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After sending that series of messages to Mary, Keira saw that Mary had withdrawn a message.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

a traditional woman who didn’t wish to break away from the family, always hoping to be

and felt a

but look at her with dismay. “Mary, what

with me. I had barely sat down and hadn’t even

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

said, “No, he

granddaughter brought up in a 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

wife also sneered.

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

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would he possibly take a fancy to

branch and is in charge of

I have to say. I heard she abused her authority

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

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blinded by

insult me,

on her, and she just

her in

at her, “Mary, I gave you a chance. If Mr. Ellis had taken a liking to you, I would have turned a blind eye to your

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 the time comes, don’t blame me for not considering our

her fists

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pass the interview for Davis Corporation

long been a thorn in the side of

families.

according to the contract, if compensation could be obtained, it meant she

was clearly looking for an excuse to fire her

the leviathan that was Davis Corporation, felt

she could help Keera divorce and escape from

Howard’s mother and Amy, entered the bedroom and

a research

shifted all the blame onto her and divorced her, she planned to use this latest research and development plan to seek

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with Davis Corporation.

Mary be

to her

to Mary yet.

reached

Corporation’s lawsuit was delivered to Howard early

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her grievances. “I just want to live in a villa,

one too.”

go back and discuss it with

go back and discuss it with her. After all, she’s the owner

is under

knew exactly how to

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

wife be unhappy and kick us

out last time?”

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“She wouldn’t dare!”

his chin

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

“What?!”

a shocked exclamation, looking incredulously

wave of his

part. Mary

they

secretary, “But on the

wasn’t

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

refuged and you quan told

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he hadn’t expected things to

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

took out

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

can

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

thought that would

a small

bellowed at him. “Howard! You have the nerve to call

suffered at the company? My great-uncle was already displeased with my joining the corporation

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

statement,

Howard was stunned.

his secretary. “Hurry to Davis Corporation and find

“Yes.”

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

worth that much!”

stood up to leave. “I’m going back to

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

returned to

playing the role of the dutiful wife and mother,

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door was opened,

the kitchen.

right amount of surprise

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

be

the call!

Howard was furious.

her head. “Okay,

message on the other end wa

was stunned for a moment, then looked

Howard.

hastily said, “Use WhatsApp voice

a voice call to Mary,

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“Keera, I’m sorry, but we shouldn’t contact each other

another message, she found she

blankly at her

hand raised to

didn’t let herself get

move, she crouched down, hugged her knees, and began

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!

add up to twenty million!

We’re husband and wife, for better or

worse…”

made Howard

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

he needed to do was get a divorce and push all the

eyes instantly

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

said that, he turned around and

and blurted out, “Divorce her, then you

of course,

If we really get divorced, I might end up

waste?!”

been married to Keera for three

want him to walk away empty-handed either and immediately said, “Then what should

do?”

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must be a way; there’s definitely

one

Keira’s phone lit up, displaying a WhatsApp notification that Mary had added

friend.

came a

it payback

how are things on your end? Is he going to divorce

Keira replied, “Not yet.”

“So

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 on

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pan. Don’t rush it.”

chat status continuously showed that

minutes of typing, still no

“What’s wrong? Is there something inconvenient

I just feel like

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

froze as she read the

as her sister for a while, and

the first

moment, looking at the message, she wanted to tell Mary

after a long silence, she

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thought.

would certainly have regretted being

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

Keera.”

actually

often said strange things, so

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

down her phone. “Unele, don’t

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

job she

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heard her. “Hmm, Mr. Lynch is not very

nodded. “I understand,

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

man.

in his forties, and his appearance was

to Mary with a beaming smile. “Mr. Davis, who is this young lady? I’ve never

fourth brother’s daughter, who is currently interning at Day Corporation. Today she’s accompanying me to gain some

immediately nodded.

pleasure to meet you…”

his hand

Mary took his hand, she only

clammy and quite disgusting.

tried to pull her hand back, but he tightened his grip slightly, making it hard

help from her uncle

eyes.

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

Mr. Lynch sit down with a

Lynch. This was Uncle Davis’s project. If he could seal the deal, it would earn him

smiles, avoided bringing up the contract and

Lynch has taken a liking

repulsed by the look in Mr. Lynch’s

glass, walked over to Mr. Lynch, and said with a smile,

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of you, saying you’re a

like to offer you

she distinguished their

change in Mr. Lynch’s

at Mary, then shot

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

of relief and downed the content of her glass all at

looked at Uncle Davis.

still have some

Lynch enjoy yourselves. I need to head

said that, she quickly picked up her bag and started

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

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

had happened and looked desperately at her

Davis!!

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

what she

and flung it open, hoping to

door, the person walking by

commotion, he

and saw Mary.

plea for

throat.

Mary stood there, stunned.

