《My Marriage to a Mute Girl》


 Chapter 1 To Fulfill Your Will

    Chapter 1 To Fulfill Your Will


    In her wedding night, Lexie Mitchell sat on the edge of the bed, feeling bitterness in her heart.


    When Edith Mitchell didn''t want to marry the disfigured oldest son of the Howard family, her father let


    her rece Edith to marry him.


    Without a wedding, without guests, she was taken to the Howard family.


    And she was disappointed in her family.


    A push at the door interrupted her thoughts and she looked up to meet the man''s dark and sharp eyes.


    --n Howard.


    Her current husband.


    He was talk and thin, pressing his lips, arrogant and domineering.


    But on his handsome face, there was a scar that ran from his forehead to his chin, which made him


    look fierce.


    At his sharp gaze, she subconsciously averted her gaze back.


    Suddenly, he spoke with finality, "You''re not Edith."


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    The woman in front of him was clearly more beautiful than Edith.


    Lexie instinctively reached out and gestured towards him.


    n frowned, "What are you doing?"


    Lexie was bbergasted for a moment, and only with hindsight did she realize that he couldn''t read her


    signnguage, so she smiled awkwardly, took out the pen and paper she was carrying, and wrote down


    a paragraph for him to read.


    The next second, the man''s eyes became icy cold.


    Heughed out coldly, "What does Peter Mitchell mean? Knowing full well that the one I want is Edith,


    how dare he deliberately send a mute illegal daughter over?"


    The words ''a mute illegal daughter daughter'' caused Lexie''s breath to pause and slowly lowered her


    eyes.


    Then, her chin was lifted by the man. n''s voice was as cold as winter water, "Your family thinks I''m


    so easy to fool?"


    The hand in Lexie''s sleeve clenched tightly.


    Would he be so angry that he would just kick her out?


    What about her grandma''s treatment ......


    Lexie wanted to exin, but seeing the man''s cold eyes, she only felt her breath tighten.


    At her dwindling gaze, n suddenly spoke, "Come here."


    Did he now agree her to stay?


    Lexie was first happy, then she thought of what she was about to face, and slowly got nervous, and got


    sweat seeped out of her palms.


    Seeing her hesitation, n thought she had backed off and spoke faintly, "Although your family


    displeases me, since you''ve married me, you have to fulfill the obligations belonging to a wife."


    Lexie bit her lower lip and tilted her face to the left after lying down t.


    A soft taunt came from his ears, "I was asking you to serve me in the shower."


    Hearing that, Lexie''s face instantly went blushed.


    She sat up abruptly and saw the man coldly watching her.


    Anger surfaced in Lexie''s eyes.


    Was it fun to y her like this?


    n narrowed his eyes slightly, his voice sullen: "What are you still doing frozen?"


    She held back her emotions and slowly walked up to him, her fingers identally scraping his skin.


    The man suddenly grabbed her wrist and closed in on her, "Did you do that on purpose?"


    Lexie flinched and shook her head.


    Those clean, clear eyes were as bewildered as they could be.


    n stared at her, another pair of clean, bright eyes unknowingly appearing in his mind.


    He thought of the Mitchell family the culprits who destroyed those eyes.


    He sneered coldly, "I wasn''t going to do anything to you tonight, but you couldn''t stand the loneliness, I


    have to say yes."

 Chapter 2 Deliberate Humiliation

    Chapter 2 Deliberate Humiliation


    Lexie woke up sore and weak.


    The man was nowhere to be seen.


    Only the slightly cool tobo breath from him was left in the air.


    Lexie dragged her tired body to the bathroom to take a shower, and when she came downstairs, the


    first thing she saw was the middle-aged beautiful woman sitting on the sofa, with her arms around her


    chest, staring at her coldly.


    She had seen this person from the photo her father had given her, it was n''s aunt, Diana Sutton.


    She heard that n lost his parents when he was young and was brought up by Diana, and then his


    grandfather took them back together, and when n built a business empire that belonged to him with


    his own abilities, he always treated Diana as dutiful as his mother.


    At this moment, Diana looked her up and down, "That old fox Peter doesn''t keep his word, knowing full


    well that the one we''re marrying is Edith, yet he married you, a mute, thinking that our family is a


    garbage collection station? I don''t know why n kept you, but since that''s the case, you''d better


    behave well. Don''t think that you care not the hostess by marrying into our family, we are not fools."


    "Well, now go and make the dinner first, you should be virtuous!"


    It was clear that therge the Howard family wasn''t short of servants, but Diana was inclined to let a


    neer who had just married over do the cooking.


    Faced with Diana''s sharp gaze, Lexie lowered her eyes.


    Even though Diana deliberately made things difficult for her, she couldn''t resist for the time being, for a


    woman without power and authority couldn''t argue with these people.


    Lexie turned around and went to the kitchen, it was just a meal, no big deal.


    However, her concession was not respected. Diana rightfully considered her weak and deceivable,


    coldly snorting and bristling, "Surely you''re disgrace!"


    Lexie''s footsteps paused, then left as if nothing had happened.


    Soon, n returned from thepany. Diana smiled and greeted him for dinner, and the man turned


    his head to see at a nce that it was Lexie with an apron cooking in the kitchen.


    He frowned.


    Seeing this, Dianaughed, "She was the one who insisted on cooking, I think she wanted us to taste


    her cooking."


    n nodded and didn''t say anything.


    Lexie grew up staying with her grandma, so she could do cooking and household chores, and soon she


    finished four dishes and one soup before she brought them up.


    Her virtuouspetence was seen by the servants, but they didn''t have much respect for her.


    In the eyes of the crowd, only the lower ss serves, the upper ss is served.


    During the meal, everyone, including the servants, put their focus on n, treating her like air. Lexie


    was ufortable, and in order to avoid this atmosphere, she casually ate a few bites, nodded at


    them, and got up to go upstairs.


    After Lexie left, Diana pursed her lips, "How rude, can she be uncaring just because she is a mute?"


    n didn''t even raise his head, directly picking up the document and flipping through it.


    Seeing that he didn''t answer her own words, Diana''s eyes turned and added, "n, this the Mitchell


    family actually married a mute to our family, it''s simply too bullying! They still want you to fund their


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    business? I think it''s a dream!"


    Diana knows her nephew''s tactics, and so she is not worried about the the Mitchell family taking


    advantage, but only the thought of marrying such a mute made her fell ufortable, because it was


    inevitably would beughed at.


    But n still didn''t say anything, not even an expression.


    Diana saw that he obviously didn''t want to talk about this topic, so she smiled curtly, "Kevin is studying


    medicine in France, and he wille back after so many years. He can¡¯t have a mute as his sister-in-


    n finally reacted this time, sweeping an expressionless nce at her, "I know what to do, so you


    don¡¯t have to worry."


    His cold and detached tone caused Diana''s face to stiffen.


    After the man left, the servant Marry came forward and whispered, "Madam, Mr. n said that because


    he was afraid of your worry and strain, don''t think too much about it."


    Diana''s face was full of sorrow as she sighed, ''''Can I not think much about it? Ever since n was


    found from the traffickers, his personality has changed a lot, he is no longer as approachable as he


    was when he was a child. Although he received me into the Howard family and I have been enjoying


    wealth, I know that he mes me in his heart. If I wasn''t careless, he wouldn''t have been taken away


    by the traffickers and suffered so much."


    Marry''s lips twitched and she didn''t know how to speak. Mr. n had been unbeatable in the business


    for more than ten years, but his personality had also be more and more cold and indifferent, no


    wonder Madam thought much about it.

 Chapter 3 Leave It to Chance

    Chapter 3 Leave It to Chance


    Inside the vi, there was a lot ofughter.


    The delicate looking Edith was hugging Peter''s arm and pouting, "Dad, just buy me that Maserati,


    anyway, we have got the Howard family''s 10 million, so we won''t worry about money in the future!"


    Peter was sitting in his chair reading the newspaper, he turned his head without good grace and red


    at her: ''''You still have the nerve to ask for a luxury car? Let you marry into the Howard family and you


    don''t go, I really don''t know what you''re thinking? the Howard family is so rich, you can have anything


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    you want if you marry into it"


    Edith was full of disdain: "Dad! n is ugly, and I''ve heard that he has a very entric personality. I''m


    sick just thinking about it. I don''t want to marry him. And I''ve got that mute Lexie to marry instead."


    After a pause, her eyes rolled, put on a wry smile, "If it''s that Kevin Stewart, I''m kinda willing, I heard


    that that he''s a medical doctor in France, handsome and so promising, I quite like this type."


    After all, she was pampered and her families could not force her to marry the one she did not like.


    Peter sighed, "Kevin is Diana''s son, but not the heir to the Howard family, what is he? Besides, n is


    not easy to fool, if not for Lexie, where would you find a recement in a short time?"


    Edith raised her chin, quite disdainful, "There will be others without her, maybe she is eager to marry


    into the Howard family! A mute is lucky to have married into a rich family!"


    Peter smiled and did not say anything, only he himself knew clearly that he was the one who forced


    Lexie to marry her with her grandma''s life-saving money.


    But there would be no need for his daughter to worry about any of that.


    Although Lexie was also his own daughter, but one grew up spoiled and loved, and the other was a


    mute ced in a remote mountain vige for many years before being recognized.


    What''s more, Lexie wasn''t like Edith who could fight for the glory of the the Mitchell family.


    The father and daughter were talking when thepany suddenly called.


    Peter''s face suddenly changed when he got through: ''''What did you say? The money chain transferred


    from the Howard family is empty? This can''t be!"


    Then something was said on the other side of the phone, and his expression grew stony.


    Edith was close, and as soon as she heard that the money was gone, her face changed dramatically,


    "What should we do, dad?"


    Peter frowned and didn''t know what came to mind, gritting his teeth in hatred, ''''n, that bastard! How


    dare he trick me? I''ve married my daughter and he''s gone back on his word!"


    "That ugly bastard is really annoying!" Edith was quite thankful: "Luckily I didn''t marry with him, this


    kind of scum goes back on his word, what a shame!"


    Then she looked back to her father and asked hesitantly, "Dad, what''s our next step?"


    Peter calmed down and pondered for a moment, "Since he is unkind, don''t me me for being unjust,


    don''t forget, Lexie is in his the Howard family."


    When Edith took a look at her father''s chest, sheughed.


    Her father has always been resourceful, n only would be under her father¡¯s control!


    And at that moment, Lexie was mopping the floor, and Diana was sitting on the sofa drinking tea and


    staring at her with a prickly gaze.


    "Wipe it clean, being our the Howard family''s daughter-inw should be diligent and thrifty, from now on


    you have to clean the room every day. Marry is old now, so she can¡¯t be too tired. You should share


    some of the work, we don''t wantzy daughters-inw in the Howard family."


    Diana did not like this mute, and couldn''t tantly kick her out, mainly because she was worried about


    affecting the Howard family''s reputation, so she wanted to let Lexie know and get out on her own: "Of


    course, if you feel aggrieved by yourself, you can leave. Alright, I''m going to go outside for afternoon


    tea, so hurry up and get to work, don''t bezy!"


    With that, she picked up her bag and headed out the door.


    Lexie kept watching Diana out the door before she let out a long sigh of relief.


    This Diana was simply too mean, it was really quite tiring to get along with her.

 Chapter 4 Which One is More Important

    Chapter 4 Which One is More Important


    After doing house chores all morning and with a dry throat, Lexie intended to pour herself some water


    to drink, and when she passed by the corner of the stairs, she happened to hear two maids talking


    about her secretly.


    "I heard that that Edith is a foreign doctoral graduate, not only good-looking, but also especially good at


    dancing,st year also won J City White Swan dance championship."


    "Yes, look at this one, she is a mute and timid. She married into the family even without a wedding,


    what a shame."


    "Although Mr. n has a scar on his face, but he is very capable, rich and powerful, how can he take a


    mute as his wife?"


    "That''s right, I''ve heard that people who can''t talk like that are third ss disabled."


    Lexie''s gaze flickered slightly.


    She wasn''t actually born a mute, but when a fire damaged her throat at the age of ten, her father


    couldn''t afford to spend a lot of money to send her abroad for treatment.


    As a child she didn''t understand the reason, butter she realized that she had not grown up with her


    fatherpany, but was picked upter.


    So thesements could not have any effect on Lexie, she smiled unconcernedly and when she was


    just about to turn around to leave, an icy and sharp voice appeared outside.


    "Who gave you permission to gossip about the Howard family''s affairs?"


    The two maids jerked back and saw that n, whose face was full of ice and whose gaze could freeze


    people to death, was staring at them with narrowed eyes.


    The two maid immediately panicked, "Mr. n, we wouldn''t do it again! We were wrong! We won''t talk


    nonsense anymore! Please spare us!"


    The man was still full of frost. His assistant Jack, who was following behind him, walked to the front and


    spoke to the two men, "Both of you are fired."


    The two maids were instantly distraught.


    n suddenly looked over in Lexie''s direction, nced at the stains on her hands and the apron on her


    waist, and frowned slightly, "You''re my wife, why are you doing all these things?"


    This tone of questioning sounded a bit baffling to Lexie.


    Diana made her do these thing and he did not know it?


    When she didn''t say anything, the man frowned slightly, "There are servants in the house, you won''t


    need to do these things in the future."


    Lexie nodded obediently, did not show any bit of spection.


    She untied her apron, put down her broom, and when she was just about to go upstairs, she


    inadvertently swept a nce at the two fired maids kneeling on the floor.


    Lexie''s heart moved slightly.


    In fact, this man wasn''t actually helping her, but was just doing it for the Howard family''s reputation.


    The story of Cindere only existed in fairy tales, not in her perception, so Lexie wasn''t going to be


    grateful to a man for that, that would be too silly.


    Back upstairs,as she had just opened her bedroom door, her phone suddenly called.


    It was her father calling


    Hesitantly, she pressed the connect button.


    What she didn''t know was that n downstairs had also received a text message from his assistant:


    [The Mitchell family called Mr. Howard]


    The man''s eyes were slightly averted, his expression inscrutable.


    Lexie didn''t know that her phone had been bugged by the Howard family and quietly listened to her


    father talking on the phone.


    "Lexie, I have an urgent matter that needs your help, go to n''s study and get a business contract


    marked with the red word ''real estate'' and take pictures of it for me, every single one of them, and don''t


    let him find out."


    Peter said it easily, but the words were not trivial.


    So Lexie was silent for a while and did not respond.


    He had expected that she might be reluctant, and his voice was a little colder, "I know you are a filial


    child, and don''t forget that your grandma is still waiting for you."


    Lexie was shocked by the phrase ''Grandma is still waiting for you''.


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    Grandma was still in aa in the hospital, and based on her father''s cold-blooded personality, he


    really didn''t care if she lived or died.


    Lexie simply can''t start a half-hearted affection for Peter, such a cold-blooded father has long chilled


    her heart, but grandma is different, she can''t disregard her grandma''s safety.


    The choice was already made in her mind as to which was more important.


    Back in the room, n was leaving with his jacket, and gave her a look before he left.


    That nce, however, carried a deep, dark light that she couldn''t read, and Lexie didn''t think much


    about it, waiting in silence until the evening.


    After eleven o''clock the servants went to rest.


    Lexie stood at the door of n''s study, her hand already pressed on the door handle.

 Chapter 5 Letting Her Go?

    Chapter 5 Letting Her Go?


    Her palm was slightly moist, still a little nervous.


    Hesitating for a moment, she pushed the door open.


    The room was dark and she used her phone to shine a light on it as she walked to her desk, finally her


    eyes fell on the drawer underneath it and she opened it to see a file packet marked real estate red,


    which was indeed ced inside.


    She picked up the file, a little confused in her mind as to why such an important document was


    unlocked.


    Soon, Lexie realized what was going on, her face changed slightly, and she was just about to leave.


    The lights were suddenly turned on.


    "Are you looking for this?"


    With the man''s indifferent and icy voice ringing out, the things in Lexie''s hand were dropped to the


    ground in shock.


    At the moment, n was carrying a copy of the same file bag in her hand, and the file bag that she had


    dropped on the floor fell open.


    And it was empty?


    Lexie was shocked!


    n''s pair of deep eyes were calm and dark, but they were more like the sea before a storm, hiding an


    unseen raging: "Peter told you toe and get it, right?"


    Lexie couldn''t help but breathe a little sharper.


    So he knew the truth and had been waiting in the study to catch her?


    Realizing this, coldness instantly crawled up Lexie''s back!


    He suddenly came towards her, and Lexie''s pupils contracted.


    Every step the man took seemed to step on her heart.


    Finally, he stopped in front of her and looked down at her tight face, not knowing whether to mock or


    actuallypliment her, "You''re bolder than I thought."


    Lexie smiled bitterly in her heart.


    She wasn''t bold, but there was no other way.


    She did not try desperately to exin for herself in front of this intelligent man; the more she exined,


    it was the equivalent of a cover-up, and the only thing she could do was to be silent.


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    n''s voice suddenly turned very sharp: "As my nominal wife, you stole my the Howard family''s


    business secrets, I''m calling the police now, and you''ll spend the rest of your life in jail."


    He pulled out his phone and was ready to call the police.


    Lexie jerked her head up, theposure on her face unable to maintain any longer.


    However, the man remained cold: "Now you know you''re afraid?"


    Lexie pursed her lips and her face went pale.


    If she goes to jail, what will Grandma do afterwards?


    n snickered when he saw her in such a mess, "Want me to let you off the hook?"


    Lexie''s eyes snapped up, would he really be so kind?


    Sure enough, the manughed, but his voice mocking: ''''You are very obedient to Peter, you do


    whatever you are told to do, don''t you know that doing this is against thew? Since you are so


    obedient, then fine, take off your clothes to please me now! Maybe I can let you go once I''m happy."


    Lexie was stunned.


    In front of the powerful man, she was as humble and weak as an ant.


    She closed her eyes and opened them again, and with trembling hands, she slowly began to undress


    herself.


    n was a little surprised.


    He deliberately taunted her in this way, not expecting her to actually do what he said.


    Good, he''d like to see how far she could go for that!


    Jacket ......


    Shirt ......


    It was just about to be the turn of the underwear.


    Perhaps God was helping her, as n''s phone suddenly rang.


    "Mr. n, things have been arranged, and Peter has taken the bait." It was Jack who called.


    n nodded, after hanging up the phone, he raised his eyes to look at Lexie who was standing there.


    She was trembling, within the red eyes, hiding vulnerability and sadness that refused to be easily


    revealed.


    He suddenly lost the desire to continue and waved his hand, "Alright, a bitter face is appalling, get out."


    The man''s sudden change of tone caused Lexie to freeze in ce, her hand still maintaining the


    motion of unbuttoning.


    n impatiently prodded, "Still not going?"


    Lexie snapped to attention.


    He was for real letting her go.


    Not daring to stay a moment longer, she hurriedly got up and left.


    After returning to the room, Lexie had been apprehensive, deeply afraid of n suddenly changed his


    mind, trembling until twelve o''clock at night. She did not feel relieve till the man really had note


    back in midnight.

 Chapter 6 Silence in Response to Change

    Chapter 6 Silence in Response to Change


    In the Mitchell family, the atmosphere is tense.


    Peter had just answered a phone call before pacing back and forth in the living room with a gloomy


    face.


    Edith came back from outside with a puzzled face, "Dad?"


    Peter smashed a cup in anger: ''''That stupid Lexie! The pictures of the contract sent over to me are all


    fake! She must have been found out by n! I was surprisingly careless, and now thepany''s stock


    market has dropped drastically, it won''t take long to lose more than tens of millions."


    Edith dropped her bag in her hand in shock and asked sharply, "How did this happen? Is there a


    solution?"


    Peter thought with a sullen face and looked at her, meaningfully, "Edith, only you can help dad."


    "Me?"


    Peter nodded: ''''Right, Lexie married on your behalf should have angered n, that''s why he took such


    revenge on our the Mitchell family, but unfortunately, I''m not something he can take at will! Edith, don''t


    you like Diana''s son Kevin? As long as you can get Kevin on your side, I have a way to let Kevin get all


    of n''s property, and by then everything in the Howard family will be ours. Hehe ...... n dares to do


    this to me, I''ll make him pay a terrible price!"


    "Dad, can you really get n finished?"


    Seeing his daughter in a bit of disbelief, Peter sneered, "Of course, what are you afraid of with Lexie as


    a pawn? So you have to go to the Howard family as soon as possible, you can''t dy."


    When Edith heard that she was allowed to go to the Howard family, she instantly hesitated: "But Dad


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    ...... I have no problem seducing Kevin, after all, he is brilliant, I don''t mind, but ...... if n, that ugly


    monster, treats me ...... what if he misbehaves with me? I heard people outside say he likes me, I''m


    afraid of being taken advantage of by him, dad."


    Peter knew her concerns and patted her hand to reassure her, "Don''t worry, you go to please Diana


    first, if n does something to you, you go and let Lexie out as a shield, Lexie will help you, besides,


    you can use Lexie to reach the matter with Kevin."


    Edith bit her lip in embarrassment, and for the sake of the family business, she finally agreed to do so.


    When Lexie got up in the morning, she found that n hadn''t returned all night.


    She was relieved, not knowing how to face him now, and not seeing him for a while made her feel a


    little more at ease.


    She was sitting in front of the mirror,bing her hair, at this point, the maid burst in and, without


    saying a word, took her things straight out of the master bedroom.


    What are you doing?


    After Lexie expressed this meaning, the maidughed contemptuously, "Mr. n said you will go to live


    in the side room from now on, and you are not allowed to go one step closer to the master bedroom


    from now on!"


    Lexie was stunned.


    She thought the man hadn''t pursued the matter furtherst night, but to her surprise he hadn''t nned


    to let her off easily and now he''d kicked her out of the bedroom.


    Under the mocking gaze of the servants, Lexie carried her things to the most isted room.


    Since n forbade her toe near.


    She just stayed away.


    The entire the Howard family currently knew that she had been kicked out of the master bedroom, and


    everywhere she went, people were looking at her funny.


    Even Diana looked at her with gloating eyes, as if she had already guessed that she would end up like


    this: "How''s that? the Howard family''s wife isn''t so easy to be, it''s not toote to leave."


    Diana was implying with every word that she should get lost, but Lexie continued to have her own way,


    as if she couldn''t understand her words, responding to all changes with silence.


    Diana, however, gritted her teeth in anger, "You mute can''t speak, but your temper is stubborn, I''d like


    to see how long you canst!"


    Since Lexie came to the Howard family, no one from the the Mitchell family hase to see her, not


    even to care to ask, and everyone can see that Lexie is not valued in the the Mitchell family.


    This became the bottom line for Diana to justify oppressing her.


    Lexie had no desire to dwell with her, and silently stayed within the side room, guarding her own acre of


    But not long after, Edith suddenly came.


    As Edith had just arrived, Diana coldly shooed her out: "You still have the nerve toe to our the


    Howard family? Please go out."


    Edith''s purpose this time was first and foremost to capture Diana''s affection.


    She didn''t get stage fright, instead she acted as if she was bewildered, "I''m sorry, I agreed to let her


    marry here because I blindly listened to my sister, don''t be angry, okay?"


    When Diana heard that there was something wrong in these words, her eyes red, "What do you


    mean? Make it clear!"

 Chapter 7 Something Happened to Grandma?

    Chapter 7 Something Happened to Grandma?


    Edith told her what happened from beginning to end in a pure-hearted manner, saying that Lexie was a


    peacockish sister and cheated on her..


    Lexie was standing right next to her, watched Edith''s acting with cold eyes, her face expressionless,


    and didn''t defend herself under Diana''s disgusted and despised gaze.


    Because she knew it wasn''t necessary, Diana didn''t like her, much less believe her.


    Sure enough, Diana looked at her with a look of filth, "No wonder you refused to leave, so you came for


    the Howard family''s wealth, what a greedy bitch!"


    Seeing this, Edith hooked her lips in triumph, then moved closer to Lexie and said in a voice that only


    two people could hear, "Dad let you make sure to cooperate with me."


    Lexie suddenly turned her head and her pupils shrank, [What do you want?]


    Edith naturally read her signnguage, smiled and whispered, "You don t need to care, just cooperate


    with me, otherwise ...... I will go and tell Dad."


    Seeing the exchange between the two, Diana looked at Edith and asked suspiciously, "What did she


    say to you?"


    Edith sighed in mock sadness, "My sister hates me now, I told sister I''m sorry, I didn''t mean to."


    Diana snorted coldly, "What a virtue! I''ve seen a lot of bitch who was greedy for wealth, but it''s the first


    time I''ve seen a mute who is also so obnoxious."


    Having heard more than enough hurtful words, Lexie had long been numb inside.


    In the time that followed, Diana''s attitude towards Edith eased, and the two soon had aughing


    conversation.


    After all,pared to the mute Lexie, Edith was more to her liking, and was very good at talking sweet


    words, and in a few words she had made Diana happy.


    On the contrary, it was Lexie who acted like an irrelevant outsider.


    Aroundte afternoon, n returned.


    He was in a ck suit without a half-assed crease, her clean, short hair back over his head, revealing


    his forehead, a full-on business tycoon''s pose.


    Although the scar on his face was frightening, the way he pursed his thin lips was manly and


    aristocratic.


    Edith froze as soon as she saw him.


    There were rumors outside that n was ugly to the extreme, and Edith believed them, but she didn''t


    expect this man to be so handsome even with scars on his face!


    Edith''s heart was filled with regret and reluctance, had she known he was so manly, she definitely


    wouldn''t have let Lexie marry him!


    But then she thought about what her father had asked her to do ......


    The mind was all torn, but in the end it was her own thoughts that prevailed.


    Whether it was n or Kevin, she wanted both of these men for sure!


    By making these two men fall deeply in love with her, her father''s purpose would be aplished


    "n, you''re back."


    Edith changed into ady''s coy pretence to approach him, unable to say how pleased she was at the


    thought that this brilliant man had begged to marry her in the first ce.


    However, to the shock of no one, n looked at her with a cold gaze.


    Not only was Edith puzzled, but even Diana couldn''t believe it.


    When it was n who took the initiative to ask for Edith''s hand in marriage, he must have liked her as


    well, how did this reactione about?


    Was it because of Lexie''s proxy marriage?


    Was that why he was angry with her and deliberately left her alone?


    Edith figured this out and immediately released, "n, I have something very important to tell you."


    n was clear that she was here for Peter''s matter, and paused in his steps, "Follow me."


    Edith''s face lit up with joy and she was following up with him.


    Lexie stood right next to the couch, her eyes on him from start to finish.


    n went straight up to the second floor without even giving her a single look.


    Diana swept her eyes at Lexie, whose presence had been extremely low, and sneered, "See, the one


    n likes is Edith, where''s your ce here? Leave quickly if you''re smart, don''t wait to end up in a


    disastrous situation and make a fool of yourself."


    Lexie had heard too much of Diana''s taunts and was numb.


    There was just something in her mind that she couldn''t figure out.


    Before the marriage, the Howard family always thought it was Edith who was going to marry over, but


    why was there no wedding with guests?


    It was n who took the initiative to ask for Edith''s hand in marriage.


    But strange as it was, it didn''t have much to do with her, and she didn''t really want to think about it.


    Back in her room, she suddenly noticed several missed calls on her phone.


    On closer inspection, it was actually a call from the People''s Hospital.


    Lexie dialed it.


    "Miss Mitchell, is it? The patient is in a bit of a situation, pleasee to the hospital as soon as


    possible."


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    Something happened to Grandma?

 Chapter 8 No Point in Going Back

    Chapter 8 No Point in Going Back


    Lexie instantly panicked and hurried downstairs to run outside, as the servants were just about to stop


    her, Diana stopped them.


    In Diana''s opinion, Lexie was irritated by the sight of Edith spending time with n, which was why she


    ran out in a negative manner, "Leave her alone, it''s better to go!"


    Lexie took a taxi to the downtown hospital.


    Fortunately, Grandma was out of crisis and was operated on by a new chief internist.


    The old man with a full head of gray hair was lying on the hospital bed with her eyes closed, her weak


    breathing proving that she was still alive. Lexie knelt in front of the hospital bed, holding her grandma''s


    hand, tears falling from her eyes.


    She didn''t cry when she was forced by her father to marry the Howard family, she didn''t cry when she


    was spurned by Diana, and she didn''t cry when she was despised by the servants.


    The only one who could tug her heart was her grandma who had been the best to her.


    If her spiritual pir copsed, Lexie would break down.


    A knock sounded at the door and she subconsciously turned around to see a handsome young man in


    a white coat.


    "Hello, I''m the patient''s chief surgeon, Kevin, and you''re the patient''s family member, right? I need to


    talk to you about some of the patient''s condition."


    Lexie was grateful to this doctor who helped her grandma, wiped her tears, reached out and gestured,


    and gave him a smile of sincere gratitude.


    Kevin was stunned for a moment by the girl''s smile, her eyes washed by tears, as if a rainbow after the


    rain, beautiful and excessive.


    "Ahem, you''re wee." Kevin didn''t know signnguage, but at this point he could understand what


    she meant.


    "This old woman''s condition has only been temporarily stabilized, but arger operation will be needed,


    during which you try to talk in the patient''s ear and spend more time with her to ease her emotions and


    make her less nervous, which will be more conducive to the results of the operationter."


    Lexie pursed her lips and nodded slightly.


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    Knowing that the other person did not understand signnguage, she simply listened quietly the whole


    time, smiling politely every now and then.


    Kevin was extraordinarily taken with this pretty girl at first nce, and made a point of urging some


    safety precautions before preparing to leave.


    But he was stopped by Lexie.


    She took a pen out of her bag and wrote the note IOU along with her name and phone number before


    handing it to him with both hands cupped.


    Kevin nced at the beautiful handwriting on the IOU, then at her face, and shook his head with a


    smile, "No need for that."


    He knew that the old woman''s granddaughter was currently having difficulties, so he wasn''t going to


    ask for it.


    But Lexie didn''t agree, and stubbornly tried to slip the IOU into his hands.


    Kevin couldn''t refuse again, so he had to take it.


    In his heart, he perceived the girl differently, and his good feelings multiplied.


    After he left.


    Only then did Lexie breathe a heartfelt sigh of relief.


    Grandma had a tumor in her head, and because she was too old, no one would operate on her, and


    she was in aa for a long time and needed a lot of money to keep her alive.


    She learned from the nurse that it was the Mitchell family who had stopped funding Grandma.


    With no one to pay, Grandma''s medication would naturally be cut off.


    That''s what makes a crisis situation.


    Without the help of Dr. Kevin, today would have been a fatal day.


    It is evident how ruthless Peter''s heart is.


    Only so far, because of the matter of stealing the documents, she had not only offended n, but even


    her father had withdrawn his supply of medical expenses to her grandma.


    In that case, what was the point of her going back to the Howard family?


    With her father not treating her grandma, there was no need for her to return.

 Chapter 9 Things are not as they should be

    Chapter 9 Things are not as they should be


    Lexie had stayed at the hospital, but just at ten o''clock at night, Peter called her again.


    After looking at it for a long time without answering, but the phone continued to flicker, finally, she


    gritted her teeth and answered it.


    Peter''s voice was cold and unusual, "After hearing Edith say that you left the Howard family in the


    morning, I guessed that you were at the hospital with your grandma, so I''m sure you''re clear on why I


    disconnected the hospital''s money."


    Lexie pursed her lips, and she knew clearly that it was because she hadn''t finished what he had told


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    her.


    Immediately afterwards, she heard Peter sneer, "Do you not want to go back to the Howard family? I''m


    telling you, Lexie, you have to go back! If you refuse to go back, I will make all the hospitals in the city


    not dare to take in your grandma, you understand I can do that. Of course, if you don''t believe me, you


    can boldly try, if your grandma dies identally, you''re the one who killed her."


    Lexie''s expression suddenly changed.


    She squeezed her phone, breathing hard with anger, and how she wished in this moment that she


    could speak up and let out all her frustrations with this father.


    Peter achieved his goal and smiled in satisfaction, "You better behave or you can''t afford the


    consequences."


    After he hung up the phone, Lexie''s eyes fell on the face of her grandma on the hospital bed, and her


    heart thought bitterly, if she had some sess, she wouldn''t have been taken by her father at will, and


    her grandma''s condition wouldn''t have to be dyed until now.


    Now at eleven o''clock at night, she took a deep breath and took a taxi back to the Howard family.


    The maids were resting.


    Lexie hadn''t eaten any food since the morning, and she lightened her steps to go to the kitchen to find


    something to eat.


    Just as she reached the living room, she was startled by the dark figure leaning against the corner.


    Apparently, the man had spotted her too.


    Why is n here? Where''s Edith?


    "What are you looking for?"


    Seeing her look around, n narrowed his eyes and asked.


    Lexie took out a pen and paper and wrote down two words: [Sister]


    n''s gaze became dark as he stared at the woman''s face, "Aren''t you afraid that I''ll let Edith rece


    you?"


    Lexie was baffled by his question and didn''t know what to say for a while.


    He flicked the unburned cigarette butt on his fingertips with two fingers, the butt then fell to the ground,


    the spark died out, and he raised his eyes to look at her, "Edith is staying at the Howard family, what to


    say and what not to say in front of her in the future, I hope you understand this."


    Lexie froze, was this a warning that she couldn''t make Edith angry?


    Thinking of the imperative to n in Edith''s eyes during the day, Lexie slowly lowered her eyes, for so


    many years, it had never been Edith''s part to bully her, when would she take the initiative to mess with


    Edith?


    If she could, she would like to never have any dealings with Edith.


    Unfortunately it was not to be.


    The next morning, Edith knocked on Lexie''s room door.


    "Sis, I heard Mrs. Stewart say that the pond in the backyard is quite fun, would youe with me to


    see it?"


