As he thought of that, Charlie asked Jarvis, “Mr. Yant, did you pay attention to the Acker family’s reaction? Can you tell me who she is?”Jarvis thought about it and said quickly, “There was a man, I think it was her husband. The younger man called the other man Kaeden. I heard her call the woman’s name. I think it was Adrienne.”When Charlie heard this, he immediately understood that this dead woman was his third aunt. After all, the only ones who were younger than Kaeden were his third uncle Jaxson and youngest aunt Lulu.The dead woman’s identity was initially Charlie’s biggest fear. He feared that the dead woman might be his youngest aunt Lulu. It would mean that the Acker family had been infiltrated from within, and that was an unacceptable situation. Therefore, he was slightly relieved to hear that the dead woman was his third aunt.However, that relief wasn’t much. After all, third aunt Adrienne had been married to his third uncle Jaxon for at least a decade. Why would his
Charlie understood Kathleen’s concern. His identity would certainly be the Acker family’s focus, especially after today’s crisis and contact.With the Acker family’s strength, it was only a matter of time before they learned about his identity. They simply had to follow the clues to investigate and start with either Quinn or Kathleen.The Acker family would definitely figure out who he was through their investigations, so Charlie must intimidate them from looking into him. His goal wasn’t to dampen the family’s ability to investigate him, rather, he wanted to scare them from daring to attempt it. With that in mind, he instructed Kathleen, “After you get the Ackers to safety, make sure you tell them… Oh, no. Make sure you warn them not to investigate my identity in any way. Tell them I’m a man of honor, and that I don’t like to be known. I don’t like anyone sniffing into my origins, either. Otherwise, the consequences they will face will be at their own risk.” Kathleen hesitated f
This was the lowest point in life for the Acker family. Everyone was drowning in sadness and grief. Charlie’s third uncle Jaxson was the most devastated.He couldn’t understand why his wife turned out to be a member of the enemy. His perception of family and love was collapsing at this very moment.Meanwhile, his daughter was still overwhelmed by the sudden death of her mother. Her youngest aunt, Lulu, held her in her arms and comforted her.Kaeden, who was most similar to Keith, was clenching his fists and trembling violently.After a long silence, he announced to his family, “Think about it carefully. It’s been nearly one or two decades since our whole family gathered outside. Almost everyone in the family is here except for Dominic…”Keith nodded softly and said emotionally, “When we came here, we even took two planes just in case something happened to the whole family. We’re really too careless this time…”Holly wept and wailed remorsefully, “It’s all my fault…! I was the one
Kaeden’s words startled Charlie. Charlie had always wanted to find out about his parents’ murder back then, but he had always failed to find any concrete clues until now.When he heard Kaeden mentioning his mother, he cheered up immediately. He was also waiting for the members of the Acker family to follow up and reveal some inside stories to him.However, Lord Acker’s subsequent words dashed Charlie’s hopes. He said in a serious tone, “No clues have been found about your sister and brother-in-law’s murder. I thought that it was the Rothschild family who was responsible for it at first, but there is no evidence to prove that the Rothschild family is directly related to this incident even after so long. You said that this matter might be related to your sister’s murder, but I do not understand why they are still not giving up after so long! Who on earth did your sister and brother-in-law offend back then? Why are they still deliberately planning to kill our whole family even after
Therefore, they immediately recognized Kathleen as soon as she entered the door.Upon entering the door, Kathleen said very politely to the old man, “Lord Acker, I am Kathleen Fox from the Fox family. I was entrusted by my benefactor to come over to help you this time. My benefactor said that you could call and contact your subordinates to come over for support first, and after determining an absolutely safe place, I will arrange for my men to escort you all the way there.”Kaeden asked in surprise, “Miss Fox, who is this benefactor that you’re talking about?! Is it the benefactor who saved us just now?!”Kathleen nodded and said, “Yes, it’s him.”Having said that, Kathleen then said again, “My benefactor asked me to come over and help deal with the scene and so, I brought my men over here urgently. Now that the outside has already been dealt with, you can also prepare to leave.”Lord Acker asked in a very polite tone, “Young girl, I would like to seize this opportunity to ask...
