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.

suddenly furrowed,

unsure of what to say to ease

your time been in the

glanced at her. “Not

in his hand and stood up to leave the office.

path, gathering her courage to ask, “Don’t you think you owe me an explanation?”

going to date her, but ended up leaving her alone in the country

and she had been worried for such a

had finally met, but he still had this attitude, not saying a word,

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

he left without looking

Clang!

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

by now.

an answer, but his attitude had

had already found a place in Charles’ heart

realizing that he simply didn’t

own standing, and she presumptuously thought she could stand by his side.

leaving the fishing village, she noticed the way Charles looked at

was a look filled with affection and

had only seen this kind of gaze whenever Charles

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

longer waste her warmth on someone who

taking a deep breath, Whitney suppressed her stubbornness

Whitney would no longer take the initiative

the

with many people were often breeding grounds for

to always come and go from the office together, had stopped appearing at the office at the same time, at some point.

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

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

thorn in the hearts of the women

a fanciful dream of transforming from rags to riches. There wasn’t a woman who didn’t

become the gold standard for the women in the company when it came to choosing a partner However, they were aho well aware of their own status

to confront the

someone without an exceptional family background or particularly outstanding abilities, seemed to

such a woman justify

two of them were at odds, some people started harboring thoughts

Charles’ office with a cold expression. She quickly pulled someone nearby and asked, “What’s going on? Is it true