    Edith looked at her with anticipation like a lively, harmless little maiden.


    Lexie nced around, and Marry as well as the servants were paying attention to their direction.


    If she didn''t go, maybe the Howard family would say something about her again.


    So, Lexie nodded and agreed.


    The two of them walked together within the Howard familypound, and they had to say that this the


    Howard family was simply too grand, even Lexie sighed in his heart.


    It was said that n¡¯s grandfather Stanley Howard had retired from his position ten years ago, and had


    been living in the old mansion to recuperate his body and mind, with n taking care of everything,


    even more powerful than when Stanley was in his prime.


    In the mall, no one could take advantage of n''s hands, and likewise, the people who ttered him


    were inrge amount..


    The backyard pond of the Howard family, with its strong human and financial resources, isparable


    to arge swimming pool.


    The water swam with all kinds of valuable fish, and Lexie apanied Edith as she stood on the


    vintage bridge and admired it downwards.


    For an hour or two Edith was happy to enjoy the scenery and be at peace with each other.


    But as they were about to leave.


    Lexie, who was walking in front, was suddenly pushed by Edith and almost fell.


    Steadying herself and looking back, with a poof, Edith fell into the fish pond.


    "Help! Help--"


    Lexie froze on the spot.


    This trick of Edith''s was too obvious, how could therge the Howard family not have cameras? As


    soon as they checked, they would find out the truth.


    But Edith had always been smart, couldn''t she have thought of that?

 Chapter 10 I Didnt Push Her

    Chapter 10 I Didn''t Push Her


    It wasn''t long before the sound of a cry for help drew a group of people from the front room.


    After Edith was rescued, as expected, the first thing she did was to cry and question Lexie, "Sister, why


    did you push me!"


    Lexie looked at the condemning eyes of the people around her, and frowned slightly, under the eyes of


    so many people, but what should be exined still had to be exined.


    She shook her head as she exined in signnguage, [I didn''t push her.]


    Edith, the only one who could read signnguage,ughed in her heart as she said aloud in mock


    shock, "You said you hate me? Sister ...... why do you hate me ...... we are sisters ...... how can you be


    cruel?"


    Lexie''s expression faded.


    Edith deliberately twisted her exnation, and the subtle faces of the people around her showed that


    others clearly believed her lie.


    With Edith deliberately spreading the word, the entire the Howard family knew that n liked Edith, and


    it was in turn Lexie married into the family.


    So people are antipathetic to Lexie, sympathetic to Edith, and delighted by her sweet-talking ways.


    "I think she''s just jealous of Miss Edith, that''s why she''s doing this."


    "What a cruel heart, even do that to her own sister."


    "So pity on the surface, so bad on the heart."


    The murmurs around her made Edith''s heart smug, but on the surface she looked at Diana with a face


    full of aggression, "Mrs. Stewart, it''s not what you think, my sister didn''t do it on purpose!"


    Diana''s sight was like a knife as she sternly scolded Lexie, "There''s no need for a malicious woman


    with a wrong heart like you to continue to stay in the Howard family!"


    Edith added, "Mrs. Stewart, please let my sister go, I understand her, if I hadn''t suddenlye to the


    Howard family, my sister wouldn''t have been stimted to treat me like this."


    Lexie looked even lighter after hearing all of them.


    How could she not understand Edith''s purpose?


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    It was nothing more than wanting to force her away from the Howard family, and it just so happened


    that Diana was also of the same mind, so the two of them used each other to get what they wanted.


    But how could she take the me?


    She took out pen and paper she carried in her bag and wrote: [I demand to see the surveince and


    clear my name].


    Edith wasn''t nervous at all, even emboldened: "Sister, I really don''t me you, just admit it, even if the


    surveince is found out, you''ll be more embarrassed."


    Marry said at this point, "Mrs. Howard, the camera is out of order."


    Diana nced at Marry and nodded, speaking with her eyes open, "That''s right, it''s been broken for a


    few days, and the maintenance crew will onlye to fix it tomorrow."


    Lexie sneered.


    It was clearly a lie, but these women were scheming. Even they knew the truth, they deliberately ignore


    the truth.


    Surveince was probably turned off early by these people long ago, which is why they were


    emboldened.


    It wasn''t that Edith had set her up sessfully, but that everyone here had never epted her at all,


    and for them, right or wrong didn''t matter.


    What matters is that only Edith is worthy of n.


    And she the mute.


    Not worthy!


    She thought it was just Edith''s frame-up alone, but she didn''t expect the entire the Howard family to join


    forces with Edith to target her.


    Was this perhaps premeditated?


    Lexie was right in thinking, and sure enough, Diana said at this moment: "You did such a wrong thing,


    no amount of exnation will help, you must apologize to Edith!"


    The hand at Lexie''s side clenched involuntarily.


    Once she apologized, it was an admission in disguise.


    She was now like a wicked woman who had been med by all, and suffered the sneering and


    contemptuous looks of the people.


    Lexie took a deep breath, looked at the crowd without saying anything, and wrote out her attitude.


    [I didn''t do it, why should I apologize?]

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    Chapter 11 The Best Mom in the World


    Diana frowned unhappily, this mute was simply endless!


    "You pushed Edith into the water, the servants saw it and you still want to weasel out of it?"


    When Edith fell into the water, these people were in the very far front room. Do they have irvoyance?


    That was a lie.


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    Lexie tightened her jaw, clearly not believing this absurd reason.


    the Howard family deliberately said that the monitoring was broken, and Lexie had no way to


    At this time, a familiar warm voice came from behind, "I can prove she didn''t do that."


    Upon seeing the visitor, Lexie was stunned.


    Dr. Stewart?


    The tall young man walked towards them and came to Diana''s side and spoke, "Mom, I''m back."


    Diana smiled at once, affectionately holding her son''s arm, "Aren¡¯t you going back this afternoon? Why


    is it early?"


    Kevin said with a smile, "I actually came back half a month ago, I just interned at the hospital for a


    period of time, and I came back today to surprise you, but I didn''t expect to see such a scene."


    Speaking of this, he dropped his gaze on Edith, the smile on his face faded a bit, "I clearly saw that you


    fell on your own, why did you say it was Miss Mitchell pushed you?"


    The crowd was stunned at this statement.


    In particr, Edith blushed slightly and bit her lip, "I ...... I ...... clearly feel that it was my sister who


    pushed me, maybe it ...... was my mistake?"


    Marry was just about to say something, but she was instantly silenced by Diana''s sweeping nce.


    Her son had seen it, and others might hurt the peace by continuing to mislead.


    Thinking of this, she looked at Lexie, but her attitude was unconcerned, "You and Edith are sisters, it is


    normal to have misunderstanding."


    Edith nodded repeatedly, "Yes, sister, maybe I misread it, sorry, please forgive me."


    Lexie didn''t want to ept her perfunctory apology, not even responding to Edith with a single nce,


    only setting her gaze on Kevin.


    Once again, this man had helped her.


    She was genuinely grateful and made a gesture of thanks.


    Kevin read it and nodded at her.


    In fact, he was surprised at first.


    He didn''t expect the girl that he had a crush on from one meeting in the hospital to be his sister-inw.


    For some reason, he felt a bit strange in his heart, as if he was sorry and regretful, and didn''t thing


    much of it, so he had to put his eyes on Diana again, "Mom, let''s end this matter here."


    Diana understood that her son did not want them to continue, he always would intervene in things that


    were unfair.


    Diana didn''t want to upset her son over this trivial matter, and nodded with a smile, "Go, I haven¡¯t seen


    you for so many years, let''s have a chat."


    The group of people gradually left, leaving only Edith and Lexie.


    Edith stood up from the ground and stared at Lexie oddly, "You and Kevin know each other?"


    Lexie ignored her.


    Edith was sarcastic, "Sister ...... you and your mother are really the same kind of person."


    Leaving Lexie alone with a cold face, she went away.


    Ever since she went to the the Mitchell family more than ten years ago, Lexie had been called the


    daughter of a vixen by Edith, insinuating that her mother had hooked up with her father to give birth to


    her.


    As a child, Lexie wanted to tell them that her mother was not that kind of person, that her mother was


    gentle and talent, that she was the best mother in the world!


    But growing up she realized how foolish the idea once was.


    How could a bunch of bloodsuckers care about the truth?

 Chapter 12 Imperative

    Chapter 12 Imperative


    After n returned, Diana exined the matter, probably saying a few irrelevant words.


    He just casually swept a nce at Lexie in the corner, without taking a position.


    Lexie wasn''t lost, she had expected this result.


    But Edith''s heart couldn''t help but snicker, it showed that he didn''t care about that mute at all in his


    heart, didn''t it?


    Edith came forward with a smile on her face and handed the man the coffee she had made long ago,


    "n, have some coffee, it''s been a busy day."


    Unexpectedly, n refused, "No, it''ste, you should go back."


    Edith''s smile froze at the corner of her mouth.


    She pretended that she couldn''t understand it as if she was being driven away, and was deliberately


    pretending cute: "n, I want to learn something from you, so that I can help my father manage the


    Such a delicate and soft girl pouted, and the average man cannot bear to refuse.


    n, however, narrowed his eyes, "If you don''t leave now, you can¡¯te again."


    The scar on his face would make him look badass when he looked at people with a cold gaze.


    Edith''s face changed slightly before she hurriedly smiled, defusing the embarrassment for herself,


    "Alright, alright, I know you''re afraid that my dad is worried about me, right? Then I''ll go home first and


    She was still smiling when she left, and as soon as she left the house, her face instantly clouded, and


    she took onest look at the door with an imperative determination in her eyes.


    Lexie brought a cup of brewed oolong tea and put it over after Edith had left.


    She knew that n liked to make a cup of tea every time he left work, so he did not drink the coffee


    Edith made.


    Lexie subconsciously tensed up, and with her head down, she could still feel his dark gaze falling on


    her.


    "What are you staying here for?"


    The corners of Lexie''s lips pursed and she raised her eyes to look at him, closing her hands and


    cing them between her neck and shoulders in a gesture of sleep: [Aren''t you going to bed?]


    She had only asked casually, but was clearly misunderstood by him.


    n frowned, "You want to sleep with me?"


    Lexie was stunned and shook her head in a hurry.


    He strode away, "Since not, leave me alone."


    Lexie froze in ce for a moment, then left in silence.


    Neither one of them noticed Kevin standing by the window.


    A sh of shock crossed his eyes.


    He was to see his cousin, not expecting to see this scene.


    It turned out that n wasn''t nice to her.


    Realizing this, Kevin''s previous doubts were figured out, no wonder even Marry dared to tell Lexie what


    to do.


    He heard from the nurse caring for the elderly that Lexie''s grandma was initially sponsored for


    treatment, but inexplicably cut off.


    Kevin then guesses that perhaps n broke her money chain, and Lexie fretted about that.


    He had heard what Marry had said during the day, and he had seen Diana''s attitude towards Lexie.


    What was not to understand?


    As a mute who can''t speak, was disliked by her husband and had an awkward and embarrassing


    position in the Howard family, she must have a hard time.


    How a tender and helpless woman could afford the expensive medical bills of her grandma?


    It was a strange woman whom he had only met twice, but Kevin''s heart was inexplicably sour.


    Maybe, he should help her.


    ......


    Lexie woke up in the morning, and it was still a day of being ignored by everyone in the Howard family,


    and since her cleaning was stopped by n, Diana didn''t continue to make her work.


    She finished her meal under the contempt of the servants and got up, only to be called by Kevin.


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    "Miss Mitchell."


    Kevin did not call her sister-inw and kept calling her Miss Mitchell instead, which also made Lexie


    less embarrassed.


    She showed a puzzled look and heard Kevin speak again, "The dean told me that your grandma has


    woken up, and I happen to be going to the hospital to see your grandma, so I''ll take you with me."


    Lexie was first happy because her grandma woke up, then she was a bit hesitant and expressed in


    signnguage, [Is it okay?]


    Knowing what she was concerned about, Kevin smiled and shook her head, "It''s okay."


    In the end, the eagerness to see her grandma prevailed.

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    Chapter 13 You''re a Good Man


    Kevin''s car was a gray Infiniti with a very low-key appearance, just like the feeling Kevin gave her,


    warm and calm.


    The exact opposite of n.


    n had a ck Maybach, a twenty million luxury car that was very eye-catching in the crowd.


    Why was she suddenly thinking of him?


    Lexie bit her lower lip in chagrin and looked out the window.


    As the car had just left the Howard family''s front door, Diana came back just in time with Marry, who


    was stunned, "Madam, is that Mr. Kevin''s car?"


    Diana nodded, "What''s wrong?"


    Marry said, "I just saw Mrs. Howard ...... in Mr. Kevin''s car."


    Diana''s face sank, "Are you sure?"


    Marry nodded solemnly, "Yes, Mrs. Howard is sitting in the passenger seat and Mr. Kevin is talking and


    Diana fell silent and nced towards the outside of the gate with a gloomy gaze, "Check properly how


    the two of them met."


    Lexie arrived at the hospital, rushed to Grandma''s ward together with Mr. Kevin.


    Lexie heard her grandma''sughter from the doorway and saw the nurse telling her grandma jokes


    through the ss doorway.


    Her grandma''s soft smile warmed her heart.


    As she pushed the door open, Grandma looked up and saw her, and her eyes lit up, "Lexie!"


    Grandma was very excited, Lexie rushed over to hold her, shook her head and did signnguage: [You


    just ger well, you can''t go down to the ground, you have to rest more.]


    Grandma obeyed as she had to lie back down andughed, "I am good, and I feel full of strength."


    Lexie smiled gently and peeled an apple for her, then scooped it out with a spoon and put it in a bowl,


    then put the small fork in it before she handed it to Grandma.


    Grandma is old, the corners of her eyes are full of wrinkles. Seeing that Lexie was so understanding,


    she can''t help but flooded with tears: "Good girl, I have been your burden."


    Lexie slowly shook her head and gestured, [We are families, you are not a burden. Grandma, you have


    to get well and get better as soon as possible, I have to take you on a tripter, didn''t you say you like


    going to see the snowy mountains?]


    Grandma smiled with tears in her eyes, "Okay, okay, I will get well soon."


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    This warm and touching scene in front of him made Kevin''s heart feel emotional, although he grew up


    without a father, his mother gave him much care and treated him well.


    But Lexie''s affection with her grandma still touched him deeply.


    He spoke in a warm voice, but it was offfort, "Miss Mitchell, I just asked the nurse, your grandma is


    good now. I''ll go prepare the information for her review first,ter you can bring her to me in the office."


    Only then did Lexie remember that Kevin was also here, and felt quite embarrassed for neglecting him,


    [Thank you, Dr. Stewart, you are a good person.]


    Kevin couldn''t understand thisplicated signnguage of hers, but Grandma exined it to him.


    "No worries." He smiled and after he left, Grandma squeezed her eyebrows and teased Lexie; "Is this


    handsome young man your boyfriend? I have been in aa for so long, why didn''t you tell me?"


    Lexie was stunned, not expecting her grandma to misunderstand her and Kevin.


    She didn''t want to tell her Grandma that she had married someone else, lest Grandma would be upset,


    so she shook her head, [No, grandma, he''s a doctor who has helped us, he''s very nice].


    Grandma was a little disappointed but relieved that her granddaughter was so wonderful that sooner or


    After spending the afternoon with her grandma, Lexie left the ward and went to the dean, intending to


    ask her how much more money she needed for the next major surgery.


    Unexpectedly, the dean said with a smile, "Miss Mitchell, no need to worry, someone has already paid


    the money for you, your Grandma''s surgery is scheduled for next Monday, there is no need for you to


    pay separately."

 Chapter 14 She is Bound to Return it!

    Chapter 14 She is Bound to Return it!


    Lexie was shocked.


    Who''s helping her?


    Anxiously, she wrote on a piece of paper, [Please, Dean, can you tell me who paid the money? I can go


    and thank that person.]


    Thinking about how Kevin had been instructing him not to say anything, the dean had to smile and


    refuse, "Sorry, Miss Mitchell, the other party has forbidden the hospital from revealing his name, so


    please understand."


    She nodded disappointedly and thought about it the whole way back.


    There was no way anyone she knew could have paid this off for her, and she couldn''t figure out who it


    was.


    Although she didn''t understand why that person was helping her, she was bound to return such a great


    favor!


    There was no rush, she would always find a way to find her benefactorter.


    Soon, the car returned to home.


    It was getting dark by this time.


    Lexie had just arrived on the first foot, and Kevin had returned on the second.


    The two happened to meet again in the living room.


    "Miss Mitchell, I was ready to pick you up, I searched all over the hospital but couldn''t find you, and


    when I asked the nurse, I found out that you had left."


    Kevin smiled and went to greet her, looking at her beautiful face in front of him, his mood was


    inexplicably good. After a full day of surgery, it was as if all the exhaustion had been swept away.


    Lexie showed an apologetic smile: [Thank you, Dr. Stewart, I have something to do, so I''ll leave first.]


    Kevin waved his hand, smiling, "No thanks, if you go to the hospital again, just take my car directly, it is


    ok."]


    Lexie genuinely felt that Kevin was a very nice and good person, and was the only person who was


    kind to her in the Howard family.


    Kevin was Diana''s son, but they were nothing like mother and son, andpared to Diana''s severity,


    Kevin was particrly nice.


    Lexie: [The dean said that my grandma will have surgery next Monday, are you the main surgeon?]


    Kevin smiled and shook his head as he saw the handwriting she had written, "Yes, don''t worry, after the


    surgery, your Grandma will bepletely healed."


    Lexie smiled soothingly.


    The two talked for a while longer before she went upstairs.


    As soon as she entered the door, she saw n sitting on the sofa, fiddling with the cigarette case and


    lighter in his hands, and moving skillfully to light a cigarette.


    His face was vaguely indistinguishable in the white lingering smoke.


    The whole room was eerie to the core.


    Lexie was a bit surprised, she had bumped into him by chance outside the kitchenst time, could it be


    that this time was also by chance?


    But if it was a coincidence, why would he purposely show up in her room?


    He stood up from the sofa and approached her, bowing his head, "You went out with Kevin for a whole


    day, and came back downstairs to chat for a long time. Lexie, you look soft and weak, but I didn''t


    expect you to be ambitious, and you even want to be with Kevin."


    Lexie''s face changed and she hastily took out a pen and paper to exin: [Kevin is my grandma''s main


    surgeon, we talked about my grandma''s affairs, it''s not what you think].


    n took the piece of paper and scanned the words on it, then tore it with both hands and threw it to


    the ground.


    He furrowed his brows deeply, his eyes deep and dark, "Do you think I''m blind?"


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    Kevin downstairs happier than ever, and the way Kevin was looking at her was a gaze that looked at a


    woman he liked, so he did not believe there was nothing going on here!


    "You can''t take advantage of me, so you go and approach Kevin, do you think Kevin will really like you?


    You think he would genuinely like a mute?"


    Lexie''s face suddenly went white.


    She obviously had nothing to do with Kevin, so why did he have to misunderstand her?


    Was it fun to insult her like that?


    Lexie didn''t bother to exin anymore.


    She grimaced and walked around him to move forward, not wanting to argue with him.


    Only to have the man suddenly snap her wrist!

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    Chapter 15 The Night is Long


    In a sh, she was pinned down on the couch by n.


    n''s sharp vision seemed to prate her heart: "Why do you want to be with Kevin? Is your


    intention to provoke our rtionship, or do you want to humiliate me? Or, do you hate Diana and


    deliberately use this to get back at her?"


    A pair of Lexie''s wrists were held down by him with a deadly pressure, unable to move.


    She panicked, what did he want!


    n''s thumb rubbed her eyebrows lightly, "What a clear and beautiful pair of eyes, but unfortunately


    tainted with unintentional purposes, and unscrupulous filth, the daughter of the the Mitchell family, how


    can there be any pure daughter?"


    There was a surprisingly strange hint of hatred revealed in his tone.


    Hatred?


    Lexie didn''t understand where he got the hate.


    She tried to break away from him hard, her mouth kept opening and closing: [Let go of me ...... Let go


    of me ......]


    But he was forceful, making Lexie feel the pain, thinking of the trepidation in the Howard family for


    days, and now she was still pped with this bad reputation, all the aggression ran up in her mind.


    In the middle of the struggle, a hospital case record dropped out of her pocket, a history of her


    grandma''s illness.


    n picked it up and looked at it, and his expression was stunned.


    She wasn''t lying.


    He looked down at the woman beneath him, who had long since burst into tears.


    It was the first time she had ever shed a tear in front of him.


    She didn''t cry out as tears silently trickled down the corners of her eyes.


    Somehow, his original anger dissipated.


    "I will let you off the hook this time, and if I ever see you get overly close to Kevin in the future, I''ll lock


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    you up."


    Thest three words made Lexie''s body tremble.


    Only after he left did Lexie shakily pick up the case record and put it away.


    Finally, she closed her eyes fiercely, a slightly hoarse cry escaping from her throat, if she wasn''t unable


    to help herself, she really wanted to leave this ce, far away and never want to see n!


    Early the next morning.


    Lexie woke up with two swollen eyes.


    Afterst night, she deliberately avoided meeting up with n, pretending as if she couldn''t see him


    every time she had no choice but to encounter him.


    Even to avoid suspicion, she waited for Kevin to leave before going downstairs.


    The lost look of Kevin was seen in Diana''s eyes, and her heart was even angrier. Diana came straight


    to Lexie and warned, "No matter what your purpose is, don''t go near my son in the future, do you hear


    me?"


    Lexie had no intention of arguing with her and nodded before she walked away.


    Diana shouted coldly, "Stop right there!"


    Lexie stood in ce, her back to her, listening to Diana sneer behind her, "If you dare to have improper


    dirty thoughts, I will make your life worse than death."


    She turned around and looked at Diana, exining with a pen and paper, [My encounter with Dr.


    Stewart was just by chance, there is no purpose as you think, I won''t talk to him again in the future and


    will avoid him far away.]


    After watching her write down her promise, Diana''s face eased up a bit, "No matter if what you said is


    true or not, in any case, if you dare to go against today''s words, I will let you know the consequence!"


    Lexie put the pen and paper away and left, drenched in exhaustion.


    After she left, Marry came up to Diana and said, "Madam, I don''t think what she said is credible."


    Diana raised an eyebrow, "How so?"


    Marry had a deep face, "Mr. n likes Miss Edith, sooner orter he will have to divorce Lexie, Lexie


    probably also expected this, that''s why she put her attention on Mr. Kevin, in an attempt to use him to


    gain power and wealth, so the guarantee she wrote today is just to fool you."


    When Diana heard that, her face sank, "Then what do you say, how am I going to deal with her?"


    Marry thought about it and spoke, "I think there are two points, first, stop Mr. Kevin from meeting her,


    second, let Miss Edith squeeze Lexie out as soon as possible, so that this scourge will have no way to


    continue to stay in the Howard family if not ...... "


    Diana fell into a deep thought after hearing these words.


    After a long time, she dialed Edith''s number.

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    Chapter 16 Gym Teacher


    On the other side, Edith was admiring her freshly dyed nails as she held the phone between her


    shoulder and chin, "Mrs. Stewart?"


    "It''s me, Edith, I want to talk to you."


    Edith sat up straight, "Okay."


    After hearing that, she hung up her phone and looked at a certain point on the floor in disbelief.


    Peter came back from the office and waved his hand in front of her eyes, "What''s wrong with you?"


    Edith came back to her senses and grabbed his arm, "Dad! You must help me with what I saidst


    time!"


    Peter froze and frowned, "Don''t be ridiculous! I still have use for Lexie to stay in the Howard family, so


    you''re not allowed to mess around."


    Edith was obviously unconvinced, "Dad, if I get the likes of those two men, I can help you too, so why


    do you have to count on that mute? What can she do?"


    Although Peter loved Edith, he also knew her capriciousness, "You just need to get Kevin''s heart, it''s


    best to make Kevin obey you only, so that in the future, my n can be betterpleted. Don''t think


    much about the rest, n has no feelings, you''d better not mess with him."


    Edith shook her head: "No, no, no, dad, you think wrong, n is very good to me, he likes me, and I


    am confident that I can make him fall in love with me. Kevin sooner orter will also be mine, so dad,


    just promise me, you get Lexie away from the Howard family, my n will be halfpleted, okay,


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    Even if Peter was loving her, he didn''t want to watch her fool around, "Stop that, I won''t help you in this


    matter, you cut off the idea of n before it''s toote. I will not let go of n, so you can¡¯t fall in love


    with him."


    Edith ended up being unable to sway Peter, and red at his departing back with a face full of


    displeasure.


    She was so capricious that even Peter couldn''t stop her, "No matter what method I use, I must marry


    n, he''s supposed to be my man! Lexie took him from me!"


    Then, Edith gritted her teeth, "Since you won''t help me, dad, then I''ll do it myself!"


    She dialed Lexie''s number.


    Lexie was watering the flowers when she received an unfamiliar number, and upon hearing the voice,


    she realized it was Edith.


    "It''s me, sister."


    Edith''sughter came over, and Lexie''s hand carrying the flower pot paused.


    Edith told her purpose: "Sister, I won''t beat around the bush, I want n, please take the initiative to


    leave. Seeing that you are my sister, I won''t make it too difficult for you, how about that?"


    Lexie simply wanted tough.


    Her father wanted her to stay the Howard family, while her sister forced her to leave.


    Lexie certainly would not threatened by Edith, because Peter controlled the safety of her grandma,


    while Edith was just a capricious, self-centered.


    So after Edith made this ridiculous request, Lexie cut off the call directly.


    Edith stared at her phone, her face was gloomy, suddenly she thought of something, the corner of her


    mouth hooked, "Lexie, you forced me to do this!"


    The smile on her lips was as weird and demonic.


    Immediately after, she went to another person, "John, I want you to find a high school gym teacher for


    me, and force him toe over and meet me by any means necessary."


    ......


    Sure enough on the third day, a video hit the news.


    It was a confession from a balding middle-aged man about a female student he had dated a few years


    ago when he was a teacher in high school, after which the two of them got a room.


    And Lexie''s picture was ced below the video.


    After that, people started investigating on her, name, address, and identity as an illegitimate daughter,


    one by one.


    Soon , another post [unknown story between the Howard Group president¡¯s mute wife and a high


    school male teacher] hit the headlines hot search.

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    Chapter 17 Will n Believe Her


    [Oh my God, it''s so exciting! That''s Mr. n''s wife!]


    [Why would Mr. n want to marry a mute? It''s not logical.]


    [This woman is quite pretty, why did she like a bald male teacher? Disgusting!


    A series of nastyments reflected in n''s eyes.


    He stood up, grabbed his jacket and left the office.


    Jack followed closely behind, secretly saying that Mrs. Howard was going to suffer this time.


    It didn''t take long for the Maybach to return home.


    As soon as he entered, n threw his phone in front of Lexie.


    Lexie was on her lunch break at this time, and she was instantly awakened by his actions, and she


    hurriedly sat up, picked up her phone and looked at it suspiciously, then tapped on that page.


    As she browsed backwards, her face gradually sank.


    Who posted these things on the inte?


    How was it that all those things from high school, which many people knew about at the time, but which


    have been peaceful for so many years, were suddenly being exposed?


    A cold, deep voice came from overhead, "What''s going on here?"


    Lexie pursed the corners of her lips, her expression tightened to the extreme as she quickly exined


    on the paper [I don''t know what''s going on either].


    Whether it''s the bald teacher''s nasty confessions or those nderous rumors of her seducing the


    teacher, etc., they''re all false!


    Before n could speak, Diana suddenly came in with Edith.


    Diana came over in a rage, pointing at Lexie and cursing, "Shameless woman! You''ve disgracedthe


    Howard family! Look at your scandals all over the inte now!"


    Edith stood behind Diana, and after seeing Lexie''s pale face, a glint of gloating shed under her eyes.


    She pretended to be worried and spoke to Lexie, "Sis, what''s going on? Isn''t that person who appeared


    on the inte your high school gym teacher? Why did he say those unpleasant words? Is he getting


    back at you for breaking up with him back then?"


    Edith stressed the words ''high school gym teacher'' and ''break up'', Diana immediately got furious upon


    hearing it: "Even Edith knows about this, see how you can still exin! "


    Lexie turned her head to look at Edith and wrote: [You''re lying, you said I broke up with my gym


    teacher, do you dare to swear with your conscience?]


    Edith was not afraid, she pretended to be aggrieved, "Sister, how can you say? I''m worried about you."


    Lexie thought to herself, "Edith is obsessed with acting, it''s a pity that she doesn''t go to be an actress.¡±


    So, she turned her face to look at n, and seeing his deep brow, he kept staring at her with probing


    eyes, Lexie thought about it and wrote down again, [I didn''t do those things, please believe me.]


    Diana reached out and pointed at Lexie''s nose, "You degraded yourself and ended up in this situation,


    and you still say you did not do that? Today I''ll let you get out of the Howard family, we don''t want an


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    indiscreet woman like you!"


    Lexie thought that what should be exined had been exined, if was not important that if Diana


    believed it or not, what was important was whether n would believe her.


    Because only n was capable of helping her prove her innocence!


    So, she kept looking at the man''s scowl.


    Seeing Lexie ignore her, Diana was angry, and her words became more and more mean: "Why didn''t


    the video talk about others, but only about you? It is because you have a problem. I advise you not to


    argue. This matter has be a big deal, everyone knows about it, don''t me me for being cruel, we


    can''t tolerate you anymore!"


    She suddenly gave Lexie a hard push.


    Lexie stumbled as being yanked, and managed to stabilize herself.


    She subconsciously looked at n, but saw that the depths of the man''s eyes were roiling with


    indifference.


    Lexie''s heart, all of a sudden, sank to the bottom.

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    Chapter 18 I Am Innocent


    "Mrs. Stewart, don''t me my sister, that was all in the past, my sister was young and made a


    mistake."


    Edith pretended to plead for Lexie, but in reality, she was deliberately pouring fuel on the fire.


    Sure enough, it instantly triggered Diana''s anger.


    Diana interrupted Edith as she pulled her hand.


    "Edith, you''re still speaking for her? She designed to steal your marriage and has such a disregard for


    propriety and shame, such a scheming woman is simply tarnishing the luster of our the Howard family!"


    Diana became more and more agitated as she spoke, pointing at Lexie, "You hurry up and get out of


    here right now! You ......"


    Diana wanted to say something else.


    However, at that moment, n stopped herter words with a movement.


    He sank his eyes and straightaway sped Lexie''s wrist, coldly dropping a few words, "Youe with


    me."


    He didn''t even give Lexie a chance to react.


    n''s strength was tremendous, and Lexie''s wrist was clutched in his hand, feeling straight as if it was


    about to be crushed by him.


    He pulled Lexie all the way back into the room and closed the door hard, then mmed her onto the


    bed with one hand.


    Lexie fell down woefully, the sudden weightlessness making her feel a little dizzy.


    She was just trying to get up from the bed, but the man held her firmly underneath him.


    What did he want to do?


    Lexie''s pupils were tinged with a panicked look, and she couldn''t stop shrinking back, but there was


    nowhere for her to escape under n''s confinement.


    There was an air of total danger permeating this man that made her ufortable.


    "What are you hiding from? Feeling heart weak?"


    n let out a coldugh, the sarcasm in his eyes growing stronger.


    Lexie took in his expression, and when she heard what he said again, her eyes widened and she


    red back.


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    n stared at her, his icy voice rang out over Lexie''s head like a precursor to anger.


    "You really are a good, obedient dog that Peter raised."

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    Chapter 19 Who''s Trying to Set Her Up?


    Lexie was stunned and grabbed the sheets.


    She shook her head and made a gesture, [I didn''t.]


    She wasn''t Peter''s dog, she hated the the Mitchell family and had to marry into the Howard family for


    her grandma.


    "What, with just a shake of the head, you want me to believe you?" n''s voice sank a little, and his


    coarse palm moved upwards, like he could snap the woman''s neck at any moment.


    He was really angry, ever since this mute came to the house, there was no peace in the Howard family,


    and now there was this scandal, he really had underestimated a mute.


    Lexie fought against his strength.


    She didn''t want to die, her grandma was still waiting for her to save, and she couldn''t die.


    "Looks like you won''t admit it until you get a little punishment!"


    Seeing her stubbornly struggling, n let out a chortle and suddenly exerted force, picking her up by


    her entire body.


    Lexie gave a startled cry, and even though she couldn''t speak, fear made a raspy voicee out of


    her throat, hoarse and unpleasant, causing even more disgust in the man.


    n carried her straight into the bathroom and threw her into the wide bathtub, ordering in a cold voice,


    "Take off your clothes!"


    Lexie was stunned.


    What was n going to do?


    She raised her head, but met with n''s cold eyes, which were not mixed with the slightest


    temperature, at this time, any exnation she had seemed pale and powerless.


    Lexie closed her eyes fiercely and bit her lip, after hesitation, she resigned herself to her fate and


    moved slowly to take off her dress.


    Finally just the bra was left.


    Her body was exposed in n''s eyes, and at this moment, she felt like a ything without dignity.


    The next moment, n unscrewed the tap, and it was cold water.


    The cold water however rushed down from the top of the head, ruthlessly washing her whole body, with


    a moment of temperature lost, Lexie shivered fiercely and her face went pale.


    So cold, so icy.


    "Again, is the news true?" Outside the water screen, n lowered his voice, each word coldly and


    somberly striking at Lexie''s heart.


    Lexie shivered and shook her head, her teeth chattering, she wouldn''t admit to something she hadn''t


    done.


    [No, really.]


    She was shivering with cold water all over her body.


    After n paused to release the water, Lexie wrapped her arms around her chest, shivering, her face


    already showing a dark blue color.


