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Allen eyed Angeline warily. She, the ruthless chairwoman of Nolan Group, was flattering him? Why would she even bother if she didn't stand to gain something from the act? What exactly was she scheming?"Do you know what our mother tells us?" Angeline asked."She… tells you two to learn from me and become someone like me?" Allen said with a weak chuckle in an attempt to turn the conversation back to a normal one."You're half right." Angeline smiled. "She tells us to marry someone like you. But good men like you are rare. Even if I turned Rhombury upside down, I probably wouldn't find a second man like you. It's such a conundrum… But now, Carina isn't even cherishing a man as wonderful as you. That gives me a shot, right?""You sure know how to joke around, Ms. Jamison," Allen said, laughing awkwardly."Who has time to joke about this with you? I'm serious, Allen…" Angeline's eyes glinted dangerously, and her smile turned chilling."If I remember correctly, Carina has a younger si

Alas, Allen clearly caught a trace of smugness in Jonah's eyes."Allen, wifey—I mean, Carrie asked me to move my desk over here," Jonah said meekly, but there was an unmistakable hint of provocation in his tone."Is that so?" Allen sneered. "Well then, I wish you both a long and happy marriage. I hope you have lots of children.""Allen!" Carina rushed over from a distance. "Don't kick up a fuss just yet. Let me explain!"She was genuinely afraid Allen might reenact his thunderous display from last night. And in Jonah's current state, he wouldn't survive a repeat of that incident."Sure. Go ahead and explain." Allen straightened the chair and sat down before quietly gathering his things.Carina froze, eyes widening in surprise. "Y-You're not angry?"Allen was acting as Carina's husband yesterday, so naturally, he was infuriated by the situation. But starting today, he no longer considered himself her husband. Therefore, what she did with Jonah was none of his business."Allen is

"M-Mr. Jamison, if you're resigning, I'll need to confirm it with Ms. Simpson," the HR manager said.She trembled as she made the call, seeming pretty shaken."Hello, Ms. Simpson? Oh. R-Really? Okay."After the call ended, the HR manager looked as if Carina's response had terrified her even more."Mr. Jamison, Ms. Simpson says she's firing you. Should I… calculate your severance now?""Sure."Not long after, Allen walked out of the company with an additional 700 thousand dollars to his name.As soon as he left, the HR staff crowded around their manager."What happened? What's going on?""Ms. Simpson fired Mr. Jamison?""What's up with that couple? What's with all this drama so early in the morning?""Could it have something to do with what Jonah did just now?""What? What happened?""Stop talking about it. If you wanna gossip, do it outside! I'll be the one who gets an earful if they hear about this. Get out, all of you!"…After Allen left the company, he checked his ba

Romina began questioning Carina."Carina, do you even remember what job you were doing before you went back to Simpson Group? You were a clerk at that factory out in the suburbs, working 12-hour shifts on daily rotations. You'd be so exhausted that you'd cry on the phone whenever you called home."When you first started that job, you couldn't even make the trip home more than a handful of times a month. It wasn't until Allen bought a car that he started giving you rides to and from work every day."Yet, even though the work was so tiring, you only got a few thousand dollars a month. You couldn't even buy yourself the clothes you want, let alone afford a car or a house. Have you forgotten how hard life was for you back then?"Every word Romina said tore apart Carina's carefully constructed image to reveal the past she was ashamed of, making her turn red."That's enough! What exactly are you trying to say?" she snapped."Do you think you could even become the CEO if Allen hadn't s

"What else could it be? Allen has been fooling around with his mistress behind Carina's back! What an absolute disgrace!" Molly shrieked as she jabbed a finger at Allen and ripped into him."I said from the start that this bastard should never have been allowed into the family. Well, look what he's done now! We can't even get a moment of peace because of him! What a jinx he is."She collapsed to the floor, wailing and screaming her head off. Ever since the family got rich, she fancied herself a high-society lady and curated a classy image for herself on social media. But within a minute of entering the house, her true shrewish nature had already emerged in full force."That's enough!" Perhaps out of embarrassment, David snapped at her. As the chairman of Simpson Group, he remained calm this time. He was no longer being sarcastic and unpleasant toward Allen like he had been earlier."I'll show you the evidence," he declared.His expression had turned grim when he saw how fearless A