Donald did not care much about the villa in the first place. It would certainly not be possible for him to give the villa to the Wilson family. After all, he was not a fool. However, simply allowing them to live for ten years in the villa was not a big problem for him.Thus, Donald replied indifferently, “Alright, then. Ten years it is. However, you have to concentrate and focus on getting things done for me. I will definitely reward you if we can deal with Charlie as soon as possible.”Lady Wilson hurriedly pulled her family members as they bowed in front of Donald. She was excited beyond words.The other members of the Wilson family were also very excited. The Wilson family had already made a comeback.The Wilson Group was not only saved, but they would also be able to live in a villa at Thompson First. This situation was much better compared to the peak of their lives at their best.Moreover, Donald had also promised to support the Wilson Group. The Wilson Group would probably
Before it was dark, Christopher and Hannah were already making sound waves in their guest room.Christopher had been very depressed during this period. Therefore, he was naturally very impatient after getting separated from his wife for such a long time.Hannah naturally loved her husband very much. She originally thought that she would never be able to see him again in her life. However, she truly did not expect to have the opportunity to return to his embrace now. Hence, she was naturally full of joy.This was supposed to be a very harmonious and enjoyable moment, but Hannah suddenly felt a sense of loss in her heart.She felt a little down because she felt that her husband’s sexual ability could not be compared to that of the dirty supervisor’s at all…This was absolutely depressing.One was the person that she loved, and the other was the person that she hated and despised. However, if she were to put these facts aside and talk about the sexual intercourse itself, even two of
Christopher frowned as he said, “Are we going to let the ones with the last name Parker and Wade off so easily?”Hannah replied, “I can create trouble for them in other ways. Besides, the Webb family is already prepared to deal with them behind the scenes. Therefore, I will definitely be able to avenge myself. No matter what it is, we should not mention or bring up this matter again.”In fact, Hannah was a little worried in her heart. If the coal mine was mentioned, and if her past with the supervisor of the coal mine was exposed, how was she going to maintain a foothold in the Wilson family?Christopher felt that what Hannah said made sense. Therefore, he nodded gently before he said, “Okay then, everyone should understand and pretend not to know about this matter in the future.”***The next day, the Wilson family of five returned to Aurous Hill in a car arranged by the Webb family.On the way back, the Webb family did not arrange for a private jet to send them back. They did n
At this time, Elaine had just finished lunch and was directing and ordering Charlie around. He was carrying an iron bucket and a shovel as he dug into the soil in the green lane of the villa area.Over the past two days, Elaine had had nothing better to do. She could not go out to play because of her broken leg, and she was extremely bored at home. She had scrolled through her circle of friends and realized that she had a female friend whom she did not have many dealings with in the past who had also bought a villa in the suburbs.Moreover, she even planted a lot of fruits and vegetables in the yard of her villa. When she shared those photos of the fruits and vegetables that she had planted in her circle of friends, many people had given her a thumbs up, saying that she was very smart and understood life.Elaine had been very jealous. On a whim, she had also stated that she wanted to grow vegetables and fruits in the yard of their villa.However, she had broken her leg and would no
After listening to Claire’s response, Charlie smiled before he said, “Okay, you don’t have to worry about where we will be going. Your husband will arrange it for you.”“That’s great!” Claire replied happily. “I will wait for you to make all the arrangements then!”“Okay!”After Charlie had hung up the phone, Elaine hurriedly said flatteringly, “See, I did not lie to you, right?”Charlie hummed before he looked at his cell phone again and called Zeke.“Master Wade! Why did you think of calling me?”Charlie replied indifferently, “Zeke, my wife enjoys picking fruits and vegetables very much. I want to turn half of the courtyard of the villa at Thompson First into a vegetable garden so that she can pick fruits and vegetables in the courtyard every day. Find some of the best varieties of the best fruits and vegetables for me. Moreover, I want the trees that have already grown up, bore fruits, have vines, saplings, and roots attached to them. I want you to transport it to the villa a
When Elaine started mocking everyone about the detention center again, Harold was very annoyed, and he said, “Elaine, why don’t you take a look at your ugly appearance now. You have already lost your two front teeth and you are even speaking indistinctly because of your missing teeth. Why are you still trying to show off now?”When Elaine heard that Harold actually dared to ridicule her for losing her two front teeth, she instantly became very angry.She did not even dare to look in the mirror for the past few days after she came back because she really looked too ugly after losing her two front teeth.However, it was a very troublesome thing to go to a dentist. Sometimes, you would have to go back and forth to the dentist several times just to do the filling for a tooth. What’s more, Elaine had already lost a few teeth, and the dentist would have to do everything from scratch.Claire wanted to spend some money to implant some teeth for Elaine, but it would be very inconvenient for