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her mind, she heard the words Ellis had once said about her

her if he found out she was using her looks to

you’ve had too much

some tea…”

approached and grabbed Mary’s arm, pulling her back inside,

he was about to shut the

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that slender hand

taken aback.”

she saw the

to look, only to see a man standing

everyone in

moment.

knew this person. He was the assistant to Mr. Ellis. He stood there, his gaze sweeping over everyone present before finally settling

Uncle Davis immediately paused.

then turned his gaze toward

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

Ellis interested in

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but she instantly understood; this was her chance

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

Lynch was also bewildered at this

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

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

branch.

to offend any of the five

families!

He immediately replied with a grin. “Yes, yes, I’m here discussing a partnership with my

looked toward her

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said, “Yes,

the contract out

saying another word, Mr. Lynch signed 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 I have something else to attend to, so I’ll take my

Mr.

and tentatively looked at Mary, asking, “Dear niece, you and Mr.

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

doorway, she

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

retract the lawsuit…”

had flaunted

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

lawsuit.”

the lawsuit? Aren’t you

You…”

to block me over a man. Do you think I am trying to get close to her now for what reason? Of course, it’s for revenge. I

matter.”

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

involved in this matter.”

then did Mary pull the door open

breath, still feeling somewhat dizzy and

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least she couldn’t collapse

she turned to leave, she

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

and seen Mary, also noticing her anxiousness

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

would actually take advantage of

it was just for signing a contract, that would be

and he didn’t mind being used

gaining an advantage, used

enough to freeze Ellis’s favorable impression of

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Keera was just foolish, but now it seemed that Mary was both stupid and vicious! How

friend and bestie?!

loyalty, despising those who play dirty and

with scorn, and suddenly he grabbed Mary,

embrace.

body collided with his chest, making her

she forced herself

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

breath sprayed on Mary’s

sent shivers down her

reactions.

leaned against Ellis, her eyes gradually

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as her hands suddenly wrapped

neck…

Ellis stiffened all over.

but what was this woman

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

aback, then scoffed. “How

smiled at him, extending a

vision

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

“So many…”

expect someone who appears so innocent

longer hear what he was saying and

her shirt, revealing

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collarbone.

became hurried for a

was never a gentleman; he had already taken an interest in

him…

no lady, so why

up Mary, and carried

the sofa and then bent over her. As soon as he touched her burning skin, Ellis

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was so hot, and the way she

Ellis furrowed his brows.

“Mary, do you know who

“You are Ellis!”

to snuggle

Ellis resist such

a profound look in his eyes, he said, “This isn’t your first

Mary was startled.

almost completely worn down, she still

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

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this, Ellis felt an inexplicable

in his chest.

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

had an appointment with

private room, letting the visitor immediately catch on. “Since Mr. Ellis

time.”

returned his attention to the

sounds inside were

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

a man and wasn’t

He was a perfectly normal man! Mr. Ellis should definitely

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idea how much time had passed

moved her

it had been crushed by a massive truck, leaving her brain

of where she

“Click.”

The light turned on.

notice it

suit sat

that Mary realized she was lying on

all

cov her chest, and turning her

“You…”

about what happened that day, her voice came to an abrupt

was she who

of shyness flooded her

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of

Davis,” Ellis then smiled and immediately produced a bank card, extending it

taken aback, her

Fee for service…

did he take her

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

bother.”

statement, the room fell

Ellis appraising her closely, his gaze

her gaze, then said, “I’m not that kind of person. There’s

money.”

“Is that so?”

his bank card, “Then you must

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

them.”

at

had been following Ellis

wealthy heirs. He was

Ellis was the dream lover of so

actually be thinking

this?

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

the corner.

sure enough, there

one by one, and found that the fit was surprisingly

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always been so

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

hadn’t had the heart to use

still kept them.

gave a bitter

turned

was still staring at her. “Tell me, what

want?”

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

and looked at Ellis. “Mr. Ellis, I

said that, she took a stack of cash from her bag and placed

services.”

words made Ellis’s pupils contract slightly his

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gaze piercing Mary.

turned around and

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

breath and then turned to

left, the

the assistant, not understanding the situation, reported to him. “Mr. Ellis, Miss Keera has indeed run into trouble.

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

immediately sneered. “How could the penalty

so high?”

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assistant promptly said, “It’s

contractual trap…”

A contractual trap….

of Mary’s words “deliberate retaliation,” Ellis

an accident, but now it turned out that what Mary had said was true! If it

really

was truly

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

onto

was suddenly

her… No, it was she who had slept with him, right? Such

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as he stood up and

clothes. “Let’s go.”

He walked straight out.

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

Ellis was speechless.

glanced at the money in the

sneered. “It’s yours now.”

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

assistant immediately said, “Mr. Ellis, this Howar has been trying to reach Uncle Olsen, but after we stopped him, he came

does he

and see.”

looked down on

now thinking of Keera as his cousin.

