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After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.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

father was dutifully filial, and

to break away from the family, always

thought of this and felt a sense

her with dismay.

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

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

“No,

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

second uncle’s wife also sneered.

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

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

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 energy research and development projects at the Davis Corporation…

first branch snorted coldly. “Fourth brother, since you brought it up, there’s something I have to say. I heard she

wife’s voice immediately became shrill. “What? Mary! When my maternal family’s nephew wanted to work in the New Energy Research and Development Department of the Davis Corporation, you said we couldn’t pull strings, and now for an outsider, for a best friend who is mentally deficient, you blatantly do such a

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blinded by

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

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

her in

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

reasons anymore!

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

clenched her

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first to pass the interview for Davis Corporation and

a thorn in the side

families.

according to the contract, if compensation could be

clearly looking for an

leviathan

it didn’t matter. At the very least, she could help Keera divorce

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

a research and

she planned to use this latest research and

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with Davis Corporation.

wouldn’t let Mary be put in a

just occurred to her that she hadn’t mentioned

to Mary yet.

quickly reached the

lawsuit was delivered

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about her grievances. “I just want

one too.”

back

“Yeah, you should go back and discuss it

is under

exactly how

that I call the shots with everything at the company? Tonight, you’re coming home with me, and you’ll settle down in the villa with peace

said, “Wouldn’t your wife be unhappy and kick us out?

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

his

someone just delivered this! They say we haven’t submitted the research and development

“What?!”

shocked exclamation, looking incredulously at the

it with a wave of his hand.

a mistake on their part. Mary is so good to

could they sue

looked at his secretary,

end, the proposal wasn’t submitted on time, was

the R&D

you quan told him to not

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hadn’t expected things to turn out like

panic. I’m calling Mary

out his

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

can

month’s extension. We’ve just hired new tech staff, and we’ll definitely be able to

that

focus on such a small one. They were steadily receiving R&D funds, and

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

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

286 Blame Keen

the capacity to help you any

statement,

Howard was stunned.

to Davis Corporation and find out if

“Yes.”

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

worth that much!”

was frantically pacing and suddenly stood up to

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

returned to the

of the dutiful wife and mother, busy preparing lunch in the

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the door

the kitchen.

right amount of surprise and joy. “You’re

right now and make her find

be

the call!

Howard was furious.

her head. “Okay,

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

for a moment, then looked

Howard.

“Use WhatsApp

and made a voice call to

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sorry, but we shouldn’t contact each other

Keira tried to send another message, she

stared blankly at

expression, stepped forward, his hand

didn’t let herself

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

she block me?!”

she stood up and grabbed Howard’s arm “Howard, you can’t abandon me! I’m your

it would only fetch half its value, which won’t add up

We’re husband and wife, for better or

worse…”

made

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

Davis Corporation pursued this matter, all he needed to do was get a divorce and push all the responsibility onto Keira, then he

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flicker of something in his eyes before he

said that, he turned around and left with

on to something and blurted

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

get divorced, I might end

waste?!”

married to Keera for three

him to walk away empty-handed either and

do?”

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a way; there’s

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

Keira’s phone lit up, displaying a WhatsApp

friend.

a message from

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

on your end? Is he going to divorce

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

asked, “So what

like he won’t give up until he’s at the end of his rope. As

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

continuously showed that she

of typing, still no message

resist, asked, “What’s wrong?

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

when she saw another message from Mary pop up. “Keera, no matter what happens, I’ll always stand by your side. Whether it’s

as she read

a while, and

for the first

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

after a long silence, she ultimately didn’t voice

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thought.

she would certainly have regretted being

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

Keera.”

message was actually a bit

strange things, so

mind it.

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

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

way to retract the lawsuit after the divorce or to help Keera pay that twenty million, so

the job she had

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

“I

was a knock on the door, followed by the entry

man.

to be in his forties, and

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

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

Lynch immediately nodded. “Oh? Miss

pleasure to meet you…”

extended his hand toward

his hand, she only felt his

clammy and quite disgusting.

his

from

eyes.

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

sit down with a lecherous

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

smiles, avoided bringing up the contract

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

by the look in Mr.

with her glass, walked over to Mr. Lynch,

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speaks of you, saying

like to offer you

statement, she

sudden change in Mr.

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

uncle’s expression. She just saw Mr. Lynch’s expression change, and then he stood up. “Alright, my dear niece, your Uncle Lynch

sigh of relief and downed the content of her glass

at Uncle

have some work to

enjoy yourselves. I need to

picked up her bag

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

took a few steps, she

realized what had happened and looked desperately at her

Davis!!

thought, being 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 Uncle Davis would

what she could comprehend or

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

the person walking by her private

the commotion, he turned

and saw Mary.

the plea for help choked in

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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about her during a matchmaking encounter. “…indeed, just an empty-headed beauty with nothing but

if he found out she was using her looks to discuss a

you’ve had too much drink! Come

some tea…”

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

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

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at that slender hand and

taken aback.”

saw the door being

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

in the room

moment.

