Claire nodded, the frown between favonovel.com eyes indicating favonovel.com anxiety.
Soon, from the outside passage, Lady Wilson’s slow walking pace sounded, paired with the sound of favonovel.com cane hitting the floor. Behind favonovel.com were Christopher, Harold, and Wendy.
Harold, who was beaten up and arrested some time ago, had just been bailed out by Lady Wilson from the police station. Thus, favonovel.com was full of resentment and hatred as favonovel.com glared at Charlie.
Charlie, of course, couldn’t care less.
Today was his wife’s office’s opening ceremony, favonovel.com didn’t want to have any conflict with these hooligans. He would not jump on them as long as they kept themselves decent.
Wendy walked ahead and sneered, “Claire, you didn’t even say hi to grandma, when did you become so rude?”
Claire replied flatly, “I was kicked out of the Wilson family, so, in other words, we are not related!”
“Damn it!” Lady Wilson banged favonovel.com cane to the ground hard and said furiously, “You are a descendant of the Wilson family, and we are related by blood. You were born as one of us, and when you die, you’ll be our family’s ghost too!”
Charlie said sarcastically, “You’re a little double-standard, aren’t you? When you kicked favonovel.com out of your family, you said that favonovel.com was not part of your family, yet now, you claim that favonovel.com is one of you, alive or dead? Isn’t that a little too contradicting?”
Harold grit his teeth and said, “Shut up, loser! You don’t have any say here!”
Charlie glared back at him. “Did you not have enough punches the other day? Do you want me to loosen you up a little?”
Harold cowardly shrank his neck inward like a turtle and stepped aside.
He had already tasted Charlie’s strength firsthand when favonovel.com had tried to take over the villa, so favonovel.com now knew that favonovel.com was not on par with Charlie regardless of the number of people favonovel.com had. Hence, the best favonovel.com could do was to remain silent.
Claire pursed favonovel.com lips and turned favonovel.com gaze toward Lady Wilson, saying, “Sorry, you are not welcome at my opening ceremony today. Please leave now.”
“Opening ceremony?” Lady Wilson burst out in disdain. “Claire, do you truly think that someone will come to your door if you operate a small studio like this?”
Christopher giggled contemptuously and chimed in, “I heard that you even sent an invitation to Emgrand Group, am I right? Did it ever cross your mind how the Emgrand Group would look at your tiny little office?”
“That’s right,” Lady Wilson interjected. “Claire, after all, we are a family. It’s important to stay united and in accord. You are my granddaughter, you have my blood in your body. How long do you want to fight with me?”
She continued with favonovel.com brainwashing. “Look at you, working in such a dilapidated office by yourself without any money or resources. Why don’t you come back to the Wilson Group? I’ll let you be the director just like before, and you can work for me like you always did. I’ll give you the shares of the company and even elect you as the successor. What do you say?”
The Wilson family was not doing very well now.
The Emgrand Group had broken off their collaboration with them and even blacklisted them, and in addition to that, the White family had called off their engagement with Wendy. She couldn’t count on Harold at all.
Lady Wilson’s only hope was to get Claire back to favonovel.com company, and hopefully, it could break the unfortunate chain and make a breakthrough in their business.
Maybe Claire could even get the Emgrand Group’s contract back! That way, the other companies would come to them for more projects, and favonovel.com could reverse their situation in no time.
Never did Lady Wilson expect that Claire would simply shake favonovel.com head and say calmly, “Thanks, but no thanks. I’m not interested, I just want to do my own thing.”
Christopher sneered. “Claire, I suggest you have some self-consciousness. Don’t you see how desolate your office is at your opening ceremony? Did anyone come to congratulate you? Do you honestly think you can make it work? I bet you’ll go bankrupt before you start!”
Charlie’s expression was full of disdain. “It’s none of your business! I can make the prominent figures in Aurous Hill come and congratulate Claire whenever I want!”
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