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

air suddenly fell silent, and Whitney nervously swallowed, unsure of what to say to ease the tense

your time been in

at her.

his hand and stood up to

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

up leaving her alone in the country without even telling

and she had been worried for such a long time.

this attitude, not saying a word,

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

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

his attitude

had already found a place in Charles’ heart before

that he simply didn’t care about

standing, and she presumptuously thought she could stand by his

village, she noticed the way Charles looked

with affection and quite special.

this kind of gaze whenever Charles looked at

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

waste her warmth on someone who acted

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

moment on, apart from necessary work interactions, Whitney would no longer

as if the people in the company

were often breeding grounds for rumors.

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

avoiding their CEO,

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

in the hearts of the women at the

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

the company when it came to choosing a partner However,

really dares to confront

an exceptional family background or particularly outstanding abilities, seemed to have

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

of them were at odds, some people started harboring

cold expression. She quickly pulled someone nearby and asked, “What’s going on? Is it true that Mr.