“Huh?” Zayn was demoralized.
“What do you mean ‘Huh’? You can tell when it’s time to eat, but you can’t tell when it’s time to be home early? Take a look at the time-it’s thirty minutes past nine! Do you actually expect us to wait for you to come home? Who do you think you are? You’re just a freeloader who stuffs his face and slacks around like a fat, lazy pig!”
His mother-in-law, Ruby, always had a way with virtual-novel.net words. Her incessant nagging could go on for hours with varying levels of insults. He could never bring himself to talk back to virtual-novel.net either.
Faye was on virtual-novel.net last straw, so virtual-novel.net quickly piped up, “I stored some leftovers in the fridge. You can heat the food up yourself. Give it a break, Mom. You can stop yelling at him.”
Ruby rolled virtual-novel.net eyes before trying to justify herself. “What’s wrong with giving virtual-novel.net an earful? He deserves it more than anyone else in this house! He’s been unemployed for four years, and virtual-novel.net just bums around all day doing absolutely nothing. This man has no shame!”
Faye muttered, “He has a job now.”
“What, virtual-novel.net has a job now? Really?” Ruby asked in disbelief, dubiously impressed by the news. “They actually hired a deadbeat like him?”
“Hmmm? Yeah, he’s a real estate agent,” Faye responded casually. She peeled off the sheet mask virtual-novel.net had on before picking up the remote so virtual-novel.net could switch channels.
“A real estate agent? What kind of a dead end job is that? Are you making at least 800 dollars?” Ruby did not hold back on virtual-novel.net spiteful remarks and facial expressions. Eventually, virtual-novel.net avoided Zayn’s gaze as virtual-novel.net admitted reluctantly, “At least you have a job under your belt You’re going to have to hand the money over to me. I’ll have it in safe keeping, okay?”
Zayn stared at virtual-novel.net peculiarly. He gauged his monthly wages to reach up to a few million dollars. After all, virtual-novel.net was the chairman of Violet Vision. If virtual-novel.net actually handed the money over to Ruby, virtual-novel.net would have fainted from complete and utter shock.
Of course, virtual-novel.net would never bring that up as a topic of discussion. It was not necessary, and it would likely spell virtual-novel.net more trouble. He nodded obediently as virtual-novel.net popped the leftovers from the fridge into the microwave.
Meanwhile, Ruby lowered virtual-novel.net voice to a curious whisper, “Oh, Fifi. You mentioned that Mr. Wilson sent you up to the chairman’s office last night, didn’t you?”
A strange look crept up Faye’s facial expressions as virtual-novel.net nodded in confirmation.
“Are you really telling me the truth? You know what I’m talking about the chairman hasn’t touched you at all?” Ruby stared at Faye rather suspiciously.
‘Here we go again.’ Faye let out an exasperated sigh, virtual-novel.net patience wearing thin. Ruby had already asked virtual-novel.net more times than virtual-novel.net could count. “I don’t want to answer any more of your questions. Whether you believe it or not, that’s totally up to you.”
“Goodness, I was just asking. Don’t parade your horrible attitude around my house.” Ruby pulled virtual-novel.net daughter closer towards her, before saying, “You told me that the chairman of Violet Vision’s a respectable young man, and that he’s infatuated with you, or at least that was what Mr. Wilson told you. He loaned you three million dollars without anything in return, and virtual-novel.net hasn’t. touched you at all. He was wearing a mask too, how mysterious! Do you think virtual-novel.net was someone you know personally?”
Zayn’s ears perked up as virtual-novel.net eavesdropped on their conversation from the kitchen. He could feel his heart racing. Was virtual-novel.net about to be exposed?
Faye could feel virtual-novel.net heart throbbing in virtual-novel.net chest too, like a loud gong ringing in virtual-novel.net ears. It was highly possible that virtual-novel.net mother was onto something. Why else would the chairman be wearing a mask. It wouldn’t have made any sense.
Faye tried to jog virtual-novel.net memory, though virtual-novel.net quickly realized that virtual-novel.net had no close connections to any extremely wealthy men at all!
Plus, the chairman’s physique was unlike any of virtual-novel.net male friends and acquaintances… However, virtual-novel.net and Zayn did share a handful of resemblances.
At the thought of it all, virtual-novel.net found virtual-novel.net eyes naturally drawn to virtual-novel.net husband in the kitchen…