The Billionaire’s Treasure Wife

Lindsey had expected her to do this and raised her eyebrows slightly, grabbing her wrist with little effort and with increasing force. “If you’re shameless, I’ll take the shot.”

At the sound of her words, Aurora’s hand struck her own face with a crunch.

Lindsey withdrew the force and stepped past her with grace and ease.

She had wanted to take this out three years ago.

Back in the lounge area, Professor Lee and the others are almost done talking, Lindsey smiles and exchanges a look with Edward, sitting quietly aside.

In the afterglow, Bruce’s lonely back came into view.

Lindsey was lost in thought for a moment, but quickly recovered.

His sadness and loneliness are comforted by another woman, not by her.

At the end of the discussion, Professor Lee and his team left behind their own inscriptions and departed.

Lindsey and Edward took them to the car themselves and chatted with Jesse for a while. When they returned, Edward’s cufflinks had fallen off his shirt and Lindsey had to stop and help him fasten them.

“Lindsey, you still can’t let go, can you?” Edward towered over her, looking dotingly into her gentle brow. “I keep hoping that you’ll give me a chance.”

“Scientists say that rumination causes the nerves in the cerebral cortex, to become overexcited.” Lindsey helped him button his cufflinks, straightening his tie in the process. “And a brain in a state of prolonged arousal can cause the body to overreact to certain functions.”

“I’m not that horny.” Edward caught her hand breathlessly, his low, pleasant voice ringing out slowly. “Give me the truth, will you.”

“I’ve said it many times …” Lindsey was halfway through her sentence when she noticed Bruce and Aurora coming down the stairs and suddenly smiled and tilted her head, Aurora’s bright eyes looking straight into his. “Why do you cling to it when you know you can’t force it.”

The two of them were already blinding the reporters as they stood there whispering to each other, and now they were looking at each other with such affection that the level of blood was instantly raised.

The limelight flashed throughout the hall and nothing else could be heard but the sound of the shutter.

Bruce saw the scene, and saw Edward’s hand on Lindsey’s waist, which was unacceptable and made him angry.

Aurora didn’t even try to stop him, instead she sneered and dropped the ball. “Don’t forget you’re married.”

Bruce stopped abruptly and looked sideways into her eyes, the cold light in them turning into two sharp swords that stabbed straight at her. “Married? Thank you for reminding me, I’d forgotten that I was married to her. You, on the contrary, would do well to remember what you are.”

Aurora’s hands trembled in fear, her delicate red lips opened and finally only a breath of air escaped.

Bruce had warned her about a woman who had been in love with him!

Aurora’s face reddened with annoyance and she snarled a low sentence. “You’ll have to tell Grandpa yourself what I am.”

Bruce’s beady, frightening gaze lingered on her face for a second and he brushed it off on the spot.

The reporters in the room were too busy taking pictures of Lindsey and Edward to notice the turn of events on their side, and Aurora was furious, her face red and white in a fierce fury.

Three years ago, the wedding that had once been a sensation across the capital had in fact had no groom at all.

Her name was not even on The Grant family tree, not even a legally recognised relationship, thanks to Lindsey!

Aurora’s brow furrowed in resentment, and in the blink of an eye, her face had returned to that of a dignified lady, and she was on her way to Selena.

She wouldn’t let Lindsey stay in the city in peace. She remembered when The Depp family came to Nine Lakes three years ago to ask for her hand in marriage.

As long as that lunatic haunted her, Lindsey would never set foot in the city again, let alone marry Bruce.

Lindsey finished the cufflinks for Edward and ran off, went back upstairs, confirmed the number of paintings sold with her assistant, and opened her laptop to start writing the project schedule.Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

The original plan was that the proceeds from the sale of the paintings at the exhibition would go to a special fund to provide nutritious lunches to primary schools in the mountains.

Now it looks like there is something else that can be done.

It was almost noon when Lindsey received a text message from Edward and went downstairs to meet him and head off to the Royal Food Court.

When we arrived, Professor Lee and the others were already making tea in the elegant room, so Lindsey and Edward chatted with them for a while before taking their seats.

The atmosphere was relaxed and we had a good chat, with Edward talking about what he had seen in Africa, and making the old men laugh with his wonderful gestures.

Lindsey was not surprised by this, but was still entertained by him several times.

After lunch Lindsey was so tired that she got into the car and started to doze off, Edward was also exhausted but thoughtfully drove her down to Larissa’s place.

“Lindsey, here we are.” Calling out to her softly, Edward recalled the faint scent of her body, if anything the fluttering he felt when it drifted in, and his heart instantly softened to water. “I’ll take you back to Plum Court if you don’t get out of the car.”

“You’re dreaming.” Lindsey rubbed her eyes, sat up straight and shook her head, reaching out to push open the car door.

Once out of the car, she took the time to close the door and said something without a thought. “Don’t think too much about it, I would have helped if it had been anyone else.”

