The Billionaire’s Treasure Wife

The old wall clock ticked away, a dull, dull sound that stung the heart.NôvelDrama.Org holds © this.

In the silence, Old Mr. Palvin, who had remained silent, finally spoke up slowly: “Immediately announce the annulment of your engagement with The Grant family, and as of tomorrow, you will leave the country immediately and never return!”

“I won’t!” Aurora lifted her head and met Old Mr. Grant’s gaze doggedly. “I haven’t done anything wrong!”

“You haven’t done anything wrong!” The alabaster teapot in her hand suddenly arced through the air and fell to the ground with a loud “pop”.

The pale yellow tea soup instantly dripped onto the floor and the lid flew up and hit the foot of the sofa, where it bounced back with a loud “pop” and shattered.

Rhett’s heart fluttered and he knew that Old Mr. Grant was angry, so he immediately winked at his wife and told her to take his daughter away.

Aurora was unconcerned and stood up with an ooh and aah, arguing. “What did I do wrong, being bullied by a leopard out there and coming home to look at Bruce and all of you?”

“Rhett, tell the guards to book the tickets and send them out today, banned from entry from now on!” Old Mr. Palvin narrowed his tiger eyes, his large pale hands hanging over the arm of the tai chi chair, shaking uncontrollably.

Aurora listened, realising that Old Mr. Grant was really angry this time, and was instantly afraid. “Grandpa, I was wrong …”

Old Mr. Palvin grunted angrily, got up and brushed his sleeves away.

Rhett exchanged a timid glance with his wife and his eyes fell on his disobedient daughter, scolding her with hatred, “Do you even know who you are!”

“Dad …” Aurora’s body shook with fear and her face was as white as paper.

It had been less than a year since Phoebe had been kicked out of the country and she dreaded to think that she too would be kicked out.

“Don’t go anywhere for a while, just stay home and shut up.” Rhett furrowed his brows, got up and walked out of the living room with his hands behind his back.

Forty million dollars was a lot of money, and with the news as big as it was, if even The Grant family didn’t help out, The Palvin family’s reputation could be tarnished.

Even if the money came from a clean source.

The Palvin family is no match for The Grant family, whose estate has been passed down from generation to generation.

When Old Mr. Grant went to war, his brothers raised supplies in the rear, a tradition that continues to this day, and Old Mr. Grant invested more money in the renewal of his weapons than was allocated to him by the Treasury at the time.

Old Mr. Grant, in particular, was a man of steel, who did not seek to dominate or fight for power, and who did not hesitate to retire when the time came.

Such a veteran could not be faulted by anyone, and his prestige in the army was not comparable to that of generals of his rank.

Old Mr. Grant had already shown some respect for The Grant family when he had set them up, but he did not expect her to do such an outrageous thing again.

The Grant family and The Hawke family, money is just a number, and she has the audacity to get into a fight.

Unaware that he had arrived outside the courtyard of Aidan’s cottage, Rhett nodded towards the guard and lifted his foot into the courtyard.

Aidan was currently trimming potted plants in the courtyard and greeted him with his usual expression when he saw him enter. “Why do you have time to come up to my place today.”

Rhett sighed and walked over to the stone table beside him and sat down. “I’m not afraid of your jokes, I’m here about this Aurora kid.”

“I saw the news too.” Aidan’s tone was light. “It’s something you’ll have to talk to go Bruce about, but the boy took orders last night and went to the mountains for rappelling training and won’t be back for a while.”

When Rhett heard this, his heart was like a mirror and he stopped talking about it.

When his daughter had set Bruce up, Old Mr. Grant had been furious, and if he hadn’t been alive, Old Mr. Grant wouldn’t have been willing to give him a minute of face.

The Palvin family is not as strong as it used to be, and his daughter is a stubborn ass who refuses to move out of The Grant family’s old home.

Rhett was upset that her father wanted his daughter to leave the country, but there was nothing he could do about it.

After a few small talk with a heavy heart, he turned around and left the yard on the pretext that he had forgotten to do something.

As soon as he left, Aidan stopped what he was doing and took a thoughtful sip from his cup of tea on the table.

Although Aurora was from a family, her behaviour was not as good as Lindsey’s from the mountains.

Lindsey, whether she had been sent away by force or returned again, had always behaved in a respectable manner and had never used these connections to her advantage outside the home.

This alone gives her the right credentials and the right standing to enter The Grant family.

This is something that the whole family had agreed to, but who knew that there would be a problem halfway through the process.

It was rare that she didn’t make a fuss when she was aggrieved, and she didn’t complain to Old Mr. Grant for three years.

As the old saying goes, the child who cries will be fed, but if he cries too much, he will be annoyed sooner or later.

Lindsey wanted for nothing, was open and honest, and wanted for nothing, but it was heartbreaking, and I wanted to give her all the good things.

Unfortunately … Aidan put down his cup of tea and let out a long sigh.

Rhett returned home to see his wife still upstairs calming his daughter and couldn’t help but be moved to anger.

He went upstairs and knocked on the door of his room, closing it behind him as soon as he entered, his eyes sternly on his untalented daughter. “How many times have I told you not to go against The Grant family, but you just don’t listen.”

