Sherry looked up at Claire and asked, “Chairman Wilson, our young lady said that she’s free now. She’s staying at Shangri-La Hotel, which is not too far from here. If you have nothing on, we can go over there now.”Claire did not hesitate. “That’s fine with me. Let’s go there.”“Okay.” Sherry smiled. “I happened to drive here, so why don’t you carpool with me, Chairman Wilson?”“Alright.” Claire readily agreed. She picked up a notepad from the table immediately, placed her tablet into her bag, and then followed Sherry out of the office.As Claire had already consulted Charlie for his opinion before she took on this order, she didn’t need to report everything to Charlie. It was expected of her to meet the client for renovation. Sometimes, it was completely reasonable for her to have to deal with her client all the time, so Claire didn’t think too much about it.Sherry drove Claire to Shangri-La Hotel. Along the way, she looked for various topics to chat with Claire. At the same t
When Kathleen took the initiative to greet her, Claire felt somewhat flattered. She said humbly, “Miss Jane, you’re being too polite. I’m just an ordinary person, so how is it possible for you to have heard of me before?”Kathleen laughed. “I always hear Sherry talking about you. She speaks highly of you.”As Kathleen spoke, she led Claire into the reception area with a smile. “Madam Wilson, let’s sit down and talk.”“Okay.” Claire nodded and followed Kathleen, before taking a seat in the reception area.As soon as Claire sat down, Kathleen casually instructed Sherry, “Sherry, prepare us two cups of coffee.”After that, she turned to Claire and asked, “Madam Wilson, what kind of coffee would you like? I only have a capsule coffee machine here, so please forgive me if I’m being a little too neglectful.”Claire hurriedly waved her hand and said, “Miss Jane, you don’t have to go through such trouble. I don’t need to drink anything…”However, Kathleen nodded at Claire with a small
Kathleen laughed. “Why would I make a joke like that? I do personally know her, and I’ve just sent her an invitation to Oskia two days ago, telling her to drop by whenever she’s free.”Claire’s excitement rose. She asked eagerly, “Miss Jane, did Madam Wearstler agree to your invitation?”“She agreed to it.” Kathleen smiled. “She’s already coordinating her time, and she said that she’ll come over as soon as possible. It so happens that she has never been to Oskia before, so she’s very interested in this place.”Claire grew more and more excited by the minute. “Miss Jane, I have a request. I wonder if you can agree to it…”Kathleen looked at Claire with a knowing smile. “Madam Wilson, you want to meet Kelly, right?”“Yes!” Claire did not expect Kathleen to be able to read her mind so quickly. She asked, excited and nervous, “Miss Jane, is it possible…?”“Of course!” Kathleen agreed without hesitation, still smiling brightly. “It so happens that I’m not very familiar with Aurous Hil
When Claire heard Kathleen’s words, she finally came to a realization.She had never seen Kathleen before this, and she had only spoken to Kathleen’s assistant, Sherry, about the renovation of the house. So, she did not know of Kathleen’s exact intention for buying this villa.But now when she heard Kathleen saying so, Claire instantly understood in her heart.So, she hurriedly said, “Miss Jane, you’re right. The elderly actually prefer the Oskian style more. The Western modernist style pays more attention to the mix and match of various materials, but our Oskian style pays most attention to woodwork. For example, my father is particularly obsessed with ancient Oskian style furniture. We have a Lexington sofa set at home, and my father likes it very much. He would even polish it seven or eight times a day!”“That’s right” Kathleen also seemed to have found her confidant as she said, “My grandfather is also the same! He likes rosewood, mahogany, lexington wood, and agarwood. Further
When Kelly learned that the young lady from the Fox family was interested in befriending her, she naturally did not hesitate to agree, and last night, she had already promised that she would drop all the work that she had on hand and fly over to Oskia immediately to see Kathleen as long as she needed her. This was the usefulness of money. It was just like how those ordinary people would dream to see a celebrity, and it was likely that if a netizen would pay millions of dollars for appearance fees, the celebrity would also fly over to celebrate the netizen’s birthday and sing for him.This was yet another advantage of money. Therefore, Sherry returned to her room immediately and called Kelly.As soon as the phone call was connected, she said directly, “Hello, Miss Wearstler. I’m Miss Fox’s assistant, Sherry Connor.”When Kelly heard this, she immediately said respectfully, “Hello, Miss Connor! May I ask what Miss Fox’s instructions are?”Sherry said, “Our young lady would like
When Claire left Shangri-La, her mind was still buzzing.She really could not believe that Miss Jane had such great ability. Jane could actually ask her idol to come to Aurous Hill with just a single phone call. Moreover, Claire was also invited to be in their company throughout her stay here.To Claire, this made her even happier than winning the lottery.Claire’s excitement and thrill remained from morning until evening, and she still had a smile that she could not control on her face even after she returned home.When Charlie saw that Claire had been smiling ever since she entered the door, he could not help but ask, “Honey, what happened to make you so happy? You’re smiling so much that you cannot even close your mouth...”Claire hurriedly came forward and said happily, “Honey, something happened today that made me feel especially excited!” Charlie asked curiously, “What is it that is making you so excited?”Claire said excitedly, “My idol, Kelly Wearstler, the Big Sister i
She had locked down on the fact that he was the owner of the Rejuvenating Pill within a few days of coming to Aurous Hill. She had even managed to win his father-in-law over with a petty profit and then managed to accurately find this point and ambition that his wife had always had but never had the opportunity to fulfill in the design field. It was indeed very remarkable.Moreover, Charlie felt that Kathleen was really courageous.She obviously knew that there had to be some hidden experts in Aurous Hill, but she still chose to stay here instead of leaving. So, it could be seen that although this woman was young, her abilities were not to be belittled, and she also had a very deep scheming heart. The more it was this case, the more Charlie felt that this woman, Kathleen, was very troublesome.However, the good thing was that she was not very threatening. Moreover, when Charlie saw that his wife was so happy, he did not want his wife’s ultimate wish to end up in disappointment eit
At nine o’clock in the morning in Aurous Airport, a tall middle-aged woman with blonde hair and blue eyes strode out.This woman’s appearance was considered very beautiful, but you could tell that she was no longer young through the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. She was Kelly Wearstler, and she was already in her fifties. However, her outfit was very fashionable because of her background as a designer. If you did not look closely at her, you would think that she was only in her early thirties. When Kelly walked out of the airport, Claire recognized her at a glance, but Kathleen. who had only just looked at Kelly’s information yesterday, was a little overwhelmed, and she did not react at once.However, Kelly recognized Kathleen immediately and so, she waved at her enthusiastically as she shouted happily, “Jane! I’m here!”Kathleen came to her senses and soon recognized Kelly. So, she also pretended to be very excited as she said, “Kelly! You’re finally here!”As she spo
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