Chapter 102

CELINE’s POV

“Auntie…” Brylee hesitantly called out to her, and then she turned to look at me with panic clearly visible in her eyes. “Please refrain from saying anything like that to Celine. She had no intention of doing it on purpose…”

“Who is it that you’re calling Auntie?” Mrs. Anderson exclaimed with a frown etched deeply into her brow, her eyes getting wider. “I told you to address me as mom, didn’t I?”

Brylee focused her attention more intently on the food in front of her. ‘ But… but Seb and Celine have been married for quite some time. I… I am concerned that you will not bestow upon me the honor of being your daughter-in-law…”

As soon as she finished her words, tears began to spring up in her eyes, and I rolled mine, but this caused Mrs. Anderson’s face took on a worried expression as she drew closer to Brylee and began to gently stroke her back.

“Who says that you don’t have the honor?” Even though she was whispering, I was still able to make out what she was saying. “In just a couple of days, I’ll have my son divorce her. The Anderson family doesn’t need a daughter-in-law who can’t bear us a grandchild!” then she glared at me with great dissatisfaction.

“All right, now, you’re being too harsh… and I don’t like it! Celine is now our daughter-in-law and you can’t change that fact unless your own son wants her to divorce himself!” Mr. Anderson said firmly. “If others are going to hear what you’re saying, they might even call us a joke…”

“We’re at home, how could there be any outsiders? It’s not like Brylee is an outsider!” Mrs. Anderson stated as she moved away from Brylee

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and continued eating.

“What are you all discussing here?” a familiar voice suddenly

sounded and I turned to look at my husband who was approaching. directly towards us while dressed in a dark casual suit.

Instantaneously, Brylee’s eyes glowed with a mixture of helplessness and love as it dawned on her.

“My son… why did you return to the house so much earlier than usual today?” His mother was smiling widely, which was very different from the smile she had been giving previously.

“I’m done with the company matters for the day, so I came back earlier…” he said as he sat down next to me and grabbed my hand that was on top of the table. “Are you feeling better? Why did you come down?”

I could tell by looking out of the corner of my eye that Brylee had straightened her back and was blazing at our hands as they became intertwined.

“I’m fine now…” I responded with a warm grin permanently affixed to my lips.

“Jack told me that you have plans to acquire the Golden Kite Group. Is this true?” Mr. Anderson questioned out of the blue, making Sebastian tear his gaze away from me and release my hand.

“Yes, we’re still in the middle of discussing about it…” he replied and then murmured thank you to the se rvant who brought him another set of cutlery.

“Acquiring ownership of the Golden Kite Group is not a simple task. I’ve also heard that a number of other large corporations are keeping a close eye on it. Do you have sufficient faith that you will be able to obtain it?” The question was posed by his father as he passed the serving tray of rice to his son.

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“Let nature take its course…” Sebastian said while he flashed a small smile. After that, he reached for an apple and put it on my plate

before continuing. “Here, eat more…

William nodded. “All right… whenever you run into trouble, you know where to find me, son…” He then stood up and pushed his chair back after wiping the corners of his mouth with the table napkin. “I have an appointment with my friends to play golf. I’ll head over first…”

Everyone nodded busily.

“Brylee… I seem to remember that your father’s company belongs to the Golden Kite Group, right?” As Olivia turned to ask my sister, who had been attentively following Sebastian’s actions with her eyes.

Brylee nodded. “Yes… one of my father’s firms is under the Golden Kite Group, so if you acquire it, then…”

“Then we’ll be a family!” Olivia exclaimed. “Once we obtained it, the businesses acquired by your father will only rise up…

“Yeah…” Brylee said in haste. “I’m aware that once the group has been bought, there will be a great number of enterprises with which to divide the revenues. I would prefer it if people from the outside did not criticize my dad only because of the connections they have with our family. In the event that the acquisition is finalized, my father will most assuredly utilize his own talents in order to compete with those of the other businesses…”

It was clear to me that Brylee was trying to convey her thoughtfulness and kindness through these statements.

After giving a shrug of the shoulders, I shifted on my seat to face Sebastian, who was busy eating and obviously not paying attention to Brylee and his mother’s discussion about the Golden Kite group. “I want to start classes again on Monday…”

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Sebastian’s face contorted into a scowl as he stopped eating and

bited his head to look at me

“I have been out of school for a considerable amount of time… so, I need to make up for my classes as soon as possible…” I explained.

m scared that if I don’t catch up, I won’t be able to graduate this summer…”

“But you have yet to recover.” he said softly. “Give yourself a break and let me take care of everything in the meantime…”

“My body is fine…”I said. “T1l be okay…”

“Are you sure?” He asked as he looked at me intently with his dark eyes.

“Yeah.” I nodded and I lifted my hand to brush away the hair that was covering his eyes, and I almost laughed when he flinched from his seat at my gesture because I was only teasing Brylee…

The two of us were indulged in our little conversation, directly

ignoring Brylee’s existence, and I couldn’t help but smile when I saw her clenching her fists on the table.

However, the look of concern on her face had yet to subside. “Celine… you’re not fully recovered yet. Why don’t you give yourself a break and let your body regain the strength it’s been losing after you lost so much blood? I’ll help you with your assignments…”

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of cold water. But just as he was about to get up, he turned back to Brylee and asked, “Brylee… are you feeling better now?”

Brylee, who had been in a grumpy attitude, snapped out of it when she was confronted with his unexpected worry. My husband was greeted with a smile and an enthusiastic nod from her. “Yes, I’m much better now. Thank you for your concern…”

Sebastian nodded, then finally got up from his seat and wrapped his arm around my shoulder after releasing my wrist. “Since you’re almost recovered, you should go home. I believe that your parents would worry about you if they hadn’t seen you at home…”

And that rendered Brylee completely dumbfounded, while I couldn’t help but smirk as I looked at her.

“Let’s go…” Sebastian spoke softly into my ear before leading me to the elevator.

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