The smile on Edward’s face froze on his lips, as if he had been poured with ice water, and his stupid heart instantly went cold.

Lindsey laughed at this and closed the car door, darting deftly into the lift lobby.

Only a few hours before the opening of the exhibition, Lindsey’s name was once again on the top of the search list, and her picture with Edward was all over the Weibo headlines.

“Lindsey, your popularity is unbeatable.” Larissa mumbled as she served fruit salad in her mouth, “Look at all these media outlets, none of them are covering me.”

“Jealous.” Lindsey laughed back, picking up her fork and forking a grape into her mouth. “You haven’t said anything yet, why are you running so fast.”

“Not jealous, I’m just jealous of your good luck.” Larissa drew a tissue to wipe her mouth. “The new film is going into promotion and I’ve got a busy schedule on my end.”

Lindsey nodded in understanding, lazily nestling into the sofa and staring at the chandelier on the ceiling.

“You ran into Sue again today, didn’t you?” Larissa intuited that she wasn’t in the right mood. “Did she say something to you.”

“No, I’m just tired and wanted to take a break.” Lindsey curled her lips unconsciously. “Go ahead and get busy, I’ll cook my own dinner.”

“There’s a nanny at home, you can just let her do it. I really have to go, I have a visit in an hour.” Larissa said, fumbling with her hands and starting to sort through her bag.

Lindsey turned her head to look at her with good humour and amusement. “That assistant of yours is pretty good, why don’t you let him do these things.”

Larissa blushed and fled out of the house as if she was in a hurry, excusing herself.

Lindsey hadn’t expected such a reaction from her, so she flinched and laughed.

The idea of a popular actress falling in love with a male assistant several years younger than her was a pretty big deal.

Pulling her mind back, she thought of Bruce.

How sweet it was then, how painful it is now. Whether he loved Aurora or not, that woman was his wife after all.

Dropping her eyes in dismay, she let out a sigh of relief, climbed up, turned on her laptop and booked a flight to Cloud Mountain on the Internet.

After three years away, her elder brother and second brother were both married, each happily ever after. The only thing that remains empty is Samuel’s old house, which only gets a little popular every year on the day of the Qingming Festival.

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Selena, nicknamed the Fox Beauty in B City, is not only shrewd but also exceptionally smooth.

Since learning that Old Mr. Gregor is also much in love with Lindsey, she is not going to get involved in Aurora’s affairs, in case the sun comes out of the west one day and Lindsey becomes her cousin’s sister-in-law, won’t she die a horrible death.

After hearing Aurora’s words, Selena rolled into the wide European sofa and instinctively objected. “I have no connections in that regard, and there’s no way an unusual person could get into Dai Mad’s R&D base in Newport.”

It was too insidious a move, Lindsey had never done anything to harm the world, at best it would bring down those of them who prided themselves on their noble birth, not enough to ruin someone’s life over a matter of saving face.

It was almost common knowledge that Crazy Dai had almost killed his sister before she went to Newport.

Once Lindsey was haunted by him, I was afraid there would be only one outcome – death.

“Forget it if you don’t help me, I’ll find someone myself.” Aurora’s face showed her displeasure. “Kaley must not be happy about being driven out of B-town by Old Mr. Grant, just tell her that Lindsey is back and she’ll make a move without me.”

Selena was appalled. “Aurora, I’m going to be unpleasantly honest and say that you should call it quits.”

“Stop?” Aurora snorted mockingly. “It’s either me or her this time, and I can’t take that!”

Aurora left in anger and asked her driver to take her back to the Grant Residence once she was out the door.

Since she had moved in, she had had to pay for her own food and clothing, not even the treatment of a guest.

The chauffeur had been brought over from The Palvin family, and no one at the Grant Residence had ever looked at her seriously, let alone called her “young lady”.

Back outside the Grant Residence, Aurora got out of the car, tilted her head unconsciously and looked coldly at the sign that had been there for hundreds of years, her eyes darkening.

She would not give up this position, even if it was only a false name, but she would make sure Lindsey never got in!

As she stepped into the courtyard, there were noises in her ears and Aurora had a hunch that Bruce had returned, so her pace quickened.

However, the courtyard where he lived was empty, but the courtyard where she lived was full of people.

Aurora frowned, slowed her pace and took one step through the gate.

Bruce stood with one hand in his pocket and his back to the door, standing upright.

Aurora coughed and stood with a cold face.

It was a clear, cloudless day, but the smell of gunpowder was in the air.

Bruce’s face was as cold as frost, as if he hadn’t seen her, directing the backroom gardeners as they removed the flowers she had bought.

The courtyard, which had been beautifully quiet, had suddenly turned into a hubbub.

Aurora clasped her hands to her chest and stared coldly at the mess, her red lips pursed tight. It was so mean, three years she’d lived here and he’d never shown up and since then he’d tried to clean up the mess she’d left behind.

Bruce ignored her anger, his face taut, his eyes like dark clouds holding lightning. “Take your things and get the hell out of here right now.”