Chapter 554

The woman was utterly stunned when she finally understood what Nicholas had intended to do all along. After a moment of silence, she jumped out of her seat as she said to the driver, “I’m sorry, sir;

please wait for a moment. I left something as well. Don’t leave just yet; I’ll be back really soon!” The woman then ran up the stairs excitedly. “Nicholas, please keep an eye here; don’t let the car leave without me!” she shouted.

Once she got home, her husband was still lazing around on the couch, watching TV. “Hurry! Get yourself ready and attend a wedding with me!” the woman urged.

Her husband squinted at her as he asked, “What wedding are you talking about? Didn’t we already agree that you were gonna go yourself? It’s so rare for me to have a day off; I just want to stay home and watch TV without going anywhere. Furthermore, aren’t we only giving 200 as the cash gift? 200 won’t be enough if we’re going together, right?”

With a frown, the woman replied, “200? I thought about it; I’ve decided that we’ll be giving 1,000 this time!”

“Are you mad?” Her husband jumped out of his seat immediately. “1,000? Are you really close to these people? You only gave 600 when your cousin got married; why would you give 1,000 this time?” he protested.

“Stop talking nonsense. Go get yourself ready. Also, call the kids. Get them to come home and head over to the wedding later in the evening,” she ordered.

Her husband continued to stare at her as he said, “I want you to explain everything to me now! Why are you giving them 1,000? What sort of relationship do you have with them?”

The woman lost her temper as she shouted, “Stop asking stupid questions! Do you know where this wedding is being hosted?”

“Where?” her husband asked, stunned.

She continued to shout at him. “Times Hotel! The Times Hotel in Eastcliff; have you heard of it? It’s the one that your factory manager used to brag about whenever he got drunk; the one that he claimed to have visited twice!

Now, the whole place is booked just for this wedding. Nicholas brought his wife and children along already! He’s a smart man… He said he’d be willing to spend 10,000 just to visit the place! After all, most people won’t even get the chance to enter the Times Hotel in their whole life. It’s fine if you want to miss out on an opportunity like this, but I’m bringing the kids along!”

After seconds of being as still as a rock, her husband finally jumped up and said, “Wait for me. I’ll call the kids now. Should I wear a suit? I should be a little more formal since it’s a wedding, right? Find me my leather shoes and put some wax on it; make sure it shines!”

Their family got busy with the preparations. At the same time, more and more people in their community were starting to get the news, and hype was building up within their area as everyone began to take action. Times Hotel was indeed a household name that everyone living in Eastcliff knew of.

Like what Nicholas said earlier, it was truly rare for anyone to even get the chance to set foot inside it.

The chances got lower amongst people like them, who would most probably live their entire lives without ever setting foot in the place, so who would give up on an opportunity like this one? Crowds of people gathered their families and brought all of them along.

The initial plan was for the wedding convoy to leave by 9.30AM. However, the clock had abruptly struck 10.00AM while the housing community still had people hustling and bustling all over the place.

They eventually had no choice but to get the wedding convoy to leave first. Tiger brought his men to stay in the community; their job was to bring the remaining people over.

Matthew’s orders were clear—the most important thing he wanted was for this wedding to look good.

He knew about the intentions of all the people in the community, but he didn’t really care about it. Ed and Wendy’s marriage didn’t receive any blessings previously, so it’d be great if the wedding could now be hosted in the most grand and beautiful way possible.

Additionally, Matthew also stated that it didn’t matter how many people came, and that people who came from this community didn’t need to provide any gifts or money to attend the wedding. Money didn’t matter; what mattered the most was Ed’s pride and dignity. Ed had been acting like a coward for years; this time, Matthew wanted him to shine with glory!