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.

suddenly furrowed, his eyes serious.

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

your time been

at her. “Not bad.”

in his hand and stood up

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

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

and she had been worried for such

but he still had this attitude, not saying a

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

that, he left without looking back.

Clang!

It struck a heavy blow to Whitney’s heart as if it were a sledgehammer.

knew by

give her an answer, but his attitude

someone had already found a place in Charles’ heart before her.

realizing that he simply didn’t care about her

and she presumptuously thought she could stand by his side.

the fishing village, she noticed the way

with affection and quite

of gaze whenever Charles looked at Gwendolyn.

of Gwendolyn. Whitney began to understand why he

the circumstances, she would no longer waste her

her stubbornness and pride, and

on, apart from necessary work interactions, Whitney

the people in the company had noticed something.

with many people were often breeding grounds for rumors.

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

deliberately avoiding their CEO,

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

she was a thorn in the hearts of the

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 of their own status

dares to confront the

or particularly outstanding abilities, seemed to have nothing more than her beauty to keep

existence of such a woman justify the whims and

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

quickly pulled someone nearby and asked, “What’s going on? Is it true that Mr. Newton doesn’t