He stood there, his gaze sweeping over everyone present before finally settling on Mary. “Mr. Ellis is dining next door, and

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

his gaze

he brought her here to accompany

Mr. Ellis

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

“I’m fine. There’s no need for Mr. Ellis to worry. I was just discussing a partnership with Uncle

was also

Davis family’s main branch took control of the

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

branch.

to offend

families!

dare say anything? He immediately replied with a grin. “Yes, yes, I’m here discussing a partnership with my niece! Dear niece,

toward

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said,

the contract

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

statement, Mr. Lynch promptly

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

You’re mistaken. Since the contract

the doorway, she suddenly

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

retract the lawsuit…”

flaunted borrowed authority

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fearing it would hinder Keera’s big plans, so hearing this, she immediately said, “There’s no need to retract

lawsuit.”

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

You…”

my best friend, but she chose to block me over a man. Do you think I am trying to get close to her

matter.”

seeing Mary

involved in this matter.”

Mary pull the door open and

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

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least she

she turned to leave, she suddenly froze

have left. He frowned as he looked at her.

and seen Mary, also noticing her

that was about to close. Yet he found his own action a bit baffling, which was why he sent his assistant in to lend Mary

Mary would

was just for signing a contract, that would be end of

things were common in the business world, and he

advantage, used it on his cousin,

simply… enough to freeze Ellis’s

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

friend and bestie?!

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

edged with scorn, and suddenly he

embrace.

his chest, making

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

d whispering into her

breath sprayed

sent shivers down her spine, magnifying

reactions.

Ellis, her

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her hands suddenly wrapped around

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

just wanted to scare her, but what was this

hear Mary murmur,

taken aback, then scoffed. “How many people have

smiled at him,

her vision

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

“So many…”

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

could no longer hear what he was saying and pressed closer against the man.

undo her shirt, revealing a

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collarbone.

became hurried for a

never a gentleman; he had already taken an interest in Mary, and now she was throwing

him…

Mary was no lady, so why

up Mary, and carried her into the adjacent

As soon

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and the

Ellis furrowed his brows.

“Mary, do you

“You are Ellis!”

to snuggle up to

Ellis resist such

with a profound look in his eyes, he said,

Mary was startled.

she still paused for a

eyes looked at Ellis, and after a while,

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Ellis felt

in his chest.

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

had an appointment

faint sounds suggesting a tryst emanated from the private room, letting the visitor immediately catch on. “Since

time.”

assistant returned his attention to

inside were becoming more

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

He wasn’t a man

perfectly normal man! Mr. Ellis should definitely give him

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how much time had passed when

moved her sore

part of her felt as if it had been

of where

“Click.”

The light turned on.

it was dark outside, and

a suit

Mary realized she was lying on

scattered all over the floor

exclaimed in shock, immediately cov her chest, and turning her gaze fiercely

“You…”

what happened that day, her voice came to an

was she

hint of shyness flooded her cheeks, and after

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surprise, a touch of

smiled and immediately produced a bank card,

aback, her fingers

Fee for service…

did he

she cast her gaze downward. She felt as cold

bother.”

room fell

see Ellis appraising

kind of person. There’s no need for you to insult me

money.”

“Is that so?”

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

them.”

at

been following Ellis for

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

why Ellis was the dream lover of so

he actually be thinking about

this?

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

to the corner. “It’s already

his gaze and, sure enough, there

by one, and found that the fit was surprisingly

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he has always been so

rescuing her from those people, he had also

the heart to use

still kept them.

gave a

and turned

her. “Tell

want?”

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

back and looked at Ellis.

stack of cash from her bag and placed it on the table. “This is for last

services.”

pupils

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gaze piercing Mary.

felt fear, she still turned around and walked briskly

wildly beating heart, feeling

a deep breath and then turned

she had left, the assistant entered

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

Corporation would pay Keera’s company

sneered. “How could the penalty

so high?”

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“It’s

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

of Mary’s words “deliberate retaliation,” Ellis

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

really out for

was truly too

of how Mary had just shown such pride in front of him.

his teacup onto the

why he was suddenly feeling so

spent with her… No, it was she who had slept with him,

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sneered as he stood up and straightened

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

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

Ellis was speechless.

back sharply, glanced at the money in

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

to the parking lot, only to see Howard and Cindy

this Howar has been trying to reach Uncle Olsen,

frowned. “What does he want with

and see.”

had only ever looked down on such a scoundrel

of Keera as

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in

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

down at him. “What

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 Olsen, and there’s something I’d like to ask Uncle Olsen about.

a

find out tha he had been

narrowed.

