When Charlie heard his mother’s name actually coming out of his wife, Claire’s mouth, he was instantly shocked, and he stood frozen in place as if someone had cast a spell on his body.At this moment, Charlie’s consciousness also seemed to have lost contact with his body, and he was also feeling extremely shocked. He also lost control of his emotions as he questioned her with much urgency, “What did they say to you?!”When Claire saw Charlie getting so agitated, she asked in astonishment, “Honey, why are you getting so agitated? Could it be that you’ve heard of Ashley Acker before?”Claire’s question caused Charlie to feel a lump in his throat.In the past, Claire had also asked Charlie about his parents’ situation several times. Charlie could not bear to lie about his parents’ death and so, he had told Claire truthfully that his parents had died in a car accident when he was eight years old. However, although Charlie could not bear to lie about this matter, he also had his res
After that, he suspected that these were inextricably linked to the Rothschild family, but he still had not found any valuable clues.Therefore, what Claire was saying today had immediately given Charlie great hope. He felt that if he could find a way to get Kathleen’s grandfather to talk, there would be a real chance and possibility of him uncovering the truth behind this matter!As he thought of this, he decided in his heart immediately. When Jordan came to Aurous Hill, he would have to force him to speak up no matter what it was! He would have to get Jordan to tell him all of the inside stories and everything that he knew even if he had to take his consciousness away and give him strong psychological hints!At the same time, Charlie’s expectations for the auction for the Rejuvenating Pill had already surpassed everything at this moment!As for Kathleen, she could continue putting on a show and play games if she wanted to. Charlie did not care about what she wanted to do anymor
The grade of Houlmount cars was certainly not as good as Rolls Royce.However, in Charlie’s eyes, the Houlmount was the most nationally representative car brand in Oskia, and there was no other.Therefore, it was also the best option that he had in mind.Isaac obeyed Charlie’s words and so, he spoke up and said immediately, “Okay, Young Master. I’ll coordinate the resources and make sure that all the vehicles are in place within the next two days.”Charlie nodded and instructed, “Don’t forget to raise the room prices. The price of the rooms at Shangri-La should be at least a hundred times more during the auction for the Rejuvenating Pill. Moreover, you should not give them a discount of even a single cent.”“Okay,” Isaac smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Young Master. I’ve already made all the arrangements for this. The listed price of the hotel rooms this time will not only be raised more than a hundred times, but there will also be an additional 20% service charge, 20% security fee
Moreover, this price was really a black-market price that was extremely high, and the profit margin was also as high as 99.99%...At this time, Charlie was very serious as he said, “Mr. Cameron, look. This group of people usually wear LV and carry Hermes, and they think that they are so amazing because of that. A piece of their clothing printed with the LV logo would cost tens of thousands of dollars, and the price of a Hermes bag is also extremely expensive and out of the world. Since all of them have so much pride and ego, my Rejuvenating Pill clothing would be the best luxury good. How can Hermes compare to a set of sportswear that costs 1.5 million dollars?”Isaac instantly perspired out of embarrassment. He knew that this young master of his was sometimes very black-hearted, but he did not expect him to be so black-hearted...If word about this were to get out to the public, people would say that Shangri-La was shameless. However, he also knew Charlie’s style of action and
When Sherry heard Kathleen’s words, she immediately asked nervously, “Young Lady, wouldn’t you be exposing your identity if you were to bring Lord Fox to have dinner together with Charlie Wade?”“That will not necessarily be the case.” Kathleen said, “I plan to invite Claire first, and then I will let Claire help me invite Charlie Wade. After that, I will bring Grandpa there directly and introduce them at the dinner table.”Sherry could not help but ask, “Then, how are you going to introduce your relationship with Lord Fox to Charlie Wade?”Kathleen said, “It’s simple. I will simply say that Grandpa is my distant grandfather. After all, the Jane family is originally closely related to the Fox family. So, there will be no loopholes in terms of its reasonableness.”Sherry was very puzzled as she asked, “Young Lady, I don’t quite understand. Why would you want to arrange for a meeting between Lord Fox and Charlie Wade? This matter is originally two sets of plans, and the two sets of p
Charlie nodded gently and asked, “Miss Jane, you should have already found a place to stay, right?”Kathleen nodded and said, “Yes. I’ll be staying at Aurous International Hotel.”Charlie smiled and said, “That’s good.”After saying that, Charlie looked at the time and said, “I still have something to do, so I will not hold you up any longer, Miss Jane.”Kathleen said with great understanding, “Mr. Wade, please go ahead and get busy if you have things to do.”Having said that, Kathleen then suddenly added, “Mr. Wade, I would like to invite you and Claire to have dinner together with me if you have time some other day. After all, we have already known each other for many days now, and I have not thanked you properly for the help that you and Claire have given me.”When Charlie heard this, he immediately deduced that there had to be something fishy about Kathleen’s intention.So, he did not reject her directly. Instead, he nodded and smiled as he said, “Sure, but I might be busy o
The masterclass that Kelly was talking about was a high-end training course led by the Rhode Island School of Design, which was the top in the world in the field of design. It was also the most advanced skill class in the entire field of interior design, and it was known as the cradle of the world’s top designers. It was just like Lakeside University which had been established by the owner of Alibaba back then. Those who could get in were basically very powerful or promising young entrepreneurs in Oskia.For this kind of place, in addition to getting access to the top knowledge, technology, and academics in the industry, being able to step into this place would mean that you would have access to the tip of the industry’s pyramid.As soon as you had access to it, you would be connected to the most cutting-edge resources in the industry.It was also much more difficult to enter the masterclass at Rhode Island School of Design compared to Lakeside University.Before Lakeside Univers
Meanwhile, Claire was preparing to eat lunch at the company.As there were a lot of official duties and business at the company, Claire would usually not bother to go home to eat at noon. Instead, she would eat takeouts at the company because this would save her more than an hour.She was just about to pick up her cell phone and order food when she received a phone call from Kathleen. So, Claire picked up the phone and smiled as she said, “Miss Jane, what are your instructions for me?”Kathleen said, “Claire, didn’t I tell you long ago not to call me Miss Jane? You can just call me Kylie.”Claire laughed and said, “You’re my friend when it’s not working hours, but you’re my client when it comes to work and so, I must be polite to you.”Kathleen laughed helplessly and said, “It’s already noon. Is it still working hours? Don’t you have lunch breaks at your company?”Claire explained, “Other employees have lunch breaks, and our lunch break is for one and a half hours. However, for
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