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After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.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

to break away from the family,

this and felt

help but look at her with dismay. “Mary,

clenched her fingers before finally speaking up. “Mr. Ellis was dissatisfied with me. I had barely sat down and hadn’t even spoken

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

said, “No, he

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

second uncle’s wife also sneered.

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

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

no longer hold back. “Sister-in-law, how can you speak so harshly? Mary studied new energy in college, and now she’s been valued by the first branch and is in charge of the new energy research and development projects at the Davis Corporation… In her generation, she’s the first one to hold such

it up, there’s something I have to say. I heard she abused her authority to sign

in the New Energy Research and Development Department of the Davis Corporation, you said

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blinded

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

questionable outsider! I’ve heard her husband cheated on her, and she just tolerates it. With her feeble and incompetent love-struck brain,

her in the

stood up and looked at her, “Mary, I gave you a chance. If Mr. Ellis had taken a liking to you, I would have turned a blind

reasons anymore!

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

her

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first to pass the interview for Davis Corporation

she had long been a thorn in

families.

could be obtained, it meant she had rectified her

clearly looking for an

leviathan that was Davis Corporation, felt somewhat

the very least, she could help Keera divorce and escape from

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

a research and development

Howard shifted all the blame onto her and divorced her, she planned to use this latest

879

with Davis Corporation.

wouldn’t let Mary be put in a difficult

occurred to her that she hadn’t mentioned

to Mary yet.

quickly reached the third

Corporation’s lawsuit was delivered to Howard

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in the office coquettishly complaining to Howard about her grievances. “I just want

one too.”

said, “Okay, I’ll go back and discuss it with

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

The villa is

exactly how to infuriate

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

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

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

lifted his

this moment that someone knocked on the office door and entered, handing him the letter. “Mr. Smith, someone just delivered this! They say we haven’t submitted the research and development proposal on time, and Davis Corporation has sued us! They’re demanding we

“What?!”

out a shocked exclamation, looking incredulously at the

dismissed it with a wave of his hand.

mistake on their part. Mary

could they sue

looked at his secretary, “But on

the proposal wasn’t

immediately replied, “Mr. Smith, our core staff member in the R&D department was

you quan told him to not

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things to turn

said, “Don’t panic. I’m

saying this, he took out his phone and

answered quickly, and Howard immediately explained the situation before adding, “Do you think there’s

can

just hired new tech staff, and we’ll definitely

thought that would

with Davis Corporation, no one would focus on such a small one. They were steadily receiving R&D funds, and not producing results wouldn’t be

bellowed at him. “Howard!

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

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

that statement,

Howard was stunned.

secretary. “Hurry to Davis Corporation

“Yes.”

really have to pay twenty million?

worth that much!”

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

her eyes

quickly returned to the

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

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the door was opened,

the kitchen.

the right amount

was trying to please him, Howard immediately ordered, “Call Mary right now and make

pretended to be

call!

Howard was furious.

immediately lowered her head. “Okay,

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

a moment,

Howard.

said, “Use WhatsApp voice

opened WhatsApp and made a voice call to Mary,

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“Keera, I’m sorry, but we shouldn’t

Keira tried to send another message, she

blankly at her

his hand raised to slap

didn’t let herself get

made his move, she crouched down, hugged her knees, and began to cry, “Why would Mary

she block me?!”

slap missed, and as he was about to kick and punch Keira, she stood up and grabbed Howard’s arm “Howard, you can’t abandon me! I’m your wife, and I can’t come up with twenty

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

and wife, for better or

worse…”

words made Howard

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

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

instantly lit

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flicker of something in his eyes before he said, “Okay, don’t

that, he turned around and left

on to something and blurted out, “Divorce her, then you won’t have any

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

divorced, I might end up with nothing. Wouldn’t all my efforts in the past three years go

waste?!”

married to Keera

him to walk away empty-handed either and immediately said,

do?”

