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After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.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

of this and felt a

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 when he

out, one of her uncles became extremely disappointed.

said, “No,

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

second uncle’s wife also sneered.

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

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he possibly take a fancy to someone who is nothing but a pretty face with no understanding of

didn’t respond to these words, but his father could no longer hold back. “Sister-in-law, how can you speak so harshly? Mary studied new energy in college, and now she’s been valued by the first branch and is in charge of the new

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

the Davis Corporation, you said

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blinded by

me, but don’t

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

in

a liking to you, I

reasons anymore!

have the legal department sue them for compensation according to the contract, and at the same time, you’ll be held responsible for the investment failure! When

her fists

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the first to pass the interview for Davis

had long been a

families.

contract, if compensation could be obtained, it meant she

was clearly looking for

and, facing the leviathan that was Davis Corporation, felt somewhat

she could

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

a

her and divorced her, she planned to use this latest research and development plan to seek in-depth

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with Davis Corporation.

Mary be put in

to her that she

to Mary yet.

reached the third

Davis Corporation’s lawsuit was delivered to

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

one too.”

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

blinked and said, “Yeah, you should go back and discuss

is under

exactly how

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

your wife be unhappy and kick us

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

his

They say we haven’t

“What?!”

out a shocked exclamation, looking incredulously

wave of his hand.

their part. Mary

they sue

looked at his secretary, “But

the proposal wasn’t submitted on time, was

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

you refuged and you quan told him to not

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expected things to turn out like

said, “Don’t panic.

he took out his phone and

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

can

tech staff, and we’ll definitely be able to produce the proposal

that

with so many joint projects with Davis Corporation, no one would focus on such a small one. They were steadily receiving

his surprise, Mary actually bellowed at him. “Howard! You have the nerve to call me?! Do

already displeased with my joining the corporation over my cousin, and now

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

that statement, Mary hung

Howard was stunned.

secretary. “Hurry to Davis Corporation and

“Yes.”

Do we really have to

worth that much!”

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

was filled with anxiety, and upon hearing this, her eyes flickered. She

quickly returned to the

the dutiful wife and mother, busy preparing

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the door was opened, Howard

the kitchen.

just the right amount of surprise and

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

to be

the call! No more

Howard was furious.

her

down, 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, then

Howard.

hastily said, “Use

opened WhatsApp and made a voice call to Mary, but

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sorry, but

Keira tried to send another message, she

stared blankly at

expression, stepped forward, his hand raised

let herself

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

she block me?!”

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

add up to twenty

husband and wife, for better or

worse…”

words made Howard

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

pursued this matter, all he needed to do was get a

instantly lit

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his eyes before he said, “Okay, don’t

said that, he turned around and

to something and blurted out,

pregnant with Howard’s child and, of course, hoped that Howard could have a good

end up with nothing. Wouldn’t all my efforts in the past

waste?!”

been married to Keera for

to walk away empty-handed either and immediately

do?”

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must be a way; there’s

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 the legal action, there’s

lit up, displaying a WhatsApp notification that

friend.

after came a

it payback for the half-year you

on your end? Is he going

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 ant

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

status continuously showed that she

minutes of typing,

to resist, asked, “What’s wrong?

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

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

as she

as her sister for a while, and her interactions with Mary

for the

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

a long silence, she

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thought.

have regretted being

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

Keera.”

actually

often said strange things, so Mary

mind it.

was yet 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 the next client, I’ll secure the position of R&D project tear leader for you.

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

lawsuit after the

she

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hint of mockery as he heard her.

nodded. “I

there was a knock on the

man.

to be in his forties, and his appearance

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

daughter, who is currently interning at Day Corporation.

immediately nodded. “Oh? Miss

pleasure to meet you…”

his hand toward

hand,

clammy and quite disgusting.

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

help from

eyes.

Davis then said with a laugh, “Mr. Lynch, please take a seat! The dishes

did Mr. Lynch sit

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

Mr. Lynch, all smiles, avoided bringing up

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

the look

she stood up with her glass, walked over to Mr. Lynch,

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of you, saying you’re a

like to offer

statement, she

sudden change in Mr.

brows and glared at Mary, then shot a look

Lynch and didn’t notice her uncle’s expression. She just saw Mr. Lynch’s expression change, and then

a sigh of relief and downed the

at Uncle Davis.

some work to

I need to

picked up her

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

few steps, she suddenly felt dizzy, and her body

and looked desperately at her glass, then incredulously at

Davis!!

