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.

furrowed,

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

your time been

her. “Not bad.”

the documents in his hand and stood up to

Whitney decided to block his path, gathering her courage to ask, “Don’t you think

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

and she had been worried

still had this attitude, not saying a word, nor explaining

and concentrate on your work. Why must

left without

Clang!

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

by

her an answer, but his attitude had

already found a place

he simply didn’t care about her feelings.

she presumptuously

fishing village, she noticed the way Charles looked at that

was a look filled with affection and quite special.

seen this kind of gaze whenever Charles looked at Gwendolyn.

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

the circumstances, she would no longer waste her warmth on someone who acted cold to

suppressed her stubbornness and pride, and left

Whitney would no longer take the initiative to contact

it seemed as if the

people were often breeding

used to always come and go from the office together, had stopped appearing at the

deliberately avoiding their CEO, which inevitably piqued the curiosity

intern to a favored individual by the CEO’s side had long been a displeasure to most

the hearts of the women

wasn’t a woman who didn’t desire a

it came to choosing a partner However, they were aho well aware of their own status and position.

one really dares to confront

Whitney, someone without an exceptional family background or particularly outstanding abilities, seemed to have nothing more than her beauty to keep

the existence of such a woman justify the whims and fancies of those

odds, some people started harboring thoughts they

white shirt saw Whitney walking out of Charles’ office with a cold expression. She quickly pulled someone nearby and asked, “What’s going on? Is it true that Mr.