Elaine looked at Hannah and laughed as she said in a b*tchy manner, “Look, Sister-in-Law. He’s being so anxious just because I said a couple of words.”Hannah curled her lips and said disdainfully, “Isn’t that the nature and virtue of all the men in the Wilson family? They are slow to act, have small abilities, and possess a big temper!”Elaine clapped her hands and said excitedly, “Sister-in-law, you’re so right! Every word that you’ve just said is really true, and it really resonates deep in my heart.”Jacob felt his face burning and so, he stood up immediately and said to Claire, “Claire, you guys can order takeout. You don’t need to order for me.”Claire hurriedly asked, “Dad, what are you going to do?”Jacob said angrily, “I’m already full from anger and so, I’m going to go and lay down in my room and rest.”Claire was helpless and so, she could only say to Elaine, “Mom, why don’t you just stop saying anything else?”When Hannah saw that Claire could not stand it any longer
When Charlie saw that Claire’s tone was very solemn, he spoke up and said, “Honey, tell us what it is you want to say.”Claire looked at her three closest family members and spoke up, “I have the opportunity to go to the United States to attend a masterclass at the Rhode Island School of Design. However, it will take more than a month before and after the completion of the class...”“What masterclass?” Elaine asked with a surprised expression, “What is it for?”Claire was just about to explain when Charlie, who was aside, said to Elaine, “Mom, the masterclass at Rhode Island School of Design is the Rhode Island School of Design that Claire yearns for the most. It is the best design school in the world.”Claire did not expect that her husband, Charlie, would actually remember her dream so clearly and so, she could not help but feel a surge of emotion in her heart. At this time, Charlie asked her again, “Claire, I remember hearing you talk about it before, and it seems as though th
So, he asked Claire, “Honey, when will this masterclass of yours start?”Claire replied, “If I am sure to attend it, I will have to report to the school at the end of the month. The course will start officially on May 1st, and it will end on May 31st.”After Claire had said that, she added, “However, there will be a three-day salon after the course ends on May 31st, and I can leave the school when the salon is over.”Charlie could not help but sigh in relief when he heard this. Although going to the United States for more than a month was a long time, the good thing was that it would be at the end of the month. By then, the auction would have ended, and he would also be able to relax as he would have nothing else on hand.In Oskia, aside from the Wade family, there were also Emgrand Group, The Apothecary Pharmaceutical, and matters related to Ito-Schulz Ocean Shipping Group.However, the good thing was that Charlie had people helping him take care of these companies. Moreover, L
Elaine seldom went out during this period of time because of her leg injury and so, she had already been feeling uncomfortable and suffocated for a long time. It just so happened that at this time when Claire mentioned something about going to the United States, Elaine’s first thought as soon as she heard it was that she would have to follow her and go out to experience the world. What’s more, Elaine already knew that Charlie could make money easily and so, she did not want to miss out on this good opportunity to go out with Charlie. Perhaps Charlie could also buy something for her. Claire felt as though she had been placed in a slightly difficult spot when she heard that her mother wanted to tag along.She felt that the best solution would be for just Charlie to accompany her, and if she were to bring her mother along, the situation would really be a little awkward.So, she advised Elaine, “Mom, I feel that it would be better for you to rest at home. The United States is a lon
Charlie finally heaved a sigh of relief. He could see visibly with his naked eye that his wife, Claire, who was aside, was also in a much more relaxed mood at this moment, almost as if all the tension in her heart had finally been released. Claire also said to Charlie with a relaxed expression, “Honey, since that’s the case, I will give Kelly a clear answer and tell her that I will be attending this masterclass!”Charlie nodded and smiled as he said, “You should text her and hurry up to confirm the itinerary with her. I’ll arrange the time and book the air tickets.”Claire nodded repeatedly and said excitedly, “I will call her right now!”After saying that, she took her cell phone immediately and ran out of the house joyfully as she went into the courtyard.A few minutes later, she came back with incomparable excitement as she said to Charlie, “Honey, I’ve already confirmed with Kelly, and we can leave on the 28th at the end of the month!”Charlie heaved a sigh of relief when he
After Charlie had decided to accompany her to the United States, Claire also gave a clear reply to Kelly immediately.Kelly had very high efficiency, and she quickly reported all of Claire’s relevant information to the Rhode Island School of Design.As it was daytime in the United States, Rhode Island School of Design responded quickly, and they sent the electronic version of the master class invitation to Claire’s email address.The moment Claire saw the invitation letter, she was so excited that she almost shed tears.She really did not expect that it would be so easy to achieve what was originally one of her biggest goals in life.In her excitement, she could not help but say to Charlie, “Honey, they are being so nice to me because of you, right?”Charlie did not expect his wife to suddenly ask such a question without reason and so, he smiled and asked, “Honey, why are you suddenly asking about that?”Claire said seriously, “Doris Young from Emgrand Group, Jasmine Moore from
Sherry nodded thoughtfully and then asked Kathleen a moment later, “Young Lady, are you still planning to let Lord Fox have a meal with him, then?”“Not for now.” Kathleen hurriedly said, “Since Charlie Wade has already said that he will invite me out for dinner after he is done settling his matters, I will get Grandpa to come as originally planned. If he fails to win the bid for the Rejuvenating Pill at the auction, I will bring him along with me to meet Charlie Wade.”***Two days later.Aurous Airport ushered in one of its busiest days since its inauguration from four o’clock in the morning. If it was any ordinary time, the daily number of passenger and cargo planes, as well as business jets landing and taking off at Aurous Airport, would only add up to about eight hundred times a day. Amongst them, the number of take-offs and landings were almost equal.But today, there were nearly three hundred more landings compared to usual at Aurous Airport. A large number of private j
After listening to Chandler’s words, Jordan could not help but mutter, “I asked you to calculate my fortune for me, but you are just telling me that you cannot calculate my fortune for me in two whole lines of lyrics...”“Fool!” Chandler rebuked him in a low voice as he raised his brows and asked, “There are two phrases, to begin with. Why is it that they are now lyrics when I say it just because they have been written into songs?”Jordan hurriedly said, “Chandler, that is not what I meant! What I meant was whether you could explain it to me in simpler terms?”Chandler shook his head helplessly and said, “The literal meaning is already very clear. It means that it cannot be seen clearly, cannot be understood, and this matter has very complicated internal causes and too many external causes. The variables are great, and the form might be changing every minute and every second. It’s already far beyond the scope of my abilities.”When Jordan heard this, he could not help but rub his t
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