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After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.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

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

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Keira silently watched them, feeling beyond words.

What had she done?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

discern.

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

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

Mary snorted but didn’t speak.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Of course…”

Howard touched her waist, his eyes gradually

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

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

“He won’t.”

Keira replied.

Meanwhile.

At the Olsen residence.

Ellis held the DNA test results and hurried into Uncle

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

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

handing over the corporate affairs to the young man

in advance.

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

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

Upon hearing what Ellis had said, he frowned and

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

Ellis placed the report on Sam’s desk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hearing that, Sam immediately looked toward Ellis.

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

that?”

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

“Pfft…”

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

here.”

Sam looked at him and remained silent, but his eyes

were filled with pity.

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

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

“It’s impossible.”

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

Could Keera really be his dad’s illegitimate daughter?

Thinking of his father’s henpecked demeanor, he still

found it unbelievable.

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

his hand.

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

Ellic entered his father’s room again took hig

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toothbrush, and handed everything to his assistant to

send to the testing center.

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

Lewis Horton in Clance.”

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

But the secretary was puzzled.

Could that be the case?

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

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

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

The secretary paused here.

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Ellis then said, “What about her?”

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

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

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

her?”

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

rumors…”

Ellis raised his eyebrow. “And then?”

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

Mary.”

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

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this look like it?”

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

Ellis asked, “What?”

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

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

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

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

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

intelligence!”

The secretary coughed. “It looks like Uncle Olsen

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intends to acknowledge her and then bring her back

into the family…”

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

“Yes.”

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

Meanwhile.

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

In the South family’s small villa.

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

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

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

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Maybe today I’ll show you.”

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

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

eat?”

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

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

him!

…Their shamelessness was beyond her imagination!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vairo still kant her hood down seemingly fragile and

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

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

child?”

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

Cindy snapped. “You…”

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

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

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

In an instant, Cindy understood. Keera was declaring

war!

Ha.

Did she really think she could win?

It was just because she had snagged a deal with Mary

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

Cindy left reluctantly with Howard.

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

“…Okay.”

Keira looked utterly docile.

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

Howard’s mother.

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

diligent.

Sometimes she would even deliberately seek to please

Howard’s mother.

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

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

Keira just smirked.

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

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

mother-in-law like this?

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

would be once she divorced and Howard’s mother

lived with Cindy.

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

A month passed by quickly.

In two days, the contract would expire.

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

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

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tomorrow comes, we’ll sue him!”

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

Keira nodded. “I’m sure.”

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

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

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

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

check him out.”

Keira was perplexed.

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

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

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wants

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

candidates!”

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

wanted to, whereas I…”

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

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

Keira saw a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

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

definitely be impressed with you!”

People from every social class have their own troubles.

Wealthy families were no exception.

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

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

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

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

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

Keira asked, Who’s your blind date?”

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

Keira was dumbfounded.

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

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Keira watched as Ellis walked in and sat down at Table

8 not far away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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connection!”

This stubborn facade…

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

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

Keira shook her head in resignation at this.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mary was stunned. “You know me?”

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

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

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

“No.” Ellis blinked.

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

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

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Ellis had always despised foolish, unprincipled people.

Mary’s actions had struck a nerve with him.

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

Keera’s best friend.

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

Correct.

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

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

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

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

With that, he left straight away.

Mary still sat there, utterly baffled.

Indeed, she had a good impression of Ellis.

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

bullied.

was

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

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

Her crush was well concealed…

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

But what did he just say?

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

empty-headed beauty, a vase with nothing but her

looks.”

Tears welled up in Mary’s eyes.

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

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

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

She was humiliated by her family and now mocked by

Ellis as well.

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

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

standing up as if nothing had happened.

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

“It’s nothing.”

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

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

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

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“…Okay.”

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

tomorrow, the lawsuit will definitely reach the

company.”

“Okay.”

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

“I know.”

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

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

Mary looked at the road ahead. “Yes.”

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

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Since she was in charge of the new energy research

and development, it was possible to offer her a

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

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

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

million?!

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

Meanwhile.

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

Ellis had always remembered her.

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

he very much liked

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

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

intelligence. What a pity.”

