"The young master is back!"
As soon as they entered the villa, a servant came up to them.
Charlie responded and took her to change into slippers.
When they walked out of the entrance, a figure walked out from the living room. It was Ella, the current hostess of the Hogg family. She greeted Charlie with a smile, "Charlie, you're back."
"Auntie, is my dad upstairs?" Charlie nodded slightly.
"Yes!" Ella nodded.
At this time, someone walked out of the kitchen with a tray in his hand. On the tray were two cups of tea that had just been brewed, Wendy could tell that it was extremely expensive. Not only was the price high, but the amount supplied was small. People usually took it out only when there were valuable guests.
Charlie glanced around and asked, "Is there a guest in the house?"
"Yes!" Ella nodded again and told Charlie the truth, "Uncle Gray just came, and now he is in the study with your father! Charlie, I heard that you were injured and hospitalized a few days ago. How are you? Are you all right now?"
"I'm alright now." Charlie replied in a quiet voice. Between the stepmother and son, there was no great divide, but there had never been much closeness, always with some rusty courtesy.
Ella looked at Wendy, who followed Charlie in, smiled and asked, "Miss Lim, what kind of tea do you like to drink? There is also some flower tea at home, the taste is relatively sweet, you young girls should like it. It has a skincare effect! I'll ask the servants to make two cups of tea and send them to the living room. You can sit on the couch and wait for Charlie?"
Wendy had not had much of a conflict with Charlie's stepmother four years ago.
It could be that Ella was very gentle, and she was not dressed like those gorgeous noblewomen. She also looked at people with a gentle gaze and was not hostile, especially to Wendy, who was not welcome in the Hogg family.
However, she also thought of another person at the same time.
Ewan Shaw...
She had never met Ewan since she came back this time.
She learned from Felix, it seemed that also four years ago, not long after she left, Ewan also left the Ice City, went to a very remote small country in the southern hemisphere, and had never returned in the past four years...
Wendy was about to nod when Charlie took her hand and answered for her, "No, she's with me."
He then went straight upstairs with his long legs. The door of the study wasn't closed. The servant who came in to deliver the tea just came out and seemed to have reported to Gilbert that Charlie had come back, so Gilbert was not surprised to see Charlie knock on the door and come in.
"Dad, Uncle Gray."
After Charlie went in, he greeted them one by one.
Kim was picking up the teacup and paused when he heard the voice. "Charlie, how's your body recovering?"
"It's fine now!" Charlie said, pursing his lips.
On the day of the kidnapping, thanks to Kim's help, he brought the police to the warehouse in the suburbs in time. And after that, he was the one who arranged the hospital's affairs, and Charlie remembered all of that in the heart.
"Well, that's good. It seems that you are still young and fit, if it's me, I at least have to lie in the hospital for a year!" Kim said with a smile and noticed that there was someone behind Charlie. His smile was deeper. "Miss Lim is here, too?"
Wendy nodded her head as a greeting.
Gilbert looked over at the same time and his face darkened immediately. "How dare you bring this woman into my house!"
"I have something to tell you." Charlie said in a low voice.
Between the lines and inside the tone of his voice, he was warning Charlie.
Charlie didn't seem to understand or moved. He just asked in a low voice, "Dad, you don't agree, right?"
"I don't agree!" How could Gilbert agree? In front of Kim, Gilbert also wanted to show his attitude to avoid the misunderstanding between them, so he said fiercely, "I won't let you marry this woman unless I die!"
"I insist."
"Charlie!"
Gilbert was unable to control himself as he let out a furious roar.
He slapped the table and stood up, pointing his finger at his son. His eyes widened in anger. "Now that you're feathered, don't forget that I'm still the chairman of the Hogg's Group! Everything you have now is from me. Do you think anyone can take charge of an enterprise and become a CEO? Don't do anything that makes me angry, or else..."
Wendy's hands, which were on her knees, were clasped gently.
She heard a threat from Gilbert's words.
She then couldn't help but think about what happened four years ago. It was also because of her that when Charlie went against Gilbert for the first time, Gilbert had removed Charlie from his position as the CEO of the Hogg's Group and transferred him to a small company in Lim City...
Was it going to be a repeat of history...
The older, the wiser. Wendy swallowed a mouthful of saliva and began to worry about Charlie.
Charlie's expression didn't change. He smiled, and then stopped smiling. His voice was calm and cold. "Dad, you're not kicking me out of Hogg's Group this time, I'm the one who wants to leave."
As soon as Charlie said that, Gilbert, Kim, and even Wendy were shocked.
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