In fact, Edmund had a lot of other business requirements for Doris. He even planned to get her to help him hollow out Emgrand Group.Edmund simply did not mention this in front of Charlie.Even though Edmund was very reserved and discrete, Charlie was still very angry and annoyed to the point that it was simply unbearable.Charlie grabbed Edmund by his collar before giving him a tight slap across his face using his other hand!This slap made Edmund feel very dizzy in an instant. It was not only one side of his face that swelled up, but even the corners of his mouth and nostril began bleeding continuously.Just as he was feeling so dizzy that he could hardly stand straight anymore, Charlie said coldly at this moment, “Remember, women are not people that you can insult and humiliate so casually!”Edmund covered his face in pain as he cursed angrily, “You b*stard! You dared to hit me?! No one has ever dared to raise their hand to hit me in my entire life! A b*stard like you actually
Charlie continued grabbing onto Edmund’s fist tightly as he sneered and said, “Why? You are admitting defeat just because you cannot beat me? Is this the so-called style of the Whittaker family?”Edmund really would not have expected Charlie to continue humiliating his family at this time. So, he was naturally very angry and furious.However, he knew very well that the disparity between Charlie and his own strength was simply too great. Therefore, the only way for him to minimize his losses would be to admit defeat at this time.As for the face and reputation that he would lose today, it did not matter much to him. Edmund would just gain all of it back a thousand times more when he had the opportunity to do so!As he thought about this, Edmund immediately laughed as he said, “Master Wade, it is just as what you have just mentioned. The Whittaker family is indeed very powerful and influential in the United States, but this is Oskia. This is Aurous Hill, and I do not have the rights
Edmund thought that he could already escape. Unexpectedly, Charlie suddenly wanted to ask him a question at this time.So, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly turned his head around as he smiled and asked, “Master Wade… what other instructions do you have for me?”Charlie looked at him before he smiled and said, “It’s nothing important. I just wanted to ask you something.”Edmund heaved a huge sigh of relief before he said, “Master Wade, go ahead and ask!”Charlie nodded slightly before he smiled and asked, “Do you know what mercury dichloride is?”Edmund was stunned for a moment, and he had a surprised look on his face as he said, “No… I do not know what that is… what is mercury dichloride?”As he spoke, Edmund suddenly felt as though his heart was beating profusely!Since he had excellent psychological control, he could make sure that the expression on his face was not too obvious.However, Charlie immediately noticed the imperceptible stiffness and wave of panic runni
Charlie smiled before he said, “It’s okay. If your family truly suffers any economic losses, I will simply pay your family back for the losses that your family had suffered, then! I have always been a very easygoing and straightforward person. It is just money, right? You can ask around Aurous Hill. When was I, Charlie Wade, ever lacking in money?”Edmund wanted to continue looking for an excuse to refute Charlie’s words, but Charlie had already pointed the iPhone’s front camera at Edmund.The facial recognition function on cell phones was really easy to use.Even though Edmund’s cheeks were already extremely swollen, the cell phone could still be unlocked immediately simply by scanning his face.Edmund’s cell phone language was in English, but it was not a problem for Charlie.Although he did not attend university, he had received top-notch international education when he was young. Charlie grew up in a multilingual environment ever since he was young, just like most current inte
Just as Edmund was panicking, coincidentally, he received a message on his cell phone. The person who had sent the message had an Oskian nickname, which was Samson.From the list, only a picture sent by Samson could be seen. Thus, Charlie opened up this message. Upon closer look, the photo sent by Samson was actually a corpse that was foaming at the mouth! At this moment, the corpse laid slanting on the seat of a car. Its eyes were big, with a ferocious expression. One look and one could ascertain that this person had been poisoned to death. Just as Charlie was still in a state of astonishment, Samson sent another message with a row of English sentences. The meaning was roughly like this: [Boss, I have killed Zayden. Later, I will throw him into the deep river. Rest assured, this clue is surely destroyed!] Charlie immediately scrolled up to see the conversation history between Samson and Edmund.The conversation history between the two was not lengthy.