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

Ellis now felt a headache whenever he heard those two

words.

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

The secretary didn’t dare to speak.

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

The Olsen family always covered for their own!

They could criticize their own cousin, but nobody else

could!

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

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

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Mary quickly returned to the Davis home.

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

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

so were her other uncles and aunts.

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

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

Mary’s fingers tightened instantly, and she looked

down.

She swallowed before saying, “No…”

“No?!”

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

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

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

Her private affairs were to be laid out and scrutinized

in detail?

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

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

any further…”

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

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

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

indistinguishable from the most distant relatives!”

Mary’s grandfather was the gooand can of the

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

live on his own.

While Mary’s grandfather was still alive, the first

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

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

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

Seeing this scene, Mary clenched her fists.

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Her father indeed didn’t have the same mother as

these people.

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

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

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

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

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

father was dutifully filial,

from the family, always hoping to be buried

this and felt a

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

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

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

said, “No,

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

uncle’s wife

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

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fancy to someone who is nothing

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

since you brought it up, there’s something I have to say. I heard she abused

nephew wanted to work in the New Energy Research and Development Department of the Davis

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be blinded

immediately said, “You can insult me, but don’t

That’s nothing but a questionable outsider! I’ve heard her husband cheated on her, and she just tolerates it. With her feeble and incompetent love-struck brain, you’re

in the

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

reasons anymore!

contract is on you for judging people wrongly. If their company fails to deliver the research plan tomorrow, I’ll definitely have the legal department sue them for compensation according to the

her fists

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first to pass the interview for

she had long been a thorn in the side of

families.

compensation could be obtained,

uncle was clearly looking for an

looked at them and, facing the leviathan that was Davis

she could help Keera divorce and escape from Howard’s

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

contained a

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

879

with Davis Corporation.

wouldn’t let Mary be put

to her that

to Mary yet.

reached the third

lawsuit was delivered

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this moment, Cindy was in the office coquettishly complaining to Howard about her grievances. “I

one too.”

back and discuss it with

said, “Yeah, you should go back and discuss it with her. After

The villa is

knew exactly how to infuriate

seen that I call the shots with everything

wife be unhappy and kick us out?

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

his

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

“What?!”

exclamation, looking

dismissed it with a wave of his

part. Mary is

could they sue

looked at his secretary,

end, the proposal wasn’t submitted

the R&D department was poached last month.

you refuged and you quan told him to

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expected things to turn out

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

he took out

explained the situation before adding,

can

staff, and we’ll definitely be

that

would focus on such a small

his surprise, Mary actually bellowed at him. “Howard! You have

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

286 Blame Keen

is at risk, I don’t have the capacity to

statement, Mary hung

Howard was stunned.

looked at his secretary. “Hurry to Davis Corporation and find out if

“Yes.”

asked, “Howard, what do we do now? Do we really have to pay twenty million? Even if we sold the company, it wouldn’t

worth that much!”

frantically pacing and suddenly stood up to leave.

this, her eyes flickered. She immediately followed him, “I’m coming

quickly returned to

the role of the dutiful wife and mother, busy preparing lunch in the kitchen for

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the door was

the kitchen.

showed just the right amount of surprise and joy.

immediately ordered, “Call Mary right now and make her find a way to withdraw the lawsuit against the

pretended to be uninformed. “What

make the call! No more

Howard was furious.

lowered her head.

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

stunned for a

Howard.

hastily said, “Use WhatsApp voice

call to

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

tried to send another message, she

blankly

hand raised to slap

didn’t let herself get

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

she block me?!”

Howard’s arm “Howard, you can’t abandon me! I’m your wife, and I

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

wife,

worse…”

words made Howard

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something. The company’s legal person and shares were all in

do was get a divorce and push all the responsibility

eyes instantly lit

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eyes before he said, “Okay, don’t worry. I’ll definitely think of

that, he turned around and

already caught on to something and blurted out, “Divorce her, then you

of

frowned, however. “That’s the worst choice. If we really get divorced, I might end up with

waste?!”

to Keera for three years

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

do?”

