Upon saying that, Merlin took out his name card and passed it to Xavion.Merlin indifferently said, “Think carefully about it. If you decide to cooperate, please contact me quickly. We don’t have much time left. I’m sure you wouldn’t want to collect your son’s corpse after the forty-eight-hour deadline. Also, I’m going to retire soon. I don’t want to leave such a case unsolved before my retirement.”Xavion looked shocked and horrified, and he mindlessly accepted Merlin’s name card and seemed as though he wanted to say something.However, before Xavion could even form his sentence, Merlin carefreely bade them farewell and turned to leave.“Goodbye!” After Merlin had left, Xavion restlessly told his father, Spencer, “Dad... Merlin is right! This is so weird!”Spencer’s expression was ugly and a little panicked as he asked, “What does he mean by a big scandal? Is it about your grandfather? No matter what, I seized power legally and became the head of the family. Even if it ends up
“Peyton Sate?”Spencer was a little surprised, and he asked, “Who is Peyton Sate ?”The butler hurriedly explained, “Peyton Sate is a director of our business team. Yesterday, you said you wanted to buy a Concorde. He’s one of the people who are in charge of this.”Spencer wrinkled his brow and asked, “What does he have to report to me? If he has secured the Concorde airline, let the person in charge directly negotiate the price. There’s no need to report to me in person.”The butler shook his and explained, “Master, Peyton said he has a clue that is related to Mr. Homer!“Oh?” Spencer immediately arched his brow upon hearing that, and he quickly asked, “Where is he? Tell him to come here at once!”The butler hurriedly said, “He’s right at the door. I’ll bring him in now!”After a while, Peyton trotted into the study.When he saw Spencer and Xavion, he immediately bowed and greeted them, “Master Spencer, Master Xavion. I’m Peyton from the business team...”Spencer cut him off
While she was drowning in her foolish thoughts, the butler led the head main and several burly bodyguards and rushed in.The butler told Xavion’s wife, “Madam, I need to speak with your servant. I hope you understand.”Xavion’s wife knew that the butler had great power in the Fox family. He must have come to look for her servant for something important, so she nodded and said, “Do as you please.”The butler thanked her, and right after that, the head maid beside him pointed at Lola and said, “That’s her! She’s Lola!”The other servants in the room were shaking nervously. Seeing how the butler was acting so aggressively, they knew there was going to be trouble.However, Lola thought otherwise. She even thought that her Prince Charming must have come to save her!After leaving the room, it might not take long for her to become Finley’s wife!She would come back to the Fox family as Mrs. George next time, and when that happened, the Fox family’s servants, including the head butler,
Lola carried the watch with her at all times precisely because she cared too much about the watch.She was just a servant, so she did not dare to put a Richard Mille on her hand. However, she did not expect the watch to fall out of her pocket when she fell.Since this had been discovered by Xavion, she quickly made up a lie, “This... A friend left this watch in my care...”“A friend ?” Xavion coldly asked, “What friend? What’s his name?”Lola nervously responded, “I-I... I can’t say his name...”After that, she hurriedly added, “This is a personal matter between us. It has nothing to do with others...”Xavion still wanted to question her further, but Spencer had lost his patience. He coldly said, “Why are you wasting time with her? Since she’s not telling the truth, let’s just cut off her ears!”Xavion immediately thought of his son when Spencer mentioned that. He thought about it again and felt that the maid might be related to his son’s kidnap case.He suddenly burst out in a
Xavion hurriedly looked toward Spencer and blurted out, “Dad! Is Finley the one who did it?!” Spencer frowned. He paced back and forth with his chin down, but he remained silent for a long time.Xavion was getting impatient, so he hurriedly urged, “Dad, say something!”Spencer finally said, “I don’t know who Finley is, however, I remembered seeing the Seattle George Group in the Fox family’s financial report a few years back. The Fox Group’s cooperation with George Group has increased substantially from one billion to several billion annually. During this period, the George Group’s share price has increased nearly tenfold because of its close relationship with us…”Xavion roared, “Is Finley an ungrateful b*stard?!”Spencer waved his hand, “I don’t think he did it.”Xavion asked in surprise, “Dad, all the clues are pointing at him. Who else would it be?”Spencer shook his head. “Do you think anyone with more than hundreds of billions would take the risk of kidnapping someone and
“Afraid of something?!”Spencer’s assumption took Xavion by surprise.“Dad, are you saying that Finley knows who attacked Homer? He’s also afraid that they might hurt him?”“It could be!” Spencer nodded gravely and added, “Now that I think about what Merlin said just now, I suddenly feel something...”Xavion was not as bright as his father, so he asked, “Dad, did you figure out something?”Spencer did not answer his question. Instead, he ordered the butler to take Lola and the rest away.Once everyone else had vacated the room, only Spencer and Xavion were left in the room. At last, Spencer turned to Xavion with a stern expression and said, “We couldn’t understand what Merlin was talking about when he mentioned the scandal earlier. Now, I vaguely think that this scandal is likely related to Homer and Finley.”After that, Spencer looked toward Xavion and said, “I think Homer and Finley have been doing something despicable together! This explains why Homer took Finley to the house