    "Just admit it, and I''ll let you go." He said in a cold voice, giving her onest chance.


    Lexie still shook her head.


    She braced herself for difort, shivering and gesturing with her hands.


    [I haven''t done it, can you believe me?]


    n didn''t understand signnguage, but could see that she was trying to deny it.


    If she wasn''t a member of the Mitchell family, he wouldn''t have continued at this point, for wanting to


    investigate the truth of the matter, he had many ways.


    But she was a member of the the Mitchell family, and she was causing this kind of trouble.


    What kind of good people can there be in the Mitchell family?


    Driven by such thoughts, n turned on the tap directly, "Still not admit it, huh? Then just stand here


    until you admit it."


    The sshing water rushed down again, and Lexie''s shoulders jerked up.


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    n, however, took a half step back and coldly looked at the watch on his wrist, without expression on


    his face.


    He wanted to see how long Lexie could hold out.


    Time was ticking ......


    Lexie stood in the bathtub, almost delirious from the cold water, her legs were shaking uncontrobly,


    and almost fell down.


    But even then, there wasn''t a hint that she was going topromise.


    She couldn''t afford to take such a me nor was she willing to be humiliated for nothing.


    She won''t admit what she hasn''t done!


    Wasn''t it just water?


    She was not afraid.


    The sound of water ttering in the bathroom, n''s face was getting sunken as he looked at his


    watch.


    With a ''bang'', Lexie finally couldn''t support herself and her entire body flopped into the water, the


    moment her knee hit the edge of the bathtub hard, the sharp pain caused her eyes faint and she fell


    straight down.


    n''s eyebrows knitted fiercely, the expression on his face growing more and moreplex, his tall


    body appearing extremely cramped throughout the bathroom.


    She actually didn''t admit it until she passed out.


    There must be something hidden about this.


    Eventually, n fished the woman out of the bathtub, took a dry towel and wiped her body, and carried


    her back to the bed.


    ......


    Her head hurt and her throat was scratchy.


    Lexie woke up feeling weak and in cold sweat.


    She shivered and hugged the cover tighter, a mist of tears roiling in front of her eyes.


    The door was pushed open so hard she shivered in fear.


    Marry looked at her with disgusted disdain and casually threw down a bowl, "Mr. n told you to drink


    this."


    The soup spilled out of the bowl and got all over the bedside table.


    Lexie drew out two paper towels in silence and wiped up the spilled soup.


    This soup smelt like ......


    It was ginger soup.


    "It''s really bad luck, you''re sick short after you got married, you really are a third degree cripple." Marry


    snorted coldly, turned her head and walked away.


    Lexie had a splitting headache, so she didn''t bother to pay attention to her vicious remarks.


    She lifted her hand with all her strength and threw the paper towel into a trash can not far away.


    As for that ginger soup ......


    She didn''t take a sip.


    Who knows if something could have been put in there?


    There were too many people in this family who were bad to her and had to be guarded.


    Not long after putting the ginger soup down, the door to the room opened again, and in came n.


    Lexie couldn''t help but shiver as soon as she saw him, thinking about everythingst night, every pore


    in her body was flooded with cold air as if she was immersed in ice water.


    Fear ......


    [I was framed] Lexie forced down the fear inside her and tried to gesture.


    Unfortunately, n couldn''t read it, and his tone was cold, "No need to gesture, since you don''t admit


    it, prove it to me yourself, it''s none of your business."


    Lexie was stunned, what did he mean?


    "Get dressed."


    Dropping those words, n then turned around, "I''ll wait for you downstairs."


    n drove her directly to the private high school she had previously attended.


    In the principal''s office, in addition to the principal, stood the gym teacher involved in the incident.


    "Mr. n, there should be some misunderstanding about what happened back then," when facing n,


    the principal also looked coy, afraid of offending the Howard family because of this matter.


    n raised hisrge hand, interrupting the principal''s words and looking at Lexie, his face


    expressionless, "Is that him?"


    Across from the principal and n, Lexie and the balding gym teacher locked eyes, and those bad


    memories of her high school days instantly flooded back to her, and she subconsciously shrank behind


    n.


    This subconscious move fell on n''s eyes, inexplicably making his heart tighten.


    [Yes]


    Lexie nodded stiffly.


    "How about the causes and consequences of the matter, tell me," n''s voice was cold, and the gaze


    he looked at Lexie didn''t have a trace of the warmth of being a husband.


    The people in the office looked at each other.


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    Chapter 20 Get to Know the Truth


    To facilitate the conversation, the office had a signnguage teacher brought by n to help Lexie


    trante.


    Lexie gritted her teeth and met the gaze of the gym teacher, [The person in the video is not me, you


    exin.]


    "Howe it wasn''t you?" The gym teacher said, "You were the one who took the initiative to seduce


    me back then."


    [You''re talking nonsense]


    Lexie gestured quickly, [Why should I seduce you?]


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    The signnguage interpreter''s words fell on n''s ears, and he pondered.


    Although Lexie was a mute, she was the eldest youngdy of the the Mitchell family, and seducing an


    ugly-looking gym teacher was indeed unbelievable.


    The gym teacher, however, perked up, "You were for high gym scores, and the school you applied to


    for study abroad needed all excellent scores in all subjects, but your gym scores were so poor. You


    seduced me and threatened me with a video, so I had no choice but to change your scores."


    Lexie''s face turned white and she hurriedly gestured in defense, how could she possibly seduce the


    teacher just to change her scores?


    The way n looked at her changed as well.


    In a stalemate, he stopped coldly, "Go get the file."


    The school files have records of the grades in each subject, and once they saw the files, the truth of


    everything woulde out.


    The file was quickly picked up.


    Although Lexie was a mute, her grades in all subjects were actually very good, except for her gym


    grades at the end of the second semester of her sophomore year, which had a failing grade that was


    crossed out in red.


    Changing from failing to excellent, anyone could see the problem.


    A strong chill instantly rose in n''s cold eyes as he coldly questioned Lexie, "What else do you have


    to say?"


    Lexie''s face was almost paler than the walls as she shook her head feebly.


    With a ''pop'', the file bag was mmed on the desk, "From today onwards, you''re not my wife


    anymore."


    The entire office fell silent at this.


    Lexie panicked, she couldn''t believe that n had believed someone''s story so easily.


    No, she couldn''t let n loathe her! It had to be exined clearly.


    She couldn''t leave the Howard family, for her grandma''s life was still in Peter''s hands.


    In desperation, Lexie stopped n and gestured sharply.


    [I can get my ssmates to testify]


    "No need, it is a disgrace to the family!"


    n''s tone was indifferent, and he swept her a disgusted nce, striding away without hesitation.


    "Mr. n, I''ll see you off." The principal was following, and the rest of the teachers scattered.


    Looking at n''s back, Lexie''s mind went nk, and not knowing who had intentionally or


    unintentionally bumped into her, she stumbled, hit her knee on the coffee table, and squatted down in


    pain.


    "Are you okay? Lexie," came the man''s voice from behind her.


    Lexie came out of the pain, she turned around like a reflex, and before she could stand she jerked back


    several steps, looking at the bald man in front of her in horror.


    Everyone in the office was gone, leaving her and the gym teacher.


    [Don''te over]


    "n came to my door, I thought it was going to be a big disaster this time," the gym teacher sneered,


    "I didn''t expect it to be solved so easily, it looks like you''re having a hard time in the Howard family,


    Lexie."


    Lexie''s hands and feet were instantly cold, and the corner of her eyes nced in the direction of the


    door, and she hurriedly had to flee towards the door.


    The gym teacher was quick to grab her by the arm and roughly yanked her back, mming her hard on


    the couch and saying viciously, "We haven¡¯t made the words clear yet."


    Lexie''s eyes were bleary from the fall, and her heart sank to the bottom.


    Don''t touch me! Somebody help me!


    She struggled to open her mouth to try to make a sound, but no matter how hard she tried, only a raspy


    whimper barely escaped her throat.


    "Don''t be afraid," the gym teacher shifted his eyes down and stared at Lexie''s heaving chest with a


    lewd smile.


    "If you were willing to obey back then, I wouldn''t be afraid of you making a scene, so I haver covered it


    up. Even n doesn''t want you, so why not just be with me ......"


    Lexie shook her head in despair and shrank into a corner of the sofa, trembling all over.


    The truth back then was actually quite simple, a lustful gym teacher wanted to take advantage of a


    mute girl and failed to do so, so in order to cover up the truth, he directed his own drama and made a


    fuss in the school, no one cared about the truth at all, everyone just wanted to watch the fun.


    Even n didn''t believe her nowadays.


    His hand came toward her, and Lexie''s eyes were filled with fear, staring in despair.


    Don''te any closer ......


    Suddenly, there was a loud "bang" as the office door mmed against the wall, almost shaking the


    entire room with it.


    The next second, the gym teacher screamed in dismay and was taken down to the ground.


    When Lexie came back to her senses, the gym teacher''s lewd face had been viciously stepped on by a


    shiny leather shoe, and the foot was like crushing a piece of rag.


    "Ah-" the gym teacher screamed, and his features twisted to an eerie degree.


    Lexie tilted her head and was stunned.


    In the smoke and dust that filled the room, a huge shadow enveloped Lexie''s entire body.


    His cold face was somewhat blurred, his voice was not loud, but clear, "Whichever hand he just


    touched my woman with, destroy it."


    It was n.


    He didn''t leave?


    n''s assistant Jack took the pinhole camera out from behind one of the paintings in his office, "Mr.


    n, it''s all recorded."


    It wasn''t until the gym teacher was dragged out that Lexie came back to her sense.


    She looked at the man in front of her in a daze, [You have been here?]


    Looking at the woman in front of him in a state of disarray, n''s brows knitted slightly.


    The news was so full of holes that it didn''t stand up to scrutiny, but it was hard to catch substantial


    evidence because it had been so long ago, which was why he used this trick to get to know the truth.


    Justmiserate with this woman.


    The moment the word shed through his mind, n''s eyebrows knitted.


    Lexie didn''t know what n was thinking, and as the truth of the matter came out, she let out a sigh of


    relief and held onto a corner of the sofa to barely support herself as she stood up, but the pain in her


    knee suddenly hit her, causing her to fall straight towards the ground.


    A low, muffled cry of surprise was met by a pair ofrge hands that caught her just in time.


    Looking at the bruise on Lexie''s knee, n''s eyes sank slightly, "You got injury just now?"


    Lexie was a little uneasy, afraid that she had given him trouble again, leaning on the sofa and gesturing


    carefully, [I can walk by myself]


    The watery mist in her eyes had not yet cleared, and her pretty little face was pale and haggard,


    obviously in pain but gritting her teeth and forcing herself to act as if she was okay.


    n''s heart tightened, and the moment she was about to get up, his big hands pressed her shoulders,


    took off his suit jacket and covered her body. He picked her up horizontally, and carried her away in full


    view of the public.

 Chapter 21 For the Sake of the Howard family

    Chapter 21 For the Sake of the Howard family


    Lexie was carried into the car by n, like a dream, the pain in her knees could not be felt, and for the


    first time she felt that this man was not so cold and heartless as he seemed on the surface.


    Sitting in the car, Lexie looked at him, [Why are you helping me?]


    For the question she had just asked in the principal''s office, n hadn''t answered her yet.


    Going to all the trouble to set this up for her didn¡¯t seem like something n would be able to do.


    n frowned at her gesture, and even though he couldn''t read the signnguage, he could see what


    she meant from Lexie''s grateful gaze.


    "You don''t have to thank me, I''m not doing it for you."


    n''s tone was as cold as his face, "I''m checking out this matter just for the sake of the Howard family,


    since you have married into the Howard family, you are a member of the Howard family, better keep


    your peace and we''ll be fine with each other, otherwise don''t me me for being rude if you cause


    trouble like this again."


    The cold voice rang out in the carriage, instantly dousing the warmth somewhere in Lexie''s heart.


    How could n possibly bother for herself?


    Thinking about how he treated herst night, Lexie couldn''t help but shiver and shudder.


    If something like this happened again, n would definitely kick her out.


    There were no words all the way.


    After sending Lexie back to home, n didn''t stop and directly asked his driver to take him to the


    The car sped down the city''s arterial roads.


    "Mr. n, the school has taken care of it, there won''t be any more rumors about that incident back


    then, and the media has all withdrawn their articles in preparation for an apology."


    n leaned in the back seat and closed his eyes, his features reflected on the car window ss,


    looking more and more cold and stern, "After so many years, this thing was still rehashed, I''m afraid


    that a gym teacher is not so capable."


    "Are you saying that there is a push behind this?"


    "Check it out."


    "Okay."


    "......"


    The next morning, the news of the college gym teacher molesting female students rushed to the top of


    the hot search list, a number of victims jointly voice theirints, the original high on the hot search


    list about Mrs. Howard''s news was instantly covered, thework public opinion lopsided ......


    "The gym teacher has been transferred to the public security organs to deal with the progress of his


    repeated crimes over the years, our reporter will continue to follow up ......"


    On the TV''s big screen, the news reporter worded the day''s legal news.


    "You really can''t trust the news nowadays, one statement on a day," Diana turned off the TV in a bad


    mood, sitting on the living room sofa with her arms in her arms and sulking.


    She originally thought she could rely on this news to drive away the mute who looked so repulsive, but


    she didn''t expect her to be wrongly used, and what was even more unexpected to her was that n


    had personally led a clear investigation into the matter.


    Diana frowned.


    How could that be? n was brought up by her own hands, so how could he have a fancy on such a


    third-ss crippled woman, but n had always kept Lexie in the Howard family, something she had


    never figured out.


    "Madam, Miss Edith is here."


    The servant''s voice pulled back Diana''s thoughts.


    "Edith is here," Diana got up to greet Edith, "Why did you rush here early in the morning? Did you see


    the news?"


    "News? What news?" Edith asked as she sat down on the sofa and looked at Diana in confusion.


    "It''s that mute ...... news about your sister earlier, now it turns out it was framed, that gym teacher at


    your school was reported, and now he has been arrested."


    "What? How is that possible?"


    "Didn''t you swear before that your sister and that gym teacher had been dating? Howe things


    have reversed so badly, now I am afraid that n would say that I''m making a big deal out of it!"


    Diana was clearly ming Edith.


    Edith was slightly stunned and made a surprised look, "Mrs. Stewart, that incident back then was a big


    deal at school, the whole school knew about it. Howe n went to school and things all settled


    down?"


    Hearing these words, Diana''s expression stalled.All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    "But the person who wrote the news is also really bold, knowing that my sister is now Mrs. Howard, he


    still dares to write these scripts. He is really not afraid of offending the Howard family."


    Edith''s words reminded Diana, and her mind suddenly jolted.


    "You mean that n did it for the Howard family ......"


    Edith lowered her head and drank her tea, reluctantly pulling the corners of her mouth, taking the


    me off herself, "Mrs. Stewart, just pretend nothing happened, my sister is Mrs. Howard now after


    all."


    Diana''s face turned pale.


    With Lexie''s ''antecedent'' of swindling Edith into marrying into the Howard family instead, she was


    convinced of Edith''s words, not to mention n''s attitude was indeed wrong, how could he go to great


    lengths for a mute girl''s innocence?


    It must be for the Howard family''s dignity.


    This fucking dumb girl!


    Thinking of this, Diana put down her teacup and said in no good mood, "Marry, where is that mute?


    Doesn''t she know that there is a guest at home and she needs to greet. How can she be so rude?"


    ¡°I will get her now.¡±


    At the moment, Lexie was resting in her bedroom.


    Yesterday she was drenched in cold water, n has servant prepare the ginger soup, but she did not


    dare to drink it. She felt cold when she woke up in the morning and still wasshivering under her quilt.


    The rude sound of the door opening woke Lexie from her nightmare, and as soon as she opened her


    eyes, she saw Marry standing in the doorway.


    Marry eximed, "Why are you still sleeping, Mrs. Howard?"


    Lexie stretched out her hand from under the quilt and gestured breathlessly, [Is something wrong?]


    "Stop gesturing, I can''t read," Marry''s tone was full of disgust, "Madam told you to go down, Miss Edith


    is here."


    Edith was here?


    Lexie''s heart sank, struggling, but still got up gritting her teeth.


    The matter of high school was suddenly turned up, it must be attributed to Edith, after all, the person


    who wanted to drive her out of the Howard family the most nowadays was Edith.


    The threat was unsessful, so now she muste for her revenge.


    Despite her reluctance to dwell too much with Edith, n loathed the fact that she made troubles, so


    she had to deal with it carefully, at least not argue with Edith again.


    Lexie changed into a in white dress and went downstairs, her face pale, and her feet were weak


    when she went downstairs, and if she hadn''t been holding on to the handrail of the stairs, she was


    afraid that she could have rolled down if she hadn''t been careful.


    "Sister, why don''t you look well?"


    Edith looked up at her, making a false face of worry.


    Diana gave Lexie a nk look, ''''What is that look? You want your mother''s family to know that you''re


    not doing well in our family? Did you bring this on yourself?"


    Lexie stood at the stairway, not even having the strength to retort.


    "What are you doing standing there? Go get some refreshments. It is true that an illegal daughter has


    no hospitality, didn¡¯t your mother teach you have to behave?"


    Listening to Diana''smanding words, Lexie silently clenched her fingers, but she could only hold


    back and nod, going to the kitchen.


    Edith''s gaze flickered, "Mrs. Stewart, my sister doesn''t seem to be feeling well, I''ll go help her."

 Chapter 22 What Do You Want

    Chapter 22 What Do You Want


    In the kitchen, Lexie was taking the snacks and filling the tes.


    Edith suddenly came in.


    "Let me help you, sister."


    Lexie''s back stiffened and she subconsciously took a step back, pulling a safe distance from Edith.


    Edith cocked her head and looked at her, "What''s that look on your face? Are you afraid that I''ll eat


    you?"


    [No need to pretend to be nice to me. You did the news thing, right?]


    Although Lexie had a good temper, she had always seen things clearly.


    "What does it have to do with me?" Edith hugged her arms and snorted coldly, "With this incident, you


    should see clearly, you''re not wee in the Howard family at all, and you''re still staying here."


    Lexie looked at her and exined, expressionless.


    [Marrying into the Howard family was arranged by you and father.]


    "Yes, that''s right, but at first I didn''t know what kind of person n was, and now it seems that father


    made a big mistake in this move, and it''s only right to for me, a daughter, to help him fix it."


    [You should tell that to father.]


    Lexie''s eyes were firm, and if Peter wanted her to leave the Howard family, she would definitely leave


    without hesitation.


    As long as she didn''t endanger her grandma''s life, she didn''t want to stay in the Howard family in fear.


    Edith, however, misunderstood her and her face instantly sank, ''''Are you pressuring me with father?


    What are you? Do you really think that father is thinking highly of you by marrying you to marry into the


    Howard family?"


    Lexie frowned.


    What was in Edith¡¯s mind?


    In the beginning, it was they who disliked n''s ugly appearance but had to attach to the Howard


    family, so this was why they pushed her into this fire pit.


    "Lexie, I''m telling you, I want n for sure, the position of Mrs. Howard belongs to me, so you better


    give up, otherwise don''t me me for being rude. I have been merciful in this matter!"


    Lexie red at Edith, wanting to retort something but not wanting to make a big deal out of it, [What


    exactly do you want from me?


    "I want you to go and file for divorce with n yourself and leave the Howard family."


    [That''s impossible] Lexie shook her head.


    "Then don''t me me for being rude, Lexie, don''t forget that even without the gym teacher, you still


    have other leverage in my hands!"


    Lexie frowned.


    "I heard that Myles Lawrence has returned to the country, if n knows about that thing¡­"


    Edith''s gaze was filled with cold mockery.


    [Don''t be ridiculous.]


    Mentioning that name, Lexie''s face suddenly turned even paler, and her hand holding the corner of the


    table trembled slightly, [I have no contact with Myles for a long time]


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    Seeing Edith refusing to stop, Lexie clenched her fist, her gaze gradually calming down, [If you have to


    be do this, I guarantee that even if I leave the Howard family, you won''t be able to enter the Howard


    family''s door]


    "What did you say?"


    In front of Edith, Lexie fished out her phone from her pocket.


    "You recorded it?" Edith''s face sank fiercely.


    She had never expected that Lexie, who had always been obedient, had done this trick.


    If the words she just threatened Lexie were heard by n, the consequences would be unthinkable,


    after all, the ''gym teacher'' news was a disgrace for the Howard family.


    [I don''t want to fight with you for anything, as long as father agrees, I''ll leave the Howard family


    immediately, don''t you force me!]


    Lexie''s gaze was calm and determined as he quietly looked at Edith.


    Peter can''t control Edith, the pressure from both ends fell on her, and she can''t keep sitting still. Or


    when there was a trouble, she would be kicked out by n!


    Edith was furious and reached for the phone, "Give me the phone!"


    She was careless, and the recording should never be kept.


    Lexie hurriedly dodged, and the te with the snacks behind her was knocked over.


    It hit the ground with a ng and fell in pieces.


    "What''s wrong, Edith?" It came Diana''s questioning voice from the living room.


    Seeing this, Edith was even more anxious, taking advantage of Lexie''s unpreparedness, she grabbed


    her phone and threw it directly into the pool, the ttering water instantly submerged the phone.


    In the scramble, Edith actually hugged Lexie directly and both fell down towards the ground.


    "Ah..."


    Screams echoed through the kitchen.


    "What''s going on?" A deep, cold male voice came from the kitchen doorway.


    At some point, n also returned, coincidentally bumping into the argument.


    At this moment, Lexie was pinned underneath and raised her head in pain, and she saw Diana and


    n walking in one after the other.


    n stood behind Diana, tall like a majestic mountain.


    Lexie shuddered subconsciously.


    Without waiting for Lexie to exin, Edith, who was sitting on the ground, was the first to cry, "n, my


    hand is bleeding!"


    Diana eximed, "What''s wrong with this?"


    Edith''s hand pressed against the broken porcin, and bright red blood oozed from her palm, dripping


    to the ground.


    "My sister wasn''t feeling well, so I tried to help her, but she pushed me. n, I''m in so much pain ......"


    This was simply nonsense!


    Lexie''s face was pale, and she subconsciously looked at n and shook her head straight.


    She believed that it was impossible for Edith to make n gullible with such a clumsy tactic.


    n frowned slightly, striding past Diana and squatting down in front of the two, but only swept a cold


    nce at Lexie, extending his hand towards Edith in the next second, "Let me take a look."


    Edith was still sobbing and trembling as she stretched out her ''delicate'' hand towards n, "It really


    hurts, I just wanted to help my sister, but my sister said she doesn''t like me always appearing here,


    saying she is the mistress here, n, shouldn''t Ie ......"


    n''s face sank slightly as he gave Lexie a cold look.


    "This is the Howard family, it''s not your turn to decide who cane."


    Lexie''s heart sank, looking at n in disbelief, shaking her head in denial.


    [I didn¡¯t.]


    She hadn''t done anything, so why wouldn''t he even hear a word of her exnation?


    In front of her, n helped Edith up and instructed the maid to get the medicine.


    Edith obediently leaned into his arms, and he didn''t dodge away.


    As she left the kitchen, a smug glint flooded Edith''s eyes, and she cast a warning look towards Lexie.


    ¡®The phone''s gone. If you talk too much, you''re dead.¡¯


    Seeing Lexie still sitting on the floor, Diana red at her in disgust, "Why are you still sitting there?


    Hurry up and clean it up. I really don''t know what''s wrong with the Mitchell family, you are both the


    Mitchell family''s daughter, but let such a nasty daughter marry into our family, it''s really bad


    luck!"

 Chapter 23 Every Man Has His Fate

    Chapter 23 Every Man Has His Fate


    "Clean the ce up and serve a cup of tea."


    After Diana left, Lexie fished the phone out from inside the sink.


    It was definitely not going to turn back on since it had been soaked.


    She didn''t expect Edith to dare to be so reckless in the Howard¡¯s house.


    Thinking of the way Edith just pampered n, Lexie suddenly had some heartache, not because of


    n, but she had watched Edith like this for long.


    Whatever she wanted, all she had to do was to pout and she had everything.


    And she ......


    Forget it, every man has his fate.


    Lexie set her phone aside, gathered the broken porcin pieces inside the trash can, then refilled the


    snacks and made tea and sent it to the living room.


    At this moment, the maid had already helped Edith treat the wound on her hand.


    The wound wasn''t really big at all, just a small cut from the broken porcin, and it had stopped


    bleeding when it was bandaged, yet she still looked teary-eyed.


    "n, it hurts, did you not bandage it properly?"


    n held her hand and looked at it carefully, saying faintly, "It''s not a big deal, if you''re not sure, have


    someone take you to the hospital."


    "Could it get infected? It might need a tetanus shot."


    Hearing this from Edith, Lexie even wanted tough.


    Edith was a medical student, but made the pretense of being ignorant.


    "Lexie, what are you still standing there for?" Diana saw Lexiee out and said in a bad mood,


    "You''re dummy and clumsy, why don''t you hurry over and apologize to Edith?"


    Lexie was stunned.


    She didn''t do anything, so why should she apologize?


    After setting down her snacks and tea, she silently stepped aside.


    Diana didn''t relent, "Did you hear me? Are you deaf?"


    "Forget it, Mrs. Stewart," Edith leaned over n and made a generous face, "My sister shouldn''t have


    meant it."


    Hearing that, Diana held Edith''s hand, "You are too kind, no wonder you are bullied by some heartless


    people. If only are you are n¡¯s wife."


    Hearing that, the servants of the Howard family all had a strange look on their faces.


    Lexie clenched her fingers in secret, embarrassed.


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    The most important reason for herck of status in the Howard family was Diana''s attitude towards her.


    "It''ste, I''ming back to get some things and I have to go to the officeter, so I gotta take my


    leave."


    n''s voice interrupted their conversations. He stood up from the sofa, ncing at Lexie, "Youe


    upstairs with me."


    Lexie was stunned and looked at n in surprise.


    Was he helping her out?


    Watching the two go upstairs, Diana''s face sank, indignantly saying, "This mute really has some tricks,


    making n protect her so much!"


    Edith didn''t think so, "Mrs. Stewart, n is just taking pity on her, if he really protects her, why didn''t he


    refute what you said?"


    In her opinion, n not only didn''t protect Lexie, but also disgusted her, and probably he was to scold


    Lexie for making her get injured.


    When she thought of how n had just cared for herself, Edith was smug.


    On the other side, n closed the study door.


    Lexie took out the paper and pen she had with her and wrote a line and handed it to him to read.


    [Thank you for helping me out just now.]


    n nced at it and snorted coldly, "You''re thinking too much."


    Lexie faintly stared.


    "What was that about in the kitchen just now?"


    [I didn''t do anything]


    "How did Edith''s hand get hurt? What were you arguing about?" n''s gaze was stern as he looked


    coldly at Lexie, "Did Peter tell you toe to me again to find something?"


    [No]


    Lexie hurriedly shook her head, [Edith¡­]


    The words on the book were not finished, and Lexie suddenly stopped writing, hesitating for a while,


    not knowing whether to write on or not.


    "Keep writing," n pressed abruptly closer, his cold, deep voice pressing down from overhead, as if


    even the tip of the pen had been filled with lead, pressing on the book.


    Lexie could only write on, [Edith asked me to divorce you, she wants to marry to you.]


    This was the truth, and even if she didn''t say it, the entire family could see what was on Edith''s mind.


    "You don''t want to?"


    n''s voice rang in his ears.


    Lexie was suddenly startled, not knowing how to reply for a moment.


    It wasn''t a matter of whether she wanted to or not, and it wasn''t even her own will to marry into this


    family in the first ce.


    "What? Peter regrets it so soon?" n snorted, "Your family is really shameless, marrying daughter as


    casually as selling cabbages."


    With the insulting words fell on her ears, although they stung, Lexie was used to them.


    What she was suspicious of was n''s tone, which didn''t take Edith seriously.


    He seemed to loathe the Mitchell family.


    But if he loathed the Mitchell family, why did he have to ask to marry Edith in the first ce, and still


    cared for her in front of others?


    n didn''t continue and looked at her coldly, "I have something to tell you."


    Lexie showed a puzzled look.


    "You haven''t been back to your family since you''ve been married, have you?"


    Hearing that, Lexie''s heart stuttered as she nodded carefully, though the Mitchell family was really not


    worthy of her family.


    "I''m free tomorrow to apany you to go back."


    Lexie cast a surprised look towards n.


    What did he want to apany her back to the Mitchell family for?


    Seeing her hesitation, n''s gaze sank, "What? Not willing?"


    Lexie shook her head in a hurry.


    She just did not understand.


    Looking at the woman with this mute look, n impatiently waved his hand, "Alright, there''s nothing


    else, you can go out."


    Lexie nodded and heard n''s voice from behind her as she walked to the door.


    "I told you to be act properly, I didn¡¯t mean you should be tolerant. You are my wife, and you should


    know what should do and what shouldn¡¯t do."


    Lexie''s movement to close the door paused slightly, nodded and exited.


    Once the door closed, n took a seat behind his desk.


    After his slender finger slid twice on the phone and tapped on a software icon that was not avable on


    the market, Edith''s voice came from inside, sarcastic and mean, and just different from she was just


    now.


    From the first day Lexie married into the family, her phone was monitored.


    He knew exactly who she was talking to, what they said, what was newly recorded on her phone.


    However, the move that Lexie recorded her talking to her own sister was really something n hadn''t


    expected.


    He had really underestimated this mute.


    "Myles Lawrence is back to the country ......"


    Edith''s threatening voice came from the phone''s speaker, and n''s brows frowned slightly.


    Myles Lawrence?


    n snorted coldly.


    These two sisters of the Mitchell family were both tough nuts.


    On the trip to the Mitchell family, he wanted to see for himself what that old fox, Peter, had in mind.

 Chapter 24 Back Home

    Chapter 24 Back Home


    After returning from Howard''s house, Edith was smug as hell.


    As soon as she entered the house, she was called out by Peter, "Edith, where have you been?"


    Edith just entered the house, didn''t notice her father sitting on the sofa and was startled, "I ...... I went


    to Howard''s. Didn''t you tell me to approach n?"


    "Nonsense!" Peter pped the table and stood up, "Did I let you get close to the Howard family to do


    something nonsensical? What''s with the news?"


    Edith said sheepishly, "What news, I ...... I don t know."


    "You don''t know?" Peter''s face turned livid with anger, "You''re my daughter, there''s absolutely no way


    I''d let you marry n. You''ve never seen his tactics, so you don''t know how sinister he is."


    Having fought with n many times, he had long known that n was a man who would do whatever it


    took, otherwise he wouldn''t have risked offending n by marrying Lexie instead in the first ce.


    Edith thought otherwise, seeing Peter''s face easing, she immediately took advantage of the situation to


    hold his arm and said petntly, "Dad, don''t worry, n is really good to me. He even taught Lexie a


    lesson for me today in front of me, no matter what I say, he believes it, I think that Lexie is useless to


    stay in the Howard family."


    Saying that, Edith spiced up what happened today at Howard''s house.


    The more Peter listened, the more uneasy he felt, "Edith, listen to me, he''s not that simple, do you think


    he can''t read these little tricks of yours?"


    A man, who had been in the business world, had seen many storm, how would be get fooled by a girl?


    "Gee, don''t worry, Dad, I promise you that when I marry into the Howard family, n will help our


    family''s business."


    "Edith!" Peter immediately changed his face, revealing a stern look as he scolded, "I''m telling you for


    thest time, it is absolutely impossible. If you insist, I will send you out of the country to continue your


    studies, and you don''t have to care about Kevin Stewart."


    Edith was startled, looking at her father''s stern look, the words she wanted to say were all swallowed


    back, the smug look frozen at the corners of her mouth for a long time before she reluctantly nodded


    her head in agreement.


    Looking at his daughter''s aggrieved look, Peter''s heart softened and he said kindly, "I am doing this for


    your own good. Don''t get angry, cheer up, n ising tomorrow morning."


    "n ising to our house?" Edith''s eyes lit up.


    Was it because she was hurt and came to see her?


    In the next second, Peter''s words shattered her fantasy, "If Lexie really doesn''t work at all, n


    wouldn''t apany her back."


    "Lexie is back too?"


    "Of course," Peter warned, "Edith, I''ve said everything that needs to be said, your affair with n ends


    here, and there will be absolutely no trouble tomorrow."


    Edith was dissatisfied in her heart, but she didn''t dare to disobey Peter on the surface.


    In her mind, Lexie wasn''t even a worthy opponent, and n was definitelying for her.


    As for Kevin, she had figured a way out a long time ago.


    She would have both of these two men.


    Early the next morning, n took Lexie back home.


    Bags of gifts were piled up in the living room, and the maids of the Mitchell family looked on in awe.


    Didn''t it say that Miss Lexie has no status in the Howard family and was even worse than a servant?


    And Mr. n, who was rumored to be ugly-looking, was surprisingly so handsome, even with a scar on


    his face, it didn''t affect his looks at all, but added with the man''s cold and resolute aura.


    When Edith saw this, she instantly went crazy with jealousy and said sourly, "n, you''re so good to


    my sister, it''s her blessing that she married into the Howard family."


    "Edith, you should call n brother-inw," Peter gave his daughter a warning look.


    "Mr. Mitchell," the corners of n''s lips lifted slightly, "These are all small gifts, and I''ve additionally


    prepared a gift for you and Edith."


    Upon hearing this, Edith''s eyes instantly lit up, "Really, I have a gift too?"


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    n nced at Lexie.


    Lexie immediately reacted and handed the bag she had been carrying in her hand to Edith.


    n had just given her this bag before getting out of the car, and she had no idea what was in it.