Ashley’s foresight was unparalleled in the entire Acker family.While designing the plans to build Ark Building, she had spent a lot of money to make the top floor indestructible.The top floor of Ark Building was made out of bulletproof glass of extremely high standards, and the passages and elevator shafts that led to the roof and downstairs were all equipped with physical partitions that were as strong as that of bank vaults. Once all the physical partitions were closed, the entire top floor could be described as impregnable. The impregnable design made it impossible for any individual weapon to enter the top floor from the roof, downstairs, or through the window. No one could enter unless the opponent dared to launch a gunship attack in New York City. Furthermore, Ark Building was located in the center of Manhattan and it was the most prosperous area in the whole of New York, and possibly even in the entire United States. In addition, after the 9/11 incident, the United State
Christian even found that the old man’s palm had been poked, and several points on his palm were already deeply sunken in. Even his skin was broken due to the constant poking, and the ballpoint pen’s ink had penetrated into his skin, forming a mark similar to that of an old tattoo.Although Christian could not see what was written on the palm of his father’s hand, he could also guess that his father must have written something there himself to constantly remind himself of his own words. Just as Christian was feeling distressed, he could not help but quietly lean toward his father’s side. When Lord Acker poked his pam with the ballpoint pen again and peeked at the words on his palm, Christian could clearly see the three sentences written on his palm.“It has been twenty years since Ashley and Curtis have passed away.”“I owe a debt of gratitude to Charlie’s fiancée for her life-saving grace.”“Charlie has not yet returned.”Christian felt a lump in his throat when he saw those th
Christian and Kaeden then took the lead and led the Acker family out of the private room.Charlie heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the sounds of their fading footsteps, but at the same time, he also felt a little disappointed. He felt that it might not have been a bad thing to reconcile with his grandparents’ family.It would also be a psychological comfort for the two elderly people.However, when Charlie thought of how no clues had been found regarding his parents’ death and how the enemy might be stronger than he imagined, he felt a little grateful that he had been persistent. After all, he could only develop in a low-key manner if he was in the dark.Otherwise, if he were to draw out the behemoth hidden in the darkest place prematurely, it would likely bring a big disaster to the people around him.As the four elevator doors closed, only Charlie and Claire, who was sleeping on his shoulder, remained in the VIP area.So, Charlie then took back the trace of Reiki that
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
Charlie sighed. "I told you it'd blow up, Dad, but you had to doubt me.""I wasn't doubting you," Jacob promptly defended himself. "I thought I might catch a lucky break—"Charlie cut him short, "Fair enough. Then, how are you going to handle this? I can try to stop Mom from going to that wedding and prevent her from getting in the hall even if she went, but what's going to happen to the both of you? Do you want a divorce or do you want to stay with her?"The light in Jacob's faded as he shrugged and sighed. "If I could divorce her, I would've—and I would be living happily with Matilda now. What company would I have if I did it now? Do you think Elaine would let me stay in Thompson First, with that attitude of hers?""In the end, I'd be chased out without a place to stay, and I can't suffer the humiliation of moving back with my mom and brother, can I? Hell, they might not even take me back!""So, that's a no?" Charlie pressed.Jacob smiled wryly. "At my age, even if I could, I w
Hearing that Elaine was threatening suicide, Claire exclaimed urgently, "Take me to her now!"The traffic police officer quickly nodded. "Come on!"As the traffic police officer quickly led Claire to Elaine, Charlie arrived just then and gave chase after leaving the luggage by the entrance.Stopping them, he asked, "Excuse me, officer—where's the gentleman who came with Madam Parker? May I see him?""And who are you?" The traffic police officer asked."I'm his son-in-law," Charlier replied. "I was thinking that while my wife talks to her mom, I can talk to my father-in-law, make peace, and take them both home.""Oh, that'd be great!"The traffic police officer exclaimed and quickly beckoned at a colleague, "Come over. Take this gentleman to Jacob Wilson!""Okay!" The other traffic police officer was also quite enthusiastic.Charlie entered the room where Jacob was first, immediately seeing a disfigured Jacob taking deep puffs of his cigarette.Another traffic police officer w