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in the bank account. Mr. Ward h

ank card when Katherine Jone

d when she cried, she looked beaut

was crying in front

handle my boss's breakup affairs as soon as I woke up

earn in a lifetime! You just got it because o

for three whole years, waking up early and encountering untold diffic

I earn a

who should be ba

, "I don't believe he would do

ersuade her, "Mr. Ward is very b

fee, I can try to negotiate with him with

f deeply insulted, "I don't

the truth, "Miss Jones, if you wan

you wan

ard is not someone you'r

the iced Americano in front of

bert, you ha

d left, heartbroken, leavi

she didn't forget to take

ad the chance to te

ely and waited for

cold that I wondered if my n

hin two minutes,

e the p

and her eyelashes were s

QR code on

cleaning and 1,000 for

tle room for

on, I finally was in the mo

ed to my desk on the 28th floor of the company

ayton, who had just retur

owned

eanliness but couldn't stand seei

se his temper, I q

has quite a

was that it wa

mond-shaped eyes, yet his gaze was always cold. When he focused o

phantic smile, "Shouldn't my dry cleani

d to respond and walke

a long sig

chimed with a pleasant

onsiderate of m

ay of getting benef

one, incredulous at the amo

Onl

s really a sti

still sent a "thank

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t, and I was the secretary

my main duty was to handle affa

crush on a girl, I would help

ose women, I had to ensure she

ile, I couldn't help but deve

d to be Clay

affection, Clayton was incr

uring the courtship phase, even when breaking

him for just a week before inexplicably angering him

n's woman, even for just one night, she cou

ansferring the wealth produced by expl

as an awful

s practically a cha

wouldn't want to

male secretary, had lon

who really wanted to be with Cla

much, just enough to buy a villa at

n't consider mys

ffee by his ex-girlfriends and being abused as the eunuch, and the compensation for my industrial injuries from being

nevitably gain in this process, I could co

ooking forward to having s

I went to his house to retrieve a document and

was only wrapped

d shoulders, strong waist, and long l

ree years of careful study, I still didn

tiful to plain, outgoing to introverted, talkati

s not going out but conducting a research

so different that I couldn't

that men loved beautiful

there were indeed several plain wome

him remained

lso gave me gre

rich men who only had a crush on great beauties, wo

road and unpredictable, it was precisely

I didn't believe I was unable to

t one million,

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nt, fortune favo

tary for two years, my oppo

a call from Kenneth Ford, asking m

st not once in the three ye

cal but went

best friend and one of the most renowned

Kenneth being pushed o

ed the designer watch on his wrist, which I had j

's awkward situation and instead

led across the back seat, his face flushed, eyes unfocuse

, he was ju

to hug him and

't want to get

ch him, and he will get

hat he doesn't e

aining his composure, living up to his reputation as

as a secretary, but in his current state, I

me, his eyes twi

motions in Kenneth's eyes, Clay

in the dark night, it ca

eth's eyes. Yes, Clayton, I had come! Not only was

house, it didn't take much eff

tched out his hand to me and l

ator, enter his mansion, take off his clothes and watch

surprisingly reached out to touch my face. He w

ender, and, though I hated to describe it this

against my face, I was amazed at ho

st see a million dollars rushing

lp but chuckle to myself, feeli

ly kissed me, I suddenl

e, he should have made a move three years ago when we fi

with it, Clayton's kisses came down lik

eard Clayton whisper softly i

was bossing me arou

eady closed, and

to see Clayton looking a

like a dog looking at

t he only had

that I was

llen so deeply in love wi

I felt guilty for ma

him again, wrapping my ar

ence, he or she would know how diffic

his head away, refusing my kiss

nothing. I looked back and saw that the

couldn't stop it suddenly, or

nature, I thought perhaps closi

iently co

we'll clos

to kiss

eyes contentedly, and his kiss, full of te

like a feather in my ear,

the door; he was calling out to a wo

e, and I instinctively pre

ng at me with affection, n

tly give up that one million! I left Clayton on the

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for foolishly thinking that capitalist Clayton would

mble identity as a ha

would be just money relatio

the word "money" reminded me that

n't all my hard work bringi

to confidently tell him, "I took care of

iver to stop the taxi. As I got o

ow Clayton

on was asleep an

ly wants to see-" I paused deliberately before continuing, "If you know this girl, could you gi

