The Pinnacle Of Life

Chapter 72

After the dinner, Alex and Dorothy left Maple Villa as Alex had to help Brittany to get an over hundred- year-old ginseng.

Along the journey, Dorothy behaved like a curious baby.

“How do you know Charles?

“How come you are staying at Maple Villa? Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Both of you seem to be extraordinarily close!

“And, what about this car…”

Alex asked with a smile, “I honestly have no idea how to answer you as you threw so many questions to me in one go. In fact, it was because of Zoey. When Zoey was eating mountain hawthorn and it got stuck in her throat, I was just there to help and take it out.”

Dorothy asked with a frown, “Is that it? And he gave you such a big villa in return?”

Alex said, “Uhmm… we are just staying temporarily. He knew that we had no accommodation when I was kicked out by your mom, hence, so he asked us to move in.”

There was nothing wrong with his words. After all, his name was not registered on the property deed.

Dorothy said, “It doesn’t seem to be appropriate. Why don’t you move back with Mom?”

Alex quickly shook his head. “Your mom will kill me if I go back. Besides that, my mom is not a congenial person and both of them would end up fighting. Just leave it as it is. I’ll figure something out. What about you? Do you want to move here?”

“Where do I sleep?”

“My room.”

“Go away.”

She paused for a second as she thought that her words seemed somewhat unreasonable. Just like what Cheryl said, since she could not bear the responsibility of being a wife, what qualification did she have to hold back and refuse to divorce? Thus, she then said, “Give me some time. I’m not ready yet.”

Alex said, “It’s fine. I’m already used to it.”

His reply made Dorothy even more depressed. She wondered if they should just look for spare time and settle the matter someday!

In fact, it was quite challenging to find the hundred-year-old wild ginseng.

After checking with a few pharmacies, Alex could not find it. Even if some sellers claimed that they had the hundred-year-old ginseng, but after they were shown, only did he realize they were just a hoax. It would be great if the ginseng were at least fifty years old.

At this time, Alex’s phone rang.

He took a look and saw Claire’s name on the screen again.

Alex said, “I think it’s better for you to switch on your phone. Otherwise, your mom will be calling me all day and you know I’ll get a headache whenever I hear her voice.”

“You endured it for the past six months though.”

“I couldn’t give up on you.”

With that, he finally answered the call after Dorothy glared at him.

“Yes, Mom!”

“Get Dorothy to answer the call.”

“She’s not here…”

“Stop fooling me, Emma saw both of you had dinner together and she’s now at my place with her father. Hurry and get her to come home. We have something urgent to discuss.”

Claire hung up the call as soon as she finished talking.

Alex said with a smile, “Anderson and Emma are at your place now.”

Dorothy said, “Uncle Anderson has never paid a visit to my house as he thought that bad luck would fall on him if he ever comes over. Why are they at my house now?”

Alex said, “Do you still not see it? They certainly came over to apologize! Assex Constructions will be badly impacted if they lose the deal with Waylon Realty. Hence, Madame Joanne was driven to act desperately by offering the position of general manager and 10% of the company shares.

Emma must have gone back and complained to Madame Joanne about you since she failed to get Charles’ greenlight and saw you having dinner with him. However, Madame Joanne is too smart. She knows your words might get through Charles from your interaction, so she must have wanted your help to get the deal by forcing the father and daughter to apologize to you.”

Dorothy said in surprise, “But, what good would it do? It’s such a big contract. Is Charles going to change his mind just because of me?”