Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 421

Early the next morning, Jacques woke up at dawn, took extra care getting dressed, and finally made his way downstairs with great formality.

Baade and Camilla couldn't help but laugh at the sight of him. If someone didn't know better, they'd think Jacques wasn't just heading out for a date, but straight to his own wedding.

"Mom, don't you think my hands look a little empty?" Jacques asked, glancing down at himself.

"Empty? Not at all," Camilla replied. "Everything you need is right here. I've already prepared the gift for you."

After all, Jacques was her own flesh and blood. Camilla knew exactly what he was up to before he even made a move.

She fixed him with a warning look. "And don't even think about touching the flowers in my garden!"

"Mom, that's not fair," Jacques protested, already making a beeline for the garden. "Your flowers are so beautiful-if you just keep them to yourself, isn't that a waste? Beautiful things should be shared with the world."

Camilla rolled her eyes and turned to Baade. "Does that even make sense?"

shrugged. "Instead of nitpicking his choice of words, maybe you should

no, my flowers!"

hurried outside, Jacques had already snipped every single one of her finest blooms-the ones she'd been nurturing for weeks and couldn't bear to cut herself. Hydrangeas,

you really do have an eye for beauty. You've managed to pick every single flower that was in its prime. If this still doesn't win you Fidelia's heart, then all

as being too polite. And with my charm, Fidelia is

you were really that confident, you wouldn't be making such a

Inside, he thought to himself that Fidelia was so exceptional, it

arrived, Effie was still in the middle of a chess

while ago, they'd sent Lyman away, but even then, Bancroft still lost to Effie. He was too stubborn

had been hiding her true skills all along. Her chess game was clearly

thrill of meeting a true opponent-someone he wished he'd met years ago. He was

the butler entered, announcing the

the chess match that they hadn't even noticed

everyone snapped