Very soon, Lady Wilson arrived at Charlie’s door in a very aggressive and overbearing manner before she pressed the doorbell directly.Inside the villa, Charlie had just returned to the living room after putting the cake into the refrigerator. Claire and her parents were still getting busy in the kitchen.At this time, Charlie heard the doorbell, and so, he got up and went to the front door.He glanced at the monitor, and he realized that the person standing outside in the courtyard was, surprisingly, Lady Wilson. So, he asked coldly, “Is anything the matter?”When Lady Wilson heard Charlie’s voice, she snorted coldly and said, “Let me in. I want to see Jacob!” Charlie casually replied, “Sorry, but you’re not welcomed here. Hurry up and leave. Otherwise, I’ll look for the property security!”“You!” Lady Wilson scolded angrily, “This is my son’s house! So, am I not welcomed here just because you say that I’m not welcomed here? I will have to go inside today, then!”Charlie laugh
Charlie truly did not expect that the reason why Lady Wilson would come to show off and be cocky in front of him was because of Wendy.Lady Wilson certainly did not know that the reason why Wendy could actually make the great leap from being a hostess who was bullied by everyone to becoming the general manager of Mallow Stenhouse Etiquette Corporation was entirely because Charlie was giving Wendy an opportunity because he pitied her. When he heard this, Charlie looked at Lady Wilson as though he was staring at a stupid old monkey, and he said playfully, “Lady Wilson, your biggest failure in this life is your short-sightedness. If you could take a deeper look at problems, the Wilson family would not have fallen and ended up in this state today.”Immediately after that, Charlie then said seriously, “If you want to continue staying at Thompson First, you’d better remember to leave my family alone and mind your own business. However, if you cannot even do that, perhaps you may not even
Still, this was one of the few luxuries that the current Wendy could afford.After all, Wendy was now single-handedly earning money to feed four people. Moreover, her father and elder brother needed quite a lot of medical expenses. So, Wendy had been very frugal, and she had been saving up. After much difficulty, she had finally saved more than eight thousand dollars. She had asked the sales personnel to help her wrap the belt up, and she had been thinking about how she should hand the gift over to Charlie while she was on the way back home.After thinking about it, Wendy had planned to place the gift inside the mailbox in front of Charlie’s house. After that, she would send a WhatsApp message to Charlie so that he could come out and pick it up himself.She felt that this was a relatively safe method, and it would not be known to others, especially her cousin sister, Claire.Moreover, if Charlie was not willing to accept her gift, he would not have the opportunity to reject it fa
When Wendy saw the arrogant and insolent look on her grandmother’s face, Wendy could not help but feel very afraid in her heart, and she hurriedly said, “Grandma! How can you be so rude to Brother-in-Law? Hurry up and apologize to him!”Lady Wilson was stunned when she heard Wendy’s words, and she said, “Wendy, are you out of your mind?! Hasn’t our family suffered and gotten bullied enough by him?!”As she spoke, Lady Wilson was filled with righteous indignation as she reprimanded, “Don’t forget that he was the one who sent your mother to the black coal kiln!”“If he did not send your mother to the black coal kiln, your father and mother would not have ended up in the current state that they are in today! That shrew, Elaine, would not have had the opportunity to humiliate your father by hanging green caps all over her balcony, then!”“Have you also forgotten our misfortune when the both of us were arrested and taken to the detention center? Isn’t it all thanks to him?!”“Now that
Lady Wilson also broke down emotionally as she cried and said, “I know that I certainly did some wrong things in the past, and I have nothing to say about it if you want to blame me for it. However, I’ve doted on you and loved you for so many years, so don’t you know how to be grateful at all?! It is already bad enough that you do not know how to be grateful, but you are actually saying that Charlie has been so kind and gracious to you?! Don’t you think that you are betraying your conscience by saying those words?!”Wendy, who was furious, did not even think before she blurted out, “Of course I don’t feel that I’m betraying my conscience! Brother-in-Law was the one who rescued me when I was forced to sign the contract at the etiquette company back then!”As she spoke, Wendy had tears in her eyes as she continued saying, “Brother-in-Law did not only rescue me, but he even drove that black-hearted boss and his lover away. After that, he also restored the freedom of the other girls who
Wendy’s criticism made Lady Wilson’s legs go weak, and she nearly fell as she sat on the ground directly.She would never have dreamt that the noble man who had brought her family back from the dead would actually be Charlie, whom she had always despised and wanted to look for an opportunity to seek revenge on!This reality was as shocking as the big bang explosion in Lady Wilson’s heart.This was because she thought that the noble man who had helped Wendy could be anyone in the world, but it was unlikely that it would ever be Charlie.However, that had to be the truth of the matter.Charlie had to be the one who had rescued Wendy from signing the contract, and he was the one who had handed the entire Mallow Stenhouse Etiquette Corporation over to Wendy so that she could manage it.Lady Wilson was feeling panicked and scared at this time. She came to a realization in the depths of her heart, ‘The tone of my voice when I spoke to Charlie just now was indeed a little too arrogant.
Lady Wilson felt a thump in her heart when she heard this.She knew that Charlie had already seen right through her intentions.For Lady Wilson, as soon as she found out that Charlie was actually Wendy’s noble man, she had realized that Charlie was not going down, but his ability and influence were actually far above her previous perception and cognition. After realizing this, Lady Wilson then began thinking of opportunities to repair and mend their relationship with Charlie’s family. That way, the benefits that she would be able to obtain in the future would certainly be far greater than what it was now.However, Lady Wilson would not have expected that Charlie would see right through her thoughts immediately. Charlie not only rejected her, but he also directly blocked her chances of indirectly looking for Claire, Jacob, or even Elaine. At this moment, Lady Wilson was filled with extreme regrets in the depths of her heart. ‘Sigh! If I had known that Charlie would be so capable, w
Wendy did not expect that the belt that she bought to give to Charlie had somewhat angered her grandmother again.When she saw her grandmother’s temper where she had to control everything and make decisions on everything, Wendy also got angry, and she blurted out, “Every single cent that I spend right now is all my own hard-earned money. It is my freedom to buy whatever I want! You have no right to interfere!”“What?! I have no right to interfere?!” Lady Wilson had just been stifled by Charlie, and even though she had tried every means that she could to please him, Charlie had rejected her directly. So, she was already feeling very depressed. When she saw that Wendy also actually dared to talk back to her, she instantly became very angry and enraged.Immediately after that, she stopped in her tracks and angrily rebuked, “Don’t forget that I’ve always been the head of this family. I was the head of the family in the past, now, and also in the future! Our family is facing the most dif
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