Elaine scolded, “Are you kidding? Will I be afraid of you? Do you believe that my son-in-law can send you back to the coal mine at Mount Blackpine to dig for coal with just a single phone call?”As Jacob and Claire were not here, Elaine was not afraid to mention anything about the coal mine.Hannah glared at Elaine with a cannibalistic look in her eyes and she was about to speak. At this time, Lady Wilson had already opened the front door of Villa A04. She looked at Elaine who was dumbfounded as she waved the key in her hand and smiled as she said, “Elaine, what did you say just now? Didn’t you say that you were going to twist your head off so that I can kick it around like a ball? Hurry up and do it.”When Elaine saw that the old lady had actually unlocked the front door of Villa A04, she was too shocked to even speak.How was that possible? Wasn’t the Wilson family already so poor that they did not even have a place to live in anymore? How could they possibly afford to buy a vill
No one would be more afraid of his father and brother coming back than Liam.If the Webb family really successfully brought his father and brother back from Mount Golmin, the first thing the Webb family would help them to do would be to retake the Weaver Pharmaceutical.This was because the Webb family certainly would not be bringing the father and son back just so they could be two pathetic jerks. The Webb family would definitely hope that their allies could be even more powerful.Weaver Pharmaceutical was a pharmaceutical company with a market value worth several billions of dollars. If they could collaborate with the Webb family, there would definitely be plenty of room for development. Thus, after bringing the father and son back from Mount Golmin, Donald would definitely want to help them regain their power. This was equivalent to the Webb family gaining an ally worth billions of dollars as well as a diehard ally.Charlie believed that Liam would certainly do everything possib
Charlie was driving Jacob to Thompson First when the latter received the text from Matilda.Seeing that they were reaching the front gates, Jacob promptly snapped at Charlie, "Charlie, stop the car now!"Charlie did so and asked in curiosity, "What's wrong?""Matilda just texted me," Jacob replied, showing the chat log between him and Matilda.Charlie was just glancing at it nonchalantly when he saw that Matilda's contact name was 'AAA July Florist'."Wait, why is that Aunt Matilda's contact name?" He exclaimed in surprise."I changed it."Jacob explained gingerly while reading through the text Matilda sent. "Her profile picture is an iris, so I changed her contact name to a florist since I'm mostly worried Elaine would peek into my phone.""Anyway, she's asking if I'm attending her wedding with Yolden. They would send us an invitation if I accept, extended to our whole family… what do you think I should say?"Charlie asked in return. "You're planning to skip it, aren't you? T
Then, Matilda suggested, "How about this—I'll ask him before deciding." "I'll pass on inviting the rest of my former classmates too. They're too vain and love comparing, so I'd rather not have anything to do with that. Also, there are our Korean friends who have it together, and they were telling us to invite them if we were going to get married. We have to keep our promise, right?""Yeah—then, it's basically decided. Aside from Charlie, we shall invite our colleagues and Korean friends while we wait for an answer from Jacob."Yolden nodded and said, "Now, I'll talk about the honeymoon—cut me short if you have a different opinion."Matilda nodded, resting her chin on her hands and smiling. "Shoot. I'm all ears."Feeling a little embarrassed by Matilda's glowing stare, Yolden took a sip of his ice water before continuing, "My idea is to head to the States for our honeymoon after the wedding…"He trailed off, staring at Matilda and waiting for a response.However, she was merely
"Oh, Jacob…?"Matilda chuckled awkwardly. "Just today, he offered to buy me dinner, but I said I didn't have the time, and I also told him about our wedding… So, we should invite him since he's aware of it.""Jacob offered to buy you dinner?" Yolden exclaimed in surprise. "Did he say why?""Nope," Matilda shrugged, smiling. "Probably just dinner between old classmates."However, she was actually smart enough to guess Jacob's intention even though Jacob was inviting her somewhere near campus. That was why she had also mentioned she was marrying Yolden while turning down Jacob, all so that he would give up on her.After she had managed to get over their past fling completely, she didn't want to give Jacob false hopes before she walked down the aisle.In the same regard, she didn't want to worry Yolden, and therefore, had deliberately discouraged Jacob.Be that as it may, Yolden was smart too.He knew about Matilda and Jacob's past and that her son, Paul's full name was Paul Jam
