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CHAPTERS 1196 - 1200
CHAPTER 1196
Seeing that Silvia had sat down, Alina was a little puffed up. "Would you like to order a drink for yourself?"
Silvia said coldly, "No thanks. Just get straight to the point already. I don't want to see your face any longer and I believe that you don't want to see mine either. So stop making things harder for both of us."
Alina shook the wine glass in her hand and said, "If I remembered it correctly, you are very good at drinking, aren't you? So why aren’t you drinking now? Are you afraid that I will poison you?"
Silvia did not want to drink because she had promised Andrew to not drink for the entire month. She did not want to anger him again, so she had to keep her promise. However, there was no need for her to explain all that to Alina, so she replied, "That's right. I'm really scared that you will poison me. I believe that you would want to do that if you could."
"Yeah, I really wanted to poison you. But if I really wanted to do that, I would have chosen a place where no one else was around, right?" Alina looked around. "There are so many surveillance cameras here. If I were to poison you, I would be digging my own grave, wouldn't I? My life still has its meaning, I don't want to lose it because of that cheap life of yours.“
"You're absolutely right. You can't wait to poison me to death, and I can't wait to see you die. So could you please tell me what you want from me now?" Silvia did not have the patience to chat with Alina anymore. Rather than wasting her time listening to her bullsh‘t, she might as well chat with Andrew on the phone, right?
Whenever they chatted on the phone, she would be the one who did most of the talking and he would only reply to her message occasionally, but she was still happy.
"Well, since you don't want to drink with me, I will just get straight to the point then." Alina took out a thumb drive from her bag and placed it in front of Silvia. "This is a big gift from me to you. Take it back and look at it alone. Make sure that you don't let your two male friends see it."
"You're giving me a huge gift but I can't watch it with my male friends?" Silvia picked up the USB flash drive and looked at it. "What's in it?"
"You'll have to see for yourself. I can guarantee that you will thank me after you're done watching it." Alina raised her glass and finished the drink in it. "You're just so lucky throughout your entire life, Silvia."
Silvia was not in the mood to listen to Alina’s nonsense anymore. She got up and wanted to leave, but Alina grabbed on to her arm. "In the past, you had Felix who loved you and protected you, so no one dared to touch you. Now that Felix is gone, you've got Andrew by your side instead. Tell me, what is it about you that could make them fall for you?"
"Even if you asked me, I wouldn't know the answer." Silvia kept the USB flash drive in her pocket and continued, "If you want to know, then you should go ask them and not me."
"Do you think I've never thought of that?" She really wanted to ask them. If she knew the reason, she could then make them fall for her. However, she did not have the opportunity to do that at all.
In the past, Felix and Alina were schoolmates and they were both members of the student council. They had spent a lot of time together, but no matter what tricks Alina had used on him, Felix would not even bat an eye.
As for Andrew, she could not even get close to him, let alone to make him notice her.
"Then go ask them." After that, Silvia immediately turned around and walked away, leaving Alina looking at her back and gnashing her teeth in hatred.
Alina's mind had always been wicked, and Silvia knew about it all these while.
The things that Alina had given her would never be of any good. Silvia knew that she should not have accepted it. However, she was curious about the content in it, so she ended up accepting the USB flash drive that Alina had given her.
As for the contents, Silvia would have to take a look at home. Once Silvia got home, she immediately rushed to her bedroom and turned on the laptop.
The moment she opened the folder in the thumb drive, Silvia was stunned. The thumb drive was full of explicit pictures and videos of different women.
After taking a careful look at the pictures, Silvia noticed that the shooting angle was somewhat unusual. If she had guessed correctly, these photos must have been secretly taken without those women's consent.
Silvia clicked on the mouse and scrolled through the folder. As she continued to flip through it, she saw an extremely familiar face.
She was familiar with this face because she saw it in the mirror every single day. It was herself.
In that photo, she was in her undergarments. Except for her private parts, her whole body was exposed in the picture.
"D‘mn it, who did this?"
Silvia observed the pictures carefully. Judging from the backgrounds, Silvia was somewhat sure that the pictures were taken in her dormitory on campus.