    In front of everyone, Edith opened the bag and immediately eximed, "I''ve loved this ne for a


    long time, how did you know about it, n!"


    New from Tiffany''s, the diamonds on the ne glisten in the sunlight and are worth a lot of money.


    Lexie also froze.


    There was no excuse for n''s generosity, but to give his sister-inw such an expensive ne as


    soon as they meet is really hard not to make people think more.


    Peter''s face was grim, "It is such an expensive ne, Edith, return it to your brother-inw."


    "Just a ne, it''s not worth much," n''s tone was light, suddenly taking Lexie''s hand and asking,


    "It''s also a token of Lexie, and picked by her, right, Lexie?"


    Being held by n''s hand, looking at his smiling appearance, Lexie felt a chill run down her backbone.


    She gave a stiff nod.


    Edith of course knew for sure that it wasn''t Lexie who went to pick it, only as an excuse for n to fool


    Peter in order for her to ept it, and at that moment her heart was smug as hell.


    There was some small talk.


    Lexie quietly sat aside to peel the fruit and when she was about to hand the apple to n, Edith


    suddenly said, "n, you haven''te to my house before, let me show you around."


    "Edith."


    "Gee, Dad, it''s too boring that you always talk about business, I''ll show n around."


    With that, Edith separated the two hands and pulled n to leave, and Peter couldn''t even stop her.


    Peter''s gaze retracted from the two figures and finallynded on Lexie, his gaze immediately went cold


    as he questioned, "Did you buy the ne?"


    Lexie put the peeled apple down and shook her head.


    "You''d better catch n¡¯s heart as soon as possible and not let him get any ideas about Edith."


    Lexie was silent for a while, [Edith likes n, and she takes the initiative to approach n, and I


    couldn''t help it.]


    "She''s young, are you going to let her fool around too?" Peter red at her without good grace, "You''re


    at least her sister, are you going to watch her jump into the fire?"


    Hearing these words, Lexie''s heart suddenly ached.


    She was just a year older than Edith. Peter loved Edith, and he, without hesitation, married Lexie into


    the Howard family, and now he morally kidnaped her.


    Sister?


    Other than pretending in front of people, when had Edith ever really called her a sister?


    "I had not done with you about the paperworkst time, so you better do what you''re told to do this


    time."


    At those words, Lexie''s heart stuttered.


    What did he want her to do again?


    She didn''t dare to offend n again.


    Peter''s tone however suddenly shifted and eased down, "Lexie, you are also my daughter, watching


    you suffer in the Howard family doesn''t sit well in my heart either, so I will definitely help you gain a


    foothold in the Howard family."


    Lexie was slightly stunned.


    Peter looked at her and handed over a paper packet, "As long as you''re pregnant with n''s


    child."

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    Chapter 25 The Unknown Herbal Form


    Peter''s voice was low, but it fell on Lexie''s ears with a rumble.


    What kind of person was n? Except for the vindictive sex on the wedding night, he looked at her


    with undisguised indifference, and Peter actually wanted her to carry his child?


    This was a pipe dream.


    [That''s impossible] Lexie shook her head.


    Peter said without changing his face, "Nothing is impossible, as long as you put this inside his tea, and


    try a few more times, let him have it without finding it out, you will get pregnant in the end."


    Lexie was stunned.


    Was that something a father would say to his daughter?


    When she had first been taken back to the Mitchell family, she had had expectations for this father,


    longed for care from a father, but those expectations had all been dulled by the cold treatment day after


    day.


    Even so, she had never thought that Peter would sell her to the Howard family as if she were a good,


    after all, she was his daughter.


    [Dad, have you ever treated me as your daughter?] Lexie looked at Peter, trying to find a hint of warmth


    in his gaze.


    "Of course you''re my daughter, you''re the eldestdy of the Mitchell family, so you should know that


    these are all your responsibilities. Lexie, as long as you give birth to n''s child, then the Howard


    family will all be yours! I''m doing this for your own good."


    Peter said his ns, the greed that could not be concealed in his eyes was like a pot of cold water,


    making Lexie''s heartpletely cooled down.


    [I can''t do it] Lexie refused.


    n had already warned her, and she didn''t want to take the risk.


    Peter''s face went grim, "You have to."


    Lexie wanted to say something else, but the voices of Edith and n came from outside.


    Peter quickly shoved the paper bag into Lexie''s hand and pressed her hand, warning, "Don''t forget that


    your grandma is still lying in the hospital."


    The fatal weakness was in his hands, and even though Lexie was reluctant, she had to endure it.


    "What are you talking about?" n''s voice rang out behind him.


    Lexie''s back stiffened and she held the paper bag tightly and hid it in her sleeve.


    "Nothing, Lexie hasn''te back for a long time, just a little chat," Peter straightened up and looked at


    n calmly, squeezing out a smile, "Lexie said she was well taken care of in the Howard family and


    was doing well."


    "Is that so?" n gave Lexie a meaningful look.


    When she met his gaze, Lexie suddenly felt heart weak and blushed.


    "My Dad and my sister haven''t seen each other for a long time, let them talk. n, let me show you


    upstairs," Edith disliked the way n was paying attention to Lexie, pulling his arm and shaking it.


    "No need, Lexie will take me."


    Hearing these words, Lexie''s expression stalled and she looked at n in surprise.


    "n ......," Edith shook n''s hand.


    "I said before I came that I wanted to see the ce where Lexie lived before she got married," n


    drew his arm out and his cold gaze turned to Lexie, "Right, Lexie?"


    He called out ''Lexie'', causing Lexie to shiver.


    What the hell was n up to?


    Looking at the figure of n and Lexie going upstairs, Edith stomped her feet in anger.


    "Edith, sit down," Peter''s face sank as he watched his daughter like this.


    n was really a tough nut, and he did not know what tricks he had made his daughter, who was


    spoiled since childhood, so obsessed with him.


    At this rate, it was going to have troubles.


    Lexie led n into her bedroom.


    It was hard to get sunlight into the room for it faced north.


    Closing the door to the room, Lexie looked resctriced and pulled out the chair in front of the desk,


    letting n sit.


    "Is this where you live?" n nced at her with aplicated gaze.


    Lexie nodded.


    n frowned.


    Rather than a girl''s bedroom, this was a shabby study, with a wall of bookcases filled with books, an


    outdated desk, and a folding single bed in the corner making up the entire room.


    The Mitchell family was also a rich family, he had never thought that Peter would let his daughter live in


    such a ce.


    However, thinking that Peter could allow Lexie to marry into the Howard family, it was evident that this


    mute daughter indeed had little status in his heart.


    Lexie looked at n uneasily, wondering what exactly he was going to do.


    But n just stood in front of the bookshelf, casually drew a book out, and asked seemingly


    thoughtlessly, "What did Peter say to you?"


    Lexie''s heart tightened and she shook her head cautiously.


    "Didn''t say anything?" n lifted his head, his gaze extremely cold, "Then what is it in your hand?"


    The moment these words fell, Lexie''s mind went nk at once, and she involuntarily took a step back,


    the paper bag she had been clutching in her palm almost drenched in sweat.


    He saw it.


    n did not approach, but the way he stood still was even more frightening, the pair of his unperturbed


    eyes seemed like abyss, as if she was about to fall.


    After a long time of stalemate, Lexie finally stretched out her hand, her shoulders trembling slightly, and


    slowly spread her palm towards him.


    It was her instinct to survive.


    The door squeaked open with a sudden sound.


    "n," Edith pushed open the door, said with a sweet smile, "I''ll bring you some fruit."


    A faint trace of impatience shed across n''s face as he said faintly, "Thank you."


    "You are wee, just feel at home," Edith came in with a te, ncing coldly at Lexie as she walked


    past her, "Sister, do you want to go help in the kitchen? The maids don''t know what food n has to


    avoid."


    Lexie nodded and moved her foot, kicking the white paper bag that she had identally dropped


    earlier under the bed.


    [Then I''ll go and help, you guys talk.]


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    The moment she closed the door to the room, Lexie only regained the feeling of breathing, the clothes


    on her back had long been drenched in cold sweat.


    She could never drug n.


    Through the door of the room, she heard the sound of n and Edith talking inside.


    "How do you like the ne?"


    "I like it, for it is from you."


    "......"


    "You studied pharmacology abroad, didn''t you?"


    "Yeah, that''s what my family does."


    "With the prescriptions of Mitchell Pharmaceutical Group, do you still need to go abroad for further


    study?"


    "Yeah, I don''t know what my dad was thinking, with the patent on our family''s prescription, it''s perfectly


    sufficient to keep passing it on, so why bother learning from someone else''s stuff?"


    "Oh? Then Edith, you should have seen your family prescription, right?"


    "......"


    Hearing the word ''prescription''ing from the door of the room, Lexie''s heart thumped and sank.


    The reason for n suddenly apanying her back to home and approaching Edith seemed to


    make sense to her.


    The Mitchell family was a century-old pharmaceutical family, and the most valuable thing about the


    Mitchell Pharmaceutical Group was not the name of the Mitchell family, let alone Peter''s business


    talent, but the unknown herbal forms.


    n came for this.

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    Chapter 26 Leading ¡®Wolf¡¯ into the House


    In the bedroom, facing n''s inquiry, Edith was suddenlycking of confidence, "Of course ...... of


    course I''ve seen it, that''s something that''s passed down in our family."


    n had read countless people, and when he saw Edith stammering, he knew she didn''t know the


    truth.


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    Peter, the old fox, was even defending his own daughter.


    However, since he had sent Edith to study medicine, he was bound to prepare for the future inheritance


    of Mitchell Pharmaceutical Group.


    So n didn''t say anything about it.


    Edith changed the topic, "n, actually I''m not very interested in the management of my family''s


    business, and I''m studying medicine, so I still want to depend on my own in the future, can you do me a


    favor?"


    n''s gaze lifted from the book, "What kind of favor?"


    "I want to work in a hospital."


    "Which hospital?"


    "It''s Renhe Hospital," Edith carefully surveyed n, afraid of revealing her purpose.


    A deep meaning surfaced in n''s eyes.


    "Sure." A cold voice rang through the room.


    "......"


    At lunch, Edith was diligent in helping n with food.


    n, however, just said thanks and turned to his cup to drink water, not moving his chopsticks.


    Lexie shook her head silently in her heart.


    Having been in the Howard family for quite a few days, she knew n''s eating habits; he wouldn''t eat


    the food that others gave him, and he wouldn''t have a single bite withoutmunal chopsticks on the


    table.


    Edith was making a mistake ttering n.


    However, n was so close to Edith, why he made an exception for her? Lexie thought darkly.


    n nced at Lexie''s absent-mindedness through the corner of his eyes and ced his bowl directly


    in front of her, "The Mitchell family''s cook is good, Lexie, eat more."


    Hearing n''s inexplicably concerned voice, Lexie turned back to her senses and met the scowl of


    Edith across the room.


    If eyes could kill, then Edith''s gaze had already killed her.


    Lexie couldn''t help but shiver, and she seriously suspected that n was deliberately trying to stir up


    Edith''s discontent with her.


    [I can''t eat this much] She gestured and pushed the bowl back, [You have it]


    The bowl stopped halfway between the two men when they pushed it.


    Against n''spelling gaze, Lexie''s hands felt like they were filled with lead and couldn''t push.


    After a while, she reluctantly tugged at the corner of her mouth and pulled the bowl back to herself,


    [Thank you]


    During lunch, Peter asked about some business dealings. n seemed to be in a good mood and


    actually revealed some inside information about the project.


    "Director Gardner of SEC said that?" Peter''s eyes lit up.


    n was calm and cool as always, "It was my assistant who happened to overhear what Director


    Gardner said when we were negotiating the cooperationst week, but the financing risk is still very


    high, and I heard that the Lane Group and a few others are still on the sidelines."


    "The financing project that the Lane Group is optimistic about is definitely not bad," Peter smiled


    joyfully, "Sophia, open a bottle of wine, it is a good day."


    While looking at Peter, Lexie secretly was worried about him.


    Although she did not know much about the business world, n¡¯s words almost had no difference with


    the fortune telling. He used Director Gardner and the Lane Group as a front, Peter would believe that


    the project financing was extremely profitable.


    In ordance with the Mitchell Group''s great loss, if Peter really invested in new projects, that debt


    rose to the peak, if he was careless, Mitchell Group would go bankrupt.


    Lexie thought a lot, but didn''t say a word.


    It was a meal that was on pins and needles.


    n had to go to a meeting at thepany in the afternoon, so he didn''t stay much longer, and took


    Lexie with him when he left.


    The Mitchell family came out to see their guests off.


    "n,e often in the future," Edith pulled n to pamper him, her voice so whiny that Lexie got


    goose bumps.


    "It''ste, we gotta go, Mr. n, you still have to go home and change first." The driver on the side


    coughed and whispered to remind the two of them of the time.


    n nodded slightly and nced at Lexie, who was standing to the side, "Get in the car."


    It was only then that Lexie returned to her senses and nodded her head.


    n frowned impatiently, in his eyes, Lexie was like a wooden person, her eyes werex and listless


    all day, and this moment, she was watching him and Edith talking, not reacting.


    Before getting into the car, she passed by Edith, and Edith said in a low voice, "n did notpany


    you back to home, but he was here to see me. You''ve seen how much n cares about me, I''m afraid


    you haven''t received any gifts from n until now, right? You are no different from a servant in his


    eyes."


    Lexie was embarrassed, but still forced herself to make a face of indifference and gestured [You still


    want to have this position as a servant]


    She was good-tempered, but not contrary.


    With those words, she turned and got into her car.


    As the car faded away, Edith stomped her feet as she watched, rushing to Peter to spill her guts, "Dad,


    look at her, she is arrogant now. If we really let her continue to stay in the Howard family, she''ll bully us


    in the future!"


    Peter frowned, "Okay, stop it, did you tell n?"


    Edith froze for a moment before responding, "Yes."


    "What did he say?"


    "Of course he said yes." Mentioning this, Edith was smug, "n let me work at Renhe Hospital


    whenever I want, so I can see Kevin every day then."


    "That''s good," Peter nodded thoughtfully, "From now on, you''ll have less contact with n, and put


    more of your energy on Kevin."


    Although Edith was not reluctant in her heart, she still nodded her head on the surface, and with a good


    girl''s look, she took Peter''s arm and went into the house.


    The car pulled out of the cottage area and drove slowly down the street, the rear view mirror reflecting


    Lexie and n.


    "What did Peter give you?"


    The man''s deep, cold voice rang out from the carriage, not a trace of emotion audible.


    Lexie had been prepared and said, [Nothing, just told me to remind Edith not to get too close to you for


    fear of causing gossip.]


    "Is that so?"


    Her jaw was pinched, and a sharp pain struck, causing Lexie to draw a cold breath.


    He didn''t believe it?


    n, however, snorted coldly and increased the force on his hand as if he was pinching a small bird


    with ease and recklessness, "Is Peter afraid of causing gossip? Or is he afraid that his precious


    daughter will lead the ¡®wolf¡¯ into his house?"


    Lexie was stunned, and the movements of pping n''s arm were much slower.


    Was this a disguised admission that he did have other ns for the Mitchell family?


    Was it really about the prescription?

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    Chapter 27 The Howard family


    Lexie was in pain from being pinched, but could only make a whimpering sound, hoarse, even the


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    driver couldn''t help but take one more look in the rearview mirror, unable to bear it in his heart.


    "Where''s the stuff Peter gave you?"


    His cold and deep voice echoed in the carriage. He clearly saw that Peter had given something to


    Lexie, but it was interrupted by Edith at the house.


    Lexie''s eyes were filled with tears as she shook her head repeatedly.


    This soft look of her rebelliousness fell in n''s eyes, and the force in his hand involuntarily eased.


    So much time had passed, even if she had really been given something, it would have been hidden by


    her long ago.


    "You''d better remember that as long as you stay in the Howard family, you are a member of the Howard


    family, and it''s better to behave well, or don''t me me for being rude."


    Lexie shrank in a corner of the car seat with a stunned look on her face and n directly let go of his


    hand.


    Lexie''s position in the Mitchell family was clear to him, and even if it wasn''t clear before, this trip to the


    Mitchell family today made it very clear.


    If she didn''t have something in Peter''s hand, she wouldn''t be so obedient to this so-called father of


    hers.


    Thinking about the hospital, n had some ideas.


    Lexie looked at n in fear, one hand covering her hurtful chin, her back tightly leaning against the car


    door. Making sure n had let her go, she took a breath of relief.


    In that moment just now, she had the feeling of being in the abyss.


    Staying by n''s side was really a heart-testing thing.


    After sending Lexie back to the Howard''s house, n went straight to thepany.


    The assistant Jack came with a cup of tea.


    "Mr. n, the hospital has been contacted, and Miss Mitchell can go to the hospital tomorrow for her


    internship."


    "Have you talked to Kevin?" n didn''t look up, and after taking a sip of tea, he turned the book over a


    page.


    "Not yet, Dr. Stewart is not at the hospital today, but the dean will notify him."


    n nodded, "Lexie''s grandma is also in that hospital?"


    "Yes," Jack nodded, "Dr. Stewart is indeed the chief surgeon, and ......"


    Hearing Jack''s hesitant tone, n lifted his head, his eyebrows cold, "And what?"


    "The records on the hospital show that Dr. Stewart paid for the surgery for her grandma."


    Jack hadn''t figured out why Kevin helped Lexie''s grandma?


    n''s brow furrowed slightly.


    Seeing the book n was flipping through in his hand, Jack''s expression faintly stalled.


    Half a minuteter, he hesitated, "Mr. n, you seem to be quite concerned about your wifetely."


    It was a signnguage book that he had never seen in n''s office before, and n had brought it with


    him as soon as he arrived today and hadn''t stopped flipping through it until now.


    Thinking about Lexie''s situation, Jack''s heart was somewhat mixed up.


    "Shall we have the hospital and get a more senior doctor to have the surgery?"


    n was thinking about something and was pulled back into his thoughts when he heard this, giving


    Jack a cold look.


    Jack winced inwardly and knew that he had said something wrong, "I am sorry."


    After the assistant left, the office fell silent.


    n''s long fingers rubbed the pages of the book in his hand, flipped to thest page and found a page


    of words on the nk, it could be seen that it had been a long time, the handwriting had faded a bit, but


    still could be clearly seen, it was a transcription of "To the Oak Tree".


    [If I love you, I will never be like a climbing trumpet vine, relying on your high branch to show off myself


    ......]


    Looking at the graceful handwriting, Lexie''s soft and clean eyes urred to n''s mind, so she also


    liked this poem?


    Lexie returned to Howard''s house.


    In the living room, only Marry was cleaning the table, and when she saw Lexie return, she didn''t even


    say hello.


    Lexie was not angry, [Where is Mrs. Stewart?]


    If Diana wasn''t home, she''d be able to breathe a sigh of relief and go upstairs for some rest.


    But Marry frowned, "Why are you gesturing? I can''t read it."


    Lexie froze, the gestures she had just made were not exactly in signnguage, ordinary people could


    perfectly follow her expressions to see what she meant.


    As she was about to take out her book to write, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind her, "My


    mother is out, what do you want from her?"


    As soon as Lexie turned around, she saw Kevin looking at her with a slight smile.


    Lexie nodded at him as a greeting, and wrote on the book she pulled out, [Nothing, I brought some


    things from home for Mrs. Stewart]


    The things brought back were prepared by Peter.


    After all, she was the daughter of the Mitchell family. Though she was no longer favored, his father still


    had to rely on her to do things, so he had prepared some gifts.


    "She shouldn''t be back untilter, just give it to Marry."


    Lexie nodded, indicating that he knew.


    [Why are you home? Not at work?]


    "It''s my day off," Kevin exined, "By the way, I''m going to the hospitalter, do you want toe with


    me?"


    Lexie was slightly stunned and shook her head after a moment of silence, smiling faintly as she


    refused.


    [I''m not going to the hospital today, but tomorrow.]


    Thinking about her earlier contact with Kevin and n''s poor attitude towards herself, her heart chilled,


    it was best not to cause any more unnecessary misunderstandings, and it was good for everyone.


    After saying this, Lexie pointed upstairs and made a sleeping gesture, indicating that she was going


    upstairs to rest.


    Unheard loss surfaced in Kevin''s eyes, but he nodded, "Okay, go ahead."


    Looking at Lexie''s figure going upstairs, obviously a little weak, for some reason, the feeling in Kevin''s


    heart that he wanted to protect her became even stronger.


    As the night gradually sank, the bedroom on the second floor of the Mitchell¡¯s vi was lit up.


    "Yes, thank you, Dean, I will go to the hospital tomorrow morning on time."


    Edith held the phone, and the tone of her voice was one of unconcealed joy.


    Hanging up the phone, she looked at the induction notice she received on her phone screen and


    immediately sent a message over to n, "n, I received the news from the hospital, I didn''t even


    expect you to do it for me so soon, thank you."


    But she did not receive any reply.


    It was already eleven o''clock at night, and when she thought that n should have returned home at


    this time, lying in a bed with Lexie, the smile on Edith''s face froze.


    No, Lexie and n didn''t sleep in the same room at all, Diana had told her that.


    But what the father meant ......


    Edith quickly rummaged through the drawer and pulled out a white paper packet.


    It was picked up next to Lexie''s bed when she left her room in the morning.


    She majored in pharmacology, and grew up with herbal forms, so she knew what the white paper


    bag contained by smelling it.


    If she was not mistaken, this was given to Lexie by her father. Her father asked Lexie to drug


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    Chapter 28 Hospital Visits


    The following day was breezy and sunny.


    Diana got up early in the morning to apany her son to dinner.


    Kevin sat at the table and couldn''t help but nce up to the second floor, "Where''s Lexie?"


    By rights, he should address Lexie as his cousin-inw, but thinking of n''s attitude towards Lexie, he


    couldn''t call out for some reason.


    "Why are you mentioning her this early in the morning?" Diana put an egg onto the te in front of


    Kevin, "Son, have this egg."


    Kevin frowned, "Mom, you should be nice to Lexie, it''s not easy for her."


    Hearing this, Diana showed an unhappy expression, "You just returned home and you don''t know the


    situation. Your cousin was originally going to marry Edith, the second youngdy of the Mitchell family,


    it was Lexie who tricked Edith, and only then did she marry in her ce. You want me to be nice to


    such a woman? ording to me, I should let n divorce her and kick her out."


    Kevin''s frown deepened, surprisingly, there was this whole thing.


    As they were talking, there was a sound from outside in the living rooming down the stairs, and it


    was Lexie getting ready to go out.


    Diana immediately pulled long her face, "You are thetest to get up, you are reallyzy."


    Lexie stood silently and gestured, [Sorry]


    "Who can understand what you''re saying?" Diana didn''t have a good temper, "Where are you going


    early in the morning?"


    [Hospital] Lexie wrote down in her notebook.


    Diana had an obscure look on her face, "You go to the hospital every day, do you know how many


    germs you brought back with you?"


    She waspletely oblivious to the fact that her son was a doctor, and had spent much more time in


    the hospital than Lexie, and had been exposed to far more patients and germs.


    Seeing Lexie being scolded, Kevin immediately got up from the dining table and interrupted, "Mom, I''m


    done eating."


    "You are done? Eat some more."


    "No," Kevin said smoothly as he picked up his jacket that was resting on the back of his chair, "Lexie, I


    need to talk to you about your grandma''s surgery, take my car to the hospital."


    Lexie nodded.


    It was imperative for her to escape from Diana, otherwise, she would be scolded for the whole day


    without being able to get out, let alone going to the hospital.


    "Hey--"


    Diana failed to stop Kevin, and in her son''s face, she couldn''t go too far with Lexie, so she could only


    watch as the two went out the door, one after the other.


    "This damned mute! Kevin is haunted, why is he still helping her?"


    Marry was setting the table and warned, "Madam, you have to be careful, Mr. n is ignoring Lexie,


    but Mr. Kevin is good-tempered and kind-hearted, there is no guarantee that this mute will have other


    thoughts."


    Hearing these words, Diana''s heart thudded and she turned her face, "How dare she?! If she dares to


    approach my son, she will never stay in the Howard family again!"


    But when she thought of that temper of her son, Diana was indeed a bit rmed.


    On the way to the hospital, Kevin pulled out a bag of biscuits from the back seat, "You haven¡¯t had


    breakfast, have some, when we get to the hospital, buy some foodter at the breakfast shop."


    Lexie took the biscuits and wrote in her notebook, [Thank you]


    Kevin took one look at it andplimented, "Your writing is beautiful."


    Lexie continued to write, [I was thanking you for helping me out just now]


    "It''s my mom''s fault, don''t mind it," Kevin held the steering wheel, while apologizing to Lexie "My mom


    is a bit stubborn, except for the family, she is more or less mean to others, if you suffer any aggravation


    from her, I apologize to you on her behalf."


    Lexie examined the man in front of her, his face was handsome, his tone was gentle, different from the


    sarcastic Diana, so it was hard to imagine that he was Diana''s son.


    "By the way, I heard that it was your sister who was originally going to marry my cousin?"


    Lexie was slightly stunned and nodded in the end.


    "So how did it turn out to be youter?"


    Lexie fell silent.


    The reason wasplicated and could not be exined in one or two sentences, and there was no


    way she could talk to Kevin about it.


    She couldn''t tell him it was because Edith disliked n''s ugly looks, so she took Edith¡¯s ce, because


    she wasn''t the kind of person who talked badly about people behind their backs.


    Seeing her silence, but Kevin was distressed, "I''m sorry, I shouldn''t have asked that."


    [It is oaky] Lexie shook her head, [I''ll tell you when I have the chanceter]


    "Okay," Kevin smiled, "If you are wronged at home in the future and my cousin treats you badly, you


    cane and talk to me and I will help you persuade him."


    [No need] Lexie waved her hand.


    If she let Kevin go to n and say something, she couldn''t imagine what kind of attitude n would


    have to face he, and she was afraid it would have to be even worse.


    Kevin suddenly felt a little powerless.


    This girl beside him could not speak and looked soft and weak, but she was tough, and her gentle eyes


    were with force, so that he could not move away his eyes.


    Wasn''t such a girl more worthy of love than that Edith?


    He really didn''t know what his cousin was thinking.


    Soon after arriving at the hospital, Kevin had to go to the outpatient clinic, so Lexie went straight to her


    grandma''s ward.


    During her pre-operative recuperation, Grandma already looked better than before. When Lexie


    arrived, Grandma was chatting with the patient in the next bed.


    When she saw Lexie, Grandma smiled brightly, "I told you it was about time Lexiees to see me,


    see, she is here."


    Lexie smiled gently and took her Grandma''s rough hand, [How are you feeling? Are you okay?]


    "I''m fine, but why have you lost so much weight? Is it because you''re worried about me, so you haven''t


    eaten properly? Or is Peter not good to you?"


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    Grandma had never been very kind to Peter.


    [No, grandma, I''m good these days.]


    "Good, by the way, Lexie, is the surgery very expensive? I don''t think I have any problem, I think I can


    be discharged from the hospital tomorrow."


    [No] Lexie squeezed her grandma''s hand with a serious face, [The surgery must be done, you don''t


    have to worry about the money, it has been solved.]


    "Howe?"


    Lexie pursed her lips, [My Dad paid it.]


    Grandma looked at Lexie suspiciously, "Really?"


    Lexie nodded solemnly.


    In order to reassure grandma, she can only say so, if grandma knew that she married to the Howard


    family for her medical expenses, grandma must refuse to operate.


    Sure enough, Grandma sighed in relief, "Peter still has some conscience, but I don''t think he really


    wants to help us, but he''s just trying to figure out our family''s prescription."


    Prescription?


    Lexie faintly stared, [What prescription?]


    Grandma looked around and lowered her voice and said, "I never told you before, Peter took you back


    to the Mitchell family in the first ce, it was for our family''s prescription, that prescription ......"


    "Lexie--"


    A familiar voice suddenly came from the doorway, interrupting Grandma''s words.

 Chapter 29 The Dispute

    Chapter 29 The Dispute


    Hearing this familiar female voice, Lexie''s back immediately stiffened, and when she turned around,


    she saw Edith standing in the doorway in a white coat, looking at her with a high-minded attitude.


    [Why are you here?] Lexie froze.


    Grandma also frowned and subconsciously held Lexie''s hand tightly, swallowing back what she was


    going to say.


    "Of course I''m here for the internship, unlike you, you don''t even have a job until now, just replying old


    people." Edith sarcastically spoke to Lexie.


    Come for an internship?


    Lexie gaped at her in surprise.


    Edith did wear a whiteb coat from Renhe Hospital, and came in with the medical record book of the


    room check, and walked straight to Lexie and grandma, "By coincidence, on the first day of work, it was


    me who came to help your grandma check her body."


    Lexie subconsciously shielded herself in front of her grandma, looking extremely resistant.


    "Lexie," Grandma patted Lexie''s shoulder and looked at Edith, without being condescending, "I didn''t


    expect the second youngdy of the Mitchell family to leave the family business behind and run to work


    in a hospital, what a promising career."


    Edith had a smug look on her face, "It''s still the old woman who speaks well, unlike some people who


    can''t speak and is still annoying."


    She arrived early this morning and was greeted by the director, so she was treated politely by anyone


    in the hospital.


    As soon as Grandma heard this, she snorted coldly, "It''s a pity that people with wrong hearts talk about


    what medical skills, Edith, I don''t need you to examine me, please get me someone else."


    "What did you say?" Edith''s face changed, "Who has the wrong heart?"


    "I am talking about whoever is biting like a mad dog."


    Grandma''s temper had never been very good, and it was caused by the cold eyes she had received in


    her early years when she was alone with Lexie.


    Besides, she had seen what Peter and his daughter had done over the years, and if it wasn''t for the


    sake of Lexie getting good education, she wouldn''t have Lexie stayed in the Mitchell family.


    Edith at once scolded, "Olddy, it is your blessing that I gave you examination. I don¡¯t have a wrong


    heart, you and your daughter who died long ago have wrong hearts. Your daughter is a mistress and


    the daughter she gave birth was deserves to be a mute, this is all retribution!"


    "You ......" Grandma was furious and couldn''t speak as she covered her chest.


    Lexie was anxious, helping her grandma to smooth her breath, waving her hand to let Edith stop talking


    about it.


    "What? Feeling ashamed? Lexie, you are just like your mother and your grandma, you still think you


    are something good? I''m warning you, stay away from Kevin, don''t be delusional."


    Lexie was afraid that her grandma would be stimted again, so she was about to push Edith away.


    "How dare you push me? Let go, what are you doing?" Edith pushed Lexie fiercely.


    With a bang, Lexie stumbled and took a few steps back, falling directly onto the hospital bed, her back


    hitting the end of the bed, was barely able to breathe from the pain.


    "What''s going on?" A male voice came from the doorway.


    "Kevin," Edith''s face changed. She originally wanted to speak out to humiliate Lexie, once she saw


    Kevin, she immediately made an aggrieved look, "Kevin, she pushed me first."


    Kevin did not bother to talk to her, hurriedly went up and helped Lexie up, "Are you alright?"


    Lexie''s eyes were filled with tears from the pain, but she shook her head and looked towards her


    grandma in the hospital bed.


    Kevin knew what she meant, and after helping her sit down aside, he immediately took the stethoscope


    and went to check on grandma, "Grandma, lie down first, adjust your breathing, don''t think about


    anything."


    Seeing this, Edith dissatisfied, "Kevin, I ......"


    "Shut up," Kevin held his stethoscope in one hand and turned his head to throw Edith a stern look,


    "Who told you toe here? Get out!"


    As a trainee on her first day, without any training or permission from the attending doctor, she had


    chief for rification as to who had sent her here.


    Atst, Grandma''s emotions calmed down and her heartbeat gradually returned to its normal


    frequency, resting against the hospital bed, with Lexie sitting next to her, holding her hand tightly.


    "Grandma is fine, don''t worry," Kevin reassured Lexie.


    Lexie nodded.


    [Is Edith working here? Can we not put her in charge of Grandma?


    At the mention of this, Kevin''s face sank slightly, "I''ll handle this matter, you don''t have to worry."


    After saying this, he immediately turned around and went out.


    Edith was still waiting outside the door, and as soon as she saw Kevine out, she immediately went


    forward to exin, "Kevin, it''s really not what you saw, she pushed me first."


    Kevin sank his face, revealing a rarely cold look, "Edith, do you think no one hasn¡¯t heart what you said


    to Lexie and Grandma?"


    There were other patients in the ward and a little questioning would reveal the truth of what had


    happened.


    Edith blushed, being arranged by n into the hospital was so easy that she had just gotten smug and


    only wanted to give Lexie a lesson, she had never expected this to happen.


    But looking at the way Kevin defended Lexie, she was not resigned but gritted her teeth, "Kevin, why


    are you so protective of her? Don''t you forget that she''s your cousin-inw."


    Kevin didn''t change his face, "This is a hospital, she''s a patient''s family, what does that have to do with


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    what you''re saying?"


    A remark made Edith speechless, at once annoyed and angry, she stamped her foot, "I''m going to tell


    Mrs. Stewart!"


    After saying that, she ran off angrily


    Kevin stood in the hallway, frowning at Edith''s figure running away with an impatient expression.


    They were both the daughters of the Mitchell family, but the second youngdy and Lexie were too far


    apart. Lexie could not even get out of her grandma''s medical bills, so he could imagine how much hard


    time she had suffered since she was a child.


    Besides, Lexie, after coaxing her grandma to rest, followed Kevin to his section to treat her wound.


    With the push by Edith, she got her ankle injured, it actually wasn''t bleeding anymore and it wasn''t a


    big deal, but Kevin still treated it for her.


