When Wendy saw that everyone had already received the message, Wendy continued speaking, “The reason why I called everyone back here today is because there are a few things that I want to announce to you.”“The first thing is that Hebron Lawry and Xavia Carter have already paid back a portion of the money that they have cheated out of everyone for so long!”As soon as Wendy said this, there was an uproar at the scene!One of the girls blurted out, “What?! Hebron and Xavia have already paid back the money? Is that for real? How could these two exploiters possibly repay the money? How is that possible?”Wendy replied seriously, “This is indeed true. My brother-in-law has already sent the both of them off to start working in a karaoke bar to earn money to atone for their wickedness. Xavia will be working as a bar girl, and Hebron will be working on the premises. Both of them will be working at Chief Jay’s establishment. I believe that both of them will already start working tonight. Y
Wendy could not help but feel a little embarrassed as she was surrounded by the thunderous applause and cheers. Wendy settled down a little before she continued speaking, “The third thing is that Mallow Stenhouse Etiquette Corporation will continue operating under a brand-new model. The operation idea works like this…”There were nearly three hundred girls in the audience, and all of them were looking forward to her next content at this moment.Wendy continued in a serious tone, “First of all, Mallow Stenhouse Etiquette Corporation will continue providing etiquette services for major enterprises, institutions, and individual establishments in Aurous Hill, just like before. We are all girls, and all of us have almost similar experiences. So, all of us could be considered sisters. If my fellow sisters would like to continue working in this industry, I hope that you will choose to continue working together with Mallow Stenhouse Etiquette Corporation.”“Secondly, I solemnly promise all
“In that case, when we start working, some employees might not be able to enjoy the free shuttle service…”“Our shuttle service will give priority to providing services to the employees who are further away or have to work earlier or later first.”“However, I promise my sisters that after the company makes more money in the future, we will definitely continue purchasing and providing more transportation!”“Ultimately, we will be able to set up our own fleet. We will be able to ensure that each and every one of our sisters will be able to get picked up and sent to the venue of the event no matter whether it is cold, hot, windy, or rainy!”When she said this, Wendy was greeted by thunderous applause again!Many girls already had flushed red eyes out of excitement!The reason why they chose to become a hostess was because they did not have any other skills or qualifications in the first place.Furthermore, they did not come from a very good family background and condition.They wo
Wendy had successfully taken the first step to take over Mallow Stenhouse Etiquette Corporation with the support of all of the hostesses.Wendy continued getting busy at the company until very late at night before she reluctantly caught the last bus as she dragged her exhausted body back to the villa at Thompson First.Ever since Wendy had started working, the Wilson family had rarely had to go hungry. They finally had some rice at home. She could not afford to feed Lady Wilson and the useless Christopher and Harold any meat or vegetable, but they could at least steam a pot of white rice to eat and satisfy their hunger when they were hungry.When Wendy returned home, Lady Wilson had just finished serving both Christopher and Harold. She had made half a bowl of rice with boiling water for herself, and she sprinkled some salt into it before she started eating it alone.When she saw that Wendy was home, she could not help but complain a little. “Wendy, why did you come home so late to
Harold burst into tears. “Grandma, I can finally eat some meat every day…”“Yes…” Lady Wilson sighed before she said, “After you and your dad recover, the both of you should look for a job too. I do not dare to expect that the both of you will be making a lot of money, but if the both of you can earn five to six thousand dollars a month, that would be more than enough. When the time comes, our family will have an income of fifteen to sixteen thousand dollars a month. When that happens, we will have already gone through our toughest ordeal!”Wendy could not help but felt a little melancholic when she heard this.She thought to herself, ‘The Wilson family in the past were not extremely wealthy, but we had tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in assets back then…’‘At that time, our family would spend at least tens of thousands of dollars or even more in a month just on food alone.’‘However, none of us were satisfied at all at that time. We always felt that life
Charlie added, “Remember to invite Doris, the vice-chairman of Emgrand Group too.”Graham immediately replied, “Okay, Master Wade. I will call Miss Young in a short while to inform her about it, then.”Charlie replied, “I will have to trouble you to make all the arrangements for me, then.”Graham immediately replied respectfully, “Master Wade, there is really no need for such formality between the both of us! You can just give me any instructions without any hesitation at all!”Charlie hummed slightly before he smiled and said, “When the time comes, I will drop by your house a few hours in advance to give Aurora some guidance. At the same time, I would also like to give you a small gift.”When Graham heard this, he was so excited that his voice was trembling in excitement. He speculated that Charlie might be thinking of giving him a Rejuvenating Pill. He was filled with uncontrollable excitement as he blurted out, “Thank you so much, Master Wade!”Charlie laughed slightly before
Charlie did not have many opinions about Wendy. Initially, he thought of helping her a bit by giving some money to solve her current difficult situation due to her sincere repentance. But after he realized that she was being bullied and had discovered the evil antics of Hebron and Xavia, Charlie had had this idea of helping society remove those evil people. Therefore, he went with the flow and passed Hebron’s Mallow Stenhouse Etiquette Corporation to Wendy for her to manage. However, Charlie was cautious and concerned for Wendy. Thus, he had specified that despite managing the entire company, she could only earn ten thousand Oskian dollars as her monthly salary. The reason for doing this was because besides limiting her income and authority, it was for her to be content with her lot and not become complacent. On the other hand, Wendy had never thought of all these. For Charlie to help her till this level now, she was already very satisfied.
