Everyone turned to see a group of men in black suit and dark sunshades hurriedly walking towards them with a serious look on their faces. When they got to the front, they halted and made a path in their midst. Only then did everyone see a sophisticated woman who seemed to be in her late 20s walking forward majestically. She was wearing a stylish, form-fitting black suit that featured a double-breasted blazer with prominent gold buttons. The blazer had a structured design, emphasizing her waist and giving her a sleek, tailored look. Accompanied with it was a matching black trouser. It was high-waisted, long, and flared out slightly towards the bottom, elongating her legs. She completed the outfit with pointed black shoes that peeked out from underneath the trousers. She wore her long, dark hair loose letting it cascade down her side. Matilda would’ve been the first to ask who she was and what she was doing in their house if she wasn’t scared by the frightening men in suit behind
Everyone instantly fell silent. Lewis blinked his eyes numerous times before he huffed shamelessly, “Slap ourselves on the face, you say.” “Does that mean you will heartlessly stand by as your father-in-law slaps himself on the face to your satisfaction?” “What?” Matilda didn’t know when she blurted out in surprise. “What? Are you that heartless you will really insist that your father-in-law who is old and feeble slap himself on the face?” Matilda clenched her teeth tightly unable to come up with anything to defend herself with. Seeing she had gone quiet, Lewis grew even bolder. “You’re not saying anything which means you will! Do you even have a conscience, Matilda Brown?!” Seeing his blackmail was working, the guests quickly added fuel to the fire to save their selves too. “You’re even worse than I thought you were.” “Poor man. Other people have daughter-in-laws who protect them, but he has one that wants him to slap himself in the face right in front of so many people.”
Her assistant raised his eyes and cautiously reminded her, “Minister Montgomery, weren’t they just talking about some kind of bargain? Apparently, it has something to do with them slapping themselves on the face.” Lewis, who was still reeling from the shock of what she said to him, instinctively refuted him through clenched teeth. “What are you talking about? How does the bargain we had have anything to do with you?” Claire placed a hand akimbo on her waist and scoffed, “What do you mean, Lewis? You should keep to your own end of the bargain by…” Lewis didn’t wait for her to finish as he instantly cut her off by shouting, “Shut your darn mouth, Claire William! Do you even have a conscience? How could you keep insisting that our grandfather slap himself on the face just to satisfy your ego?!” Claire was taken aback by his words as she also found it unproper that her grandfather was to slap himself. No matter what, Adam was her grandfather. So it naturally didn’t sit well with her
Ethan happened to hear her question as he walked in, but instead of hearing the minister retort, he heard her assistant’s voice instead. “Mr. Black purchased the most expensive and luxurious house in Springdale. Surely, the Minister of House and Land Manager had to personally oversee it.” Matilda placed a finger on her chin and went silent for a several seconds before she nodded. Of course, that could be the only reason she came. He nah have bought the most expensive house in Springdale, but he was just still a pauper since he spent all of his money in purchasing it. “So everything you did here, defending my family and I, is because my son-in-law bought the most expensive house in Springdale. So that’s how it is.” She didn’t lurk around any longer as she turned and walked up the stairs. Ethan got to Victoria Montgomery as soon as she left and hummed in appreciation, “Thank you for coming as soon as I called.” Earlier, she had been standing a little farther from him, so all she
Claire walked up to Chloe’s room after she was done talking to Ethan. When she didn’t find her there, she waltzed over to Honey’s and sure enough, Chloe had just finished bathing her and was leading her into the room with her pink towel wrapped around her body.“Something happened today when I went out with the butler.” Chloe and Honey paused to see where the voice was coming from only to see Claire sitting on the bed. “When did you come in, Aunt Claire?” Honey asked, her eyes lighting up happily. Claire smiled at her gently and got up from the bed, “When you were having your bathe.” Then she leaned on the wall and watched Chloe pick out clothes for Honeys.“So I met this woman in the mall. She said she would like to sign me to her modeling agency. I said no at first until she told me I could be a freelance model and do whatever I want.” “The company wouldn’t force me to do jobs I don’t want and I could take a leave of absence anytime I wanted.” “I thought it was too good to be
In the William Family House Adam walked down the stairs to see the entire William family assembled in the living room. Lewis paced to and fro as he impatiently bit down on his nails and waited for his grandfather to come down. Adam stopped on the second stairs down and frowned slightly. “What is this? Why is everyone gathered here?” Someone raised her head and said hesitantly, “Didn’t you call for a meeting, family head?” Adam’s frown hardened and he glared at the person, “If I did, would I still be asking what you’re doing here?” Scared speechless, the person hurriedly lowered her face to the floor and said nothing else. Lewis stopped pacing around and spoke up, “I called them here, grandfather. They deserve to know what’s going on.” “What is going on? Did something happen that we are not aware of?” Another person asked. Without waiting for Adam to speak like he always did, Lewis nodded and turned to address them. “As you all know, Matilda invited my grandfather and I to a
For the next few days, Lewis frequented the estate to meet with Chloe, but was always turned away right from the first gate. The security men answered solely to Ethan, so Chloe had no idea what was happening. And as he drove her to work every morning, he rolled up the windows and made sure to drive past Lewis when she wasn’t looking. By the time Lewis would realize he saw the Jesko and chase after it, the security men with him would hold him down. This continued until the day of Honey’s competition. It was a weekend which meant no work for Chloe. That morning, the entire family dressed in their best outfit and drove over to her school. “W-wow! I didn’t know Honey’s school was as big as this!” Scott didn’t believe his eyes when he saw the gigantic building. “Why would you know? All you know how to do is drink, gamble and leave debts for us to clear for you!” Matilda snorted beside him. “Hey, how many times do you need me to tell you I no longer drink and gamble, you darn woman!
Charles gulped down fearfully and shook his head in reply. Chloe didn’t notice what just happened and held Ethan’s arm as she laughed curtly, “Don’t be like that, Ethan. Mr. Wilkins was just asking a question. Charles hurriedly waved her aside apologetically, “Forgive me, Mrs. Black, I didn’t stop to think how unreasonable my question was. I should’ve listened to my folks and gotten married years ago.”He said the last sentence in a mumble, but Chris and Penelope heard him loud and clear. Claire had found their seat and waited for them to return for several minutes, when she didn’t see them, she got up to look for them. “Chloe, why are you still standing? The competition will be starting soon!” Claire half-shouted when she found them and began hurrying over to where they were standing. She failed to notice the man standing in front of her until after a few seconds. “Charles Wilkins!” She almost screamed, but quickly clamped her mouth shut with her palms when she recalled where