Xavion hurriedly asked, “Dad, what do you mean?”Spencer smacked his lips and said, “No wonder Homer took so much effort to please her and even organized a charity dinner for her...”As he spoke of that, what Merlin had just said suddenly appeared in his mind.He immediately realized something and exclaimed, “D*mn it! Homer, this b*stard! Was he planning to do something to Quinn?!”Xavion replied awkwardly with a smile, “Dad, any man would love a beautiful woman. Isn’t it normal for Homer to want to do something? Is there anything wrong with that?”Spencer coldly said, “What I’m saying is different from what you’re thinking! Maybe he was pleasing her with the intent to spend a night with her. However, he may also be plotting to r*pe her first and murder her before destroying the evidence and corpse later!”Xavion's face turned cold, and he said, “Dad... I do agree that Homer behaved strangely at that time, but there was no substantial evidence. Say... Homer can’t be such a fool,
Charlie was no longer in a rush to head to New York. After all, Ten Thousand Armies had caught Finley. According to his plan, he wanted Kazuo to cut off Finley’s ears. Then, he would lock him up with Homer. He wanted to let them spend a night in horror. After that, he would crush them when he arrived in New York.Quinn was a well-informed lady, and she was not affected by Homer’s incident at all.The day after Charlie made Kazuo kidnap Homer, she forgot about it entirely and focused on preparing for her next concert.Quinn had been busy preparing for her concert all day. To better coordinate with the team, her agency company had rented a dance studio in New York specifically for Quinn to rehearse and choreograph with the dancers.At night, Quinn finally returned to the hotel to rest. After she was done taking a shower and about to rest, her assistant Dorothy knocked on the door.Dorothy told Quinn, “Quinn, Xavion Fox from the Fox family has just called. He would like to invite y
Charlie actually had to change his opinion of Elaine after seeing her ready to kill Jacob earlier but getting all clingy now.Despite her many flaws, Elaine was the one half of their marriage who was earnestly in love.As for Jacob, he didn't seem to have any genuine feelings for Elaine at all.The mere mention of his past with Elaine always left him grumbling and complaining, but now, it was clear that Elaine was his best choice. With his attitude and the way he did things, he and Matilda would have split up by now even if they had gone to the States together.In the end, Jacob simply had too many of the flaws common amongst men his age, but while others would have no more than five out of twenty of those flaws, he had eighteen.As such, from another perspective entirely, the only woman who could tolerate Jacob now was Elaine and only Elaine. Coincidentally, her straightforward personality and tendency to get violent was the perfect counter against all of Jacob's flaws, reducing
Elaine nodded, emotional as well. "Well, Claire's finally home after being in the States for so long. Let's stop being clowns already—let's go home!"Jacob nodded, utterly relieved and teary-eyed. "Yes! Let's go home!"Meanwhile, Claire was left dumbfounded even as she watched while Charlie was left wiping the sweat off his brow—they had really just snatched victory from the jaws of defeat there!And it looked like they had truly succeeded in clearing any suspicion Elaine had of Matilda, and she most likely would do her best to avoid running into Matilda as well.That way, all the nonsense he had said wouldn't be exposed.Still, as Claire came to her senses, she told Charlie, "Darling, that was amazing! You somehow managed to talk your way out of that!"Charlie chuckled in embarrassment. "I had no choice but to sacrifice my pride for the peace in the family."Claire hugged his arm and giggled happily, "There's no victory without sacrifice. You're the best, dear!"-Meanwhile,
Though Jacob had nothing going for him, he had always had a huge ego, and he had never once admitted that he would lose to anyone in the presence of his wife and daughter.That was why both Elaine and Claire were shocked when he suddenly openly admitted that he was a piece of shit in front of them. They had never heard such a thing from him in the decades they had lived with him!In fact, Jacob himself was reluctant to insult himself like that.However, Charlie told him repeatedly that he absolutely must say it before he came here—because Charlie was dead sure that this line was the key to getting over this impasse, and it truly did put this crisis to rest.Even as Jacob finished, his heart was bleeding as he felt like he had just put his pride on the floor and trampled all over it until it was crushed to oblivion. Even though it was to clear any suspicion Elaine held toward him, to call himself a piece of shit—to say it himself that his beloved woman would think him beneath her,
