In the end, they chose shoes, clothes, and toys for Cal, and Chester paid for everything. Charity let him do as he wished and did not stop him. While standing at the side, she thought that if she had been dating someone else, she would not have allowed him to pay for the items. She would not want that person to spend too much money when they had just started dating because she would feel bad if they were to break up afterward. Nevertheless, she had none of those concerns as that person was Chester. She could even be as pretentious as she wanted. Chester stopped the car when they arrived at their homes. “You don’t have to get off. It’s too late. I’ll take the stuff and go inside myself.” Charity was about to open the door and get down after she spoke.“Charity…” Chester suddenly grabbed her arm. “What?” Charity turned around and was met with his kiss. It happened so quickly that she did not even have the chance to avoid it. The kiss landed right on her lips. “You…”C
Chester gritted his teeth. “What? I have a girlfriend too.”“Mm. Unfortunately, you’re incapable of sex.”Chester was speechless. The conversation came to a dead end. “Go on. Why are you not asleep and calling me at such a late hour?”“Have your wife reveal the Patterson family’s scandal to the authorities. It’s time to gather the net we cast. Ask the Jeffs family from Newcastle to cooperate too,” Chester said. “I met Monte today, and he’s really an eyesore.”“Okay.” Shaun gave a swift reply.…Late into the night, Monte had just rolled off a woman sweatily when his phone rang. “Don’t pick up the phone. It’s so noisy.” The female university student clung to his waist.“Okay. I won’t pick up the call.” Monte was seduced by the girl, and desire quickly overcame his senses. They were at it until midnight. In the end, Monte fell asleep as he had run out of stamina, and he could not remember how many times the phone rang. The next morning, he was roused from his sleep by th
Before Monte could enter the platform, Ken caught him.“Let go of me.” Monte struggled desperately and shouted toward the passers-by, “Help! Someone’s trying to kidnap me.”The passers-by looked over warily.“I’m not kidnapping him.” Ken flashed a smile at the passers-by. “I’m a police on duty. This person is involved in huge transnational gambling and money laundering, and he’s planning to flee.”“No. I–”Before Monte could finish his sentence, Ken had covered his mouth. At the same time, someone searched Monte’s bag, and piles of notes dropped out of it.The passers-by who were originally doubtful about the situation immediately kept quiet.After all, if Monte were not involved in crime, why would he bring so much money to the train? He must be planning to flee.“Let’s go.”Ken dragged Monte out of the train station and shoved him into the car.Charity was in the passenger seat, while Chester was the driver.“So you called me over just to see him, huh?” When Charity saw Mo
Monte’s head instantly exploded.Never in his wildest dreams did he think that things would work out that way. He had been under the impression that he had managed to approach the Jeffs family solely based on his competence.In the past year, he had been gloating over his ability, and seeing that Chester was crippled, he found himself much more brilliant than Chester.Little did he expect that he would be the one falling into other people’s trap instead.Monte glared at Charity with his red eyes. “Eliza, why are you doing this to me? All I did was let you down. When we were in a relationship, I treated you well and made you very happy. If not for your poor family background, I would’ve married you. Isn’t it normal for adults to get together and split? At least I didn’t betray you when we were together. However, because of you, I was infected with HIV. Since I’ve received the punishment I deserved, why must you be so cruel? You’re wicked.”He looked at Charity as though she were a
Charity withdrew her hand. “Drive carefully.”Just as Chester was about to change gears, his phone rang.He glanced at the notification of the incoming call, and a trace of sarcasm flashed across his eyes.“Answer it.” Charity picked up his phone for him and tapped the ‘answer’ button. Then, the sound of Madam Jewell’s weeping rang out. “Chester, hurry up and come home. I don’t know why, but your dad has been taken away. They claimed he was involved in corruption and gambling. How could your dad have done these things?”“You’re looking for the wrong person. You should look for Cindy. She’s a good family member of yours,” Chester said derisively.“Don’t behave like this, Chester. That girl isn’t picking up my calls, so I can only rely on you right now. Your dad can’t go to jail. Those old friends of his aren’t picking up my calls too.” Madam Jewell said tearfully, “If you don’t come home now, I’ll hit my head against the wall and kill myself.” “Why don’t you go and take a look
“Chester, you ungrateful b*stard. You’ll die a miserable death.”Madam Jewell’s scolding came from behind. “If something happens to your dad, I don’t want to live too.” Charity studied the raging woman behind through the rearview mirror. The saying, what comes around goes around, was true. Madam Jewell used to act haughtily in front of Charity as if no one could deserve her son, but now, it was… hard to explain. “Do you want to get someone to keep an eye on her? What if she really–”“Ha! Don’t worry. Among the people I know, she fears death the most.” Chester snorted. “If she isn’t scared of dying, why would she treat Cindy so dearly? She even forced me to marry Cindy and support Cindy’s career to keep her blood donor by her side back then. She has committed so many evil deeds. If not for her illness, I wouldn’t tolerate this anymore.”Chester had exhausted all the patience he had toward his mother. Charity pressed her lips together. Although she had experienced many hards
“Cindy, it must be hard on you,” Madam Jewell said agitatedly. “Don’t worry. As long as you’re willing to help your uncle, everything we have will be yours in the future. We see you as our daughter.”“Don’t say that, Aunt Lynnette. It’s only fair I do that for you. You two have been so nice to me.” Cindy helped Madam Jewell into the house. “In that case… When can you meet Senator Cox?”“This evening. However, Senator Cox doesn’t have time, so his nephew will come over instead.” Cindy lowered her head and said, “You know Senator Cox can’t be there personally for matters like this.”“I know, I know.”…At night, Chester and Charity pushed Cal, who was in the pram, as they took a stroll in the neighborhood’s garden. Cal’s dark eyes looked in many directions. He was very excited. Charity was teasing her son with an ice cream in her hand, and soon, she made Cal drool. “Stop teasing him.” Chester could not stand his son’s silly look. It was unbearable to watch. “I want to teas
Chester massaged his head that was about to burst. He really did not expect his mother to be so stupid. In fact, he had protected her too well throughout the years. Within two years of Chester leaving the Jewell family, one of his parents was deceived and was now going to prison, while the other most likely had her funeral savings scammed. “Where’s Cindy?”“She has divided the money equally with Stanley after receiving it and plans to leave Australia overnight,” Ken said in a low voice. “Because of our warning, many who used to be close to Cindy haven’t dared to interact with her recently. Cindy was also trying to get people to invest in Eagle Videos, but she failed to bring in any investors. It resulted in a drop in Eagle Videos’ shares, and many shareholders were displeased with her. She knew that her connections relied on the Jewell family, so after Hunter got into trouble, she transferred all her money overseas. In addition to the money she scammed today, she has about two