As soon as Carmen had left, Isaaz hurriedly asked the three employees, “What the hell just happened?!”Lizzy choked, “Mr. Cameron, Miss Carmen got angry and flipped the table, so Nancy brought us over to clean up the mess, but suddenly, Miss Carmen slapped us and even kicked Nancy in the stomach. Nancy is pregnant! I wanted to call the ambulance, but Miss Carmen smashed my phone…”Nancy, who was sitting on the floor in great pain, said, “Mr. Cameron, it’s all my fault. Please don’t punish them, punish me alone!”Isaac sighed and said, “No, I’m to blame for this. I didn’t manage to protect you all. I’ll have someone send you all to the hospital immediately, and I’ll give you a month’s leave and two hundred thousand each as compensation for your injuries.”Then, he looked at Nancy sitting on the floor and said seriously, “Nancy, I will contact the best gynecologist in Aurous Hill to check on you and your baby. I’ll ensure that the baby is okay at all costs. If the baby is okay, I wil
“That’s not good!” Elaine said stubbornly, “Those green hats are my ultimate weapons against the Wilson family. I want them to remember every single day that Hannah was pregnant with an illegitimate child!” Suddenly, Elaine thought of something. She laughed and said, “Hey, I’ll hang these lanterns and green hats next to each other in a while. When the lanterns are switched on, they will be in contrast with the green hats. It’s absolutely striking! This will certainly drive the Wilson family mad!” Claire advised her, “Mum, it’s the New Year. Let us forgive others!”Elaine quipped, “Don’t you advise me. It’s no use advising me. Don’t you know that my leg was broken by your grandma? And my two lost teeth were also because of her?! I’ll never forgive her for this matter!” Seeing her mom’s determined face, Claire felt helpless. It was impossible to change mom’s decision. Having said her piece, Elaine carried a bunch of red lanterns by herself and walked toward the elev
When Lady Wilson asked Hannah to clean every window in the villa thoroughly, Hannah felt as though she was about to collapse. Hannah could not hold back any longer, and she answered back, “Mum! This villa is so huge with so many rooms and so many windows. Even if I started cleaning now, I wouldn’t be able to finish even after the first month of the year!” Lady Wilson sneered and said, “You plan to drag it on for a month?! I tell you! If you’re not able to clean all the windows in this house before New Year’s Eve, I’ll chase you out of the house to eat your reunion dinner!” Hearing this made Hannah extremely angry! If it were not for Christopher, Harold, and Wendy, she would not hesitate to rush inside, push the old lady to the floor, sit on her stomach, and punch her old face. It was a pity that she did not have the chance to do just that. Hannah felt very helpless. Even though she was extremely unsatisfied, she could only swallow her rage and reply in a low voi
Charlie’s abilities were extraordinary. If he was at home, going there would be equal to facing death. Thinking of this, he ground his teeth and said, “Mum! I won’t confront her today, but no matter what, we can’t let Elaine hang those green hats for New Year!” Lady Wilson said disdainfully, “If she wants to hang it, let her! To us, what is face? Money is more important!” Christopher said angrily, “Still, I can’t always tolerate that b*tch, Elaine, for so long, right? When will this stop?!”With a black face, Harold said, “Dad! Didn’t you always say that you wanted to create trouble for Elaine? If we want to do it, let’s do it as soon as possible! Let’s get her before the New Year and let Charlie and his family have a terrible year. That way, we will have a good explanation for Director Webb. If we don’t start messing with their family, Director Webb will lose confidence in us very soon!” Christopher’s expression froze, and he replied, “Correct! Previously, that st
Early the next morning, Claire and Elaine had left the house early to work on their own affairs.Claire’s studio was closed based on the nation’s legislated holidays. The studio was closed from New Year’s Eve till the sixth day of the Oskian New Year, a total of seven rest days.As for Jacob, his calligraphy and painting association was an interest group. Therefore, the association did not follow any of the national legislation holidays, and the visitation was purely based on everyone’s mood. Most of the days, Jacob and Elaine would argue with one another at home. As such, he would rather spend his first day of the Oskian New Year at the calligraphy and painting association.Elaine, on the other hand, did not have much of a social circle to entertain. Therefore, she alone would normally prepare food ingredients for the reunion dinner at home. As for Charlie, after he woke up early in the morning, he would check the operation report of the Apothecary Pharmaceutical that had been
Charlie nodded his head and said, “Okay, Mum. Go ahead and do your things first.”Elaine replied with a smile, “Good! Mum will go out now. If there’s anything you need, just give me a call!”“Okay.” Charlie did not think much of it. After all, Elaine was an adult, and it was normal to go out. ***At that moment, Christopher was in his room balcony, carefully gazing at the door of Charlie’s house. Seeing Elaine hurriedly walking out the door, a wicked smile spread across his face.Then, he quickly went downstairs and said, “Harold, Elaine is out! Are your friends ready?”Harold laughed and answered, “Dad, don’t worry. I’m ready. Elaine will not return home this time!”Christopher said, “Come here. Let’s review the overall plan and see whether I have left out any details!”Wendy and Lady Wilson also came over, their faces full of anticipation.Harold said proudly, “First of all, the facial beauty card was delivered to Elaine by a city courier just now. That beauty