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

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some more time? Just give us one more month, no, half a month and I’ll

gaze, sneering/”Alright, I’ll

your message.”

Ellis got into his

stop him anymore,

Ellis left, Cindy asked,

deal, and afterward, Uncle Olsen said we could ask

talked and

were gone, Mary stepped out

corner.

parking lot, not yet finding her car, when she

conveyed the message to Uncle

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that ruin Keera’s

found Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated for a

sky had

moment, Ellis was reclining in a chair, his eyes closed,

was filled entirely with Mary’s delicate

“not the first

was his

was the case,

his tie, feeling

then, his phone

it and saw that

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

still the granddaughter

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patriarch and

some respect.

Family, as Mary’s branch

this, Ellis

“What’s

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

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

front of

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

thought Mary would ask him to marry her, to take responsibility for her, or take advantage

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

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his surprise, he

you not help Howard and

immediately furrowed his

out a cold laugh. “The

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

said those words, he

He was very angry.

help saying, “Mr. Ellis, Miss

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 friendship of over ten years all fake?! If Uncle Olsen found out about

afraid Mary would

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stay in

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

tell Uncle Olsen the

made

of the DNA test had been

confident, and he actually believed Keera was Ellis’s dad’s illegitimate

for those two days.

got a good beating

that the results would show, that Keera

was stunned at the

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

hesitated.

always been

not a

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asked, “Why not find someone,

to be compromised with. Better have

a defeated life, being played around by a man

would be ruined by

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

traces of Mrs. Olsen, so

since that day.

this for now. I’m

again. “Then, this

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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

this was his cousin’s

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

only asked, “What do

to make

thought about this, his phone buzzed because of

Ellis’s tone became a few degrees colder. “Miss Davis, are

said, “No, I want her

divorce, but does she want

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person are

his words. “How do you

she doesn’t want to?!”

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startled when he heard this. “You mean, Keera wants

feared that Ellis would take action and help Keera’s

it’s a plan

out.”

then went straight to the point. “We want to make Howard

the company

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

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

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

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her best friend Mary over

knew that she had been tolerant at home for the sake of competing with that mistress, serving Howard’s mother well, to the point where Howard’s mother didn’t want

person, whose heart was full of thoughts of Howard,

divorce?

Davis Corporation drop the lawsuit, and since the lawsuit had been filed, even if Keera

set by

didn’t make any

also understood that her words

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

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Howard.

was, “Even if Howard really cheats, the fact that he’s been hiding it from me shows that he cares about me. Mary,

was beyond

and only said, “Mr. Ellis, you just promised

eyes instantly

determined

and suddenly lowered his gaze, hiding the icy chill within. “Are you

“Indeed.”

his eyes filled with a cold intent. “But

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from me, you have to return

Mary was startled.

lips, knowing

misunderstood that Ellis was interested in her.

days might

desire for a divorce, for the company and the villa, as

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

hadn’t realized the consequences

just breathed a sigh of relief,

and headed home.

a WhatsApp message to Keera. “Keera, I did something

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encounter with Ellis, a hint of shyness appeared

Soon, she arrived home.

parked the car and quickly entered

as she stepped in, her pace came

her parents kneeling on the floor of the hall, while her

faltered in

her whole body freezing. She took a step

“Mary…”

on earth did you do to offend Mr. Ellis? Why would he suddenly call your uncle and claim to have

hearing this, Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed coldly

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Mary didn’t kneel.

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

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

grabbing her hair. “Mary, who gave you such audacity?

in pain as

look up.

tight, and she remained

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

Mary’s father away, “A waste of a father raising a waste of a

her, how could Mr. Lynch

ma21″

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raised his hand and viciously struck

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

pain did not

I can’t bear to harm, no wonder Mr. Lynch keeps thinking about

Mary, and she

relief.

the next

“Slap!”

landed on Mary’s

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

He already knew what his big brother intended to do

spare Mary

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to the

“Dad!”

cried out and tried to

trying to break free from their grip, wanting to

professional, robust, and impossible

stop hitting him, please stop! If you keep going, it

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

only then that her

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

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clenched her

of demand her

make next…

mother who was being held down by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her grandmother, who hurried over after hearing

before her…

of this was Ellis’s

she would have already been taken advantage of by Mr. Lynch at the

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

long anticipated a

she

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toward Ellis.

she blamed herself in

useless she was!

parents and unable

she could only obediently become a social butterfly

on the ground, feeling an

from the ground. “Mary,

looked at him

her gaze. “Fine, I’ll b obedient. I’ll listen to everything you say from now on,

Π

in the evening, and you’ll come with me to the hotel, and

left with his

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soon

was in the Olsen residence’s study, listening to his assistant’s report. Indescribable emotions flashed in his

expected Mary’s life to

technically your woman, do

“No.”