on the other end, "Ellian

ome work for me

y you d

ouldn't give

nking double the salary was sti

s not nice to poach Mr. W

then told me, "I think you

get Bai for y

the story of Clayton and Ba

Bailee Nash, a name kno

ty didn't know her, just

hat Bailee and Clayton ac

in the city could be a perfect match fo

on good terms for generations, and Bailee and Clayton were

d to study and broke u

ated on Bailee, as after that, Clayton changed

a moral paragon, probably never even he

at we all didn't li

l have a r

sal, even if he didn't accost othe

, but Bai, being a lady from a rich family, couldn't t

e was unrestrained and had tried to sleep with

hat breakup was a good move. Now Clay

us for fun, but also has so many gi

e, feeling a deep sense of pride in h

ntinued to ask, "So what hap

, she later was going out with a penniless documentary director. Her family wa

few years before they final

got engaged, Cl

lling me there was

king of which, Miss Gilbert,

you wouldn't have had the chan

, my main responsibility was mana

sped the most crucial

ailee looked like, I still searched for n

, she appeared even more

but she was quite attractive. The more I look

I have suc

dn't r

s, I couldn't

e living room in Clayton's villa,

alized the common trait among

slight resemb

one of them really looked like Bailee, but if I took their features apart

meone more similar to Bail

as unlucky to meet such a woman or h

an indirect admission th

was a secret that the proud Clayton

did, I felt the truth

rd and stu

ost toy, patiently and tirelessly searched for replicas of that

as a Celebrity Crush and himself a Hearthrob, h

with joy. So, money coul

ht, a plan brewed in my mind t

and I felt I would soon have a luxurious v

Clayton's bedroom, eager to wake

layton curled up on his massive bed, his long limb

y happiness vanis

on was truly

first love of the we

never tasted the sweetness of

edroom, deeply hesitating abo

didn't want Clayton

capitalist, have something

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step on my backside. It must have been my cat who got hungr

budge; instead, i

layton glaring at me, and it was h

ast night! It was all because his carpet w

quickly putting on my signature fawn

owing his characteristic

ry?

trickled do

, but Clayton had

er call Clayton "Terry," my eye

erry, a very spirited and esp

t let loose a torrent of abuse agai

te, I name

ound at home, "Terry, serve me!"

release my emotions! But I never imagined that one

own mouth th

rough, "I was just t

urely r

fuck off in

cuse, "You don't know that in order to serve you better, I specif

the feeling of servin

g close to me. He was a head taller than me, and this was the first time I was fa

his gaze was as deep as the s

ly kissing a man would be counted as

look clumsy

y by my side, you'

r job well, I don't c

, I don't really

en or

lace up, and

d walked past me toward

s fu

he didn't really like me?

dispensable secretary to him! If word got out about it,

I do if the bos

ticulously vacuum the carpet I had sl

aned up hi

as clean as the soldiers' dormitory. The room was sparkling clean,

hat was okay! As long as he could

xpression, the relaxed look in his eyes reve

n't you l

re of you all night yesterday. I'm not feeling

t your salary will be

that I really w

rt

icularly displeased with me t

lacking sufficient data. After I supplemented it with comprehensive data

ver learned the difference between th

something that was bot

s according to his demands, he finally nodded and pointed to

t perfect, bu

ed to scream

ed home wearily, it

d, expressing its dissatisfaction w

m, I felt eve

he real m

otten a cat; I sho

and brushed its fur, it finally calmed down

hed my f

my foot and m

ontinuing to lick i

p, I moved my foot

y, li

courtesy of a sniff, th

t like me anymor

me when I first

foot and lick it like a cute l

too hard by Clayton, I hadn't been a

't treat me

rms, realizing I cou

ould never be able to give Terry

initiative and bec

draft a project proposal about how I would help him return to

so many girlfriends would only let Bailee keep a distance from him and

ed that as a proud young lady from a privileged bourgeois famil

would pique Bailee's curiosity. Then, by having Clayton treat me, his "true love," better than he had do

e," would gracefully step aside

ly needed to pay me

he would spend in sleeping

of money to me, I could help

the buck coul

ly, I didn't want t

he didn't

f money, I could o

, holding Terry, drift

e, and I would gain mo

r-nothing spirit, I submitt

d the consequen

t my all, no m

red my

cog in the corporate machine, but success coul

ad nothing to lose but our limi

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ything unusual all morning af

as I wondered if he had e

noon that he asked me to

ctedly dismissed the regular caddie and

ly to become Clayton's woman, it

ould I hav

because he

hot sun, I saw Clayton's lips curl into a satisfied s

roposal, and this was h

n, running back and forth on the course, picking up

n, praised me, "Elliana, you're incredibl

me with a half-sm

t she is a bit

it, I felt like there was a

tisfied with

I was overstep

Kenneth got into the gol

them to rest my feet,

u don't need

u

at him,

worrying about things that aren't your conce

he signaled the ca

their cart disappea

it out of the golf course. Clayton's car must have already driven away. He had left me stranded i

ten million! I didn't care who would work for him, and I really

ride-hailing app, only

s here usually ha

e roadside, on th

s graduall

time ago when I was

nt, I swore to

incess, I didn't nee

no taxi! After walking for what felt like a

ually parked by the roads

he back of the car rolled down, rev

n," he

eal carrot and

se him with dignity, but my body

utterl

eyes again, it wa

ere to be seen. Clayton sat in the driver's seat,

playing on the r

only the red glow at his fing

ton I didn't know

ess, merging with the dark night,

e are

cigarette, "Ten m

u

entarily

ve you ten million. If it doesn't

riend, I can pay you a monthly

abou

leeping with you?"