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My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1291

Naturally, Anna and Nicole were treated very differently. The latter could only be sidelined as she sat all by herself on the sofa in the living room in a state of restlessness. Nobody from the Edwards Family welcomed her—not even the dog lying in the living room peeped a look at her.

Anna, on the other hand, received a very warm welcome. They invited her with the most heartfelt hugs. Tea was served as soon as she and her two sons sat on the sofa while the elders politely welcomed her in person.

“Mrs. Yard, young masters, your rooms are ready,” said one of the servants.

Anna nodded. She was then led to the madam’s room in the mansion by the servants. The two newly-arrived young masters had their own rooms as well.

They were only furious about the sudden announcement of the marriage and the fact that Jordan had kept hidden his relationship with Anna all these years. However, they had nothing other than an extreme fondness for her and the young masters.

Anna was probably the only one who’d match up to Jordan so perfectly, and the young masters made them even more than satisfied.

Finally, here came some presentable young masters for the Edwards Group.

Everyone from the Edwards Group warmly welcomed Anna as the head. A lot of the group’s followers came specially to greet her.

The crowd passed by cheerfully. Everybody seemed to intentionally ignore Nicole in the living room; as it seemed, only Anna saw her and smiled at her from a distance.

They joined a banquet once together, so it could be said that Anna and Nicole kind of knew each other.

Anna already entered the inner mansion with the elders, and the discussions in the living room went on fervently. Many followers of the Edwards Group kept on talking about this Madam, who held the world’s luxury empire in her hand. They wondered why she had to hide for so many years.

Oh, the Yard Family! A truly exquisite clan from the royal lineage!

Although that was in the past, they were still royal blood.

The crowd continued chatting. Even then, none of them paid any attention to Nicole, who was still sitting on the sofa in the living room.

She came with a nanny, who was cradling a kid of hers and Sam’s. Today was the first time that Sam brought the kid back and would like to introduce him to the family.

Their son was a cute boy named Shawn Edwards.

Anna took a look at her room before she went back to the hall again with the servants. In a few moments, she would, as the head of the Yard Family, meet with the elders of the Edwards Family and others.

At that very moment, Jordan and the elders were arguing loudly with Sam in the meeting room. Anna and her two sons, therefore, rested on the sofa in the living room while they waited for the bickering in the other room to come to an end.

People surrounded Anna and served her attentively.

“Ms. Walker,” said Anna as she greeted Nicole.

Nicole answered, “Mrs. Yard.”

The two were considered greeted. Anna seemed to want to say something more, but the meeting room’s door opened suddenly while Sam stepped out gloomily. The elders were rebuking behind him, “Traitor! You wicked son! You are a shame to the Edwards Family. You are no longer an Edwards from this day on!”

Jordan followed the elders with a somber expression on his face.

Meanwhile, Sam walked directly toward Nicole, who was being ignored by the crowd. He took her hand and wanted to leave.

Nicole said nothing and left with Sam.

It was obvious that the negotiation did not go well.

Sam left without hesitation. Together with his wife and son, he left with his head held high while the elders kept scolding him from behind. “Sam, make sure you understand what you are doing. Once you leave this house today, there will be no space for you to set foot in the Edwards Family ever again! Your descendants will therefore be entirely disqualified for the genealogy record book!”

Sam held his son, turned, and glanced at the elders as he sniggered. “I am leaving the Edwards Family today! Please take out my name from the genealogy record book right now.”

He then left with his son without a second thought. A few bodyguards came out from the main mansion with several suitcases and Corrado; they even took Sam’s favorite pot of orchid.

Cats, dogs, clothing, and stationery—all his personal stuff were gone. Even Corrado’s mattress was taken away. He left so completely and clearly, as if he had never existed in the Edwards Family.

“You…”

The grand elder, who was Sam’s uncle in blood, was livid.

They did not want to let Sam go either. After all, he was the 9th Old Master Edwards—the one with great networks and who almost became the youngest president ever. His enormous power in political circles was still effective, and the current president was even once his secretary.

He was, at the same time, the only owner of the Crimson House chain. Wherever stood the Crimson House was where his power was extended to.

The Edwards Family really did not want to let him go, but they, on the other hand, could not stand that he lowered himself that much to marry an actress.

Everyone from the entertainment circle was dirty; exceptions might only be people like Michael or Harry, who acted as a cover of their real identity. How could someone like Nicole, who climbed all the way up the ladder from a trainee to the best actress, still be pure and innocent?

It was not impossible for Sam to be together with Nicole, since all the successful people nowadays had several mistresses. It was also not a problem for them to have children and to record the children in the genealogy record book of Edwards—but it was out of the question that Nicole could enter Edwards Family and become the official wife of the 9th Old Master!

Sam’s official wife must be a lady like Anna. Even though she would only be a pretty face for decoration, she had to be noble!

However, for Sam, it was not negotiable either. He not only wanted to be with Nicole, but he also insisted on marrying her openly and naming her officially as his wife!

Both parties were calm in the beginning as they presented their viewpoints and reasonable requests. But it eventually turned into a fight.

Sam went far away, yet the grand elder was still yelling, “You little b*stard. Watch out, you traitor… I will make you unable to show your face in Bayside City!”

Nevertheless, his threat did not make Sam stop. Sam’s business had separated from the Edwards Group’s for a long time. He built Crimson House from the ground up, and it had nothing to do with the Edwards Group anyway.

As for networks… Edwards Family’s networks in the political circle were actually established by him. For the past years, he mainly worked in his own name instead of under the family’s shelter. The Edwards Group could not do anything about him anyway. After Cooper left, he knew that he had to be strong enough to escape the Group’s grip. He had planned for so many years before he could successfully leave today.

He was finally strong enough to leave now. Otherwise, he would end up the same way as Cooper back in the days—he’d had to watch his loved ones die in front of him!

Anna saw Sam off silently. He carried his son with one hand and held Nicole with the other as he walked out of the Edwards’ residence.

Memories kept coming back into her mind.

She saw an image of a young boy, who played the piano, jumping onto the green train recklessly with little money in his pocket as he eloped with his darling. He was as certain as how Sam was today. They thought nothing would be a problem as long as they were in love.

But eventually…

After Sam left, Anna put on her perfect pretense and was invited warmly by the elders into the meeting room.

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Whilst being entirely cold toward Nicole, the Edwards Family cheerfully welcomed Anna, Callum, and Cade. The followers of the Group were also very curious about Mrs. Yard, so they followed and entered the room.

On the other hand, Sam unloaded the invisible burden when he stepped out the main gate of the Edwards Family, feeling that everything was worth it!

He held his child as he walked toward his car with pride. Nicole had settled the cat and dog in the car already.

Sam left the family because of her. She was terrified and confused, but at the same time, overjoyed…

She lowered her head to hide the glow of joy that gleamed all over her face.

We do not need the Edwards’ support to prosper. The future is ours to take control!

Lucy’s car arrived right then. She had had a restless night and a busy morning. She did not even take a nap for two to three days in a row, yet the family urged her to come and greet Mrs. Yard. Hence, she took some time out from her busy schedule just to show up.

Sam’s servants were loading his luggage onto his car at the gate. When Lucy saw them, she poked her head out and asked,“Uncle Sam, are you leaving?”

She already got the news about what happened today on her way back. Sam’s choice did not surprise her at all because he was powerful enough to go against the Edwards Family.

His affection toward Nicole amazed her.

Who would have imagined that Nicole would be the reason he left the Edwards Family.

What a man, full of emotion and affection—it was something very rare in the Edwards Family!

Sam approached Lucy, tapped on her shoulder, and uttered, “I am leaving. From now on, I am not an Edwards. Lucy, I cannot protect you any longer, so take care.”