“Ahh!” Claire exclaimed and realized that Charlie had just given her a sudden attack. She quickly pretended to be frightened and said, “Ah! I am so kind to feed the little puppy, but I got bitten instead!” Charlie opened his mouth. As he ate the strawberry, he mumbled, “If I am the little puppy, what are you?” Claire gave a lighthearted hum and answered, “Since I am the one who fed the little puppy, surely I am the little puppy’s owner!” Charlie laughed, “If I am the little puppy, then you are the bone which I hold in my mouth.” Claire laughed, “That’s so ‘nice’ of you to describe me as a bone…” Charlie replied seriously, “Don’t you know that bones are most protected by little puppies? Even if the sky drops, the little puppy would not let go. If anyone dares to snatch the bone, the little puppy will go all out to defend it!” Seeing Charlie’s serious expression, Claire was touched. She said shyly, “If that is the case, I will forcefully be the bon
While Charlie was waiting for Claire at the airport, Jacob and Elaine were taken to the traffic police station.But even in the patrol car, Elaine did not stop lashing out at Jacob.As such, the traffic police had no choice but to call up another patrol car to bring them over separately.Charlie was hence left wondering what those two were up to this time as they were nowhere to be seen when Claire's flight was about to land and weren't answering his texts.Fortunately, Charlie never considered them reliable, so he was fine whether they showed up or not.If they did, they could all head home in the same car.If they didn't, he just had to take a cab home with Claire.It was past three when Claire's private jet landed, and Claire herself cleared the checkpoint in just half an hour, wheeling a trolley with her luggage.Seeing Charlie from afar, she couldn't help quickening her pace as she beamed.Charlie hurried toward her as well, and Claire shoved her trolley aside when they w
However, to Jacob's shock, Elaine wasn't misled at all as she growled icily, "Why would I ask anyone else?! If there's someone I must question, it's Matilda! She's getting married, isn't she? Good! I will be there and ask her why she hooked up with my husband!"Jacob turned pale right then.Matilda's son and even some of their old classmates would be attending her wedding.If Elaine went, he would be exposed, and he wouldn't be able to stay in Aurous Hill out of shame!His nerves gnawing at him, Jacob could only plead, "Please, just trust me this once! Anything else aside, she's getting married, anyway—there's no way that I'd have anything to do with her! That alone should prove my innocence!"Elaine snorted. "If Matilda returned when I was arrested, it means she has been back for a while! And you're saying nothing happened since? Hell, even if she's married, it doesn't prove that she wasn't up to some hanky-panky with you! Maybe while I was arrested and refused a divorce when you
The driver was left dumbstruck—this wasn't how it was supposed to go.Still, he blurted, "C-Crashing into a Cullinan? I might end up dead instead…""Fine! Then let's change cars, and you crash into ours—how about that?!" Elaine promptly retorted before continuing, "Or we could just stand right in front of your car while you run into us! I just happen to have a death wish, but if you don't kill me now, I'll kill you! Don't think about getting away either—I know your car plate! I'll sell this car and use the money to put a bounty on your head! I don't care what happens to me now! I'll claw my nails into the devil's face even if he shows up!"The driver was actually quite experienced, but even he had yet to meet someone as ridiculous as Elaine.Barely able to keep his hands steady, he threw them up as he apologized, "I'm so sorry, ma'am—I just lost my cool. I'm merely a humble driver of a Honda Civic while you own a Rolls. Hell, I spent fifty bucks buying that red emblem from Amazon,
Elaine may have led a life as if she was above the rules, but beneath that tough exterior lay crippling insecurities and a horrific inferiority complex.She was always afraid of being belittled—but more than that, of being ostracized and betrayed.Over the years, the greatest source of her complexes could all be traced back to Matilda.After all, Matilda had been a star back in their school days. Because Elaine was a close friend of hers, many boys would get chummy with Elaine, but only because they were interested in Matilda.Being from a poor farmer's family, Elaine had been scorned plenty and therefore felt exceedingly inferior around Matilda.It was from that sense of inferiority that Elaine had inadvertently developed a one-sided rivalry against Matilda, and she believed her greatest triumph over Matilda in this life was the moment she had stolen Jacob from her.However, while Elaine presumed that she could hold that victory over Matilda's head, Lady Wilson had soured that v
