The Ex and Her Riches

By the time Whitney returned to the Newton residence from work, Charles had already arrived, sitting on the sofa and discussing matters related to the Newton Group with the family.

Seeing her return, Jasmine took the initiative to approach her. “Whitney, why didn’t your come back with Charles today?”

All eyes from the Newton family turned toward her in unison.

Whitney glanced at Charles, walked over to his side, and said with a smile, “I Kot held up today after work chatting with Ms. Zeller. Charles has been so busy lately, and as his wife, how could I not worry about him? So, I asked him to come home first.”

As she spoke, Charles casually placed her hand in his own with languid ease.

“Of course my wife cares about me. You guys carry on with your chat. My wife and I need to go upstairs to discuss some matters.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Charles took her hand and led her upstairs. The rest of the Newton family couldn’t help but chuckle, teasing them a bit under their breath.

Even when they arrived at the turn of the staircase, Charles showed no signs of letting go of her.

Feeling the warmth of his palm, Whitney couldn’t help but break out in sweat.

Upon entering the study, Charles switched on his computer, his voice indifferent as he said, “I’ve seen the proposal you submitted. It’s too naive.”

Naïve…

The destructive power of the word was immense for Whitney. She had poured so much effort into the new version, yet it still failed to catch his eye.

“I’m sorry…” Whitney replied softly.

Charles glanced over at her, and she didn’t dare to say anything more.

“You don’t know how to do it, yet you don’t know how to ask too?”

With a swift motion of his hands, he tapped a few keys on the keyboard, and several documents popped up on the computer screen. They were titled: XX Project Plan, XX Management Plan, and XX Summary.

Every document ended with Charles’s personal signature.

This is… the previous planning proposal of Newton Group! These are all secrets of the Newton Group. Why is he pulling out these documents now?

Whitney was completely bewildered. The next second, Charles said, “Take a good look at. these documents. If there’s anything you don’t understand, ask me.”

gently pressed down on Whitney’s shoulder, guiding her to sit in front of the computer. He

front of her,

proposal? If I didn’t

her from behind, Whitney’s heartbeat suddenly quickened. After taking a few deep breaths, she managed to refocus her thoughts back on

through the plans in front of her and understood why Charles called her naive.

perfect on the surface, there were still many details that needed to be

should always be concise and to the point. In that

the nearby, the sound of flipping pages

find Charles engrossed in a

knowledge about that book before. It was written entirely in a foreign. language. Because the subject

have no problem reading it, right?

she realized the vast difference between her abilities and his. Silently, she withdrew her gaze and

back. Just as she was about to stretch,

Charles’s drew closer, she held her

and annotating on the document. He directly highlighted

in common. This part, this part, and this part

across

while, he finally stopped pointing and asked,

her incredibly nervous. She stammered, “L… I… There’s something I still don’t quite get.”

strike up a conversation, and to her surprise, Charles unexpectedly answered her in great

right. At the meeting today. I was the one who messed things

Whitney’s mind,

mind was not on it.

accompany me to a dinner. party

“Female companion?”

“Do you

not at

refuse, as she was now just his wife by agreement.

the business gala

be on the guest

enough, Whitney spotted Gwendolyn’s name at a