North’s eyes darkened. She suddenly curled her lips into a smile and called out softly, “Marlin, do me a favor.” Marlin raised her eyebrows. North rarely asked him for help, so… “Mom,” Marlin suddenly said in a voice that everyone could hear. “It’s not good to chase Mrs. Jordan and Mr. Jordan out. After all, they’re North’s relatives. Let them stay.” Mrs. Brandy roughly understood what her son meant. He wanted them to stay, so he could continue mocking them!“Alright, for North’s sake, Mrs. Jordan, please sit down.” After saying that, Mrs. Brandy did not even look at the Jordan family. She arrogantly brought North to sit at the main table with her. Mrs. Jordan swallowed her dissatisfaction and sat down. As long as they were not chased away, outsiders would not know what had happened at the banquet. At least their reputation was preserved. However, who gave North the guts to treat her like that?! No matter what, she was North’s elder! She had to find a good opportunity
North had already called. What else could Mr. Brandy Senior say? “Answer it.” Gerald chuckled and answered the call. North’s voice came through. “Gerald, where are you?” Gerald glanced at Mr. Brandy Senior and said slowly, “The Brandy Residence is too big. I got lost.” On the other end of the call, North seemed to be speechless for a few seconds. “Should I get someone to bring you here?” Gerald chuckled. “No need. I’ve found the way. I’ll be there soon.” After hanging up, Gerald said gently, “Sir, North is looking for me. If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave first.” Mr. Brandy Senior felt a lump in his throat and waved his hand impatiently. “You still have some self-awareness.” North had asked where Gerald was, but Gerald did not mention him. Gerald raised his eyebrows slightly. “I’m not a fool.” Mr. Brandy Senior looked at Gerald’s back and narrowed his eyes. It was not that he was deliberately targeting Gerald. He just wanted to find out the truth. He a
North raised her eyebrows slightly and looked over meaningfully. “You’re right.” Mrs. Jordan felt much better. Just as she was about to mock North again, she heard her say, “But at least my husband is reliable, unlike you and my mother’s husband, who can’t be relied on at all.” Bryan’s face turned red. Nobody said anything.Mrs. Brandy fought back a smile. She had misunderstood.Who said that North could not tell that Mrs. Jordan was mocking her? Wasn’t she leading Mrs. Jordan into a trap? The guests fell silent. That made sense. Mr. Jordan Senior had never had a say in family affairs, and Bryan was incompetent and weak. Weren’t these two men unreliable? At least Gerald was afraid that North would be bullied, so he had rushed to the Brandy family. He was much more responsible than the men from the Jordan family. Gerald walked toward the main table calmly. With his status, as soon as he entered, many people were tempted to build connections and find an opportunity to g
The scene fell silent. Bryan was at a loss. He looked at North and wanted to say something but hesitated. Marlin was so annoyed by Bryan’s expression. He sneered and said, “North, don’t listen to unimportant people. Eat.” Bryan was directly called an “unimportant person”. His face flushed red. He opened his mouth, but no words came out. Mrs. Jordan was indignant. She trembled with anger. What did Marlin mean? Was he mocking the Jordan family for not being powerful enough? The Jordan family had clearly given North a way back in, but North was the one who was unwilling to come back! Mrs. Jordan rolled her eyes. Although Mrs. Brandy and Marlin were protecting North, they were not her biological family, after all. Who knew what kind of life North was leading in the Brandy family? Perhaps the Brandy family was just pretending to love her!At this moment, someone was talking beside her. “My daughter’s birthday is coming up soon. She’s already been given all the gifts she needs.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Jordan did not notice that the more she spoke, the more enthusiastic she became. “This watch was sold for 300 million. Bryan was going crazy! He wanted to buy it immediately! He only wanted his daughter to be happy, after all. Unfortunately, he was too slow in the end. The watch was purchased by a rich young man in the capital. He was disappointed for a long time.“In the end, Bryan could only spend 30 million dollars to buy another watch. Although it’s not as expensive as the Resplendent Milky Way, the feelings in the gift are more important than the value. Don’t you think so?” Mrs. Jordan’s bragging was too obvious. She might as well have said, “The Jordan family is rich, and Bryan is a good father. North, you’re the one who’ll be at a disadvantage if you don’t admit it!”Everyone smiled awkwardly. On the other hand, Mrs. Brandy was interested. “Huh? Where’s that 30-million-dollar watch that Mr. Jordan bought? Are you preparing to give it to North?” B
“You actually had the gall to show me that you cheated on me on our wedding day? How could you be so vulgar, North?!”North Myers stared at the shameful pictures on the screen, and her mind simply could not process what she was seeing. Her fiance, Eiger South, stormed over and slapped her. Her half-sister, Melinda Myers, started crying. “North, why didn’t you treasure Eiger when he’s such a good man?!”North suddenly understood something. She had been engaged to Eiger since childhood, and they were to be married today. But when she entered the church, she saw Eiger hugging Melinda intimately. She had been furious and gone over to question them, only to have pictures of her “cheating” with different men start playing on screen. The guests looked over. “How disgusting. She actually slept with so many men? She can’t possibly compare to Miss Melinda, who is as pure as snow.”“North is actually so wild in private? How embarrassing.”Henry Myers, her father, was furious. “You t
Since the tragic lovers had a love that was oh-so-great, North should give them a huge gift to celebrate their love. North made a call. The next moment, Linda received a message and screeched. “What did you do?!”She stormed over to slap North. “How could you say my daughter slept with her brother-in-law?! You’re so despicable! How could you say such a thing?! You hurt Melinda and even tried to ruin her reputation?! I’m going to fight you, you b*tch!”North sneered. Linda called her a b*tch whenever she felt like it, and she could not believe anymore how long she had tolerated it for Eiger’s sake. She grabbed Linda’s hand and slapped her. “Can’t stand me saying a few bad words about your daughter? Both you and Melinda are using my mother’s inheritance, and you have the gall to yell at me?!”When Linda heard North talking about the inheritance, she did not even care that she had just been slapped and started yelling. “What’re you planning to do, huh?! You can only get the i
”All I’m looking for is to marry someone. I’m not trying to get anything out of you by asking you to marry me. You’ll be able to do whatever you want after marriage as if I didn’t exist. The other socialites can’t offer you that.”Eiger’s uncle was a powerful man in Peacevale. Since his parents were forcing him to marry, he was definitely against the idea of marriage. This meant that he should be interested in the opportunity to tell his parents that he got married and retain his freedom at the same time. North believed that he would agree to marry her under such a condition. Gerald bent down, and his eyes shone with a dangerous glint. “You’re not trying to get anything out of me, you say?”North’s heart sank. Why did she have the feeling that Gerald was not happy? What was wrong?Was it not better for him if she was not trying to get anything out of him in the marriage?The atmosphere was suffocating. Worried that he was going to say no, North tried thinking of something to sa