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
Instead of the tense atmosphere continuing, Ethan suddenly laughed and turned to look at her in amusement. "Am I being threatened?" Priscilla Wilton swallowed hard and hid her nervous eyes from him. She parted her lips to say something after staying mute for for a brief moment but the door was suddenly kicked open. Scott William rushed into the ward and strutted straight to Chloe's bed where he dropped to his knees and began sobbing loudly. "Chloe! Ethan, what happened to Chloe? It's ally fault. I should've helped you look for it. I promised not to drink anymore, but I couldn't control my longing for it and left to drink a street away. Forgive me, Chloe." Seeing the middle-age man having a moment, Ethan suddenly thought of something. "What do you mean? What was she looking for?" Scott had his head lowered to the floor as he responded. "Sh-she was looking for money. According to her, she had been saving money to get a new inhaler. Hers finished this morning, so she was going to
Chloe, unaware of the thoughts going through Priscilla Wilton's mind, smiled innocently at her and waved Ethan aside."If Ms. Wilton hadn't seen me on time, the surgery would've put me at more risk of dying due to being brought in late. I still have to thank Ms. Wilton for her help in saving my life.""It's fine, Ms. William. Me being there was just something that was bound to happen. Like your father said, it isn't your time to die yet." Priscilla stepped forward and smiled back at Chloe."That's true. I don't think I've seen you before. Are you a new friend Claire made?" Scott William suddenly asked.Priscilla shook her head slightly. "What? No, I'm not. I just happened to be passing by when it happened."Scott looked her over for a moment before he smacked his lips together loudly."You don't look like you're from this part of the town. It doesn't even look like you're from Springdale. Plus, the road is pretty far from our house. You must've gotten pretty close to hear my daughter
"What? The least of those gifts is worth more than the total amount in question. How could I give you something so expensive?" Matilda immediately snorted at the person.The man who had raised the thought of Matilda planning to run away with their money quickly stepped forward and scoffed loudly."Hmph! I told you guys she plans to run away with our money. She could easily sell one of those gifts and refund us our money, but for some reason, she has refused to do so.""Th-those gifts are betrothal gifts from Charles Wilkins to my daughter. It shouldn't even cross my mind to sell one of the gifts without their approval. Stop talking nonsense!" Matilda glared hard at the man."What are you being so strange about? Isn't Charles Wilkins your future son-in-law and your daughter the soon-to-be daughter-in-law of the Wilkins family? I'm sure they'd understand that you had to sell one of the gifts to clear your debt!"His suggestion made a little sense to Matilda. The Wilkins family had given
She stopped in front of Chloe and raised her hand to slap her when someone suddenly held her arm midair."You piece of rubbish, let go of me!" The woman rasped angrily when she saw the person holding her arm was Ethan.Ethan stared down at her coldly before flinging her hand away. It appeared as if he tossed it away leisurely, but he had applied a little bit of force that sent the sturdy woman stumbling into the arms of the people behind her.The woman's face heated up in anger as she was helped to her feet.She then turned towards Matilda and waved her arm around furiously."What is this, Matilda? Will you stand aside and watch your pathetic excuse for a son-in-law treat us like this simply because we came to get back our money?"Recalling that Ethan was physically strong, having been in the army for five years, Matilda's confidence returned, and she walked forward with shoulders raised high."Hmph! I said I'll give you back your money. What happened to me was a bad investment, which
"Is this a joke to you? What can someone like you do to find the money-doubling man when the police have made it clear to us it's impossible to find him?"As expected, the woman whom Ethan prevented from touching Chloe by shoving her away immediately shot him a stern look as soon as the words left his mouth."Is this a new tactic to gain our trust so you can run off with our money when we least suspect? If it is, you shouldn't put any hope in it working!" The man whom Ethan had locked eyes with snorted in disdain.Claire, who had lowered her eyes to the ground the whole time, quickly raised it in relief when she heard Ethan's promise.Ethan knew Charles Wilkins and Josiah Haworth. She chose to believe it wouldn't be hard for him to find the money-doubling man if he had both influential men searching for him.Fearing that he'd change his mind about finding the money-doubling man after being insulted by these people, she shouted back at the man and woman defensively."If my brother-in-l