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

beyond what

open, hoping

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

the commotion, he turned

and saw Mary.

met, the plea for help choked

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 an empty-headed beauty

he found out

niece, you’ve had too

some tea…”

and grabbed Mary’s arm, pulling her

very moment he was about to shut the door, a hand

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at that slender hand

taken aback.”

saw the door being

his head to look, only to see a man standing

seeing him, everyone in the room paused for

moment.

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

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

then turned his

which was why he brought her here to accompany the fat Lynch, but now Mr. Ellis suddenly came in to

Ellis interested

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

for Mr. Ellis to worry. I was just discussing a

also bewildered at this

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

dared to show disrespect to the second

branch.

offend

families!

up, how would he dare say anything? He immediately replied with a grin. “Yes,

looked toward

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immediately said, “Yes,

directly took the contract

and I are like brothers. His

Mr.

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

friends. You’re mistaken. Since the contract is signed, I’ll be going

reaching the doorway, she suddenly

then suddenly understood something. “My dear niece, rest

retract the lawsuit…”

flaunted borrowed authority

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influence for this very reason, fearing it would hinder Keera’s big plans,

lawsuit.”

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

You…”

man. Do you think I am trying to get close to

matter.”

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

involved in this matter.”

did Mary pull the door open and

breath, still feeling somewhat dizzy and light-headed, but she forced

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at least she couldn’t

leave, she

he looked at

just walked past and seen Mary, also noticing her anxiousness and that

blocked the private room door that was about to close. Yet he found his own action a bit baffling, which was why he sent his assistant

would actually

it was just for signing a contract, that

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

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

enough to freeze

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

friend and bestie?!

had always been a man of loyalty, despising

his smile edged with scorn, and suddenly he grabbed

embrace.

entire body collided with his chest,

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

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

breath sprayed on

down

reactions.

Ellis, her eyes

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her hands

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

what was this woman doing? She

push her away, only to hear Mary murmur, “Ellis,

aback, then scoffed. “How many people have

at him, extending a

vision

several appeared before her,

“So many…”

who appears so innocent could

longer hear what he was saying and pressed closer against the man. “Ellis, I’m

to undo her shirt,

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collarbone.

became hurried

never a gentleman; he had already taken an interest in Mary, and

him…

lady, so

picked up Mary, and carried her into the adjacent private

over her. As soon as

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so hot, and the way she

Ellis furrowed his brows.

asked, “Mary, do you know who I

“You are Ellis!”

murmured, continuing to snuggle up to

Ellis

onto Mary’s chin, with a profound look in his eyes, he said, “This isn’t your

Mary was startled.

reasoning was almost completely worn down, she still paused for

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

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this, Ellis felt

in his chest.

others away, and then he fiercely turned his

the client Ellis had an appointment with

emanated from the private room,

time.”

visitor leave, the assistant returned

were becoming

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

man and wasn’t immune

man! Mr. Ellis should definitely

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much time had passed when she finally woke

moved her

been crushed by a

of where she

“Click.”

The light turned on.

she notice it was dark outside, and

a suit

then that Mary realized she was lying

all over

exclaimed in shock, immediately cov her chest,

“You…”

day, her

was she who started

hint of shyness flooded her cheeks,

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touch of

immediately produced a bank card, extending it toward

aback,

Fee for service…

did he

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

bother.”

room fell silent for

up only to see Ellis appraising

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

money.”

“Is that so?”

withdrew his bank card, “Then

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

them.”

looked at him

had been following Ellis for many

was never fickle or messy, and his private life was exceptionally

was the dream lover of so many eligible

could he actually be

this?

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

the corner. “It’s

gaze and, sure enough,

tried the pieces on one by

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always been

people, he had also carefully given

to use them even now

still kept them.

a bitter

dressing and turned to look at

was still staring at her. “Tell me,

want?”

believe it or

bent down to 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 took advantage of

that, she took a stack of cash from her bag and placed it on the table.

services.”

Ellis’s pupils contract slightly his

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gaze piercing Mary.

turned around and walked briskly out of the

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

breath and then

she had left, the

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

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

sneered. “How

so high?”

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assistant promptly said, “It’s

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

of Mary’s words “deliberate retaliation,” Ellis

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

was really

was truly

in front of him.

onto the ground in

he was suddenly feeling

night he had spent with her… No, it was she who had slept with him, right? Such a woman wasn’t worth being on his

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as he stood

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

assistant instinctively picked up the stack of money on the table. “Mr.