Could it be that someone had installed a pinhole camera in her dormitory?
Silvia continued to look through the photos. After looking through more than a hundred of them, she finally came across two other female students who had shared the same dormitory with her. However, their situation was way worse than hers. They were completely naked in the photos.
D‘mn it! Who the f‘ck did this?
How could such a thing happen in such a prestigious university in Madison City?
Silvia picked up her mobile phone and wanted to call the principal to report this matter to him. However, before she could press on the call button, she suddenly realized that it was already late in the evening.
The principal had already got off work, and no one would be in the principal's office to answer the phone.
However, she was not in a hurry. As long as she had the evidence with her, she could still report to the principal the next morning.
Just as Silvia was immersed in her thoughts, a deep male voice suddenly sounded behind her. "What are you looking at? You're so engrossed in it."
"Oh, it's nothing..." Silvia shut the laptop. She did not want Andrew to know that she was being photographed without her consent.
"If there's nothing then let's go downstairs to have dinner." Andrew knew that she was hiding something from him, but he decided not to ask her about it. He knew that he would not be able to get her to tell him anything anyway. If he really wanted to know, asking her was not the only way. He had his own means to find out.
"Okay." Silvia nodded obediently.
Throughout the entire meal, Silvia had been lowering her head and thinking about those pictures in the thumb drive. She was so occupied by the thought that she did not even have a piece of the buffalo wings that Auntie Cherry had prepared for her. Seeing her being like this, Andrew was even more certain that something must have happened to her.
He picked up a piece of the buffalo wings and put it on Silvia's plate. "This is your favorite dish, why aren't you eating it?"
Silvia took another bite of her food and said sulienly, “I don't feel quite well so I didn't feel like eating it. Um, you can continue eating, I'll go upstairs first."
Andrew stopped her. "Silvia!"
Silvia asked, "Yeah?"
Andrew said, "Do you still remember what I told you?"
Silvia said, "You've said so many things to me. How would I know which one you are referring to?"
Andrew then said, "Sit down and tell me honestly. What happened?"
Andrew was frustrated to see this young lady in such a depressed state but still chose not to tell him about it. Silvia asked, "Huh? Did something happen?"
Andrew raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you sure that you're alright?"
She did not want to tell him about it, but it seemed like he was going to get mad at her again. Silvia did not want him to get angry, therefore after hesitating for a while, she decided to tell him.
"Someone had taken some pictures of me without my consent. It's not only me. My roommates and the other girls at the university had fallen victim to it too. There were explicit pictures, and also videos..." The more Silvia talked about it, the more emotional she was. "F’ck, if I ever find out who did this, I'll definitely skin him alive."
CHAPTER 1197
Silvia was furious. There were so many videos and photos! it was possible that almost every single female student at the university had their pictures taken.
"Young Master Carter, could you please help me analyze this? Who on earth could pull this off?"
After listening to Silvia's statement, a sharp look flashed in Andrew's eyes. However, he quickly disguised it, saying calmly, "Okay, I got it.
"You got it?" She had just told him that she got photographed. Shouldn't he at least expressed anger about it or even comfort her.
Who would have thought that Andrew, this son of a b‘tch, would act like nothing had happened after listening to the entire story, right? And the only response that he had given her was, "I got it."
No matter what, she was still his legally wedded wife. Now that his wife was being secretly photographed. How could he as her husband react so indifferently?
Was this a normal reaction that a man would have?
"Andrew Carter, you..." Silvia was disappointed in him. She did not know how to react to his indifference so she said, "Forget it, I'm going to bed now. Don't come over and disturb me later. I don't want to talk to you."
She was really angry at Andrew. It was alright for him to act like this if he did not know about anything. But now that he knew, he was still acting so calmly and indifferently. His behavior had annoyed her.
If this was to happen in the past, Silvia would definitely get into a fight with him. However, she was now learning to control her temper, to compromise with, and to get along with him.
Regardless of the seriousness of the matter, as long as it was related to Silvia, it would be a big deal to Andrew. Moreover, what happened this time was utterly serious. Andrew obviously cared about it. However, he was not like her. He would never show all his feelings to everyone. "Don't bother yourself with this matter anymore."