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be a way; there’s

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

displaying a WhatsApp notification that Mary had added her

friend.

came a

it payback for the half-year you

are things on your end? Is

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

“So

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 ant

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

continuously showed that

ten minutes of typing,

“What’s wrong? Is there something

like you’re not

message from Mary pop up. “Keera, no matter what happens, I’ll always stand by your side. Whether it’s the past you, the present you, or the future you. As long as it’s you, I will always be

froze as she

as her sister for a while, and her interactions with

for the

looking at the message, she wanted to tell Mary that she was no longer

a long silence, she ultimately

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thought.

that if Keera was still alive, she would certainly have regretted being too love-struck to trust

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

Keera.”

actually a

Keera often said strange things, so

mind it.

scoffed. “Mary, as long as you land the next client, I’ll secure the position of R&D project tear leader for you. Could you please focus a

set down her phone. “Unele,

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

job she had

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

nodded. “I understand,

had these words fallen than there was a knock on the door, followed by the entry

man.

be in his forties, and

hands with Uncle Davis, he immediately turned to Mary with a beaming smile. “Mr. Davis, who

fourth brother’s daughter, who is currently interning at Day

nodded. “Oh?

pleasure to meet you…”

his hand

took his hand,

clammy and quite disgusting.

back, but he tightened his grip slightly, making it hard for her

from her

eyes.

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

sit down with

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

up the contract and

has taken a liking to you. Why don’t

by the look

with her glass, walked over to Mr. Lynch, and

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you, saying you’re a good

like to offer you a

statement, she distinguished their

caused a sudden change in Mr. Lynch’s

glared at Mary, then shot a look

and then he stood up. “Alright, my dear niece,

sigh of relief and downed the content of her glass

Uncle

have some work to do. You

enjoy yourselves. I need

quickly picked up

that something was off with Uncle

took a few steps, she suddenly felt dizzy,

instantly realized what had happened and looked desperately at

Davis!!

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

what she could

rushed to the door and flung it open, hoping to

the door, the person walking by

commotion, he turned around

and saw Mary.

met, the plea for help choked

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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

of her if he found out she

had too much drink! Come

some tea…”

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

very moment he was about to shut the

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looked at that slender hand and was

taken aback.”

the door being pushed

head to look,

him, everyone in the room paused

moment.

everyone present before finally settling on Mary. “Mr. Ellis is dining next door, and

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

then turned his gaze toward

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

Ellis

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

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

was also bewildered at

control of

was why he dared to show disrespect to the second branch, as a sort of

branch.

to offend any of

families!

replied with a

looked toward her

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immediately said, “Yes, I

the contract out

and then cheerily looked at Mary. “Dear niece, your uncle and I are like brothers. His niece is practically my own!

that statement, Mr.

uncle wiped the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead and tentatively looked

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

the doorway, she suddenly

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

retract the lawsuit…”

flaunted borrowed authority

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would hinder Keera’s big plans, so hearing this, she immediately said,

lawsuit.”

was baffled. “No need to retract the lawsuit?

You…”

am trying to get close

matter.”

but seeing Mary so vehem he could only nod. “Oh, okay, don’t worry.

involved in this matter.”

Mary pull the door open and step

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

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at least she

to leave, she suddenly

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

seen Mary, also

found his own action a bit baffling, which was why he sent his assistant

would actually take advantage

signing a contract, that would

common in the business world, and he didn’t mind being used this

unfortunately, Mary, after gaining an advantage, used it on

was simply… enough to freeze Ellis’s favorable impression

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Mary was both

friend and bestie?!

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

with scorn, and suddenly he grabbed

embrace.

collided with his

and she forced herself to shake her

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

sprayed on

down her spine, magnifying

reactions.

leaned against Ellis, her eyes

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hands

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

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

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

aback, then scoffed. “How

him, extending

her vision

one finger, several appeared before her, and

“So many…”

who appears so innocent could play

hear what he was saying and pressed closer against the

to undo her shirt, revealing a

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collarbone.

hurried for a

taken an interest in Mary, and now she was

him…

lady,

down, picked up Mary, and

her. As soon as he touched her burning

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the way she looked… Was she

Ellis furrowed his brows.

you know

“You are Ellis!”

continuing to snuggle

could Ellis

heavier, and, holding onto Mary’s chin, with a profound look in his eyes, he

Mary was startled.

