***** Fiona's mind continued to think all sorts of things, but scared of disturbing her thoughts, the two aides kept quiet, all through. As for the Old Matriarch, if gaze alone could kill right now, Fiona would have already been butchered more than a thousand times since she arrived. Apart from giving Fiona a murderous look, the Old Matriarch’s gazes also contained strong warnings and threats. It was as if she was trying to convene Fiona that she must reject everything offered to her, but unfortunately for her, Fiona was too shocked right now to notice her gazes at all. As for Ethan, his mouth was utterly completely dried right now, and his face has already become ghostly-paled. ‘Noooo I don’t want to accept this! I can’t accept this! Nooooo' He kept howling and crying in his mind, but unfortunately for him, he doesn’t dare to make his thoughts known outside. It is only those that glance at him right now would understand his feeling. Ethan’s fists were tightly clenched and h
***** Rex Magnus wasn’t shocked nor startled at all when he heard his wife’s sudden question since he was already expecting it.Smiling softly at her, Rex Magnus began gently. “Knowing the sort of person grandmother is, I already arranged this day even before the contract was signed.”“Hun?”Fiona immediately became confused, not understanding what Rex Magnus was talking about. “Before the contract was signed?”“Yes.” Rex Magnus suddenly smiled smugly as if he was showing off to his wife.Poor Rex Magnus, he still doesn’t know he has to explain everything to his wife.Upon hearing Rex Magnus' response, Fiona suddenly felt some butterflies flying in her stomach and she became happy. “So it wasn’t that he doesn’t care.” She sighed softly. “Although he knew he doesn’t have the power and capability to help me with the unachievable task then, he still does everything he could to protect me.”Glancing secretly at her husband’s f
*****“Would mother hurt my daughter?”Sally asked the space before her again for the umpteenth time today.“I shouldn’t have allowed that useless and worthless piece of shit to follow her. I should have done that myself so that I would be able to protect my daughter well.”Sally suddenly doesn’t know what to do anymore.She had been like this since Fiona and Rex Magnus followed the Old Matriarch.Just as Sally was busily blaming herself and pacing about, her face became further furrowed. “What if Grandmother really does something untoward to my daughter, what would do?”The moment she thought this, her body shivered all over.“No! I can’t just watch quietly and do nothing, right?”The moment she made up her mind, Sally’s eyes regained focus, then instantly, she scurried up the staircase and banged the bedroom door open, startling her husband.But the moment David whose eyes were initially closed saw who it was, she once again closed
***** Not acting like her usual self, Sally ignored both Rex Magnus and Fiona, treating them as if they didn’t exist.Well, this was exactly the peace that has long been forgotten by Rex Magnus, so it took him a while to adapt to it.Poor Rex Magnus, he even thought something has gone wrong with his mother-in-law, so he secretly checked her health.It was until he was certain that she was fine does he finally become relieved.……Immediately they got home, Fiona went to her bedroom to change her dress while Rex Magnus went to the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous meal for the entire house.At first, Rex Magnus thought his mother-in-law wouldn’t be interested in the meal he prepared since she was ignoring him, but thankfully, he added hers, because she was the first person to rush toward the dining room immediately after the meal was served.After keeping her silence for a long while, Sally eventually spoke just after everybody finished the
***** Fiona became dumbfounded when she realized her mother was speaking to her, but she immediately shook her head with disappointment.“But mother, that’s the case.” Rex Magnus added when he realized that his wife was going to be insulted by his mother-in-law.“Shut Your Trash You Fool!” Sally snapped at Rex Magnus once she heard his words while glaring ferociously at him as if she was going to gorge out his eyes if he dares to speak another nonsense. “Do you think I'm also a fool like her?” Her eyes began to shoot out flames again. “No! You need to go back to strengthen your black magic, it would never work on me!”Seeing her mother like this, Fiona became further disappointed, then she gazed at her mother for a while more before she eventually opened her mouth with a letdown sigh.“Mother, do you even care about anything related to the wager other than how we would divorce each other?”“Shut your mouth you brat!” Sally growled in respon
***** “He should have been arrested, right?” Presently, Alan Bottoms could be seen sunbathing beside a swimming pool, even though the sun has already set. “It should have been Six pm already, right?” His face suddenly furrowed, then instantly, he sat up straight. Stretching like a lazy cat, he picked up his phone which was on a stool beside him, and checked its screen. “Wasn’t it 5:20 the last time I checked, how could it still be 5:25, why is time extremely slow today?” He murmured disappointedly to himself before he returned the phone and laid himself down again. ‘Getting to the venue earlier would make it look like I’m desperate, and that doesn’t befit my status.' Alan Bottoms thought with a slight smile on his face, then he shut his eyes again to enjoy the after-sun heat. Suddenly, Alan Bottoms heard rushed footsteps approaching him, but apart from only straining his ears, he acted as if he heard nothing. “Young Master, you are here,”
*****“I’m honestly disappointed in you,” he began emotionlessly.“I’ve thought you were already a disappointment since you couldn’t achieve anything with your life, but female?” His voice suddenly became filled with disgust.“Females that are so useless, you couldn’t even get them? It wasn’t even one from a powerful family, but a third-rated family. You are such a disappointment.”Hearing his father’s words, it was as if Alan Bottoms was getting sliced slowly with a dead-edged knife.Unexplainable pain, anger, and unwillingness filled him, but he couldn’t do anything other than listen.Of cause, the middle-aged man noticed all this, but he doesn’t give a single damn.After making his second son realize how extremely useless he is and would be with hundreds of words, the middle-aged man finally calmed down and sighed heavily.“I’m giving you only one week, you must get that girl and marry her.”Alan Bottoms, “_”He finally couldn’t
***** Rex Magnus couldn’t help but become confused after hearing his mother-in-law's strange question and seeing the strange look she was giving him, then he scratched his head awkwardly.“Of cause not, mother. I know clearly that we are attending a gathering of your friend's daughter’s wedding proposal ceremony”Immediately Sally heard this, a contemptuous look appeared on her face, then she thought for a while before smiling mockingly.“Well, you dressing like this is not necessarily a bad thing, it would only make people know clearly your position,” she uttered jovially before skipping to her room, leaving behind the confused Rex Magnus.Not understanding what his mother-in-law meant, Rex Magnus checked himself from his chest to his feet, then he shook his head speechlessly.“She was initially an extraordinary being, why would I even bother myself understanding her in the first place?” Rex Magnus muttered sarcastically to himself before he f