He earnestly looked at her again and left eventually.

Lucy understood what he meant. Sam’s worries and concerns about her were clearly expressed through his gaze.

Lucy was Jordan’s only child. As she was the young lady of the Edwards Group, Jordan handed over everything to her with confidence. Sam liked Lucy as well. She was an extremely intelligent and capable woman who had inherited her father’s courage and vision entirely. She was well considered as the head of the family, with the Edwards Group’s future in her hand.

However, now that Anna had come into the Edwards Family with her sons, the Edwards now had four more young masters. Two of them were dumb*sses, but the twins, Callum and Cade, were no ordinary people. They would be a great challenge for Lucy.

Besides, Anna was not a simpleton either. Once she moved into the Edwards Residence, this stepmother would regard Lucy, the only child from Jordan’s ex-wife, as a thorn in the flesh.

Together with the inheritance issue, things would get even more complicated.

And now that even Sam had left, Lucy had no support anymore. She would definitely struggle to survive in the Edwards Family in the future.

Jordan had left the Edwards Group when Lucy was still young. Honestly, Lucy had not much affection toward her father, while her mother died at an early age as well. The relationship between Lucy and Sam, who was more than 10 years older than her, was surprisingly good. Sam often took care of her since her childhood, so she was closest to him among the whole family. When Lucy had a conflict with Cooper before, it was Sam who interceded.

At this point, Lucy still kept the bright spirit as she said, “Uncle Sam, don’t worry. I am no longer a child, so I could take good care of myself.”

Sam smiled as he rubbed his niece’s head, like when she was little. He then got in the car and drove away from the Edwards Residence. Sam no longer belonged to the family.

Lucy saw him off as she waited until his car disappeared from sight. Then, she took a deep breath and entered the mansion.

The gate of the Edwards’ ancestral home was wide open, like a dark and gloomy cave to the underworld, while eerie winds were blowing through. Outsiders found it magnificent, but they had no idea that it went straight to the nether.

Outsiders also envied the luxurious side of the Edwards Group. They fought hard to get in, whereas people on the inside were struggling for a way out.

Old families that sustained for hundreds of years, such as the Edwards, were particularly feudal on the inside. Outside the family, their companies prospered and thrived at the peak of the world while they clutched tons of wealth to establish their business empire. However, internally, it was very possible that women were still not allowed to sit at the table during the family banquet.

The most terrifying part was, the feud, which had existed for hundreds of years, promoted the collective concept of a clan that prioritized the benefit of the family over individuals—individual pursuit and belief must make way for the family. In the long run, this induced unmeasurable suppression of one’s mind and belief. Most of them could never leave the family. Whoever made their decision to actually leave the family must possess enormous courage and perseverance.

For example, Cooper, who eloped with Annabel years before, came back eventually. Or Michael, who left the Fletchers and established his own business, had to return to the family after all these years. Perhaps not long in the future, Sam would reconcile with the Edwards Family as well, for he was taught and brought up with such a clan mindset. It was rooted so deep in his life, so could that be completely renounced that easily?

Certainly, the Edwards Family was not that extreme in banning women from sitting at the table. However, the arrival of Anna would undoubtedly induce outrageous changes within the Edwards Group, which would put Lucy in danger.

Lucy entered the main hall of the Edwards’ ancestral home, noticing that quite a few elders and the Edwards Group’s followers had come. She then saw a group that was encircled by the crowd.

Like the moon surrounded by stars, in the middle of the crowd sat Jordan and the glowing Anna; on the side of her were Callum and Cade.

The grand elder, who was pissed by Sam just moments ago, was now showing his loving care toward the twins.

“Who could imagine that these young masters belong to the Edwards’ bloodline! God is smiling on us. We finally have descendants!”

“Young masters, are you interested in working in the Edwards Group?”

“The Edwards Group is now run by your sister, but as a girl, she would get married at some point and change her surname anyway. The Edwards Group’s future still counts on you two. With your great abilities, the Group will certainly have a bright future and achieve great heights!”

Upon hearing their conversation from the side, Lucy shivered.

Are they planning to deprive all my effort and achievement gained in the Edwards Group in the past 10-plus years simply by saying that I would get married at some point and change my surname anyway?

Before Callum and Cade answered, Lucy suddenly said, “Dad, I’m home.”

Earlier, Jordan was smiling, but when he saw Lucy, he put on a serious expression and asked, “How is the fashion week going?”

Lucy answered, “Everything that needs to be done is done. Nothing critical happened in the showrooms.”

“Mm-hmm.” Jordan acknowledged with satisfaction. “Come. Let me introduce you—this is your stepmother, Anna, and these are your two brothers.”

Lucy uttered politely, “Mrs. Yard, brothers. Nice to meet you.”

Anna smiled gently. “We have met.”

Jordan was completely satisfied with his daughter. “This daughter or mine has outstanding abilities. Without her, the Edwards Group would not be where it is now. Callum, Cade, you should learn from your sister.”

On the surface, Callum and Cade nodded and humbly agreed, but in reality, they had other plans in mind.

Lucy was Jordan’s greatest asset in the Edwards Family, so before one could bring Jordan down, it was absolutely necessary to get rid of Lucy!

 

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Lucy sat down and talked to Jordan for a while. All five family members seemed to be enjoying themselves, but only they knew what they were actually thinking about.

“Dad, I broke up with Dwayne already.”

Lucy said it so suddenly with a flat and unemotional tone that it sounded almost as if she was reporting about work to her superior, when in reality, Dwayne was Lucy’s fiancé.

Jordan and all the elders were surprised by Lucy’s update. She and her boyfriend had been in a stable relationship for a few weeks and had broken up right when they were about to get married.

Not wanting to explain further, Lucy said, “Dad, I am a little tired, so I’ll head upstairs and rest.”

She stood up and left without saying anything else. From a third person’s perspective, it appeared as if Jordan and Anna were family while Lucy was just an outsider.

Everyone else just thought that she was emotional because of the breakup and didn’t think too much about it.

Anna’s family of three moved into the Edwards Residence, but the two other brothers who were injured stayed back in the hospital, bound to live a life dependent on another’s assistance.

As the fashion week was still ongoing after Anna and Jordan became public, the emcee position for Ronney Fashion Week was reasonably passed on to Lucy.

At this moment, Stanley, who had slept for the whole morning, woke up in the afternoon, not knowing that the Fletcher family was in a huge mess due to his love affairs.

The Fletcher Family was very disciplined; in order not to disturb Stanley’s dating life, they were tight-lipped. Since the relationship had just been revealed, they kicked him out of the family group overnight and discussed openly about his love affairs in the group chat.

So when Stanley woke up, he realized he had been kicked out from a few family group chats.

“What the hell?”

He brushed his teeth and pet the dog while looking at his phone. It was only after checking with a few people did he learn that there was a new family group chat, which they then added him into again.

No one told Stanley that the Fletchers were still talking about his love life in the old group chat.

Stanley took a look at the time; it seemed that there was a kids’ fashion show in the afternoon that was hosted by a children’s clothing brand owned by Sophia. He quickly picked himself up, and when it was about time for the kindergarten’s pick-up, he called Sean, who went to the kindergarten to pick up Maisie. The family of three gathered at the gate of the show and found that everyone was already there with their children.

Michael brought Ashton and Carmen; Harry brought Hope and Poppy; Justin brought Nathan and Lorelei; and Tiffany brought Bailey.

What seems to be wrong here?

All the other kids were happy, but Justin and Bailey had a long face; they didn’t seem to be too happy.