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

Ellis, and after a while, she suddenly laughed.

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hearing this, Ellis felt

in his chest.

look, he sent his assistant and the others away, and then he

had an appointment with today was stopped

faint sounds suggesting a tryst emanated from the private room,

time.”

the visitor leave, the assistant returned his attention to

inside were

but he could only wave his hand, signaling the bodyguards to step back

a man

man! Mr. Ellis should definitely give him a

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no idea how much time had passed when she finally woke

moved her sore

it had been crushed by a massive truck, leaving

of where she

“Click.”

The light turned on.

it

in a suit sat

Mary realized

clothes scattered all over the floor

cov her

“You…”

she thought about what happened that day, her

was she

shyness flooded her cheeks, and

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surprise, a touch of joy

then smiled and immediately produced a bank card,

was taken aback, her

Fee for service…

did he

her gaze downward. She

bother.”

the room fell silent for

see Ellis appraising her closely,

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

bank card,

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together, why don’t you speak up?

them.”

at him

following Ellis

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

dream lover of so many eligible

he actually be thinking about

this?

with her head lowered, “Could you prepare a set of suitable

pointed to the corner.

followed his gaze and, sure enough, there

walked over, tried the pieces on one by

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always

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

had the heart to use them even now

still kept them.

gave a

dressing and turned to look

staring at her. “Tell

want?”

“Whether you believe it or

pick up 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 anything, I was the one who

her bag and placed it on the table.

services.”

pupils contract

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gaze piercing Mary.

Mary felt fear, she still turned around and walked

beating heart, feeling that if she stayed any longer in that suite, her heart might leap out through

breath and then turned to

the assistant entered

reported to him. “Mr. Ellis, Miss Keera has indeed run into trouble. It’s said their company didn’t submit the research

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

immediately sneered. “How could the penalty

so high?”

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assistant promptly said, “It’s said

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

“deliberate

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

really out for

woman was truly

such pride in front of him. It must have been

his teacup onto the

he was

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

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as he stood up and

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

on the table. “Mr. Ellis, whose

Ellis was speechless.

the money in the assistant’s hand, and

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

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

reach Uncle Olsen, but after we stopped

frowned. “What does he want with me?

and see.”

ever looked down on such a scoundrel

now thinking of Keera as his cousin.

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290 Uncle Olsen’s Daughter

arrived in front of

immediately bent over and lowered his head, with a pleasing smile on his face. “Mr. Ellis, I went to the Olsen family to find Uncle Olsen but couldn’t see anyone, so I came to look for you to try my

him. “What do you want

me?”

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

a message for

a message to Uncle Olsen only to find out tha he had

eyes narrowed. “What

slight issue with our collaboration with Davis Corporation.

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290 Uncle Olsen’s Daughter

some more time? Just give us one more month, no,

his gaze, sneering/”Alright,

your message.”

Ellis got

to stop

left, Cindy

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

two talked and

they were gone, Mary

corner.

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

really conveyed the message to Uncle

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that ruin Keera’s

phone, found Ellis on WhatsApp,

had already

Ellis was reclining in a

entirely with Mary’s delicate

about her words, “not the first time,”

his first

was the case, wasn’t he at a

his tie, feeling

then, his

saw that it was

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

than Maru ung still

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patriarch and everyone would

some respect.

first branch took over the Davis Family,

of this, Ellis answered the voice

“What’s the

say that as long as the

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

front of

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

marry her, to

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

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his surprise,

help

immediately furrowed his

a cold laugh. “The favor

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

those

He was very angry.

