Chapter 51

Brilliant!

Max looked coyly at Barton while throwing him an underhanded wink as if telling him, ‘Great job, man! Hiding your light under a bushel there all these while, awesome!’

However…

To Joelle, this interactive gesture looked like they were flirting with each other.

She rubbed her arms involuntarily.

No wonder. For so many years, many women had attempted to chisel their way into marrying Lord James, but he had always seemed indifferent and detached to their approach and he even kept his distance with them. It was because he already had an intimate companion by his side and he wasn’t as lonely as he seemed.

Nodding reflexively, Joelle cleared her throat and asked, “Mr. Scott, will you join us too?”

Well, she was simply being polite. It wouldn’t be nice if it was only she and Barton alone, would it?

Before Max could say anything, Barton interjected immediately, “He’s busy.”

Max, who was very much available, curled his lips into a cheeky smirk. He had a lot of time to spare on that day, but he did not dare to speak up. Hence, he nodded with a smile and said, “Yeah, I will be very busy on that day. I have to follow up on the development progress of Maple Hill, so I’ll be spending the entire day there.”

Joelle mumbled an “Oh” and said nothing afterward.

Very soon, the car parked at the entrance of the Nance family mansion.

She got out of the car and watched the car drive away before walking in.

The alluring aroma of food hovered in the house that she could smell it as soon as she entered the house. A servant stepped forward to take the bag from Joelle and said, “Miss, Madam is in the kitchen.”

Joelle walked towards the kitchen and saw Ruby standing beside the stove and stewing soup. Obviously, the soup was for Georgia after she returned from the hospital later.

They looked more like mother and daughter than her, the biological daughter.

Joelle twitched her lips and went straight upstairs to her room without a word.

Indeed, Ruby felt so guilty for Georgia’s injury that she was trying her best to compensate her. Ever since Georgia was discharged, Ruby took care of her meticulously, giving her the best of everything, from food to the daily essentials. Georgia enjoyed the hospitality and pamper that Ruby showered her too.

However, there were pros and cons in sustaining the injury due to the deliberate accident.

The advantage was the unconditional love and care from the Nance couple, which greatly boosted her vanity.

The disadvantage was her flirtatious seduction towards Walter failed miserably due to her broken arm…

As a woman, when she thought of Walter staring blankly in a daze when he was with her, she felt a great sense of urgency surging inside her!

No, she couldn’t let the matter prolong like this anymore!

Since Walter didn’t make any gestures, let her be the one to break their ice!

That night, Georgia was searching for ways to obtain a certain kind of drug in the room when May called her.

“Ginny, your dad is really a b*stard! He wants to divorce me!”

Georgia furrowed in annoyance when she heard her mother’s whining. Since Victor had been caught cheating on May the other day, she had been bugging her husband every day about the money. In the end, not only did they end up penniless, but they were also kicked out of the Nance house.

Georgia was not stupid. As the matter progressed, Georgia found some blunders and glitches when she scrutinized it carefully. So she started, “Mom, just stop, will you? I believe that Dad really doesn’t have the money. He is the victim of the deception too. Otherwise, why else did he plan such a risky plot to kidnap Jo Nance and nearly sacrifice our whole family into it if he had the money? Think about it.”

If it wasn’t for her secretly causing the accident in time, she would have been kicked out of the house too by now.

May wailed desperately. “The money would not have disappeared into thin air just like that if it wasn’t for that horny dog and those whores!”

Georgia sighed reluctantly and said again, trying to calm her mother down, “Mom, we’re not at the finish line yet. Please, listen to me first before you want to do anything. I promise you, you will return to this villa as its master in no time! Mark my words!”