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290 Uncle Olsen’s Daughter

arrived in front

over and lowered his head, with a pleasing smile on his face. “Mr. Ellis, I went to the Olsen family to find Uncle Olsen but couldn’t see anyone, so

him. “What do you want

me?”

Olsen, so my wife

a message for

to find out tha

eyes narrowed.

Davis Corporation. Could I trouble Uncle Olsen or Mr.

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the Davis family to give us some more time? Just give us one more month, no, half a

lowered his gaze, sneering/”Alright,

your message.”

Ellis

and Cindy didn’t dare to stop him

Cindy asked, “Will

we could ask him if we needed anything.

two talked and

they were gone, Mary stepped

corner.

lot, not yet finding her car, when she saw Howard

conveyed the message to

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that ruin Keera’s

phone, found Ellis on WhatsApp, hesitated for a moment,

sky had

reclining in a chair, his eyes

entirely with Mary’s delicate

her words, “not the first time,” Ellis could not help

was his

that was the case, wasn’t he

tie, feeling

then, his

glanced at it and saw that it was Mary’s

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

still the granddaughter of

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patriarch and

some respect.

the Davis Family, as Mary’s branch

of this, Ellis answered

began, “What’s

just say that as long as the requests I make aren’t excessive,

really were playing hard to get? Miss Davis, there’s really no need for

front

Mary was taken aback.

Ellis said indifferently, “Speak.”

ask him to marry her, to take responsibility for her, or take advantage of

branch of the Davis Family or

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However, to his surprise, he heard Mary

help

furrowed his

cold laugh. “The

that’s it?”

“Yes.”

“Can’t do it.”

Ellis said those words, he hung

He was very angry.

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

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

I’m afraid Mary would no longer

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stay in

the assistant was silent for a moment

tell Uncle Olsen the truth about the DNA

question made

of the DNA test had been out for a

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

for those two days.

got a good beating

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

stunned at

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

hesitated.

had always

a single woman had caught

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

be compromised with. Better

been living such a defeated life, being played around by a man from a small place,

life would be ruined by

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

of Mrs.

since that day.

now. I’m afraid Uncle Olsen might get so angry

“Then,

intervene?”

Ellis tensed his jaw.

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good just to let Howard abandon Keera. It might even cure

felt that this was his cousin’s own

to their own hearts, and

they only asked,

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

buzzed because of

colder. “Miss Davis,

said, “No, I want her to get a

want her to get a divorce, but does she want it herself?

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another person are actually very

infuriated by his words.

she doesn’t want to?!”

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“You

to this point, Mary really feared that Ellis would take action and help Keera’s Company solve the

it’s a plan that

out.”

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

penny, and give both the company and the custody of

saying all this, Mary continued. “So, please don step in and

“Miss Davis, do you think

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

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best friend

an eye on Keera and knew that she had been tolerant at home for the sake of competing with that mistress, serving Howard’s

such a person, whose heart

divorce?

and since the lawsuit had been filed, even if Keera really made Howard

trap set by Keera herself, what was

make any logical

but she also understood that her words were hard to

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

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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, 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

was beyond

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

eyes instantly became

Mary determined to punish

the icy

“Indeed.”

agree,” said Ellis indifferently, lifting his head, his eyes filled with a cold intent. “But

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you have to

Mary was startled.

her lips, knowing what

because he misunderstood that Ellis was interested in her. If Ellis went to clarify

future days might become even

company and the villa, as

“Okay.”

Ellis hung up.

still hadn’t realized the consequences of

of relief,

and headed home.

message to Keera. “Keera, I did something big today!

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Ellis, a

Soon, she arrived home.

and quickly entered the

as soon as she stepped in, her pace came to an abrupt

of the hall, while her eldest

faltered in

took a step

“Mary…”

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

this, Mary’s eldest uncle scoffed

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Mary didn’t kneel.

knees, they forced her legs to buckle, and she

Mr. Ellis had no interest in you, yet you dared to take advantage of his influence? Do you know that Mr. Lynch also called me just now and

uncle came right up to her, grabbing her hair. “Mary, who gave you such audacity? To make such a fool out of

throbbed in pain as she

look up.

were clenched tight, and

brother’s leg. “Brother, Mary

away, “A waste of a father raising a waste of a

If I spare her, how could

ma21″

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and viciously

face!

