*****Keeping the new house documents inside his car’s compartment, Ares finally returned to Olivia’s villa, planning to have a nice rest after such a long and arduous day.“You lazy brat, where have you been all day?” An aggressive voice that came from Ava, who glared fiercely at him upon his entry Immediately sounded, startling Ares.He looked blankly at her for a moment before finally smiling sheepishly. ‘I was just out preparing a great surprise for someone,” he responded casually.“You? Surprise?! Pft!” Ava laughed mocking as soon as she heard him before spitting with disgust. “Which surprise could a broke-ass vile spawn like yourself prepare for anybody, huh?”“I…” Ares immediately became speechless, but then he sighed helplessly and decided not to bicker with his mother-in-law again, knowing that he would never win as long as he did not reveal his true self to her.“Mother-in-law, I will be in my room,” Ares said after a moment of thought, then not waiting for Ava’s respon
*****Hearing his wife’s excited remark, Smith massaged his temples with a frustrated and helpless sigh before finally shaking his head.“Don’t you think the stone you just hurl has just hit the house?” He inquired helplessly, confusing Ava.“What do you mean?” She inquired.Smith shook his head once more. "Considering you only provided a description and no contact details, don't you think your niece would also be left waiting for hours without being picked up? Doesn’t that mean you've ended up hurting yourself while trying to harm others?“This…” Ava became stunned upon hearing about her husband. She hadn’t thought this at all.“Fuck!” She finally cried out and rushed out of the villa, but unfortunately, Ares was already gone by then.“Dang!” She cried out with rage, feeling like butchering Ares.“Go bring your car key, come take me to the airport, I will go pick up my niece myself,” she roared to her husband who instantly hesitated.He wanted to tell her to call Ares and in
***** ‘What’s going on?” Ares was genuinely confused right now. Although he had barely known Penelope, he had been certain she was an arrogant, spoiled brat who would speak to anyone however she liked and had no respect for anyone. But now… ‘This her fear is very genuine,’ he thought before returning his gaze to the front. From within the two cars that just blocked the road, twelve guys who resemble gangsters exited, each holding nightsticks with spikes on them in their hand. Ares looked at the forefront of these twelve people, at the person who appeared to be the leader. He was immediately certain that the other party was a don. “What’s going on? Did you offend a Mafia boss?” He finally asked, but in response, Penelope yelled at him. “Just drive this motherfucking junk!!!” Ares’s brows immediately squinted with displeasure. “You still dared to be rude even at a time like this?” He inquired coldly. “I… I…” Penelope finally appeared scared. “Please, drive this
*****“Are you looking to die?!” One of the gangsters abruptly cursed Ares aggressively upon hearing him.“You little brat, looks like you are no longer interested in living again!” They began to curse Ares, appearing to have the intention of pummeling him while Penelope became nervous.Behind Ares, she carefully tugged at his shirt and quietly mumbled to him. “What… what are you doing?”Ares, however, looking as though he couldn’t feel the aggressive presence of the gangsters continued smiling as he looked at Dee, further infuriating the bunch of gangsters.“Boss! What nonsense are we even discussing with these two?! Just give us the go-ahead to take care of this brat and bring that bitch back with us to the city!” One of the gangsters who could no longer handle Ares’s arrogance pleaded.“Silence!!!” Dee, who has had enough of the shout behind him barked, startling all his men and making them keep shut in the blink of an eye.“You said I’m owning your money?” He looked back at
*****"I'm curious," Penelope suddenly said, breaking the silence that had long enveloped the car.She had been intently observing Ares, trying to understand him ever since they got back in.As soon as Ares heard her, he spared her a single glance before focusing his attention casually back on the road. “About what?” he inquired.Penelope pondered more before finally opening her mouth. “Given the little I just learned about you from those bastards, I can boldly say that you are the best guy I’ve ever met in my life. Wealthy, handsome, kind, strong, playful, and with a tinge of rudeness, but why then would my cousin and aunt dislike you so much, even hating you?”Ares went blank for a moment upon hearing Penelope’s praiseful words for himself, but then he coughed awkwardly, failing to keep his composure again.He blushed briefly before hurriedly returning to his senses.Pondering for a moment, Ares sighed. To be honest, he had intentionally shown his real self to Penelope since
*****'Don't tell me that Auntie has been fooled to the point where she has no idea her son-in-law isn't just an ordinary person?' Penelope thought, biting her finger as she watched Ares’s calm back walking into the villa.Meanwhile, not knowing what her niece was thinking, Ava immediately grinned back mischievously at Penelope after giving Ares a disgusting gaze. “Hope that failure of a man did not infuriate you with his stinking presence while coming?”“Er…” Returning to her senses, Penelope couldn’t help but look at Ava awkwardly, not knowing how to respond, but not giving her the opportunity, Ava continued.“I wouldn’t have sent him to pick you up, especially with that junk of his, but he is just too useless in this house, so, that was the only way I could send him on an errand.”Listening up to here, Penelope couldn’t help but finally shake her head. “But he isn’t that bad, though?”“Who?” Ava asked blankly.“Your son-in-law, of course.”“Hahahahah!” Ava erupted with laug
*****Both Ares and Penelope couldn’t react for a long time. They were just too dumbfounded by what just happened, but then suddenly, loud laughter that contained both excitement and mockery erupted, startling them back to their senses.They hurriedly looked toward where it originated and behold, it belonged to Ava, who had run over after hearing her daughter’s cold yell earlier.She had also been transfixed after hearing what Olivia said, as it came too shockingly. This had been her greatest wish since the day Olive returned to the city.“This is great!!!!” she laughed so hard, feeling as though a great pie had just fallen from the sky into her lap.After laughing for a long time, she stepped inside the kitchen and then hugged Penelope tightly. “I knew that you are mine, Ava’s previous nephew, otherwise, you wouldn’t have solved my biggest dilemma just a few minutes after getting to my house.”Ava hugged Penelope even tighter.She had been frustrated and furious earlier upon s
*****“I can’t what?” Olivia slowly gazed coldly at Ares after a moment of silence had enveloped the dining room.Although Penelope had told her that there was nothing between herself and Ares, she was a lady, so her female intuitive was still warning her that Penelope had something for Ares, especially seeing the way the two were behaving in front of her.“I’m warning you. This is my house, so you should know your place and try not to tell me what to and not to do,” she added coldly, looking even more infuriated that Ares would dare have a design on her cousin.Done, she stood up, carried her plate of food, and stormed away to her room.Meanwhile, watching what just played out, Ares did not know what to say or feel. He watched Olivia’s storming away back with an open mouth before his eyes eventually squinted with confusion. ‘Wasn’t I the one who should have been mad?’ He wondered and was about to breathe deeply when a loud bang hit the table and startled everybody badly.“You u