Some of the inmates sympathized with her, some of them were simply enjoying the good show and some of them had their own lingering fear about the situation.As Elaine was being brought back to her cell, Charlie received a phone call from Isaac.Isaac informed Charlie over the phone, “Young master, I have already sent some people to teach Elaine a lesson. I believe that she will definitely not dare to say a single word to you after she is released from the detention center.”Charlie replied lightly, “Okay then you did a very good job on this matter.”Isaac replied, “Young master, please forgive me for saying this but I think that your mother-in-law is simply too much. She tried to steal so much money from you. Don’t you think that it would be better for you to hand her over to the police and let them deal with her according to the law? She should at least be given a suspended death sentence. Why are you releasing her?”Charlie smiled wryly before he said, “Well, you do not understa
The prison guard’s words stunned everyone in the cell!Lady Wilson and Wendy could not believe their ears!What?Didn’t they say that Elaine was guilty of fraud?Didn’t they say that she would be locked up in this detention center for at least ten years, twenty years, or even longer than this?Why were they letting her go now?If Elaine was released now, how could they possibly be able to live in the villa at Thompson First when they are released from the detention center in ten days?Lady Wilson was panicking at this time!At this moment, Elaine, who was already half-dead, suddenly jumped out of bed in excitement when she heard the prison guard’s words!She could not feel the pain she felt when she got beaten up earlier! Elaine felt as though she had been given a brand new life after she heard this sentence.Thank god! She could finally leave this detention center now!Elaine danced and cheered excitedly, “Hahaha! This is great! I am going to be released from this detention
Elaine was very confident at this time. As she packed her belongings, she said to the people around her, “By the way, those of you who have raised your hands to hit me before this, will not have a chance to run away! Let me tell you something. I am very powerful outside! Starting today, I will wait for each and every one of you to be released from this detention center! I will definitely beat up each and every one of you when you leave the detention center! Let me see if you still dare to bully me in the future!”Elaine cursed and scolded each and every one of the inmates in the cell until the expressions on all of the inmates’ faces were very ugly.Elaine was finally satisfied after she was done scolding them. At this time, Elaine had already finished packing up her belongings. She was about to leave with the prison guard when she suddenly felt the urge to pee.She muttered to herself: “D*mn it…why do I have to pee at this time…”After that, she continued muttering: “No! The atm
When Lady Wilson realized that her dream of moving into and living in the villa at Thompson First was completely shattered, she really hated Elaine to death.Moreover, Elaine dared to be so haughty and arrogant in front of her as she insulted and reprimanded her so viciously. This made the old lady feel very resentful towards her.For Lady Wilson, the last thing that she wanted was to see Elaine escaping from an abyss of suffering, but Elaine was actually about to be released now?If Elaine was about to be released from this place, then this was really her last chance to deal with her and teach her a lesson then! If she missed out on this opportunity, then she might not have a chance to do so again in the future!Therefore, the old lady completely disregarded her old age and physical frailty and she raised her leg as high as she could before she slammed her foot down on Elaine’s knee.When she heard the cracking sound, Elaine could not help but let out a tragic scream.She felt a
Elaine continued crying as she said, “Then, I cannot just let them break my leg in vain, right?”The prison guard replied indifferently, “If you want to make a report against them, you can do so. However, following the normal procedures under this kind of circumstance, the police might need you to go into the police station for an interrogation so that they can record your statement. Let me give you my honest advice. There are more than twenty people here. All of them might go against your word and this might backfire against you in the end. If all of them insists that you were the one who was trying to hurt the old lady in the first place, then you will only be shooting yourself in the foot.”Elaine became very desperate when she heard the prison guard’s words.She knew that these bunch of inmates were not good people and all of them were very united under Jennifer’s leadership. Moreover, Elaine had provoked public anger. If Elaine wanted to bring this matter to the police, then it
Elaine immediately turned on her cell phone after she got her cell phone from the police officer.Ever since she was locked up in the detention center, she has not been able to touch her cell phone at all. She did not have the opportunity to contact her husband or her daughter at all.Now, Elaine suddenly felt a very strong grievance when she got her cell phone back.Her husband and daughter would not know that she had suffered so much inhumane torture and suffering in the detention center for the past two days.However, she would not be able to tell them about all of the grievances that she had suffered.This was because Elaine knew that she would probably be killed by the criminals or arrested by the police and locked up in the detention center again if she dared to utter a single word about this matter.After she turned on her cell phone, Elaine realized that she received countless text messages on her cell phone. As soon as she clicked into her text messages, she realized tha
”Gathering?” Elaine asked, “That d*mn Jacob is still in the mood to go for a gathering? Whom did he go out to meet up with?”Charlie replied, “He went to meet up with some of his old classmates. I am not too sure about all the details. Should I give him a call now?”Elaine replied angrily, “I want you to come and pick me up first! I am injured and I need to go to the hospital now!”Charlie asked, “Mom, why are you injured? Are you alright?”Elaine said angrily, “My leg is broken! Why are you talking so much nonsense now? Hurry up and get here now!”Charlie replied, “Okay then, I will go over there right now.”After he hung up the phone, Charlie stepped out of the house and got a cab as he headed straight to Aurous Hill Detention Center.On his way to the detention center, he called Claire and told her, “Wife, mom just called me. I am going to pick her up now.”When Claire heard Charlie’s words, she blurted out excitedly, “Really? Did mom really call you? Where is she now? Is sh