“You... Andrew, don't let me see your face again tonight and don't talk to me. I don't want to get into a fight with you." She and her roommates were being photographed without their consent. Since she had already gotten her hands on the evidence, how could she just ignore it?
Silvia really could not figure out what this man was thinking. Perhaps, all he cared about was all those women. For instance, that beautiful Dr. Thames.
Andrew said, "Just listen to me."
"Andrew, I must be a dumb‘ss if I actually listen to you." Silvia glared at him fiercely. Then she turned around and ran upstairs.
She must not let this matter go just like this. She had decided that she would hand in the evidence to the chancellor first thing the next morning so that the chancellor could assemble a special team to investigate this matter. Then, she would not have to worry that the culprit behind all of these would continue to be on the lam.
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After Andrew was done with his work, he went back to his room and noticed that Silvia was not in the room. Whenever this young lady was angry at him, she would definitely sleep in separate rooms with him.
If she didn't come to his room, did she think that he would not go over to her room instead? This silly girl actually thought that she could stop him from getting close to her like this. What a childish thought she had.
After taking a shower, Andrew went over to Silvia's room only with a towel wrapped around his body. When he went into her room, he found that she was already deep asleep. However, she was still holding on to the laptop in her arms.
One of the great things about Silvia was that no matter how serious the matter she was facing at the moment, she would still be able to eat and sleep normally. She would never worry about the things that she had no control over.
He sat on her bedside, and took the laptop away. Then, he covered her with the blanket as he said, "Silly woman, why are you so dumb? How could I tolerate someone who takes explicit pictures of my woman?"
Of course not!
He pinched her cheek, and got to the other side of the bed, and sat next to her. He turned on her laptop, clicked on the album, and deleted all the pictures of Silvia.
No matter how her body looked, it was only for him. If anyone else wanted to see her body, he would make them blind.
After deleting Silvia's photos, Andrew took out his mobile phone and made a phone call. "Someone had been sneaking shots of the female students at University A. I want you to look into it, and let me know what you've got by tomorrow morning."
After making the phone call, Andrew placed the laptop on the nightstand. He lay down and held Silvia, who was sleeping like a log, in his arms. Then he began reclaim the debts that she had owed him for the past few days.
Silvia, who was woken up by his movements, grabbed on to his hand and said, "Stop it, Andrew! I want to sleep!"
"You can continue sleeping. I will just..." His wife was right in his arms. He did not want to restrain himself any longer, not even for a second more. Therefore, he had made up his mind that he would reclaim all the debts that she had owed him.
"Andrew, ah... don't, can you not..." Silvia resisted him. However, all men had a strong desire to conquer the opposite s‘x. Therefore, the more she struggled, the more excited he was.
In just one night, the two of them had made love a few times. In the end, Silvia was so worn out that she was lying feebly in his arms and she barely had the energy to breathe. "You are an animal!"
After staying up for the entire night, Silvia had undoubtedly woken up late the next morning. She was late for her class again.
Before this, she was always late for classes because she was busy with work. However, it was different that day. It was all because of Andrew, that animal who did not know what self-abstinence was.
Silvia dragged her exhausted body to the classroom. When Prince saw her, he quickly leaned into Silvia's ear and said, "Boss, something huge has happened."
Judging from Prince's reaction, Silvia instinctively patted on the thumb drive that was in her pocket. Could it be that Prince had already found out about it?
However, Prince did not notice Silvia's unusual behavior so he continued with a sigh, "As the saying goes, we should never judge a book by its cover. Mr. Donald is really the epitome of this saying."
"What? What's wrong with Mr. Donald?" Silvia's initial plan was to go to the chancellor's office to look for Mr. Donald after this class. Could it be that the culprit had already known that she was going to see Mr. Donald so he acted before her and framed Mr. Donald? Or perhaps Mr. Donald had already found out about the incident and had already caught the culprit?
Prince put on a complacent look and said, "Boss, something happened to Mr. Donald. Didn't you hear about it yet?"
Silvia shook her head. "I haven't heard of it. What happened to him?"
Prince said, "You probably also aren't aware that something big is going to happen in our school, right?"