“Mr. Ellis, Miss Davis also

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. It was Mary herself who-got closer, and the result was just to embarrass Keera?! Is their

behavior, I’m afraid Mary would no

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to stay

a moment

Olsen the truth about the

question made

of the DNA test had been

Olsen 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

for those two days.

even got a good beating from his

would have thought that the results would show, that Keera was Uncle

stunned at the

to tell Uncle Olsen immediately, but after

hesitated.

had always

years, not a

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“Why not find someone, just to have

reply was, “Blood ties aren’t to be

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

would be ruined by

see Uncle Olsen for a long

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

since that day.

about this for now. I’m afraid Uncle

again. “Then,

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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felt like not intervening, thinking it would be quite good just to let Howard abandon Keera. It might even cure this cousin of her

this was his cousin’s

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

they only asked, “What do

be to help her pressure Howard, to make him. afraid to ever divorce. After all, the

phone buzzed because of WhatsApp

tone became a few degrees colder. “Miss Davis, are you doing this just to hit

said, “No, I want

to get a divorce, but does

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another person are actually

his words.

she doesn’t want to?!”

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

the topic had come to this point, Mary really feared that

it’s a plan

out.”

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

and give both the company

saying all this, Mary continued. “So,

think I would believe

investigated Keera before. She had been love-struck since college and almost fell out with her adoptive parents for Howard. Later, she even fell

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best friend Mary over

an eye on Keera and knew that she had been tolerant at home for the sake of competing with

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

divorce?

and since the lawsuit had been filed, even if Keera really made Howard leave without a penny, the value of that company and villa sold

it was really a trap set by Keera herself, what

simply didn’t make any logical

explain, but she also understood that her

her friend best, had doubted until now whether Keera had truly

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Howard.

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

infatuation was

said, “Mr. Ellis, you just promised me

instantly became icy

determined

breath and suddenly lowered his gaze, hiding the icy chill within.

“Indeed.”

Ellis indifferently, lifting his head, his eyes filled with a

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from me, you have

Mary was startled.

pursed her lips, knowing what

to let her off today because he misunderstood that Ellis was interested

might become

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

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

still hadn’t realized the consequences of

just breathed a sigh of relief,

and headed home.

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

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passionate encounter with Ellis, a hint of shyness appeared on

Soon, she arrived home.

and quickly entered the

soon as she stepped in, her pace came

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

in her

She took

“Mary…”

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

Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed coldly and immediately

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Mary didn’t kneel.

knees, they forced her legs to buckle, and she fell kneeling to the

you, yet you dared to take advantage of his influence? Do you know that Mr. Lynch also called me just now

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

in pain

look up.

were clenched tight, and she

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

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

her, how could

ma21″

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his hand and

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

anticipated pain did

in confusion, she saw her eldest uncle sneer. “Your face is something I can’t bear to harm, no wonder Mr. Lynch keeps thinking about you. I can’t

and she breathed a huge sigh

relief.

the next

“Slap!”

firm slap landed on

“I blame you for not

his head and pleaded for mercy. He already knew what his big brother intended to do and shouted, “Brother, I’m begging you. Take it out on

spare Mary please. She

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to the Davis

“Dad!”

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

fiercely, trying to break free from their grip, wanting to

bodyguards were professional, robust, and impossible to

keep going,

cried out with a piercing voice, tears and snot streaming

only then that her eldest

wrist and turned to look at Mary. “If you want me to stop hitting him, fine, but from now on, you’d better listen to me

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her fists

kind of demand her eldest uncle

make next…

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

before her…

knew none of this

been taken advantage of by Mr. Lynch at

significant achievements in the company to gain the favor of the first branch, and

had long anticipated

in her heart, she still harbored some

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toward Ellis.

the same time, she blamed herself in secret

useless she was!

parents and unable to

she could only obediently become a

ground, feeling an overwhelming sense of

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

mother looked

seeing this, finally lowered her gaze. “Fine, I’ll b obedient. I’ll listen to everything you say from now on, just let my

Π

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

these words behind, he left with

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soon reached Ellis’s

listening to his assistant’s

Mary’s life to be this

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

“No.”

dares to scheme against Keera, so she must pay

“What

promised her,

twenty million, I’ll have Keera pay

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

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she really gets over

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;

loss.”

what

fell silent for a moment

“Leave her be.”

night, Ellis dreamt of

her plaintive cryin on the sofa, begging him to be faster… Just as

beneath a corpulent

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

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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forehead,

and turned, he couldn’t fall

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

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

be bullied at will?!”

