The moment Damien finished speaking, he unleashed all his rage and hatred on Clarissa.When Clarissa woke up the next day, she discovered she was covered in bruises.Clarissa was convinced that she was not to be blamed for this incident. In the first place, it was all Damien’s fault for being biased. He chose to only listen to Madelynn’s side of the story rather than attempting to consult Clarissa. The thought only served to further stoke the flames of her anger.After she got out of bed and washed up, she refused to talk to Damien at all. Instead, she grabbed a huge shopping bag and dumped some of her clothes into it. She even stole both of their marriage certificates.Clarissa wouldn’t be staying in this house tonight.After that, she flagged down a cab and headed to the hospital instead of troubling Damien to send her there.As expected, she bumped into Madelynn in the hospital corridor. The latter was in the midst of shooting her movie.Clarissa simply stood there silently.
“Enter.” Damien’s cold and emotionless voice drifted from his office, giving Clarissa the permission to enter that private space.She stood right in the middle of his office without a word, her eyes narrowed in silent fury.Damien leaned back on his chair, and began to study Clarissa.“I see money is an incentive for you to come here instead of my command,” Damien pointed out sardonically.“Stop beating around the bush, Mr. Lawrence. I’m busy with the accounting sheets right now,” Clarissa retorted with a deadpan tone.“I lost something at home. I was wondering if you’ve seen it.”Clarissa frowned slightly as she lifted her head to look at Damien. What did he mean by that? Why would he look for her immediately when he lost something at home?Perhaps… Was he insinuating that she was a thief?“Didn’t you take away the marriage certificates? If it wasn’t you, that means someone broke into my house. I’ll have to call the police,” Damien said seriously.Clarissa managed to calm dow
Clarissa spent the whole night in the dorm.The fact that Damien didn’t send her Whatsapp messages nor called her on the phone made her very anxious. She didn’t know what he was thinking.The next day at work, the training course agency suddenly texted her. [We mentioned on last Friday’s course that the guest lecturer for this afternoon will be Mr. Lawrence. Today, he will be covering the topic of ‘Introduction of Crisis Management in Enterprises.’ Everyone, please attend the course on time.]The training course agency had already formed a group chat for the employees in the New East Corporation. Many of the senior management members who were in charge of giving lectures were in that group as well.Naturally, Damien was in that group as well.Typically speaking, Damien’s lecture was already set for next month. Why did it suddenly get rescheduled to the current date?Damien’s thought process was forever a mystery. Clarissa found it difficult to predict what he was thinking.Since
Initially, Clarissa had planned to spend the night in her dorm.But now that she had leaked her marriage with Damien to the rest of the company, she needed to pay the liquidated damages. Not only did she lose five million dollars in a flash, but there was also a chance that she had to pay extra money to compensate for her blunder.In order to survive, she had no choice but to apologize to Damien.When Damien reached his car, he noticed Clarissa standing next to the vehicle.He paused for a moment. “What’s the meaning of this, Miss Johnson?”“Mr. Lawrence, I spent the night in my mother’s ward last night since the caretaker was unable to take on all the duties on her own. As her daughter, I need to fulfill my responsibilities too, right?” Clarissa squeezed out a rigid smile.“So?” Damien pulled out a stick of cigarette and started smoking it, leaning casually against the car as he did so.“I’m worried that Grandpa might worry about my absence last night, so I’ll go home with you
Clarissa stayed in the Lawrence residence for several more days.One day, Damien informed her that his grandfather’s birthday would arrive soon.“Are we throwing a huge party for Grandpa? What should I do?” Clarissa asked seriously.“What Grandpa hates most is wasting money on grandeur. The three of us will be the only ones celebrating that day together.”Clarissa went to take a look at the calendar, only to realize that it was a Sunday.On Friday night, she specifically went to the mall to preorder a massage bed for Damien’s grandfather. The massage bed would be sent to the mansion on Sunday.Clarissa even planned to whip up a feast for the old man.On Saturday night, Damien tormented her in bed until it was past midnight, causing her to sleep in as a result. She finally woke up at ten o’clock in the morning the next day.Clarissa stood near the stairs sleepily, having noticed Grandpa Lawrence sitting in the living room. There was a bowl of noodles on the table.She initially
Originally, Grandpa Lawrence’s birthday was intended to be celebrated by three people only. Now, an extra member had joined their ranks.Madelynn even ordered a huge cake for Grandpa Lawrence. She was also the one who put on the birthday hat for him.Suddenly, the doorbell rang. The caretaker went to open the door, only to discover an unwanted guest standing at the doorway. It was none other than Luke, Clarissa’s brother.When Clarissa noticed her brother, she was so surprised that her face went white. She knew he was unable to extort Damien previously, so he came all the way here on purpose.“What are you doing here?” she demanded harshly.“Why would you ask me that question, dear sister? It’s my grandfather-in-law’s birthday today! Why can’t I pop over to celebrate as well? We’re all family here, aren’t we? Happy birthday, Grandpa Lawrence!” Luke gifted Grandpa Lawrence a bouquet of flowers.Clarissa knew Luke would never do this out of the kindness of his own heart. Thus, she
Damien’s call soon reached the HR department.“Remember when I told you to clear out Clarissa’s dorm room? Have you assigned it to someone else?” Damien sounded like he was being forced to do this. He even set the call on speaker mode so Luke could listen to the conversation. At the same time, he wanted to make Grandpa Lawrence give up on any strange ideas the old man possibly had.“Not yet. Would you like me to withdraw the room from the list of vacancies?” Judy sounded very compassionate and understanding.“Yes, please. Clarissa still has some things left in that room. Put the room under her name.”“Got it, Mr. Lawrence.” Judy then hung up on Damien.When Luke and Madelynn heard the exchange, they were both disappointed. It was true that Damien had gotten rid of Clarissa’s dorm room some time ago.Luke was starting to doubt his intel. Could it be? Perhaps the marriage contract never existed in the first place!“That’s more like it. I’ll have Lily send over my pregnancy report,
Damien was changing his clothes in the bedroom.He shot the pregnancy report and the ultrasound report a quizzical look. Even though they were forged, they looked so authentic that one could confuse them for the real deal.That thought made him pause in his actions. He seemed to have gone into a trance.Clarissa entered the room soon enough. Her expression was no longer as dramatic and charming as it was during the meal downstairs.On the contrary, she appeared exhausted. The moment she entered the room, she didn’t waste any time plopping herself onto the bed. Having gritted her teeth and overcame the challenge earlier, she let out another breath of relief.However, there were more important things for her to deal with later. Now that she was ‘pregnant’, how would she be able to get rid of the baby via a well-timed ‘miscarriage’?Clarissa mumbled softly, as if she was talking to herself, “It’s a good thing Grandpa didn’t suspect us. I’m scared that he’ll be sad once he finds out