sneered. “She dares to scheme against Keera, so she must pay these

assistant looked at him. “What about that contract? Should

her, I won’t

the twenty million, I’ll have

show your cousin what kind of man her

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she really gets

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

close eye on Keera’s situation; after all,

loss.”

what

fell silent for a moment and

“Leave her be.”

that night, Ellis dreamt

him to be faster… Just as he was about to

beneath a corpulent

was licentious as she looked at him sideways. “It’s

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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forehead, feeling utterly

much he tossed and turned, he couldn’t

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

laugh, “Let’s go and see. Do they really think

be bullied at will?!”

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

her the company and the

Brother Howard,

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you better sign quickly and painlessly,

finished speaking and looked toward

divorce agreement, lost in thought, with an expression of reluctance creeping over

Three years!

three years since he married Keera, and

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

savings…

say, he only got a little over a

bear to let it

and company

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out of the question. If he wanted a clean break in the divorce, he had no choice but to

her!

The real estate market in Clance is terrible right now, this villa can sell at most for fifteen million. The company has a debt contract of twenty million, and if we can’t sell it at a good price, I’ll end up

Howard panicked a little.

both spouses would be burdened

sent people over with the message that they

and was about to

couldn’t immediately show her eager expression; she still had to keep

this, Howard’s mother couldn’t

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

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at your own problems! Why

pique his interest at all! If Mr. Horton were

and you

really wanted to

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

curses had to be

swallowed.

hung her head, continuing to cry. “Howard, for the sake of our three years of marriage, don’t aband me, please. I haven’t worked for so many

own…”

Howard no longer hesitated and

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

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

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to blame anyone, blame yourself for not having enough support from your own family, which is why your husband’s family can

the contract with

eyes of the three people, she was

heaven knew how hard

family villa,

the South family villa

assistant!

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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

as she said with her head down, “Howard, I don’t want

all these years it was I who managed the company, and you? You just gave birth to a child, living in a daze every day, enjoying luxury with

was

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

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this time, Keira had

her diary, Keera recorded

Howard.

in college, had also

with Keera, and before they got married, after

with her head down, “You said that going to work was too hard and that you would manage the company for me, that in the future you would earn money to

that it was all an act, that the person

matter whether the child I gave birth to was a boy or a

words

“Enough!”

clearly didn’t want to listen

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point of saying all this? I have a mistress outside, but are you clean yourself? Haven’t you

suddenly looked incredulously at

wasn’t Howard aware of

behave like a wife should. What right do you have to accuse Howard here? Just sign the paper,

was red-hot with rage upon hearing

room to back up Keera, he heard the woman with

Ellis immediately halted.

divorce like

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

about it and simply stood

an inch.

Inside the room.

appeared to be coerced, placing the divorce agreement on the table and

Cindy was pleased.

breathed a

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

regretfully around the villa, wanting to say something,

Could you agree to one

for me?”

with suspicion, “What

it?”

said weakly. “How much child support

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give Amy every month?”

these words came out, Howard immediately bristled. “What nonsense are you talking about? The company is in debt, and I’ve resigned.

don’t go too far! How 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 your daughter. It’s all for

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

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

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

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thousands.

Cindy and Howard wouldn’t have so easily let go

was something Cindy wouldn’t

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 have the money to raise Amy in

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

you ha hands and feet. Why

hasn’t worked i several years and doesn’t want to go out and find a jo After

Amy, letting Howard

dreaming!” Howard’s mother shouted

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sobbing tone. “Howard, you are Amy’s father. If Amy can’t afford to go to school, there will be relevant departments that will hold you accountable! I’m not making an unreasonable request, Howard. You can’t be so

was listening outside,

on earth was Keera

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

took several deep breaths to suppress the anger welling up inside

felt that someone as defeatist as Keer

could there be such

Inside.

she saw Howard’s mother jumping up and down

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is! Howard, think of a way to cut ties with them, so

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

this, Keira narrowed her

achieved, and it hadn’t been in vain that she had put on such an

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

her head and waved her hands, “No,

paper. “You don’t get to make the decision. I’m signing the waiver

294 She’s Keira

two waivers, indicating that he had no relation with Amy from

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

seemed intimidated. She signed her name

waiver, then excitedly stood up. He exchange a look with Cindy, and the two, along

we leaving in such a

this woman from demanding any

felt a bit reluctant. “Once

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where will we

“Auntie, move to my place

I’ll take care of you in the

mother immediately picked up her suitcase

as they reached the door, they encountered the

When, when did

coldly looked at

shifted to Keira, who had

them.

her shoulders trembling

“Howard, is this how you treat your lawful

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

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