    "Well, try not to touch the water for a couple of days."


    [Thank you] Lexie wrote down two words and handed the notebook over.


    Looking at the beautiful handwriting on Lexie''s book, Kevin suddenly asked, "Earlier, I heard from


    grandma that you were not born with your dumbness, have you thought about treating it?"


    Lexie was slightly stunned and shook her head.


    It was true that she wasn''t born with her mute, the fire had smoked her voice back then, and originally


    the doctor had said it could be cured, but it had been so many years ago that she had missed the best


    time to treat it, besides, she couldn''t get enough money for the treatment, so she had given up.


    "There''s no rush, I''ll tell you about thister. Is your back hurt too? Let me see."


    "......"


    At this moment, the door of the section where Kevin was seeing the doctor was not closed tightly, and


    no one noticed that there was a mobile phone outside that happened to capture the image of the two


    people alone, framing the most misunderstanding-prone picture.

 Chapter 30 Get the Hell out of the Howard Family

    Chapter 30 Get the Hell out of the Howard Family


    In Howard''s group office, n was watching the engineering n on hisputer.


    "Mr. n, our biggestpetitor for the Tomly project this time, Sing Tan Group, has basically


    negotiated the bid for that piece ofnd, and it''s a bit difficult to change the situation now."


    Jack''s voice came from behind theputer, with a lot of worry in his tone.


    n said, "There are no easy words in the business world."


    Jack pondered.


    Howard''s group had made it so big that the opponents who could bid against it were never generalists,


    and it was impossible for a tiny opponent to appear in front of n.


    As he was talking, n''s eyes suddenly went dark.


    "Mr. n, what''s wrong?" Jack''s heart tightened and he was worried about the engineering


    department, "Is there something wrong with the nning?"


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    It wasn''t until he saw theputer screen that had been turned around by n that Jack snapped


    back to his sense.


    On theputer screen was a new anonymous email, with only a photo attached.


    Jack''s face was not very good, "Mr. n, this photo ......"


    The photo was of Lexie and Kevin in the section, and Kevin was holding one of Lexie''s hands and was


    looking down at something carefully for her.


    n stared intently at the two men''s interlocked hands, his voice extremely cold, "Check the IP


    address and see who sent it."


    Jack shivered violently, "Yes."


    n stared at the photo, his fingers tapping the desktop, his eyes sinking as he thought of what


    happened over the past few days.


    It seemed that although the Mitchell family arranged this mute girl to the Howard family, it didn''t turn out


    the way they wanted.


    On the other side, Lexie was inexplicably uneasy.


    She stayed at the hospital until the afternoon, just as Kevin got off work and gave her a ride.


    Just after returning to Howard''s house, the two of them were called by Diana.


    Diana swept Lexie with a displeased look, "Kevin, why did youe back with her?"


    Lexie was about to take a notebook to write, Kevin already opened his mouth to exin, "It just so


    happens that I got off work, so I brought her back. We are families, and I am just doing her a favor."


    "We are not families?" Diana nced at Lexie contemptuously, "It''s uncertain how long she can stay in


    our family, I ......"


    "Mom," Kevin directly interrupted Diana''s words, her face went dark slightly.


    Hearing that, Diana could only embarrassingly close her mouth, swallowed the rest of her words and


    said kindly, "Okay, I won''t say anything more. It''s rare that you get off work early today, stay and talk


    with me."


    Considering Lexie''s situation in the Howard family, Kevin looked up and turned his head, "Lexie, go and


    rest, I''ll let you know when it is time for dinner."


    Lexie hesitantly nced at Diana.


    "Alright, go ahead," Diana was trying to talk to her son, so she didn¡¯t bother with Lexie, she waved her


    hand, like she couldn''t wait for her to hurry up and leave.


    Lexie was relieved.


    After the sound of the door closing came from upstairs, Diana collected her disdainful gaze and peeled


    an apple for her son, speaking, "Kevin, I heard that Edith went to your hospital for her internship, right?"


    "Yes," Kevin said, a little distracted.


    "Edith is the second youngdy of the Mitchell family, highly educated, pretty. I have met her, she is a


    kind girl, in the future she will work with you, so you should take care of her."


    Kevin looked pale, "She doesn''t work with me."


    For the way she had spoken out against a patient at the hospital this morning, he would never take on


    someone like that as his intern assistant, and he would have to request a change of assistant


    regardless of her connections.


    "Did Lexie say something to you?" Diana frowned, "This mute even talked bad words about others, she


    just doesn¡¯t want her sister to be good."


    Kevin had a serious face, "Mom, can you not judge people by their appearance?"


    Diana was mean, and Kevin knew it, plus n''s attitude, so Lexie''s situation in the Howard family can


    be imagined, and Kevin couldn¡¯t bear it to see it.


    "I''m not judging people by their appearance, I''ve investigated it," Diana patiently exined to Kevin,


    "That mute¡¯s mother was a mistress back then and got Edith¡¯s mother killed, this kind of woman will


    only bring bad luck?"


    Kevin''s brow furrowed for a moment, "Who did you hear that from?"


    "Edith told me herself," Diana sighed, "At noon today, she came to me crying, saying that she had a bit


    of unpleasantness at the hospital in the morning, and was misunderstood by you. After her exnation,


    I realized that she is so pitiful, how hard it is for her to lose her mother at the age of a teenager?"


    It turned out to be Edith.


    Kevin''s frown deepened, "Mom, you can''t just listen to one side of the story."


    "What''s wrong with you?" Diana instantly changed her face when she saw Kevin still speaking for


    Lexie, "Are you under some kind of drug by that mute? Why do you always help her?"


    "I''m not helping her, I''m telling the truth, and," Kevin looked at Diana seriously, "Mom, don''t bother with


    cousin''s family if you can. He has his own life, and we have our own."


    "What do you mean by that, you ......"


    "Mom, I''m tired, I''m going to my room for some rest," Kevin put down his cup, directly interrupted


    Diana''s words, and went straight to his room.


    Looking at her son''s back, Diana''s face turned livid with anger.


    Lexie was resting in her room when she suddenly heard the sound of something being dropped with a


    ''ng'' from downstairs, startled, and through the door of her room, she heard Diana''s fuming voice


    "I''ve worked so hard to bring him up, and now that he''s grown up, he''s starting to use me."


    "Madam, don''t be angry, Mr. Kevin certainly didn''t mean that."


    "Why not? He just dislikes me for lingering in the Howard family and disgracing him? n has never


    said a word against me, but he had, is he my own son?"


    "Madam, take it easy and have a sip of tea."


    "ng," there was another loud ng, like the sound of broken porcin.


    Lexie''s grip on the book clenched slightly, puzzled.


    In fact, she had always found it strange. The Howard family had such a big family, even if n had lost


    his parents in his early years, he did not need his aunt Diana to bring him up.


    And judging from Kevin''s attitude, he seemed to resist Diana staying at the Howard family.


    Listening to the noise downstairs gradually subsiding, Lexie finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned


    the book to a page. She really had no intention of paying attention to these matters of the Howard


    family.


    Unfortunately, the peace did notst long, and before she could finish reading the page, the door to the


    room was pushed open from outside with a ''bang'', without even a knock.


    Lexie was taken aback and looked up in surprise.


    Diana was standing in the doorway, looking at her in anger, "Mute, hurry up and pack your things and


    get the hell out of Howard''s house right now!"


    Lexie''s heart tightened and she clutched the book tightly.

 Chapter 31 The Handhold of Obedience

    Chapter 31 The Handhold of Obedience


    Diana looked arrogant and disdainful as she looked down at others.


    "You''ve seen how n treats you, I don''t care what means you used to marry in your sister''s ce,


    with a cripple like you, are you worthy of the status as his wife? You still presume to get close to my


    Kevin, I tell you, it is delusional!"


    [I never wanted to get close to Kevin, he is just my grandma''s attending doctor.]


    Lexie wrote down a paragraph for Diana to read.


    "What the hell!" Diana angrily knocked the notebook over in her hand.


    With a ''pop'', the notebook fell to the ground, and Lexie hurried to pick it up.


    "Marry, call the car, send her back to the Mitchell family now, and tell them that she is not allowed to set


    foot in our family again, or else they will bear the consequences themselves!"


    With a contemptuous face, Diana directly told the servants to pack up her things and throw them out.


    Marry could not wait to drive Lexie out of the house, so she hurried to shove Lexie¡¯s things into the


    suitcase and dragged it out.


    Lexie had little things, and a tiny suitcase wasn''t even full.


    When she watched Marry tug away her suitcase, Lexie''s face suddenly turned white and she stumbled


    to grab it back.


    There were still things left for her by her mother in that suitcase.


    She struggled to say something, but could only make a hoarse sound that no one could read, no matter


    how hard she gestured in her hands.


    She scrambled all the way to the door.


    "Get the hell out of here!" Diana pointed at Lexie''s nose, her face iparably gloomy.


    Lexie was in a hurry to get her suitcase back, but she was mistaken for not wanting to leave. Marry


    pushed her, saying in no good mood, "I''ve told you to leave, what are you doing?"


    Lexie stumbled on her feet, and in the midst of her weight shift, she cried out in shock as she fell


    backwards.


    But the expected pain didn''t hit her, a pair ofrge hands held her waist from behind and steadily


    caught her, "What are you doing?"


    A cold chortle sounded from overhead.


    When Lexie raised her head, she saw that under the backlight of the streetmp, n was looking


    ahead with a gloomy face.


    With things in the suitcase scattered all over the floor, he could tell at a nce that Lexie was being


    kicked out.


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    "Who gave you the guts?" n let go of Lexie, his face sunken.


    "It¡¯s ...... it¡¯s ......," Marry''s face was pale and she nced towards Diana at the side for help, shivering


    and unable to say a single word.


    Diana did not expect n to suddenly appear, but still said, "n, this woman can¡¯t stay here, the


    Mitchell family is clearly fooling us, we can¡¯t hold back this anger!"


    "It''s my business to keep her or not, and no one else has the right to interfere."


    n''s voice was not loud, but was firm.


    Diana rarely had been embarrassed. She brought up n, so the Howard family respected her, and


    she was always high and proud, but in front of n, she dare not say too much.


    She weakened her temper and tried to persuade her nicely, "n, don''t be angry, marriage is not a


    matter of child''s y. You haven''t got a license anyway, so it doesn''t count at all."


    Hearing these words, Lexie clenched her fingers at once, suddenly seeing a glimmer of hope.


    The Howard family and the Mitchell family got married, it waspletely a sudden move, although she


    could do nothing about it, but if n resolutely did not want her, Peter would have no way out, and she


    did not have to be worried in the Howard family.


    The glint in Lexie''s eyes fell impartially into n''s eyes, and in that instant, even he didn''t realize it his


    face sank.


    Was she expecting to leave the Howard family?


    Dream on!


    n''s cold voice rang out in the courtyard, "If this is what is being referred to, you don''t have to worry


    about it, Aunt. Tomorrow at two o''clock in the afternoon, we''ll get the marriage license."


    "What?"


    Everyone''s face changed, and that included Kevin who had just heard the noise and came out of the


    house.


    The moment he saw Kevine out, n''s gaze went colder, and suddenly grabbed Lexie, his eyes


    fixed on her, "Without my permission, even she herself doesn''t have this right to leave the Howard


    family."


    Lexie''s arm was in pain and she let out a grunt of pain, clenching her teeth.


    But to others, she was being protected by him.


    Kevin''s eyes suddenly darkened a bit.


    Diana''s face stiffed, but she didn''t dare to say anything more.


    This was the Howard family, and n was the owner here.


    "Follow me upstairs," after the concise words fell, n withdrew his gaze that hadnded on Lexie and


    walked towards the vi withrge strides.


    Lexie followed with her suitcase in her arms, and as she passed by Kevin, she heard him ask in a low


    voice, "Are you okay?"


    She shook her head, not daring to say anything, and hurriedly followed n, unaware that Kevin''s


    words fell on n''s ears, inexplicably harsh.


    As soon as the door to the bedroom on the second floor closed, the house instantly fell into silence.


    "What''s going on?" n unbuttoned and sat on the couch, coldness radiating from his body.


    Lexie shook her head at n, [I don''t know]


    "Really?" n grunted, "You seem to have a good rtionship with Kevin?"


    The icy voice echoed through the room, and Lexie''s heart stuttered.


    "Uh... "


    Before she could respond, n stood up abruptly and pinched her cheek, his expression cold and


    stern, "You are capable, my aunt kicked your out because of Kevin, right?"


    "Deny it? Then what is going on?"


    Lexie desperately shook her head to deny it, but she saw n''s phone raised to her eyes, and the


    picture on the screen was the picture of her and Kevin in the hospital.


    The force in n''s hand didn''t decrease, and his words became increasingly mean, "Does Peter think


    that he can pin down the Howard family by relying on his two daughters?"


    Lexie shook her head feebly, her eyes red.


    Looking at her helpless appearance, n''s gaze went dark, "You were willing to marry into the Howard


    family because of your grandma, right?"


    Hearing the word ''grandma'', Lexie''s heart suddenly startled, and fear appeared in her eyes.


    What was n going to do?


    "That is why you are obedient to Peter?"


    n''s eyes were cold enough to make her panic, and Lexie subconsciously wanted to step back, but


    her back was already pressed against the wall.


    "Have you thought about it, if Peter can control you with this, I can too."


    In this instant, Lexie only felt like falling into an ice cer.

 Chapter 32 Make a Deal with You

    Chapter 32 Make a Deal with You


    The cold temperatureing from the pinched cheek was nowhere near as cold as the sound in her


    ear.


    Lexie only felt her mind buzz and go nk as she looked at n in fear.


    n slowly let go of his hand and sat down again on the sofa, slightly raising his chin, his expression


    arrogant and cold, "Earlier, I thought you were lying, but now it seems that you are really willing to do


    anything for your grandma''s illness."


    It was a long time before Lexie tried to get up to breathe, but because of inhaling too hard, she choked


    hard, covering her neck and leaning against the wall, coughing uncontrobly.


    She choked out tears and her hand was shaking with the pen, [What do you mean?]


    n slowly inhaled and exhaled, his slender hands crossed on his knees as he leaned down and


    looked up at her, "I want to make a deal with you."


    "......"


    "I want the Mitchell family''s prescription."


    Prescription again... He was really after the Mitchell family''s prescription!


    Lexie''s face stiffened and she shook her head repeatedly, [What prescription? I don''t know.]


    The Mitchell family''s prescription was a trade secret, the lifeblood of the Mitchell Pharmaceutical


    Group, and even Edith didn''t know much about it, let alone her, a coldly treated illegitimate daughter!


    "There''s no rush."


    Of course he knew that Lexie wasn''t that capable.


    "Of all the prescriptions the Mitchell family have, I only need one, the one in Peter''s personal safe."


    Lexie shook her head helplessly, [You''re imposing on me]


    No matter which one n wanted, there was no way she could get it.


    "Imposing on you?" Looking at the beautiful words on the notebook, n''s eyes grew gloomier and


    gloomier as he looked coldly at the woman in front of him, "That''s right, I am imposing on you, this is


    the debt your family owes!"


    When Peter caused Linda to be buried in the fire, he should have paid with his life.


    Thinking of this, n''s face became even more gloomy as he said quietly, "At the end of this month,


    when Peter celebrates his birthday, if you can''t get it, I willpletely help you eliminate the handhold


    of yours in Peter''s hands, and then, you won''t have to be constrained by anyone anymore."


    A deep, cold voice echoed through the room, and Lexie was viciously stunned.


    What was n going to do with her grandma ......


    Absolutely not!


    "Have you thought this through?"


    [Give me some time], Lexie had to take a step back.


    She couldn''t do this thing that n had instructed her to do, she didn''t even know where the safe was


    that n had mentioned, so how could she get the prescription?


    "Is that a deal you''re making with me?"


    Lexie gritted her teeth and clenched her pen, [Grandma''s surgery is next Monday, I need to wait until


    Grandma''s surgery is over before I can go do this.]


    Looking at the stubborn look of the woman in front of him, n knew that pushing further would not


    have the result he wanted, thinking for a moment, he uttered, "Okay."


    He''d waited all these years, so he didn''t care about these few days.


    "Don''t try to make any tricks," n dropped a warning before he left, "Don''t forget that you don''t have


    anyone to rely on should something go wrong."


    With a ''bang'' of a closed door, Lexie shivered violently.


    A whileter, Lexie held onto the chair and slowly sat down, her legs weak without a bit of strength.


    She couldn''t stay any longer in the Howard family and even J City, and she had to take her grandma


    away as soon as possible.


    In the following day, n went out early in the morning and met Kevin at the door.


    "Morning."


    "Waiting for someone?" n nodded as a greeting, his gaze crossing over to Kevin and seeing the car


    behind him as if he was waiting for someone.


    Kevin didn''t shy away from it, "I''m going to work, and I''m taking Lexie to the hospital to see her


    grandma."


    "Lexie?" n felt it inexplicably harsh, and coldness flooded his eyes.


    And at that moment, Lexie came out of the house, carrying a in beige canvas bag, and once she


    stepped out of the house, she met the gaze of the two men and was stunned for a moment.


    Such a coincidence?


    She had purposely leftte today to avoid these two.


    "Lexie, good morning!" Kevin''s voice reached Lexie''s ears.


    She subconsciously raised her head and smiled towards the distance, but when she met n''s gaze,


    her smile instantly froze, and she could only nod cautiously, standing motionless by the door.


    "Come on, I''ll take you to the hospital."


    Kevin''s voice rang out again, as gentle and bright as ever, just like this morning sunshine.


    "No need, I''ll go to the office and drop her off on the way." n''s voice echoed in the courtyard,


    inexplicably causing this morning sunlight to be tainted with a bit of cold air.


    Lexie''s face stiffened.


    "Lexie ......," Kevin froze.


    Lexie didn''t dare look at Kevin''s eyes, clutching the canvas bag strap tightly, and under n''s


    From beginning to end, n didn''t say a single word of nonsense.


    Kevin looked to the car with a look that could not hide his loss.


    n walked past him and pressed hisrge hand on Kevin''s shoulder, quite forcefully, his tone a little


    cold, "You should call her cousin-inw."


    Kevin faintly stared.


    The car pulled away from the entrance of thepound, which inexplicably looked stern in the height


    of summer.


    From the rearview mirror, he saw the white figure in front of the courtyard getting farther and farther


    away, but the apology in Lexie''s heart grew deeper and deeper.


    "What? Reluctant to ride in my car?"


    The man''s cold voice rang out, and Lexie jerked back to her senses, hastily shaking her head in denial.


    "So you''re disappointed you didn''t get a ride with Kevin?"


    Lexie shook her head, [I don''t want to take his car, even if I don''t take your car, I won''t go and take his


    car.]


    "Oh? Is that so?"


    [Mrs. Stewart doesn''t like me being close to Kevin, I''ll keep my distance.]


    Taking the initiative to exin and avoid unnecessary misunderstandings was the way she had learned


    to survive around n.


    Seeing this, n grunted, "You are rather sensible."


    Diana had always regarded Kevin''s marriage as very important, and ordinary girls couldn''t even make


    it, let alone Lexie.


    n nced at Lexie and turned his eyes to the window again, saying quietly, "Stay away from Kevin


    and don''t ask for trouble."


    Lexie nodded, indicating that she understood.


    Looking at her with this mute look, n didn¡¯t bother to talk to her anymore, closing his eyes and


    leaning back in his chair to rest.


    The scenery outside the car window receded rapidly, the carriage was quiet, and Lexie gradually took a


    breath of relief.


    Lexie cautiously looked at n.


    The scar on his face seemed much faint even as he slept, not as hideous and gruesome as it usually


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    was.


    Lexie examined it for a while, and she found the driver was observing her from the rear-view mirror, at


    once she was stunned, bending down, by going to pick up the canvas bag dropped in between the two


    seats to cover embarrassment.


    Just as she picked up the canvas bag, her wrist was grabbed by arge hand.


    Lexie was startled and thought it was n who had woken up, but when she lifted her head, she saw


    that his eyes were still closed, but cold sweat was sliding down the scar at the corner of his forehead,


    as if he had fallen into a huge nightmare.


    Would a man like him be haunted by nightmares too? It was actually a little heartbreaking to watch.


    Lexie gradually calmed down and carefully tried to draw back her hand.


    "Linda-"


    In an inaudible whimper, n snapped open his eyes, his sharp cold eyes seemed to hide two ice


    des, whooshing into Lexie''s eyes. She fiercely jolted, instantly even her breathing


    stopped.

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    Chapter 33 The Nightmare


    The air in the carriage seemed to freeze.


    As if n was still in the dream and notpletely out of it, he just grabbed Lexie''s hand without


    letting go, and his originally cold and sharp gaze slowly wandered away, looking at her as if he was


    looking at another person through her.


    Lexie was too frightened to move and became more and more panicked.


    "Mr. n, the hospital is here."


    The driver''s voice pulled back n''s mind, and the moment he saw the woman in front of him, he


    almost immediately reverted to his cold appearance, speaking, "Get out of the car."


    Lexie didn''t dare to say much and grabbed her canvas bag, getting out of the car.


    She watched the car pull away from the hospital entrance before she sighed in relief, heartily holding


    her wrist, which had just been scratched painfully, and moving it twice to make sure it wasn''t broken.


    The man even was horrible in his dream.


    But she had just heard n shout a name ''Linda''?


    On the other hand, after the car drove away from the hospital, n had been lost in thought.


    The driver drove on, worried, "Mr. n, did you just have a nightmare?"


    n''s intense brows wrinkled, and his expression was cold and stern.


    It''d been years since hest dreamed about that fire.


    One''s memories faded with time, and despite his deliberate attempts to remember over the years, he


    still couldn''t stop those memories of her from weakening little by little in his mind.


    He didn¡¯t know when he hadn''t been able to remember what she looked like, only the eyes blurred by


    tears in the zing fire, the dreams ending abruptly whenever he tried to get close enough to see them


    clearly.


    But just now, Lexie''s face actually ovepped with hers in the sea of fire.


    Thinking of this, n fiercely clenched his fists, veins rippling on the backs of his hands.


    How did she deserve it?


    "To the cemetery," the man''s cold voice rang out from the back seat.


    The driver froze for a moment, meeting n''s stern gaze in the rearview mirror, his hand on the


    steering wheel shook slightly, "Okay."


    "......"


    Lexie spent the whole day at the hospital with her grandma.


    The following day was Monday, and Grandma''s surgery was scheduled for the early hours of the


    morning, and that was under help of Kevin, so she had to stay there tonight.


    "Her temperature is normal, and without incident, we can operate normally in the early morning."


    In the ward, Kevin personally took Grandma''s temperature and came out and instructed Lexie on some


    pre-operative precautions.


    "Don''t give Grandma any food in the afternoon, there will be an enema at about 2:00 p.m. It will be a


    little rough, so tell her to be ready."


    Lexie nodded, [I will talk to grandma]


    "Right, you haven''t had lunch yet," Kevin nced at his watch, "Come on, let''s go eat together."


    Lexie shook her head and politely declined, [No, I have to stay with grandma.]


    Kevin was about to say something else but a female voice came from behind him, "Kevin, you''re here,


    I''ve been looking for you for half a day."


    Hearing the voice, Lexie and Kevin frowned almost simultaneously.


    There was no need to look, and they knew it was Edith.


    [Dr. Stewart, you go ahead, I''ll go in.]


    Kevin pulled her back, "You have to have some food."


    Lexie''s footsteps lurched, and as she froze, Edith had alreadye up to the two of them.


    As soon as she saw Kevin pulling Lexie, her face instantly changed, "Kevin, what are you doing?"


    Lexie snapped back to her senses, drawing back her hand, her eyebrows frowning slightly.


    Kevin nced at Edith and said coldly, "We were just about to go to dinner, what do you want?"


    "You guys?" Edith''s eyes were on fire with anger, and she gritted her teeth, "It''s not quite appropriate


    for the two of you to go to dinner, is it?"


    Lexie was about to refuse, but Kevin spoke again, "There are so many people in the hospital canteen,


    so why is it not appropriate to eat together? Miss Mitchell, you have many rules."


    "That''s not what I meant, I ...... Kevin, I came to ask you for advice on this case ......"


    "It''s lunch break."


    Kevin interrupted directly, in a polite yet detached manner, "Let''s talk about it when we finish eating,


    let''s go."


    Lexie rarely saw Edith defeated, and she did not expect Kevin, who had always treated people with


    generosity, to be so cold to Edith, she was a little stunned for a while, and when she came back to her


    senses, she had already been pulled by Kevin and walked some distance away.


    [Wait a minute], Lexie carefully tugged on Kevin''s cuffs.


    "What''s wrong?" Kevin stopped in his tracks.


    [Dr. Stewart, you go eat, I''m not hungry yet.]


    Despite the great pleasure of seeing Edith defeated, Lexie politely refused Kevin.


    Kevin frowned and inquired patiently, "You seem to be avoiding me? Is there anything wrong?"


    Lexie shook her head and smiled faintly, [I have to go back to stay with grandma].


    With those words, she turned into the ward.


    The moment she turned around, the smile on Lexie''s face slowly disappeared, her current situation


    really didn''t allow her to offend Diana anymore.


    Looking at Lexie''s leaving figure, aplicated feeling of loss bubbled up in Kevin''s heart for no


    reason.


    It was a feeling he had never had in his first twenty years.


    As soon as Lexie returned to the ward, her grandma looked at her with a surprised face, "Why are you


    back? Didn''t you go to dinner with Kevin?"


    [How do you know?]


    Lexie was stunned.


    "Why don''t I know? I asked Kevin to take you to dinner," Grandma looked smug, "Dr. Kevin is a good


    person, good looking, good in every way, more importantly I can tell he has a crush on you. Lexie, you


    have to take your chance."


    Lexie hurriedly went to cover her grandma''s mouth, [Stop that, it will tarnish Dr. Stewart''s reputation.


    We have nothing to do with each other, you''re overthinking it.]


    What did Grandma think? Wasn''t this a mess?


    Seeing Lexie''s anxious eyes, grandma stopped, but in her heart she was still very reluctant, "Lexie,


    don''t think you don''t deserve him, in my eyes, you are much more beautiful and excellent than that


    Edith."


    Lexie shook her head helplessly.


    It wasn''t even a matter of being excellent or not, it was a matter of her already being married to n.


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    Grandma took Lexie''s hand andmented, "Lexie, you have grown up, you and your mother look much


    alike, both are beauties."


    Lexie had almost no memory of her mother, she had only heard it from her grandma that her mother


    was knowledgeable, gentle and virtuous, the most excellent girl in the world.


    [How did my mother die?]


    At the mention of this, Grandma''s face was stricken and suddenly fell into silence.


    Just when Lexie thought that Grandma would again be as silent as before, Grandma suddenly said in a


    suppressed voice, "Because of a prescription."


    A prescription? Again?


    Lexie''s heart stuttered and she looked at her grandma in a daze.


    Grandma asked, "Lexie, do you remember what happened when you were a child?"

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    Chapter 34 Grandma''s Hiding Something


    Lexie shook her head, a little confused.


    She barely remembered anything from her childhood, and had always thought it might be because she


    remembered things at ater age than others, and shortly after she had memories, she had been


    received by Peter to live in J City.


    Grandma reached out her withered hand and pined the hair in front of Lexie''s forehead behind her ear,


    revealing a clear and beautiful face of hers.


    As if talking to the air, she uttered, "You don''t remember, if you do, how would you be willing to follow


    Peter to J City?"


    Lexie was slightly stunned and puzzled, [Why? Didn''t father bring us to J City because he felt that the


    ce we lived was unsafe?]


    When she was a child, she lived in the mountains with her grandma and mother, and then in a


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    mountain fire, her mother died unexpectedly, and it was because of this incident that Peter received her


    and her grandma to J City.


    "Of course not, he is simply for ......"


    [For what?]


    At the mention of the ident, Grandma''s face was suddenly gloomy, and her cloudy eyes fell into


    great mourning.


    Lexie pulled at the corner of her grandma''s coat, [Grandma, what''s wrong with you?]


    Grandma suddenly snapped back to her senses and reluctantly said, "I am fine."


    Grandma patted Lexie''s hand, "Lexie, you must live a happy life, it''s enough for us to live this life


    without shame, your mother in heaven must also wish you a peaceful life."


    Listening to her grandma''s words, Lexie nodded her head obediently.


    "By the way, Lexie, do you still have that box your mother left you?"


    Lexie nodded her head.


    "Keep it well."


    [Grandma, what''s inside that box?]


    For as long as Lexie could remember, her grandma had been asking her to hide the box, but the box


    was squared and she was unable to find an opening, as if it were a carved piece of wood.


    But Grandma said it was a box.


    "You''ll know when you can open it one day."


    The words of the grandma mean a lot, and Lexie always felt that over the years, Grandma seemed to


    have been hiding something from her.


    The operation was in the early hours of the morning, and Lexie had only closed her eyes for a while.


    Kevin himself was the main surgeon, which put Lexie''s mind at ease.


    The lights in the operating room stayed on, Lexie waited outside the operating room alone until dawn,


    and finally waited until the surgery was over, and as the door to the operating room opened, Kevin


    came out while taking off his mask.


    "The surgery went well, grandma is fine," looking at Lexie, Kevin told her with a faint smile.


    Lexie finally let out a sigh of relief and slumped back in her chair.


    "Is everything okay?" Kevin made a subconscious move to help her.


    Lexie shook her head, [Thank you.]


    "You''re wee, it''s my job as a doctor, but you haven''t slept all night, go get some sleep. Grandma''s


    anesthetic hasn''t worn off yet, she won''t wake up in a short time."


    Lexie nodded her head, but her body couldn''t move.


    Her nerves had been tense throughout the surgery, and now she was so relieved all of a sudden that


    her legs were too weak to walk.


    Kevin looked distraught, "I''ll help you."


    Lexie waved her hand, [I''ll rest here for a while, please take care of Grandma.]


    Kevin could obviously feel Lexie''s detachment from himself, originally wanted to ask something, but


    looking at her current haggard appearance, he still did not ask.


    "Then I''ll go get you something to eat."


    Before Lexie could politely refuse, Kevin had already shoved a bottle of water into her hand and left


    first.


    Lexie was left alone in the empty corridor.


    The thought of what she would have to face after her grandma''s surgery only made her feel panicky.


    Early in the morning, the Howard¡¯s vi.


    "n, less coffee, it''s not good for your health."


    Diana handed the juice to n and nced upstairs in the direction of the second bedroom, "These


    two days Lexie hasn''te back, what is she doing? She doesn''t care about her husband, how could


    she?"


    n looked at the newspaper, his tone indifferent, "She''s in the hospital taking care of her grandma."


    "The hospital has plenty of caregivers, does she have to stay there for twenty-four hours a day? Kevin


    hasn''te back for the past two days either, and every time I called him, he said he was busy, I think


    it is Lexie pestering him."


    n looked up from the newspaper, his gaze sinking slightly.


    "n, don''t be angry, I know you are sympathetic to this mute, but our family is not a shelter that takes


    in everyone. If this mute is peaceful and quiet, it would be fine, but look at her, she is scheming."


    The more Diana said, the more agitated she became, "Kevin defends her, even doesn¡¯t listen to me.


    Kevin is soft-hearted, it must be this mute who seduces ......"


    "With a ng, the coffee cup was ced heavily on the dining table, Diana''s voice came to an abrupt


    halt, and she looked up in fear to see n''s cold face.


    "n, I said too much, but, but ...... I do this for your good."


    n interrupted, "If you are free, why don¡¯t you think about Kevin''s marriage?"


    Diana was stunned.


    "I''m done eating and going to the office."


    Dropping a sentence, n grabbed his jacket and left the dining room in stride.


    Hearing the sound of an engine in the courtyard, Diana''s face quickly sank as she cursed, "This mute is


    such a scourge, n clearly doesn''t want me to interfere, it seems like I can''t get rid of her in a short


    time, what an eyesore."


    Marry was clearing the table and came to console her, "Madam, you don''t need to take her to heart,


    what can a mute do? Mr. Kevin won¡¯t like her, do you really like Miss Edith?"


    "Edith? Hmph," Diana snorted coldly, "What is the Mitchell family? It is just an old Chinese medicine


    family that has gone down the drain over the years, if it wasn''t for n asking to marry his daughter,


    would they have got in touch with our family?"


    Marry wondered, "Then you are ......"


    "I just want them to fight against each other. If I can¡¯t get rid of this mute, how am I going to exin to


    the Dexter family?"


    Mentioning the Dexter family, Marry froze, "You''re still thinking of the Dexter family ......"


    Not waiting for Marry to finish her words, Diana suddenly thought of something, "I haven''t seen Mr.


    Stanley for some days, right?"


    Marry nodded, "Every summer, Mr. Stanley came from his hometown to the summer resort in J City for


    a vacation, and this time should have passed."


    Diana pondered, "n got married, and Mr. Stanley hasn''t met his grandson-inw yet, I should also


    take a trip to visit him so I can tell him in advance."


    Marry was slightly stunned, quickly reacted and said joyfully, "Yes, you raised Mr. n, everyone in the


    Howard family respects you, and Mr. Stanley will definitely listen to whatever you say."


    Marry''s words made Diana''s boredom for days sweep away, and she said dly, "Let''s do it this


    weekend, prepare some gifts, I''ll go to the summer resort to meet Mr. Stanley."


    "Okay."

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    Chapter 35 Consider My Lexie


    At Howard Group headquarters, the office was lit with incense, mixed with the smell of tea, which made


    people meditate and concentrate.


    n was not old, but had the old-school style, and usually he was unsmiling, which was one of the


    reasons why he took over the Howard Group at such a young age and was sincerely convinced.


