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“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
“Sister Nancy, your daughter surely is extremely lucky to have got herself hooked with such a wealthy man,” A woman who was dressed in a weird-looking evening gown with heavy makeup on her face and strong perfume on her body suddenly sang dreamily to the woman beside her. Hearing this, the woman addressed as Nancy became excited, but still, she acted like it was nothing much. “You surely are praising my daughter too much, elder sister Jama,” Nancy waved dismissively. “Sister Nancy, please don’t stand on ceremony. I also envy your daughter's luck to be able to find herself such a wealthy man. How I wish my little brat was able to find herself such a wealthy man like your daughter instead of the ordinary civil servant she married.” Nancy's lips abruptly twitched after hearing the speaker. Turning her gaze to the woman, Nancy's eyes flashed slightly. “Why would you also mock me, Elder Sister Kara? How could you call your son-in-law who's a leader of his un
***** “I’m very sorry, John. We were delayed by traffic, but you shouldn't worry, we would be there very soon.” The moment Christiana heard this, her heart trembled and her eyes widen, then she quickly pointed at the Old Man with his mouth wide open. Seeing this, the middle-aged man didn’t understand what message Christiana was trying to pass to him, so he gestured for her to wait for him. After talking for several minutes, the middle-aged man eventually dropped the call, then without waiting for him to speak, Christiana was already asking her question. “Was… was that my… my boyfriend?” The middle-aged man instantly smiled apologetically before explaining. “Yes. He told me to help him take you somewhere, but since you were too beautiful, I couldn’t control my urge, so…” He smiled embarrassedly. “It's okay then, I guess we should go get dressed.” Christiana who heard the middle-aged man telling her how beautiful she was immediately smiled brightly, then
*****“They should be here already, right?”At this moment, Alan Bottoms who was inside his red Ferrari car could be seen gazing intently at the gigantic skyscraper before him with his brows tightly furrowed in deep thought.Alan Bottoms arrived more than an hour ago, but because he doesn’t want to look desperate, he stayed inside in his car to consume time, but he couldn’t sit still anymore.“More than an hour has already passed since the stipulated time anyways, so I shouldn’t look desperate to her anymore, right?”He thought for a while before he eventually made up his mind.“Whatever, I would just call and ask if they are here already, then I would decide whether to stay or go.”Muttering this to himself, Alan Bottoms' tightly furrowed brows released, then he picked up his mobile phone, but before he could search for the person he was going to call, Alan Bottoms heard a knock on the window beside him.Utterly startled, Alan Bottoms raised