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

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

your time been in the

her.

put down the documents in his hand and stood up

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

ended up leaving her alone in the country without even telling

worried for such a

this

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

said that, he left without looking back.

Clang!

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

knew by

her an answer, but his attitude had

already found a place in Charles’ heart before

he simply didn’t care about her

and she presumptuously thought she

village, she noticed the way Charles looked at

look filled with affection and quite special.

only seen this kind of gaze

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

would no longer waste her warmth on someone

breath, Whitney suppressed her stubbornness and pride,

work interactions, Whitney would

as if the people in the company had

often

from the office together, had stopped appearing at the office at

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

to a

the hearts of the women at

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

presence 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 of their own status and

dares to confront

abilities, seemed to have nothing more than her beauty to keep her

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

were at odds, some people started harboring

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