Mary closed her eyes.

pain did not

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

released Mary, and she breathed a huge sigh

relief.

in the

“Slap!”

firm slap landed on

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

and pleaded for mercy. He already knew what his big brother intended

but spare Mary please. She

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the Davis

“Dad!”

cried out and tried to rush over, but the

break free from their grip, wanting to stop her eldest uncle’s

professional, robust,

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

piercing voice, tears

that her eldest

his 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 fists

kind of

make next…

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

before her…

of

been taken advantage

in the company to gain the favor of the first branch, and with her father being relentlessly suppressed by her uncle

anticipated a situation

her heart, she still harbored some

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toward Ellis.

same time, she blamed herself in secret

useless she was!

to protect her parents and unable

obediently become a social butterfly for her

on the ground, feeling an overwhelming sense

to get up from the ground.

looked

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

Π

“Come tomorrow at six in the evening, and you’ll come with me to the hotel, and sweet-talk

these words behind, he left with his

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of this soon reached Ellis’s

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

hadn’t expected Mary’s life to be this

she’s technically your woman, do

“No.”

and sneered. “She dares to scheme against Keera, so she

hearing this, the assistant looked at him. “What about that contract? Should we

her, I won’t interfere

million, I’ll have Keera pay it back

cousin what kind of man

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“If she really

In that case, we’ll acknowledge her again as a cousin

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

loss.”

what about Miss

a

“Leave her be.”

Ellis dreamt

skin, and her plaintive cryin on the sofa, begging him to be faster…

was beneath a corpulent

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

Ellis jolted awake suddenly.

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his forehead, feeling

matter how much he tossed and

he got up in the morning and went to the office to handle affairs. After finishing the meetings in the afternoon, as soon as he stepped out of the conference room, his assistant hurried over. “Mr. Ellis, after Howard knew we wouldn’t help, he proposed divorce to Miss Keera!

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

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 company and the

these years of marriage with Brother Howard, now he’s giving you

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signs, you better sign quickly and painlessly, got

finished speaking and looked toward

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

Three years!

he married Keera, and all he had gotten was a

year. Out of that, one million went to Keera for household expenses, and

savings…

he only got a little over a hundred thousand

couldn’t bear to let

house and company were

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wanted a clean break in the divorce, he had no

her!

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

Howard panicked a little.

divorce, then both spouses would

already sent people over with the message that they

away and

her eager expression; she still had

Howard’s mother couldn’t

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

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own problems! Why

and failed to pique his interest

the company could be saved, and you and

wanted

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

curses

swallowed.

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

own…”

Howard no longer hesitated and swiftly

Seeing this, Keira smiled.

contracts to her. “Keera, stop struggling, just sign it! Otherwise, Howard and his mother won’t let you off! This marriage

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

the contract with

the three people,

knew how hard Keira was trying not

then, outside the South family villa,

the South family

assistant!

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

T

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

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

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

was

trembled. “When we graduated, it you who said I didn’t need to

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time, Keira had read through Keera’s

her diary, Keera recorded the

Howard.

in college, had also been

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

hard and that you would manage the company for me, that in the future you would earn

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

child I gave birth to was a boy or a girl, you would love

speaking these words

“Enough!”

to listen any

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many things yet preventing others from talking about them, and he coldly laughed. “Keera, what’s the point of saying

suddenly looked incredulously

with Lewis come about, wasn’t Howard aware of it? How could he shamelessly say

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

was red-hot with rage upon hearing

he heard the woman with a trembling voice start to speak. “Fine, I’ll sign

Ellis immediately halted.

divorce like this, it wouldn’t

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all, it was just a divorce agreement. Having signed it, given the Olsen family’s assertiveness,

and simply stood

an inch.

Inside the room.

agreement on the table and quickly

Cindy was pleased.

a

son, go get the divorce certificate with her

something, but Keira said,

Could you

for me?”

immediately asked with suspicion,

it?”

“How much child support will

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give Amy every month?”

as these words came out, Howard immediately bristled. “What nonsense are you talking about? The company is in debt, and I’ve resigned. I don’t have a job right now. Where would I get the money to

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

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

Howard had already been in touch with another employer and

easy for him to find a job in the

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thousands.

wouldn’t have so easily let go of

something

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 the future. If you don’t provide child support,

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

hands and feet. Why can’t you live

go out and find a jo After

off with Amy,

Howard’s mother

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

who was listening outside,

on earth

she still cared about that bit of child support?

to suppress the anger welling up inside

even felt that someone as defeatist as Keer

be such

Inside.

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

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whose child Amy really is! Howard, think of a way to cut ties with them, so she won’t

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

hearing this, Keira narrowed

hadn’t been in vain that she had put on such an act

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

shook her

a piece of paper. “You don’t get to make the

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with Amy from then on,

to sign, you sign. Don’t even think about clinging to Howard. Once you’re divorced, you and

intimidated. She

excitedly stood up. He exchange

said, “Are we leaving in

from demanding any more living expenses

mother felt a bit reluctant.

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will we

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

in the

up her

they reached the door, they encountered

terrified. “Mr. Ellis? When, when

looked at

shifted to Keira, who had her

them.

weeping with her shoulders trembling slightly, fueling his

“Howard, is this how you treat

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

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