Silvia's face was full of confusion. "What is it?"
Prince said, "Mr. Donald had forced quite a number of female students to sleep with him. This includes Alina, who was recently expelled."
Silvia's head was buzzing as she heard the news. It had taken her quite a long time to react to it. "Prince, don't talk nonsense! You really shouldn't be joking about these things."
Prince said, "Exactly. I know that it's a serious issue, so do you think I will actually joke about things like this? I'm really telling the truth. You're probably the only person on campus who doesn't know about this yet."
Silvia still couldn't believe that the kind and gentle Mr. Donald would do such a thing. "Prince, are you sure it was Mr. Donald and not someone else?"
Prince took out his mobile phone and logged on to the university's online forum. He searched for the post involving Mr. Donald's incident and handed the phone over to Silvia. "An anonymous person had posted this on the school's online forum at 3 AM. this morning."
Silvia took over the phone and read the post carefully. The post had a detailed breakdown on all the crimes that Mr. Donald had committed.
CHAPTER 1198
The anonymous post stated how Mr. Donald had abused his power and forced his female students to sleep with him. Besides that, he was also the one who installed the pinhole cameras in the female dormitory and he had even stolen undergarments that belonged to some of the female students.
The more she read, the more shocking it was. After reading the entire post, Silvia felt like she had been to hell and back.
A university was supposed to be a sacred and beautiful place, but such an infuriating thing had happened at this very place.
"It turned out that he was the one who took the photos! And he was the culprit of the incident of the missing undergarments that happened on campus the last time!" Silvia sighed softly.
She had never expected that the pervert behind all these would be Mr. Donald. He was someone who was highly respected by the students. It was no wonder that Prince would speak in such a regretful tone. It was indeed true that one should never judge a book by its cover.
Prince added, "As soon as Mr. Donald had arrived at his office, the police had immediately arrested him. Boss, it seems like there will be a bloody storm happening in University A very soon."
Silvia sighed and said, "Our university had always been under the eyes of the public. Now that our chancellor had gotten into a deep mess, of course a bloody storm would happen."
University A was the most prestigious university in Madison City. Now that the chancellor was in such deep trouble, it would definitely be shocking news to the public.
The very first place that this news had gone viral was the university's online forum and eventually, everything went out of control. After the chancellor was arrested that morning, the news had already started to spread like wildfire on the Internet.
Anyone who was literate and had access to the Internet would know about this incident. University A, the higher education institution which had gone through a hundred years of ups and downs, was once again put through an ordeal.
Since the current chancellor was being arrested by the police, the university would have to elect a new chancellor. Within a short period of time, there was already a long thread on the university's online forum, discussing the potential candidates who would be taking over the position as the chancellor.
Mr. Donald was being reported anonymously. Therefore, that would mean that the party who would be benefited the most through this incident would be the person who had the greatest potential to be the next chancellor. Because of that, there was already a group of people online speculating that the candidates for the new chancellor might have something to do with Mr. Donald's arrest.
However, even if that was really the case, one could only say that the person had done a favor for the people by eliminating such an evildoer. As an educator, Mr. Donald's actions were absolutely unacceptable. He deserved to be arrested.
Just as everyone was talking about the potential candidates, Silvia had once again received a text message from Alina. "Silvia, thanks for helping me out!"
Silvia did not understand what Alina was talking about, so she replied, "Alina, what the hell are you trying to say?"
Alina replied, "I want to thank you for getting rid of that sc‘mbag for everyone's sake. Silvia, if it weren't for you, Mr. Donald would still be going around the school, harming other girls."
Silvia replied, "Huh... you’ve really thought too highly of me. I've only found out about the incident yesterday after you gave me the thumb drive. How could I know that Mr. Donald was the culprit? Moreover, even if I knew that it was him, I didn't have the evidence to take action. Also, as I said, I wasn't the one who posted that anonymous article on the forum. If you want to thank someone, then it should be the one who posted the article, not me."
Alina said, "Of course I know that you wouldn't have such an ability to make things turn out like this. I'm just teasing you. You don't have to be so serious about it."
