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 eyes serious.

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

been

her. “Not bad.”

documents in his hand and stood up to leave

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

but ended up leaving her alone in the country without even telling her.

disappeared, and she had been worried for such a long

but he still had this attitude,

a stern expression. “Once you’re back at work, you should focus and concentrate on your

left

Clang!

struck a heavy blow to Whitney’s heart

by now.

but his attitude had already said it all.

a place in Charles’ heart

realizing that he simply didn’t care about

presumptuously thought she could stand by his

the fishing village, she noticed the way Charles

filled with affection and

kind of gaze whenever Charles looked at Gwendolyn.

reminded him of Gwendolyn. Whitney began to understand

waste her warmth on someone who acted cold to her.

her stubbornness and pride, and left Charles’ office.

work interactions, Whitney would no longer

seemed as if the people in the company had

were often breeding grounds for rumors.

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

be deliberately avoiding their CEO, which

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

thorn in the hearts of the women at the office.

wasn’t a woman who didn’t desire a man as outstanding as

in the company when it came to choosing a

one really dares to confront the

someone without an exceptional family background or particularly outstanding abilities, seemed to have nothing more than her beauty to keep her by

such a woman justify the whims

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

woman 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