As the two cars got closer, Charlie subconsciously glanced at the convoy opposite out of curiosity.He could tell that the distinguished guest should be in that Rolls-Royce, so his focus was also to take a closer look at this car. However, he did not have any other thoughts, so he simply glanced at it casually. As the car was tinted with a privacy film, he could only vaguely see that there were four people sitting in the car.At this time, Vera, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was looking to her left and right. She then turned her gaze to the right.Charlie who was across the front of the Rolls-Royce, only saw that the driver in the opposite car was an older middle-aged man and that there was a young girl in the passenger seat and an elderly couple in the back seat. He did not notice anything unusual.When the two cars passed each other, the shortest distance between Charlie and Vera was only a few meters, and even Claudia, who was in the passenger seat, could see Vera’s s
Charlie initially had a high probability of seeing Vera, but he did not see Vera because of the sudden vibration of the ring. Vera also did not see Charlie either. However, Vera, who had good intuition, was moved by something the moment the BMW passed by. She subconsciously looked back immediately but only saw the car leaving without finding anything unusual.She thought that she was being a little too sensitive, so she did not take it to heart. Charlie, who was in the BMW, had already put the ring away and said to Claudia, “Let’s go to the city first and buy a gift before going back if you have nothing to do.”Claudia quickly nodded. “Okay. I’ll just follow you, Charlie.”So, the two drove to the shopping center in the city. On the other side, Logan’s convoy also slowly stopped at the square outside the Academic Affairs Building.The retired old dean of Aurous University and the current school leaders were already waiting in line. A number of bodyguards came down from the
The overall architectural design of Aurous University was still very elaborate.As it was an ancient capital, the cultural background here was also very profound, so when the new campus was built, it also took the local characteristics of Aurous Hill into full consideration. It had an overall modern look with a bit of simplicity and solemnity, which caused Vera to look at it in wonder. She walked around the campus and suddenly saw the lush hills not far away, and she muttered to herself, “That must be Mount Qi... It’s really better to see it for myself.”After that, something suddenly came to her mind, and her beautiful eyes were suddenly shrouded in sadness, On the other side, Logan and his wife were the center of attention as they were surrounded by the crowd. They had a brief tour around the campus, and Logan then finally found the opportunity to pull the old dean aside and said, “Mr. Anderson, the reason why I came this time is because I need your help with something else.”
Interestingly, Mr. Laverick was standing nervously at the door like a follower at this moment.Logan and his wife, Mr. Anderson, who was the old dean, and the current dean, Mr. Summer, were sitting on the sofa where Charlie had just sat. When Logan saw Vera coming in, he smiled and said, “Come, let me introduce all of you. This is Veron Laver, who is my distant relative’s great-granddaughter.” After saying that, he also said to Vera, “Veron, come and meet Mr. Anderson, Mr. Summer, and Mr. Laverick from the Admissions Office.”Vera simply looked at the three of them and nodded slightly without speaking. Fortunately, Logan had already informed them in advance that Vera was an introvert and not talkative, so everyone did not mind.The current dean, Ariel, then said enthusiastically, “Miss Laver, I asked Mr. Laverick to prepare a list of all the departments and majors offered at Aurous University. Please take a look and see which subjects you’re interested in.”Vera still nodded
Mr. Laverick was taken aback when he heard Vera’s voice. He quickly asked her, “What’s the matter, Miss Lavor?”Vera pointed to the application form in his hand and said, “Can you show that to me?”Mr. Laverick said without hesitation, “Of course, of course!”With that said, he handed the application form to Vera, but he could not help but wonder to himself, ‘I wanted to show it to you just now, but you said that there’s no need for me to do so. Young people these days are really fickle.’Vera took Claudia’s application form, and her eyes seemed to be browsing through Claudia’s personal information, but her peripheral vision and attention were focused on the emergency contact column.There were two words written on the space in that column, and these two words had been lingering in her mind all this time. Charlie Wade!In addition to the two words, Charlie Wade, there was also a series of eleven digits. Vera knew that this must be Charlie’s phone number in Oskia.At this time, V
Vera nodded and then turned around, walking out the door.Upon leaving the office, the corners of Vera’s lips curled up immediately, and two shallow dimples appeared on her face, which was incomparably beautiful.However, she was thinking about how she could do a final verification to confirm that the Charlie Wade on the application form was indeed the Charlie she was looking for. She thought to herself, ‘The best way would be for me to call Charlie and listen to his voice. I still remember his voice, so I will definitely recognize him as long as he speaks.’However, Vera did not dare to make the call herself. Charlie might recognize her voice if she called him herself.However, if she called him and did not speak, it might sound feasible but seem a little weird. If Charlie thought about it, he may figure out something was wrong.So, after thinking about it, Vera felt that she should find another person to call Charlie. She would also have to come up with a set of reasonable excus
Charlie, who was on the other end of the line, had just bought some fragrant aromatherapy for Mrs. Lewis, Stephanie, and Claudia, to put in their new home.The welcome lunch was originally to celebrate the housewarming, so the housewarming gifts selected were usually some suitable souvenirs for the new home. Aromatherapy was something that most women liked, so Charlie chose some high-end aromatherapy gifts.He suddenly received a call from a local unfamiliar number. He did not think much about it and answered the call according to his usual habits. Madam Marilyn’s voice sounded over the other end of the line. “Hello, Sir, I’m going out right now, so I may not be able to wait for your delivery. Please put my courier in the property center. I’ll go and pick it up when I get back.”Charlie said casually, “Sorry, you may have called the wrong number.”“Huh?!” Madam Marilyn exclaimed and said, “Let me see... Oh, I’m sorry, I really called the wrong number. I’m sorry to bother you!”