Alina obviously knew that Silvia did not have the ability to bring Mr. Donald to justice. However, the man by Silvia's side was the most influential man in Madison City. As long as she could make him get into action, Mr. Donald would not even have the chance to fight back at all.
Look, she had just handed the evidence to Silvia the day before, and Mr. Donald was already taken away by the police the next morning.
Apart from Andrew, who else would be able to get their hands on all the evidence within such a short period of time so that the police could arrest the culprit right away?
Of course there was no one else who could do that!
Even if there were, no one would make a fuss over such a trivial matter. However, Andrew was different. Silvia was one of the victims in this incident.
Silvia Turner!
Every time Alina thought of this person, Alina really wanted to tear her into pieces. She thought that Silvia‘s existence was to remind her how sad and miserable her life was.
Silvia had a pair of parents who loved and doted on her, a wonderful first love, a bunch of friends who would go through life and death with her, and now an influential member of the Carter family protecting her.
But what about Alina? Her first love didn't treat her sincerely. She did not have any friends who would go through thick and thin with her, and she didn't have a backer who could support her like how Andrew was to Silvia.
All she had was her body, which was tarnished and full of scars, and the nightmare of being humiliated by Mr. Donald...
Perhaps, without Mr. Donald, she could still fight for her life. However, after being humiliated countless times, she knew that her life was completely over.
Thinking of her miserable past, Alina looked in the direction where Mr. Donald was being imprisoned with a solemn look in her eyes. "You old piece of sh‘t, I've told you that if I'm going down, I will bring you down with me."
She had nothing left. She had no one who loved her and no qualifications. On top of that, her reputation had fallen in disrepute.
Therefore, what was there for her to care about in this world? What was there for her to be afraid of?
Nothing! Nothing at all!
The chancellor's arrest had caused a huge impact on the university. The lecturers were not in the mood to teach while the students just could not keep their focus during the classes. Everyone’s attention was all focused on the incident and they were all eagerly waiting for the latest update on Mr. Donald's case.
That went the same for Silvia too. She was not in the mood to listen to what the lecturer was teaching anymore. All she could think about was the two text messages that Alina had sent to her. What exactly was Alina trying to tell her?
"Boss, who do you think this anonymous person who posted the article on the forum was?" Everyone was guessing who this person was, but no one could figure it out. Prince had been discussing it with a group of people, but they could not come out with a conclusion at all. Therefore, he went over to Silvia and asked for her opinion.
Silvia lay on the desk and replied feebly, "How would I know who posted it? Prince, I'm really frustrated about something else now, so don't come here and bother me."
Prince asked, "What's the matter, Boss?"
Silvia said, "I met up with Alina yesterday and she had given me a thumb drive. And in that thumb drive were all those explicit photos and videos that were secretly taken of those female students."
Prince said in surprise, “Boss, so you've known about it a long time ago?"
Silvia corrected him, ”No, I only knew that someone had been secretly taking pictures of the female students in our dormitory, but I had no idea that it was Mr. Donald. I was planning to hand over the evidence to him today."
"Boss..." Prince suddenly thought of something, "Alina was one of the victims. Mr. Donald was already being arrested right after she had given you the thumb drive. Don't you think that things are a little fishy?"
"Could it be that..." Silvia suddenly thought of Andrew. She also recalled the calm look on his face when he heard about the news the night before. Was it just an illusion? In fact, he minded that someone secretly photographed her, so he had asked someone to gather all the evidence on Mr. Donald?!
CHAPTER 1199
Silvia had never thought that Andrew would meddle in other people's business. Now that she had thought of Andrew, Silvia was almost certain that Andrew must have something to do with Mr. Donald's arrest.
In Madison City, it was almost impossible for an ordinary person to take down the chancellor of University A overnight. However, Andrew was definitely capable of doing so.
"Boss, have you figured out who it was?" Prince looked at Silvia expectantly, hoping that she could give him an answer. It would not matter even if it was not the actual answer. He only wanted some sort of clue, so that he could look further into it.
Silvia nodded her head and said, "I did think of someone."
Prince asked anxiously, "Who is it?"
Silvia said, "Alina Bell."