    "Mr. n, we''re almost done talking about the Tomly project, here''s thetest progress."


    "Okay," n took the file, leaned back on the sofa and flipped through two pages, asking casually,


    "Has there been any recent news over at the hospital?"


    Jack answered, "The operation went quite well, Mrs. Howard has been personally taking care of her


    grandma. The olddy is recovering well and will be discharged in another week, and I see that Mrs.


    Howard has been looking for a house recently."


    "She''s looking for a house?"


    "It should be a house where the olddy lives after she is discharged," Jack exined, "Earlier the old


    In fact, Jack''s statement was considered a euphemism, just based on Lexie''s position in the Mitchell


    family, her grandma''s life in the Mitchell family would not be easy.


    n pondered for a moment, "You have someone arrange the house privately."


    Jack froze for a moment, snapping back, "Yes."


    Wasn''t Mr. n not at all concerned about his wife? Why did he change his attitude ......


    Lexie stayed in the hospital for a few days and watched her grandma''s spirit gettingter, she rxed


    a lot.


    Kevin came over to check in the morning. To avoid post-operative infection, the hospital had changed


    the single ward for grandma, which was much quieter than the previous environment.


    "Grandma is recovering well, and at this rate, she should be discharged sooner than expected," Kevin


    smiled, receiving the stethoscope into his coat pocket.


    "Thank you, Dr. Stewart," Grandma''s head was wrapped in gauze, but she didn''t look like a patient at


    all, she was very spirited and took Kevin''s hand and examined him. The more she looked at him, the


    more she liked him.


    "I have a question."


    Kevin smiled, "What is it?"


    "What do you think of Lexie, Dr. Stewart?"


    Grandma''s words caused Lexie, who was standing by, to freeze, and the knife she was holding to peel


    the apple almost cut her hand.


    Kevin, however, didn''t hear the slightest thing wrong, and gave Lexie a look, "Lexie is very nice, pretty


    and gentle, and most importantly, kind."


    "You don''t mind that she can''t talk?"


    Kevin froze for a moment, and that was when he heard some of the implications.


    Without waiting for him to answer, Lexie had already sharply pulled at her grandma, gesturing with one


    hand, [Grandma, what are you talking about? Stop it.]


    "She is embarrassing," Grandma said with a smile, "Dr. Stewart, Lexie is about the same age as you,


    although not as highly educated as you, she has a master degree, and her job is stable, working in the


    J City Library as an archivist... ..."


    Grandma had long speech, mentioning everything and Lexie could not stop her.


    "Dr. Stewart, Lexie is a good girl, think about it."


    Kevin lookedplicated, and when he looked at Lexie, he found her shaking her head carefully, as if


    she was asking for help.


    It looked like Grandma didn''t know about Lexie''s rtionship with him, or even that Lexie had been


    married!


    After chatting for a while, Grandma urged Lexie to send Kevin off, which was clearly to create a chance


    for the two of them to be alone.


    [I''m sorry, don''t take what grandma said just now to heart.]


    As soon as they left the door of the ward, Lexie was apologizing to Kevin.


    Kevin wondered, "Doesn''t grandma know about your marriage yet? Why didn''t you tell her?"


    The Howard family was a powerful family in J City, and marrying into the Howard family, no matter how


    n was, should be considered a pretty good marriage for the Mitchell family.


    Lexie, however, had a bitter face and looked awkward, [Please help me keep it a secret, don''t let


    grandma know for now, I''ll talk to grandma sometimeter.]


    Perhaps it would never need to be said, if she could sessfully take her grandma out of J City.


    Looking at her, Kevin frowned, "Do you have some kind of hardship marrying my cousin?"


    Lexie froze for a moment.


    "My cousin''s personality has been a bit withdrawn, so I was still surprised when I heard that he got


    married, thinking it would be a business union or something. I heard that the Mitchell Pharmaceutical


    Group had some problems earlier, did you do it for the Mitchell family ......"


    Looking at Kevin''s concerned look, Lexie was suddenly very touched and also suddenly very


    aggravated.


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    It was the first time someone had asked her that since she had married n, even though Kevin''s


    guess wasn''t entirely correct.


    Everyone thought that her being able to marry into the Howard family was a blessing, and that a mute


    should be grateful to be married to n.


    Lexie shook her head and denied it.


    Just in time, the phone suddenly rang, interrupting the conversation between the two men.


    Lexie saw an unknown number, and when she got through, a male voice came from there, "It''s Miss


    Mitchell, isn''t it? I am from real estate agency, are you looking for a house? I happen to have a house


    here, and I can show you this afternoon."


    Lexie had no way to speak and when she was about to hang up and text a response, Kevin held out his


    hand, "Let me take it."


    The two were close enough so Kevin could hear what was said on the phone.


    He knew that recently Lexie was looking for a house.


    Lexie gratefully handed the phone over.


    "Hello, she''s not avable to answer the phone, just tell me about the house."


    "......"


    "This afternoon?" Kevin lifted his wrist and looked at it, "Around 12:30 p.m. I think, I happen to be off


    work on my lunch break, so I can go over there."


    "......"


    "Okay, then."


    Hanging up the phone, Kevin handed the phone back to Lexie, "I''ll apany you over to see the


    house at twelve noon."


    Lexie shook her head, [Don''t bother, I''ll just go by myself.]


    "Forget it, you''re easy to be fooled," Kevin smiled gently, "It just so happens that I have nothing to do at


    lunchtime, so I''ll go with you."


    [Thank you.]


    Lexie couldn''t refuse, and she did get a little scared alone.


    Soon it was noon and Kevin drove her to the ce she had agreed with the real estate agent.


    The man from real estate agent wore a suit and was enthusiastic about introducing the house, "We


    have arge t, one hundred and fifty square meters, with an elevator, which is very convenient for


    the elderly, most suitable for your situation."


    Lexie followed the agent and looked around at the house in front of her, and really couldn''t pick a single


    thing wrong with it.


    The house was on the fifteenth floor with bright kitchen and bright bathroom, they could just move in.


    The most important thing was that the location was excellent, only ten minutes walk from the library


    where Lexie worked. If something happened to grandma, she couldpletely rush back at the first


    time.


    But ......


    "What''s wrong? Don''t like it?" Kevin''s voice came from behind her, "I think it''s not a bad ce."


    Lexie hesitantly asked, [How much is the rent for this ce?]


    The agent looked at her words and immediately smiled, "Miss Mitchell, don''t worry, this house is very


    cheap, the monthly rent is three thousand."


    Three thousand?


    Lexie froze.


    Even if she had never rented a house, she knew that three thousand couldn''t even afford to rent a toilet


    in such a location and decoration.


    How was that possible?

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    Chapter 36 Outrageous Real Estate Agent


    Seeing Lexie''splex expression, the real estate agent immediately spoke again, "If you think it''s


    expensive, you can actually negotiate, I think two thousand will work."


    Lexie opened her eyes wide, unable to believe what she had heard.


    She hasn''t said a word, but the agent dropped a thousand?


    That was outrageous!


    Kevin also felt something was wrong and asked bluntly, "Is there something wrong with this house?"


    "How can you say that, Sir? You absolutely can''t find a more suitable house in a five kilometer radius, it


    has no problems at all, and this is a new house that hasn''t been lived in, and the price is so cheap."


    "ording to what you''ve said, and what we''ve seen, the rent on this house is a problem."


    The agent''s face stiffened and he looked at Lexie inquisitively, "You guys are thinking it''s too cheap?"


    Lexie nodded.


    "Well ......" the agent scratched his head, "Two thousand is okay."


    Lexie slid on the phone, found out the same neighborhood, the average monthly rent was 15,000 or so,


    she could not help but draw a cold breath.


    She tugged on Kevin''s sleeve and shook her head.


    Kevin understood what she met, "I need to see other house first."


    After saying that, he took Lexie with him and was about to leave.


    The agent got anxious and shouted after him, "Then why don''t you name a price and I will rend it to


    you?"


    "......"


    Sitting in the car, Lexie looked at the other two house and rental prices sent by the agent and frowned


    in confusion.


    Was the rental market bad right now or was this agent''s business skill questionable? He didn''t offer


    more than 3,000 for a four-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment.


    "I''m sorry, I think you may not have the house that I need."


    Lexie politely replied the message.


    The agent said, "Well, tell me what kind of house you want, I have all kinds here."


    Lexie didn''t reply again and sighed silently as she looked at the chat record on her phone.


    She had little money and could only rend a small one-bedroom apartment.


    Kevin swept the contents of her phone out of the corner of his eye, "This agent is a bit strange, it''s a


    good thing I apanied you here today, otherwise I don''t know what he''s trying to get."


    Lexie nodded in agreement and cklisted the agent.


    "No rush, don''t worry, I''ll help you with this."


    [No, thanks, I''ll do it myself.]


    Lexie said thanks and looked down and continued to check various rental information on her phone.


    She didn''t want to bother Kevin with anything else.


    On the other hand, n was reading a document in his office.


    The assistant Jack answered the phone and then cautiously came over to report the situation, "Mr.


    n, there was a problem with the agency and he was cklisted by Mrs. Howard."


    n frowned, "Can''t even get that done."


    Jack got cold sweat, "The house in your name is really not suitable for renting, and there is no way to


    fully match the market price ......"


    Meeting n''s cold gaze head-on, Jack changed his tone, "I''ll think of another way."


    Only then did n take back his gaze.


    Jack sighed silently, embarrassed.


    Who was the boss trying to force? He''d married, there was nothing wrong with caring for his wife, just


    arrange it himself. Why go through all this trouble?


    "By the way, Mr. n, Mr. Stanley called during your meeting this afternoon."


    n responded, "What did Grandpa say?"


    "He has arrived at the summer resort and asked you toe over for a meal this weekend."


    "What else did he say?"


    "He asked you to bring your wife with you."


    n frowned slightly.


    In the evening, after apanying Grandma to dinner, Lexie went back to Howard''s.


    It waste at night when she arrived home, and the Howard family''s servants were all resting, so Lexie


    was relieved, and gingerly went back to her room to get a change of clothes.


    While packing up, she saw my mother''s belongings, the small ck square box.


    Thinking about Grandma''s words, her intuition told her that the box had a secret.


    As she was flipping through the box, the sound of the door opening next door came from outside.


    n''s study was next door.


    He was home?


    Lexie was startled, shoving the box back to the bottom of the closet.


    After a while, the movement faded away, but Lexie was uneasy, hesitantly opened the door, and then


    saw the light on in the kitchen downstairs, and a long shadow fell from the doorway.


    This was actually not the first time Lexie had seen him go downstairs alone in the middle of the night to


    boil water.


    There were servants in the house, but n did not ask the servants to do it.


    "Is snooping also a task given to you by Peter?" A cold voice came from the kitchen.


    Lexie winced and snapped back to her senses, holding onto the stairs and wondering if she should go


    downstairs or back at this moment.


    "Make tea and send it to the study," after instructing, n set the half-unpacked tea pot on the table


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    Lexie stood for a while and went downstairs to make tea.


    n was used to drinking oolong tea in the evenings at the office, the first habit of his that she knew of


    after she married over.


    The scent of tea spread through the study, with a light creaminess.


    "I heard your grandma''s surgery is over?"


    Lexie had originally put down her teacup and was about to leave, but n called out to her, and she


    raised her head, her gaze apprehensive as she nodded.


    "Want to do what I want you to do yet?"


    Lexie clenched her hand, looking a bit clueless.


    "Peter is having a birthday banquet at the end of this month, and here''s the invitation."


    A gray invitation was slowly pushed from across the desk, stopping in front of Lexie, and n''s slender


    fingers pressed on it with great force.


    "It''s being held at the wine estate on the western outskirts of your family, and if I guessed correctly,


    Peter''s safe deposit box is inside that estate."


    Lexie''s hand holding the invitation trembled slightly.


    Why did n know so much about the Mitchell family''s affairs?


    [How do you know?]


    n gave her a look and said, "When the timees, all you need to do is avoid the guests and make


    a trip to Peter''s study, then find the safe deposit box."


    Lexie said, [Even if I can find the safe, I don''t have the password, I can''t open it.]


    "That''s not for you to think about."


    Lexie didn''t understand n''s intention with her finding the safe? If she couldn''t open the safe, it would


    be a waste to find it, but for the sake of her grandma, she could only nod and agree.


    "Take this," n handed her a card, "there''s no password."


    Lexie froze, casting a surprised nce towards n.


    Was he doing her a favor?


    Without waiting for Lexie to reach out, n threw that card directly onto the table.


    The "snap" rang out with a sound that was not too loud, but rming.


    "I want to be the first to know if Peter threatens you again in the future and makes you do something."


    Lexie bit her lips tightly, and the touch that hadn''t yete out of her heart was instantly vanished.


    So that was it.

 Chapter 37 Mr. Stanley

    Chapter 37 Mr. Stanley


    It was only after Lexie left from the study that n lifted the cup of tea in his hand and took a sip.


    Oolong tea''s fragrance was rich, a light creamy aftertaste, and the house''s smoky aroma mixed


    together, giving a calming effect. Listening to the sound of the door closing next door, n actually


    went a bit off.


    After Lexie took care of Grandma in the hospital for a few days, Grandma recovered well.


    This afternoon, Lexie was shopping at the store near the hospital, and when she went out, she saw a


    figure in a suit on the roadside bowing slightly towards her, "Miss Mitchell, Mr. Stanley wants to see


    you."


    The person who came was none other than Mr. Stanley''s personal butler, and it was Mr. Stanley who


    wanted to see her.


    Since n took over the Howard Group, Mr. Stanley has retired, and had rarely appeared in J City all


    these years. He would only go to a suburban vi in J City for summer vacation every year.


    Other than this time, even the people of the Howard family couldn''t see him.


    When she got into the car, the scenery in the window receded all the way back, and Lexie clutched her


    fingers uneasily.


    Perhaps seeing Lexie''s nervousness, the butler on the passenger seatforted her, "Miss Mitchell,


    don¡¯t be nervous, after all, you''re married to Mr. n, so you should meet the elders of the family."


    Lexie pursed her lips and nodded politely.


    At this time, inside the summer resort on the outskirts.


    "I haven''t seen you for long, Tina, you are a big girl now."


    Diana sized up Tina Howard and praised her.


    Tina Howard is n''s cousin and his eldest uncle''s only daughter, who has been pampered since


    childhood, so she has developed a foul temper, but is very good at pleasing Mr. Stanley.


    Tina sat next to Mr. Stanley and said with a smile, "Mrs. Stewart, you look younger."


    Diana sighed, "No way, I''ve grown a lot of gray hair from worry."


    "What''s wrong?" Tina blinked, "What else could be bothering you, Mrs. Stewart? Let Grandpa know,


    and he can help you."


    "ording to n''s character and family background, it''s impossible for him to marry a mute. If you


    knew about this matter in the first ce, you surely wouldn''t have agreed to it, right?"


    On the chair, Mr. Stanley had a beard, a majestic and righteous look, polite but cold, "n has his own


    idea since he was young, since he made the decision, he naturally has his reasons. The eldest young


    Mr. Stanley had carried out investigation, so he knew that Lexie had a master degree. Although she did


    not inherited the family business, she had a decent and stable job, and she was a modest person.


    At least it was a famous family''s daughter, she was better than those who coveted the Howard family¡¯s


    business.


    "Strengths?" Diana frowned, "I''m too ashamed to say it out, it''s okay to make a scene in our own family,


    but the family¡¯s scandal is on the news."


    "The news?" Without waiting for Mr. Stanley to say anything, Tina was the first to open her mouth, "I


    heard about that matter too, wasn''t it all settled by cousin?"


    "What news?" Mr. Stanley''s brow furrowed.


    "You don''t know?" Tina immediately held out her phone, "This, I wanted to tell you earlier, but it has


    been rified before I could, so I didn''t bring it to disturb you."


    Seeing that Tina said the things about Lexie, Diana simply quietly drank tea at the side, waiting to see


    this good show.


    As expected, as soon as Mr. Stanley saw the news content, his face sank, "Nonsense, this is joking


    with the Howard family''s reputation."


    Tinaforted, "Grandpa, don''t be angry, it has been rified? No matter what the truth is, Cousin will


    definitely take care of it."


    "If he doesn''t even have the ability to handle this, he wouldn''t have to stay in the position of president


    of the Howard Group," Mr. Stanley sulked, "But Lexie made such a scene short after she married into


    the family, she for sure is not a good person."


    It was ridiculous that a mute made such a scene.


    Tina hesitantly said, "Grandpa, I''ve heard about things about this cousin-inw."


    "What? You knew her before?" Diana revealed a surprised look.


    Tina said, "Her sister Edith and I both studied abroad, we had good terms, at that time I heard from


    Edith that her sister is withdrawn, and did not behave well when she was in school, and ......"


    "And what?"


    "And she''s an illegitimate daughter with an inherently improper status," Tina revealed a hint of


    contempt, "and she is indeed unworthy of my cousin."


    As they were talking, someone came outside to deliver a message.


    "Mr. Stanley, Miss Mitchell has arrived."


    Mr. Stanley frowned, "Let her in."


    The butler led Lexie into the hall.


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    Lexie was still carrying the canvas bag she usually carried and the fruit she bought at the store in her


    hand, and there were no semnce of ady''s temperament all over her body.


    Diana didn''t have a good mood and said, "Why did youe dressed like this?"


    Lexie clutched the bag with some aggravation.


    No one had informed her in advance that she wasing to see Mr. Stanley, and since the butler had


    picked her up directly from the hospital, she hadn''t had time to change her clothes.


    Tina had heard of Lexie before and looked her up and down, and when she saw Lexie''s face, she was


    jealous.


    She was so beautiful.


    But the thought of Lexie being mute immediately relieved her a lot.


    So what if she was pretty, she was a mute.


    "Miss Mitchell, this is Mr. Stanley, and this is Tina, Mr. n¡¯s cousin," the butler introduced Lexie to the


    people present, and then stepped back at Mr. Stanley''s gesture.


    Lexie nodded politely towards Mr. Stanley and Tina, pointing to her mouth to express that she had no


    way to speak, politely and submissively.


    Mr. Stanley sized her up and saw that although she couldn''t speak, she was behaving appropriately


    and generously, so his heart was somewhat relieved again, "Have a seat."


    Lexie sat down on the chair next to Diana, only half of the chair, with her back straightened.


    Mr. Stanley nodded, "You''ve been married to n for quite some time now, I was to see you, but this


    was a bit sudden today, have I disturbed you?"


    Lexie took out a pen and paper, [Whenever elders want to meet, it''s appropriate.]


    The beautiful handwriting fell in Mr. Stanley''s eyes and he admired her.


    But the handwriting was another reminder that the woman in front of him was a mute.


    Mr. Stanley collected his expression and said in a deep voice, "I heard that the one who was going to


    marry n in the first ce was your sister?"


    Lexie''s heart stuttered.

 Chapter 38 Is She the One Youre Marrying?

    Chapter 38 Is She the One You''re Marrying?


    Mr. Stanley''s words left Lexie with no way to argue.


    The entire family knew that the person n was going to marry at first was Edith, but the one who was


    sent into the Howard family on the wedding night was her, a mute.


    Not waiting for Lexie to answer.


    "Yes," Diana immediately spoke, "I heard that someone was intimidating her own sister, saying that our


    family is a tiger and wolf''s nest, and that n looks ugly and has a bad character, and then make a


    generous appearance to marry into our family for her sister ......"


    Lexie''s face changed.


    [I didn''t say those words.]


    "You are still arguing," Diana wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Mr. Stanley.


    "Alright, there''s no need to say more about what''s already true," Mr. Stanley looked at Lexie, his gaze


    slightly sunken like n''s, causing Lexie to shudder.


    "Miss Mitchell, since it was a misunderstanding in the first ce, why don''t we settle it properly? You


    and n are indeed inappropriate to be together."


    Lexie squeezed her fingers tightly and looked at Mr. Stanley in surprise.


    Mr. Stanley said in a deep voice, "Not many people knew about this marriage, it''s good for both families


    to stop the damage in time. We will give you somepensation, and the marriage will be called off."


    Lexie looked at the people present, some gloating and some standing by.


    She dreamed of leaving the Howard family, leaving n, but if she just left, would Peter let her go?


    Would n let her go? The result was imaginable.


    She shook her head against the overwhelming pressure.


    Mr. Stanley''s face sank, "You don''t want to? Even the proper youngdy of the Mitchell family is not


    good enough for our family, not to mention that you are an illegitimate daughter, for the Howard family


    ......"


    The words ''illegitimate daughter'' fell on Lexie''s ears with the sting of a needle.


    Her nails almost pinched into her palm.


    "Grandpa," a cold voice came through the door, breaking the frozen air of the room.


    Lexie jerked her head up, and saw n striding across the threshold, in a tailored ck suit, his tall


    figure wrapped in a chill.


    "n, you are here," Mr. Stanley looked faint, "just in time to get the divorce out of the way in front of


    you."


    "Grandpa," n nced at Lexie, "Lexie is my legitimate wife, marriage is not a child''s y, and I


    haven''t considered divorce."


    "Nonsense," Mr. Stanley''s face sank and his tone heaved, "You were marrying the Mitchell family''s


    second youngdy, and they sent a ..."


    "Grandpa!"


    Before the word ''mute'' could be fully uttered, it was interrupted by n''s voice, "I never said that it was


    the second youngdy of the Mitchell family that I was going to marry."


    At the drop of a word, the entire room was silent.


    Lexie was also stunned and looked at n in amazement.


    "I''m marrying the Mitchell family''s daughter, never naming Edith," n''s words confirmed that what


    they had just heard was correct.


    Mr. Stanley looked puzzled, "Are you saying that it was Lexie that you wanted to marry in the first


    ce?"


    n didn''t say anything, and this tacit attitude made Diana crazy.


    "n, you can''t be childish, how could you possibly be willing to marry a mute ......"


    "Aunt, you probably don''t know me very well."


    n nced at Diana, the chill in his gaze causing Diana to shut her mouth.


    He hadn''t nned to bring Lexie here at all, and today grandpa suddenly called Lexie here in advance,


    so he knew whose idea it was.


    The atmosphere froze for a moment.


    n''s temper was on par with Mr. Stanley''s, the butler saw this and eased situation, "The dinner is


    ready, why don''t we eat first?"


    Mr. Stanley frowned, stood up on his crutches, and said lightly, "Let''s eat."


    Lexie sighed in relief.


    While eating, Lexie sat next to n, dressed inly but with dignity and generosity.


    Seeing that n didn''t eat much, Lexie peeled the shrimp for him, leaving only a shrimp tail, which was


    neatly ced on his te.


    This scene fell in Mr. Stanley''s eyes.


    Lexie had the rare atmosphere of a grand dame, if not a mute, it was not a bad idea to marry n.


    After eating, n was called to the study by Mr. Stanley, and Lexie waited in the living room.


    The maid served tea, and Diana talked to Tina.


    "It''s been a while since I''ve seen you, Tina, and I heard that this time you areing back with the


    intention of getting engaged?"


    "Yes." Tina smiled.


    "I heard that the other party is the eldest son of the Walsh family, young and talented, you are so lucky."


    "Actually, I don''t want to get married so early," Tina seemed to avoid the engagement, and ncing at


    Lexie at the corner of her eyes, she suddenly turned her words, "Hey, howe you and my brother


    didn''t have a wedding?"


    Lexie was drinking tea, she raised his head when she heard that, not knowing what to say.


    Diana didn''t have a good mood and said, "Having a wedding is a joke for the Howard family? We can''t


    afford that."


    "That¡¯s right."


    Tina looked at Lexie, "Edith said that if I had told her earlier what kind of person my cousin was, maybe


    it would have been her who married my cousin, not you."


    Lexie was slightly stunned, not knowing what Tina meant by saying this.


    "You peeled shrimp for my cousin, but my cousin didn¡¯t even eat it, what is the point? What I despise


    most is a woman who loves vanity and has no self-respect."


    Tina did not speak in a loud voice, but that arrogant attitude was like stepping on people underfoot.


    Lexie''s look grew awkward.


    As they were talking, Tina''s cell phone rang, and Lexie was close enough to see the word ''Edith'' on the


    caller ID, which was extraordinarily dazzling.


    "Excuse me, I''ll take a call, Mrs. Stewart."


    Tina took her phone and went out, and nced at Lexie with contempt as she was leaving, very


    dismissive.


    Diana slowly sipped tea, this trip was really not in vain, even if Lexie¡¯s marriage temporarily could not


    be withdrawn, but the cold attitude of the Howard family on her was enough for her to suffer.


    She just didn''t believe it, in the long run, this mute would still be able to tough it out.


    n was called into the study by Mr. Stanley.


    Mr. Stanley said bluntly, "What exactly do you think of this marriage?"


    n''s face was cold, "I won''t divorce Lexie for now."


    "Why? I can see that you don''t like her, and if she were able-bodied, it is okay, she really doesn''t


    deserve you."


    "Grandpa, it doesn''t matter who I marry, as long as it''s the Mitchell family''s daughter."All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org.


    Mr. Stanley was stunned and looked at n in surprise, only graduallying back to his senses after


    a long time, "n, you''re not still holding a grudge over what happened back then, are you?"


    Mentioning that year, coldness floated between n''s brows, his face sunken.


    Mr. Stanley frowned, "I told you, that fire was an ident back then."


    "It wasn''t an ident," n''s gaze was sure and cold, "The mountain fire was set by Peter to kill a


    person."

 Chapter 39 Do You Hate Him?

    Chapter 39 Do You Hate Him?


    "Who was he going to kill?"


    "Alfie Mitchell."


    This name, which had disappeared from J City for many years, was somewhat unfamiliar to Mr.


    Stanley, but it wasn''t hard to hear that there was a great connection with Peter.


    "Peter''s brother?"


    n nodded, "After that fire back then, Peter had an extra thirteen percent of shares in his hand


    overnight, bing thergest shareholder of Mitchell Pharmaceutical Group and officially taking over


    the Mitchell Group."


    Mr. Stanley''s gaze turned grave, "n, this is a private matter for the Mitchell family."


    The family''s infighting had always been bloodless, and there was no point in rehashing such a


    secretive old story.


    n''s tone was extremely cold, "Peter should pay for it."


    Seeing that he couldn''t be persuaded, Mr. Stanley collected his expression and sighed helplessly, "I''m


    tired, you should go back first."


    "......"


    After n went out, the butler came in and served tea to Mr. Stanley.


    "Mr. Stanley, it''s natural that Mr. n dislike what the Mitchell family did, after all, that fire almost cost


    his life back then."


    Back then, it was the Mitchell family that stopped the Howard family from putting out the fire, and if n


    hadn''t been so lucky to have escaped on his own, he would indeed have been died in the fire.


    "You really think that n is holding on to the Mitchell family for his own sake?" Mr. Stanley had a


    worried look on his face, "There was another child who perished in the fire back then, right?"


    The butler froze, "You mean to say that Mr. n is doing it for that child?"


    Mr. Stanley nodded.


    n had a cold face and a hard heart, and would do anything to achieve profit, but only he, the


    grandfather, knew that n was most righteous.


    "Then this is a difficult matter," sighed the butler.


    "......"


    After returning from the summer resort, n''s face hadn''t looked good.


    In the evening, Lexie made tea and sent it to his study.


    n did not drink tea as usual, nor did he look at her, but kept looking at the pages in front of him, not


    turning a page for a long time, his brow tightly knitted in a chilling manner.


    [Are you in a bad mood?]


    Lexie looked at him cautiously.


    n nced at her, the hand clutching the pages tightening slightly without speaking.


    Lexie asked apprehensively, [Is it because Mr. Stanley asked you to divorce me? What do you need


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    me to answer if this matter is asked again?]


    She just wanted to figure out n''s thoughts in advance to avoid making a mistake.


    "Nothing to do with you."


    Hearing that, Lexie pursed her lips and carefully took a step backwards to prepare to leave.


    n''s moods were always so cloudy and unpredictable, making her inscrutable.


    "Stand there."


    His voice suddenly came from behind her, and Lexie looked back in dismay.


    Across arge desk, n was looking at her coldly, his face with an ugly scar on it, and the pair of his


    eyes staring at her closely are like cold winds that make her panic.


    His voice was not loud, but resounding, "Do you hate Peter?"


    Lexie''s heart trembled for a moment, and she shook her head after a while.


    n''s face sank down, "Why don''t you hate him? He made you marry me instead of Edith, used you as


    a pawn that could be manipted at will by my side, and even threatened you with the safety of your


    loved ones'' lives, why don''t you hate him?"


    Lexie clenched her fists.


    After a moment, she still shook her head.


    Even so, Peter was her father, raising her for so many years and giving her better-than-average living


    and educational conditions.


    Otherwise, with a disability like hers, she wouldn''t be having a good time right now.


    "He''s still a murderer!"


    His deep, cold voice echoed through the room, and the moment she met his crimson eyes, Lexie''s


    heart fell.


    [What do you mean by that? Who did he kill?]


    n''s face was getting grim.


    Perhaps it was the chat with his grandfather today, the first time he talked about the truth he had found


    out over the years, or perhaps it was the fact that Lexie''s presence was causing him to have


    nightmares more and more frequently these days.


    At the moment, that emotion inexplicably urred.


    He looked at Lexie, those eyes that were extremely simr to Linda''s, innocent, simple, clean.


    But Linda was gone forever, and in front of him was this mute, the murderer''s daughter.


    "ng", the tea served by Lexie was knocked down, the tea cup fell on the floor, instantly split into


    pieces, sshing tea mixed with tea leaves, smashed on Lexie''s ankle.


    "Ugh-" Lexie whimpered in pain.


    "Get out!"


    Lexie was stunned, [What''s wrong with you?]


    "Can''t understand?" n''s eyes were horrible.


    Lexie subconsciously took a half-step back, and then, ignoring the pain from the burns on her feet, she


    scrambled away.


    She dreaded to think if she would have been torn apart by this man if she had stayed one second


    longer.


    After she left, n strode over to the window and pushed it open, letting the cold wind blow onto his


    face, slowly blowing those suppressed emotions away and gradually calming down.


    There was the sound of a door mming from the next bedroom.


    Followed by the ''click'' of a locking door, his eyebrows frowned.


    Thinking about the conversation he just had with Lexie, n was suddenly annoyed.


    What was the use of talking to her so much? This mute was just a pawn of Peter, even if she fell into


    his hands, it would not change the fact that her surname was '' Mitchell ''.


    Lexie returned to her room and sat on the edge of her bed for a while, her heart palpitating.


    Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the gray invitation in the corner of her dresser.


    The moment she saw it, her heart suddenly tightened, the day after tomorrow was Peter''s birthday


    banquet, and what n wanted her to do couldn''t be avoided.


    It waste in the night.


    The summer resort of the Howard family on the outskirts of the city was stately and serene.


    On the balcony on the second floor, Tina leanedzily on the balcony, holding her phone, "Grandpa


    doesn''t like her, but my cousin insists, so there''s nothing that can be done. Edith, you should give up,


    my cousin has a very strange personality."


    Not knowing what was said on the other end of the phone, Tina showed some impatience.


    "Well, it''ste, I gotta go."


    After saying this, Tina hung up the phone and muttered, "Why should I help with this crap?"


    "What''s wrong?" A tall figure stepped out of the room, and even in the dim light, it was hard to hide the


    handsomeness of the man''s good looks.


    Tina turned from the railing and shrugged her shoulders, "Nothing, Edith asked me to go her father¡¯s


    birthday banquet, I think she doesn¡¯t want to give up on my cousin."


    "So are you going?"


    "No, what''s the fun of a birthday party? Watching a bunch of people ttering each other?"


    The man wrapped his arms around her waist, "But your father asked me to go there."


    "What?" Tina froze, and then came back to her senses and her eyes lit up, "Then I''ll go too."

 Chapter 40 The Figure in the Wine Cellar

    Chapter 40 The Figure in the Wine Cer


    Since that night, Lexie hadn''t seen n for two days.


    "Mrs. Howard, Mr. n has a meeting to attend, so he''ll bete."


    The driver took Lexie to the birthday banquet, exining on the way why n didn''te.


    Lexie nodded to show her understanding, looking a little nervous.


    She was well aware of the weight she carried in n''s heart, not to mention that he had exined that


    he hadn''te to this birthday banquet at all to wish Peter a happy birthday.


    After getting out of the car, the butler of the Mitchell family led Lexie towards the meeting room.


    "Miss Lexie, Mr. Howard is meeting guests in the front room, and Miss Edith and her friends are in the


    side room, so I''ll take you there."


    [Thank you]


    Across the hall, it was the estate''s semi-outdoor pool, next to which balloons were stacked.


    Lexie was suddenly stunned, and her footsteps slowed down.


    Her memory could vaguely remember the first and only time she had been here back then.


    On Edith''s tenth birthday, Peter spent one point eight hundred million to buy the manor, credited to


    Edith''s name. That day came many guests, rtives of the Mitchell family and business partners of


    Peter.


    Edith, who was only ten years old, was surrounded by the crowd and stood among the children like


    stars.


    "Lexie, if you are my servant, I can allow you to follow me here whenever you want."


    "Edith, you have your sister as a servant for you?"


    "What sister, what kind of sister is she? Do you have a mute sister?"


    "Hahahaha ......"


    At that time, Lexie just arrived at the Mitchell family for more than two years, excluding the sickness


    and recuperation in the hospital for more than a year, the real time to spend with Edith was only about


    half a year.


    "Mute, it''s good enough for you to be my servant!"


    "Hit her!"


    "Ah..."


    "Blood, she''s bleeding!"


    Lexie stood on the inside of the floor-to-ceiling window and suddenly felt a pinch of pain in the corner of


    her forehead, causing her face twist.