Vera said, “Okay, tell Logan before you take off so that he can send someone to pick you up at the airport.”“Okay.” Emmett said, “I’ve sorted out some local connections in Aurous Hill, and although some of them are retired, their words have always carried enormous weight in Aurous Hill. I’ll get them to help you investigate the Charlie that you’re looking for, then!”Vera smiled and said, “No need. I’ve already found him.”“What?!” Emmett asked in shock, “You’ve found him?! So quickly?!” “That’s right.” Vera said seriously, “Life is like this. As long as you make a few right choices, you can achieve success even without doing anything. It’s the same when it comes to finding someone.” With that said, Vera said again, “Today’s experience was even more interesting. I’ll tell you about it when you arrive.”“Okay!” Emmett said quickly, “I’ll get ready to leave, then!” After that, Vera did not get out of the car again. Logan and his wife did not delay for too long either. After
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—
"Fuck!" When Jacob heard what Charlie said, he was horrified. He nervously asked, "Matilda isn't going to come to our house to deliver the invitation, is she? If Elaine finds out that I've been hiding Matilda's return from her all this time, I'll be so dead!" Charlie, having long seen through Jacob, knew he would never escape the shadow and claws of Elaine. He shook his head and said, "Whether they'll invite you, I have no way of knowing. If you're worried, you can tell Matilda that you don't want to be invited to her wedding and that you don't want to go." Jacob sighed. "That's just a temporary solution. Even if she doesn't know now, she'll probably find out sooner or later. A lot of our mutual friends already know about Matilda's return. You went to the gathering too. But those friends are not really in contact with Elaine, so she hasn't found out yet." Charlie smiled and said, "Matilda's return to the country was at a pretty sensitive time. If I'm not mistaken, she came b
Jacob then realized that Charlie was also driving a Rolls-Royce, and it was a more expensive Phantom. Surprised, he asked, "Charlie, where did you get this car?" Marilyn had prepared the car for Charlie when he left Scarlet Pinnacle Manor. He had driven it to Thompson First, so he had decided to use it today. Charlie replied, "A client lent it to me. You sounded urgent, so I drove it over." Then, he added, "You're something else. You're crying like a baby yet you're still in the mood to ask about the car. What's going on? Your friend said you'd cried twice already?" "That bloody Simon!" Hearing this, Jacob became furious and cursed, "He still doesn't have the slightest clue! He's such a damned fool! The more I try to avoid him, the more he keeps blabbering on and on. Argh, he's so stupid!" Charlie asked, "What exactly is bothering you?" Jacob's face instantly turned dejected, and with a long sigh, he choked up and said, "Charlie— Matilda— She's getting married—" "Gettin
Things were a little different and unique in the United States, though. Westerners tended to approach marriage with greater caution. Many couples stayed together for years, had several children, and yet remained as boyfriend and girlfriend. Being together, having children, and raising them jointly didn't necessarily mean they would get married. In fact, it was not uncommon for some to walk down the aisle only after having multiple kids. Because of this environment, elderly couples in the West often limited their relationships to dating, and at most, cohabitation. Very few progressed to the stage of marriage. However, Yolden, like a young man in the throes of passionate love, had invited her on a trip, secretly prepared a proposal ceremony by the seaside, and gotten down on one knee with a ring to propose. These actions deeply moved Matilda and, at the same time, gave her an unprecedented sense of security. Now, Yolden had moved their wedding up a big step and set the date just on