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

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

has your time been in

her. “Not bad.”

that, he put down the documents in his

block his path, gathering her courage to ask, “Don’t you think you owe me

but ended up leaving her alone in the country without even telling

and she had been worried

finally met, but he still had this attitude,

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

said that, he left without looking

Clang!

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

by

an answer, but his

a place

that he simply

overestimated her own standing, and she presumptuously thought she could stand by his

the fishing village, she noticed the way Charles looked

with affection and quite

had only seen this kind of gaze

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

she would no longer waste her warmth on someone who

Whitney suppressed her stubbornness and pride, and left Charles’ office.

interactions, Whitney would no longer take the initiative to contact Charles.

days passed, it seemed as if the people in

with many people were often breeding grounds

CEO and Whitney, who used to always come and go from the office together, had stopped

deliberately avoiding their CEO, which inevitably piqued the curiosity

turn from being a small intern to a favored individual by the CEO’s side had long been a

thorn in the hearts of the

dream of transforming from rags to riches. There wasn’t a

standard for the women in the company when it came to choosing

to confront the CEO

abilities, seemed to have nothing more than her beauty to keep her by

woman justify the whims and fancies

at odds,

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. Newton doesn’t