My Dreamy Old Husband

Christine was a fool since she would naively comply each time her family asked for money. It was the same if someone from her hometown asked her to help them to find a job—she would provide them with food and accommodation while taking the trouble to go around to look for a job for them.

All her relatives needed to do was just rest at a fancy hotel while waiting for the jobs to knock on their doorstep.

In no time, her good reputation had spread far and wide through word of mouth. People from her hometown came to look for her and complimented her father for having raised his daughter into who she was. But, on the flip side, no one thought of how she struggled in Bayside City on her own.

Maddie comforted Christine as they drove to the latter’s house. At home, Christine continued to cry as calls from her family members kept coming in with each one taking turns to berate her.

Maddie resented the thought of returning to her hometown and she vouched never to return. She did not want to have anything with the people back home. But then, it’s still my home and where my roots are.

She had to simply evade them for Christine’s sake.

Christine cried for a while. Then, Maddie advised her to take a day off and return to work the next day.

Maddie then headed home as she thought about what had happened. Shortly after, she opened her jewelry box.

Normally, she would make an effort to wear the same attire as her colleagues and try not to stand out from the crowd. But, at the same time, she did not want to appear shabby while disliking luxury items. However, as the youngest Madam Fletcher in the family, she definitely had a few presentable pieces of jewelry. She dug through the box and found a string of pearl necklaces that were more expensive than what Bethany owned.

Maddie never had the chance to wear it or even remove it from its packaging.

She knew that having broken Bethany’s necklace, Christine had caused quite a ruckus because of what she earned. In their industry, it sounded exaggerated that an endorsement would pay up to millions. However, only one-tenth of the amount would be in the artist’s pocket, provided that the agency was reliable.

Christine was not even an A-list celebrity—she was merely a newbie and ranked as a D-list celebrity at best. By putting two and two together, it was certain that she could not afford to pay three million as she just gave several million to her family to purchase a house and did not have any money left.

other hand, Maddie did not have the time or opportunity to wear it. I might as well let Christine have it since she is

to give it away and allow other women to wear

planned to bring it

at night, she had already cooked dinner. Drew and Lorelei were also

arrived, Lorelei had always been a mischievous child. When Joel first adopted her, she could not speak even a word of Cethosian, and since the former was rather busy with work, Maddie, as the child’s mother, had to teach her to speak the language

the language

Mommy,” Lola suddenly greeted in

reached out for her. Both father and daughter were about to

will be as good as Papa and his sister in the

he was actually

life was perfect. She even vowed to hold onto

you doing? Your uncle’s daughter, Tawny has

“My a*s! She

no choice but to look for Tawny. She quickly gave Christine a ring and relayed the news to her. “Chrissy, Tawny has not returned. I can’t get her through the phone—” she revealed in a worried

right now. Wait for me at home; let’s

for Christine and thrash it out with her.

changed her clothes and informed Joel. “Dear, I have to be at the office as I have to report on a piece of breaking news. I’ll be working throughout the night. Do

he silently made his way behind her as

at war again. The editorial department has to ensure that the script is

searched for her purse as she dared not

suddenly grabbed her and stared at her. “Which countries in Africa are at war? Who is involved with the crossfire? Where is

such news. She then babbled, “How would