    "Miss Lexie," the butler''s voice pulled Lexie''s mind back.


    "Miss Lexie, what''s wrong wit you?"


    Lexie forced a smile and shook her head.


    [It''s okay, let''s go]


    She wasn''t born to go against the grain, but she had to behave well. After what she had suffered, she


    knew that living safely was just not easy.


    In the side hall, young men and women were gathered, mostly young people of the same generation of


    the Mitchell family, as well as Edith''s ssmates and friends.


    "Edith, your sister is here."


    "......"


    Edith looked back from the crowd, and a hint of contempt surfaced on her face, half joking and half


    serious, "My sister is not like the old days, she has status now. Everyone is here, just waiting for my


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    sister, it is obvious that she has no us in her eyes anymore."


    Lexie frowned and only nodded towards the crowd as a greeting and said no more.


    Edith nced towards behind her and deliberately said in a high voice, "Sister, how did youe by


    yourself? Where''s n?"


    [He has something else to do and can''te now.]


    "How can he be so busy? Can he make time to apany his wife to his father-inw''s birthday


    banquet?" The crowd whispered.


    "I thought Lexie had been different now, but I guess she doesn¡¯t have a good time."


    "I think so, she''s a mute and married for Edith, how can n have a crush on her?"


    "I heard that it was Edith who went to plead for mercy, which didn''t involve the Mitchell family."


    "......"


    Lexie clutched her handbag with restraint, and did not want to exin, turned around and headed for


    the corner, wanting to avoid this group of people.


    Edith, however, stopped her with a condescending tone, "Help me get a bottle of wine from the cer."


    Lexie frowned, [Why don''t you go get it?]


    "Me?" Edith looked around and rightfully said, "I have to entertain the guests, can''t you see that? If I


    leave, can you entertain guests here?"


    Lexie couldn''t speak, and she didn''t know these people well, so thisment was clearly an


    embarrassment to her.


    She gritted her teeth and walked away.


    Behind her came Edith''s plucked voice, "Hey, do you know where the wine cer is? If you don''t know,


    find a maid to ask, the maid can''t read your gestures, so bring a notebook with you!"


    The jeers that rose and fell in the room were harshly.


    Watching Lexie leave, Edith took a ss of wine from the waiter''s hand, her gaze meaningful.


    Good show was on.


    The wine cer was on the other side of the hall and she had to take the elevator down to the negative


    level.


    Lexie waited for a long time and the elevator had note up, so she simply took the stairs to go


    down.


    Her heels stepped on the carpet, not very loud, almost covered by the sound of music from upstairs.


    After going down to the negative floor, she saw a floor of bookshelves and a lounge area, only inside


    were rows of wine cabs, quite a bit higher than Lexie''s height, and it took her a while to remember


    that she hadn''t asked Edith what wine she wanted.


    Originally she wanted to go back and ask, but thinking that she would be humiliated by Edith, so she


    randomly took one.


    As she had just taken the wine, she suddenly heard the sound of small talk from deep in the cer.


    Lexie''s footsteps lurched.


    Someone was there?


    "Aren''t you going up to talk to your friends?"


    The man''s voice was low and warm.


    "There is nothing to say? If you hadn''te, I wouldn''t have bothered toe to this party, how many


    of those people are noble? Their families are not that good and even the Mitchell family is also in


    decline, otherwise would Peter sell his daughter for a mere tens of millions?"


    This woman''s voice sounded familiar.


    Lexie''s hand clutching the wine bottle suddenly tightened, looking through the gap between the wine


    cabs, she saw the two entwined figures in the corner.


    Tina Howard?


    On the sofa in the corner of the wine cer, two figures were obsessively entwined, the woman covered


    in a nket, half her shoulders bare, her posture flirtatious, leaning against the man''s shoulder to catch


    her breath, obviously having been in a ''big fight''.


    Lexie was stunned and couldn''t believe what she saw.


    Tina had a marriage contract on her and the other party was Bob Walsh, the eldest son of the Walsh


    family, were these two looking for excitement in someone''s wine cer?


    Lexie didn''t want to crash into someone else''s business, and was turning around to leave.


    In her haste to walk, the corner of her skirt hooked by the wine cab, and the sound of her clothes


    tearing suddenly rang out, which was particrly harsh in the quiet wine cer.


    A dead silence passed.


    "Who is there?"


    Tina''s voice suddenly rang out.


    Lexie blushed and hurriedly tugged at her skirt.


    "Stop there." Tina''s coldly voice came from behind her.

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    Chapter 41 The Study Darkroom


    "Lexie?"


    Tina called out to her in rm.


    Lexie subconsciously turned her head back, bumping into this kind of thing made her more


    embarrassed.


    "You ...... don t misunderstand ...... " Tina¡¯s face went pale.


    Lexie didn''t understand for a moment why she was so flustered, although it was embarrassing, she and


    Bob Walsh were already going to be engaged, and making love was not something unseemly.


    But in the next second, she understood when she saw the man behind Tina.


    He was not Bob Walsh.


    [I''m here to get the wine.]


    Lexie pretended to be calm and raised the wine in her hand.


    She had never seen Bob nor did she know what he looked like, but she had just seen yesterday this


    man behind Tina in the Howard family¡¯s summer resort on the outskirts.


    If she remembered correctly, this man was the Howard family''s driver.


    "Lexie ...... no ...... cousin-inw," Tina was clearly a bit overwhelmed at this moment, and couldn''t


    even speak too well, "It isn¡¯t what you think like that, we''re just ......"


    "She saw it."


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    Lexie shivered coldly.


    Tina gradually calmed down and looked at Lexie with a slowly sinking gaze, "You saw it?"


    Lexie shook her head violently in denial.


    "Don''t pretend, you''ve seen it all, right?" Tina looked at the wine she was holding, "How long have you


    been here?"


    Lexie took a step back, her face embarrassed, not knowing how to exin.


    "Now that you''ve seen it, it''s okay," Tina took a deep breath, her face grim, "If you dare to tell anyone, I


    can guarantee that you definitely won''t be able to stay in J City."


    Lexie hugged the red wine bottle tightly and nodded.


    She certainly would not ask for trouble.


    It wouldn''t do her any good to tell anyone about Tina''s personal affairs.


    Watching Lexie leave from the wine cer, Tina''s hands still couldn''t stop shaking and was soon held


    by the man behind her, a low voice fell into her ear, "Can she be trusted?"


    Tina¡¯s face was tense, "I have to, she is a mute and has a hard time in the Howard family, what can she


    say? Besides, what evidence does she have?"


    The man''s gaze sank.


    Lexie ran out of the wine cer in a panic, managed to get upstairs and run to an upied area, and


    stumbled when she ran head-on into a waiter.


    "Miss Lexie, are you all right?"


    Lexie shook her head in panic and gradually eased up.


    Listening to the sound of music in the distant room, Lexie handed the bottle of red wine to the waiter,


    [Please give this to Edith].


    A piece of her dress was torn in the wine cer.


    Time was running out, and she still deal with what n had ordered her to do, and she would be


    taunted by Edith again if she went back.


    The banquet hadn''t officially started yet, and Peter was meeting his guests in the hall, so she had to


    take advantage of the gap to go to the study and find the safe that n had mentioned.


    The winery was huge, and it was lucky that Peter''s bedroom and study were on the third floor where


    the banquet was being held.


    Following her memory, Lexie sessfully found the location of the study.


    There was a click, and when the door opened, she was greeted by the smell of soot in the house, but


    like the ashes of incense lit in a temple.


    Lexie looked around and eventually found the source of the smell, the bookcase with the burnt out


    incense burner on the first tier, behind which the Bodhisattva of Medicine was worshipped.


    The Mitchell family was a family of medicine, and it was traditional to worship the Bodhisattva of


    Medicine, and in this aspect, Peter was still very old-fashioned.


    ording to what n had said, Peter''s safe was in the cab to the right of his desk.


    She walked over quickly and pulled the cab door open.


    As expected, as n said, there was a silver safe in the cab door, embedded in the bookcase


    inside with a code lock, unless she had the code, it was impossible to open it. And she could not take it


    away, for the safe and the bookcase was connected together.


    After taking a picture of the safe, Lexie sent the photo to n.


    [The safe is here, can I go now?]


    There had been no reply on the other end.


    Lexie was flustered in her heart and as she was about to leave, the sound of talking suddenly came


    from outside.


    Peter was back.


    She looked around, not finding a ce to hide.


    A hand suddenly reached out from behind her, covering her mouth and dragging her towards the back.


    By the time she came back to her senses, she was in the middle of a dimly lit environment, and the


    strong smell of incense was so choking that she would have coughed out if her mouth hadn''t been


    covered.


    "Don''t talk." A low voice came to her ears.


    Lexie''s back stiffened.


    It was n. She could not believe he''d been here all this time.


    Peter seemed to have brought in a guest, and through a partition of the bookcase, she could clearly


    hear the conversation outside, which seemed to be about medical equipment shipping.


    At the moment, n pressed one hand against the partition of the bookcase and listened to the


    movement outside for a while, the lighting through the gap hitting the bridge of his nose with


    coldness.


    Lexie gradually calmed down.


    After confirming that they wouldn''t be discovered, n let go of his hand and Lexie was able to breathe


    normally.


    It was dark inside the room, and nothing could be seen, except for a point of light flickering eerily


    behind them.


    Lexie shrank back, not daring to move.


    Her back pressed against n''s chest and their breaths mingled together, and only the two people''s


    misced heartbeats could be heard the quiet room.


    They didn¡¯t know how long it was before the sound ofughter came from outside.


    "That''s it then, Mr. Gardner, I''ll have my assistant draw up the agreement."


    "Okay, no problem."


    It wasn''t until a mming door sounded outside that Lexie sighed in relief.


    n let go of her.


    She did not know what button he moved, but with a gentle push, the bookcase pushed a corner


    outwards, and light from outside leaked in, illuminating most of the dark room.


    "They are gone,e on out."


    Lexie returned to her senses and nodded.


    [What are you doing here?]


    Why did he need her to make this frightening trip since he could do it himself?


    n nced at her, his gaze cold, "Can you open this safe if I don''te?"


    [Can you open it?]


    Lexie looked at him in surprise, but quickly regained her normal color.


    n was a man of great power, and nothing seemed difficult for him, let alone a small safe.


    n didn''t pay her any attention, ncing behind her thoughtfully and snorting coldly, "How many


    people has your Mitchell family killed? What age is it now and Peter even worshiping such a thing?"


    Lexie''s expression froze, following n''s gaze, she saw the full view of the dark room, which was


    actually a small Buddhist hall, and the light point that just flickered on and off was the incense lit in the


    incense burner.


    Lexie couldn''t help but walk a little closer, and when she saw the ''Buddha statue'' enshrined inside, her


    face suddenly turned white.

 Chapter 42 The Woman in the Photo

    Chapter 42 The Woman in the Photo


    The so-called ''Buddha statue'' was not a Buddha statue at all, but rather a wood que carved with the


    date of birth, with four corners chained with redcquer sprayed on it and firmly fastened to its base.


    The picture frame to the right of the que was covered with a bright yellow piece of talisman paper


    with messy characters drawn on it.


    Lexie''s feet felt like they were filled with lead, and her eyes were staring at the talisman paper, as if she


    wanted to see through the picture frame behind it.


    n could see that something was wrong with her, "What''s wrong with you?"


    As if she hadn''t heard him, Lexie reached out her hand towards the piece of talisman paper.


    "What are you doing?" n pulled her back with one hand.


    The things here could not be touched, or Peter must know that people came when he came back, if this


    time he could not get the prescription, the next time it will be more difficult.


    Lexie''s face was white, and she remained staring at the piece of talisman paper like a demon.


    What the hell?


    n frowned, "Don''t you move."


    Never believing in superstition, he reached out and uncovered the piece of talisman paper directly,


    revealing the picture frame behind it.


    In the frame was a ck and white photograph, taken in a studio, in the style of thest century.


    The woman was wearing a cheongsam, her young face with a warm smile inexplicably made n feel


    somewhat familiar, as if he had seen this woman before somewhere.


    A sudden choked voice came from behind him.


    n was stunned, and when he turned around, he saw a tear-streaked face.


    Lexie''s gripped the bookcase with a deadly grip, her eyes were red, and despite her best efforts to hold


    back but still unable to suppress her great mourning, she choked out a hoarse voice.


    Looking at Lexie''s face, n suddenly understood something.


    The woman in this photo was......


    Lexie''s eyes were blur, the crimson chains, the clear birth date, and the identical photo she had one of,


    all telling her what it was.


    The sound of phone vibrating came from n''s pocket, and he nced at the near-by safe, then at


    Lexie, annoyed.


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    He put the talisman back on, dragged Lexie and headed out.


    Lexie struggled and refused to go.


    "Come on," n chided in a low voice, "She can¡¯te back to life even if you are here."


    This woman was such a pain in the ass, if he had known there would be such an ident, he might as


    well not have had her make this trip.


    In the lounge on the second floor.


    After sending the bag with the gown into the bedroom, Jack closed the door and came out.


    "Mr. n, why is Mrs. Howard suddenly like this?"


    n''s brow furrowed slightly in thought, "How did Lexie''s birth mother die?"


    When he first wanted to marry Peter''s daughter, he had Jack do his research.


    Jack froze for a moment, "It was a car ident."


    "Are you sure?"


    "Here''s what the police station records show, Mrs. Howard''s birth mother had a precarious job, usually


    went out to work at night and drank a lot, and then died in a car ident."


    "What does she do for a living?"


    " ......" Jack hesitated.


    In fact, this matter had already been reported to n at first, and it wasn''t difficult to find out.


    In the file, Lexie''s mother was a prostitute, and because she was pretty, she was considered the


    headliner of a certain high-end club at that time, and Peter often went to patronize her.


    "Later she suddenly quit and disappeared, and then it was Peter who received the news that she had


    died in a car ident, leaving behind a daughter, and Peter took the daughter back."


    n remembered the photo he saw in the Buddha Hall. The woman in the photo looked simr to


    Lexie, both with a virtuous face and clean eyes, she did not look like a prostitute.


    Seeing n''s silence, Jack couldn''t help but ask, ''''Didn''t you go to find the prescription today? Why are


    you suddenly asking about this? Did something happen?"


    n returned to his senses, "I failed to get the prescription."


    With that, he lifted his wrist and nced at his watch, "Has the party started yet?"


    "Yes, they''re all waiting for you, and have urged several times."


    "I am not going."


    "What?" Jack revealed a look of surprise.


    n said in a deep voice, "Tell Peter that I still have things to do, so I''ll take Lexie back first."


    His n was for Lexie to go to the safe and wait for the camera in the hallway to record the video of her


    going in, so that even if he took the prescription, Peter would only suspect her.


    But he didn''t expect the unexpected and was dyed.


    Now, based on Lexie¡¯s situation, she could not continue to attend the party.


    Just as the words left his mouth, the sound of a door opening came from behind him.


    Lexie pulled open the door and stood in the doorway, the new gown fit perfectly on her body, the ck


    ruffledce perfectly trimmed the line of her shoulder and neck, revealing her dedicate neck.


    Her eyes were red, which showed that she had been crying, and now she looked fragile.


    [I''m fine for the party.]


    n was stunned.


    It was already dark, and people wereing and going in the hall.


    Edith was chatting with her friends when a waiter came and gave her a bottle of red wine from the wine


    cer and said something in passing, she instantly showed a smug smile.


    "What''s wrong, Edith? A bottle of red wine gives you such pleasure?"


    "What''s so pleasing about red wine?" Edith raised her eyebrows, "What can make me happy is that


    someone got into the trap."


    "What do you mean?" Her best friend didn''t understand Edith''s words, looked around and wondered,


    "Didn''t you say Tina is here too? Howe we haven''t seen her?"


    "She is gone."


    "When?"


    Edith said meaningfully, "Her good deeds have been spoiled, and she is unable to take care of herself,


    so she has no interest to the party. If I were her, I would definitely be thinking of how to kill someone


    right now."


    "What are you talking about?" Her friend frowned, "It''s getting hard to understand what you said."


    As they were talking, someone suddenly said, "n is here."


    At that, Edith''s eyes lit up and she immediately stood up from the sofa, straightened her hair and


    clothes, and looked towards the ce where the crowd''s eyes were gathered.


    "Isn''t that your sister?"


    As the sound of her best friend''s voice fell, Edith had already seen the man.


    On the stairs, n, dressed in a straight ck suit, his face as cold as ever, his ghastly scars unable to


    conceal his handsomeness, was currently walking towards the center of the banquet hall.


    The one apanying her was actually Lexie. She changed into a ck evening dress, holding n''s


    arm, elegant and calm. The two appeared in a very harmonious manner.


    This scenended in Edith''s eyes and stung to her heart.


    She clenched her fingers so hard that her nails pinched in her palm.


    How could Lexie attend the banquet with n in such a calm and collected manner, was this a clear


    attempt to show off in front of everyone and humiliation to her?

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    Chapter 43 The Third Option


    n rarely showed his face in front of people, but the guests at the Mitchell family''s birthday banquet


    all relied on the rumored ugly scar to recognize him at a nce.


    "This is n?"


    "He doesn''t seem as scary as the legends."


    "Yeah, he seems to have good terms with Lexie."


    There was a lot of chatter in the banquet hall, but thanks to the sound of music as a cover, plus the fact


    that someone had already taken the initiative to go up and say hello to n, the scene was instantly


    lively.


    Many people handed business cards to n, and Lexie habitually wanted to pull out her hand to leave


    first, but her hand was pressed, and she met n''s calm and powerful gaze.


    She froze for a moment, listening to thepliments of those around her, and when she looked up


    again, she was already smiling decently towards the crowd that had flocked over.


    Since she was a child, she had hardly ever been surrounded by so many people, and for the past ten


    years or so, her life had been as quiet as her mute disease, without a single movement, and she was


    always the one with the least presence at the various parties of the Mitchell family.


    Marrying n seemed to be a real life turnaround.


    "Edith, your sister and your cousin-inw seem like they''re getting along quite well."


    The words of her best friend fell on Edith''s ears, and her already grim face instantly turned pale, "It''s


    just a show, he can¡¯t cold-shoulder her in front of so many people."


    Saying that, Edith walked straight towards n.


    "n."


    Lexie was apanying n and greeting the crowd and they were interrupted by Edith''s voice.


    "n, why are you sote? My sister came by herself just now, I thought you weren''ting."


    As if Edith didn''t see Lexie next to her, she only focused on talking to n.


    Anyone could hear her deliberate emphasis on the words Lexie ''came by herself''.


    n''s tone was light, "There''s something going on at thepany, so I had the driver send Lexie over


    first, did I miss anything?"


    Edith blushed, nced at Lexie, and said sarcastically, "No, did my sister say something to you?"


    n didn''t answer, his gaze falling on Edith''s neck, "The ne is good on you."


    The topic changed quickly, the crowd was unsure, only Edith''s eyes lit up, she was shy, touching the


    diamond ne on her neck and not speaking.


    This was the ne n had given her earlier when he apanied Lexie back home.


    "Mr. Peter is here."


    Someone shouted, the eyes of the crowd focused on the door on the other side of the banquet as Peter


    and a few cousins from the Mitchell family entered the banquet hall talking andughing, attracting the


    attention of the crowd.


    "n, let''s go and wish Dad a happy birthday!"


    Edith directly pulled n and left, while n didn''t refuse, leaving Lexie where she was.


    Lexie froze for a moment, an inexplicable loss spreading through her heart as n''s arm drew away


    from her hand.


    Anyone would love a vivid and delicate woman, right?


    Regardless of Edith''s private character, at the very least, she appeared to be a delightful person on the


    surface.


    n was pulled by Edith to Peter and when he looked back, he found Lexie had already walked away.


    "n,e help me push the cake."


    "Okay."


    He returned to his senses and followed Edith to push the cake cart, but his mind seemed to stay where


    it was, and what was always swirling in his head was the look of the woman breaking down and


    suffering just now in the study, and he couldn''t calm down for a long time.


    Lexie has no intention of joining in the fun, watching from a remote corner as Edith and n push the


    cake cart out to wish Peter a happy birthday, and she took a bottle of wine out on her own.


    She didn''t usually drink, but she wanted to today.


    The indignation in her chest almost exploded at the thought of her mother''s memorial tablet being


    locked up in such a cramped ce by Peter.


    Anyone could see that it wasn''t a Buddhist hall for the dead at all, with crimson chains and walls full of


    talismans, formations made on the souls of the dead, it was not for worship, but for suppression!


    Was it true that her mother died in a car ident?


    She was suddenly very suspicious of the matter.


    It waste at night, and a full moon was reflected in the pool outside the room.


    "Are you nning to drink too much and then y pathetic in front of n?"


    A female voice came from the front, and Lexie''s hand carrying the wine bottle slightly sped, looking


    up at the opposite side.


    She didn¡¯t know when Edith found her way here.


    "Was I guessed right?" Edith sped her arms, her twelve centimeter heels stepping on the floor tiles


    by the pool, her cold eyes high and proud, "I''m sorry I forgot you''re mute and can''t speak at all."


    Lexie gave her a look, [Do you need something?]


    Why didn¡¯t she pretend to be good in front of n and Peter, what was the pointing to her?


    "Of course, I just had a drink with n. n is now talking to my dad about business, so I came out to


    for some fresh air and I have to go backter."


    After saying this, she snorted coldly, "Do you think anyone is as much of a loser as you are?"


    Lexie clenched her fist, her gaze sinking slightly.


    "What are you looking at? Did I say something wrong?" Edith looked around and said smugly, "You still


    dare toe here? Have you forgotten how you knocked your own head bloody here when you were a


    child?"


    At the mention of her childhood, Lexie only felt a vague pain in her forehead.


    Edith was no less vicious than she was now when she was a child. Back then, she pushed Lexie into


    the unfilled pool and Lexie fell on her head, which was still a nightmare for her.


    "Do you think that if the same thing happens again as it did back then, would n defend me as much


    as Dad did?"


    Edith''s gaze suddenly turned sinister.


    Lexie''s face changed and she subconsciously took a step back.


    "What are you panicking about?" Edith looked at her coldly and untied the ne around her neck in


    front of her, "I will do what I should do at this age, do you think I''m still the same as when I was a


    child?"


    As soon as the words were out of her mouth, there was a parab and the ne fell into the pool.


    Lexie frowned at her, [What are you doing?]


    "I''m giving you two choices now, one is to jump in and help me get my ne back, or I tell n that


    you snatched my ne and threw it in the pool, you have two choices, I''m still being lenient with


    you."


    Lexie''s face turned white as she questioned, [Why on earth are you doing this?]


    Edith looked her up and down, "I still haven''t settled the score with you for what happened at the fish


    pondst time! Suddenly ites to my mind, fair enough, right?"


    Lexie clutched her fingers tightly.


    Edith fell into the fish pond at Howard¡¯s house, that was simply her own doing, but she now was putting


    the me on Lexie.


    If it was said that because her mother had died, Peter taking her and her grandma in was considered a


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    favor, she put up with Edith''s bossiness, but what she saw in the Buddha Hall today had knocked that


    over.


    [Edith, I think there''s a third option.]

 Chapter 44 He Can Read Sign Language?

    Chapter 44 He Can Read Sign Language?


    Edith froze, "What third option?"


    Before she could return to her sense, Lexie suddenly raised her hand and pushed towards Edith¡¯s


    shoulder with force.


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    There was a loud ssh in the pool.


    "Ahem ...... help"


    "......"


    Lexie stood on the shore, the moonlight illuminating her face with extreme coldness.


    The third option was to let Edith fall into the pool with her damn ne.


    Themotion at the pool soon alerted the people in the banquet hall, and the waiters rushed to


    rescue Edith from the pool, one by one, wrapped around her with towels, and even so, she made a fool


    of herself in front of the crowd.


    "Edith," Peter hugged her, "Are you okay?"


    Edith cried out, shaking and pointing at Lexie, "She pushed me down!"


    As those words fell, the onlookers were in an uproar.


    Peter''s face sank as he stared at Lexie, "What''s going on?"


    Lexie didn''t say a word, nor did she deny it.


    "Good, Lexie, you''re going to be ungrateful after bing Mrs. Howard, aren¡¯t you? You dare to do


    this to Edith, if anything happens to Edith, I ...... will ......"


    "What?" A deep, cold voice came from behind Lexie, interrupting Peter''s reprimanding voice.


    Before Lexie could turn around, her side was already covered by a tall figure.


    Looking at n, the anger on Peter''s face was clearly suppressed a bit, "What? Mr. n, are you


    The words reminded the crowd.


    Lexie was no longer the previous Miss Mitchell who had been bullied, she was at least n''s wife, no


    matter what she has done, Peter should at least respect n.


    n, however, was indifferent as always, "This is your Mitchell family''s business, I''m just here to take a


    look."


    There was absolutely no way to figure out what he meant.


    Lexieughed at herself inwardly, how could he possibly help her?


    If he could help her, Edith would not have so much courage to y such tricks.


    After hearing n say so, Peter was relieved, but after all, n came, he could not say it was Lexie''s


    fault, so he coldly questioned, "What the hell is going on here? How did Edith fall into the pool?"


    n stuck his hands in his trouser pockets and stood aside as if he was an outsider watching the


    action.


    Lexie withdrew the gaze that fell on him, no longer making expectations, and a hint of aggression


    surfaced on her face, gesturing, [Edith''s ne fell into the pool, she wanted to pick it up herself, and


    I tried to stop her, but failed.]


    "Nonsense," Peter''s tone sank, "How would Edith jump into the pool for a ne?"


    [Ask her, she jumped into the fish pond once before at Howard¡¯s house, right, Edith?]


    Lexie''s face was rarely cold, she was aggressive at this moment, even mentioned the fact that Edith fell


    into the fish pond at Howard¡¯s house.


    Edith shrank in Peter''s arms, and her face really changed.


    If Lexie had said that that things out, it would be more embarrassing.


    The guests present could not read signnguage, only Peter and Edith could, so at this moment the


    guests looked at each other, not knowing what Lexie was saying.


    "What fish pond?" n''s voice wasn''t loud, but Lexie heard it.


    Lexie was stunned and subconsciously looked at him.


    He could read signnguage?


    Edith immediately panicked, her face was pale and she said sharply, "No, I didn¡¯t say that my sister


    pushed me, I mean ...... I mean I was going to pick up the ne, and I misunderstood her."


    When those words fell, the guests instantly murmured.


    "How could she misunderstand?"


    "It is unfair."


    Peter''s face sank, in front of so many guests, he was furious, "Edith, what the hell are you talking


    about? I think you have a problem with your brain."


    Listening to the chatter of the guests, he was so angry that he simply left Edith behind and walked


    away.


    "Dad!"


    Edith was wrapped in a towel and was in a state of disarray.


    The butler called the guests into the banquet hall, leaving Edith alone and furious.


    Lexie, I''m not finished with you!


    Because of this farce, Peter felt ashamed, and the party ended earlier than expected.


    Lexie and n returned to Howard¡¯s house in one car.


    "You don''t even blink when you tell a lie." His deep voice carried sneers as it echoed through the


    carriage.


    Lexie''s face froze, and she looked at n in dismay.


    He knew she lied?


    n narrowed his eyes slightly, "Unfortunately, you were a bit impulsive, for there are quite a few


    cameras at the banquet."


    If Edith hadn''t been flustered by her phrase ''fish pond'', she would just go straight to the surveince


    and the truth would havee out.


    Lexie sighed in relief and leaned back in her chair again, [There won''t be a camera, she''s not stupid.]


    Since Edith dared to throw the ne in her face for her to go down and pick it up, it must have been


    as certain as thest time at Howard¡¯s house that it would not be photographed.


    Unfortunately, what Edith didn''t anticipate was that Lexie would just push her down.


    However, it was thanks to n''s help.


    After a moment of silence, Lexie asked, [You can read signnguage?]


    If he had always known signnguage, why did he look like he couldn''t read it when she first came to


    the family?


    n frowned slightly, impatient, "What does it have to do with you?"


    Lexie froze for a moment and skipped the question, [Why did you help me when you knew I was lying?]


    Just now, if he hadn''t suddenly opened his mouth to ask about the fish pond, Edith wouldn''t have been


    so nervous, and the farce wouldn''t have ended so quickly.


    n''s tone was cold, "Help you? You''re thinking too much, what I''m helping is the Howard family''s


    reputation, Mrs. Howard couldn''t do such an unseemly thing."


    Lexie looked dark.


    Was he disgusted that she was giving him trouble again?


    At this point, n''s phone popped up with a text message alert, breaking the stagnant atmosphere.


    Lexie collected her gaze and silently swallowed the other questions she wanted to ask, and


    consciously inclined her head to look out the window.


    n turned to read the message.


    "Mr. n, I have investigated, it''s indeed the same as you guessed, it''s a formation to suppress unjust


    spirits that is passed down among folk who believe in feng shui."


    Looking at the message, n nced over Lexie out of the corner of his eye.


    Lexie leaned against the car window, quietly looking out of the window in concentration, looked soft and


    meek, only if he looked closely, he could see the gloom under her eyes, which was only there since she


    came out of the study.


    n replied to Jack, "Go find out exactly how Lexie''s mother died back then."


    "Wasn''t it a car ident?"


    "No."


    After the reply of certainty, n put away his phone, his face serious and grave.


    If Lexie''s mother had really died in a car ident, Peter would not have been condemned by his


    conscience to use even this folk feudal superstition of feng shui formations.


    The suppression of a tablet was simply absurd.

 Chapter 45 The Cause of Her Mothers Death

    Chapter 45 The Cause of Her Mother''s Death


    After returning from the Mitchell family''s birthday banquet, Lexie had been distracted.


    She left for the hospital early the next morning.


    "Day in and day out, just live in the hospita," Diana stood in front of the dining table and said angrily.


    Marry said, "Madam, don¡¯t worry, Mr. n will divorce her soon."


    "How so?"


    "Even now they are still sleeping in separate rooms, if woman doesn¡¯t have a child, the rtionship can


    Hearing that, Diana subconsciously nced upstairs, suddenly thought of something and said


    meaningfully, "Then if another woman has a child, won''t the problem be solved?"


    In the inpatient unit of Renhe Hospital, Grandma was recovering well and able to get out of bed and


    walk around.


    Lexie was in the hospital room eating breakfast with her grandma.


    [Grandma, I have a question.]


    "What is it?"


    [You saidst time that my dad took me home because of something else, not because my mom died?]


    Grandmother''s hand paused, "Why do you suddenly want to ask this?"


    Lexie smiled gently, [I used to get a headache when I thought about my childhood, then you always told


    me not to think about it, and I''ve forgotten all about it now. If I don''t ask, I won''t even remember what


    my mother looked like].


    "You miss your mother, right?" Grandma sighed and took Lexie into her arms, patting her shoulder to


    Lexie leaned into her grandmother''s arms with aplicated look.


    [Grandma, my dad told me that my mom died in a car ident.]


    Grandmother looked gloomy and silent.


    Because of her status as an illegitimate daughter, Lexie rarely had the chance to be able to mention


    her birth mother, whether it was in front of Peter or in front of the rest of the Mitchell family.


    The fact that her mother died in a car ident was the one she heard the most.


    "That''s right."


    Grandma''s voice was obscure and reluctant.


    Lexie straightened up, [But you told me before that my voice was burnt from a fire in the mountain


    forest, mom had been living with us, and a car can¡¯t go there, how could there be a car ident?]


    Even if she didn''t have any recollection of it, she had heard her grandmother talk about it many times.


    Before being picked up by the Mitchell family, she and her grandmother and mother lived in a remote


    mountainous area where there were not even roads and cars could not drive in at all, so when there


    was a sudden mountain fire, the fire brigade could not even get in.


    Grandma inclined her face, clearly avoiding the question, "Why are you suddenly asking this today?"


    Lexie tugged at her grandmother''s sleeve and tried to get her to look up at herself and talk.


    "Lexie, I''m tired and want to sleep." Grandma''s voice was hoarse as sheid down.


    Seeing that, Lexie didn''t dare to ask any more questions.


    Ever since she was a child, her grandmother had rarely mentioned her mother, and now that she was


    in poor health, Lexie was even more afraid to stimte her.


    Especially when she had already established that the cause of his mother''s death back then was


    definitely not an ident.


    After Grandma slept, Lexie closed the door and went out.


    "Lexie," She met Kevin who had juste to work, "why are you here so early today?"


    He had originally wanted to bring her her, but was informed by Diana that Lexie had left early in the


    morning.


    Lexie just nodded and gave a forced smile.


    "What''s wrong? What''s bothering you?"


    Lexie shook her head.


    "Is it about the rental?" Kevin inquired with concern.


    Lexie was not in a position to exin too much and simply nodded.


    Think of it as a rental thing, and indeed renting was enough of a headache for her.


    Kevin smiled, "You don''t have to worry about that, I''ve arranged it for you."


    Lexie looked staggered.


    It had been arranged?


    "The World Trade New Town one kilometer from Renhe Hospital." Once he entered the door of the


    department, Kevin put the key on his desk and showed the photo to Lexie.


    "It has two bedrooms, it''s a house of my friend. He''s going abroad for his PhD for two years, so it''s


    vacant."


    Lexie didn''t even look at it and shook her head directly, [Your friend''s house is not appropriate for


    grandma to live in.]


    "Don''t worry, I already talked to my friend, he said the price doesn''t matter, just don¡¯t damage those


    furniture of his."


    Lexie was still hesitating, but Kevin had already taken out the rental contract, "It has gone through the


    formal process, I am just doing a favor, don''t have pressure."


    Since so, Lexie felt embarrassed to refuse.


    Kevin had already helped her a lot, but Lexie knew very well that she should stay away from him.


