As Ethan and Chloe made a stop at the police station, Matilda Brown, unaware of what her family was going through, rushed into the house in a frenzy and ran up to her room.She knelt on the floor and took out a box from under her bed.She opened and rummaged through it for a moment before whipping out an envelope. She didn't bother to confirm its content before rushing out of the house with it.Three hours later, she returned to the house, looking more enthusiastic than ever.She waltzed into Chloe's room and emerged from it some minutes later hiding something behind her back.Coincidentally, Claire happened to walk out of her room at that moment to see her mother hurrying out of her sister's room hiding something behind her back."Mom? What were you doing in Chloe's room?" She paused and asked suspiciously, raising a brow at Matilda.Matilda flinched and swiftly turned around. However, she smiled when she saw it wasn't Chloe but Claire."What? Oh, that. Nothing. I went into her room
In less than an hour, Claire brought 500 million dollars in cash and placed it beside the first bag of money Matilda had. "With this money, Claire, no one would dare to look down on our family!" Matilda said, overjoyed. The money doubling man massaged his beards for a moment while staring at the two bags of money. He then waved his hand at his assistant who hurried to him. The duo whispered about something for some seconds before the money doubling man shook his head a little. "This is the biggest amount of money we'll be doubling for one person today. You'll need to come back in twenty four hours to take back home your profit." "24 hours? Isn't that too much?" Claire asked, furrowing her brows into a light frown. The man placed his hands on the table and interlocked his fingers together. "For the amount of money you brought to be doubled, it isn't. Usually, one hundred million takes about three hours. Five hundred fake fifteen hours. And a billion dollars should take thirty ho
Downstairs, the dining room was filled to the brim with various people who were chattering nonstop.Matilda's loud laughter was enough to show she was in an extremely good mood.So one of her relatives took the opportunity to ask a question that had been bugging everyone in the room."I heard Chloe is close to Chairman Haworth of Astoria Corporation. It's still an unconfirmed rumor. But since we're already here and related to you in one way or another, why don't you just tell us if the rumors are true? Is your daughter really close to Chairman Haworth?""That's true. People are also saying he pulled some strings and got her a job in Springdale National College," another seconded.The chattering gradually stopped, and everyone looked towards Matilda, who had stiffened at the questions, with expectant gazes.However, before she could retort, someone harrumphed in disdain."If the rumors were true, why would the William family remove their names from the family tree? Chairman Haworth att
"Engagement? Who are you getting engaged to?" asked one of the relatives whom Matilda invited, leaning towards Violet with curiosity."Vincent Dutchman. He's the heir of the Dutchman family in Willow Creek County," Violet replied and shrugged, as if what she said wasn't a big deal."The Dutchman family of Willow Creek County? Are you kidding me? You're acting too nonchalant for someone getting married to the heir of a first-tier family!"The woman sitting next to Violet placed her hand on Violet's hand and massaged it with a gentle smile."Oh, don't be like that. Violet isn't one who likes to brag about things like that. She prefers to keep things to herself. Her father and I were even the ones who bugged her into informing our relatives about the engagement.""Left to my Violet, she prefers to keep things to herself even though it's a great accomplishment that should be known by a lot of people.""Only ten invites are available, and each family here gets one." Tim Brown reached besid
"A package for Ms. William?" Scott William repeated, a puzzling look settling on his face.The deliveryman held up the card in his hand. He stared at it for a few seconds for confirmation before nodding his head at Scott."It says here that these gifts are intended for C. William."Before Scott could say anything, someone suddenly pushed him from behind and squeezed her way to the front.Matilda looked around the compound, her eyes brimming with anticipation, but didn't see anything resembling a gift besides the two medium sized boxes on the delivery man's bike.She frowned and shifted her attention to him. "Where are the gifts? I don't see any gifts."The deliveryman smiled a little and presented the card and a log book to her."Are you C. William? Mr. Wilkins specially requested that she signs her name here as the rightful recipient of the gifts before we hand the gifts over to her."Matilda's excitement had died down when she didn't see any gift box besides the ones on the delivery
Tim Brown's face became even more ugly at how careless she sounded.Just some minutes ago, she had spoken to him with so much respect because he was a benefactor she didn't want to lose. But now that the table had turned and she was now the benefactor between them, she was acting however she liked.However, despite the displeasure in his heart, he couldn't let it show on his face because the Wilkins family was a family almost everyone wanted to be acquainted with. Including him.The last thing he wanted was for her to make it difficult for him to get in touch with the Wilkins family. And since Claire had such a tight relationship with them, being on his sister's good side was the easiest way for him to connect with them.He sat up and said through clenched teeth, "It's fine. If the two dates coincide, I'll talk to the Dutchman family about moving it forward."Violet could condone everything going on except Tim's words just now. It aggravated her so much that she erupted out of anger.
Ten minutes before Chloe fainted, a black Bentley came to a stop outside the house, and one of the windows was rolled down to reveal a long-haired woman in sunglasses looking out of it.Priscilla Wilton stared at the shabby, run-down house for a long time before she tore her eyes away from it to look at her assistant, who was behind the wheel."Are you sure this is the house?"The man nodded his head seriously."I've been looking into it like you asked. Indeed, there was a family with the last name Black, but they had some trouble and ran into a fraudulent scheme where they lost all their money and assets.""Astoria Corporation belonged to the last surviving daughter of the Black family. There wasn't much information about her, but rumors say she was involved with the Wellington family 32 years ago.""Get to the point, Lustre," Priscilla shot her assistant a stern look."Of course, ma'am. After she died of cancer six years ago, Astoria Corporation was swiftly taken by the Wellington f
"I'm not an enemy; I'm a friend," Priscilla Wilton, who was sitting on the couch at the end of the room, voiced out.Ethan straightened up his back and slid his free hand into his pocket. Then he pulled a nearby chair towards him and sat down on it."I don't care who you say you are. I find it very disturbing you're alone with my unconscious wife."Priscilla didn't realize her body was trembling as a result of the cold aura Ethan had the room engulfed in until her palm grazed her arm by mistake, and she felt the goosebumps on it.She lowered her eyes to it and tried to smoothen it over with her palm but discovered it was also trembling. After trying to stabilize it for ten seconds and not succeeding, she clenched it into a tight fist and looked away from it.She looked towards him and laughed lightly, "So I'm right. You're not the good-for-nothing son-in-law who toiled away and was a common Corporal in the army. You're really the man I think you are."The cold in the room suddenly di