Before Elaine knew it, she was reading the website she had just read again, and she did indeed find Yolden's name on it.With that, everything Charlie had said snapped together into a perfect chain of logic.Seeing the troubled look on her face, Charlie quickly added, "I'm not going to lie—Dad told me right away when he was told Matilda was getting married. We even discussed if we should tell you, and now you know why." "Matilda is doing so well for herself and got such an amazing husband, and they've picked Shangri-La's Sky Garden—something an average Joe could never hope to reach. And since she invited our whole family and not just us, Dad had to really think about it.""Eventually, he told me to hide it from you or it'd leave you devastated, so none of us said anything. We just didn't think you'd find that invitation and then end up having a big fight about it."Sighing, Charlie then continued, "But if you really want to go, we can go together for their wedding to put your min
Bitterness swelled in Elaine's heart as she really didn't think that Matilda was doing so well for herself.The fact that Matilda was worth millions alone made her far superior.At the same time, she was also rejoicing that she had never actually met Matilda. If Matilda asked how she was doing directly, how would she respond?In the end, Matilda was no Hannah Queen.Elaine would actually feel accomplished if she compared herself to Hannah.On the other hand, Matilda eclipsed Elaine in every way—she was more beautiful, kind, smart, and knowledgeable. Even her figure left Elaine dead in the water!It was as pointless as comparing a hen to a peacock!Whenever she thought of her, she could comfort herself that she had stolen her man even if she couldn't measure up in any way.But now, Jacob was completely insignificant to Matilda while Elaine still treated Jacob like a trophy.Even as a sense of inferiority seized her, Charlie sighed. "Come on, you should understand where Jacob is
"Exactly!"Charlie agreed, striking the metal while it was hot. "To be honest, the years Matilda spent in the States would be wasted if she was actually still interested!" "She's a Wall Street veteran who'd definitely have met so many successful men! Why would she be interested in a loser like Jacbo Wilson? It's not like she returned from the States after thirty years to help the poor, don't you agree?"Charlie then finished with a sigh. "The way I see it? You're the only one who'd be interested in him."Jacob heard that from behind the wall and was left absolutely fuming and humiliated.He was the only one who knew that Matilda had come back for him—even if she was worth millions now.However, he just didn't have the spine to divorce Elaine and get together with Matilda.He presumed that it was no rush and that he could just give Elaine the silent treatment—who knew, she might just give in and ask for a divorce herself, and then, he would have no issues getting together with M
"Her real lover?!" Elaine exclaimed in shock. "What are you talking about?"Charlie put on a serious face as she said, "Matilda came back to Oskia for her one true love, who is now her fiance. His name is Yolden Hart, a top economist who's now a lecturer at Aurous Hill University, who was invited all the way from the States. He's a professional manager and used to work in Wall Street, so he'd be qualified to be a CEO in any Fortune 500 company…""Professional manager?" Elaine pouted. "That still means he's a wage slave!"Charlie laughed. "Don't underestimate professional managers now. Just look at Apple Inc.'s CEO—the man earns around a hundred million USD per year, and that's over seven hundred million in Oskian dollars!"Elaine was left gaping, unable to imagine how a wage slave could earn so much.At the same time, Charlie continued, "To be fair, Professor Hart wouldn't earn that much, but 50 million per year is still no sweat for him. Do you get the amount of money we're talki
Elaine appeared taken aback, and she promptly demanded, "You've met Matilda too?!"It was only then that Claire realized she had let the cat out of the bag, and she suddenly didn't know what to say. "Oh… Uh… Mom… I, uh… didn't?"Nonetheless, Elaine was suddenly pressing her menacingly, "If you've never met her, how would you know she's a serious person?!"As Claire stayed silent, Elaine broke down in tears. "No… You're lying to me too! Aren't you?!"While Claire was left at a loss of how she should salvage this mess, Charlie suddenly entered and said, "Claire didn't—but I did.""What?!" Elaine was left staring at Charlie, stunned.Still, she soon demanded, "Y-You've met Matilda?! Did Jacob take you with him to see her?""Yes," Charlie admitted, nodding.Elaine snapped right then, and she bellowed, "Then why didn't you tell me?! To think that I've always done right by you, treating you like my own son, but you wouldn't tell me that Jacob is cheating on me! Y-You disappoint me!"
Jacob certainly left Charlie speechless—the man might get kicked out of the house, but he was more worried about his car.Sighing in exasperation, he told Jacob, "Look, if it fails, I won't be able to get you a nice place, let alone leave the Cullinan with you."Jacob blurted out, "But why—""Don't forget—I'm still living in this house even if you're gone!" Charlie explained, his expression dead serious. "If I let you have a nice place and the Cullinan, God knows how terrible a grudge your wife would hold against me. I need to have a sense of self-preservation too!""If I got you a rundown apartment, I could at least defend myself even if she gets upset about that. I mean, I can't let you sleep in the streets, can I? Claire and I would be guilty of abandoning our elders."Seeing the serious look on Charlie's face, Jacob breathed a long sigh as he clapped him on the shoulder, groaning mournfully, "Oh, I get it. I wouldn't want to upset Elaine if I were in your shoes too…"Charlie