Donald’s life had been miserable recently.His eldest son, Sean, was still at home recovering from his injuries, while his second son, Kian’s condition had not improved. He had basically given up on treatment. Besides all these, Donald’s wife, Alice, had also requested for a divorce recently. The main reason for the divorce was because of the death of Nelson and Kelly. Alice felt that Donald had not protected her brother well and did not find out who had killed her brother. In Alice’s eyes, what was even more unforgivable was the fact that Donald not only did not take revenge for her brother but instead, stayed at home and scolded her deceased brother badly. Donald, of course, despised Nelson. To him, it was that idiot who had utterly destroyed the reputation of the Webb family, which subsequently caused the market value of the Webb family to be affected awfully. Initially, the Webb family was the leading family in the South region. Now, they could not even
Donald thought for a moment before he said, “There are really not that many coal mines in the South Region, so I really do not know anyone who runs a black coal mine.”As he spoke, he seemed to have recalled something, and he laughed as he said, “However, I do have a childhood friend who runs a brick factory at home. The work at the brick factory is not as easy compared to the coal mine. You can send Charlie’s mother-in-law there to work as a coolie!”Christopher immediately smiled as he said, “Oh, Mr. Webb! That is simply perfect! A b*tch like her should just be thrown into the brick factory to suffer!”After he was done speaking, Christopher hurriedly asked again, “Mr. Webb, do you think that it will be convenient for you to tell me the address of your friend’s brick factory? After getting someone to deal with Elaine, I will ask them to send her there directly!”“You don’t have to be so anxious!” Donald sneered as he said, “I hold a deep grudge against Charlie. I have just arrive
Jimmy was sweating profusely in fear, but he argued back before he knew it, "That's impossible! Everything you say is bullshit! Gaiman simply thought he had a fair chance of winning and didn't want to pay Ares that much, and I have no idea who he partnered with, and I'm certainly not involved. Don't you try to slander me!"Nate chuckled. "Come on, Jimmy. We're all adults here, so there are things we shouldn't have to be so direct about. Mills Gaiman and your old classmate met in private many times, not to mention the private conferences you three had in secret, discussing your overall strategy and decisive points. Just so you know, Gaiman recorded every conversation, and I have the tapes with me."Jimmy's heart was left pounding as he blurted, "B-Bullshit! That's impossible!""Grow up, Jimmy," Mr.Goodman chuckled. "Every partner in every law firm always strives to rise higher, so I'm going to need as much leverage as I can. Otherwise, I'm not about to let them advance any further, e
Although the ringtone and vibration frequency were the ones Jimmy always used, this call somehow felt more urgent, leaving him exceedingly uneasy.When it abruptly stopped and left a missed call on his log, Nate Ellis soon sent a text: [Answer your damn phone this instant!]Just seeing the text left Jimmy feeling like his throat had gone dry, and as he gulped, it felt like his throat was being ripped, leaving him hurting.Still, he couldn't care less as his boss called again.Having seen the text, Jimmy didn't hesitate this time and promptly answered, watching Julien's smug face as he started tentatively, "Y-Yes, boss...?"Nate immediately yelled at him hysterically, "What the hell did you do?! Why did the Rothschilds call to complain about you?! And the complaint was from their heir apparent, at that! I worked hard for them and always toed the line for years, and I still haven't gotten a chance to meet the man, so how the fuck did you upset him?!"Jimmy's heart sank to rock bott
Fuming, Jimmy snapped at Julien, "If you insist on playing it like that, I will call my boss, and you can talk to him yourself!"Julien chuckled. "That's unnecessary. I've never met him. He would never recognize my voice."Jimmy laughed and nodded despite himself. "Impressive—you can really come up with anything! You don't have his number because he's beneath you, you refuse to call him because he's beneath you, and when I say I'll call him for you, you say he won't recognize your voice. Well, how do you suppose we should sort this out? At least prove you're a Rothschild, or anyone could claim that they are—"Julien held up a hand to stop him. "Then, how about this? I'll ask my butler to talk to your boss."Jimmy laughed even more loudly as if it were the best joke ever. "Hahaha!!! Butler, you say?! You really know how to talk! Alright, I'll wait and see what your 'butler' can do… I mean, what you can do. We'll see whether my boss calls me!"Julien ignored him and whipped out his
