My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

Chapter 281-290

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

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

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

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

Her eyes reddened with anger.

Was Keera thinking of her as a fool?

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

But why did Keera have to deceive her with such

tricks?

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

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

me.”

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

Amy had already fallen asleep.

After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.

She asked, “What did you just send?”

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

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She shook her head and set the mobile phone aside.

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

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

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

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

The next morning.

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

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

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

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Upon seeing Keira, she immediately curved her lips

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

Keira replied with a thumbs-up and a smile.

The two entered the building together and approached

Howard’s office.

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

Keira’s eyes narrowed slightly.

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

Cindy’s skirt was hiked up to her waist.

Howard’s pants were also down to his knees…

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

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

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

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

and me…”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She wasn’t blind!

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

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

She was suddenly at a loss for words.

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

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

matters into her own hands..

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

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

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

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

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Keira silently watched them, feeling beyond words.

What had she done?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

discern.

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

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

Mary snorted but didn’t speak.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Of course…”

Howard touched her waist, his eyes gradually

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

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

“He won’t.”

Keira replied.

Meanwhile.

At the Olsen residence.

Ellis held the DNA test results and hurried into Uncle

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

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

handing over the corporate affairs to the young man

in advance.

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

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

Upon hearing what Ellis had said, he frowned and

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

Ellis placed the report on Sam’s desk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hearing that, Sam immediately looked toward Ellis.

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

that?”

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

“Pfft…”

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

here.”

Sam looked at him and remained silent, but his eyes

were filled with pity.

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

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

“It’s impossible.”

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

Ellis was speechless.

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

Could Keera really be his dad’s illegitimate daughter?

Thinking of his father’s henpecked demeanor, he still

found it unbelievable.

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

his hand.

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

Ellic entered his father’s room again took hig

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toothbrush, and handed everything to his assistant to

send to the testing center.

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

Lewis Horton in Clance.”

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

But the secretary was puzzled.

Could that be the case?

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

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

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

The secretary paused here.

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Ellis then said, “What about her?”

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

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

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

her?”

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

rumors…”

Ellis raised his eyebrow. “And then?”

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

Mary.”

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

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this look like it?”

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

Ellis asked, “What?”

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

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

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

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

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

intelligence!”

The secretary coughed. “It looks like Uncle Olsen

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intends to acknowledge her and then bring her back

into the family…”

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

“Yes.”

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

Meanwhile.

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

In the South family’s small villa.

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

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

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

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Maybe today I’ll show you.”

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

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

eat?”

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

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

him!

…Their shamelessness was beyond her imagination!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vairo still kant her hood down seemingly fragile and

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

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

child?”

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

Cindy snapped. “You…”

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

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

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

In an instant, Cindy understood. Keera was declaring

war!

Ha.

Did she really think she could win?

It was just because she had snagged a deal with Mary

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

Cindy left reluctantly with Howard.

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

“…Okay.”

Keira looked utterly docile.

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

Howard’s mother.

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

diligent.

Sometimes she would even deliberately seek to please

Howard’s mother.

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

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

Keira just smirked.

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

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

mother-in-law like this?

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

would be once she divorced and Howard’s mother

lived with Cindy.

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

A month passed by quickly.

In two days, the contract would expire.

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

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

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tomorrow comes, we’ll sue him!”

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

Keira nodded. “I’m sure.”

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

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

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

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

check him out.”

Keira was perplexed.

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

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

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wants

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

candidates!”

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

wanted to, whereas I…”

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

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

Keira saw a hint of reluctance in her eyes.

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

definitely be impressed with you!”

People from every social class have their own troubles.

Wealthy families were no exception.

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

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

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

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

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

Keira asked, Who’s your blind date?”

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

Keira was dumbfounded.

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

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Keira watched as Ellis walked in and sat down at Table

8 not far away.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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connection!”

This stubborn facade…

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

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

Keira shook her head in resignation at this.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mary was stunned. “You know me?”

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

Mary was dumbfounded.

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

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

“No.” Ellis blinked.

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

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

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Ellis had always despised foolish, unprincipled people.

Mary’s actions had struck a nerve with him.

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

Keera’s best friend.