Moreover, given Elaine's ridiculous temper, Jacob knew she would definitely go overboard and destroy him.He wouldn't even have a place to live at that point, and it would really be game over if she held a grudge and stormed the Calligraphy and Painting Association!Under such circumstances, he couldn't ask for a divorce—hell, he might even refuse a divorce if Elaine asked for one!However, that was when Elaine laughed coldly. "Oh, my… You're really not going to divorce me?""Come on—how long were we married?" Jacob quickly reasoned. "Getting divorced at our age? People would laugh at us."Elaine scoffed. "Now I'm curious… Matilda's quite old too, and she's a divorcee marrying again. Won't people laugh at her?""Technically, she's a widow—"Jacob blurted out, but soon turned pale, tensing up again not a second after he had just calmed down, asking gingerly, "W-Why would you suddenly mention her?'Elaine stopped pretending right then and snapped, "It's actually impressive that y
Horrified, Jacob promptly grasped the steering wheel and brought the Cullinan back under control while not hesitating to snap, "Are you crazy?! We're on the highway—that could have killed the both of us!"However, Elaine ignored him and seized the moment to open the armrest box, pulling out the large white envelope.As she opened it, she muttered, "So, it really was a wedding invitation… You really are a terrible friend, Jacob Wilson, hiding a wedding invitation like this! What's the point? Just look at that nervous face of yours—would I suspect you of having an affair with the bride-to-be?"She flipped open the card and was experienced enough to check the names first while disregarding the usual preamble. She wouldn't care about the venue or the time either, focusing solely on the professor who had somehow made Jacob very nervous.That was how Elaine found the names in less than a second: Yolden Hart and Matilda Hall.Matilda?!The name could well be knives stabbing Elaine in th
Jacob's brain blanked out, leaving only a dull hum as soon as Walker mentioned 'Professor Hall'.Already feeling nervous in the first place, he quickly said, "Okay, okay—I got it. Anyway, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else!"With that, he promptly pressed the button to hang up.Nonetheless, Elaine was soon asking in curiosity, "Who's Professor Hall?"If Jacob had any semblance of composure, he would have said 'a colleague at Senior University' as if it was perfectly natural, and the matter would have been forgotten.But the reality was that he didn't—in fact, he was the champion when it came to dropping the ball as a casual question from Elaine left him sweating all over his brow.Even as he slid nervous glances at her face, he stammered uncontrollably, "N-Nobody…"Elaine promptly noticed his strange reaction and frowned. "I'm talking about Professor Hall. What do you mean, nobody? Who are they? And what's this about an invitation? Inviting you for what?"Seeing that he was
Jacob had really had too much to drink and couldn't remember the later parts of what had happened last night—even how he had gotten home was a blur.Naturally, he also forgot that Walker had brought Matilda's wedding invitation, and therefore didn't hesitate to answer the in-car answer button.Over the phone, Walker was positively fawning as he asked, "Mr. Wilson? It's Walker. Why didn't you come in today? Had too much to drink last night?""Uh-huh," Jacob grunted, lethargic. "I did—my head still hurts now… Anyway, what's up? Trouble at the association?""No, of course not," Walker quickly said. "I was just worried you're still hungover, so I called to ask. If you need a driver or anything, you just need to ask!"Then, before Jacob could answer, he continued, "By the way, my wife is somewhat knowledgable in Oskian medicine, and she has recipes for brews that cure hangovers and nourish the liver. I'm sure you'll need the latter since you're always drinking at social events, so I as
Fortunately, Elaine and Jacob's bickering never escalated.Even though Elaine was winning, Jacob found it tolerable.After Jacob finished his lunch and cleaned up, he never looked up as he said, "Charlie sent a text, saying Claire's flight would touch down earlier at three. We will leave at two."Elaine grumbled. "Why leave so early? She's coming back from abroad, and there'd be checkpoints she has to clear—she'd be lucky if she could leave by half past three. I'm sleeping a few winks now, and we'll leave at half past two."As she left the dining room, she didn't even look back as she said, "Clean up for me too."Jacob had a million complaints but said nothing as he kept his head down, throwing Elaine's lunchbox in the trash can as well.With Elaine gone, he sat on the couch as her hangover slowly cleared while his mood soured with the lack of alcohol.In the end, the pleasure of being fawned over at the Diamond Room was but temporary—the pain of his beloved leaving with someone