“It’s just a little nurse from the ravine, what kind of The Grant family person is she.” Su Yunqi had a defiant look on his face. “Old Mr. Grant won’t even let me go to Nine Lakes now, and Lindsey has made two trips back.

“With a bang, Rhett slapped the table in a cross-eyed rage and went over and gave her a big slap. “She was invited back from L city by Old Mr. Grant himself, and how many people knew they were engaged and already married before you returned home.”

Aurora was knocked unconscious by the blow, her head knocking against the arm of the sofa, her eyes blackening.

“I can’t believe you hit me!” Incredulous, she looked up, the moisture that had built up in her eyes instantly filling them and sliding into her temples.

Rhett, shaking with anger, looked at her steadily for a moment and brushed himself away.

Merry’s face turned white with fear and as soon as he was gone he rushed to his daughter, concerned, “Let Mum have a look.”

“Mum, you go out, I want to be alone.” Aurora waved her hand wearily, red blood seeping out in drops down the corners of her mouth.

Growing up, Dad had never been rough with himself.

It turned out that because of Lindsey, not only did he hit her, he hit her so hard. Now he was telling her that Lindsey had been invited back from L city by Old Mr. Grant, and when he had asked her to go out with Bruce, why hadn’t he said so!

The more Aurora thought about it, the more aggrieved she became and she couldn’t help but cry.

After a long time, she got tired of crying and remembered Selena, so she wiped her face and called her to come over to keep her company.

She would never have said anything about breaking off the engagement!

Kaley was already trying to contact Kayden, and if that madman came back, Lindsey’s life would be over, but she still had a chance!

Selena arrives quickly, only her face doesn’t look too good.

Bruce had almost bankrupted China Star three years ago, and she had managed to pull through, but she didn’t expect him to strike again once Lindsey returned.

With old grudges and new ones, he was afraid that this time he wanted to slap everyone who had made an enemy of Lindsey to the ground.

“I’m sorry, I’m the one who got you into this.” Aurora’s face instantly turned extremely ugly when she heard her finish. Grumpily, she slammed the teacup in her hand and growled low through clenched teeth. “I want Lindsey dead right now!”

“Calm down …,” Selena said, slightly speechless.

How could you be so uncool when you’re at this point.

“I can’t calm down!” Aurora shuddered taking her hands away as tears once again fell in torrents. “Daddy hit me for that bitch.”

Selena was stunned for a second and didn’t move to look away.

It’s a good thing it didn’t kill her …

—

The time was approaching midday and the weather was getting muggy.

Lindsey put together her project proposal, called Karen to meet her at Wind Entertainment and hurried out.

Larissa had a magazine cover shoot today, so she couldn’t go with her. As she got into the car that Edward had arranged for her to come over, Lindsey thought about her bank account for no apparent reason.

She had spent almost all the money she had received for the film yesterday to keep them from making a scene.

Pursing her lips, Lindsey looked out of the window and wondered if she should take on a few endorsements.

When the car arrived at Wind Entertainment, Karen was already waiting in the reception room upstairs, and Lindsey greeted her with a smile and led her to the chairman’s office.

Edward had given her a separate office in the entertainment room for her convenience, and had also prepared an office space for her assistant, which was very thoughtful.

When she sat down, Edward’s secretary brought her a coffee. Lindsey thanked her politely and turned to her planner to discuss the itinerary of her first event with Karen.

Before she returned from Africa, Edward had already arranged for someone to list out the key poor provinces and conduct fieldwork in each of them.

This time, not only would he be screening sick children who needed surgery, but he would also be sending some supplies there.

A short while later, Lindsey drew a red line on the circled area and asked Karen with a smile, “My plan is to go to the southwest, just in time to get the children’s winter clothes ready before winter, what do you think.”

“Yes, I’ll look for a reliable manufacturer and order a good quality batch right away.” Karen made a note of it and in passing questioned, “What kind of car do you want to go down there?”

“Off-road, car problem Edward will solved.” Lindsey said just as a phone call came in, apologising for getting up and out of the office to answer it.

Lindsey got up and went out of the office to answer it, it was Fredy’s assistant asking her to come down to Fragrant Garden in the evening, Lindsey took the number of the door and agreed.

When she returned to the office, she finished the rest of her work, just as Edward was finishing up, and Lindsey dropped Karen off, smiling as she mentioned the endorsement to him.

“I’ll give you the money if you need it.” Edward joked, turning back to her with several contracts for top tier brands and an odd look in his eyes. “Did you know these people wanted to work with you.”

“I’m not that smart.” Lindsey took the contracts with suspicion, flipped through them and laughed; Edward was speechless, and when she had chosen one, she informed her assistant to get back to the brand’s PR.

After a few moments of small talk and learning that she was going to Fragrant Garden for the evening, Edward thought better of it and said he was going back too.

The invitation Jesse had sent was still tossed in his desk drawer. It was something he’d go back and clear with Old Mr. Grant anyway.

“How you always have a reason.” Lindsey threw him a pair of blank stares, helpless.

Edward laughed dryly. “I’m afraid I won’t have the chance to spend time with you like that anytime soon.”