Prince wailed, "Boss, can you stop teasing me? Alina already got expelled, she wouldn't be able to log in to our school forum at all. How could she be the one who posted the article last night?"
Prince and the other students had been going in the wrong direction while trying to find out who the whistleblower was. As the article was posted on the school forum, they thought it must be a lecturer or student who did it. However, they had completely neglected the fact that hackers could have done so.
If someone really wanted to do so, it would not be a difficult task to bypass the firewall and post that article on the school forum.
Silvia shrugged and said, "If it's not her and I really have no idea who it was. You were the one who said that everything that happened was too coincidental, so the only person that I could think of is Alina Bell."
Silvia was very clear that Andrew was probably the one behind Mr. Donald's arrest. However, she did not want anyone else to know that it was him.
Andrew had nothing to do with this incident to begin with, so she should not drag him into this matter. Therefore, Silvia had decided to protect him, so that he would not get involved in this mess.
"Boss, you..." Prince thought that Silvia had already figured out who was the one behind all these, so he was full of expectations. However, now that he had gotten such an answer, Prince could not help but feel anxious.
"I really have no idea. What do you want me to do then? Even if you kneel down on your knees and beg me, I still wouldn't have the answer." Silvia picked up her bag and continued, "Since the lecturers are not in the mood to teach, I guess that I'll just go home first then."
"Okay, see you tomorrow." Prince did not want to go home. He wanted to stay on campus and continue to discuss the incident with his classmates. If he did not find out who posted that article, he would never be able to fall asleep!
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Silvia went home earlier than usual. When she got home, Andrew was not there while Auntie Cherry was busy trimming the bushes in the yard with the gardener.
When Auntie Cherry noticed that Silvia was home, she quickly dropped the scissors and went up to greet her. "Miss Turner, why are you back home so early?"
"Yeah, I have nothing else to do in school, so I came back home earlier." When she entered the villa, she saw that Andrew's slippers were still on the shoe rack, so she asked, "Auntie Cherry, is Andrew not at home?"
"It's Tuesday today, of course, the Master wouldn't be at home at this hour." Then, Auntie Cherry immediately realized that she had said something she shouldn't have!
"Where did he go?" In Silvia's view, Andrew was just a rich kid who had nothing to do all day and only knew how to spend his father's money. If he wasn't home, it was very likely that he had gone out to pick up girls.
"I'm not sure about that." Needless to say, Andrew was at the company. However, Andrew had prohibited everyone from talking nonsense in front of Silvia. Auntie Cherry did not know what she could actually say, so it was better for her to just pretend like she did not know anything.
"Auntie Cherry, is there something that I shouldn't know of?" Auntie Cherry words didn't match. If Silvia couldn't notice it, there must be something wrong with her head.
"Huh? Of course not." Auntie Cherry smiled awkward|y and quickly changed the topic. "By the way, Miss Turner, are you hungry now? I'll go get you something to eat."
"Auntie Cherry, I've already had lunch so I'm not hungry now. You should get back to what you were doing just now. Don't worry about me." Silvia knew that she would not be able to get anything out of Auntie Cherry, so she did not probe further into it.
Besides, her mother had told her that trust was the most important thing between a couple. Therefore, it would be the best for her to not overthink about everything and create conflict between the two of them.
Her parents had been in love for decades and it was largely because of the trust they had for each other. Therefore, Silvia was willing to listen to her mother's advice and choose to believe in Andrew.
However, Silvia did not expect that the two people who she was currently thinking about, were now drinking coffee and chatting at a café.
Mrs. Turner had always known about Andrew's existence. She knew that he had paid for her medical expenses, that he had arranged the best care worker for her, that he had been helping Silvia behind her back and that they had already gotten their marriage certificate.
The reason why Mrs. Turner knew about all this was because Andrew had no intention of hiding it from her at all. Moreover, Mrs. Turner was a clever and observant woman.
When Mrs. Turner was admitted at the hospital, Andrew had hired a care worker to take care of her. However, in less than a week, Mrs. Turner had already found out from the care worker that who was the one who hired her.
