The next day, the stylists arrived on time and dolled Connie and Linux up. When they left for the banquet, Hilda quickly tagged along to find out what the 'big show' was about. The public was aware that today was the engagement day of the Jones' young lady, Winnifred Jones and her fiancé, a CEO from an overseas corporation. The bridegroom was a successful and mature man in his fifties. Everyone deemed the couple as a perfect match and that their marriage was a blessing from above. The nosy media couldn't lavish enough praise on the couple, asserting that they were a match made in heaven and the perfect combination. However, none of them dared to publish a picture of the couple. After arriving at the engagement banquet, Hilda finally got to see the 'perfect fiancé'. Oh well, I guess I have to redefine the media's descriptions. The fiancé was much older than Elizabeth. Winnifred had now established her influence in the Jones Group and had conquered every department. Ever since Oliv
On the other hand, Jerome had long understood Teddy's triumphant look. He felt a tinge of dismay as the smile on his face gradually turned stiff. At the same time, Elizabeth had spotted him and was walking toward him. The two lovers could not be together and they couldn't even look directly into each other's eyes, neither were the ones standing beside them the ones they loved. However, this was only temporary to Connie! "Mom." Knowing Connie must have felt depressed, Hilda quickly walked over to her. Her little sweetheart wanted to lighten up her mood. However, Connie seemed to be unperturbed as she smiled at her. "I'm fine, darling. Go talk to your friends. Don't worry about me." Nevertheless, the tinge of disappointment and dismay in her eyes was unmistakable. That being said, Connie already had a plan. Hilda knew she was sad and it made her want to stay by her side all the more to keep her entertained. Teddy too quickly came to fawn over Hilda and it turned to be a harmo
The man glided toward Elizabeth. From where Hilda was standing, she could see the man standing in between Elizabeth and Jerome, and was moving closer to her. He then swiftly held Elizabeth's arm and with that, he had delicately separated Jerome and her. Though it appeared to be just a casual posture, Hilda could sense the man's aggressiveness. "Herman, what brings you here?" Elizabeth was surprised to see the man. The man named Herman answered, "I came for a business talk and decided to drop by." It seemed like he was an unexpected guest who came without receiving an invitation. Nevertheless, not only was Herman not ashamed of turning up uninvited, he even obtrusively stood in between Elizabeth and Jerome, replacing Jerome as he introduced himself to Connie in a self assured manner. "Hi, you must be Connie! I've seen you on the parent child show. I'm Herman Jeans from Jeans Real Estates. This is my card." Connie, Teddy and Hilda each received a card from the man. Hilda glanc
Enjoying the big scene, Hilda started to suspect that Herman and Connie had ganged up. Meanwhile, Jerome and his two sons were chatting with the guests at another spot. He seemed to have deliberately kept a distance from Herman, while Herman too deemed Jerome and his two sons invisible. Soon, every guest at the engagement ceremony became aware of Herman's existence and that he was Elizabeth's lover. Though it was normal for wealthy families to have plenty of illicit affairs, it was rare to see the host and the lover showing up at the same place like today, and both men's status were not ordinary. Everyone was secretly gossiping among themselves and Rex the busybody was one of them. "Hilda, did you see that? Elizabeth changed her husband again! Herman... What a cringy name!" Even Rex could tell that Herman was here to stir up trouble. Carrying himself as Mr. Jones, Herman completely deemed Jerome the fiancé invisible, and Jerome was left out in the cold. Meanwhile, Thomas stared
Soon, Winnifred's engagement ceremony began. What happened next was the typical procedures, such as reciting vows and exchanging rings. Winnifred and the toad were even moved to tears as they hugged and vowed to stay by each other's sides for a lifetime. Romeo and Juliet finally lived happily ever after, yada yada. All these were just meaningless cliché. Toward the end of the ceremony, everyone raised a toast and thereafter the performers were invited onto the stage. With her eyes wide open, Hilda was eager to witness the proposal. Unfortunately, Herman's presence implied that the lavish proposal was destined to not take place today. Obviously, Elizabeth was now on pins and needles but she couldn't excuse herself at all, as Herman was holding her arm the whole time. Hilda kept staring at Elizabeth, wondering when she would alert for the start of the proposal. As such, she did not notice that Connie was gone. "Where's Mom?" Hilda asked Linux. However, Linux merely put on a mys
Recently, the Jordan Medical Technology Company had established a cryobank and their branch in Taadi had caused an uproar in Taadi City. Rex wiped his mouth and glanced around. True enough, the people surrounding them were giving them weird looks. He nearly wanted to pounce on Hilda and cover her mouth. "Hil, can you keep a low profile on this kind of matters? It's so embarrassing to promote it!" Puzzled, Hilda answered, "It's not a big deal. I've frozen a few eggs too, it's just an insurance for my plan of having a second child in the future." Rex wanted to retort but Hilda had already started lecturing him. "Mr. Rex, please allow me to give you a gentle reminder, you're almost thirty years old and the quality of your sperm will decline if you don't freeze them now. When that happens, it will be too late to freeze them." Rex instantly blushed when Hilda brought up this matter. "Hil, I'm begging you! Can you please keep a low profile on this? Even if I want to freeze my sperm, I
The rest of them remained silent as they watched Elizabeth's actions. Herman too seemed to have understood that Elizabeth came to catch them cheating in the act, so he kept silent and waited for the show. Meanwhile, Arlo and Milo too clammed up as they silently watched Elizabeth. Arlo even put on a puzzled expression and asked, "What's wrong, Mother? Do you need to use the washroom?" Sitting elegantly on the sofa, Jerome remained quiet with a subtle smirk on his delicate features as he watched Elizabeth attempting to catch them red handed. Placing her hand on the washroom door handle, Elizabeth hesitated to push open the door because she knew that as soon as she did, there would be an unrestorable fissure between her and Jerome. However, she had to lift the veil! Shuddering, her hand pressed on the handle. However, the door did not swing open as it was locked from the inside. Furiously, Elizabeth knocked at the door and roared, "Come on out, Connie!" Nevertheless, there was no
Taadi had slow development in this aspect and there were only a few state owned cryobanks, but Connie received approval and opened the first private cryobank. As they spoke about this, Connie suddenly remembered that when she was young, saving frozen samples in the cryobank had just entered the public eye and she seemed to have saved some eggs after her babies died. Back then, Adrian was dead too and it made her feel like she had lost everything. She seemed to have changed overnight and she focused all of her energy on the Jordan Family. She didn't want to get married, she couldn't have any feelings for another man more than admiration and she knew that she wouldn't build a family for the rest of her life. So she froze her eggs for future plans. Connie remembered that she had paid the fees for 70 years all in one go with the money from the Jordan family. Almost 30 years have passed, I wonder what has happened to my eggs that I saved in the cryobank abroad? I can't remember the na