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

Correct.

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

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

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

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

With that, he left straight away.

Mary still sat there, utterly baffled.

Indeed, she had a good impression of Ellis.

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

bullied.

was

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

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

Her crush was well concealed…

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

But what did he just say?

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

empty-headed beauty, a vase with nothing but her

looks.”

Tears welled up in Mary’s eyes.

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

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

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

She was humiliated by her family and now mocked by

Ellis as well.

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

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

standing up as if nothing had happened.

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

“It’s nothing.”

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

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

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

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“…Okay.”

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

tomorrow, the lawsuit will definitely reach the

company.”

“Okay.”

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

“I know.”

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

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

Mary looked at the road ahead. “Yes.”

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

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Since she was in charge of the new energy research

and development, it was possible to offer her a

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

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

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

million?!

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

Meanwhile.

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

Ellis had always remembered her.

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

he very much liked

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

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

intelligence. What a pity.”

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

Ellis now felt a headache whenever he heard those two

words.

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

The secretary didn’t dare to speak.

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

The Olsen family always covered for their own!

They could criticize their own cousin, but nobody else

could!

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

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

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Mary quickly returned to the Davis home.

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

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

so were her other uncles and aunts.

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

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

Mary’s fingers tightened instantly, and she looked

down.

She swallowed before saying, “No…”

“No?!”

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

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

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

Her private affairs were to be laid out and scrutinized

in detail?

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

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

any further…”

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

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

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

indistinguishable from the most distant relatives!”

Mary’s grandfather was the gooand can of the

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

live on his own.

While Mary’s grandfather was still alive, the first

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

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

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

Seeing this scene, Mary clenched her fists.

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Her father indeed didn’t have the same mother as

these people.

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

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

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

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

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

was dutifully filial,

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

this and felt

like this, her mother couldn’t help but look at her with dismay. “Mary,

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

extremely disappointed. “With your looks, he didn’t even

“No,

was wasted! If I

wife also

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

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is Mr. Ellis? How would he possibly take a fancy to someone who is nothing but

been valued by the first branch and is in charge of the new energy

brought it up, there’s something I have to say. I heard she abused her authority to sign a contract for her best friend’s husband.

second uncle’s wife’s 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 couldn’t pull strings, and now for an outsider, for a best friend who is mentally deficient, you blatantly do such a thing?

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blinded

me, but don’t drag my

cheated on her, and she just tolerates it. With her feeble and incompetent

her in

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

reasons anymore!

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 contract,

her fists

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to pass the interview for Davis Corporation and to work

she had long been a thorn in the side of

families.

the contract, if compensation could be obtained, it

uncle was clearly looking for an

them and, facing the leviathan that was Davis

least, she could help Keera divorce and escape from

preparing dinner for Howard’s mother and Amy,

laptop contained a research and

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

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with Davis Corporation.

wouldn’t let Mary be put in

her that she

to Mary yet.

quickly reached the

delivered to Howard early in the

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“I just want to live in a villa, and

one too.”

“Okay, I’ll go back and

back and discuss it with

villa is

knew exactly how to

Haven’t you seen that I call the shots with everything at the company? Tonight, you’re coming home with me, and you’ll

said, “Wouldn’t your wife be unhappy and

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

his chin

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

“What?!”

shocked exclamation, looking incredulously at

wave

part.

could they sue

his secretary,

wasn’t submitted

immediately replied, “Mr. Smith, our core staff member in the R&D department was poached last month. He came to you

and you quan told him to not

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286 Blame Keera

things to

“Don’t panic. I’m calling Mary

saying this, he took out his

adding, “Do you think there’s some misunderstanding

can

staff, and we’ll definitely

that would settle

many joint projects with Davis Corporation, no one would focus on such a small one. They were steadily receiving R&D funds, and not producing

actually bellowed at him. “Howard! You

because of this incident, I also suffered at the company? My great-uncle was already displeased with my joining the corporation over my

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risk, I don’t have the capacity to help you any longer! You’re on

that statement, Mary

Howard was stunned.

“Hurry to Davis Corporation

“Yes.”