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way; there’s definitely a

find Uncle Olsen to intervene. Just one word from him to Davis Corporation, and they’ll surely stop pursuing the lawsuit. As long as

up, displaying a WhatsApp notification that Mary had

friend.

after came a message from

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

things on your end? Is he going

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

“So

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

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

showed that

after ten minutes of typing,

resist, asked, “What’s wrong? Is

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

no matter what happens, I’ll always stand by

she

while, and her

the

looking at the message, she wanted to

a long silence, she

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thought.

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

for a long, long time, and finally replied with only one sentence. “Thank

Keera.”

actually

often said strange things, so Mary

mind it.

“Mary, as long as you land the next client, I’ll secure the position of

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

the company to find a way to retract the lawsuit after the

job she had to

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as he heard her.

nodded. “I understand,

these words fallen than there was a knock on

man.

his forties,

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

“This is my fourth brother’s daughter, who is currently interning at Day Corporation. Today she’s accompanying

Lynch immediately nodded. “Oh? Miss

pleasure to meet you…”

extended his

hand,

clammy and quite disgusting.

he tightened his grip slightly, making it hard

help from her uncle with

eyes.

please take a seat! The dishes will

Mr. Lynch sit

discussed a few matters about the contract with Mr. Lynch. This was Uncle Davis’s project. If he could seal the deal, it would earn him the admiration of the first branch and further solidify his position within

avoided bringing up

with a laugh, “Mary, Mr. Lynch has taken a liking to you. Why don’t

repulsed by the look in

to

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often speaks of you,

like to offer you a

she distinguished their

caused a sudden change in

brows and glared at Mary, then shot a

Mr. Lynch’s expression change, and then he stood up. “Alright, my

of relief and downed the content of her

looked at Uncle

that I still have some work to do. You

Lynch enjoy yourselves. I need to head

said that, she quickly picked up her bag and

that something was off with Uncle

she took a few steps, she suddenly felt

and looked desperately

Davis!!

ploy to

was completely beyond what she could comprehend

door and flung it open, hoping to cry for help

she opened the door, the person walking by her

he turned around in

and saw Mary.

plea for help choked in

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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

found out she was using

had too much drink!

some tea…”

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

the very moment he was about to

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slender hand and was

taken aback.”

the door being pushed

but turn his head to look, only to see a man

him, everyone in the room

moment.

to Mr. Ellis. He stood there, his gaze sweeping over everyone present before finally settling on

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

turned his gaze

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

Ellis

288 Something

her, but she instantly understood; this was her chance

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

also bewildered at this

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

the second

branch.

to offend any of

families!

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 my niece! Dear niece, did you bring

looked toward her

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uncle immediately said, “Yes, I

the contract out of his

“Dear niece, your uncle and I are like brothers. His niece is practically my

statement, Mr.

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

are just friends. You’re mistaken.

doorway, she suddenly

suddenly understood something. “My dear niece, rest assured, that contract issue with your

retract the lawsuit…”

flaunted borrowed authority

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Keera’s big plans, so hearing this, she immediately said, “There’s no need to

lawsuit.”

was baffled. “No need to retract the lawsuit? Aren’t you and your close friend

You…”

over a man. Do you think I am trying to get close to her now for what reason?

matter.”

uncle didn’t quite understand the friendships between young women, but seeing Mary so vehem he could only nod. “Oh, okay, don’t worry. I

involved in this matter.”

then did Mary pull the

the private room closed again, she took a deep breath, still feeling somewhat

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she couldn’t collapse

turned to leave, she suddenly

left. He frowned as he looked at her. He had obviously heard the entire conversation in

walked past and seen Mary, also noticing her

his own action

never expected that Mary would actually

for signing a contract, that

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

advantage, used it on

enough to freeze

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it seemed that Mary was both stupid and vicious! How could she do such a thing

friend and bestie?!

been a man of loyalty, despising those

gaze turned icy, his smile edged with scorn, and suddenly he

embrace.

body collided with his

slowly started to take effect, and she forced herself to shake her head, barely maintaining

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

sprayed on Mary’s

sent shivers down her spine,

reactions.

against Ellis, her eyes

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as her hands suddenly wrapped

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

her, but what was this woman doing? She started clinging to

away, only to hear Mary murmur, “Ellis, I like

then scoffed. “How many people have you said that

him, extending

vision was

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

“So many…”

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

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

to undo her

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collarbone.

became hurried for a

was never a gentleman; he had already taken an interest

him…

Mary was no lady,

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

down on the sofa and then bent over her. As soon as he touched her

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

Ellis furrowed his brows.

asked, “Mary, do you know

“You are Ellis!”

murmured, continuing to snuggle up to

could Ellis resist such

chin, with a profound look in his eyes, he said, “This

Mary was startled.

she still

after a while,

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this, Ellis felt

in his chest.

