Chapter 17 Matthew Enjoyed Self Deprecation

The assistant double–checked. “Mr. Leedon, the card number is correct. There truly are no transaction records.”

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After ending the call, Gideon looked at his wife, eldest son, and adopted daughter, momentarily at a loss for words.

“Maybe it’s because Aurelia usually spends her boyfriend’s money?” A thought flashed through Melanie’s mind and she thought of Curtis.

“Her boyfriend, that little office worker?” Luna’s tone was full of disdain.

Melanie kept her head down, afraid that Luna would discover her secret relationship with Curtis. She nodded slightly. “Yes, I’ve heard from my sister that her boyfriend spends all his money on her. I happen to have his phone number, so I’ll call and ask if she has moved in with him.”

“Before she was even married, she spent a man’s money, and that’s not all. She even went to live with him. She’s completely tarnished the Leedon family’s reputation. She has no self–respect!” Aaron didn’t hide his disdain for Aurelia at all.

Melanie dialed Curtis‘ number. “Mr. Fletcher, may I ask, when you were seeing my sister, was she always spending your money?”

Curtis was somewhat baffled, but he still played along with Melanie. “Hmm… Yes, I’m usually the one who spends money. Is there a problem with that?”

“Didn’t

my older sister promise to repay you?”

“There was no distinction between us. Just a few days ago, I transferred a bonus of one hundred thousand that the company had just giyen me to her, claiming she had an urgent need,” Curtis blatantly lied.

Melanie was very pleased with Curtis‘ performance. She had her phone’s speaker volume turned up to the maximum so that her father and the others could hear it. “Is she living with

you now?”

Curtis fell silent for a few seconds. He had been searching for Aurelia everywhere, asking many mutual acquaintances, but no one seemed to know where Aurelia was. However… “Up until yesterday, she was living with me. However, when she asked me for money and I didn’t give it to her, she got very angry. Then, she ran away from home. Do you know where she is now?”

He guessed correctly that when Melanie made the call, it was definitely on speakerphone, with her father and others present nearby.

At that opportune moment, he understood very well what Melanie wanted to hear.

Between Melanie and Aurelia, he would naturally choose Melanie. After all, Melanie was more favored by the Leedon family.

After Melanie hung up the phone, she looked contentedly at the three people in front of her, their faces simultaneously cold and dark. “Aurelia kept asking her boyfriend for money, and I

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she needed it for. It was truly

Gideon flung the water

room.

ending the call, Aurelia changed her direction and

she happened to go to the supermarket in the

When she got o

picked up her phone, she remembered the promise she had made to Gordon that morning. Consequently, she opened the several photos that Gordon had sent

The jade pendant in the fourth picture

entered the supermarket, Matthew gave her a call. “Where are

supermarket at Merryborne Mall,” answered

“Wait for me.”

Aurelia was somewhat bewildered. Wait for

from Merryborne Mall stood the towering edifice of Quigley Group, a landmark building in the city

bought quite a few bags of chips and a pile of snacks from the

life, ever since the car accident, she never had the chance to eat those things again. Before the accident,

She also wanted to prepare some in the car to take

had hardly ever visited

the supermarket was filled with people who had come to browse after work, and he felt somewhat

handsome face seemed to have formed a thick layer of ice, the kind of coldness that could freeze

but he had become even

when she put down a bag of snag looked up that she

dilib

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deep. “Have you bought your

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you’d like to eat? These chips are a new flavor. Would

spoke in a cool, detached tone, “I never eat such

chip produced by the food company under your Quigley Group, isn’t it? Do you usually enjoy self–deprecating humor, Mr. Quigley?” Although Aurelia was good–natured, it didn’t mean she had to endure undeserved misfortune. Why is he venting at me when he should be confronting the person pissing him

out of respect for Mabel, even though Aurelia noticed his attitude. was problematic, she didn’t argue

was the head of Quigley Group,

any demon or monster. Yet, under the icy gaze of Matthew, she

cold voice. “She has taken a liking to a piece of jewelry

for his grandmother’s request, he would have never considered taking her along. After all, it was just a matter of bidding on a

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