Ivy was absolutely silent until the young man and his dad came out of the house, then thanked Ulmer and also Ivy and Jamie before leaving.The moment they left, Ivy opened her mouth.“You were declared dead, Ulmer. That’s why we sold that land after your house got destroyed,” Ivy quickly stated.“Who declared me dead?” Ulmer calmly asked her. “You?”Ivy frowned. “The police did.”“They won’t label a missing person dead unless they found the body, or do they?” Ulmer said. “Or did someone pay them money to do it?”“Are you saying that I gave them money to have you pronounced dead?” Ivy raised her voice. “If I was really that heartless, you wouldn’t be alive and talking to me right now!”Ulmer frowned in response. “Maybe, I’m still alive because you couldn’t find me?”Ivy gritted her teeth. “You really are despicable for thinking I’m a murderer. Why don’t you also say that I’m the one who planned your family murders? Why don’t you say that I’m also the one that killed your grandfather an
Ivy couldn’t even explain to Ben what had happened. What was she supposed to tell him? That she refused to let the multi-millionaire and his son into the house and didn’t even let them take a dump in the bathroom when they said they were in an emergency?Ivy wasn’t dumb. She realized that the father and son were probably testing Ben’s family before Ben came home.Jamie also understood that now.But it was too late to do anything as those two people had already left. Ivy didn’t make any good impression until the end, so she felt really bad right now. There was no way they would still be willing to give their woman to Ben after being humiliated.Because Ivy couldn’t explain it, Jamie took it upon himself and explained everything, though he did it in a way that made it look like Ivy was justified in what she did. However, in doing so, he had to use Ulmer as a scapegoat.“She was in a bad mood because of Ulmer’s arrival, and your grandma and your mom also quarreled a bit,” Jamie said. “Ot
Ben rushed into the bathroom. “What are you doing to my sister, you bast—”Ulmer sprayed the disinfectant in Ben’s face, seemingly out of reflex.“Kyaa!” Ruth screamed again, but in a very different tone this time.Ben, who was about to punch Ulmer, ended up falling toward him. Ulmer moved away, and Ben’s face was about to fall right into the toilet seat.Ruth’s eyes widened some more in that fraction of a second, but then Ulmer grabbed Ben’s shirt and pulled him at once.Ben moved back to the door, and he quickly wiped his face, but his eyes began to burn because of whatever Ulmer had sprayed at him. He quickly went to the sink and began to wash his face.Ivy and Jamie soon arrived there. “What’s going on?” Jamie looked at his daughter. “Why did you shout like that?”“Dad, he sprayed the toilet cleaning liquid on my feet on purpose!” Ruth quickly pointed at Ulmer. “And then brother came, and he sprayed it in my brother's face.”Ivy’s eyes gained a shade of red when she heard that. Sh
“If you tell him to leave just like that, where will he go?” Mollie questioned Ben. “You have a job, and you have a family. When you get sick, you have people to take care of you. But what about Ulmer? He’s also my grandson just like you. Do you think I’ll let you be left in the streets if the same thing were to happen to you?”Ben frowned from hearing that. “But if he’s here, he’s only going to cause friction in the house.”“The one who attacked him was your mom, and she got hurt by slapping him,” Mollie reminded him. “Who’s fault is that?”Ben’s frown deepened. He then looked at his sister. “Why did you scream like that?”“U-Uh, he sprayed the disinfectant on my feet on purpose, Brother,” Ruth quickly but hesitantly said.“So? You scream that loudly?” Ben growled at her. “What are you? A kid?”Because Ben also got sprayed, on his face at that, and didn’t scream that much at all, Ruth couldn’t talk back right now. “Y-You’re a man. You don’t know about women.”“Hmph, that pathetic exc
“Ulmer, don’t leave!” Mollie went after him. “If you leave, I won’t be able to forgive myself.”“I’m not going anywhere, Grandma,” Ulmer said. “I’m just getting some fresh air.”“Oh…” Mollie was relieved to hear that. She was glad that he didn’t take Ivy’s words to heart. “You’ve got a strong mind… like your dad.”Ulmer didn’t say anything. He sat under a tree and looked at the birds that were sitting on the tree.“Why didn’t you tell them about your job?” Mollie couldn’t help but ask him. “They would have been more accepting if they knew that information.”“I want them to accept me, not my job,” Ulmer replied.Mollie’s mouth turned down a little. (He must be really feeling alone for him to say something like that.)Ulmer’s clone had all the time in the world. His plan was to take care of his grandmother until the real one returned, so staying with her was necessary for him. But, at the same time, Ulmer also wanted to see how Jamie and his family would handle him. That’s why he was pu
In Bronich city, where Jamie and his family lived.Ulmer’s clone went out that day, making Ivy and others wonder if he had gone out to get a job for himself.Ben and his mom, however, were more worried about making up for the mistake that Ivy had made in treating her to-be-in-laws. And they were thinking of many plans to set things right.Jamie also gave his inputs, but Ivy didn’t consider them. She only listened to her own thoughts or to the ideas given by her son.At some point, Jamie didn’t bother giving them any help anymore and minded his own business, even though he also was very much interested in becoming related to the multi-millionaires as that would give a big boost to his reputation.Somewhere else in the city.Ulmer stopped in front of the Drevon Bank, a multi-national bank with a net worth close to 300 billion dollars.Every car that was stopping by the bank was a luxury car of some kind, and the people were all wearing top-class dresses.Drevon bank was also called the
The CEO of Drevon bank was a 22-year-old short-haired blonde Ririka. In terms of looks, age, and salary, she didn’t have an equal in the country, or so she believed.As she entered the branch building, everyone bowed to her whether they be the receptionists or the bank employees. She didn’t take time to respond to their gestures, but she did care and also required them to give her that much respect and attention as part of the work culture.Ririka went to the thirtieth floor, where the manager greeted her and wished her happy friendship day. He tried to put a friendship band around Ririka’s wrist, but she politely refused him and then went to her room.After sitting in her chair, she breathed a bit more freely. “Friendship day… I can’t think of a single friend who I want to be around. They are all opportunistic trash. Why can’t I find good friends? Is it because I’m born in this banking family? I see so many movie plots with best friends growing up together, so why don’t I have any su
Ulmer was still outside the building. The guards were getting annoyed by his presence now.Ulmer had given the bouquet to the receptionist when she came out of the building, and he even gave her a hundred dollars to make sure she’d deliver the bouquet to the top floor.“What’s taking her so long?” Ulmer wondered. “She saw the card, right? It’s not a trash card, right?”[Have some patience, Ulmer.] Dove said. [Why don’t you sit on that bench and wait a few more minutes?]Ulmer sighed and then went over to the bench. It was a glass bench with flowery designs on it. He sat there.A few seconds passed.Two young ladies passing by saw him and crossed the road and sat on the bench and were smiling at him.Ulmer acted like he didn’t see them.“100 dollars each, and you can have us come to your room,” one of the women said. “We’ll do you full service. Anything you want.”They began to tempt Ulmer by kissing each other in public. The guards were turned on by what these women were doing.Ulmer,