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

an appointment with today was stopped

to ask what was going on, faint sounds suggesting a tryst emanated from the private room, letting the visitor immediately catch on. “Since Mr. Ellis

time.”

the visitor leave, the assistant returned his

were becoming

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

He wasn’t a man

a perfectly normal man! Mr. Ellis should definitely

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time had passed when

moved her sore

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

of where

“Click.”

The light turned on.

then did she notice it

suit sat

that Mary realized she was lying on

all over

immediately cov her chest, and turning her gaze fiercely toward

“You…”

what happened that day, her voice came to an

was she who started

hint of shyness flooded her cheeks, and after

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surprise, a touch of joy emerged in her

immediately produced a bank card, extending it toward her. “Your fee for

taken aback, her

Fee for service…

he

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

bother.”

the room fell silent for

only to see Ellis appraising her

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

withdrew his bank card, “Then

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

them.”

at

had been following

heirs. He was

dream lover of so

could he actually

this?

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

the

followed his gaze and, sure

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

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he has always been

from those people,

to use them even

still kept them.

gave a bitter

dressing and turned

still staring at her. “Tell me, what do

want?”

“Whether you believe it

back and looked at Ellis. “Mr. Ellis, I was presumptuous last night, and

stack of cash from her bag and placed it on

services.”

pupils contract slightly

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gaze piercing Mary.

turned around

only then did she cover her wildly beating heart, feeling that

deep breath and

had left, the assistant

stack of cash on the table, and the assistant, not understanding the situation, reported to him. “Mr. Ellis, Miss Keera has indeed

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

immediately sneered. “How could the penalty

so high?”

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said, “It’s said to

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

“deliberate

what Mary had said was true! If it

was really out

woman was truly

had just shown such pride in front

slammed his teacup onto

didn’t understand why he was

she who had slept with him, right? Such a woman wasn’t worth being

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sneered as he stood up

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

stack of money on the table. “Mr. Ellis, whose money

Ellis was speechless.

glanced at the money in the

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

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

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

frowned. “What does he want

and see.”

down on such a scoundrel in

now thinking of Keera as his cousin. he

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290 Uncle Olsen’s Daughter

arrived in front of

Ellis, I went to the

down at him. “What do you

me?”

Oceanion, Uncle Olsen and I hit it off. Afterward, he even had my wife, Keera, help visit Mrs. Olsen, so my wife and

deliver a message

a message to Uncle Olsen only to find out

eyes narrowed. “What

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

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

his gaze, sneering/”Alright, I’ll

your message.”

that, Ellis got into his

dare to stop him anymore, and

left, Cindy asked, “Will this

helped Uncle Olsen a great deal, and afterward, Uncle Olsen said we could ask him if we needed anything.

talked and

were gone, Mary

corner.

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

Ellis really conveyed the message

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that ruin Keera’s

found Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated for a moment,

had already

was reclining in

mind was filled entirely with Mary’s delicate

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

was his first

case, wasn’t he at

his tie, feeling a

then, his phone

glanced at it and saw that it was

on WhatsApp, he had no recollection, but Mary had been mingling in their circles since she was

Maru ung still

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and everyone

some respect.

took over the Davis Family, as Mary’s branch

Ellis

“What’s

that as long

really were playing hard to get? Miss Davis, there’s

in front of

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

to marry her, to take responsibility for her, or take advantage

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

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Corporation. However, to his

help Howard and

immediately furrowed

let out a cold laugh. “The favor

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

after Ellis said those

He was very angry.

help saying, “Mr. Ellis,

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

afraid Mary would no longer

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to stay

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

the truth about the

question made

the DNA test had

had sounded so confident, and he actually believed Keera was Ellis’s dad’s illegitimate daughter, which caused him to show his dad a cold face at

for those two days.

even got a good beating

that the results would show, that Keera was Uncle

stunned

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

hesitated.

always been

years, not a single woman had caught

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been asked, “Why not find someone, just

be compromised with.