Before Charlie had arrived, Jacob was still furious that Matilda would soon marry Yolden.After Charlie came, however, he was instead worried that Matilda would send him a wedding invitation.Meanwhile, Matilda and Yolden were discussing their list of guests.They had different social circles, but most of their friends were Stateside, and they only had some distant relatives in this country.Still, they had colleagues in Aurous Hill. Matilda had classmates too, but she was out of touch with them aside from Jacob, whom she often met.Still, as they discussed who should be invited, Matilda first suggested, "Let's go through everyone. First, our Stateside friends… I don't think we should tell them at all since it's a long journey, and inviting them would seem tactless. What do you think?"Yolden nodded, smiling, "I was just thinking the same thing. We're close with our Stateside friends and always keep in touch, but inviting them to our wedding might be a stretch. We'd just hit a wa
With that being said, once Matilda was thrown in the mix, Elaine would suddenly become an African honey badger, with every bit of black air force energy that was implied.As such, if Jacob had managed to be brave and take that one step back then, Charlie would have tried to help, stopping Elaine from harassing Jacob or Matilda.However, the reality was that Jacob had to bungle the chance when Matilda offered it to him.That was why the best option was for Jacob to understand that he couldn't get together with Matilda now so that he would feel much better.And since he had always been a coward, Charlie's slight intimidation cleared his head considerably.He then sighed, "Well, that's just life—you don't always get what you want, and you should never try to claim what you couldn't. I couldn't bring myself to choose Matilda over thirty years ago, so not being together now only makes sense.""Now, I can only pray that Elaine never finds out… or at least that things don't get out of h
Then, Jacob quickly pressed, "Dear boy, maybe you could stay a few days instead of taking more jobs. At least you could be there to stop my wife if she snaps.""Sure," Charlie chuckled, cheerfully agreeing to it. "Don't worry—Claire's returning in a couple of days too, and you'll be fine with us around. You're cheating in your mind, anyway…"Pausing, he then added a reminder, "But if she's really furious, just bear with her beatings and clawings. Live and let live, as they say."That left Jacob sulking, however. "What the hell! If I knew this would happen, I should have just taken her to court and divorced her openly! That way, I'd definitely make things work with Matilda. Yolden wouldn't even stand a chance!"Charlie had to keep a straight face. "Now, you're not quite right there—don't you know what would happen to your wife if you took this to court?"Jacob snorted coolly. "Elaine would just snap at me, hit me, and make sure I don't get a cent in the divorce. That's no big deal—
"Fuck!" When Jacob heard what Charlie said, he was horrified. He nervously asked, "Matilda isn't going to come to our house to deliver the invitation, is she? If Elaine finds out that I've been hiding Matilda's return from her all this time, I'll be so dead!" Charlie, having long seen through Jacob, knew he would never escape the shadow and claws of Elaine. He shook his head and said, "Whether they'll invite you, I have no way of knowing. If you're worried, you can tell Matilda that you don't want to be invited to her wedding and that you don't want to go." Jacob sighed. "That's just a temporary solution. Even if she doesn't know now, she'll probably find out sooner or later. A lot of our mutual friends already know about Matilda's return. You went to the gathering too. But those friends are not really in contact with Elaine, so she hasn't found out yet." Charlie smiled and said, "Matilda's return to the country was at a pretty sensitive time. If I'm not mistaken, she came b
Jacob then realized that Charlie was also driving a Rolls-Royce, and it was a more expensive Phantom. Surprised, he asked, "Charlie, where did you get this car?" Marilyn had prepared the car for Charlie when he left Scarlet Pinnacle Manor. He had driven it to Thompson First, so he had decided to use it today. Charlie replied, "A client lent it to me. You sounded urgent, so I drove it over." Then, he added, "You're something else. You're crying like a baby yet you're still in the mood to ask about the car. What's going on? Your friend said you'd cried twice already?" "That bloody Simon!" Hearing this, Jacob became furious and cursed, "He still doesn't have the slightest clue! He's such a damned fool! The more I try to avoid him, the more he keeps blabbering on and on. Argh, he's so stupid!" Charlie asked, "What exactly is bothering you?" Jacob's face instantly turned dejected, and with a long sigh, he choked up and said, "Charlie— Matilda— She's getting married—" "Gettin
Things were a little different and unique in the United States, though. Westerners tended to approach marriage with greater caution. Many couples stayed together for years, had several children, and yet remained as boyfriend and girlfriend. Being together, having children, and raising them jointly didn't necessarily mean they would get married. In fact, it was not uncommon for some to walk down the aisle only after having multiple kids. Because of this environment, elderly couples in the West often limited their relationships to dating, and at most, cohabitation. Very few progressed to the stage of marriage. However, Yolden, like a young man in the throes of passionate love, had invited her on a trip, secretly prepared a proposal ceremony by the seaside, and gotten down on one knee with a ring to propose. These actions deeply moved Matilda and, at the same time, gave her an unprecedented sense of security. Now, Yolden had moved their wedding up a big step and set the date just on