Sophia had spent lavishly on today’s show. Not only did she bring the whole family, she had also invited many celebrity families who got popular with parent-children shows as well as popular child stars and youth groups to help out. Almost all of Cethosian’s child stars were in the show, including a few from overseas.

She wanted her kids’ clothing brand to be globalized.

Bailey really didn’t want to come today, but he had to since he had gotten the invitation letter.

Bailey naturally sat with Cooper and was discussing something important with him while Tiffany sat on the other side of Cooper, trying hard to get close to him.

“Coop…”

Tiffany had a long tone and clear articulation; she had successfully mastered the essence of being flirtatious while speaking in Cethosian language. She was wearing a v-neck dress with a low-cut—which was so revealing that her areola was about to be seen—as her pair of big boobs hung on Cooper’s shoulders.

Cooper looked at Tiffany and then at her chest before asking, “Tiffany, don’t you feel cold wearing this?”

While still leaning on him, Tiffany simply replied, “Yeah, it’s so cold, Coop. Hug me.”

Cooper frowned and found a down jacket to cover her chest. “Please don’t let your chest catch a cold.”

“Hey…” she purred flirtatiously.

Stanley, who was sitting next to them, whispered to Sean, “Look at these women, wearing super thin socks in the winter with half of their boobs hanging outside their clothes. What is it that they want? Don’t they feel cold?”

Sean smiled and didn’t respond.

It seemed that Sean and Cooper were both from the same group—straight men who knew nothing about the act of seduction.

Seeing that Sean didn’t talk to him, Stanley went to annoy Michael. “Uncle, will you come to my cybercafé’s opening?” he asked innocently. “I will treat you to barbecue skewers if you come. I promise! Everyone from your family is in for the treat! Just order anything you want, since I am not short of money!”

Michael laughed grimly and didn’t want to talk to the silly and stingy Stanley.

Previously, he acted cute and rode Michael’s coattails, asking the latter to advertise for his company’s new game. He then just took two photos of them in their cosplay suits. When everything was done, Stanley didn’t even pay a single cent to Michael; instead, he invited his whole family to eat mutton skewers by the roadside without air conditioning in the summer.

When they reached the venue, Cooper’s face immediately turned ashen. He had thought that the Fletcher Family would, at the very least, treat them to eat in a restaurant, and so he wore his haute couture men’s suit that cost 500,000 to eat mutton skewers that cost around 40 per head.

Luckily, he didn’t betroth his daughter to him; otherwise, his daughter might only get to eat instant noodles for every meal. With Michael, he at least had a farm and still got to eat so many delicacies that he felt sick.

Michael would remember this matter for the rest of his life.

So now, when Stanley mentioned the grand opening of his cybercafé, Michael just pretended to not hear him.

He was guessing that the pay he’d get would most likely be a free one-day pass for him to play with the newest computer in the cybercafé.

Eventually, Stanley stopped addressing him. It didn’t matter if he hadn’t heard it, since his wife held shares in the cybercafé anyway, so she would most certainly go on the opening. Would he be absent if his wife was coming?

“Grandpa!”

Suddenly, a bell-like sound rang before Carmen jumped into Cooper’s arms. Cooper was originally in a serious discussion about something important with Bailey. When Carmen came, he immediately beamed with joy.

Carmen was the lead model who would be wearing the latest autumn and winter children’s clothing on the catwalk today.

Her parents bought this children’s clothing brand for her; Cooper even paid a lot of money to invite many foreign children’s clothing designers to come over.

“Good girl. Let me hug you.”

Cooper hugged Carmen and took some candies out for her. She then enjoyed her candies with satisfaction.

Carmen was well dressed that day and looked super adorable. She was having her candy while sitting quietly without interrupting Bailey and Cooper’s discussion. Tiffany tried to tease her, as if she wanted to give her a hug, but Carmen rejected it.

Bailey had always wanted to help in match-making Cooper and Tiffany. He then said, “Mr. Cooper, the unity in marriage will be an agreement between our two families. Hopefully, you can consider and think through it carefully.”

Before Cooper started talking, Carmen asked, “Grandpa, what does ‘unity in marriage’ mean?”

Cooper didn’t know how to explain, so he just gave an example. “If one day, you get married to Bailey, our family will merge with his family. That is called ‘unity in marriage’.”

Shocked, Carmen replied, “Grandpa, do I have to get married at this young age? ”

Cooper then quickly clarified, “I was just giving you an example.”

Although Cooper was just making an example, Bailey took it for real.

Getting married to this little girl?

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Having a unity in marriage with the Michel Family is something that has to be done. The elders and everyone in my family have been looking forward to this, but unfortunately, there wasn’t any good fit.

This adorable kid in front of me is Cooper’s granddaughter, who is undeniably a member of the Michels. Hence, if I get to marry her, it would also be considered that the unity in marriage mission is complete.

Whatmore, this little girl is very adorable.

Sadly, everything Cooper said was just to give Carmen an idea of what unity in marriage meant. Apart from that, there was really nothing more to it.

She was his dear sweetheart. If it were up to him, he wouldn’t want her to get married at all—much less for a unity in marriage.

My grandson-in-law has to marry into the family and live with us.

Their age difference should not be greater than ten years old, but if my future grandson-in-law is ten years younger than she will be at that point, then that will be okay regardless of whether he is in his twenties or thirties.

If Carmen followed in her mother’s footsteps and got married to an older man, that would mean that he would be getting an old grandson-in-law. No way am I letting history repeat itself.

He was going to see to it that things would go his way this time around. If Carmen ended up having kids with the man, like Sophia and Michael did, he would not be able to stop things.

Bailey was thinking way too much, and Cooper was holding Carmen, not wanting to let her go—not even when Michael had repeatedly urged him to pass Carmen into his arms. However, in the end, Carmen eventually found herself in Michael’s embrace.

Carmen was in Michael’s arms when she said, “Dad, grandpa said that, when I grow up, I will marry Bailey!”

Michael looked at Bailey, who was wearing a nice suit with his hair neatly combed over, sitting not far away. He then turned to Carman and said loudly, “Don’t worry. I’ll never marry you off!”

He then gave Bailey a death stare.

This 14-year-old ‘uncle’ wants to marry my Carmen? Not even in his wildest dreams! He should know his place, for God’s sake! How old is Carmen and how old is he? Does he not know?

His wife, Sophia, already had a history of marrying an old man, so there was no way he was going to let his daughter follow in her mother’s footsteps! Absolutely not!

He hugged Carmen a little more tightly, just in case Bailey got to even catch a glimpse of her.

Bailey seemed to have also sensed Michael’s evil eyes glaring at him.

It was just an example, okay? And Cooper was the one stating it as an example!

Originally, Cooper was just giving an example, but as it spread, it became a rumor with a twisted meaning. Eventually, it turned out that Carmen would be getting married to Bailey once she turned sixteen, which was the minimum legal age for marriage overseas.

There was no knowing how things turned out to be like this, but Bailey and Carmen’s unity in marriage news spread like wildfire. It could have been Tiffany spreading the rumor, but then again, it could actually be Carmen herself doing it.

Bailey realized that the atmosphere in the venue was getting more and more tense with Carmen’s dad, her godfather, brother, uncle, and even their dog all staring at him with a fierce look.

We aren’t even getting married! It is merely an idea!

Even if he were to get married to Carmen, it would be at least ten years from now! And so many changes could happen within the years—Tiffany and Cooper could be married by then!

Sophia, who was initially busy working backstage, came out excitedly after she found out about the rumor, and she went over to Bailey with Sarah.

My, oh my. The longer I look at this ‘old son-in-law’ of mine, the cuter he looks!

How cute!

