Semua Bab Once An Overlooked Housewife, Now A Queen Of Fortune: Bab 111 - Bab 118

The door to Jonathan Ellington’s private lounge sighed shut behind Wren, sealing her in a vault of silence. A room most of the household staff never set foot in, and one that Wren herself could count on a single hand how many times she had entered as a child.Her father stood at a low table of hematite, pouring cognac into a glass. He didn’t turn as she entered, and his focus was absolute, as if the act of decanting liquor demanded monastic devotion. Jonathan Ellington at sixty-three was still an imposing figure, not in the brutish sense. His greying hair was swept back from a face that had aged well, too well perhaps.The sound of liquid meeting glass was the only one in the room for a couple of seconds Jonathan looked at her.“Cognac,” he said. He poured a second glass without waiting for her response.Wren did not move away from her position near the door. The room itself was tastefully sparse with nothing so predictable as oak panels and hunting portraits. Jonathan always favoured

The house was quiet, almost peacefully so. Not until the doorbell blared noisily. Felix dragged himself to the front door, the sound of the bell still sounding somewhere in his skull. He dragged his slippers on the floor and the shuffle-slap of each step announced his passage through the house. He’s not had enough sleep for the past few days due to work, that much was obvious from the tiredness under his eyes.The bell rang again impatiently. He knew that impatience before his hand even touched the door handle. When he opened the door Agnes stood on the other side with a serious look“Mom?”She pushed her way past him before the word finished leaving his mouth and her heels loudly struck the entryway floor.“Get me water,” she said to him.Felix stood at the open door for a moment longer, as he watched his mother claim territory in his living room. He shut the door slowly, buying himself the seconds it took the e-latch to click in place.“You didn’t tell me you were coming over.”“Do

Felix turned away from her, walking to nowhere in particular, just holding his thumb and index fingers around his temples.“Call it off. I don’t care what discussions you’ve had with Jonathan Ellington, tell him you spoke without my consent and that there’s been a misunderstanding.”“You know I can’t do that,” Agnes refused.She then came beside him. “The Ellingtons are one of the wealthiest families in this country. A marriage alliance with them would double our family’s influence overnight.”“And we don’t have enough influence?”“No one ever has enough influence. That’s ot how this world works, and you know it,” she snapped at him, irritated at his behaviour.Felix did know it. That was the frustrating thing. Everything his mother was saying made sense, strategically. The Ellingtons were the kind of family that other families orbited around, hoping fo

When he came back out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist, Grace was still on the couch. Still on her phone. The TV was also on now, and a renovation show was playing on mute, but she wasn’t watching it.“Grace.”“Hmm?”“It’s almost 11.”Grace glanced at the time at the top of her screen in surprise. “Shit. Nathan’s sending script notes for tomorrow. I should probably…”“You should probably sleep,” William finished for her.“After I finish these. They’re important.”William silently went on to put on some shorts and then sat on the edge of the bed waiting for her. She didn’t come into the room until a few minutes to 12.Grace looked surprised to see William still up.“Sorry,” she said. “I had to wrap some things up with them.”“They should really let you keep the few hours you get to you