    [Thanks, but I can''t take it.]


    Lexie returned the contract with a determined look, [Dr. Stewart, my grandma will be discharged from


    the hospital after some time, I will find a house on my own. Thank you for taking care of me and


    grandma all this time.]


    Kevin''s expression darkened, "You don''t have to be so polite with me."


    Lexie shook her head, clenched the note, got up and was ready to leave.


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    Looking at Lexie''s leaving figure, he felt lost.


    He''d never wanted to help a girl so badly as he did now, and he''d never been so frustrated for she had


    turned down his help.


    Intuition told him that Lexie was avoiding him.


    It was alreadyte in the afternoon when Jack entered n''s office with a document in hand.


    "Mr. n, here''s the investigation report you asked for."


    n nodded slightly, flipping through the documents while instructing, "Say it."


    "It is urgent, there are still specific details that I haven''t been able to verify, but we found out that the


    woman who died in the car ident is not Miss Mitchell¡¯s mother."


    n nced up at him, "Go on."


    "The age is wrong, the woman was twenty-three when she died unexpectedly, but Miss Mitchell was


    eight years old when she was picked up and brought back to the Mitchell family."


    n''s gaze was cold as he said, "That doesn''t say much."


    Peter might have some special fetish to make a fifteen year old woman get pregnant.


    "It''s not just about age, there is something that has been overlooked before, Miss Mitchell''s grandma."


    n''s gazended on the document, just in time to see the column on the identity of Lexie''s grandma.


    Jack said, "Miss Mitchell''s grandmother''s hometown is Laoshan, and this woman who died in a car


    ident has nothing to do with it."


    Laoshan?


    n''s hand suddenly trembled, and he frowned.


    Jack suddenly realized something and his face froze violently.


    He forgot that the ce that could not be mentioned most before his boss was Laoshan.


    In the biggest abduction case in J City that year, n was abducted by human traffickers, causing him


    to almost die in Laoshan.

 Chapter 46 Whats Your Chip?

    Chapter 46 What''s Your Chip?


    The word ''Laoshan'' echoed through the office.


    n''s face sank, and the ugly scar trembled viciously, as if it was a sinew extending down from the


    corner of his forehead, pressing against the surge of emotions.


    "Laoshan?"


    Jack returned to his senses and nodded his head, "Yes, Lexie was received into the Mitchell family with


    her grandma when she was eight years old."


    "From Laoshan?"


    "This is not clear," Jack looked at n apprehensively.


    After all, twenty years had passed, the servants of the Mitchell family had changed several times, and it


    was not easy to find out that Lexie came with her grandma, and there was really no trace of where she


    came from.


    Hearing this answer, n''s expression however becameplicated, suddenly snapped close the


    document in his hand, "Go check it out and have someone go to Laoshan."


    Jack froze for a moment, "Mr. n, why do you suddenly want to check this?"


    n said coldly, "Go find the people who survived that fire back then, find out everything about Lexie


    and her grandmother and the Mitchell family, as soon as possible."


    Meeting n''s stern gaze, Jack nodded, "I''ll have someone check it out."


    n nodded slightly.


    "By the way, Mr. n, there is one more thing."


    "What?"


    "Miss Mitchell is renting a room, but the agent has been unable to contact Miss Mitchell, so he


    contracted Dr. Stewart and Dr. Stewart said he has rented the house."


    "Where?"


    Jack was apprehensive, "World Trade New Town."


    n''s brows knitted.


    At night, the sound of an engine came from the courtyard of the Howard¡¯s vi, extraordinarily clear in


    the night.


    Lexie had already washed up and was leaning against the bed reading a book, and the moment she


    heard the engine, she immediately closed the book and put it aside, got out of bed and put on her


    slippers.


    She had been waiting for n to return.


    In the living room, when Lexie came downstairs, n had just taken off his jacket and handed it to the


    maid, the moment he saw Lexie, he said, "You''re still awake?"


    Lexie shook her head and pointed to the kitchen, [I''ll go make you some tea]


    When she made the tea and sent it to the study, n wasn''t there, and the door to the master bedroom


    was left open, and there was the sound of running water.


    Lexie waited for him in the study, and a newspaper with frayed edges on the top of the table caught her


    eye.


    The paper was yellowed, but the words ''J City Times'' on the masthead were still clear, and the front


    page headline below was striking ¨C n Howard, the eldest grandson of the Howard Group was


    sessfully rescued, and the Laoshan human trafficking nest was burnt by a mountain fire.


    A newspaper from 20 years ago?


    Lexie was stunned.


    n had been abducted and sold in his early years, and it wasn''t hard to know about it, but why did he


    still keep the newspaper from back then until now?


    "What are you doing?"


    A gloomy voice suddenly sounded behind her, Lexie was startled, and with a ''snap'', the newspaper


    cover fell on the carpet at once.


    [Sorry]


    She scrambled to lean down and pick it up.


    n, however, was one step ahead of her, and before her hand touched the newspaper, arge hand


    had already picked it up from the ground.


    n''s tone carried a distinct displeasure, "Who gave you permission to just touch my stuff?"


    Lexie''s heart tightened and she showed an apologetic look, [I''m sorry.].


    n swept her impatiently and put that newspaper in the desk drawer.


    Before closing the drawer, seeing the picture of ''Laoshan Fire'' on the newspaper, his fingers suddenly


    clenched.


    He nced at Lexie, and in connection with what Jack said in the afternoon, n suddenly had a


    guess in his heart.


    "When did you get picked up back to the Mitchell family?"


    Lexie froze for a moment and gestured carefully.


    [About eight years old.]


    "You are not sure when you got picked up?" n gave her a sidelong nce and questioned in a cold


    voice, "Where did you live before you went back to the Mitchell family?"


    Lexie shook her head.


    [I don''t remember.]


    Seeing that, the sulk on n''s face intensified and he snorted coldly, "Do you not remember, or do you


    not want to talk about it?"


    Although he was sure that the fire in Laoshan twenty years ago was set by Peter, he never found


    tangible evidence and his motive for setting the mountain on fire.


    Lexie was picked up short after the fire. It was as if there was some kind of connection between the


    two, which made him suspicious.


    Lexie, however, really didn''t remember, with a barely bitter face.


    [I got sick after I was taken back to the Mitchell family, and I really don''t remember anything before I


    was eight.]


    Even what her mother looked like, it was only when her grandmother kept a picture of her mother that


    she didn''t forget.


    Seeing that she did not know anything, n lost his patience, "If you don''t know anything, why are you


    still standing here?"


    Lexie gritted her teeth.


    [Earlier you said you wanted to trade with me, I want to talk to you.]


    n''s gaze sank slightly as he shot a cold nce at Lexie.


    [If I help you find the prescription, will you let me leave the Howard family?]


    "You want to leave the Howard family?" n narrowed his eyes.


    Lexie pursed her lips.


    [Since I wasn''t the one you wanted to marry in the first ce, you can go to the Mitchell family after I


    leave and ask for an exnation, and then Edith can still marry you whenever you want, she''s happy to


    do so.]


    n''s face sank, "And then?"


    Lexie wondered, [What?]


    n took a few steps closer towards her, and while the huge shadow poured down, his cold, deep


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    voice was like a gust of wind that swept past her ears, "And then, you can choose whoever you want to


    be with? Like Kevin?"


    Lexie was stunned and took a step backwards, only to be grabbed by n.


    "You''re thinking I''ve been too lenient with youtely, aren''t you?"


    Lexie shook her head, trying topose herself.


    [There''s nothing between me and him.]


    "In all the years I''ve known Kevin, I''ve never seen him so attached to any woman, driving you to the


    hospital, buying breakfast, taking care of your family, or even ......"


    n''s eyes snapped cold, "Or even take you and your family to live in his own house."


    Lexie''s face changed, [What house?]


    She didn''t do that.


    "No?" n used force, almost crushing Lexie''s wrist, "Don''t tell me you don''t know that the house of


    World Trade New Town is under Kevin''s name, and don''t tell me you''re just renting, this movie-making


    plot barely fools five-year-olds."


    Lexie''s face was pale.


    [I really don''t know.]


    And she hadn''t even promised Kevin to live there.


    n looked at her coldly, his gaze like a knife, sweeping over her body, "Trade needs a chip, what is


    your chip? Your body?"

 Chapter 47 You Remembered?

    Chapter 47 You Remembered?


    It was already dawn when Lexie woke up.


    The man had left at some point, the sheets still warm. She tried to move, her body aching as if it had


    been crushed.


    Lexie clutched the sheet and managed to sit up, and after a moment of dizziness, she looked at the


    light on the curtains with a stony expression and thought of what n saidst night.


    "Remember, once you''re in the Howard family, I''m the only one who can decide when to tell you to get


    out."


    Lexie clutched the sheet with a death grip.


    Was she destined to be held in check all her life?


    No, she had to change things, even if it was for Grandma''s sake, she couldn''t go on like this.


    As she was thinking, her phone suddenly rang.


    Peter''s voice rang out on the other end of the phone, very cold, "Go back home right now, I have


    something for you."


    Looking at the hung-up call, Lexie frowned.


    She knew Peter must me her for what happened on the day of his birthday banquet.


    Just as well, she had something to see him about.


    When Lexie arrived home, the maid informed her that Peter was in the backyard.


    "Like I said, I have a use for keeping her, not just the one role of keeping her by n''s side."


    "What use can she have? You''ve raised her for so many years, it is not fair for Edith."


    Lexie walked to the door of the backyard and heard the sound of men talking from the courtyard


    through a screen.


    It''s Edith''s uncle Asher Cooke.


    Asher especially doted on Edith, his niece, and was now losing his temper with Peter, ''''Peter! Don''t


    forget, Edith''s mother got depressed because of her! Are you going to let Edith repeat the same


    mistake?"


    "This is absolutely impossible, Edith is my favorite daughter, otherwise I wouldn''t have let Lexie marry


    into the Howard family for her, you know what kind of person n is. "


    Hearing these words, Lexie''s feet froze in ce, and a cold wind swept through her heart.


    Yes, everyone knew what kind of person n was. Knowing that to marry to n was a disaster, Peter


    still let her do it.


    Asher said, "Since she had married into that family, break off rtions with her, I do not want Edith to


    see her."


    "That won''t work, even if she married someone other than n, our rtionship can''t be broken."


    "Why?"


    "You forget, for that prescription, she''s the only clue."


    Lexie''s heart stuttered.


    She confirmed that she had heard correctly that Peter had said that she was the only clue to the


    prescription.


    Lexie did not dare to listen more, in order to avoid rming the two, so she walked back to the living


    room and wait, pondering the two people''s conversation, and she felt there was something wrong.


    It didn''t take long for Peter to send Asher away, only toe out and see Lexie in the living room.


    "When did you get back?" He looked odd.


    Lexie exined calmly.


    [It''s been a while, the maid said you have a visitor, so I waited here.]


    After exining, she gave a nod towards Asher behind Peter as a greeting.


    Asher coldly snorted and swept a contemptuous nce at her, not even saying a word, and walked


    straight away.


    After sending him away, Peter only came back and sat down, and the maid came and served tea.


    [Dad, what did you want me toe back for?]


    "Edith has told me that you were the one who pushed her down at the party."


    Peter''s expression was extremely serious, and the way he looked at Lexie was not even as polite as


    looking at a stranger.


    Lexie, however, was calm, [What the truth is depends on who you believe in, and no matter what I say,


    you believe what Edith says, don''t you?]


    It''d been like that since she was a kid.


    Even when she first went to the suburban winery when she was a child, she was pushed by Edith into


    the pool that wasn''t filled with water, knocking her head to the ground, no matter how she insisted it


    was Edith who pushed her, it was settled after Edith said, ¡°It was sister fell down by herself.


    Edith did not even apologize.


    Peter felt awkward said in a deep voice, "What are you saying? You are older than Edith, you are her


    older sister, you should be tolerant to her."


    [So if she kills someone and sets fire in the future, you''ll definitely let me take the me for her?]


    Just like this time when she was asked to marry into the Howard family.


    Lexie had always had a meek temper and had hardly ever been this aggressive.


    Peter froze for a moment, and suddenly became annoyed, pping the table and scolding, "You''re


    thinking you have n as your backer now, so you dare to say anything? Don''t you forget that you''re


    from the Mitchell family."


    Looking at Peter''s furious look at this moment, Lexie became calm.


    [Dad, I''ve been dreaming about my mom for the past two days.]


    Peter''s gaze lingered, not knowing if it was because of guilt or what, the sulk on his face dissipated a


    bit, "Your mother has been gone for many years, after that big illness, don''t you remember nothing?"


    Lexie looked meek.


    [I seem to have remembered something recently.]


    Peter froze and looked at her in surprise, "What have you remembered?"


    Lexie said carefully, [I have recurring dream, inside the dream, my mother seems to take me to the


    mountains to pick herbs, and keeps making me carry a ......]


    "What?"


    [Prescription.]


    Peter stood up from the sofa in a moment, looking at Lexie with surprise and joy, "Prescription? You


    remembered it?"


    Lexie was stunned and had aplicated look.


    Before she came, she had already prepared her words, so as to get the cause of her mother''s death


    out of Peter''s mouth, in fact, she wasn''t sure if it was rted to the so-called prescription, but it was just


    a bet.


    But by the looks of it, it was the right bet.


    The car drove all the way to the Mitchell family'' winery on the outskirts.


    In the back seat of the car, Peter consoled Lexie, "It doesn''t matter if you can''t remember, I will take


    you to see something, and you will be able to remember when you see it."


    Lexie nodded meekly, looking sideways out the window as her thoughts tumbled.


    What was the prescription? What was the connection with herself? Why Peter impatiently bring her to


    The words echoed all the way through her head - she was the only clue to the prescription.


    The only clue?


    Did this mean that Peter has kept her in the Howard family all these years because of the clue?


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    The car drove to the winery, and Peter took Lexie directly to the study that day.


    Looking at the direction of the bookcase, Lexie''s face instantly sank, forcing herself to hold back to


    question Peter about the matter of the tablet and formations behind that bookcase.


    "Lexie,e here," in front of Lexie, Peter directly opened the safe under the desk and took out an


    envelope from it, handing it to her, "Open it and take a look."


    What was this?


    In her heart, Lexie vaguely guessed something.


    "This is our family''s heirloom herbal form."


    Lexie clenched her hand.


    The thing that n had gone to great lengths to find was this.

 Chapter 48 A Prescription

    Chapter 48 A Prescription


    Receiving the envelope from Peter, the thin sheet did not feel any weight at all.


    [Can I read this?]


    Lexie hesitantly looked at Peter.


    Even Edith had never seen it, Peter had just shown it to her, so it was unbelievable.


    Peter, however, nodded with great certainty, "You are my daughter, what belongs to the Mitchell family


    Belongs to (N)?vel/Drama.Org.


    is belongs to you, you can read for sure."


    In front of Peter, Lexie carefully opened the envelope and drew out a yellowed piece of letter paper


    inside, with a few lines of small, elegant letters on a red spacing grid.


    [Astragalus, forsythia, wolfberry ......]


    The prescription looked nothing special, wasn''t it just the recipe for Mitchell Pharmaceutical Group''s


    ''Nerves Soothing Pill''? The ingredients would be marked on the boxes of the medicine.


    But that was where the strangeness came, there was no difference between the contents of this recipe


    and the one on the medicine box, again both withoutbeling the dosage.


    Lexie was puzzled when Peter''s impatient voice rang out, "What about it, Lexie, did you remember


    anything?"


    Lexie shook her head.


    Of course she couldn''t think of anything, it was originally a swindle to him.


    "Take a closer look," Peter was a bit impatient, "Didn''t you say, your mother made you memorize it?


    Think about the dosage of these medicines."


    Hearing these words, Lexie understood his intention.


    Peter had a prescription, but not the dosage of all the medicines.


    But the best seller for the Mitchell Pharmaceutical Group was the ''Nerves Soothing Pill'', and it had


    never been broken over the years, so how exactly did he produce it without the exact dosage?


    Lexie asked, [Dad, how did my mom die?]


    Being asked this question, Peter''s face suddenly stiffened, "Didn''t I tell you? Your mother died in an


    idental car ident, why, what did grandma say to you?"


    Looking at Peter''s faint-hearted look, Lexie swept the corner of her eyes over the bookcase.


    She shook her head in denial.


    Peter''s face eased up a bit.


    Seeing that Lexie couldn''t think of anything, Peter looked disappointed and sat down behind the desk.


    Lexie handed the prescription over, but it was also casually set aside by him, as if he didn''t care at all.


    This prescription was not worth anything at all, what was worth was the dosage. No wonder Peter


    would lock this up here and not even setting up a defense.


    "Forget about Edith, how are you doing with the things you were told?"


    A cold voice came from behind the desk.


    Lexie forced herself to be calm, [I''m doing it.]


    "It''s true that this matter can''t be rushed, but you have to step up, the Mitchell family needs the Howard


    family as a backer, not only for me but also for yourself," Peter looked at Lexie, "Do you still have the


    medicine?"


    Lexie frowned and shook her head.


    The packet of medicine had been thrown away long ago, and it was probably still under her bed


    anyway since no one went her room all year.


    Peter, however, was happy, thinking that Lexie had already used up the packet of medicine.


    "I''ll have one sent over some other time, and remember, don''t put too much in at once, lest you get


    caught."


    Lexie reluctantly nodded in response.


    Peter locked the prescription back into the cab, and changed his normal attitude towards Lexie,


    "Lexie, it''s rare for you toe back, soe home with me for dinner tonight."


    Lexie was secretly surprised, thinking that perhaps it was because she had mentioned the prescription.


    As night fell, the bustle of J City was just beginning.


    Inside the Howard family''s summer resort on the outskirts of the city, Tina had been called into Lennox


    Howard her father¡¯s study for a while now.


    There was a loud ng, and the sound of broken porcin came from the study.


    "Tina ......"


    In the living room, Tina¡¯s mother Bonnie stood up in a hurry.


    "Sit down," Stanley leaned on his crutches and sat motionlessly on the sofa, his face was distinctly


    stern.


    Bonnie''s face turned white, not daring to disobey Stanley''s words, "Dad, Tina is still young, I''m afraid


    that if she says something, Lennox will get angry and beat her."


    "Even if he beat Tina, you can''t go in there, Tina made a mistake."


    "Dad, Tina is your most beloved granddaughter."


    "That''s enough!" Stanley''s cane struck the floor heavily, interrupting Bonnie''s words.


    "She did such a thing, have she considered the consequences? I''m just too spoiled with her, so she


    dares to do anything! If the Walsh family finds out about this, how will we exin to them?"


    Bonnie blushed furiously.


    At this moment in the study, Tina was kneeling on the floor, her knees already bruised, yet she still had


    a stubborn face, "I admit it and I have nothing to say."


    Lennox was shaking with anger, pointing at Tina''s nose and scolding, ''''You have nothing to say? You


    tell me, what about your engagement with the Walsh family? What should I and your grandfather do?"


    "Big deal, I''ll back out of the marriage."


    "Is this something you can change? The marriage was decided long ago, it''s not up to you!"


    Tina inclined her face, "Whatever."


    Seeing his daughter so stubborn, Lennox turned livid, "Tina, I''m telling you, Victor has been transferred


    away by me, from now on, you will never see him again!"


    Tina blushed, "Where did you transfer him to?"


    "That''s not for you to worry about; in any case it''s somewhere you won''t find him, and if you find him


    once and I catch you, I''ll transfer him to a farther and more bitter ce."


    "On what ground you do that?"


    "On the ground I''m your father!" Lennox gave Tina a cold look, "Just kneel here until you are willingly


    marry into the Walsh family."


    Dropping those words, Lennox left the study without looking back.


    The door to the room closed with a ''bang''.


    Listening to the sound of the room door locking outside, Tina was so angry that she gritted her teeth


    and fished out her cell phone to call Victor.


    "Hello?"


    There was a long silence on the other end of the line.


    "Say something! My dad said he transferred you, where did he transfer you to?"


    "Tina, let''s not contact each other again."


    "What did you say?" Tina was anxious, "Where are you now?"


    "The airport," the man''s voice was feeble, "You father¡¯s men are around, so I can''t tell you where I''m


    going; in any case, I won''t see you again, so you give in to your father and live a good life."


    "No, you''re at the airport, where are you going? I''ming to you now," Tina got up from the floor to


    open the door, but the door was locked from the outside and couldn''t be opened.


    "Open the door! Open the door for me! Is everyone dead?"


    The sound of boarding came from the other end of the phone, and without waiting for Tina to speak,


    the phone hung up.


    "Hello? Hello? Victor!"


    Holding the phone, Tina finally broke down.


    Who the hell had spilled the beans on this, letting her dad and grandpa know?


    Not many people knew about it.


    Tina suddenly remembered what had happened the day on the Mitchell family''s birthday party.


    It was her! It must be that mute!

 Chapter 49 Shes Not on Marriage Leave?

    Chapter 49 She''s Not on Marriage Leave?


    A weekter, Grandma was discharged from the hospital.


    Since Lexie revealed that she had the hint of recovering her memory, Peter''s attitude towards her had


    obviously reversed quite a bit, calling several times in a week and asking Lexie toe home for


    dinner more often when she was free.


    This made Lexie even more certain that her mother''s death must have something to do with the


    prescription.


    "Lexie, I can take care of myself, why do you hire a nanny?"


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    In the bedroom, Grandma nced towards the door andined a little about Lexie''s reckless


    spending.


    Lexie folded her clothes and looked up towards her grandma with a slight smile.


    [The nanny was found with the help of Dr. Stewart, and she onlyes to help you cook and clean


    every day, and she can contact me in time in case something happens to you.]


    She didn''t ept the house Kevin helped her find, but epted the nanny Kevin helped introduce.


    "I am fine." Grandma looked around and sighed, "This house is actually a bit too big for me to live in


    alone, it''s a pity you don''t evene and stay with me."


    Lexie lowered her head and didn''t exin much.


    Grandma thought she was still living in the Mitchell'' house, after all, herst name was Mitchell, so


    there wasn''t much to exin.


    "Dr. Stewart is a very nice person, Lexie, let''s thank him if we have the chance."


    [Yes, Dr. Stewart is very good.]


    "You call Dr. Stewart over for dinner this weekend, I will make you dumplings."


    Lexie folded her clothes with a start and immediately shakes her head.


    [Dr. Stewart is very busy.]


    "It''s his business if his is busy or not, but we have to thank him."


    Lexie knew she couldn''t argue with her grandma, so she simply agreed.


    Just say Dr. Stewart was not avable when the time came.


    Grandma saw through her, "You should call Dr. Stewart now and make an appointment in advance, just


    so I can ask Dr. Stewart if he has any food he can¡¯t eat."


    As soon as she heard this, Lexie immediately raised her head and pointed at her watch.


    [Grandma, I have to go to work this afternoon, it''s almost toote.]


    "Hey, you girl ......"


    The door closed with a ''bang'' before Lexie breathed a sigh of relief.


    She knew that her grandmother''s idea was to set her up with Kevin, but she was the only one who


    knew that it was simply impossible, but there was no way to exin too much, so she could only avoid


    it.


    And she wasn''t lying, her leave ended today and she had to go to the city library this afternoon to go to


    work.


    "The result of the bidding for the Binjiang New Town project hase out. In this period of time,


    everyone''s efforts have not been in vain, also thank Mr. n for his strong support of our engineering


    design team. Later when the contract is officially signed, we will start to implement the overall project


    nning ......"


    In the conference room, the engineering department''s conduct a project summary meeting regarding


    the bid.


    After n listened for a while, his assistant Jack came in after answering a phone call and said, "Mr.


    n, the matter of your email leak earlier has been investigated clearly."


    "What''s going on?"


    "Follow the IP address, the outgoing address is abroad, the exact address has been located."


    n frowned.


    After the meeting, he returned to the office.


    Jack looked serious and handed the report he found to n, "This is the exact address."


    Looking at the logo of ''SG'' Group on top of the investigation report, n''s eyes went dark slightly, "Are


    you sure it was sent from SG Group''s internalputer?"


    Jack shook his head, "ording to the investigation, SG Group has five floors of this building rented


    out, currently we can only find out that it''s the IP address inside the building, but there''s no way to


    determine whichputer it is yet. Theirwork in this building has a self-protection system, our


    current technical team can''t get close to it."


    SG Group and Howard Group had a fight three years ago, when SG wanted to enter the domestic new


    energy market, Howard Group jumped the gun, and because of this matter, the twopanies were


    considered to be enemies.


    "Mr. n, do you think those photos were sent by SG''s people?"


    n raised his head, his eyes calm, "What do you think those two photos did to Howard Group?"


    Referring to those two photos of Lexie and Kevinst time, Jack was a bit apprehensive and hesitantly


    said, "Maybe it''s trying to do the same thing as thest scandalous incident to drive public opinion and


    affect Howard Group''s goodwill reputation, thus affecting the stock price."


    "Then they don''t have to send it to me."


    n pinpointed the loophole in it.


    If it was really like Jack said, the other party could have just sent it to the media, written some reports


    and bought some people to smear the Howard Group, it did not have to send photos to his email.


    Jack was speechless.


    That was indeed the truth.


    "So, Mr. n, they''re ......"


    "It may not have anything to do with them."


    Weren''t there five floors rented out? And based on the experience from previous encounters, SG''s


    people won''t be so stupid to do anything that would be found out the truth once they checked.


    n instructed, "Check whichpanies have rented those five floors? What are the backgrounds of


    the people in charge? Also have someone from the overseas market investigation team keep an eye


    on SG''s recent movements."


    That email was directed at Lexie. He only thought it was the same as thest scandal at first, almost


    certain that it was the work of that brainless second youngdy of the Mitchell family, Edith, again.


    But now it didn''t seem so simple.


    It''d better to check.


    "What''s Lexie been up totely?"


    Jack froze, "I was about to tell you, Miss Mitchell''s grandmother was just discharged from the hospital


    this morning, now she lives in Xinqiao, a nanny has been hired, the nanny ......"


    "What?"


    "The nanny was introduced by Dr. Stewart."


    Jack sounded nervous.


    Huo snorted, "Instead of being a good doctor, he is working as a housekeeping agent."


    He and Kevin did not have good terms since they were young, and the two had opposite personalities.


    In n''s eyes, Kevin was an idealistic child who had not grown up, while in Kevin''s eyes, n was a


    profit-oriented businessman.


    "The house she''s renting is in Xinqiao?"


    "Yes," Jack nodded, "it''s close to the city library where Miss Mitchell works."


    If Jack didn''t mention it, n almost forgot that Lexie had a job, right in the city library.


    "It''s quite an easy job, she can take such a long vacation."


    Jack exined, "Miss Mitchell was on annual leave and took a week of sick leave for her grandma,


    that''s why it took so long."


    "Annual leave?" n was stunned, "It''s not her wedding leave she took?"


    Jack froze, suddenly feeling that he had said the wrong thing.


    It waste afternoon.


    Lexie came out of her grandmother''s rented ce and it was still lunch break when she arrived at the


    library.


    Lest she disturb her colleagues in the office, she put her bag down and went straight to the library to


    sort out the books.


    Her main job was to organize library files and return books on loan, from 9am to 5pm. Although the


    sry was not high, it was a very leisurely and stable job, mainly because the people here were very


    simple.


    "Hello, are the literature and history books over here, please?"


    Lexie was pushing the cart to put the returned books on the shelf, when she heard the male voice from


    behind her. Her body suddenly stiffened, and her feet were like glued to the ground, unable to move.


    The voice, as if it carried all the light of teenage years, instantly shone out the warmth in her heart that


    had ever been kindly treated by the world.

 Chapter 50 Hell to Earth

    Chapter 50 Hell to Earth


    "I remember it was over here," the voice behind her was bright and determined, "Wasn''t it, Lexie?"


    Lexie was slightly stunned and finally turned to look at Myles.


    "Long time no see," The man in front of her was a head taller than Lexie, handsome and bright. After


    eight years of absence, he was more mature, and he looked at Lexie with a big smile on his face.


    Lexie looked at him in amazement.


    [How did you get here?]


    Eight years ago, Myles'' family emigrated abroad, and she thought she would never see them again.


    In Lexie''s twenty-nine years of life, Myles was one the people who were nice her, like a small sun


    almost brightened her entire youth. In her most isted time, he was the one who steadfastly stood by


    his side.


    The rich aroma of coffee spread from the coffee bar next to the library.


    Lexie examined the man for a long time, still thinking it was a dream.


    "Lexie, I know I''m quite good looking, but I''m going to blush if you keep looking at me like that," Myles


    winked towards her with a teasing look.


    Lexie couldn''t help but give him a nk look.


    [And you haven''t changed your narcissism at all.]


    "Take that as apliment," Myles smiled cheekily and nced sideways out the window, "The


    country has changed quite a bit, and I''m relieved that you''re working in a good ce."


    [When did you get back?]


    "It''s been a while, but I''ve been busy with work transfer procedures before, and if I''d known your


    grandma was in the hospital, I would havee to see you sooner and been able to help."


    Work transfer?


    Lexie looked at him in dismay, [You go back to work in the country?]


    "Of course, do you think I''de back for travel?"


    [Then your parents ......]


    Halfway through Lexie''s gesture, she suddenly realized that it wasn''t good.


    Myles gave a bitter smile, "My mom ...... died two years ago."


    Lexie''s face stiffened, [Sorry.]


    When Myles suddenly emigrated, one of the most important reasons was his mother''s poor health,


    requiring constant treatment abroad, so Myles¡¯ father simply sold hispany at home and the family


    moved abroad.


    "It''s okay," Myles smiled in a fake light-hearted way, "it''s been two years, and my mom had suffered a


    lot, so maybe this is a relief for her."


    Lexie suddenly felt bad in her heart.


    Myles¡¯ mother, whom she had met, was an exceptionally gentle mother, and it was because of such a


    mother that she was able to teach a child with such a warm and bright personality as Myles.


    Myles suddenly stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers in front of Lexie, startling her.


    [What are you doing?]


    "Don''t make such a mournful face, will you? I have tofort you. When I was in high school, I broke


    my leg and you cried, others thought I bullied you......"


    Lexie let out augh.


    "Well, enough about me, how are you doing?"


    [I ......]


    Without waiting for Lexie to speak, her cell phone suddenly rang, interrupting Lexie''s gesture.


    The word ''Jack'' on the caller IDnded in Lexie''s eyes, and her heart thudded, suddenly having a not-


    so-good feeling.


    "Mrs. Howard, are you in the library now?"


    Lexie tapped on the back of the phone in response.


    "That''s good, Mr. n asked me to arrange for someone to send some wedding candy to your


    colleagues, it''s almost there, then I''ll have someone send it directly."


    Lexie showed an incredulous look.


    Had she misheard? n arranged for someone to distribute the wedding candy to her colleagues?


    "What''s wrong?" Myles asked with concern.


    Looking at Myles'' clean and bright eyes, Lexie''s heart inexplicably grew a hint of bitterness, she tapped


    again on the back of the phone, and hung up.


    "What''s wrong?" Myles asked again, "Why do you look so pale?"


    Lexie shook her head and forced herself to stay calm.


    [It''s okay, I need to get back to the office to deal with something, so I can''t stay with you.]


    "Oh, okay, then you go ahead, I don''t need yourpany," Myles sighed in relief and leaned back in


    his chair with a smile, "I''ll sit here for a while before I go back, I''lle to you some other time."


    [Okay]


    Lexie nodded and as she was just getting up, Myles called out her again.


    "Aren''t you forgetting something?"


    Lexie froze, showing a puzzled look.


    [What?]


    Myles shook his phone, "Won''t you leave me a contact?"


    The afternoon sun was shining, the way Myles smiled made Lexie feel as if she had been pulled back


    to earth from the edge of hell in this moment.


    Sitting by the window, Myles looked at the verified Wechat on his phone, then put down his phone


    reassuringly, and when he picked up his cup, he saw Lexie returning to the library, and he couldn''t help


    but raise a smile on his face again.


    Why was this girl still as wooden and silly and cute as she was back then?


    As soon as she returned to the office, Lexie was swarmed by his colleagues.


    "Lexie, why didn¡¯t you tell us?"


    "That''s right, you are mysteriously."


    "You husband must be handsome and rich, right?"


    "Bring him over some day and we''ll meet."


    The voices fell on her ears, and Lexie revealed a bewildered face.


    Because she couldn''t speak, she usually didn''t interact much with her co-workers, who weren''t hard to


    get along with but really weren''t close to her either, and it was the first time she had been surrounded


    so suddenly.


    "Lexie must have married to a good husband, look how thoughtful her husband is, he even sent


    someone to deliver the wedding candy."


    As the words fell, Lexie saw the wedding candy box on nearest desk, red carved openwork small


    wooden box, inntern shape, delicate and borate, look very upscale.


    She understood instantly.


    The man in charge of distributing the wedding candy was dressed in a suit, assistant-like, but it was the


    first time Lexie had seen him.


    After distributing the wedding candies, he respectfully asked Lexie, "Mrs. Howard, Jack had me sent


    more, where is the left to be ced?"


    At this, her colleagues looked at Lexie with envious faces.


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    Lexie forced herself to calm down and pointed towards her desk.


    [Just leave it there.]


    The man who brought the wedding candies immediately nodded, then put the rest of the candies on


    Lexie''s desk, "Mrs. Howard, then I''ll leave first."


    Lexie said thank you, wishing that he could not leave quickly.


    Once he left, the atmosphere in the office became a bit weird, with a group of people looking at each


    other with different expressions.


    Someone uttered, "Let''s wish Lexie a happy marriage!"


    As these words fell, others wished Lexie a happy marriage.


    Lexie barely smiled in response, but she was uneasy.


    What exactly did n mean by doing this?


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