He had amazing skin and a handsome face to match it, along with a pair of beautiful eyes and straight, smooth hair. He also had super long eyelashes, a sweet voice, and a good sense of fashion; everything about him was perfect. The longer she looked at him, the more she liked him.

Bailey was dumbfounded.

In the weird and strange atmosphere, the kid’s fashion show had begun, and Carmen walked onto the stage. During the catwalk, Michael tried to distract Bailey by talking to him while the latter was trying to watch the show. Hence, in the end, he didn’t really get to see Carmen at the catwalk at all.

Finally, when the show ended, Michael quickly ran backstage and took Carmen away.

He was definitely not going to let the 14-year-old ‘old man’ take a peek at his little girl.

The show was a huge success, and Sophia was so happy that she invited everyone to come over to her house for a meal.

“Lucy, please come over and join us!” Sophia invited Lucy warmly.

But Lucy seemed like she had something on; she ran out quickly with her phone, saying, “I have something going on today. Maybe some other time.”

Sophia then went over and invited Bailey. “Bailey, would you like to join us for a meal at our place?”

Bailey did not know what to say.

Tiffany, on the other hand, wasted no time in seizing the opportunity that had presented itself and replied, “Oh, sure!”

She happily followed Cooper to Sophia’s house, so Bailey had no choice but to follow.

Stanley was busy hugging the kids as he followed the crowd for a free meal too.

Their family was having a feast again!

The Imperial Villa No. 8.

Tiffany was glued to Cooper, as usual. It seemed like she was trying to bury her chest on his face, but Cooper was unbothered and seemed to be ignoring her.

Carmen changed her clothes and came downstairs in a hand-me-down one-piece pajamas. Almost all of her pajamas were passed down from Nathan; clothes worn by others were less irritating to children’s skin.

Sophia kept surrounding her ‘old son-in-law’ and constantly checking on his food preference. “Bailey, what type of food do you like most? I will order it for you! We have all sorts of delicacies at home, and we even rear animals; take some home with you if you wish!”

Cooper, who was at the side, couldn’t stand it anymore and scoffed coldly, “Call me ‘uncle’!”

Sophia changed a new topic—she started introducing her family members to Bailey enthusiastically.

“These are Carmen’s cousins, Nathan and Stanley! This is Uncle Linus. There’s Uncle Justin, Aunt Celine, and those are her cousins and uncles.”

Bailey looked blurred and unsure of what to do.

He was probably in despair trying to distinguish between the Cethosian family hierarchy and how to address each and every one of them.

What is this? Am I being introduced to the parents officially?

Bailey and Cooper were talking about the business cooperation issues, while Michael walked far away with Carmen in his arms.

“Sean, look—this is Sour Face’s penis. It’s so big already; do you really not want to set him up with Maisie?”

Sarah was hugging Hope while trying to squeeze to Sean’s front.

She will never get tired of it, huh? Sean thought to himself.

Is it that interesting to invite people to come over to look at her son’s penis?

Stanley was holding Maisie while playing cards in his arms. Meanwhile, in the chess room, Linus, Nathan, and three others were playing card games when halfway through the game, Stanley took out his mobile phone and was shocked as he exclaimed, “Today is the 31st of the month!”

Linus put out a King poker card and said, “Yes, today is the 31st.”

Stanley, who was getting anxious, said, “ Oh, dear. I still have a few minutes left for my phone plan. I have to finish them!”

After he was done speaking, he quickly put on the Bluetooth headset and dialed a number.

Linus had also heard about his rumor; it seemed like Stanley had started dating, so he figured he must be calling his girlfriend.

Everyone was paying extra attention subconsciously, but they didn’t expect the first thing that Stanley said was: “Hey, Sean.”

Everyone went speechless.

Sean was just right in the living room, just one wall away, and the door wasn’t even shut. He could’ve just shouted at him instead of calling him.

He could have given a call to his little girlfriend or the Fletcher Residence, right?

But it seemed that Sean was used to this; he was talking about Hope’s penis with Sarah, and at the same time, responding to Stanley’s phone call. “Stan, is your phone plan expiring soon? How many minutes do you have left?”

It seemed like this wasn’t the first time they had played this stupid game.

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With a lollipop in his mouth, Stanley said while holding a stack of cards in his hands, “Uh, there’s ten more minutes left. Let’s think of some topics for a conversation and use up the phone package.”

Stanley had a separate phone for his work life and his private life. His work phone was with his assistant, while he held his private phone himself. He registered the phone card after he finished his military training and went back to university. Hence, he had been subscribed to the student phone package that still remained until now.

After thinking about it, Sean suggested, “Why don’t you livestream your card game?”

Hence, Stanley began doing that. “Linus just played a pair of Kings. Nate-tan passed, and I played a pair of Aces. Now, the ball is passed to Linus, who passed his turn. Then, I played a full house and a flush. Ah, Nate-tan actually hid a four-of-a-kind! Oh, Linus also hid a pair of Kings. Damn! I lost 10 bucks!”

Everyone was speechless after hearing that.

After they finished this round of game, Stanley realized that a few minutes were left in the phone package, so he quickly brought up another topic of conversation.

“Sean, what did you have for dinner last night? Oh, I forgot. I had it with you. What about Maisie—what did she have? Oh, no. Time’s up! We’ve even exceeded for a minute! Bye!”

Everyone was speechless again after seeing this. Sean was probably the only person who could stand this. If it were another person, they would have been beyond furious conversing with an idiot like Stanley.

Meanwhile, Sophia, who came over to peek at them some time ago, suddenly had a realization.

This idiotic game actually seems pretty fun!

In the evening, after dinner, Tiffany deliberately drank a lot of wine and flirted with Cooper drunkenly. “Coop, I think I’m slightly drunk…”

Sophia glared at her angrily, but she still arranged a room for her. However, she arranged for Tiffany to stay in a room on the first floor so that it would be quite far from Cooper’s room on the third floor.

Tiffany didn’t seem like she had plans to leave, while Bailey prepared to leave after the dinner, but Sophia warmly asked him to stay back.

“Bailey, stay for a night before leaving! I noticed during dinner that you like chicken soup. There’s still a lot left; if you’d like, bring some back home.”

However, Michael’s face darkened after hearing that.

Bring some, my *ss!

I won’t give a drop of the soup to you, old man!

Bailey rejected Sophia’s offer. “It’s fine. I’ll take my leave first. I have some errands to run at work.”

Apart from Sophia, no one welcomes me here!

After Bailey left, Tiffany continued to pester Cooper while pretending to be drunk.

Everyone else went back home after dinner, and Linus also went back to his Villa No. 4.

Sophia went back to her room, but she hid in the bathroom without coming out. Meanwhile, Michael lay on the bed, waiting for her to send herself to him. Even though they had been married for a long time, they still had to maintain an active sex life. Some time ago, he was quite busy with work, so they didn’t have time to do anything of the sort. Hence, it was the perfect timing to ‘pay in full’ today.

After all, Michael’s desires had been pent up for a few days, just waiting to erupt today.

He flipped through a fashion magazine while waiting for Sophia. However, at this moment, his phone that was by his bed rang.

Not many people knew his private number—only a few close friends and family members.

After he glanced at it, he was surprised to find that Sophia was the caller.

Isn’t she just in the bathroom? There’s only a wall between us. Why is she calling me?

Michael picked the phone up and said, “Chica, what are you doing? I’ve already cleaned myself up. Come here!”

On the other end, Sophia started speaking, but the wall of the bathroom was not quite soundproofed, so Michael could still hear her speaking through the wall.

“Michael, my phone package has 20 minutes left. Chat with me here.”

