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 eyes

and Whitney nervously swallowed, unsure of what to say to

your time been in the fishing

her. “Not

that, he put down the documents in his

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

to date her, but ended up leaving her alone in

she had been worried for such a long time.

this attitude, not saying a

expression. “Once you’re back at work, you should focus and concentrate on your work. Why must you waste your time on these issues every day?”

said that, he left without looking

Clang!

heavy blow to Whitney’s heart

knew by

his attitude had

someone had already found a place in Charles’ heart

that he simply didn’t care about

presumptuously thought she could stand by his

she noticed the way Charles looked at

was a look filled with affection and quite

seen this kind of gaze whenever

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

waste her warmth on someone who acted cold

breath, Whitney suppressed her stubbornness

work interactions, Whitney would no longer

seemed as if the people in the company had noticed

were often breeding grounds

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

be deliberately avoiding their CEO, which inevitably piqued the curiosity of the staff.

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

in the hearts

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

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 of their

to confront the

seemed to have nothing more than her beauty

existence of such a woman justify the whims and fancies

of them were at odds, some people started harboring thoughts they shouldn’t

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