Uncle Olsen knew that his daughter had been living such a defeated life, being played around by a man from a small place, Uncle Olsen would probably

would be ruined by his daughter,

hadn’t gone to see Uncle Olsen for

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

since that day.

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

assistant asked again. “Then, this matter… do

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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be quite good just to let Howard abandon Keera. It might even cure this cousin of her love-sick

also felt that this was his

Olsen family’s tradition had always taught them since childhood to act according to their own hearts, and the family elders never did things just because they felt “It’s good

only asked,

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

phone buzzed because of WhatsApp again,

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

hurriedly said, “No, I want her to

does she want it herself? Do you

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another person are actually

infuriated by his words. “How do

she doesn’t want to?!”

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he heard this. “You mean, Keera

really feared that Ellis would take action and help Keera’s Company solve the contract

it’s a plan that Keera and I

out.”

straight to the point. “We want to make

leave without a penny, and give both the

“So, please don step

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

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

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best friend

and knew that she had been tolerant at home for the sake of competing with that

believe that such a person, whose heart was full of thoughts of

divorce?

wasn’t sufficient to make Davis Corporation drop the lawsuit, and since the lawsuit had been filed, even if Keera

was really a trap set by Keera herself, what was

make any

wanted to explain, but she also understood that her

best, had doubted until now whether Keera

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Howard.

last 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 make. If you don’t tell me, maybe he’ll return to the family after a while on his own! I

was

explaining further and only said, “Mr. Ellis, you just promised me that as long as my request

instantly

determined to punish

and suddenly lowered his gaze, hiding the icy chill

“Indeed.”

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

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have to return it

Mary was startled.

pursed her lips, knowing

that Ellis was interested in

days might

divorce, for the company and the villa, as well as freedom, she eventually clenched her

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

moment, Mary still hadn’t realized the consequences of

of relief, then

and headed home.

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

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with Ellis, a hint

Soon, she arrived home.

and quickly entered

she stepped in, her pace

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

in her

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

“Mary…”

earth did you do to offend Mr. Ellis? Why would he suddenly call your uncle and claim to have no association with you? Hurry up and

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

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Mary didn’t kneel.

the bodyguards were already approaching, and with a cruel kick to her knees,

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

“Mary, who gave

pain

look up.

tight, and she

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

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

I spare her, how

ma21″

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and

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

the anticipated pain did

I can’t bear to harm, no wonder

she

relief.

the

“Slap!”

landed on

father. “I blame you for not raising your daughter

what his big brother intended

but spare Mary

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the

“Dad!”

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

trying to break free from their grip, wanting to stop

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

If you keep going, it

out with a piercing voice, tears and snot streaming down her

that her

you want me to stop hitting him, fine, but from now

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her fists

of demand her eldest uncle

make next…

her father with a bruised nose and swollen face, her mother who was being held down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her

before her…

of

have already been taken advantage

sufficient ability to protect herself or make any significant achievements in the company to gain the favor of the first branch, and with her father being relentlessly suppressed by her uncle and his

had long anticipated a situation

she still harbored some

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toward Ellis.

blamed herself in secret for

useless she was!

protect her parents and unable to save her

only obediently become a social butterfly

sat on the ground, feeling an overwhelming sense

get up from the ground. “Mary,

mother looked at him

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

Π

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

behind, he left

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of this soon

he was in the Olsen residence’s study, listening to his

expected Mary’s life to

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

“No.”

sneered. “She dares to scheme

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

promised her,

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

what kind of man

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smiled. “If she really gets over

her again as a cousin and let Uncle

on Keera’s situation; after all, she’s my uncle’s

loss.”

but what

for a moment and

“Leave her be.”

that night, Ellis

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

beneath a

expression was licentious as she looked at him sideways. “It’s not my first time,

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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forehead, feeling utterly

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

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;

and he let out a cold laugh, “Let’s go and see. Do they

be bullied at will?!”

moment, Keira, whom Ellis thought was in di straits, was struggling to suppress a smile as she looked

her the company

mocking her. “Keera, after all these years of marriage with Brother Howard, now he’s giving you the house and the company, and even the kid.