When Elaine saw Charlie, her heart was filled with hatred.Elaine truly believed the police’s statements, and she really believed that Charlie did not deliberately keep a fake bank card. He was just a victim of the criminal organization. However, all of her sufferings and disaster started all because of Charlie’s bank card. If it weren’t because of his bank card, she would not have to suffer so many grievances. Therefore, she naturally regarded Charlie as the biggest culprit in this entire situation.It was completely impossible for her to have any good feelings toward Charlie at all at this time.Elaine was utterly shocked when the police officer suddenly yelled at her.Elaine could not help but feel very uncomfortable whenever she thought about the fact that the police officers would be watching her and keeping an eye on her in the future.There was nothing else that she could do as she was the one who got herself in this situation after all.Therefore, Elaine could only hold
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
In the first place, Jimmy had come to Oskia to claim a stake in Smith Group Corporate Law, ideally strong-arming Paul and Matilda into splitting the firm in two, with Jimmy taking everything in the States while Paul kept what was left.The way Jimmy saw it, Paul and Matilda were going to be permanently residing in Oskia anyway. There was no way they could manage things over in another country properly, so it was basically returning the firm to the rightful owner.Naturally, Jimmy also knew that despite bearing the Smith family name, the success of Smith Group Corporate Law was all the work of Jimmy's brother and Matilda. Jimmy's father had helped to a certain extent, but that extent of financial support wouldn't amount to an investment at all. No judge in the world would support his claim to the law firm's shares.Therefore, when he learned that Matilda was remarrying, he thought he could seize the moment to cause a scene. Nothing could be better if she and Paul decided to sacrifice
Jimmy deliberately raised his voice as he said coolly, "Oh, but I didn't want to intervene. It's you and your mother who left the States in a split second, taking with you the law firm which bears the Smith family name. Don't you think such behavior is inappropriate?"Seeing the surprised reactions of the guests, Paul promptly retorted, "The law firm uses the Smith family name, but it is my parents' legacy! They worked blood and sweat to build it from the ground up, and as their only son, I have a veto when it comes to decisions. Or did we need your permission to move to Oskia?""Where's your conscience, Paul?" Jimmy pursed his lips. "Even if you don't know how Smith Group Corporate Law was founded, is that the case for you? It would have been a joke if it weren't for my father's connections!"Hell, it's no exaggeration that it was my father who fought to expand the law firm across America, and just using the family name means you're borrowing the family's influence. The family hono
The blonde man's voice drew everyone's attention in an instant.Despite his foreign appearance, he spoke Oskian fluently and walked with a haughty gait, almost as though he was above the rest.Paul's expression turned grim the instant he saw him, and he hurried over with Charlie.Still, before Paul could speak, Charlie stopped him, frowning at the man as he said, "Don't you think it's inappropriate to come slinging personal attacks at someone else's wedding?"The man clearly didn't know Charlie, and he wasn't worried, seeing that he was young.Snorting in disdain, he asked, "You must be from the groom's family, yes? Please tell him that he doesn't deserve my sister-in-law.""It's up to the happy couple to decide that," Charlie retorted quietly. "Deserving someone is no issue as long as they both love each other."The man pursed his lips and looked pointedly around him. "Just look at how simple this wedding is. Forget picking an unassuming city like Aurous Hill—is there a single
Pausing, Charlie then said, "I'll call Steve to drop by later too. I'm sure folks in Aurous Hill won't know him, but your potential troublemaker might.""I-Is that really fine?" Yolden blurted."What's not fine about it?" Charlie chuckled. "He has been treated like a tool ever since he came to Aurous Hill, and now that he has a chance to strut about, he wouldn't ask for more."Yolden appeared slightly relieved at that, and Charlie asked, "By the way, where's Paul, Matilda, and Autumn?""Getting their makeup done," Yolden replied. "Paul's my best man while Autumn's the maid of honor.""Good," Charlie nodded with a grin. "Don't worry—the wedding's going to be a success."As they spoke, Matilda stepped out of the dressing room in a stark-white wedding dress, flanked by Autumn and Paul.Seeing Charlie, Autumn nodded politely, "Good morning, Mr. Wade."As Charlie nodded in turn, Paul started, "G-Good morning… Mr. Wade…"Seeing that he was nervous and tentative, Charlie knew that he
As Yolden and Matilda were remarrying after living abroad for years, the wedding ceremony was much simpler, skipping Oskian customs and having a simple wedding reception for their guests at the hotel hall.There weren't that many guests either—aside from their children and close friends, only a handful of Yolden's colleagues at Aurous Hill University were invited.As the celebrant, Charlie didn't have much to do and was mainly the emcee.He brought along his jacket as he headed out to Shangri-La, not wearing it immediately so that Claire wouldn't guess that he was attending Matilda's wedding.Arriving at the Hanging Gardens before the guests were supposed to arrive, he found Yolden working with the staff to finalize the preparations.Seeing Charlie, Yolden approached him and said, "Thanks for coming this early, Charlie."Noticing that he was a little tired, Charlie asked in concern, "Had a bad night?"Yolden nodded, sighing, "Paul's uncle caused a huge mess. Both Matilda and I a
Tarlon nodded. "How do you suggest we find them?"Fleur scowled. "There's no rush. There are things which I'm still confused about, so just keep a close eye on the Ackers and the Wades for the time being. Report to me right away if anything important comes up—don't afford our enemies any opportunities to exploit.""Yes, milady!" -The next day, more news outlets were covering the joint project between the Ackers and the Wades as word continued to spread.However, neither family revealed too many details, be it the name of the company, who was the CEO, or the scale of their business.While the public was dying with curiosity, nothing else was known.Still, Aurous Hill's officials were especially interested, with the town hall visiting the Ackers the next day and showing utmost sincerity by leasing a whopping 2-million-square-meter land along the southern highway. Still, the condition was for the Ackers to come true on their promise to propel the city's economy to 15 billion US d