Mrs. Turner knew about a lot of things. However, Silvia, who was not very meticulous, was not aware about it. Moreover, it was still the best if Silvia knew nothing. Otherwise, Mrs. Turner did not know how Silvia would look at things if she were to realize that Andrew was the one who had been helping her.
In order not to let Silvia overthink, Mrs. Turner had instinctively taken Andrew's side and hid quite some things from Silvia.
Although Mrs. Turner and Andrew had not officially met up, there was already a tacit understanding between the two of them in handling anything that was related to Silvia.
After contemplating for a long time and taking all kinds of factors into consideration, Mrs. Turner thought that it was time for her to meet up with her son-in-law. Therefore, she had secretly gotten Andrew's phone number from Silvia's mobile phone and sent Andrew a text message when Silvia was not at home.
Mrs. Turner was the one who decided on the venue. She had proposed to meet up at a café that was close to her house. Mrs. Turner never liked drinking coffee. However, considering that Andrew was a young man and coffee was something that the younger generation liked, Mrs. Turner had chosen to meet up with him at a café.
The café was located just across the street from her place. Therefore, she had arrived at the café earlier than the appointed time.
Andrew was still in a meeting when he received Mrs. Turner's text message. When he realized that it was from his mother-in-law, he immediately passed his work to his assistant and rushed to the appointed venue.
By the time he had arrived at the café, Mrs. Turner was already there waiting for him. Although he had arrived early, he still felt bad for letting an elder wait for him.
He walked to the table where Mrs. Turner was at and apologized, "Auntie, I'm sorry I'm late!"
"No, you're not late at all. You‘ve arrived earlier than the agreed time," Mrs. Turner replied as she continued to stare at Andrew blatantly!
CHAPTER 1200
Mrs. Turner was a well-educated and polite woman. There was never once she had ever stared at someone so rudely. However, she was looking at her precious daughter's husband, how could she not take a good look at him?
After scrutinizing Andrew from head to toe, Mrs. Turner arrived at a conclusion. He was indeed a handsome and dignified looking man.
Judging from Andrew's appearance alone, he was definitely worthy of Silvia. Silvia would never be wronged for marrying him.
However, a person's appearance was just an external condition. Mrs. Turner wanted to know if Andrew would treat Silvia right and how long would he be good to her.
What if Andrew's affection for Silvia was only temporary? What if he had fallen for her just because she was something new to him, and his feelings would fade away as time went on? If he was really such a man, Mrs. Turner would never let Silvia to be with him no matter what.
Although Mrs. Turner was staring and studying him like this, Andrew did not show any dissatisfaction. It was normal for a mother who was meeting her son-in-law for the first time to behave like this. On the other hand, if Mrs. Turner was being indifferent to him, he would have to worry instead.
After a long time had passed, Mrs. Turner finally realized that she had been staring at Andrew for far too long. She cleared her throat and asked, "Mr. Carter, are you willing to have a good chat with me?"
Andrew nodded and said, "Of course I do, Auntie. It's my honor that you've taken the initiative to meet up with me."
Mrs. Turner asked, "So if I didn't look for you, you wouldn't have come to me at all?"
Andrew was dumbfounded.
It was not that he had not thought about it. He was just taking into account Silvia's feelings, waiting for Silvia to bring him to meet her mother instead.
With one sentence, Andrew was already at a loss for words. Mrs. Turner did not intend to speak like this either. However, for her daughter's sake, she had to be clear with her words. "Mr. Carter, how long do you plan to be with Silvia?"
Mrs. Turner immediately got straight to the point and Andrew was also very frank with his answer. "Auntie, when I wrote Silvia's name on the marriage certificate, I've already decided to spend the rest of my life with her. Otherwise, I wouldn't have made an effort to register our marriage."
It was indeed a little impulsive to get married so soon, but they had already had s‘x. Andrew thought that marrying Silvia would be the best way to compensate her.
Although their relationship did not start so perfectly, he was willing to spend the rest of his life to make up to her.
Upon hearing Andrew's answer, Mrs. Turner felt much more relieved. She looked at him and said, "Silvia is a stubborn and hot tempered young lady. She doesn't know how to back down nor did she know how to be flexible in dealing with her problems... so if she loses her temper at you, please do compromise with her a little bit more. After she has calmed down, she would be much easier to talk to."