Ellis was speechless.

in the assistant’s

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

to the parking lot, only to see Howard

this Howar has been trying to reach Uncle Olsen, but after we stopped him,

“What does he want with

and see.”

only ever looked down on

of Keera as his cousin. he

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Howard.

290 Uncle Olsen’s Daughter

arrived in front of

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

looked down at him.

me?”

my wife, Keera, help visit Mrs. Olsen, so my wife and I have a very good relationship with Uncle Olsen, and

a message

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

narrowed.

Corporation. Could I trouble Uncle Olsen or Mr. Ellis to step in, give

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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.”

said that, Ellis got into his

and Cindy didn’t dare to stop

Cindy

we could ask him

and

gone, Mary stepped out

corner.

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

really conveyed the message

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ruin

thought, Mary hurriedly took out her phone, found Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated for a moment, and

had already

in

entirely with

he thought about her words, “not the first

his first

that was the case, wasn’t he at a

his tie, feeling a bit

his

and saw

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

than Maru ung still the granddaughter of

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patriarch and everyone would show

some respect.

Davis Family, as Mary’s branch gradually

of this, Ellis

began, “What’s

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

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

in front of

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

ask him to marry her, to take

some benefits for her branch of the Davis Family or at

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However, to his surprise,

not help Howard and

furrowed his

out a cold laugh. “The

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

said those words, he

He was very angry.

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

keep her distance. It

behavior, I’m afraid Mary would no

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stay in

assistant was silent for a moment before

Uncle Olsen the truth about the DNA

made Ellis

test had been out for

believed Keera was Ellis’s dad’s

for those two days.

a

results would show, that Keera was Uncle

was stunned at

immediately, but after hearing

hesitated.

had always been a proud

not a single

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asked, “Why

was, “Blood ties aren’t to be compromised with. Better have nothing than have something

such a defeated life, being played around by a man from a small place, Uncle Olsen

glorious and majestic life would be ruined by his daughter,

Uncle Olsen for a long

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

since that day.

for now. I’m afraid Uncle

asked again. “Then, this matter… do

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

that this was his cousin’s own

taught them since childhood to act according to their own hearts,

asked, “What

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

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

few degrees colder. “Miss Davis, are you doing this just to hit back

want her to

her to get a divorce, but does she

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onto another person

his words. “How do

she doesn’t want to?!”

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was slightly startled when he heard this. “You mean, Keera wants to divorce on her

come to this point, Mary really feared that Ellis would take

plan that Keera and I

out.”

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

leave without a penny, and give both the company and

all this, Mary continued. “So,

you think I would

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

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her best friend Mary

had been tolerant at home for the sake of competing with that mistress,

whose heart was full of thoughts of

divorce?

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

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

make any

to explain, but she also understood that her words were

even she, who knew her friend best, had doubted until

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Howard.

blocked by Keera, she said something. The last message Keera sent Mary was, “Even if Howard really cheats, the fact that he’s been hiding it from me shows that he cares about me. Mary, I don’t need your warnings; he just made a mistake that any man could make. If you don’t tell me, maybe he’ll return to the family after a while on his own!

infatuation was beyond

said, “Mr. Ellis, you just promised

eyes instantly became icy

determined

the icy chill within. “Are

“Indeed.”

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

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me, you have to return

Mary was startled.

knowing

her off today because he misunderstood that

future days might

company and the villa, as well

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

still hadn’t realized the consequences of

a sigh of relief, then

and headed home.

Keera. “Keera, I did

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encounter with Ellis, a hint of shyness appeared on

Soon, she arrived home.

the car and quickly

soon as she stepped in, her pace came to

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

in her

took a step forward and called

“Mary…”

mother’s voice was choked with sobs. “What on earth did you do to offend Mr. Ellis? Why would he suddenly call your uncle and claim to have no association with you? Hurry up and

this, Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed coldly and immediately

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Mary didn’t kneel.

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

you dared to take advantage of his influence?

who gave you such audacity? To make such a fool out of

in pain as she

look up.

fists were clenched tight, and she

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

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

her? If I spare her, how could Mr.

ma21″

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his hand and viciously struck

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

pain

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

she breathed a huge

relief.

in the next

“Slap!”

landed

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

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

Mary please.

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the Davis

“Dad!”

