughter

loss.”

but what

fell silent for a

“Leave her be.”

Ellis

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

beneath a corpulent

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

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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his forehead, feeling

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

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

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

be bullied at will?!”

straits, was struggling to suppress a smile as

the

years of marriage with Brother Howard, now he’s giving

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better sign quickly and

and looked

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

Three years!

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

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

savings…

say, he only got a little over a hundred

couldn’t bear to let it

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 choice but

her!

terrible right now, this villa can sell at most for fifteen million. The company has a debt contract of twenty million,

Howard panicked a little.

spouses would be

over with the message that they

Keira away and was

she still had

Howard’s mother couldn’t

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

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your own problems! Why are

to pique

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

wanted to

was about to sign the second, but he hesitated again

curses had to be

swallowed.

please. I haven’t worked for so many years, an the debt is in millions. I simply can’t raise

own…”

these words, Howard no longer hesitated and

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

two contracts to her. “Keera, stop struggling, just sign it! Otherwise, Howard and his mother won’t

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

contract with trembling

eyes of the

knew how hard Keira was trying not to

villa, a black luxury

into the South family

assistant!

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see a

T

in

a sobbing tone, as she said with her

home every day. For all these years it was I who managed the company, and you? You just gave birth to a child, living in a daze every day, enjoying luxury with the company’s money for so many years. What contributions have you made to the

was

said I didn’t need to work!

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Keira had read through Keera’s

her diary, Keera recorded the

Howard.

had also

they got married, after graduating

that going to work was too hard and that you would manage the company for me, that in the

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

gave birth to was a boy or

was speaking these words on behalf

“Enough!”

want to listen

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others from 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

looked incredulously

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

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

was red-hot with rage

heard the woman with a trembling voice start to speak.

Ellis immediately halted.

like this,

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assertiveness, if Keera regretted it later and

about it and simply

an inch.

Inside the room.

appeared to be coerced, placing the divorce agreement on the

Cindy was pleased.

a sigh

son,

say something, but Keira said, “Howard,

Could you agree to

for me?”

immediately asked with

it?”

said weakly. “How much child support

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give Amy every month?”

Howard immediately bristled. “What nonsense are you talking about? The company is in debt, and I’ve resigned. I don’t

earned for this family? How can you still want his money after the divorce? You wish! Howard’s

as well, “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 yet, and his

been in touch with another employer and was

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

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thousands.

Howard wouldn’t have so easily let go of this

was something Cindy

raise her… Moreover, I’m so deep in debt, and I definitely won’t have the money to raise

don’t care how you live! If you can’t make it, just take her and go beg on the

ha hands and feet. Why can’t

jo After all, working is so exhausting, and if

Amy,

dreaming!” Howard’s mother shouted

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Amy can’t 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

outside, felt

on earth was

she still cared about that bit of child support? Couldn’t she

to suppress

even felt that someone as defeatist as Keer deserve

be such

Inside.

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

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you mess around, it’s still uncertain whose child Amy really is! Howard, think of a way to cut ties with them, so she won’t be like a vampire

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

this, Keira

vain that she

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

immediately shook her head and waved her

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

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no relation with Amy from then on, before turning to Keira. “You,

Keira had a chance to act, Howard’s mother stepped forward and grabbed her hand. “When we tell you to sign, you sign. Don’t even think about clinging to Howard. Once you’re divorced, you and

intimidated. She signed her name

stood up. He exchange a look with Cindy, and the

mother said, “Are we leaving in

to prevent this woman from

a bit reluctant. “Once we

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where will we

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

care of you in the future.

picked up her suitcase and followed behind the

the door, they encountered the

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

looked

Keira, who had her back

them.

be weeping with her shoulders trembling slightly, fueling

is this how

hard. “Mr. Ellis, my

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