Edmund was the one who had instructed Samson to commit an act of murder. Thus, he could be charged with voluntary manslaughter. There was no escape for him! After all, in Oskian law, the one who instigated others to commit a crime would be regarded as the principal offender! Edmund had ordered his men to kill. Despite not committing the act himself, once this matter was brought to court, it would at least be life imprisonment! If the crime of poisoning Doris’s father was added, it could lead to a stay of execution too... Thinking of this, Edmund had an emotional breakdown for a moment. He fell to the ground and cried, “I am sorry. It was my rashness that caused all these problems. It was not on purpose… It was not on purpose…” Charlie slapped him hard and confronted him, “You ordered your man to murder someone and yet you dare to say that it was not on purpose?! Are you f**king kidding me?!” Covering his face, Edmund wept and replied, “I… I was too obs
Faced with Edmund’s struggle, Charlie said calmly, “Edmund, don’t worry. Even without the kidney, Doris’s father will not die!” Edmund shook his head and replied confidently, “That’s impossible! RH negative kidneys are hard to find. Without mine, he can only wait for death!” Then, he quickly knelt before Doris and cried, “Doris, I’m begging you. If you give me a chance and do not hand me over to the police, I will give you a hundred million dollars! Please, don’t ever send me to the police! Otherwise, my life is finished…” Just as Doris was about to reject his request, Charlie, who was at the side, laughed and said, “Don’t worry, Edmund. I will surely not hand you over to the police!” Edmund thought that his promise of a hundred million dollars had had an effect. So, he hurriedly said, “Master Wade! As long as you let me leave Aurous Hill, I will send you a cheque of a hundred million dollars once I arrive back in the United States!” Charlie waved h
Therefore, Charlie also suspected that his parents’ death was related to the Rothschild family.Because of this, when he heard that the Whittaker family and Rothschild family were kith and kin, he could not help but lament in his heart, ‘I never thought my first encounter with the Rothschild family would come so fast.’ Therefore, Charlie asked Isaac curiously: “The Whittaker family and Rothschild family have what kind of kith and kin relationship, to be specific?” Isaac described: “At most, they are distant relatives… After all, the Whittaker family and Rothschild family have grown for so many years. There are more than ten thousand people with the family name Rothschild. Besides, there are also many distant relatives with a different family name.” “This means that Edmund’s grandmother is from the Rothschild family. However, his grandmother’s side is not pivotal in the Rothschild family. At most, she was just like a princess in the Golden Age, who was the most margina
Charlie frowned in thought for a while, before saying, "Well, there is a plan, but I can't vouch for the chances. I also need you to cooperate with me and not let anything slip, or everything will go to waste. Can you do that?""I can!" Claire nodded, determined, before quickly asking, "So? What's the plan?""Well, it's not specific," Charlie replied. "We just have to improvise as we go along. Let's just head in for now!"-They left the airport and took a cab to the traffic police's headquarters. Just as she entered, they saw their Cullinan parked outside.Charlie sent Claire in first while he carried her luggage before following.Meanwhile, Elaine was wailing in her room, "I've been married to him for years! Suffering so much pain and humiliation, only for him to hook up with an old flame behind my back! Is it wrong if I struck out?"The traffic police officer was on the verge of a breakdown, but he still said patiently, "Ma'am, I've told you many times—what he did was wrong
Claire wasn't all that experienced in love and hence didn't know how a person caught in a love triangle would think or why they would experience such terrible mood swings.Still, Charlie's explanation gave her a general idea, and she sighed, "Actually, Dad looked really bad when Matilda came back. He was so obsessed with her that he didn't care if Mom was alive—even bringing her home for dinner. I'd be seething if I was Mom."Charlie sighed in exasperation. "Well, let's not loiter about. Let's go to the traffic police station.""Yeah!" Claire nodded, before holding his arm, "If they're there, that means they're safe, and they won't be fighting with those officers around. So, let's not head over so quickly."Charlie raised a brow. "What are you getting at?"Claire sighed, clearly troubled. "We have to think—how are we going to alleviate this crisis? If it's really as you say and Mom has mostly guessed it right, this fight might just be the start. At best, that fight on the highway
The traffic police officer smiled in exasperation. "Is there no getting through to you? You could even afford to drive a nice car, and you'd most likely survive an accident. But what if you were left bedridden for a long time? Yell at each other in the same hospital room?"Elaine waved him off. "I don't care—all I know is that I will always get my revenge, and on the spot if possible. If there were superheroes, I would be Wonder Woman!""Urgh…" The traffic police officer was utterly speechless. "How about this? We will call your daughter and have her come over to bail you. She will mediate your fight!"With those words, he returned Elaine's phone to her, and it happened to ring just then.It was a call from Claire.Seeing that the contact name said [Daughter], the traffic police officer quickly said, "Go on, answer it!"Elaine took it and answered the call, and Claire asked urgently before she could say a word, "Mom? Where are you? Where's Dad? Are you both alright?"Elaine sulk
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