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

worth that much!”

up to leave.

upon hearing this, her eyes flickered. She immediately followed him,

quickly returned to the South

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

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as the door was opened, Howard

the kitchen.

just the right amount of surprise and joy. “You’re

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

be

the call! No more

Howard was furious.

her head. “Okay, I’ll

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

stunned for a moment, then looked

Howard.

“Use WhatsApp voice

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

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

message, she found

blankly at her

a dark expression, stepped forward, his hand

didn’t let herself

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

she block me?!”

about to kick and punch Keira, she stood up and grabbed Howard’s arm “Howard, you can’t abandon me! I’m your wife, and I can’t come up with twenty million. The property prices in Clance are unstable,

value, which won’t add up to twenty million! Will I

husband and wife, for better

worse…”

made

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all in Keera’s

do was get a divorce and push all the responsibility

instantly lit

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

he turned around

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

of course, hoped

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

waste?!”

to Keera for three years

away empty-handed either and immediately

do?”

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a way; there’s definitely a

in Oceanion, she had a pretty good relationship with Uncle Olsen. Let’s find Uncle Olsen to intervene. Just one word from him to Davis Corporation, and they’ll surely stop pursuing the lawsuit. As long as they withdraw

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

friend.

after came a message

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

things on your end?

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

asked, “So

“It looks like he won’t give up until he’s at 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.”

status continuously showed that she was

of typing, still no message

wrong? Is there something inconvenient

I just feel like you’re not

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

froze as she read

and her interactions with Mary made her feel

the first

looking at the message, she wanted to tell Mary that she was

a long silence, she ultimately didn’t

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thought.

that if Keera was still alive, she would certainly have regretted being too

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

Keera.”

was actually a bit

said strange things, so Mary

mind it.

to put down her phone when Uncle Davis, who was sitting across the dining table from her suddenly scoffed. “Mary, as long as you land

“Unele, don’t worry.

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

job she had to

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

nodded. “I

knock on the door, followed

man.

his forties, and his

a beaming smile. “Mr.

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

nodded.

pleasure to meet you…”

his hand toward

took his hand,

clammy and quite disgusting.

but he tightened his grip slightly,

help from

eyes.

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

Mr. Lynch sit down with a lecherous

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

avoided bringing up the

a laugh, “Mary, Mr. Lynch has taken a liking

by the look in Mr. Lynch’s

walked over to

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you, saying

to offer you a

she

caused a sudden change in Mr.

Davis furrowed his brows and glared at Mary, then shot a look at Mr.

Lynch and didn’t notice her uncle’s expression. She just saw Mr. Lynch’s expression change, and then he stood up. “Alright, my dear niece, your Uncle

sigh of relief and downed the content of

she looked at Uncle

have some work

yourselves. I need

up her bag and started

a fool could see that something was off with Uncle Davis; how could she possibly stay

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

had happened and looked desperately at

Davis!!

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

beyond what she could comprehend

flung it open, hoping to cry

the person walking by her

he turned around in

and saw Mary.

their eyes met, the plea for

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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she heard the words Ellis had once said about her during a matchmaking encounter. “…indeed, just

he think even less of her if he found out she was using

niece, you’ve had

some tea…”

arm, pulling her back inside, then

was about to shut the door, a hand

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looked at that slender hand and

taken aback.”

she saw the door being

to look, only to see

in the room paused

moment.

settling on Mary. “Mr. Ellis

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

then turned his gaze

why he brought her here to accompany

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but she instantly understood; this

to worry. I was just discussing a partnership with Uncle

Lynch was also bewildered at this

Davis family’s main branch took control of the

to the second branch, as a sort

branch.

afford to offend any

families!

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

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immediately said, “Yes, I

the contract

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

statement, Mr.

forehead and tentatively looked at Mary,

just friends. You’re mistaken. Since the contract is signed,

the doorway,

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

retract the lawsuit…”

flaunted borrowed

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

lawsuit.”

“No need to retract the lawsuit?