Naturally, Jimmy couldn't care less about Julien's suggestion, even looking at him pointedly from head to toe while smirking in contempt, "What, do you think I'd just do what any nutjob tells me to do just because they're claiming to be the Rothschilds' heir apparent?"Julien nodded, still smiling. "Good point, but don't worry—it's the same whether you call him or he calls you."Jimmy laughed. "I was offering you a way out, but you want to keep pressing your luck? Since you don't care to back off, let's see how you're going to finish this fight."Then, he shrugged while pointing at Yolden. "Well, it's the perfect chance to measure Matilda's husband, I guess."Based on what he saw of Yolden, there was no way he would buy Julien's claims, and thus labeled him an impostor in his mind.An ordinary lecturer in Aurous Hill, being friends with the Rothschilds' heir apparent? Not to mention that there had been plenty of fraudulent cases outside the States where the Rothschild name was use
Jimmy was taken aback since he didn't recognize Julien at all, mainly because the Rothschilds had always kept out of the public eye.In fact, it was basically impossible to gather genuine information about the Rothschilds online, as it was a mix of press releases and gossip. Most online biographies would only be about the older generations or certain frivolous figures. Any information about key members like Steve would never be searchable online.Matilda was confused as well, not quite understanding who Julien was since he wasn't on the list of guests invited.Seeing that she was confused, Julien turned and smiled at Yolden, "So, Professor, shouldn't you introduce me to the bride?"Yolden finally remembered that and quickly nodded, "Sorry, it slipped my mind."Turning toward Matilda, he smiled, "Darling, this is Julien Rothschild… A friend of mine from the states…"Julien's full name left everyone within earshot gaping as the Rothschild name was way too famous across the globe.
Seeing that Jimmy was getting a little nervous, Charlie smiled and assured him, "Please, you have nothing to worry about. No one's going to do anything to you, but if you feel threatened in any way, you can call the cops. The Oskian emergency hotline is 110, by the way."Jimmy was slightly relieved as he could see that Charlie really wasn't trying to make things awkward for him, and he straightened his collar as he said, "Actually, I didn't mean to cause trouble—I'm pleased that Matilda has found true love once more, and if we can be friends, I can set aside my claim and stay for the rest of this wedding, offering the newlyweds our best wishes as a representative of my family."Still, his expression showed contempt as he turned toward Yolden. "Also, I'm really curious and looking forward to seeing what connections Professor Hart might have that you say could be better than Bill.""You'll see soon enough," Charlie smiled and nodded.Jimmy remained skeptical and scoffed, "I really do
If Charlie really did get Jimmy to stay, who knew what other rubbish Jimmy would spout.As for Jimmy, he was actually surprised Charlie was asking him to stay, and his instincts told him that Charlie definitely didn't mean well.Not only that, he was on foreign soil—wouldn't he be defenseless if Charlie called in his friends to beat him up?Hence, he shook his head without hesitation as he said, "I'm sorry, but my sister-in-law is quite keen for me to leave, so I have no reason to stay and add to her problems. And it is her big day. I can afford to let her save face instead of spilling the beans on her all at once.""Oh, but you were complaining about the lack of important people just now!" Charlie quickly interjected. "It just so happens that we have a big-shot on his way here, and he's a good friend of the groom. When I told him about you over the phone, he said to keep you here no matter what it took, since he would like to talk to you face to face."Jimmy frowned. "What, are y
And with those words, Jimmy turned to leave.Despite threatening Matilda, there was no such agreement, and he knew that Matilda was well aware of that.Regardless, the only strategy he had in mind when he came to Oskia was harassment. As such, he simply came up with a lie to make Matilda look bad in public. All it took from there was just for one person to relay what he had said—even if it were all lies, Matilda's character would still be called into question.He made himself very clear so that Matilda would understand that if she didn't give in, his family would keep hounding her to take their two pounds of flesh. Even if she wouldn't surrender the stateside estates and human resources of Smith Group Corporate Law, they would still claim a sizable chunk.But if that failed too, they would just have to destroy Matilda's reputation along with Smith Group Corporate Law.Either way, they were not letting her off easy!And reading that much from Jimmy's behavior, Matilda snapped co
Jimmy didn't expect Matilda to break down the share ownership of Smith Group Corporate Law to such detail, and he hollered as he was starting to feel embarrassed, "Now, you're just being irresponsible, Matilda. My father gave my brother a million to start the law firm in the first place, and they had agreed that the family would have a stake, albeit only at 49%, to not deny your decision-making as a startup. Or are you denying it?"Matilda immediately became furious and snapped, "Bullshit! That was just a loan of one million, and the agreed term was three years. However, your brother returned it in one! I even asked him to return the money with every single one of his siblings watching, since you might all get skeptical, yet suddenly, you're calling it an investment?""You said he's returned it? Well, what proof do you have?" Jimmy quickly shot back. "Our entire family can testify that the money hasn't come back to us!""So, this is how you're going to play it?" Matilda smirked. "Th