Michael knew that her phone plan was still the student package that she registered when she was in university. Michael still kept her phone and phone card after all this while, and he also topped up the fees monthly so that the line would not be terminated. Hence, she had been using the same number until now with the same phone package.

Seems like she’s interested in the idiotic game that Sean and Stanley played today.

After putting down the magazine, he started a proper conversation with her on the phone.

“What would you like to talk about?”

After thinking about it for a while, Sophia asked, “What are you doing now, dear?”

Michael replied, “Lying on the bed, waiting for you to sleep with me.”

After a pause, Sophia asked, “What would you like to do most right now?”

“Sleep with you.”

After another pause, Sophia uttered, “What about in the future? What plans do you have?”

Michael replied, “Sleep with you everyday.”

Sophia felt a great difficulty in continuing this conversation.

“Why do you think about sex all the time? Can’t you have more noble aspirations? Like filming another two blockbusters movies, go for reality tv shows, get on forbes list, or even go into politics in the future.”

Michael smiled like a young university student who was calling his girlfriend secretly after his roommate had fallen asleep.

“If I can’t sleep with you for the rest of my life, what’s the point?”

On the other side of the phone, Sophia’s face was still flushed red. Through the phone, Michael’s crisp and clear voice had a secretive and sexy edge to it.

“You are not serious at all. All you know is sex, sex, sex!” Sophia complained before changing to a new topic. “By the way, if Carmen marries Bailey in the future, what should we prepare for the dowry?”

Speaking about this, Michael flared up immediately. “In his dreams! That old man had better not think of marrying my daughter!”

Sophia pouted. “He’s obviously cute. I think he’s quite suitable to date Carmen. She just told me that she liked Bailey today! Also, look at how good looking he is! His family background is also very powerful. At this moment, many of the men who are powerful and capable are mostly bald middle-aged men. Good-looking guys, however, don’t have the capabilities that match Carmen’s. Bailey is only 14 this year. In a few years, he will be very popular, so by the time Carmen grows up, he might already have his own family. Hence, I’m thinking about setting up their marriage when they are still kids.”

With a cold look on his face, Michael said, “No. If that old man has any inappropriate thoughts about Carmen, I’ll castrate him immediately!”

Still pouting, Sophia stopped speaking. With that, this topic finally ended.

Michael asked, “What are you doing?”

Sophia replied, “I’m taking a bath. My phone is safely in the waterproof bag that we bought by the beach last time. It’s actually very useful.”

Upon hearing that, Michael immediately got up and took his pants off while he spoke. “I’m joining you.”

“No! We haven’t spoken for a full 20 minutes. You can come in here after that!”

“I can’t stand waiting a second longer.”

Hence, he quickly walked into the washroom. Upon seeing the beauty in the bathtub, Michael joined her immediately.

Sophia’s bath water had a nice smell that mixed with her body fragrance. Michael was so aroused that he even felt like drinking her bath water.

“Come here. It’s time to fulfil my duties.” Michael was already well-prepared to start.

However, Sophia used her feet to push his waist away coquettishly. “There’s 10 more minutes left. We’ll begin in 10 minutes!”

Hence, both of them continue to speak through the phone in the bathtub, even though they were right in front of each other.

They could hear every word each other said clearly, and they could even see the other person’s moles clearly. Perhaps calling in front of each other had a different kind of appeal.

However, Sophia suddenly sighed without any reason. “Dear, my dad is dealing with Jordan right now. What about Lucy? Should we get rid of her as well?”

Even though it was between Cooper and Jordan, Michael knew what was going on. After all, he was also involved with the plan to deal with him this time. Both him and Cooper were on the same boat; they would win and lose together.

For the time being, Lucy was not involved. However, as long as the grudges were still there, a fight was bound to happen with her!

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But no matter what… Lucy was Michael’s ex-girlfriend after all. He couldn’t bring himself to treat her harshly because of how similar she looked to Elizabeth. She seemed to be a living shadow of Elizabeth. With her around, Michael felt relieved, as if Elizabeth were still alive. Hence, he couldn’t bring himself to destroy this mirage.

However, reality was cruel—she was Jordan’s daughter, so she would side with him naturally. While holding the phone in his hand, he said, “What will come, will come. Don’t get too caught up on this.”

Sophia seemed to heave a long, unhappy sigh. “Nothing is perfect in this world indeed!” Then, she turned her back to Michael and spoke. “Dear, scrub my back for me.”

While holding the phone in one of his hands, he used the other to scrub her back. The scars left behind from her rotten flesh because of Virs-18 were still there. On top of that, much of the skin on her face was transplanted from her back. Hence, she had many scars on her back. She was very careful when she wore outfits that would reveal her back, for fear that the scars would be revealed. There were also some scars on her waist that were left behind from giving birth to Carmen.

While gently stroking these scars, the skin beneath his fingers seemed like the growth ring of a tree, recording all the hardships she had been through all these years. It was simply unfortunate that he wasn’t by her side when she was most helpless and desperate.

Michael leaned forward and kissed her wet back. Then, he hugged her from behind, as if he was hugging an invaluable treasure. If there’s a next life, are you willing to wait for me there?

Michael knew his health condition very well—the virus in his body had been corroding his internal organs and his bones. It would be better for him to enter cryogenic sleep earlier, but he simply couldn’t bear to part with her. He couldn’t bear to leave Sophia, Carmen, Celine, and this entire family…

Since they hadn’t fully utilized the 10-minutes talk time, Sophia continued to speak her mind. “Do you think that Sean has completely given up on Stanley this time around? Is my mom using my dad? I’m so worried for him!”

Michael shook his head. “You have nothing to worry about.”

…

At the Edwards Residence, because of the incident that happened to Jordan, he was forced to postpone his wedding with Anna, so he rescheduled the date. On top of that, after the news of their wedding was spread, all his mistresses were furious at him and called him all day long. Hence, Jordan disappeared all the time because he had been busy pacifying these women.

Truth be told, Jordan was a pretty impressive man. Even though he was already in his fifties, he was still quite chivalrous. Countless women—ranging from their twenties to fifties—had fallen for him, many of whom were even famous and powerful figures. He also had many illegitimate children.

He thought that he was showing his love by marrying Anna officially, and that this was a blessing that she had hoped for a long time. However, he was unaware that she hated him to the core since day one.

One of Jordan’s mistresses was a young lady of the branch of the Yard Family who appeared before Anna. She had her own power within the Yard Family, and she had been plotting to kill Anna’s sons to obtain Jordan’s love all to herself. In fact, she was the mastermind who hired people to kidnap both of Anna’s sons to force her to death. Anna and Jordan managed to save Cade and Callum together. However, Jordan only punished this woman lightly; in no time, she went back to her old ways and continued to plot against them.

Men like Jordan didn’t even care about such incidents. He was like an emperor who was merely watching both of his concubines fight for his favor. Instead of getting angry, he was delighted to see this. To him, they were fighting among each other because they loved him.

On top of that, it was only a small internal fight between the women. Since they were not trying to take over the ‘throne’ and his sons weren’t injured, the ‘special concubine’ who attacked actually gained his love more. Hence, the entire incident was over just like that.

However, because of this, Anna couldn’t even sleep well for years after that, for fear that her sons would be kidnapped again when she was asleep. Hence, she started plotting ways to get Jordan’s full attention and planned to annihilate all the women who had been planning to hurt her and her sons. Not just them—she also wanted to kill all their children as well. By stepping on their corpses, she would become the head of the Yard Family. The final person to be killed was Jordan himself.