You…”

am trying to get close to her now for what reason? Of

matter.”

understand the friendships between young women, but seeing Mary so vehem he could only nod. “Oh, okay,

involved in this matter.”

the door open

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

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she couldn’t

turned to leave,

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

Mary, also noticing her anxiousness and that something

found his own action a bit baffling, which

expected that Mary would actually take advantage of his

it was just for signing a

such things were common in the business world, and he

advantage, used it on

was simply… enough to freeze Ellis’s

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he thought Mary’s conflict with Keera was just foolish, but now it seemed that Mary was both stupid and vicious! How could she do such a thing

friend and bestie?!

despising

smile edged with scorn, and

embrace.

body collided with his chest, making

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

whispering into her ear. “For what just

breath sprayed on

sent shivers down

reactions.

Ellis, her

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her hands suddenly wrapped around

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

her, but what was this woman doing? She started

push her away, only to hear Mary

aback, then scoffed. “How many

smiled at him, extending

vision was

finger, several appeared before her, and

“So many…”

who appears

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

began to undo her shirt, revealing a

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collarbone.

hurried for

already taken an interest in Mary, and now she was throwing

him…

Mary was no lady, so

bent down, picked up Mary, and

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

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and the way she looked…

Ellis furrowed his brows.

you know

“You are Ellis!”

to

could Ellis resist

chin, with a profound look in his eyes, he

Mary was startled.

she still paused for a moment, feeling

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

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this, Ellis

in his chest.

and then he fiercely turned his gaze to Mary, “You

appointment with today was

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 assistant returned

sounds inside were

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

a man

Mr. Ellis should definitely give him a pay

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much time had

moved her

if it had been crushed by a

where

“Click.”

The light turned on.

it was

a suit sat before

was then that Mary realized

her clothes scattered all over the floor

shock, immediately cov her chest, and turning her

“You…”

what happened that day, her voice came to

she who started

of shyness flooded her cheeks, and after

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touch of

Ellis then smiled and immediately produced a bank

aback,

Fee for service…

he take her

on her flashed through her mind, and she cast her gaze downward. She felt as cold as an ice cellar, her voice

bother.”

room fell silent

see Ellis appraising her closely, his gaze

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

bank card, “Then you must

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

them.”

at

following Ellis for

wealthy heirs. He was never fickle or messy, and his private life was

also why Ellis was the dream lover of

actually be thinking

this?

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

the

sure enough, there were

the pieces on one by one, and found

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always been

those people, he had

hadn’t had the heart to use them

still kept them.

gave a

and turned

at her. “Tell

want?”

believe it

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

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

services.”

words made Ellis’s pupils

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gaze piercing Mary.

around and walked

the door and ran out, only then did she cover her wildly beating heart, feeling that if

deep breath and then turned to

she had left, the assistant entered the

“Mr. Ellis, Miss Keera has indeed run into trouble. It’s said their company didn’t submit the research plan on time

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

sneered. “How

so high?”

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said, “It’s said

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

of Mary’s words “deliberate retaliation,”

affair could indeed have been an accident, but now it turned out that what Mary had said was true!

was really out

woman was truly too sinister and

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

teacup onto the ground

understand why he was suddenly feeling so

No, it was she who had slept with him, right? Such a woman wasn’t worth being on

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stood

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

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

Ellis was speechless.

sharply, glanced at the money in

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

door to the parking lot, only to see Howard and Cindy pacing back and forth in

Howar has been trying to reach Uncle

does he want with

and see.”

ever looked down on such a scoundrel

now thinking of Keera as his cousin. he

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Howard.

290 Uncle Olsen’s Daughter

in

to the Olsen family to

him. “What

me?”

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

a message for

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

narrowed.

with our collaboration with Davis Corporation. Could I trouble Uncle Olsen

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

gaze, sneering/”Alright, I’ll

your message.”

Ellis got into his

and Cindy didn’t dare to stop him

left, Cindy

Olsen said we could ask him if we needed anything. It should be no problem for such

talked and

were gone, Mary stepped out

corner.

