Moreover, Claire was not only uninterested, but she also approved greatly of her husband, who was engaged in Feng Shui, which made Madien feel a little depressed.He felt that if he wanted to lure Claire into joining his company, the first thing he had to do was to make Claire realize that her husband was an unpromising liar. So, he glanced at Amily, who was adding fuel to the flame, and said with a smile, “Amily, don’t say that. I can see that Miss Wilson is sincere, and she certainly would not lie to you deliberately.”With that said, he looked at Charlie and then suddenly smiled as he said, “Perhaps Miss Wilson is also a victim and she was deceived without knowing it.”Amily could tell that her boss did not want to give up on Claire, so she hurriedly smiled and chimed in, “You’re right, Chairman! I also think that Claire must have been deceived!”Madien looked at Claire and looked very gentlemanly as he smiled, “Miss Wilson, the number one shareholder of our company is Wall St
“He said that I’m his client?”Kathleen questioned curiously, “Who are you talking about?”Madien immediately pointed at Charlie, who was not far away, and he said with a smile, “That gentleman, he said that he is a Feng Shui master, and he also mentioned that you are one of his clients. Do you know him, Miss Fox?”Kathleen recognized Charlie immediately as soon as she saw his back.She was very happy at first but then could not help but frown as she thought to herself, ‘Madien’s tone doesn’t seem quite right. What he said earlier seems quite normal, but why did he ask if I knew Mr. Wade at the end? Could it be that he suspects that Mr. Wade is lying?’As Kathleen thought of this, she immediately guessed what was happening and thought to herself, ‘It seems that this guy probably doesn’t believe what Mr. Wade said, so he probably took advantage of this opportunity to come and greet me, then deliberately mentioned Mr. Wade because he wants me to personally expose Mr. Wade.’Kathlee
Kathleen smiled without saying a word and then nodded slightly before she followed Madien in the direction of Charlie and Claire.When Amily saw Kathleen coming over, she was so excited that she did not even know where to put her hands.Before seeing Kathleen, the chairman was the most prestigious and reputable person she had ever seen in her life. He owned ten percent of the company’s shares, which were worth more than one billion US dollars.But what was Kathleen’s status? She was in charge of the financial empire and assets worth more than a trillion US dollars. Madien was just a poor household before her, and the gap between them could be described as a whole world of difference.When Amily, who was a snob, saw such a dignified and powerful person, she was naturally extremely excited. She also instantly thought of a million ways she could try to build a relationship with Kathleen so that she could reach the pinnacle of her life.At this time, Claire also saw Kathleen walking o
Once Kathleen had spoken, both Madien and Amily were both stunned as if they had been struck by lightning, and they stood dumbfounded in place. The two of them were still waiting to see Kathleen expose Charlie’s lie directly, but to their surprise, Kathleen bowed to him respectfully and even addressed him as ‘Master Wade’!Madien instantly broke out in cold sweat out of fright, and his whole back was instantly wet. He could not help but look at Amily blankly. He also had a questioning look in his eyes in addition to shock. This was because he really could not figure out what the hell was going on.Could it be that Claire’s young husband was indeed a Feng Shui master?!Amily was also trembling in fright!In her eyes, Kathleen was a figure who was as unattainable as God, but unexpectedly, Claire’s husband could make Kathleen bow and speak to him so respectfully!Then... Hadn’t she just been asking for trouble earlier, then?!Just as the two of them were terrified and were at a
When Madien and Amily heard this, they thought that Charlie would not hold it against them, and their expressions instantly relaxed. However, Charlie then said coldly, “But today is an exception!”The two resumed trembling in fright when they heard this.Charlie looked at Madien and said calmly, “Mr. Peterson, I’ll talk to you separately later.”After saying that, he looked at Amily again and smiled faintly as he said, “Miss Wang, it’s fine if you question me, but you were also extremely sarcastic toward my wife. You even said that she was evil-minded and malicious. No matter how good-tempered I am, it’s impossible for me to put up with you humiliating my wife.”Amily’s face turned pale, and she hurriedly explained, “Mr. Wade, I... I simply said the wrong thing on impulse. Don’t... Don’t get me wrong...”Having said that, she hurriedly looked at Claire and pleaded, “Claire, please forgive me this time on the account that I didn't do it intentionally...”Before Claire could spea
Madien subconsciously pushed the blame onto Amily to protect himself, but he did not expect that Amily would be completely angered. He had always thought that Amily obeyed him because he was a handsome and successful forty-year-old man with extraordinary charm for women, so that was why Amily was completely subservient to him. He thought that she certainly would not have any dissatisfaction if he let her take the blame at such a critical moment.However, he had completely overestimated his so-called charm. For Amily, money was the real source of charm.As long as she had enough money, even if she had to face a ninety-year-old man, she would behave as if she was addicted to him and was unable to extricate herself. However, if there was no money, she would not take a second look even if the other party was as handsome as Tom Cruise.When Kathleen said that she would be banned from the design industry just now, her financial resources had been completely cut off. She did not expe
