Female Novel
Chapter 10
Everyone was stunned upon the sudden roar. Everyone hurriedly took out their phones and searchedfor Emgrand Group’s official social media account! Indeed! The certified official account of EmgrandGroup had posted the latest statement! A shock wave swept the conference room as the post wasannounced! Claire really did strike the deal! With twice the intended total value! It only took half anhour! How was it possible? How was it so easy? It didn’t make any sense!
Harold was feeling shocked and regretted! Before today, Claire Wilson was comparable to himself interms of status or identity. If he had accepted the task yesterday, he would not give Claire a chance toshine herself regardless of the results! Yet, he refused because he feared that he would fail! He refusedthe mission, but the crucial point was that Claire had succeeded! It was like a loud slap to his face!
Instantly, Lady Wilson picked up the contract excitedly and started reading it. Then, she let out a loudlaugh. “Good! Good! Very good! Claire, you’ve done an excellent job!” After that, she asked, “How didyou do it?”
Claire answered, “It is all thanks to Miss Doris Young. She thinks highly of us, the Wilson family.”
Claire wanted to be truthful, but after a second thought, she didn’t even know who the chairman ofEmgrand Group was. No one would believe her if she said the truth. Upon hearing this, Harold felt as ifhis heart had been stabbed a million times and he wanted to die! It was no wonder Claire could win thecontract! It turned out that Doris Young of Emgrand Group herself thought highly of the Wilson family!Did it mean that it wouldn’t have mattered who had gone, after all? He berated himself for missing sucha great opportunity!
At this moment, Charlie spoke,”Harold, do you still remember our bet?”
In an instant, Harold’s face twisted in a disdainful grimace. How could he forget about the bet?Whoever lost the bet must grovel at the other party’s feet. Claire had won the contract, so it wasobvious that he had lost…’No! No way! How can I grovel at that loser’s feet! Over my dead body!’
He gritted his teeth and sneered. “Charlie Wade, who the hell do you think you are? You are just auseless toy boy who married into our family! Do you expect me to bow before you?”
Charlie said flatly, “Yes, indeed, I’m a useless toy boy, but remember, we took an oath yesterday.Whoever breaks their promise would have his mother, father, grandpa, and grandma die!” Again, hedeliberately emphasizes the word ‘grandma’. Sure enough, a layer of black covered Lady Wilson’sface!
She glared at Harold and asked coldly, “What about it? Do you really want me to die?” Harold panickedand blurted,“Grandma, don’t fall for his trick! He just wants to humiliate me and to deride you!”
Charlie said calmly, “Harold,don’t you try to fool Grandma now. Don’t forget that you’ve made a vow. Ifyou go against it, you’ll be condemned. Do you want to curse Grandma?”
“Grandma, we were just joking,you can’t take it seriously!”
Lady Wilson wore an inexpressive look on her face and said, “You know that I’m a devoted Buddhist.How dare you break the promise after swearing to God?!”
“Grandma…” Harold genuinely panicked now, because it was clear that his grandma was really angry!
Seeing Harold’s reluctance in keeping his promise that involved herself to save his face, Lady Wilsonslapped the table fiercely and yelled, “Are you determined to break your oath now?”
“Grandma, I…” Harold stuttered hesitantly. In his mind, he made a quick deduction.novelbin
If he abided by the betting rules and admitted his defeat to Charlie, he would lose face. But if he wentagainst the betand enraged his grandma, he would lose everything he had in the Wilson family! Hewould lose more than his face!
No matter how reluctant he was, he gritted his teeth and muttered, “Alright! I’ll keep my promise!”
Charlie glanced at him quietly with a smile, waiting for him to come and kneel before him. Harold felt asif his legs were filled with lead. He strode slowly and with difficulty as he moved towards Charlie. Hewas so agitated that his whole body was shivering, clenching his teeth annoyingly. But then, his legswent jelly and the knelt on the ground. Thump! Some of the busybody onlookers even quietly retrievedtheir phones and aimed it at them.
Harold bowed his head and said with a loud yet trembling voice, “I’m sorry!”
Then, he leaned over and knocked his head against the floor.
Charlie uttered, “What did you say? I can’t hear you, speak louder and clearer.”
Enduring the humiliation, Harold bowed his head again and shouted, “I’m sorry!”
Charlie sneered, “Oh, you’re sorry. What are you sorry for?”
Inside Harold, he wanted to kill and shred Charlie into a million pieces, but there was still one last bow.Thus, he bit his lips and said, “I shouldn’t have doubted Claire’s ability…”
Another bow to the floor! Charlie felt a dash of spring breeze surging through his body! He had beenholding a grudge against Harold for a long time. Now that he had the opportunity to make Harold kneelon the floor like a dog and admit his mistakes, he felt so refreshed and excited! Claire’s eyes widenedin astonishment as she watched the entire event unfolding, suddenly feeling that her husband wasdifferent from before! However, she couldn’t really tell what the difference was.
When she recalled the confident look on Charlie’s face when he had made the bet with Haroldyesterday, she couldn’t help but wonder if he had already known that she would succeed. Where andwhy did he have such strong confidence all of a sudden?