At this moment, Jordan had been busy pacifying all his mistresses. After all, for the past 30 years, he had never officially announced his wife. Since the rest of them were not presentable, they were fighting to be his official wife. However, everything was different now after he had officially announced his relationship with Anna. Furious, many of the women plotted against her. It was no problem for Jordan to appease them, but he had to visit them one by one, so he couldn’t return for the time being. Hence, to Anna, this was the perfect opportunity to deal with Jordan.

Now that Anna and both her sons were at the Edwards Residence, with Jordan away and Sam being estranged, she was only slightly wary of Lucy. She had long heard of this daughter of Jordan’s. Lucy was a powerful character who had been taking charge of the Edwards Group when Jordan was away.

Her first step was to use Cooper to send out their wedding invitation to all his mistresses. I just want to show off and anger them, so Jordan would be in trouble! And then… the second step is to get rid of Lucy! After she’s gone, both my sons could replace her officially and take care of the affairs of the Edwards Group and slowly penetrate them. However, Lucy is still an unknown variable.

“Cooper, I’m still at Edwards Residence now, so I can’t move about freely. I still have to depend on you to get rid of Lucy for me.”

Anna secretly called Cooper, who nodded. “Alright. You have to be careful there.” He softened his tone when he spoke to her. In fact, Cooper was very worried about Anna, who was alone at the Edwards Residence with no one to take care of her. He didn’t even know how she had been doing there.

Anna also sensed the worry in his voice, so she reassured him, “Don’t worry. I’m doing well here. We are on our way to success.”

I’ve been waiting for this day for many years… After Lucy is gone, we can take advantage of Jordan’s preoccupation and penetrate the Edwards Group while slowly leaving the Yards Family. I have the patience to do that. I’m about to regain my freedom and return to Cooper officially!

At the Imperial, Cooper’s heart felt heavy after he hung up the phone. At this moment, he was at the breaking point where he had to fight till the death with Jordan. I have to get rid of Lucy. Sam probably knows that I’m about to attack Jordan soon, hence why he abruptly decided to leave the Edwards Family because he doesn’t want to get caught up in the middle.

However, he felt pressured to get rid of Lucy as well. Sophia seems to be quite close with her…

Sure enough, in no time, Sophia opened a small slit in the door and poked her head in. “Dad… are you going to attack Lucy soon?” she asked hesitantly.

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Cooper denied. “No. Who did you hear it from?”

Sophia walked into the room and sat in front of Cooper with a cat on her lap. Looking unhappy, she said, “Stop lying to me. I know everything.”

Even though he didn’t tell her anything and didn’t involve her in the matter, Sophia had already heard the news and figured it out herself about what had been going on.

If Cooper was about to launch an attack on Jordan, he would implicate Lucy as well. After all, she was his capable assistant.

Knowing that he couldn’t hide it from Sophia anymore, Cooper merely said, “You’re just a kid, so don’t interfere in adults’ business.”

Even if Sophia had many descendants, she would always be a little girl to Cooper.

Sophia knew very well that Cooper was about to deal with Lucy as well.

She suddenly stood up and told him seriously, “Dad, we can actually work with Lucy!”

However, Cooper shook his head helplessly.

After all, Sophia is still quite young. She wouldn’t know the insides of this matter.

Hence, Cooper explained everything to her patiently. “That’s impossible. Lucy is Jordan’s daughter, so they are on the same boat. It’s impossible for Lucy to betray her father and work with us. Alright. I think this is enough for today. Darling, why don’t you take a rest first? I still have to work.”

With that, he pushed Sophia out of his study and continued working.

After all, he still had a lot of work to tend to.

Anna gave a namelist that consisted of Jordan’s mistresses all over the world to Cooper.

Like Tiffany, Jordan was quite a capable person indeed. He could make so many women serve him willingly.

What has my Anna gone through all these years?

No matter what, I have to get rid of Jordan for myself, for Sophia, and for Anna. Even if she is just using me, I have no regrets.

…

After she walked out of Cooper’s study, Sophia hugged her cat morosely.

Even though Lucy and her weren’t purely friends—they used to be competitors, and they had some skirmishes in the past—they had also helped each other before.

Unknowingly, they had developed a certain kind of revolutionary friendship, so Sophia simply couldn’t bring herself to attack Lucy.

On top of that, her face closely resembled Elizabeth’s.

However, reality was most often cruel. One often had no choice in their circumstances. Slowly and gradually, they had become adversaries.

Why is she Jordan’s daughter?

However, Michael was already numb to this. If they really had to get rid of Lucy for the big picture—if his help was needed in this—he would definitely personally tear apart this woman who looked like Elizabeth.

However, Sophia would still like to try to convince Lucy before Cooper made his move.

On the sixth day of the fashion week, a subsidiary of the JNS Group, Pourl, organized a fashion show. Initially, Pourl was just manufacturing some pets’ luxury items. Now, they had slowly entered the jewelry industry while remaining their original business. The show today was still to showcase their pets’ luxury items.

It was held in a high-class hotel that gathered everyone in the family, including all their pets.

This time around, Anna had also arrived. However, throughout the entire show, she didn’t interact with Cooper and kept a far distance from him with a corgi in her arms.

Cooper was holding Sophia’s pair of huskies as usual. Meanwhile, Harry and Sarah brought their poodle.

Jordan also came there to support them, and he even brought Corrado. In fact, Corrado had become a dog that was shared by both Jordan and Cooper; it would take turns to stay in each of their houses for a few days.

As the main model of today, Judge also arrived early and sniffed its son, Corrado, and the alpaca.

Stanley brought Christine to Sophia and said, “Sophia, Christine’s agency has arranged for her to attend some events at the fashion week show here. Since you didn’t send her the invitation card, I brought her here myself. To repay me, she’s going to let my husky grandchildren mate with her Money for free.”

Christine smiled awkwardly behind Stanley. Usually, celebrities would have some tasks when they attended fashion week shows—they would have to take some pictures and post them online to brag about it so that their net worth would increase.

Usually, A-list celebrities would get the invitation. On top of that, they could sit in the first row. However, the lesser-known celebrities couldn’t do anything about this since their companies didn’t provide them any resources at all. Apart from that, they even asked their celebrities to get their hands on the invitation themselves.

For those who had connections, they would be able to get the invitation themselves; on the other hand, for those without connections and relations, they would have to sleep their way in. Christine didn’t want to do that, but she didn’t have any connections either, so she had no way in.

Previously, Maddie managed to forcefully produce an invitation card. However, she couldn’t get her hands on it this time no matter how hard she tried. Since she had to perform her tasks, Christine forcefully agreed to the deal between her and Stanley’s dogs so that she could follow him to this show.

After a glance at Christine’s dog, Sophia noticed that it was a beautiful female husky that looked quite ordinary. In comparison with the pets with luxury items, it actually looked quite poor.

Christine felt embarrassed, but she uttered, “Sophia, my dog has its own Twitter account with hundreds of thousands of followers.”

Sophia was speechless when she looked at them.

Stanley is an idiot. He doesn’t even know how to take care of his girlfriend.

Since she was quite busy, she said, “Stan, bring Christine to find a spot to sit down. Apart from that, also find some suitable outfit backstage for this… uh… Money. And remember to post about it on Twitter to market it.”

Stanley replied, “Sure thing!”

With that, he brought Christine backstage and picked a beautiful collar for the female husky in the fitting room.

Sure enough, after putting it on, the husky was immediately glowing.

Stanley cared about the most about his own husky grandchildren after all, so he quickly fetched Cash and Penny over before bringing them to an empty room to familiarize themselves and mate with Money. Whoever liked to mate, they would just go for it. Even if it was two-on-one, he didn’t care anyway. He was just monitoring Christine to post the pictures on Twitter and Instagram to promote Pourl.

After all, they had agreed on this before, so no one could back out of this deal.

