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?”

to figuring out algorithms, data, and losses, lan was second to none. But understanding women wasn’t his strong suit.

with Maja. They were quite the

even defended her

guard by the sudden change

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.

he wasn’t sure if his curiosity about her

plan on

lan’s social circle, marriage was just a tool for two wealthy families to

always physical. Only later would there be the attraction of knowledge, ideas, and souls. Love for a person evolved with

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

was a lowly pleasure. He needed to know when to

his brows.

observing him in silence, not saying anything else.

while, lan picked up his pen

family can’t reach Holden. If they do go bankrupt, it’s their fault.”

couldn’t even see through such obvious deception. Such a company was doomed to fail. Survival of the fittest, there was no need to feel sympathy

“All right.”

Maja had been spending all her time

to monitor Neil’s condition and partly to see who Carter might come

Carter. Even though he was now lying in the

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

multiple times to comfort her, assuring her Neil

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