Her secretary hurriedly said, “Okay, Vice Chairman Young!”After the secretary had left, Doris then invited Jaime into her office, and she invited him to sit down on the sofa before she asked politely, “I wonder what brings you here to Emgrand Group, Young Master Schulz?”Jaime smiled and said, “I’ve been in Aurous Hill during this time, and I intend to make some investments in Aurous Hill. I heard that Emgrand Group is the largest enterprise in Aurous Hill, so I decided to do some collaboration with you.”As he spoke, Jaime deliberately added, “Oh, by the way, when I said ‘some’, I was referring to a collaboration that is on a scale of at least fifty billion dollars.”“Oh? Is that so?!” Doris immediately showed great interest and she could not conceal her excitement as she asked, “I wonder what kind of collaboration Young Master Schulz would be interested in?”Jaime smiled slightly before he raised his hand and pointed vaguely at the skyscrapers outside, smiling as he said, “Real
When Doris said that Charlie was not too concerned with the affairs of Emgrand Group, it was actually an expression of her true inner feelings.She knew that Charlie was in the lounge behind her office. So, she was intentionally saying this to Charlie.Ever since Emgrand Group had undergone a change of ownership to Charlie, it was estimated that the number of times that Charlie had come to Emgrand Group was no more than ten times. Moreover, what made Doris feel even more helpless was the fact that every time Charlie came to Emgrand Group, it was never because of matters relating to Emgrand Group itself.In other words, Charlie, who was the kind of boss who handed work off to others without doing anything at all, was never worried about the direction of Emgrand Group’s development.Doris had never had any opinion about this matter in the past. On the contrary, she liked the freedom of being one hundred percent trusted and being able to freely do things as she deemed fit.However, e
Once there was no ceiling, this height was not something Jaime could predict.This made the deep sense of crisis in Jaime’s heart a little heavier.In truth, Jaime also knew his own worth. Although he was the eldest grandson of the Schulz family, he was simply enjoying life under the Schulz family’s name.His grandfather, Cadfan, dominated and had full control over the entire Schulz family. Not to mention Jaime himself, but even his father had no real power of his own. Without real power, that meant that there would be no real money.The chairman of Emgrand Group could easily and freely take out tens of billions of dollars in cash, but Jaime himself would not possibly be able to take out so much money at all.In that case, Jaime would become a person with a dandy but deceitful appearance in front of the chairman of Emgrand Group…And why did Jaime go through all this trouble just to pursue Quinn?On one hand, it was because he was truly infatuated with Quinn, and on the othe
Jaime would never have dreamt that a person would suddenly come out from within Doris’s office.Moreover, what made him feel even more puzzled was why this person’s voice would give him a sense of déjà vu.When Jaime subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the sound, he was so stunned that he felt as though his brain was exploding in that instant. His eyes opened wide, and his mind also instantly went blank!He naturally recognized Charlie right away!After all, Charlie had left a really deep impression on him in Japan back then. Therefore, it would be impossible for him to forget Charlie’s appearance even until the day he died.At this moment, Jaime was completely stunned. Immediately afterward, he could not help but mutter, “Ahhh… It’s… It’s you?! This…How could this be possible?!”Charlie stepped forward and came face to face with Jaime directly as he asked playfully under his breath, “Why? We have not seen each other for quite some time, but now that you ar
Charlie waved his hand. “Over here, my first rule if you want to invest with me is for you to transfer the money over to my account first. Didn’t you come here with sincerity? Hurry up and make the arrangements with your finance department first. Transfer ten billion dollars to Emgrand Group’s bank account, and only then will we continue talking about our future collaboration.”Jaime’s cold sweat was suddenly flowing like a waterfall as he said nervously, “B-Benefactor, I’m really afraid… that there is no way that I’d be able to meet this request of yours… Our finance department can’t possibly transfer such a huge sum of money such as ten billion dollars to another enterprise’s bank account without seeing the contract or conducting any risk assessment in advance…”Charlie sneered and said, “Is it really because your finance department is not willing to perform the bank transfer, or is it because you simply do not have that much money, and you simply came here without any real intenti
“Ahh?!”When he heard Charlie’s question, Jaime instantly felt as though he had fallen into an ice cellar!In truth, he had finally found out sadly that his motives, that he had originally thought he had hidden very well, had already been exposed!He had already been completely exposed as early as the moment when he had seen Quinn get out of Charlie’s BMW and had someone check up on the information regarding that BMW!Moreover, what Jaime would have never imagined was that the mastermind behind all this was actually the benefactor who had great strength and had saved him and his younger sister before, even saving his mother and younger sister just some time ago!At this moment, Jaime realized that he was the one who had overestimated his own ability by attempting to do the impossible…When he thought of Charlie’s extraordinary strength, and when he thought of his second uncle and his father’s disappearance as well as Falco’s bizarre death, an extremely strong sense of fear sudden
Immediately afterward, his face was filled with tears and snot as he cried bitterly, “Benefactor… I owe my lowly life to you, and it’s only right for you to take it away… But I really want to beg you to spare my lowly life even if it’s simply for my mother’s or younger sister’s sake. Please spare my lowly life… I beg you, Benefactor…”When Charlie saw that Jaime was weeping bitterly and pitifully with an extremely agonizing and distressed look on his face, he smiled lightly and spoke up, “I’ve already spared your father’s lowly life on your mother’s and younger sister’s account. So, are you expecting me to spare your lowly life too?”Jaime subconsciously asked, “Benefactor, my father… is my father still alive?!”Charlie smiled indifferently and said, “Your father is in Syria now. Although he won’t be able to come back for quite some time, he will certainly not die for quite a while either.”“Syria?” Jaime was dumbfounded, and he asked, “My father, he… Why would he go to Syria?!”C
For Jaime, at this time, being able to keep his lowly life was more important than anything else.This was because he knew very well in his heart that Charlie had enough strength and reason to kill him.Moreover, with Charlie’s strength, even if Charlie were to truly kill Jaime, the Schulz family probably would not and could not avenge him.After all, Jaime’s grandfather had never even seen Charlie’s face before. Cadfan was so afraid of him that he could not even sleep at night!In order to make peace with Charlie, Jaime’s grandfather was even willing to give the Schulz family’s entire ocean shipping group to his younger sister.Jaime could already tell that his grandfather was extremely afraid of Charlie based on this fact alone.So, as long as he was able to survive, Jaime felt that it would not matter even if he were to get thrown to Syria. At the very least, he would be able to be with his father instead of being all by himself when he got to Syria.When Charlie heard the
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