The Ex and Her Riches

“Alright then. You guys shouldn’t tire yourselves out either. Take care of your health. Once I’ve passed my exam, I might be going abroad.”

Jasmine was engrossed in sharing her future plans, but Whitney’s mind had already drifted off somewhere else.

After having breakfast, the Newton family’s driver dropped Whitney off at the office.

After entering the office, Whitney headed in the direction of Charles’ office.

Just as Isaac was about to leave with a stack of documents, Whitney stopped him. “Is he in the office now?”

Isaac nodded. “Mr. Newton seems to be in a bad mood. Be careful.”

After giving a piece of advice, Isaac left with the documents in his arms.

Whitney headed straight for the office and knocked on the door.

“It’s me.”

“Come in.”

Charles was holding a fountain pen, diligently writing on some document. Whitney knew better than to interrupt, and quietly waited for him to finish.

After about ten minutes, Charles finally looked up, pinched the bridge of his nose and asked, “What are you doing here?”

His voice regained its calm and indifference like before.

Whitney suppressed the discomfort in her heart as she smiled and said, “I was worried about your health, so I wanted to come and see you.”

“Are you done?”

Charles didn’t lift his head, his gaze remained fixed on the documents in front of him. His brows and eyes looked serious, and his tone indifferent.

He seemed to be urging Whitney to leave.

Whitney didn’t understand.

It was understandable for him to have such an attitude yesterday. Why is he still like this today)

She couldn’t hold back any longer and asked the question that had been weighing on her heart.

“During the time you lived in the fishing village… was it that girl who took care of you? What… what’s her name?”

As she asked the question, Whitney’s heart pounded rapidly, her palms clenched as she was nervous. She carefully observed Charles’ expression.

brows suddenly furrowed, his eyes

silent, and Whitney nervously swallowed, unsure of what to say to

has your time been in the

glanced at her.

that, he put down the documents in his hand

much hesitation, Whitney decided to block his path, gathering her courage to ask, “Don’t you think you owe me an

to date her, but ended up leaving her alone in the country without even telling her.

disappeared, and she had been worried for such a long

he still had this attitude, not saying a word, nor explaining anything.

work, you should focus and concentrate on your

said that, he left without looking back.

Clang!

slammed shut. It struck a heavy blow to Whitney’s heart as if it were a

knew by

but his attitude

found a place in Charles’

he simply didn’t

standing, and she presumptuously thought she could stand by

village, she noticed the way Charles looked at that

was a look filled with affection and quite special.

had only seen this kind of gaze whenever Charles

reminded him of Gwendolyn. Whitney began to understand why he had suddenly become distant towards

she would no longer waste her warmth on someone who

taking a deep breath, Whitney suppressed her stubbornness and pride, and left Charles’ office.

interactions, Whitney would no longer

days passed, it seemed as if the people

people were often breeding

office together, had stopped appearing

Whitney seemed to be deliberately avoiding their CEO, which inevitably piqued the

intern to a favored individual by the CEO’s

she was a thorn in the hearts of the women

from rags to riches. There wasn’t a woman who

when it came to choosing a partner However, they were aho well aware of

one really dares to

family background or particularly outstanding abilities, seemed to have nothing more than her

of such a woman justify the whims and fancies of those

of them were at odds, some people started harboring

shirt saw Whitney walking out of Charles’ office with a cold expression. She quickly pulled someone nearby and asked, “What’s going