“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
“Okay! I’ll go and atone for my sins!”When Jaime heard this, even though he did not know exactly how Charlie was asking him to atone for his sins, he still agreed to it without any hesitation at all as he blurted out, “I’m willing to go and atone for my sins! I’m willing to atone for my sins, my father’s sins, and the entire Schulz family’s sins! I’ll go to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha in order to accumulate more good deeds for the Schulz family!”Charlie laughed and said, “The Schulz family’s sins are so heavy. So, how can your sins possibly be atoned simply by burning incense and worshipping Buddha?”Jaime was confused, and he asked, “Benefactor, what do you mean, then?”Charlie spoke indifferently, “Since your sins are so serious, it is only natural for you to be more pious, and for you to put yourself through the mill. I think that starting from tomorrow, you will have to use the method of taking three steps and one grovel to go on a pilgrimage to the Jordan T
In truth, Charlie had already long known that Jaime had been pursuing Quinn.However, he did not want to interfere with Jaime because of the principle of ‘freedom to love’. He did not even have this thought even though Isaac had suggested for him to intervene before this.Charlie felt that everyone had the right to like others and be liked by others in return. As long as a person liked another person in a fair and square manner, no one had the right to interfere.However, Jaime’s mistake was that he did not figure this out clearly himself.Before he had even pursued Quinn properly, he had already regarded Quinn as his personal belonging. When Jaime found out that Charlie had driven Quinn to the venue, his first thought was to do everything that he possibly could in order to investigate and find out Charlie’s identity. He had targeted Charlie, even investigating Charlie’s wife’s car license plate, which was a complete violation of the basic principle of ‘freedom to love’. Theref
After exiting the door, his assistant and a group of bodyguards hurriedly got up and came out as soon as Jaime arrived at the door of the conference room.His assistant walked up and asked in a low voice. “Have you already found out the identity and information of the chairman of Emgrand Group?”Jaime replied indifferently, “The matter this time is all a misunderstanding. The person that I’m looking for is not in Emgrand Group. Let’s go. You guys can send me home.”Jaime’s assistant was a little confused, but he was not quite sure what Jaime had seen in the VIP passage at the venue either. Perhaps, Jaime might have indeed been mistaken. So, Jaime’s assistant did not think too much about it and said, “Okay then, Young Master. In that case, we will send you back now.”Jaime did not speak on the way home. Instead, he simply sat by himself with his eyes closed.When the convoy sent him back to the Dunn family’s old mansion, before Jaime got out of the car, he spoke up and said to his
Cadfan nearly exploded in anger at this moment.‘What’s going on?!’‘I’ve just paid such a big price in order to barely pacify the troublesome Sophie, but who would have thought that I would only have a quiet and peaceful life for no more than two days before Jaime, who had big eyes and thick eyebrows, would actually betray me as well.’Right now, he could not understand what exactly was wrong with his godd*mned grandson.In the past, when he had almost taken Jaime’s mother’s and younger sister’s lives, Jaime had never turned his back on him like what he was doing now. Instead, Jaime had simply suffered in silence and suppressed his anger as he tried to flatter and please Cadfan.Now that the matter was already f*cking in the past, this kid seemed to have suddenly come back to his senses, and he was starting to go against Cadfan.When Cadfan thought of how this brat was actually going to grovel all the way to Jordan Temple in order to make an atonement for their sins, Cadfan was
Jaime had a cold expression on his face when he saw Cadfan, who was unconscious over the other end of the video call, and he said coldly, “Him? He brought this upon himself!”Arrington was stupefied. ‘What the hell is going on here? Is this still the same Jaime Schulz who is always humbling himself to try and flatter and please Lord Schulz? How dare he say such words to Lord Schulz?!’Arrington, who was eager to defend Lord Schulz, was instantly furious as he blurted out and yelled, “Jaime Schulz! What is your status?! Who are you to say such things about Lord Schulz?! Are you thinking of rebelling?!”Jaime said disdainfully, “Pfft! Did you think that I would rebel against that old b*stard?! I, Jaime Schulz, am most ashamed of people like him in my whole life!”Jaime turned off the video call directly after he had said that. In an instant, the entire Schulz family’s mansion exploded into a frenzy.Meanwhile, in Aurous Hill, the people in the Dunn family’s old mansion were also c
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