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

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

how has your time been in the

her. “Not bad.”

he put down the documents in his hand and stood up to leave

path, gathering her courage to ask, “Don’t you

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

disappeared, and she had been worried for

met, but he still had this attitude, not saying a word, nor

a stern expression. “Once you’re back at work, you should focus and concentrate on your work. Why must you waste your

that, he left without looking

Clang!

office door was slammed shut. It struck a heavy blow to

knew by now.

but his attitude had already

someone had already found a place in Charles’ heart

realizing that he

standing, and she presumptuously thought she could

village, she noticed the way

was a look filled with

this kind of gaze whenever Charles looked

Gwendolyn. Whitney began to understand why he

the circumstances, she would no longer waste her

suppressed her stubbornness and pride, and left

on, apart from necessary work interactions, Whitney would no

if the people in the company

with many people were often breeding grounds

go from the office together, had stopped appearing at the office

noticed that Whitney seemed to be deliberately avoiding their CEO, which

to turn from being a small intern to a favored individual

in the hearts of the women at the

a fanciful dream of transforming from rags to riches. There wasn’t a woman who didn’t desire a man as outstanding as Charles.

become the gold standard for the women in the company when it came to choosing a partner

really dares to confront

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

woman justify the

two of them were at odds,

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