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

conveyed the message

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that ruin

out her phone, found Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated for a

had

Ellis was reclining in a chair,

mind was filled entirely with Mary’s delicate skin…

words, “not the first time,” Ellis could

was his first

that was the case, wasn’t he at

his tie, feeling

his phone

at it and saw that

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

Maru ung still the granddaughter of

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and everyone would show

some respect.

the Davis Family, as

of this, Ellis

began, “What’s the

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

mocking smile instantly appeared on Ellis’s face, “So just now you really were playing hard to

in front of

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

to take responsibility for her, or

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

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Corporation. However, to his surprise, he

help Howard

immediately furrowed his

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

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

those words, he hung

He was very angry.

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

she is not Uncle Olsen’s daughter, is this the way to treat an ordinary friend?!” Ellis rebuked, then scoffed. “If she really can’t stand someone like Keera, then she should keep her distance.

afraid Mary would

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stay in

remark, the assistant was silent for a moment

Uncle Olsen the truth about the

question made Ellis

test

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

for those two days.

Ellis even got a good

would

was stunned at

immediately, but after hearing the assistant’s report on Keera’s life,

hesitated.

had always been

not a single woman

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

Olsen’s reply was, “Blood ties aren’t to be compromised with.

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 be so angry

would be

see Uncle Olsen for a long time and hadn’t reported

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

since that day.

talk about this for now. I’m afraid Uncle

“Then, this matter…

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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

this was his cousin’s

family’s tradition had always taught them since childhood to act according to their own hearts, and the family elders never did

they only asked, “What do you

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

his phone buzzed because of WhatsApp again, and it was still from

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

“No, I want

a divorce, but does

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another person

infuriated by his words. “How

she doesn’t want to?!”

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heard this. “You mean,

had come to this point, Mary really feared that Ellis

it’s a plan that Keera and I

out.”

straight to the point. “We want to make Howard retreat

give both the company and the

all this, Mary continued. “So, please don step

Davis, do you think I

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

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best friend Mary

home for the sake of competing with that mistress, serving

could Ellis possibly believe that such a person, whose heart was

divorce?

if Keera really made Howard leave without a penny, the value of that company and villa

set by Keera herself, what was Keera

make

explain, but she also understood that

friend best, had doubted until now whether Keera had

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Howard.

fact that he’s been hiding it from me shows that he cares about me. Mary, I

was

didn’t bother explaining further and only said, “Mr. Ellis, you just promised me that as long as my request

instantly

determined

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

“Indeed.”

eyes

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from me, you have

Mary was startled.

knowing what Ellis was

he misunderstood that Ellis was interested

days might become even

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

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

hadn’t realized the consequences

of relief, then started the

and headed home.

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

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passionate encounter with Ellis,

Soon, she arrived home.

car and quickly entered

she stepped in,

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

faltered in her

jaw, her whole body freezing. She took a step forward

“Mary…”

to have no association with you? Hurry up and

Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed coldly and

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Mary didn’t kneel.

the bodyguards were already approaching, and with a cruel kick to her knees, they forced her legs to buckle, and she

had no interest in you, yet you dared to take advantage of his influence? Do you know that Mr.

“Mary, who gave you such audacity? To make such

in pain as she was forced

look up.

tight, and she remained

Mary’s father crawled over on his knees, hugging his eldest brother’s leg. “Brother, Mary is still young, and

father away, “A waste of a father raising a waste of a daughter! Do you still have the nerve

spare her, how could

ma21″

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his hand and viciously struck

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

anticipated pain did not

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

she breathed

relief.

in the next

“Slap!”

landed

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

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

Mary

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the

“Dad!”

eyes widened in shock. She cried out and tried to

break free from their grip, wanting to stop

were professional, robust, and impossible to

keep going, it could be

with a piercing voice, tears

was only then that her eldest

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

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clenched her fists

knew what kind of demand

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 grandmother, who hurried over after hearing the commotion in the living room but fainted from the shock

before her…

none of

have already been taken

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

long anticipated a situation like

heart, she still harbored

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toward Ellis.

time, she blamed herself in secret

useless she was!

to protect her parents and

she could only obediently become a social butterfly for

an overwhelming sense of

was trying to get up from

mother looked at

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

Π

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

behind, he left with his bodyguards in

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soon reached

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

Mary’s life

asked cautiously, “Mr. Ellis, since she’s technically your woman, do you want

“No.”

and sneered. “She dares to scheme against Keera,

him. “What about

promised her, I won’t

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

just might show your cousin what kind of man her

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however, smiled. “If she really gets over

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

this topic, he instructed the assistant. “Keep a close eye on Keera’s situation; after all, she’s my uncle’s daughter and shouldn’t suffer too

loss.”

what about Miss

for a moment and

“Leave her be.”

night, Ellis dreamt

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

beneath

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

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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his forehead, feeling utterly

how much he tossed and turned,

in the afternoon, as soon as he stepped out of the conference room,

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

be bullied at will?!”