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

agreement gave her the company

of marriage with Brother Howard, now he’s

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you better sign

and looked toward

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

Three years!

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

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

savings…

to say, he only got a little over

really couldn’t bear to

and company were

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clean break in the divorce, he had no choice but to leave the company and house

her!

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 contract of twenty million, and if we

Howard panicked a little.

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

had already sent people over with

Keira away and was about

eager expression; she still

mother couldn’t help

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

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own problems! Why are

and failed to pique his interest at

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

wanted to

contract and was about to sign the second,

curses had to

swallowed.

cry. “Howard, for the sake of our three years of marriage, don’t aband me, please. I

own…”

Howard no longer hesitated and swiftly signed on

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

sign it! Otherwise, Howard

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

contract

the three people,

knew how hard

just then, outside the South family villa, a black luxury car screeched

into the South

assistant!

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entrance with his assistant, he just happened to see a woman with her back to him, holding two copies

T

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

as she

the company, and you? You just gave birth to a child, living in a daze every day, enjoying luxury with the company’s money for so many years. What contributions have you made to the company? Now, just a little bit of debt, and you don’t want to

was

I didn’t

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time, Keira had read through

diary, Keera recorded the

Howard.

in college, had also been

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

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

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

no matter whether the child I gave birth

speaking these words on behalf of

“Enough!”

clearly didn’t want to listen

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the point of saying all this? I

suddenly looked incredulously at

Howard aware of it?

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

was red-hot with rage upon hearing

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

Ellis immediately halted.

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

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Olsen family’s assertiveness, if Keera regretted it later

it and simply

an inch.

Inside the room.

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

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a

you’ve signed, son, go get

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

agreement. Could you agree to

for me?”

immediately asked with suspicion, “What

it?”

much child support will

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give Amy every month?”

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

much money has Howard given you over the years? How much has he earned for this family? How can you still want his money after the divorce? You wish! Howard’s future income has nothing to do with

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

touch with another

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 salary of

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thousands.

so

something Cindy wouldn’t tell

and it’s your duty to raise her… Moreover, I’m so deep in debt, and I definitely won’t have

care how you live! If you can’t make it, just take her and

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

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

with Amy, letting Howard

Howard’s mother shouted

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departments that will hold you accountable! I’m not making an unreasonable request, Howard. You can’t be so heartless toward

listening outside, felt a

on earth was Keera

cared about that bit of child support? Couldn’t she be a bit more

breaths to suppress

as defeatist as Keer

could there be such

Inside.

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

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child Amy really is! Howard, think of a way to cut ties with them, so she won’t be like a vampire sucking your blood

these words came out, Cindy immediately said, “Why

this, Keira

it hadn’t been in vain

family, so that in the future, Howard would have no reason to come

this, she immediately shook her head

of paper. “You

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with Amy from then on, before turning to Keira. “You,

mother stepped forward and grabbed her hand. “When we tell you to sign, you sign. Don’t even think about clinging to

seemed intimidated. She

the waiver, then excitedly stood up. He exchange

we leaving in

to prevent this woman from demanding any more

bit reluctant. “Once we

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where will we

“Auntie, move to my place first. I have a three-bedroom

Cindy, I’ll take care of you in the future. You’re pregnant

immediately picked up her

door, they encountered the

“Mr. Ellis? When, when

coldly looked

to Keira, who

them.

weeping with her shoulders trembling slightly, fueling his anger

“Howard, is this how you treat

then swallowed hard. “Mr. Ellis, my divorce

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