Semua Bab Once An Overlooked Housewife, Now A Queen Of Fortune: Bab 121 - Bab 130

TWO HOURS LATERCharlotte and her mother watched the party below from the upstairs lounge overlooking the main ballroom. It gave them the perfect view of everything that was going on. It was Anthonia’s favorite spot at these events because it gave her a chance to spy on people and notice dynamics guests often tried to hide.Charlotte didn’t have her mother’s appetite for such observation. She found the whole thing tedious. The same faces, recycled year after year, the same conversations over and over. But Jonathan expected her presence at these gatherings, and her mother expected her compliance, so here she stood.Anthonia was beside her at the railing, reapplying her lipstick with a compact mirror.A waitress came over, “Can I get you any—““Get lost,” Charlotte glared at her.The waitress left quickly.Charlotte continued to stare down at the ongoings below, especially at Felix who was chatting with a group of men.“He thinks I’m the heiress.”Anthonia turned her attention to Charlo

The two friends talked for another hour, maybe more, until it was time to leave.Grace walked to the door, reluctant to let her go. “It might be weeks before I see you again.”“I know.” Wren smiled sadly.They both hugged each other and said their goodbyes.Later that evening, Wren was already in bed when her assistant, Julianne, gave her a call.“Julianne? It’s late. What’s the matter?”“Miss Austin! I’m so, so sorry!” Julianne started in a frantic warble. “I wouldn’t dream of calling this late but I really need you to send me a file.”“What file?”“The port expansion liability waivers! Your representative is locked in a meeting right now with the primary investors. They’re threatening to pull the plug on the entire funding tranche if the fully executed waivers aren’t in their inbox by 1 pm Beijing time! Which is like 5 minutes fr

Charlotte’s soft chuckle tinkled as Felix escorted her to the door. She faced Agnes with a sweet smile.“Thank you so much for inviting me into your beautiful home, Mrs Morell.”Agnes Grant beamed, patting Charlotte’s hand with possessive warmth.”Oh, you sweet darling, don’t you worry about that at all. You’ll get to see much more of this place the day you become my daughter-in-law.”Charlotte put her hand to her chest as her eyes widened with perfectly calculated surprise. “Oh my.”Felix quickly shifted closer. “Alright, alright, that’s quite enough marriage talk for one evening. Let’s not overwhelm our guest.” He shot his mother a look. Agnes merely smiled wider.Felix held his hand towards the door. “Let’s go.”Charlotte quickly twiddled her fingers at Simone, who had been sitting on the couch like a brooding figure, scrolling through her phone. Simo

The men were loud, and obnoxiously so. Wren and Grace could literally hear everything they were saying despite actively trying not to.“….marriage is what really closes the deal, man. That's what I’m saying.”“A girl like that doesn’t look like she’s gonna settle for marriage, though.”Felix dropped his tumbler noisily on the table. “You guys are talking nonsense. The girl loves me….” He chuckled drunkenly, “…you wouldn’t even believe it.”One of his friends laughed. “The Ellingtons wanting you to marry their daughter seems too easy if you ask me, Felix. That old man literally hates everyone below his level. You think he’sjust gonna hand her over?”Grace made a soft tsk sound, shaking her head. “Oh boy. What a mess.”She looked over at Wren, who on the other hand, just swirled her drink calmly and quietly. Then she took a long drink

For a couple of minutes, Felix sat in his car, parked outside the mansion, with sunglasses shielding his ravaged eyes as he stared ahead at the house, knowing he was about to walk into another hall of additional stress to what was already weighing him down. Sooner or later he was going to have to go in, which he did.Agnes sat rigidly on the new Louis XV settee she recently purchased, while Simone was on the opposite one, engrossed with her phone as usual, looking far too pleased with herself for Felix’s liking.“You’re late,” Agnes said the moment he walked in.“It’s 7:02,” Felix said dryly.“Late is late.”He sighed and dropped into a chair. “Can we just get this over with?”Simone took a moment off her phone to tell the other two.“Before you two start tearing each other apart, maybe we should discuss the fact that Charlotte must not see that video. And if she’s alread