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

only two sexual experiences were both with Maja. They were quite

a divorce. She even defended her husband

by

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

because he wasn’t sure if his curiosity about her stemmed from physical

what else could it be? He didn’t know her and didn’t plan on getting to know her. He was just attracted to her

marriage was just a tool for two wealthy families to balance their interests.

there be the attraction of knowledge, ideas, and souls. Love for a person

now, he was certain he was only stuck at the shallowest level of attraction. So he didn’t feel a strong urge to get to know her. But ironically, this shallowest level of attraction was

was a lowly pleasure. He needed to

furrowed his

been observing him in silence, not

picked up his pen again.

Holden. If they do go bankrupt,

even see through such obvious deception. Such a company was doomed to fail. Survival

“All right.”

Maja had been spending all her time at the hospital.

Neil’s condition and partly to see who Carter

was now lying in the hospital covered in bruises,

Neil even more. Each time she’d stand at the door

Neil would wake up soon. But Cristina only cried harder.

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