Noble Husband At the Door (Antonio) novel Chapter 78

"Since you guys here today, why don't all of you come along? All of us should be visiting Godfrey's new place too." Fred fanned the flames and roped everyone in the house into the matter.

"That's right! We should take a look at it too. Who knows if it'll be as big as Freddie's place?"

"Godfrey, where's your new house?"

"You’re a Sue. The area must be at least as prestigious as Fred's, right?"

Godfrey nodded his head awkwardly, at a loss for words. What new house? They were barely managing t o feed themselves; they did not have the money for a new house.

Fortunately, Fred's son was not around today. Otherwise, would have created even more trouble for Samuel.

After they had lunch, Godfrey excused himself from the party. Fred reminded him to give a call before he left, and the other old classmates looked as though they were wishing him luck with the situation.

Samuel even set a date and told them to visit on the fifteenth of next month. He would inform them of the address then. That made Lydia nearly explode in anger.

After Samuel and his family left, Fred spoke to his old classmates with an expression of utter disdain, "I never imagined that Godfrey's son-in-law would have the gall to make idle boasts in front of me. Did you see Godfrey's expression? He looked like he wanted to die from shame."

"Hah! Godfrey probably never imagined that he would be shot in the foot by his own son-in-law. Wouldn't he have told us as soon as possible if he bought a new house? Why would he hide the fact until now?"

"I'm waiting for this sh*tshow to turn into a tragic comedy on the fifteenth."

At the bottom of the complex, the family of four got into the car. Then Lydia said to Samuel in an icy tone," Samuel Hannigan, are you insane? Do you really want t o shame us to death? Are you going to wave your wand and make a new house appear by the fifteenth o f the next month?"

"Mom, don't you know how much you give him every month?" she said in place of Samuel.

Lydia did not retort. Even if he scrimped and saved, he could not have saved more than ten thousand bucks throughout the three years. It was impossible to buy a house with that amount of money.

"You can't just go around among the Turners saying that you have a new house, even if you do have one. Just look at their duplex apartment. Can your secondhand house beat that? It'll just be embarrassing for us if they visit," Lydia said.

Godfrey huffed a frustrated sigh. "You really got us into trouble this time," he said to Samuel. "Fred is looking for an opportunity to make a joke out of us, and you handed it to him on a silver platter." "No, no. We'll rent an entire house. We can't lose face n o matter what.” Lydia's existence revolved around her reputation; she had practically donated two hundred thousand bucks for bragging rights, and now she wanted to rent a whole house to preserve her dignity.

Godfrey agreed with her. "That’s right. That's all we can do. Otherwise, we'll be mocked by Fred Turner until the cows come home. Besides, that son of his goes around showing off just because he has a wellpaying job. It's not like Yvonne is doing any worse."

When they reached home, the old couple immediately set off to work. They browsed through houses for rent on the internet. Yvonne could not stop them even if she wanted to, so she let them be.