Amily covered her face, suppressed the severe pain, and cursed angrily, “I’m slandering you?! Do you think I have no evidence?!”As she spoke, she immediately took out her cell phone, dug out her chat history with Madien, and found many photos that she had secretly taken of Claire in it. She then said to Charlie and Kathleen, “Mr. Wade and Miss Fox, you can take a look at the time these photos were sent. The earliest one was about a month ago, and I had just met Claire from the master class at the time. Madien also fell in love with Claire at that time!”Madien said nervously, “You sent me those photos, so how can you say that I had my heart set on Miss Wilson?!”Amily said coldly, “You’re not going to admit it, are you? Our chat history is here, so Mr. Wade and Miss Fox can see how you responded to me!”After saying that, she looked at Kathleen and blurted out angrily, “Miss Fox, you must not let this beast in sheep’s clothing off. He has had inappropriate relationships with at le
Kathleen looked at Amily and said with a faint smile, “Stop daydreaming. Not to mention a hundred million US dollars, but he can’t give you even one US dollar.”Amily questioned subconsciously, “Why?! I’ll make him go to prison if he doesn’t give it to me!”Madien looked at Kathleen in panic and explained, “Miss Fox, don’t get me wrong. I have never done the things that Amily has mentioned, but I only promised to give her money because I don’t want her to go out and ruin my reputation...”Kathleen sneered at this lame excuse and said lightly, “Mr. Peterson, don’t forget that the Fox family is the largest shareholder in your company. Using your position as the chairman of the company to enrich your own pockets is corruption, and you’re also suspected of money laundering. What you have infringed is the interests of all the shareholders of your company, including the Fox family! As the head of the Fox family, I have the right to ask the FBI to come forward and conduct a thorough invest
As such, intent on keeping up his pretense, Jacob answered the phone, "Looking for me, Matilda?""Uh-huh," Matilda replied, and asked, "You didn't show up at Senior University, and your sub is saying you probably won't be coming for a while? Is that true?""Oh—right, that," Jacob quickly said. "Well, it's true—the gist of it is that the Association is getting busy with a project. As the vice president, I probably shouldn't be staying at Senior University all the time, right?""Heck, Mr. Bay called me last minute, telling me how busy we're going to be and that I was needed. That's why I had to go back, but I will head over to campus again when I have the time."Matilda knew right then that those were all excuses.However, she did not expose Jacob, instead asking, "Well, when are you free? So that I can send you my wedding invitation?""Oh, the invitation?" Jacob quickly chuckled. "You really didn't have to come to me—just pass it to Walker, my sub lecturer. He can pass it to me wh
The next afternoon, there was a sudden change of lecturers for the calligraphy class.Despite being the vice president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association, Jacob never showed up, instead getting a substitute instructor to replace him.Matilda had come with the invitation Yolden had written for Jacob, but seeing that Jacob wasn't at the lecture hall, she waited until the class was over to ask the sub, "Excuse me, can I ask why Mr. Wilson wasn't teaching this class?""He's busy at the association," the sub replied. "So, I'm taking over his class."Curious, Matilda pressed, "Then, would you happen to know when he will be coming?""Probably not for a while," the sub replied. "He delegated other classes to me as well, telling me that I could just stick to the PowerPoint slides."Then, he asked, "Do you have business with Mr. Wilson?"Matilda nodded. "Yes, but I can call him myself. Thank you."Leaving the lecture hall, Matilda called Jacob, who was goofing off in his office
On the other end, Matilda was left staring at Jacob's reply in confusion.She had presumed that Jacob would understand when she mentioned inviting his whole family that he should be coming up with an excuse to skip attending her wedding.That was the most ideal solution.As such, she was shocked that instead of playing along, Jacob's reply was short and blunt.[No problem. The four of us will be there!]Perplexed, Matilda was left wondering what Jacob meant. Was he really going to attend her wedding with Elaine?The thought left Matilda frowning as she absolutely didn't want to see Elaine—especially not at her own wedding.Yolden was writing an invitation when he saw the somber look on her face, and he couldn't help asking, "Is there a problem?""Jacob replied," Matilda admitted. "And he's saying that he will bring his whole family.""Really?" Yolden was confused too, as he was hardly as eccentric as Jacob. "But he's afraid of his wife and shouldn't be telling her at all…