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better sign quickly

speaking and looked toward

of the divorce agreement, lost in thought, with an

Three years!

since he married Keera, and all he had gotten

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 expenses, and with the three million left, h spent a little over one million on Cindy, and some on entertaining, leaving only

savings…

say, he only got a little over a

couldn’t bear to let it

and company were

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If he wanted a clean break in the divorce, he had no choice but to leave the company and

her!

to sign, Keira’s eyes flickered, and then she feigned a look of agony. “Howard, you can’t abandon me… The real estate market in Clance is terrible right now, this villa can sell at most for fifteen million. The company has a debt

Howard panicked a little.

divorce, then both spouses

over with

away and was about

her eager expression; she still had to keep a miserable

mother couldn’t help

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

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your own problems! Why are

pique his interest at all! If

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

wanted to curse

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

curses had

swallowed.

aband me, please. I haven’t worked for so many years, an the debt

own…”

words, Howard no longer hesitated and

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

just sign it! Otherwise, Howard and his mother won’t let you off! This marriage

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

took the contract

the eyes of the three people, she

knew how hard Keira

villa,

into the South family villa

assistant!

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see a woman with her back to him, holding two copies of a divorce agreement in her

T

stopped in his tracks, not entering

woman’s voice was low, with a sobbing tone, as she said with her head down,

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

was

“When we graduated, it you who said I didn’t need to work! You said that being your wife

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this time, Keira had read through Keera’s

her diary, Keera recorded

Howard.

had also been sweet

and before they got married, after

and that you would manage the company for me, that in

that it was all

gave birth to was a boy or a girl, you

was speaking these words on behalf of

“Enough!”

to listen

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

suddenly looked incredulously at

wasn’t Howard aware of

What right do you have

red-hot with

the room to back up Keera, he heard the

Ellis immediately halted.

like this, it wouldn’t be so

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

it and simply stood still, not

an inch.

Inside the room.

appeared to be coerced, placing the divorce agreement

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a sigh of

son, go get the divorce certificate with her

wanting to say something, but Keira said, “Howard, I’ve agreed to all the

Could you agree to

for me?”

asked with suspicion, “What

it?”

much child

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give Amy every month?”

nonsense are you talking about? The company is in debt, and I’ve resigned. I don’t have a job right now. Where would I get the money to pay

mother also said, “Keera, don’t go too far! How much money has Howard given you over the years? How much has he earned for this family? How

of his income to his child for living expenses, but Howard has already made it clear that he doesn’t have

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

It was easy for him to find a job in the new energy sector with

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thousands.

wouldn’t have so easily let go of this

was something Cindy wouldn’t

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

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

sneered. “Exactly, Keera, you ha hands and feet. Why can’t you live on your

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

off with Amy, letting Howard raise

Howard’s mother shouted

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took on a sobbing tone. “Howard, you are Amy’s father. If 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

listening outside, felt a surge

on earth

and she still cared about that bit

deep breaths to suppress the anger welling

felt that someone as defeatist as Keer

there be such weak

Inside.

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

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Howard, think of a way to cut ties with them,

words came out, Cindy immediately said, “Why not sign

hearing this, Keira narrowed

in vain that she had put on

sever Amy’s relationship with Howard and his family, so that in the

this, she immediately shook her head and waved her

her reaction, Howard decisively pulled out a piece of paper. “You don’t get to make the

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no relation with Amy from then on, before

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 that

intimidated. She signed her

He exchange a look with Cindy, and

mother said, “Are we leaving

to prevent this woman from demanding any more living

mother felt a bit reluctant. “Once

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will we

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

in the future.

immediately picked up her

reached the door, they

When, when did you get

looked

Keira, who

them.

seemed to be weeping with her shoulders trembling slightly, fueling his

how you

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

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