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

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

how has your time been in the fishing village?”

her.

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

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

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

disappeared, and she had been worried for such a

this attitude, not saying a

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

said that, he left without looking back.

Clang!

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

knew by now.

but his attitude had already said it

a place in Charles’ heart before her.

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

and she presumptuously thought she could stand by his

the

look filled with affection and quite special.

had only seen this kind of gaze whenever Charles looked at Gwendolyn.

girl reminded him of Gwendolyn. Whitney began to understand why

would no longer waste her warmth on someone who acted cold to her.

breath, Whitney suppressed her stubbornness and pride, and left

interactions, Whitney would no

if the people

people were often

the office together, had stopped appearing

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

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

was a thorn in the hearts of the women at

to riches. There wasn’t a woman who didn’t desire a man as

since 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 and position.

to confront the CEO recklessly.

Whitney, someone without an exceptional family background or particularly outstanding abilities, seemed to have nothing more

a woman justify the

that the two of them were at odds, some people started harboring

in a white 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 favor