Chapter 338

lan’s face was as cool as a cucumber, as if his wife’s family fortune hadn’t run into any trouble.

Jeff could only sigh. It seemed that Mr. Raymond really wasn’t fond of his wife.

Well, no need to bring up the Pennyfeather family in front of Mr. Raymond in the future.

“Mr. Raymond, Holden has called twice, asking if you’ve met with Ms. Shepard.”

Holden was on high alert when it came to Carlene.

lan took the contract Jeff handed over, but he thought Holden should be wary of someone else.

As for who that someone was, he knew all too well.

lan had a ton of meetings every day. He never brought his phone into meetings, so he missed the calls Holden and Carlene made earlier.

“Ms. Shepard has also invited you to visit her.”

“How’s Carlene’s recovery going?”

“She’ll probably need to be in the hospital for a while longer.”

lan stared at the contract before him, not making a move. After a while, he asked Jeff, “Why would a woman, even though her husband constantly cheats on her, still refuse to divorce him?”

came to figuring out algorithms, data, and losses, lan was second to none.

both with Maja. They were

didn’t want a divorce. She even defended her husband at every

by

majority of married women just put up with it, especially housewives. Penny might be competent, but I think she’s still stuck in traditional views of marriage. She might see divorce as a failure or think a family isn’t complete without a man. Feminism has only become popular in recent years. Penny might

person. He hadn’t looked into Maja’s family situation because he wasn’t sure if his curiosity about her stemmed from physical pleasure

didn’t plan on getting to know her. He was just attracted to her

was just a tool for

the attraction of knowledge, ideas, and souls. Love

the shallowest level of attraction. So he didn’t feel a strong urge to

this was a lowly pleasure. He needed to know when to stop.

his

had been observing him in silence, not saying

picked up his

Holden. If they do go bankrupt, it’s their fault.”

company was doomed to fail. Survival of the fittest, there was no

“All right.”

all her time at

partly to see who

barely anyone came to visit Carter. Even though he was now lying in the hospital covered in bruises, Cristina was his only

Cristina visited Neil even more. Each time she’d stand at

comfort her, assuring her Neil would wake up soon. But Cristina only cried harder.

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