The sound of tiles shuffling filled the air. Maria focused on the tiles in her hand. She spent most of her time studying and making money before, so she had never had the chance to play this kind of game.Freya sat next to her silently. However, her eyes were fixed on the tiles in Maria’s hand.Just as Maria was about to win by self-draw, she hesitated and discarded a different tile.Freya's eyes widened."Silly girl... That was a self-draw..."Freya pressed her lips with a frown. But as she watched Maria continue to draw and discard five tiles in a row, her eyes suddenly widened.It seemed that Maria was just waiting for a chance!When Maria drew the eighth tile, she didn't even look at it. She slammed it on the table, "Self-draw, all one suit, with honors."Brenda looked at Maria’s tiles in disbelief. It really was all one suit!The other two women were shocked. "Ria, you're so lucky. You won such a big hand on your first try!"Maria modestly smiled, "It's luck.""Let's play again
Maria had seen Charles play Go with Old Master Smith before, so she frowned and said, "Grandpa, I don't know how to play Go.""No problem."Old Master Smith said, "You can pick anything you like. I'm okay with it."Maria actually knew how to play many games, including Go, but she wasn't particularly skilled at it. Her favorite was actually checkers because Noah used to play it with her whenever he had free time.Thinking of Noah, Maria held back her sadness and looked up at Old Master Smith with a smile. "Grandpa, why don't we play checkers then?" "Alright!"Old Master Smith readily agreed. "Let's play checkers!"The board was set up, and Maria chose the red pieces while Old Master Smith chose the white ones.Maria knew Old Master Smith eyesight was not good, so she deliberately chose red, hoping he could see it more clearly. However... she made a misjudgment!In the beginning, the white pieces and the red pieces stood on opposite sides. Even if Old Master Smith couldn't see clearly,
Maria opened her bag and took out the red envelopes excitedly, "I've never received so many red envelopes all at once in my life. It's amazing."Seeing her bright smile, Charles was also pleased.Maria picked up the first red envelope and opened it, saying, "This one is from..."Before she could finish, something slippery slid out of the red envelope. It was clearly not money, so Maria curiously picked it up and looked at it closely. She exclaimed, "Oh my, a bank card?" Indeed, it was a bank card.There was a sticky note attached to the card with a password written on it.Curiously blinking her eyes at the password, Maria said, "This is Mia’s..."She suddenly realized something and quickly corrected herself, "My birthday."Charles raised an eyebrow and nodded, "One red envelope can't contain so much money, so they gave you a card. Let's see the others."One by one, Maria opened the envelopes and indeed, they were all bank cards.Perhaps those women had planned it in advance as all th
In the outskirts of San Diego, in a cheap hotel room, Mia sat on the bed staring blankly at the door.She hadn't eaten meat for several days. If she hadn't sold the only gold bracelet she had on her wrist, she wouldn't even be able to afford this cheap hotel.Suddenly, someone knocked on the door, and Mia asked impatiently, "Who is it?"The person didn't answer but continued knocking."So annoying!"Mia got up in annoyance, walked over, and opened the door. When she saw the face that greeted her, her immediate reaction was to close the door."Mia!"Alexander propped the door open with his hand and looked seriously at Mia. "Let's talk.""What is there to talk about?"Mia glared at him angrily, "Are you here to mock me? Alexander, I'm in this situation all thanks to you!"Alexander raised an eyebrow, "I'm sorry. I didn't expect to bring you to this point, so I came to make it up to you.""Make it up to me?"Mia looked at him in disbelief. In her heart, Alexander was a flirtatious man. I
Mia couldn't help but reach out her greasy hand and grab Alexander's wrist.However, Alexander instinctively avoided her, shouting, "Don't touch me!""Hmph..."Mia mocked, "Why didn't you tell me not to touch you when you were sleeping with me? Now you're disgusted with me. Alexander, if it weren't for me being in my current position, you, the illegitimate child of the Caine family, wouldn't even be worthy of polishing my shoes!"Alexander slapped Mia across the face so hard that she even trembled.Looking at Mia’s swollen face, Alexander cruelly curled his lips, "Mia, remember this. No matter who I am, if you want to live a good life, you must listen to me. Otherwise, I can take back what I give you at any time!"Mia covered her face, looking at Alexander with a sense of grievance. She wanted to slap him back fiercely, but only Alexander could give her a good life now.She lowered her head and nodded submissively, "Okay, I understand."Alexander coldly glanced at her, took two tissues
Maria drove the Maserati that Charles gave her to Glory Group.She knew that Charles went to the company early in the morning. She was eager to see him, so she had to drive to the company to find him.Maria parked the car on the side of the road. She opened the car door, jumped out, and ran towards the company lobby in a hurry.After running in, she immediately stopped and frustratingly slapped herself on the head.She had been with Charles for so long, but this was the first time she had come to Glory Group, and she never asked which floor Charles' office was on...Helpless, she could only walk towards the front desk."Hello, may I ask which floor Charles' office is on?"Upon hearing this, the receptionist looked up and saw Maria’s flawless and beautiful face. She envyingly pursed her lips, "Do you have an appointment?""Huh?"Maria was slightly stunned and asked, "An appointment?""Tsk..."The receptionist looked at Maria with disdain and rolled her eyes. "Come on, bumpkin. Don't yo
Maria wouldn't admit that she didn't want to part with Charles.She would have to stay in Liverton for at least a month. She was afraid that she would go crazy without seeing Charles for that long.She had never been in love before, but if she had, she would know that her clinginess was normal for a girl in love.Charles looked at Maria deeply and pursed his lips as if he was hesitating..."Honey..."Maria grabbed his arm and gently shook it, "You went with me to San Francisco before. Can you accompany me to Liverton this time? Please..."Liverton...Charles frowned for a moment, but he quickly concealed the trace of coldness in his eyes.Under Maria’s pleading gaze, he nodded, "Okay, I'll go with you. But..."At this point, he suddenly stopped, turned his head, and stared at Maria’s eyes intently, "Ria, that's when I'll start giving you an allowance. Do you understand what I mean?"Maria blinked her bright eyes in confusion. She shook her head innocently, "No."Charles looked at her
A week later.Outside the Lesser family's mansion in Beijing. Mia was brought to Liverton by Alexander. They first went to get the marriage certificate, and then Alexander spent money to dress up Mia.Now Mia was as elegant as before, and with Alexander's help, she had become the proud peacock she used to be.But no matter how proud she was, she still felt nervous in front of the Lesser family's mansion."Alexander, you're not tricking me, right? My useless and mediocre father is actually the son of the Lesser family?"Even though Mia was beautiful now, Alexander didn't want to look at her face for a second. He looked at the mansion and said coldly,"Mia, this is your last chance. It all depends on your acting skills.""Wait..."Mia couldn't associate Noah with the son of the Lesser family!She fidgeted with her hands and said, "Alexander, I think you might have mistaken him for someone else. He couldn't possibly be..."Before she could finish her sentence, she saw a beautiful girl pu