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

free from their grip, wanting to stop

bodyguards were professional, robust, and impossible to

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

out with a piercing voice,

was only then that her

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

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clenched her

kind of demand her

make next…

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

before her…

of

have already been taken advantage of

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

had long anticipated a

heart, she

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toward Ellis.

blamed herself in

useless she was!

unable to protect her parents and unable to save her

obediently become a social butterfly

the ground, feeling an

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

mother looked at

seeing this, finally lowered her gaze. “Fine, I’ll b obedient. I’ll listen to everything

Π

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

he left

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of this soon reached

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

Mary’s life

Ellis, since she’s technically your woman,

“No.”

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

“What about that contract? Should

I promised her, I

“But the twenty million, I’ll

man her husband is. Who knows? After going through this

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“If she really gets

hope. In that case, we’ll acknowledge her again as

close eye on Keera’s situation; after all, she’s

loss.”

but what about

for a

“Leave her be.”

night, Ellis dreamt

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

was beneath a

sideways. “It’s not my first time, Mr.

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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forehead, feeling

he tossed and turned, he couldn’t fall

out of the conference room, his assistant hurried over.

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

be bullied at will?!”

di straits, was struggling to suppress a smile

the company and the

was mocking her. “Keera, after all these years of marriage with Brother Howard, now he’s giving you the

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sign quickly and painlessly,

and looked toward

divorce agreement, lost in thought,

Three years!

years since he married Keera, and all he had gotten was

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

savings…

little over a hundred thousand in

bear to let

the house and company were originally

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out of the question. If he wanted a clean break in

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.

Howard panicked a little.

didn’t divorce, then both spouses would be

Olsen had already sent people over with

Keira away and

expression; she

Howard’s mother

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

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own problems!

You slept with Mr. Horton and failed to pique his

saved, and you

wanted to

and was about to sign the second, but he hesitated again as if

scolding and curses had to be

swallowed.

three years of marriage, don’t aband me, please. I haven’t worked for so many years, an

own…”

longer hesitated and swiftly

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

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

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anyone, blame yourself for not having enough support from

the contract with trembling

the eyes of the

heaven knew how hard

the South family villa, a

South

assistant!

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

T

brows but stopped in

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

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

was

said I didn’t need to work!

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Keira had read

recorded the happy

Howard.

had also been sweet

married, after graduating from university, Howard was

Keera’s diary, Keira said with her head down, “You said that going to work was too hard and that you would manage the company

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

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

speaking these words on

“Enough!”

clearly didn’t want to listen any

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about them, and he coldly laughed. “Keera, what’s the point of saying all this? I have

suddenly looked incredulously

had that night with Lewis come about, wasn’t Howard

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

was red-hot with rage upon hearing

heard the woman with

Ellis immediately halted.

would just divorce like this, it wouldn’t

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assertiveness, if

it and simply stood still,

an inch.

Inside the room.

divorce agreement on the table

Cindy was pleased.

a

said, “Now that you’ve signed, son, go get the divorce certificate with her

then looked regretfully around the villa, wanting to say something, but Keira said,

agreement. Could you agree to

for me?”

with

it?”

weakly. “How much child support

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give Amy every month?”

about? The company is in debt, and I’ve resigned. I don’t

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

20% of his income to his child for living expenses, but Howard has already made it clear that he doesn’t have a proper job yet, and his future income is unstable, so

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

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

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thousands.

wouldn’t have so easily let go of this

something Cindy

her lip, pretending to be aggrieved, “Howard, you’re Amy’s father, and it’s your duty to raise her… Moreover, I’m so deep in debt, and I definitely won’t

If you can’t make it,

and feet. Why can’t

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

off with Amy,

dreaming!” Howard’s

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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 responsibility

listening outside, felt a surge

earth

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

took several deep breaths to suppress

someone as

could there be such weak

Inside.

jumping up and down in anger. “You’re already

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

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

hearing this, Keira

in vain that she had

Amy’s relationship with Howard and his family, so that in the future, Howard would have no

her

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

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

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

intimidated. She signed

up the divorce agreement and the waiver, then excitedly stood up. He exchange a look with Cindy, and the two, along with Howard’s mother,

we leaving in such a

this woman from demanding any more living expenses from

mother felt a bit reluctant. “Once

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where will

move to my place first.

I’ll take care of you in the future.

immediately picked up her suitcase and

reached the door, they encountered the

When, when did you

looked

his gaze shifted to Keira, who had her back

them.

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

how

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

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