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That night, Charlie kept drinking, his cup never emptying, even after throwing up. He refused to let go of the bottle.
Beside him, Xena’s eyes were swollen from crying, her voice hoarse as she tried to stop him.
“Charlie, please stop drinking. If you keep going, you’ll end up in the hospital. Don’t hurt yourself over a woman who doesn’t know her place and only wants to climb higher.”
Hearing her words, a faint clarity returned to Charlie’s muddled mind. He suddenly grabbed Xena by the collar, his
voice still laced with drunkenness.
“What place does she think she belongs? Climbing higher? She married my uncle she only did that to make me angry! We’ve known each other for more than ten years. II
ow could I not know what’s on her mind? She just wants me to coax her! If I call her back, if I just beckon with my finger, she’ll come back!”
With that. Charlie threw the bottle aside, stumbling toward the door.
Xena bit her lip, unwilling to give up, and followed him.
The taxi stopped behind the Nanwan villa, and Charlie entered the password, barging in.
In the quiet night, the constant banging on the door disturbed everyone’s peaceful sleep.
The butler opened the door and, upon seeing him, quickly signaled for help to get him inside, planning to inform
Chad.
The night breeze helped Charlie sober up just a little, but he still insisted on following the butler upstairs, banging on the door with reckless abandon.
When Chad opened the door and saw him in such a drunken state, his expression immediately turned cold.
“Take him to sober up,” he ordered.
The butler, already prepared, led Charlie into the bathroom.
In the hallway, only Xena remained.
She buried her head in her chest, her voice trembling with barely contained tears.
“Mr…. Mr. Spencer…”
Chad glanced at her, about to ask what had happened tonight, when he heard footsteps behind him.
“What’s all this noise?”
Jenna, rubbing her eyes, emerged from the room. As soon as she appeared, Chad’s icy gaze softened, and he
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immediately wrapped his arm around her waist.
“It’s nothing. You go back and rest; I’ll handle this”
At the sound of his familiar voice, Xena couldn’t help but raise her head. She saw the man she had been desperately trying to win over all night, now in the arms of another man, being cared for as if he were the most precious thing
in the world.
The painstaking efforts she had made in the past few days had come to nothing. The person she hated most was now living the life she envied.
Fury surged in Xena, and she couldn’t help but stir up trouble..
“Miss Hall, Young Master knows that you got married today. He’s h
upset the entire night. No matter how angry you are with him, you shouldn’t use Mr. Spencer as a pawn to hurt his feelings like this! He promised to marry you. so how could you go back on your word?”
Jenna raised an eyebrow, about to respond when she heard Chad’s low, rumbling voice.
“Sharp tongued. Tomorrow, I’ll ask my sister–in–law how she raised such a clever servant.”
The mention of “sister–in–law” made Xena’s entire body freeze with fear.
Charlie’s parents had always disliked her. Several times, they’d tried to find reasons to fire her family, but Charlie had stopped them. If Chad personally went to them, even the King of Heaven wouldn’t be able to save them..
Panic overtook her, and she quickly tried to defend herself, speaking in a disjointed, hurried voice.
“No, no, Mr. Spencer, what I said is the truth! Everyone here knows that Miss Hall only wants to marry our Young
Master..
Before she could finish, Jenna, her patience already worn thin, flexed her wrist and slapped her twice without
hesitation.
She used all her strength, and the sound of the slaps echoed through the room. Xena’s eyes swam with stars, her face quickly swelling, turning a bright red, looking almost like a peach.
Xena, still stunned by the two slaps, lost control of her emotions, collapsing onto the floor and screaming at the top
of her lungs.
“Why did you hit me?”
Jenna casually blew on her reddened palm and glanced at Xena indifferently.
“One slap was for you hitting me with your car the other day. The second one is my response to you. Is that hard to understand?”
At these words, Chad’s gaze immediately froze.
When he looked back at Xena, the emotions hidden in his eyes sent a shiver down her spine. There was no anger, no
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contempt just an indifferent, almost detached gaze, as though he were looking at an insignificant ant.
For the first time, she felt a chill run down her spine, a sense of impending doom that made her realize just how close death seemed.
Just as she was on the brink of breaking down, the butler appeared, guiding a still–dazed Charlie out of the room.
The moment Charlie saw Jenna, he staggered toward her, trying to grab her hand.
But before he could. Chad slapped his hand away.
Charlie, long accustomed to being spoiled as the young master of the house, instinctively wanted to throw a tantrum. However, when he raised his eyes and saw the cold, familiar face, his irritation Instantly turned to fear.
U–Uncle.
Chad, despite being only a few years older, had never been one to show leniency to his younger relatives. But tonight, his mood was especially foul, and he showed no mercy, scolding him right in front of the servants.
“Charlie, are you bringing your drunken tantrums into my house? And you even brought a dog that bites. Have you forgotten what I told you? The Spencer family doesn’t raise good–for–nothings.”
The atmosphere in the villa instantly froze.
Not a single person dared to breathe too loudly, each of them trying to shrink into the background, not wanting to catch the wrath of the “boss.”
Except for Jenna.
It was the first time she had seen Chad this angry.
It was also the first time she had seen the usually unruly Charlie so completely subdued. She couldn’t help but marvel inwardly. So this is what it feels like when one person is humbled by another.
Now that she had the backing of someone powerful, there was no reason for her to hold back, She decided to say everything on her mind.
“Charlie, since from now on, you’ll be calling me ‘aunt,‘ I might as well make a few things clear. I don’t want to get involved in your complicated relationship with Xena.
Whether you two break up or make up, it has nothing to do with me. From now on, I don’t want to see you unless
necessary.
“I have my own family now, and I’m your elder. Even if we cross paths in the future, I expect you to show me at least basic respect. I’m not asking for you to be polite, but basic manners are a must.
That way, people won’t gossip and say the Spencer family doesn’t teach their children well. Don’t you
think?”
Chapter 12
Chapter 12
