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,

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

been in the

her. “Not

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

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

he was going to date her, but ended up leaving

disappeared, and she had been worried

this attitude, not saying a word, nor

“Once you’re back at work, you should focus and concentrate on your work. Why must you waste your time

that, he left without looking back.

Clang!

a heavy blow

by now.

wouldn’t give her an answer, but his attitude had already said it

someone had already found a place in Charles’ heart

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

standing, and she presumptuously thought she

village, she noticed the way Charles looked at that

was a look filled with affection and quite

only seen this kind of gaze

understand why he had suddenly become distant

waste her

suppressed her stubbornness and pride,

moment on, apart from necessary work interactions, Whitney would no longer take

seemed as if the people in the company had

many people were often breeding grounds

always come and go from the office together, had stopped appearing at the office at the same time, at some

their CEO, which

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

was a thorn in the hearts of the women at the office.

harbored a fanciful dream of transforming from rags to riches. There wasn’t a woman who

the gold standard for the women in the company when it came to choosing a partner However, they were aho well aware

one really dares to confront

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

could the existence of such a woman justify the whims and

the two of them were at odds,

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.