After knowing that Christine was Chrissy, Stanley also found out that her house had a few gorgeous female huskies which had hundreds of thousands of fans online. At that moment, he already had his eyes on them. This was the main reason why he agreed to bring her to this show in exchange for her huskies to ‘pleasure’ his huskies grandchildren.

Money was at a fertile age. It had a healthy and delicate glow, looking cute and gentle.

On the other hand, Cash and Penny had also reached an energetic age. After they saw the beautiful Money, they were immediately sexually aroused. Hence, they were fighting to mate her.

It was some pretty intense threesome.

Meanwhile, Stanley already started discussing the puppies allocation with Christine. “After Money gives birth to the puppies, remember to give me half of them!”

…

Sophia was busy with her work backstage, but after she watched Stanley and Christine enter the room, she thought, Ah, it’s so good to be young! They can be so wilful and do anything they want anytime…

However, she had never thought that for all the time they stayed in the room, both of them only watched their huskies mate with each other.

After the deed was done, Stanley came out of the room with his two huskies. Initially, he had planned to bring Judge along so that they could have foursome—he could get more value out of this—but Judge was already sterilized, so there was no point in doing so.

Once he thought of having his great-grandhuskies, Stanley was over the moon. Because of that, he overlooked the subtle gaze everyone was throwing at him.

They also thought, Ah, it’s so good to be young! They can be so wilful and do anything they want anytime…

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Seems like Stanley is at his sexual prime!

Even if it’s only such a short period, he also made full use of it to have a quickie.

After Stanley came out and sat on his seat, Christine sat beside him. He patted Money’s butt expectantly as he said, “Buck up and have a few more kids! Next year, I’ll send you an entire set of Pourl’s items.”

Michael was listening to their conversation intently, but it was too noisy there, so he only heard ‘a few more kids’. With that, he quickly sent a message in the Fletcher Family’s group chat.

‘Stan is planning to have kids next year, and he even wants a few of them.’

After he finished typing, he raised his head and looked around, but he didn’t see Sean. He already sent an invitation to him, but he was not here.

In the end, Christine was the one who sat in Sean’s seat.

Sigh! That idiot…

After Sean has stayed around him for around 20 years, there have been no improvements whatsoever in their relationship at all. Even if another 20 years passed, the situation would probably remain the same. It would be better for Sean to give up on him.

…

On the other hand, Sarah stroked the dogs as she watched the show. She already brought out both the huge poodles that belong to her and Sophia. The two dogs looked as huge as two weightlifters as they sat on the ground, and she took turns in petting them.

Harry was also enjoying the show next to her. After a while, Betsy appeared again. She had been lingering around Harry all the time, but this time around, she was scared off by the two huge dogs.

Tiffany continued to pester Cooper by lingering by his side. To an outsider, she was a sexy and mysterious beauty, but in front of Cooper, she was just a lowly servant who was willing to do anything for him.

Cooper was very annoyed at her. The seats are limited, and her bosoms are so big! They almost need another seat on their own. This space is cramped enough!

Hence, he placed Cash between him and Tiffany to make her stop sticking herself to him for a while.

However, she continued to stay beside him, and she even threw occasional glances at Anna, as if she was trying to show off.

In the end, I’ll be the one who will get Cooper’s love.

Anna is already married, yet she still wants to be his mistress! That old b*tch!

The show was over in no time, but many people didn’t seem to want to leave, so they stayed to chat with the founders.

Surrounded by a group of rich women who had dogs as pets, Sophia could only watch as Lucy left. After all, she herself was unable to leave.

I was planning to discuss working together with her….

Unexpectedly, she received Lucy’s message the next morning. “Since the fashion week ends today, let’s chill and relax. I’ll meet you at the same spot tonight.”

The next evening, there were not many people in front of a little bar that was located in the suburbs. It was a quiet and secluded spot.

Even though the bar looked tattered, it was well-decorated inside. No matter how daring the gangsters were, they wouldn’t dare to make a scene here as the place was owned by Lucy and Dana, who lived close by.

This bar had become the spot for Lucy and Sophia to occasionally drink at. At this moment, Michael was having a staredown contest with Dana, who parked opposite to him. Parked close to each other, they had no other method of entertainment apart from that.

Dana smoked a cigarette while Michael took out his laptop to play some games. Stanley’s company had rolled out another new game, so he took this time to play it and test it internally while waiting for the people in the bar to finish their meeting.

“Cheers!”

Two cocktail glasses clinked into each other, making a crisp and clear sound.

After both of them drank a little, they put down the glasses.

In the dark corner, the lights were beautiful yet dim, making Sophia unable to see Lucy’s expression.

She was thinking about the ideal way to tell Lucy about teaming up to deal with Jordan.

However, after a long time, she had no idea how to breach the topic.

How should I put this?

My dad and your stepmom have a fling, and he wants to kill your dad to take over all his assets. Do you want to join us to kill him?

Cooper probably wouldn’t want the money from the Edwards Family, but based on Anna’s personality, after they killed Jordan, she would definitely make both her sons the legitimate inheritors of the Edwards Family and take over the Edwards Group. Meanwhile, she would also try to get rid of Lucy.

On top of that, Sophia couldn’t guarantee what would happen if Lucy actually teamed up with Cooper. Perhaps Anna might kill her in the end.

After thinking about it, Sophia still didn’t utter a word. However, she knew she must give it a try in case Lucy was interested.

In the end, she would definitely speak for Lucy so that they would distribute the assets of the Edwards Family equally. As the first child of the family, Sophia’s words still had some weight.

Unexpectedly, before she even started speaking, Lucy suddenly said, “I might resign and leave Edwards Group this year.”

Though Sophia was shocked, she was happy to hear that, yet she quickly asked, “Why?”

Lucy shrugged and said helplessly, “Well, you can see it yourself—with the addition of four ambitious brothers and the old practice of Edwards Group of passing legacies down to males… When I was the only child, they could only pass it to me. However, everything is different now.”

When she was saying this, Sophia, who was sitting close to her, could feel her grievances. It was as if she was holding all her emotions in when she said that.

When Lucy was in her teens, she had already started taking part in their family business. She started from the foundation and slowly rose through the ranks through accumulated hard work and effort before she reached her current position. The Edwards Group business grew with her and became better as time passed. She was one of the reasons for the success that the Edwards Group had achieved today.

However, she now had to leave just like that, while the decades of effort that she had put in were all for others. How would Lucy be satisfied with this?

She took a sip of the cocktail and swallowed it along with her grievances.

Sophia didn’t expect that Edwards Group would still practice the patriarchal culture. In fact, it was not just them—many traditional businesses in Cethos also retained the old traditions. Forget Cethos—even the Michel Family requested for women to retain their last names if they got married, even if they were the top in the military, medicine, and technology industry.

However, Sophia still felt glad when she heard this news. Once Lucy left the Edwards Group, she wouldn’t have to compete with Anna. On the other hand, Sophia also felt unfair for her to retreat from this feud just like this.

“What are your future plans?” she asked.

Lucy was slightly tipsy at this point, but she exuded a different type of attractiveness. “I don’t want to leave the Edwards Group, but I understand their ambitions. Rather than fighting with them formally or secretly, it’s better to resign and leave with the shares.” She suddenly smiled at Sophia. “I’m planning to be like Sam—I want to start another business from scratch myself.” She had a blissful smile as she looked forward to the future. “Dana and I plan to get married abroad; we want to invest and migrate to another country. Then, we will start our business there. Dana also mentioned that she wants to expand Winston Corporation abroad, and I’m also planning to help her out…”

She had never been so talkative like she was today as she talked about her future plans with Sophia.

