My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 556

At this critical point where the survival of the Mitchell Family was at stake, the most distinguished lady of the family, Natasha, had gone missing. There had been no news from her for more than a month now. Thus, Alex had focused all his energy on searching for his daughter. He mobilized all the forces he could to search all over the world—it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. Faced against the unscrupulous Michel Family, the Mitchell Family was steadily losing the fight.

Every year, the Mitchell Family would hold an annual family meeting on New Year’s Day to summarize the gains and losses of the year, as well as looking into the future. However, the annual family meeting this year was turning into a quarrel between the Alex faction and the Cooper faction. Cooper’s old supporters were in favor of welcoming him back at any cost. They believed that it was the only way to save the family. In contrast, the Alex faction believed that Cooper was a traitor. They refused to welcome him back into the family even if he returned.

For that reason, the two factions were at each other’s throats during the annual meeting. Throughout all that, Sean acted like he was an outsider. He lowered his head to play games on his phone while he chatted with Stanley on the game chat.

Stanley: ‘Sean, I heard Sarah saying that the Mitchell Family is having a huge quarrel. It’s so loud that they can hear it from next door. Are you okay?’

Stanley: ‘Hey, why are you working on New Year’s Day?! It so happens that my family isn’t celebrating New Year’s together this year. My parents have gone overseas on an exchange program while my brother is out on a business trip. Besides, we had dinner together just a few days ago, so we’re not celebrating this year. Why don’t we go to Sophia’s house to celebrate New Year’s instead? Uncle Michael will surely bring out the good wine.’

Hmm; mooching a free meal at Michael’s house doesn’t seem like a bad idea! Besides, they have so much cured meat they won’t be able to finish them… Sean answered, ‘Yeah, okay.’

Lifting his head, he glanced at the two factions arguing ceaselessly. Then, he sneaked out. When he drove past the West Residence, he heard the West Family arguing loudly too. Therefore, he slowed his car and saw Sarah running out of the house. Peter followed behind her; he was so furious that he was jumping in anger. “Leave if you dare! And, don’t you dare come back again!”

Peter was so furious that his thick neck was flushed red. A mother and a daughter hugged each other behind him, crying. However, a barely-concealed triumphant light shone in their eyes behind the façade of their tear-stained faces.

Sarah was wearing her pajamas and her hair was disheveled. Stuffing some items into her pocket, she rushed outside without turning back. Similarly, Peter was in a fit of anger. He didn’t know whether he should chase after her or not. Thus, he simply watched as her pajama-clad figure disappeared around the corner of the road.

Looks like Sarah has gotten into another fight with her father and her stepmother! Rolling down the window, Sean said to Peter, “Mr. West, don’t worry. I’ll go after her!”

When Peter saw Sean, his face lit up with joy. Nodding quickly, he said, “Thanks.”

Sean drove his car after her and soon found her. She was walking and crying at the same time. Stopping the car, he opened the car door for her. “Get in. I’ll send you back.”

Sarah wiped her tears as she got into the car with red-rimmed eyes. “No, thanks. I want to go to my shop. I’d rather spend the New Year’s with my cats than go home right now!”

Exasperated, he sent her to her cat café. All the workers were on holiday today, so the doors were shut tight. Then, he quickly called Harry after watching her walk into the café. “Hello? Old Wolf, your little kitten ran away after getting into a fight with her family. Right now, she is at her cat café. Come and comfort her quickly!”

Meanwhile, Daniel also hurried over for after-dinner drinks after finishing dinner at the Levine Residence. With everybody gathered here, the New Year’s atmosphere this year was better than in previous years. They lazed about in the living room while chatting leisurely, snacking on sunflower seeds, and playing with the cats.

“Hmm? Mr. Harry, don’t you need to return to the Winston Residence? Aren’t you the head of the family?” Stanley asked curiously.

As the head of the Winston Family—the most powerful underworld family in Bayside City—and the uncrowned king of the underworld, Harry Winston should have been at the Winston Residence right now. However, Harry wasn’t bothered. “I can’t be bothered to go. They can celebrate New Year’s on their own.”

After dinner, the New Year Dinner Gala was about to begin. As usual, Michael disappeared for a short while, sprucing himself up a little before he left. Then, Harry hurriedly followed suit. He smartened himself up, hopped into Michael’s car, and they left together.

Last year, Michael only left after the New Year Dinner Gala started. However, he left a little earlier this year. Everybody knew that Michael and Harry were going to appear at the New Year Dinner Gala, so they gathered in front of the TV to wait for their performance to come on. The movie ‘Doctor Invincible’ that they acted in might not have been a local film, but they were Cethosian actors. Besides, the movie had broken all past records of box office earnings for movies starring Cethosian actors. For that reason, they would certainly be invited to the New Year Dinner Gala no matter what.

The two of them had sung a duet together last year, but they didn’t work together this year. Harry cooperated with a magician to perform a magic show, pretending to be picked as part of the ‘lucky audience’ to go on stage and help with the magic tricks. On the other hand, nobody knew what program Michael had prepared…