Claire pulled Charlie to the side and chided him," Mom was just fooling around this morning! Why did you go and get her such an expensive skincare product? One set costs four hundred thousand dollars?! This is too much! We're not that kind of family..." Charlie laughed, "I relied on sconnections to get these, don't you worry." Claire lowered her voice, "Truthfully, I'm more afraid of mom being overly demanding in the future. What if she constantly asks you to buy her such expensive skincare products? What are you going to do then?" 7 Charlie smiled a little. "Don't you worry. Didn't you realize that mom has changed a lot? Let's just say... This is a reward for her? To encourage her to be better in the future?" 5 As he was talking, Elaine had already taken a short video on her mobile phone to send to her friends, and she said, "Look at these two sets of caviar skincare products that my good son-in-law bought for me. They are both platinum packages! Both of them add up to more than seven hundred thousand dollars!" Charlie immediately chipped in, "Mom, these two sets are not just for you. One of them is for Claire." 7 "Huh?!" Elaine sounded distressed. "Claire is still so young and beautiful with not a single wrinkle on her face! She has no use of such products, she can just stick to simple moisturizers!" 1 Charlie immediately replied firmly, "No. It was originally a set for each of you. You can't take Claire's gift basket." Elaine felt a sense of dissatisfaction, but right now, she didn't have the guts to argue with Charlie. It wasn't just arguing, right now, she didn't even dare to contradict Charlie's opinions. 4 Elaine nodded angrily. "Alright... Mom will listen to you. Each of us will have one set of these skincare products." Claire replied, "I don't think I can bring myself to use such expensive skincare products..." Elaine's eyes lit up upon hearing those words, and she thought to herself, if her daughter was unwilling to use it, she should just give it all to her...
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHowever, Charlie immediately said, "My love, if you're not going to use it, I shall return the two packages immediately." 4 "Oh, oh! No! No!!!" Elaine panicked. She immediately continued, "No matter what, this is Charlie's present for us. You mustn't reject another person's goodwill!" What else could Claire say?! Thus, Charlie picked up a gift basket and handed it over to Claire. "My dear, this is for you. Just use it! Once you've finished it, I will buy it for you again!" 6 Claire felt a tingling sense of happiness inside her as she witnessed her husband's loving actions toward her. She nodded a little and accepted the gift. 4 Elaine smiled as she saw her daughter accepting the gift. "I shall head to my room to wash my face and try on the skincare products! I can't wait anymore!" As soon as she finished her sentence, she hugged her gift basket and ran up to the elevator, making her way to the third floor, i Claire only caught a glimpse of her back as she sprinted away. Feeling helpless, Claire sighed.
It seems as though her mother's bad habit of loving luxurious stuff wasn't going to change...
Still, her mother had indeed shown ssigns of improvement in terms of her attitude. Since the way she treated Charlie had changed for the better, this household no longer felt like a warzone. Finally, there was speace and quiet.
Just then, her mobile phone rang. The one who was calling her was none other than her own mother, Elaine. "Hello, mom? What happened?"
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmElaine sounded anxious as she spoke, "Claire! Quickly cto my room! Chere by yourself! Don't bring Charlie! Cnow!!!" "What happened, mom?" "Make your way here then we'll talk!"
Claire felt slightly annoyed, but she obliged. She turned to Charlie and spoke, My mom askedto go to her room for a while." 5 Charlie didn't think much of it and gently nodded his head.
Claire then took the elevator to the third floor and made her way to Elaine's room. Just as she was in front of her room door, Elaine quickly En pulled her into the room and locked the door shut behind her. She nervously said, "My dear daughter! I suspect Charlie is cheating!" "What? Cheating?" Claire raised her brows." Impossible." "Impossible?!" Elaine immediately took out a receipt and blurted, "Look at this! On this receipt, Charlie clearly X