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, his

air suddenly fell silent, and Whitney nervously swallowed, unsure of what

time been in the

at her.

his hand and stood up to leave the office.

his path, gathering her courage

up leaving

worried for such

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

back at work, you should focus and concentrate on your work. Why must you waste your time on these

said that, he left without

Clang!

a heavy blow to Whitney’s heart as

by

give her an answer, but his attitude

found a place in Charles’

at herself, realizing that he simply didn’t care about her

overestimated her own standing, and she presumptuously thought

noticed the way Charles

was a look filled with affection and quite special.

this kind of gaze whenever Charles

reminded 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

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

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

days passed, it seemed as if the people in the company had noticed something.

many people were often breeding grounds for

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

deliberately avoiding their CEO, which inevitably piqued the

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

was a thorn in the hearts

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

had long since become the gold standard for the women in the company when it came to choosing a partner However, they were aho well aware

to confront the CEO recklessly.

seemed to have nothing more than her beauty

the existence of such a woman justify the whims

that the two of them were at odds,

a white shirt saw Whitney walking out of Charles’ office with a cold expression. She quickly pulled