Mary clenched her fists tightly.â
She knew what kind of demand her eldest uncle would
make nextâ¦
But as she looked at her father with a bruised nose and swollen face, her mother who was being helddown by bodyguards, unable to struggle, and her grandmother, who hurried over after hearing thecommotion in the living room but fainted from the shock of the scene
before herâ¦
She knew none of this was Ellisâs fault.
If it werenât for him, she would have already been taken advantage of by Mr. Lynch at the restauranttodayâ¦
Without sufficient ability to protect herself or make any significant achievements in the company to gainthe favor of the first branch, and with her father being relentlessly suppressed by her uncle and hispeopleâ¦
Mary had long anticipated a situation like todayâs.novelbin
Yet in her heart, she still harbored some resentment
toward Ellis.
At the same time, she blamed herself in secret for how
useless she was!
She was unable to protect her parents and unable to save her best friend.
In the end, she could only obediently become a social butterfly for her elder uncleâ¦
Mary sat on the ground, feeling an overwhelming sense of helplessness wash over her.
Her father was trying to get up from the ground. âMary, donât agree to himâ¦â
Maryâs mother looked at him incredulouslyâ¦
Mary, seeing this, finally lowered her gaze. âFine, Iâll b obedient. Iâll listen to everything you say fromnow on, just let my parents goâ¦â
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Finally satisfied, her eldest uncle stepped forward, pinching Maryâs chin. âCome tomorrow at six in theevening, and youâll come with me to the hotel, and sweet-talk Mr. Lynch for me!â
Leaving these words behind, he left with his bodyguards in towâ¦
11.50 â
News of this soon reached Ellisâs ears.
At that moment, he was in the Olsen residenceâs study, listening to his assistantâs report. Indescribableemotions flashed in his eyes.
He hadnât expected Maryâs life to be this difficult.
The assistant asked cautiously, âMr. Ellis, since sheâs technically your woman, do you want to stopthisâ¦â
âNo.â
Ellis suppressed the reluctance in his heart and sneered. âShe dares to scheme against Keera, so shemust pay these prices!â
Upon hearing this, the assistant looked at him. âWhat about that contract? Should we still help them?â
âSince I promised her, I wonât interfere anymore,
Ellis lowered his gaze. âBut the twenty million, Iâll have Keera pay it back afterward.â
The assistant nodded. âThat works too. It just might show your cousin what kind of man her husband is.Who knows? After going through this ordeal, she might actually learn something!â
Ellis, however, smiled. âIf she really gets over her
infatuation, that means thereâs hope. In that case, weâll acknowledge her again as a cousin and letUncle Olsen properly coach her!â
After finishing this topic, he instructed the assistant. âKeep a close eye on Keeraâs situation; after all,sheâs my uncleâs daughter and shouldnât suffer too much
loss.â
âYes, but what about Miss Davis?â
Ellis fell silent for a moment and eventually said coldly,
âLeave her be.â
Yet that night, Ellis dreamt of her.
He dreamt of Maryâs fair skin, and her plaintive cryin on the sofa, begging him to be faster⦠Just as hewas about to relent and end the encounter swiftly, the scene suddenly shifted.
Mary was beneath a corpulent man.
Her expression was licentious as she looked at him sideways. âItâs not my first time, Mr. Ellis. Donât beso uptight!â
Ellis jolted awake suddenly.
He rubbed his forehead, feeling utterly bewildered.
No matter how much he tossed and turned, he couldnât fall back asleep.
Barely making it through the night, he got up in the morning and went to the office to handle affairs.After finishing the meetings in the afternoon, as soon as he stepped out of the conference room, hisassistant hurried over. âMr. Ellis, after Howard knew we wouldnât help, he proposed divorce to MissKeera! We just received the news; he has printed a divorce agreement and is forcing Miss Keera tosign it.â
Ellisâs pupils contracted, and he let out a cold laugh, âLetâs go and see. Do they really think that Keeradoesnât have a family to back her up and that she
be bullied at will?!â
At this moment, Keira, whom Ellis thought was in di straits, was struggling to suppress a smile as shelooked at the divorce agreement.
The agreement gave her the company and the villa.
Cindy was mocking her. âKeera, after all these years of marriage with Brother Howard, now heâs givingyou the house and the company, and even the kid. Once
Howard signs, you better sign quickly and painlessly, got it?â
She finished speaking and looked toward Howard.
At this moment, Howard stared at the two copies of the divorce agreement, lost in thought, with anexpression of reluctance creeping over his face.
Three years!
It had been three years since he married Keera, and all he had gotten was a little bit of cash.
In these three years, he gave Keera the first yearâs company income as dividends, and for the secondand third years, his salary amounted to around two million a year. Out of that, one million went to Keerafor household expenses, and with the three million left, h spent a little over one million on Cindy, andsome on entertaining, leaving only about a hundred thousand in
savingsâ¦
That was to say, he only got a little over a hundred thousand in three whole years.
He really couldnât bear to let it go!
But the house and company were originally in Keeraâs
name, and the emergency transfer was out of the question. If he wanted a clean break in the divorce,he had no choice but to leave the company and house to
her!
Seeing his reluctance to sign, Keiraâs eyes flickered, and then she feigned a look of agony. âHoward,you canât abandon me⦠The real estate market in Clance is terrible right now, this villa can sell at mostfor fifteen million. The company has a debt contract of twenty million, and if we canât sell it at a goodprice, Iâll end up with nothing and still be saddled with millions in debt. You canât do this to meâ¦â
Howard panicked a little.
Yes, if he didnât divorce, then both spouses would be burdened with millions in debt!
Uncle Olsen had already sent people over with the message that they wouldnât helpâ¦
He pushed Keira away and was about to sign.
Keira couldnât immediately show her eager expression; she still had to keep a miserable face.
Seeing this, Howardâs mother couldnât help speaking
1. âKeera if Howard divorces you vou also have to
look at your own problems! Why are you so
incompetent? You slept with Mr. Horton and failed to pique his interest at all! If Mr. Horton were willingto
help, maybe the company could be saved, and you and Howard wouldnât have come to this!â
Keira really wanted to curse back.
Howard had already signed one contract and was about to sign the second, but he hesitated again as ifhe was having doubts once more.
The scolding and curses had to be forcefully
swallowed.
Keira hung her head, continuing to cry. âHoward, for the sake of our three years of marriage, donâtaband me, please. I havenât worked for so many years, an the debt is in millions. I simply canât raiseAmy on m
ownâ¦â
Hearing these words, Howard no longer hesitated and swiftly signed on the second document.
Seeing this, Keira smiled.
Cindy immediately handed the two contracts to her. âKeera, stop struggling, just sign it! Otherwise,Howard and his mother wonât let you off! This marriage has
been a torture for you, donât blame anyone else. If you want to blame anyone, blame yourself for nothaving enough support from your own family, which is why your husbandâs family can easily bully you!â
Keira took the contract with trembling hands.
In the eyes of the three people, she was desperate.
But only heaven knew how hard Keira was trying not to laughâ¦
And just then, outside the South family villa, a black luxury car screeched to a stop.
Ellis strode into the South family villa with his
assistant!
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