Initially, she had planned to officially announce her relationship with Dana after she had stabilized the Edwards Family so that no one could object. However, Jordan suddenly announced that he was going to marry Anna. The sudden arrival of a powerful stepmother and four capable step brothers had caught her off guard. If she wanted to be with Dana, it would be her alone versus six of them, which would make it too difficult for her to fulfil her dreams.

Apart from that, Jordan’s departure had also inspired her.

I can leave the Edwards Family as well!

Even though I’d have to give away my effort all these years to others, I have the money, resources, and connections—I have everything I need to start my own business and not be restricted by anyone else!

I don’t want to be the successor of the Edwards Family anymore!

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Lucy was already preparing to move abroad with Dana, who also voluntarily took on a business task to expand the Winston Furniture to the markets abroad. Apart from that, the security company that Dana had just invested in also needed to be expanded abroad. Dana volunteered to take charge of that, but it was actually because she wanted to marry Lucy in another country.

When they moved abroad, they would find a country that supported same sex marriage and get married there. Then, they would buy sperm or adopt a child there.

Lucy would continue her old business since she already had the connections. The Winston Family also had some connections abroad, so it wouldn’t be any problem for them to restart their businesses there.

Right now, the only argument was—who would be the one giving birth?

Lucy wanted to give birth to her own child, but Dana felt that childbirth was too terrifying, so she should be responsible for that. Since she had the body parts to give birth to a child, she thought she should do it.

Lucy smiled with bliss in her eyes as she told Sophia about this.

Seeing her smile, Sophia also felt quite warm inside.

It’s the best outcome for Lucy to leave Edwards Group and break off the dispute with Anna.

“Dana and I are planning to hold a wedding on a small island. We plan to only invite 30 people. I’ll invite you and Michael when the time comes.”

Lucy smiled as she looked forward to the amazing future ahead of her.

Sophia toasted to her. “Sure thing. I’ll wait for you.”

….

They only came out of the bar when it was quite late, but they seemed to have had a great time. With their arms around each other, both of them chatted and laughed, but they couldn’t even walk in a straight line anymore.

“Tsk!” Michael went to pick his wife up and smelled her alcohol-infused breath. “How many drinks have you had?”

Sophia wrapped her arms around his neck and smiled in a daze.

“Hehe! Why do you have two heads? Which should I kiss now? I don’t care anymore! Muah!”

She pursed her lips and kissed him, but Michael almost passed out from the stench of alcohol in her breath, so he quickly hugged her in his arms and put her in the car before leaving hastily.

Meanwhile, Dana drove away with Lucy, who was also drunk.

However, she didn’t speak nonsense like Sophia did. Instead, she had been quite quiet all the way as she closed her eyes to sleep. When she reached home, she suddenly opened her eyes and said, “I think we should find a surrogate mother! Surrogation is better…”

After switching off the air-conditioner, Dana removed the safety belt for her while saying, “Sure.”

She got out of the car and helped Lucy out. She was quite drunk—her burgundy hair covered half her face as she tried to hold onto Dana’s necks while huffing lazily with a dazed look in her eyes.

They lived in an individual mansion in the countryside with a huge garden. When spring came, the plants that Dana had planted for Lucy would blossom. However, as it was still early spring, nothing bloomed yet.

When they reached the front door, Dana dug out her keys to open the door.

Suddenly, her hair raised as she held her breath. After years of experience working in the underworld, she could tell the subtle changes in the air. In just two seconds, she already took her gun out of her suit and pointed it at the dark. However, she was already too late—one of the bullets had already reached her thigh.

It’s a gun with a silencer!

Both Dana and Lucy stumbled and fell at the same time. At this moment, the door opened from inside, and many people gushed out. A few cars even drove to them from the dark.

“Dana!”

Lucy was suddenly jolted to her senses from her drunken state. However, she saw Dana sink to the ground as she held her thigh. Blood had already dampened her black trousers.

Gritting her teeth, Dana picked up her phone that had dropped to the ground, thinking of getting help first. However, just as she stretched her hand, a gunshot sounded lightly. Initially, it was aiming for her hand, but the shot landed on the ground, hitting the phone away from her hand.

As footsteps rang in their ears, they were surrounded by countless people. Lucy raised her head and saw Jordan’s morose face. Meanwhile, Sandra and the twins—Ryan and Henry—were standing triumphantly next to Jordan.

In that instant, Lucy seemed to have understood everything.

Jordan did not utter another word to Lucy. Instead, he walked to her and gave her two hard slaps, immediately rendering her dizzy. After that, blood flowed from her nose.

Seeing the way Lucy and Dana hugged each other, Jordan had a tinge of disgust and hatred in his eyes that had never existed before.

“Lucy, I never would have thought that you were so disgusting! I was wrong about you!”

Since everything had come to this point, Lucy stopped hiding and defending herself anymore. She stood up and barked at Jordan loudly, “What have I done wrong? I just love Dana—that’s all! Throughout the years you had left Edwards Group, I’d been the one supporting us all along! So what if I love Dana? If you think that it’s disgusting, I can leave the Edwards Family forever so that you won’t be disgraced by me!”

With that, she stretched out her hand and threw the ring that represented the position of the head of the Edwards Family back at Jordan.

“Here! I give this back to you! With this, I will leave the Edwards Family forever!”

Back then, the ring was given to her by Jordan when he asked her to replace him to take care of the Edwards Family before he left.

At this moment, he stepped on the ring harshly and pointed at Lucy as he berated, “You are an utter disappointment!”

At the same time, he also glared at Dana, who was beside her.

I know Dana—the freak from the Winston Family, the weirdo who’s neither a man nor a woman.

I really can’t imagine that my daughter has been fooling around with someone like this!

Jordan raised his gun once more and shot Dana harshly a few more times. When he pressed on the trigger, there was no hesitation or pause at all.

Dana, who already couldn’t get up, grunted and lay back on the ground convulsing as blood oozed out of her body profusely.

When Jordan pulled the trigger, Lucy was so shocked that she was stunned.

She thought that even if they got exposed, she would bear most of the consequences. After all, Dana belonged to the Winston Family, so no matter what, the Edwards Family would still respect them.

When Dana lay in the puddle of blood after receiving a few shots, Lucy finally returned to her senses.

They are planning to kill Dana!

“Dana!”

After hugging her, Lucy realized that she was full of wounds, with blood flowing continuously from her body. While pressing on Dana’s wounds, Lucy yelled at Jordan, “Are you mad? She’s from the Winson Family! If you kill her, the Winston Family won’t let you go!”

She thought this would be enough to scare Jordan off. However, he merely gave her a cold smile and pulled the trigger again, firing another shot on Dana.

She grunted again and fainted completely. Her hands fell limply on the ground, but her eyes were still open. Nevertheless, her breathing slowly became weaker…

“No! Don’t!”

Lucy pressed on her wounds anxiously. Unfortunately, Dana did not respond to her anymore.

“No!”

We still have a bright future ahead; we still have many unfulfilled dreams, and we are planning to have many kids!

Amidst the frantic situation, Lucy took the gun that Dana had just taken out and pointed it at Jordan with her bloody hands, a firm look gleaming in her eyes. “Let us go!”

When Jordan saw the gun pointing at himself, he was beyond furious. “How dare you point a gun at me! I’m your father!”

With that, a gunshot sounded. Lucy had fired a shot decisively, but she was too agitated, and she had hesitated for too long. After firing the shot with trembling fingers, the bullet slipped past Jordan’s shoulders and hit the shoulders of Ryan, who was eyeing the entire situation gleefully.

Meanwhile, a few other strong men came from behind and held Lucy back as they took her gun away.