Charlie was driving Jacob to Thompson First when the latter received the text from Matilda.Seeing that they were reaching the front gates, Jacob promptly snapped at Charlie, "Charlie, stop the car now!"Charlie did so and asked in curiosity, "What's wrong?""Matilda just texted me," Jacob replied, showing the chat log between him and Matilda.Charlie was just glancing at it nonchalantly when he saw that Matilda's contact name was 'AAA July Florist'."Wait, why is that Aunt Matilda's contact name?" He exclaimed in surprise."I changed it."Jacob explained gingerly while reading through the text Matilda sent. "Her profile picture is an iris, so I changed her contact name to a florist since I'm mostly worried Elaine would peek into my phone.""Anyway, she's asking if I'm attending her wedding with Yolden. They would send us an invitation if I accept, extended to our whole family… what do you think I should say?"Charlie asked in return. "You're planning to skip it, aren't you? T
Then, Matilda suggested, "How about this—I'll ask him before deciding." "I'll pass on inviting the rest of my former classmates too. They're too vain and love comparing, so I'd rather not have anything to do with that. Also, there are our Korean friends who have it together, and they were telling us to invite them if we were going to get married. We have to keep our promise, right?""Yeah—then, it's basically decided. Aside from Charlie, we shall invite our colleagues and Korean friends while we wait for an answer from Jacob."Yolden nodded and said, "Now, I'll talk about the honeymoon—cut me short if you have a different opinion."Matilda nodded, resting her chin on her hands and smiling. "Shoot. I'm all ears."Feeling a little embarrassed by Matilda's glowing stare, Yolden took a sip of his ice water before continuing, "My idea is to head to the States for our honeymoon after the wedding…"He trailed off, staring at Matilda and waiting for a response.However, she was merely
"Oh, Jacob…?"Matilda chuckled awkwardly. "Just today, he offered to buy me dinner, but I said I didn't have the time, and I also told him about our wedding… So, we should invite him since he's aware of it.""Jacob offered to buy you dinner?" Yolden exclaimed in surprise. "Did he say why?""Nope," Matilda shrugged, smiling. "Probably just dinner between old classmates."However, she was actually smart enough to guess Jacob's intention even though Jacob was inviting her somewhere near campus. That was why she had also mentioned she was marrying Yolden while turning down Jacob, all so that he would give up on her.After she had managed to get over their past fling completely, she didn't want to give Jacob false hopes before she walked down the aisle.In the same regard, she didn't want to worry Yolden, and therefore, had deliberately discouraged Jacob.Be that as it may, Yolden was smart too.He knew about Matilda and Jacob's past and that her son, Paul's full name was Paul Jam
Before Charlie had arrived, Jacob was still furious that Matilda would soon marry Yolden.After Charlie came, however, he was instead worried that Matilda would send him a wedding invitation.Meanwhile, Matilda and Yolden were discussing their list of guests.They had different social circles, but most of their friends were Stateside, and they only had some distant relatives in this country.Still, they had colleagues in Aurous Hill. Matilda had classmates too, but she was out of touch with them aside from Jacob, whom she often met.Still, as they discussed who should be invited, Matilda first suggested, "Let's go through everyone. First, our Stateside friends… I don't think we should tell them at all since it's a long journey, and inviting them would seem tactless. What do you think?"Yolden nodded, smiling, "I was just thinking the same thing. We're close with our Stateside friends and always keep in touch, but inviting them to our wedding might be a stretch. We'd just hit a wa
With that being said, once Matilda was thrown in the mix, Elaine would suddenly become an African honey badger, with every bit of black air force energy that was implied.As such, if Jacob had managed to be brave and take that one step back then, Charlie would have tried to help, stopping Elaine from harassing Jacob or Matilda.However, the reality was that Jacob had to bungle the chance when Matilda offered it to him.That was why the best option was for Jacob to understand that he couldn't get together with Matilda now so that he would feel much better.And since he had always been a coward, Charlie's slight intimidation cleared his head considerably.He then sighed, "Well, that's just life—you don't always get what you want, and you should never try to claim what you couldn't. I couldn't bring myself to choose Matilda over thirty years ago, so not being together now only makes sense.""Now, I can only pray that Elaine never finds out… or at least that things don't get out of h
Then, Jacob quickly pressed, "Dear boy, maybe you could stay a few days instead of taking more jobs. At least you could be there to stop my wife if she snaps.""Sure," Charlie chuckled, cheerfully agreeing to it. "Don't worry—Claire's returning in a couple of days too, and you'll be fine with us around. You're cheating in your mind, anyway…"Pausing, he then added a reminder, "But if she's really furious, just bear with her beatings and clawings. Live and let live, as they say."That left Jacob sulking, however. "What the hell! If I knew this would happen, I should have just taken her to court and divorced her openly! That way, I'd definitely make things work with Matilda. Yolden wouldn't even stand a chance!"Charlie had to keep a straight face. "Now, you're not quite right there—don't you know what would happen to your wife if you took this to court?"Jacob snorted coolly. "Elaine would just snap at me, hit me, and make sure I don't get a cent in the divorce. That's no big deal—