Mary quickly returned to the Davis ho.
As soon as she entered the door and saw the people in the room, her expression imdiately grew
grave.
In their own villa, not only were her parents there, but
so were her other uncles and aunts.
It seed that all of the older generation of the Davis family had co!
At that mont, everyone was staring at her; her eldest aunt could hardly wait to ask, “Well? Did Mr.
Ellis take a liking to you?”
Mary’s fingers tightened instantly, and she looked
down.
She swallowed before saying, “No…”
“No?!”
Her eldest aunt’s voice instantly beca shrill. “How could it not be? Mary, are you not gentle enough?
Haven’t I told you? When you see Mr. Ellis, talk about horses more; he loves horse racing the most!”
Her eldest uncle spoke dispassionately, “Don’t rush, Mary. Tell us the details of the blind date so we
can analyze it and figure out where the problem lies.”
A trace of sha and anger flashed across Mary’s face.
Her private affairs were to be laid out and scrutinized
in detail?
Her father then intervened. “Brother, Sister-in-law, this, after all, is Mary’s private affair. Since Mr. Ellis
didn’t take a liking, then it must an Mary doesn’t
have such a fate. I think there’s no need to dwell on it
any further…”
Mary’s second uncle imdiately scoffed. ” Brother, our eldest brother is the family head, and it’s his
turn to speak. Is it your place to interrupt?”
Mary’s father was suddenly at a loss for words.
The aunt spoke disdainfully as well. “Brother, the Davis family was indeed once the primary line of the
Davis family’s legacy, but now that the old man has passed away, we can only be considered a
collateral line. If we don’t strive in this generation, soon we’ll be
indistinguishable from the most distant relatives!”
Mary’s grandfather was the gooand can of the
legitimate line of the Davis family. After the eldest took over as family head, Mary’s grandfather broke
away to
live on his own.
While Mary’s grandfather was still alive, the first
branch of the family showed them so respect, but after the grandfather passed away, the uncle from
the main branch who beca the head began to tighten his control of the family’s authority, and they
were gradually marginalized.
Although they still lived with dignity, in just a few more years, they would be downgraded to a second-
tier influential family.
The second uncle continued ” Brother, although we don’t share the sa mother, for many years,
everyone has held great expectations for Mary, hoping she could marry into the first branch of one of
the other fo major families and elevate our status! This opport was fought for by our eldest brother from
the main branch only for Mary. Can you say this is her private matter? Can you justify this to our eldest
brother?”
Seeing this scene, Mary clenched her fists.
Her father indeed didn’t have the sa mother as
these people.
Their mother was also from one of the five major families, but, unfortunately, after giving birth to their
aunt, she weakened in health, fell ill, and died.
Afterward, her grandfather remarried her grandmother, who ca from a minor family…
By all ans, her grandmother should have been treated with respect as their mother after many years
of companionship with her grandfather, but instead…
After her grandfather passed away, her eldest uncle, second uncle, and aunt joined forces to drive her
grandmother out of the ancestral ho. They said that since she wasn’t the original wife, even in
death, she couldn’t be buried alongside Grandpa.
Although Mary could be considered a mber of the Davis family, in reality, their family’s status within
the Davis family was exceedingly awkward.
Her father was dutifully filial, and her grandmother
was a traditional woman who didn’t wish to break away from the family, always hoping to be buried with
her grandfather…
Mary thought of this and felt a sense of suffocation.
Seeing her like this, her mother couldn’t help but look at her with dismay. “Mary, what exactly happened
during the blind date? Just tell us…”
Mary clenched her fingers before finally speaking up. “Mr. Ellis was dissatisfied with . I had barely
sat down and hadn’t even spoken when he left.”
As soon as these words ca out, one of her uncles beca extrely disappointed. “With your looks,
he didn’t even bother to give you a second glance?”
Mary said, “No, he didn’t.”
The aunt imdiately scoffed. “A granddaughter brought up in a small family background is just
useless! Brother, you insisted on giving her this opportunity. See? it was wasted! If I had known earlier,
I might a well have let my daughter try! At the young people’s private gatherings, my daughter was able
to speak a few words with Mr. Ellis…”
The second uncle’s wife also sneered. “Sister-in-law,
your daughter isn’t a mber of the Davis family, but we have plenty of daughters in our family waiting
to be married. Indeed, the first branch chose wrongly
this ti! Who is Mr. Ellis? How would he possibly take a fancy to soone who is nothing but a pretty
face with no understanding of anything?”
Mary didn’t respond to these words, but his father could no longer hold back. “Sister-in-law, how can
you speak so harshly? Mary studied new energy in college, and now she’s been valued by the first
branch and is in charge of the new energy research and developnt projects at the Davis
Corporation… In her generation, she’s the first one to hold such a position! Mary is a capable and good
child!”
Once he said this, the uncle from the first branch snorted coldly. “Fourth brother, since you brought it
up, there’s sothing I have to say. I heard she abused her authority to sign a contract for her best
friend’s husband. That’s utterly preposterous!”
The second uncle’s wife’s voice imdiately beca shrill. “What? Mary! When my maternal family’s
nephew wanted to work in the New Energy Research and Developnt Departnt of the Davis
Corporation, you said we couldn’t pull strings, and now for an outsider, for a best friend who is ntally
deficient, you blatantly do such a thing? You must
really be blinded by greed!”
Mary imdiately said, “You can insult , but don’t drag my friend into it.”
“What friend? That’s nothing but a questionable outsider! I’ve heard her husband cheated on her, and
she just tolerates it. With her feeble and incompetent love-struck brain, you’re forbidden from
associating
with her in the future!”
The first branch’s uncle stood up and looked at her, “Mary, I gave you a chance. If Mr. Ellis had taken a
liking to you, I would have turned a blind eye to your actions, but unfortunately, you failed to grasp the
opportunity, and I won’t bend the rules for personal
reasons anymore!
“That contract is on you for judging people wrongly. If their company fails to deliver the research plan
tomorrow, I’ll definitely have the legal departnt sue them for compensation according to the contract,
and at the sa ti, you’ll be held responsible for the investnt failure! When the ti cos, don’t
bla for not considering our relationship!”
Mary clenched her fists tightly.
Among her peers, she was the first to pass the interview for Davis Corporation and to work there.
Thus, she had long been a thorn in the side of these
families.
It was an investnt failure, but according to the contract, if compensation could be obtained, it ant
she had rectified her mistake with her investnt.
The first branch’s uncle was clearly looking for an excuse to fire her from Davis Corporation.
Mary looked at them and, facing the leviathan that was Davis Corporation, felt sowhat powerless.
But it didn’t matter. At the very least, she could help Keera divorce and escape from Howard’s clutches.
anwhile, Keira, after preparing dinner for Howard’s mother and Amy, entered the bedroom and took
out Keera’s laptop.
The laptop contained a research and developnt plan.
Once Howard shifted all the bla onto her and divorced her, she planned to use this latest research
and developnt plan to seek in-depth cooperation
with Davis Corporation.
She wouldn’t let Mary be put in a difficult position.
It just occurred to her that she hadn’t ntioned this
to Mary yet.
Ti quickly reached the third day.
The Davis Corporation’s lawsuit was delivered to Howard early in the morning.
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