Chapter 35
Even after driving out from the underground parking lot of the downtown office building, he seemed to
still hear the sounds of Hailey crying andining.
Hailey had always been a proud and arrogant person, so she obviously couldn’t stand being pped in
public.
While driving, Jordan said to Victoria, who was beside him. “Victoria, you don’t have to interfere with
the affairs between Hailey and me. Don’t p her again.”
Victoria could tell that Jordan felt some heartache for his ex-wife!
Victoria said, “Yes, Mr. Steele, but don’t you hate her for treating you that way?”
Jordan smiled and said, “Love is the opposite of hate. Without Love, how can there be hate?”
Hearing Jordan’s rather philosophical words, Victoria no longer saw him as an inexperienced young
man.
Being the scion of a prestigious family, his knowledge and ideologies were not to be underestimated.
Jordan was handsome, came from a wealthy family, had a unique mindset, and was very
magnanimous and doting towards women.
Victoria began to fall for him.
‘I must win his heart!’ Victoria thought to herself secretly.
Dozens of minutester, Jordan and Victoria arrived at a ce called Golden Pavilion.
It was surrounded by greenery andkes, offering beautiful scenery. There was a half-built museum
beside what appeared to be a resort.
After alighting from the car, Jordan took a look at his surroundings and said, “The Camdens are
nning to build a top-ss private residence here.”
The ‘top-ss private residence’ was a project that the Camdens had asked the Ace Corporation to
invest in. It was a private residence that was set to be meant for top-tier families.
ording to the proposal that the Camdens had submitted, there would eventually be more than ten
Western-style vis within the residence.
The interior was made of pinewood, with full-length ss windows that offered a stunning view of the
scenery outside.
Their intention was to create the most distinctive and beautiful private residence in the city.
Victoria nodded and said, “This is the residence. This is the ce with the most greenery in the city.
There is an abundance of maple trees, and after moving in, the residence can have a pic in the
maple forest. There is also a natural spring here.”
“I believe that the rich people of Ondo will definitely purchase and move into the vis here. But Mr.
Steele, do you really n to invest money in their project? The Camdens had treated you too
outrageously!”
Jordan smiled and said, “Actually, I was the one who came up with the concept of this project.”
“What? Does it mean that the Camdens stole your idea?” Victoria asked in astonishment.
Jordan shook his head and said, “You can’t say that. I can tell that the Camdens have always wanted
to cozy up to the top families of the city, but Hailey’s grandfather has kicked the bucket. Herman and
Benedict Camden are both quite ipetent too. All they do is vie for the inheritance of their family
assets.”
“So, I came up with this project for the Camdens, which would allow them to control the top families
without needing to increase their abilities. The idea is to just develop an estate of private residences
just for those top-tier families.”
“I told Hailey about this idea, and she then told her grandmother about it. Although she epted the
idea, she let Herman Camden take over the project.”
Victoria said, “The Camdens are indeed more biased towards Herman Camden and his son. They tend
to favor men over women and think that Hailey Camden isn’t fit enough to inherit the family’s empire. I
do pity her for that.”
Jordan nodded and agreed, “Yeah, Hailey has always been belittled by her family, and her parents
have been putting pressure on her all the time. Yet, they arranged for her to marry a live-in son-in-
law…”
“Hmph, even if that’s the case, it’s not a reason for her to cheat!” Victoria said righteously.
A maple leaf that was floating in the windnded on Victoria’s hair. After removing it for her, Jordan
said, “Victoria, have a drink with me.”
…
“Drink! Drink with me!”
In New City residential estate, Hailey held a ss of wine in hand with thepany of a beautiful
woman by her side. The woman was her best friend, Rachel Quinn.
Rachel grabbed Hailey’s ss from her and asked, “Hailey, what’s the matter with you today? Who
bullied you? Tell me, and I’ll teach him a lesson!”
Hailey snapped resentfully, “It’s that bitch, Victoria rke! She pped me! I merelyshed out at my
ipetent husband, and I didn’t provoke her at all. What right did she have to p me? Who is she
to that good-for-nothing Jordan!?!”
Rachel said with a smile, “Haven’t you heard the saying about considering one’s superior before hitting
them? Since your ex-husband is Victoria rke’s dog now, how can she let you insult him?”
Hailey snatched the wine ss again and chugged it in one go.
She eximed in exasperation, “Jordan is too heartless. I’ve only cheated on him once, but which
beautiful woman has never cheated on her husband in this day and age? Rachel, you’ve even cheated
twice!”
Feeling a little embarrassed, Rachel poured herself a ss of wine and retorted, “Why are you talking
about me? It’s not like my husband caught me red-handed.”
Hailey said, “He’s just a live-in son-inw who sponges off us. Even if he found out, why couldn’t he
have just put up with it?”
“Rachel, you know what? I told him to kneel down in front of me, but he refused. Yet, he kneeled down
to apologize to Victoria and even willingly became her bodyguard. Why did he do that? I can give him
money too!”
Rachel swirled the ss of wine in her hand and smiled, “ording to my understanding of Jordan, he
loves you very much, and he won’t move on that easily.”
“He must have rejected you and be Victoria rke’s bodyguard to impress you!”
“Huh?” Hailey sobered up quite a bit, but she was confused by Rachel’s words.
Rachel exined, “Think about it. If he uses your money, he will definitely still feel like a freeloader, but
if he earns his own money from someone else, he’ll be able to hold his head high in front of you.”
“I bet Jordan is trying to make a name for himself out there so that he’ll be worthy enough to propose to
you!”
After thinking about it, Hailey gradually smiled and said, “Hmph, I knew this punk still loves me, but I’m
not going to wait for him. Anyway, now that I’m divorced, I can find another man who’spatible with
me. Tyler is from a rich family, but he’s too much of a yboy. He’s not as meticulous as Jordan either.”
Rachel said, “You can get married to Tyler Collins and at most divorce him if things really don’t work out
in the end. You can then marry Jordan again. A naive person like him will definitely agree.”
Hailey nodded and agreed, “Good idea.”
Seeing that Hailey was much more rxed, Rachel clinked sses with her. She said casually, “Hey,
by the way, hasn’t Jordan always been a househusband? Why did he suddenly start delivering
takeouts in the past six months?”
Hailey took a sip of wine and wiped her lips before answering, “He seemed to have contracted some
diseases when we went on a trip to Switzend six months ago. He needed money for treatment, but
he didn’t want to ask us for it, so he started working to make some money on his own.”
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“Oh.” Rachel did not probe any further and continued to drink with Hailey.
At 8 am the following morning.
Hailey, who hadn’t sobered up fully, answered a phone call in a daze.
On the other end of the line, the person said, “Haileye to Grandma’s ce immediately. I found
evidence of Jordan selling the watch!”