Looking at the money, Carrie estimated the total to be less than a thousand dollars.She was so angry that she immediately called Camryn and scolded her. “What do you mean by this, Camryn? I asked you to give me money. You shouldn’t insult people like this! Are you trying to wave off a beggar? Even beggars would disdain the money you gave.”Camryn said coldly, “Didn’t you ask me for money for food? That’s exactly it. Ten cents is money too. If you count the money, it should all add up to about a thousand plus dollars. Even a fast food meal should only cost around ten or twenty dollars. It’s enough for you to eat for a while.“And if you buy groceries and cook for yourself, it might last you a bit longer.“This is the loose change we managed to come up with after my mother-in-law mobilized all the people in the entire manor and emptied their wallets of small change. You should thank her. If it were up to me, I wouldn’t have cared if you had money to buy food or not. My mother-in-law
Callum said, “If you asked me, I wouldn’t have given her a single cent.”“She doesn’t do anything productive and spends money like they grow on trees. It’s possible she doesn’t have any money left. That’s why I gave her a few hundred dollars, just enough for her not to starve to death. I can’t let her die of hunger so soon. She needs to stay alive to watch how my life gets better and happier.“She’s so jealous and resentful of me because she once wanted to marry you. Before I even met you, I heard my mother analyzing which York brother would be most suitable for her to marry. In the end, they decided on you.“She’s young, exuberant, and spoiled. Once my mother decided on you, she thought she definitely could marry you and become a daughter-in-law of the Yorks. Her heart was very easily all set on you.“That’s why she particularly hates me now.”Camryn laughed softly. “The more she hates me, the more I want her to live and watch how I’ve married the man she wanted to marry and have
“Mom and Dad are so good to me that I want to have a child as soon as possible. I can tell that they really like kids and really want grandchildren,” Camryn said as she rubbed her stomach.Both of them knew it was harder for her to get pregnant, so Callum was especially vigorous at night.If she were a healthy woman, coupled with Callum’s vigor, she probably would end up like Jasmine, who got pregnant just one month after getting married.“There’s no rush. We’re still young too, and we haven’t even had a wedding yet. We should work on taking care of our bodies for now and spend some time together, just the two of us. Let them envy us.”Callum was really not in a rush to have kids.Even if Camryn was perfectly healthy, he had no plans to have kids too early. The earliest he would consider kids would be one year after marriage.“Honey, I’m not afraid of you scolding me for this, but seriously, small kids aren’t fun to have around. Other people’s kids might look cute, but if you’re
“Rowan will be going on winter break soon, right? Once he’s out, you guys should take him out to play and relax. Kids nowadays are under a lot of pressure academically.”As far as Camryn knew, Rowan’s grades were excellent.As long as he did not mess up during the college entrance examination, he would be able to get into any top institution he chose.“He still has to keep up with his studies. Once he’s back, there’ll only be a few more days left till Christmas. Alright, since his cousin-in-law has said so, we’ll bring him on a trip for a few days once his winter break starts.”At the mention of a trip, Callum asked excitedly, “Honey, do you want to go up north to see the snow? Have you seen real snow before?”“No, but I’ve felt the coldness of the north before. In the past, Aunt Evelyn took me traveling all around the country looking for someone who could treat me. I’ve been to many cities in the northern region, but I couldn’t see back then, so I’ve never seen snow.”Before she
Martin shifted to a new spot and even patted the one beside him, gesturing for his son to sit.Callum sat down and took a look at the large brocade box before his mother. He asked softly, “Dad, what has Mom dug out for my wife this time?”“It’s a set of jewelry from her dowry. They’re vintage. Your mom wore them once when she was young and put them away after. She took them out because she suddenly remembered them. That set suits your wife quite well because she’s tall and has a naturally dignified aura, she’ll be able to pull it off.”Callum smiled. “Mom’s already given quite a few sets of jewelry from her dowry to Camryn, and now she’s giving more? I have two younger brothers. Mom will have two more daughters-in-law in the future, you know.”Of course, he was glad that his mother was willing to give valuable things to Camryn, but he thought she should leave some to his two future sisters-in-law, lest they say that his mother was biased, which would be bad for the family’s harmony
Rosella laughed as she looked at her son. “It’ll be a ladies' night. If a big man like you comes with us… Well, if you’re not afraid of being teased, you can come with us. But whenever I asked you to attend dinners with me, you’d always say you were busy.“Now that I want to bring your wife to meet my friends, you suddenly say you’re free. Why, are you afraid I’ll sell off your wife?”Rosella teased her son. “Don’t worry, I promise you I’ll return her to you whole and unharmed.”Callum blushed slightly as he laughed. “I’m not worried. You’d sell me off sooner than you’d sell Camryn off. I just really am free. I was really busy in the past too. It’s just that, now that the younger ones can help out, us older ones can take the occasional break too, after working so hard for so many years.”Austin and River could both help out now.“You’re the protective type and you dote on Camryn the most. It’d be weird if you heard someone dared to touch even a single hair on Camryn’s head and did
Martin chimed in, “Your mum has me to pick her up. You don’t need to.”“Alright, alright. We’ll each bring our own wives home.”Once Camryn and Rosella were done with the dinner, Callum would take Camryn home and stay far away from his mother to avoid her hogging his wife all to herself.He and his wife had just gotten married and were still in their honeymoon phase. He could not bear being apart from her even for a second and wished he could be with his wife 24/7.Even his secretary had pointed out that after he married, the amount of networking dinners he went for had lessened greatly.Of course, married men should put their families first and go straight home after work to spend time with their wives.Zachary too had stopped going out to network at night as much.“Come here, Camryn. I’ll help you put on the jewelry. Let me see if I was right.”Rosella could not be bothered with those two overly doting men and picked up the necklace to put it on Camryn.Camryn said, “Mom, yo
Camryn laughed as sweetness filled her heart. She thought to herself that she was really, very lucky.Before meeting Callum, luck had never been on her side. With a biological mother like Paige, she was hurt the most deeply by her.Fortunately, Callum’s love and her in-laws’ doting, as well as the rest of the York family’s care for her had healed her.She had also avenged her father and retrieved everything that belonged to her.Now, all she had to do was to take care of her health and after a few years, have a kid, and then her life would be complete.In the end, Camryn accepted the vintage set of jewelry from her mother-in-law. If she continued trying to refuse it, her in-laws and her husband would take turns trying to persuade her.She knew Rosella and her aunts-in-law had lots of jewelry. As they did not have daughters, their jewelry was to be passed on to their daughters-in-law. Grandma May had quite a stash too, despite having distributed some once before when her daughters