Andrew nodded and said, "I will, Auntie."
Mrs. Turner added, "Mr. Carter, no matter what, please take good care of her. You must take good care of her, and never let her feel aggrieved or sad. I know that it may be too much of me to make such a request, but every mother would want her child to have a good life. I don't expect you to understand my feelings but I only hope that you can always be good to her and take good care of her."
"Auntie, Silvia is my wife. If I don't take care of her, who else would?" This was Andrew's answer to Mrs. Turner.
She was his wife, of course, he had to dote on her and protect her... However, if Silvia were to push his buttons, he would still have to punish her. He must not let her off easily.
"Well, I'm relieved to hear that." At this moment, Mrs. Turner's mobile phone suddenly rang. She picked up the cell phone and saw the name on the screen, 'Baby'.
It was Silvia who had called her on the phone. Mrs. Turner gave Andrew a knowing look, asking him not to make a sound. Then, she answered the call and said, "Baby, aren't you supposed to be in class now?"
"Mom, something has happened at the university. The lecturers are not in the mood to teach, so I came home early." Silvia's petulant tone sounded from the other side of the phone. "Mom, I have something to ask you. I need you to analyze it for me."
Mrs. Turner smiled and said, "Tell me about it. Let's see if I can be of any help."
Silvia said, "Mom, if someone who's close to you helped you a lot, will you do anything to thank him?"
Mrs. Turner glanced at Andrew, who was sitting across her and said with a smile, "Of course I would. It is because we are very close to each other that we should express our gratitude towards that person."
Silvia asked again, "Then how do we do that?"
Mrs. Turner said, "Well, it depends on who you wanted to express your gratitude to. For instance... Silvia, tell me, who do you want to thank?"
Silvia stammered, "It's not me. I'm just asking for a friend. By the way, you know that friend too. It's Audrey."
Mrs. Turner said, "If that's the case, I would just give Audrey a phone call then. I'll talk to her in person. It would be better if I talked to her directly than you being the middle man."
Silvia shouted, "Mom, how can you do this...? Okay, I'll just admit it, okay? It's Andrew, that b‘stard. He had helped me big time and I don't know if I should thank him or not."
When she left the house that morning, she was still angry at him. She was angry that he did not comfort her. Moreover, he had even made her do it with him for the entire night, and now that her body was aching all over.
Mrs. Turner said in a gentle voice, "Silvia, since you're asking me, then that proves that you wanted to thank him. Since you want to thank him, then you should just follow what your heart says and don't think too much about it anymore."
Silvia said happily, "Okay Mom, I get it now. I'll go get ready for it now."
Mrs. Turner stopped Silvia, who was going to hang up the phone. "Silvia, you're already an adult. You must learn to control your temper. Don‘t act impulsively and make sure that you think before making any decisions. Also, when two people get together, it's important to learn how to tolerate each other‘s flaws and mistakes."
Mrs. Turner was not only advising Andrew, but also Silvia. Now that the two of them were her children, she had to be fair to both of them.
Silvia said, "Mom, I'm being very tolerant towards him already. Otherwise, I would have beaten him to a pulp."
Mrs. Turner laughed and said, "Well, my Silvia has already grown up. She even knows how to tolerate others.“
"Mom, I have to think about how I should thank him so I'll have to hang up the phone first, okay? Love you!" Silvia made a kissing sound through the phone before hanging up the phone.
Mrs. Turner put away her phone, looked at Andrew, and said with a smile, "It was Silvia who called. As for what she had just said, I won't tell you anything about it. You should go back to work now. Also, remember to go home early after you're done with work."
Andrew nodded and said, "Auntie, I'll send you back home first then."
"Who is Silvia to you?" Mrs. Turner asked.
"She's my wife." After answering her, Andrew immediately realized that Mrs. Turner was hinting for him to call her 'Mom' instead of 'Auntie'!
He uttered, "Mom..."
"Yes... that's right." Mrs. Turner smiled happily. "Andrew, let's not let Silvia know that we have met up today. She isn't mentally prepared for it yet, so if she were to find out about it, she will definitely make a fuss about it."
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