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?”

losses, lan was second to none. But understanding women wasn’t his strong suit.

sexual experiences were both with Maja. They were quite

want a divorce. She even defended

caught off guard by the sudden change in topic.

a few seconds, he responded, “I think the 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

he wasn’t sure if his curiosity

didn’t plan on getting to know her.

tool for two wealthy families to balance their interests.

attraction between two people was always physical. Only later would there be the attraction of knowledge,

was only stuck at the shallowest level of attraction. So he didn’t feel a

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

furrowed his brows.

him in silence,

while, lan picked

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

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

“All right.”

had been spending all

monitor Neil’s condition and partly to see who Carter

he was now lying in the hospital covered in bruises, Cristina was his only

Each time she’d stand at the door

multiple times to comfort her, assuring her Neil would wake

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