Keira, whom Ellis thought was in di straits, was struggling to suppress a smile

agreement gave her the company and

years of marriage with Brother Howard, now he’s

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sign quickly

finished speaking and

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

Three years!

had been three years since he married Keera, and all

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 about a hundred thousand

savings…

he only got a little over a hundred thousand in

really couldn’t bear to

company were

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transfer was out of the question. If he wanted a clean break in the divorce, he had

her!

“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 contract of twenty million, and if we can’t

Howard panicked a little.

if he didn’t divorce, then both spouses would be burdened with

Olsen had already sent people over with the message

pushed Keira away and was

immediately show her eager expression; she still had to keep a miserable

this, Howard’s mother couldn’t

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

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at your own problems!

to pique his interest at all! If Mr.

be saved, and you

wanted to curse

the second,

and curses had to be

swallowed.

marriage, don’t aband me, please. I haven’t worked for so many years, an the debt is in millions. I simply can’t raise Amy on

own…”

no longer hesitated and swiftly

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

struggling, just sign it! Otherwise, Howard and his mother

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anyone, blame yourself for not having enough support from your own family, which

took the contract with trembling

eyes of the three people, she was

only heaven knew how hard Keira was trying

villa, a black luxury car screeched to

strode into the South family villa

assistant!

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and as he walked to the living room entrance with his assistant, he just happened to see a woman with her back to him, holding two copies of a divorce

T

but stopped in his tracks,

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

just gave birth to a child, living in a daze every day, enjoying luxury with the company’s money for so many

was

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

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this time, Keira had read through Keera’s

her diary, Keera recorded the happy times

Howard.

in college, had also been sweet

they got married, after graduating from university, Howard was a typical

to work was too hard and that you would manage the company for

was all an act, that the person you loved the

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

was speaking these words

“Enough!”

want to

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things yet preventing 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

suddenly looked incredulously

come about, wasn’t Howard aware of

right, Keera, you also didn’t behave like a wife should. What right do you

red-hot with

he was about to enter the room to back up Keera, he heard the woman with a

Ellis immediately halted.

Keera would just divorce like this, it

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signed it, given the Olsen family’s assertiveness, if Keera regretted

about it and simply stood still, not

an inch.

Inside the room.

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

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a

said, “Now that you’ve signed, son, go get

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

agreement. Could you agree to one

for me?”

immediately asked with suspicion, “What

it?”

weakly. “How much

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give Amy every month?”

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

family? How can you still want his money after the divorce? You wish! Howard’s future income

living expenses, but Howard has already made it clear that he doesn’t

touch with another employer and was

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

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thousands.

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

something

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

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

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

find a jo After

with Amy,

Howard’s mother

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

listening outside, felt

on earth

that bit of child support?

suppress the anger welling

someone as

there be such weak

Inside.

piece, she saw Howard’s mother jumping up and down in anger. “You’re already divorced,

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Besides, with the way 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

words came out, Cindy immediately said, “Why

hearing this, Keira narrowed

it hadn’t been in vain that she had

wanted to completely sever Amy’s relationship with Howard and his family, so that in

immediately shook her head and waved her

a piece of paper. “You don’t get

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had no relation with Amy from then on, before

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

She signed her

then excitedly stood up. He exchange a look with Cindy,

said, “Are we leaving in such

“Absolutely, to prevent this woman from demanding any more

a bit reluctant.

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where will

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

in the future. You’re pregnant and

up her suitcase and followed

as they reached the door, they

When,

looked at

Keira, who had her

them.

with her shoulders trembling slightly,

“Howard, is this how you treat your lawful

Ellis, my divorce from Keera

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