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,

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

been in

her.

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

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

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

disappeared, and she had been worried

had this

wore a stern 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

he left

Clang!

a heavy blow to Whitney’s heart as if

knew by

but his attitude had already said it

had already found a place in Charles’ heart before

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

overestimated her own standing, and she presumptuously thought she could stand by his side.

noticed the way Charles looked

a look filled with affection and

seen this kind of gaze whenever Charles looked at Gwendolyn.

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

no longer waste her warmth on someone who

taking a deep breath, Whitney suppressed her stubbornness and pride, and left Charles’

apart from necessary work interactions, Whitney would no longer take the initiative to contact

seemed as if the people in the company

often breeding

come and go from the office together, had stopped

avoiding their CEO, which inevitably piqued

turn from being a small intern to a favored individual

she was a thorn in the hearts of the women

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

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

dares to confront the

exceptional family background or particularly outstanding abilities, seemed to have nothing more than

woman justify the whims

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

with a cold expression. She quickly pulled someone nearby and asked, “What’s