The Cherished Wife by Chweety

"You sure are a good talker, young man," Samuel said, clearly pleased. He signaled Eli with his eyes. Eli then handed Ronald an envelope.

"Mr. Wells, you must be very busy, so I'll handle these things," Eli continued.

"Thank you very much, Sir Shaw," Ronald replied. His manners were impeccable, which only increased Samuel's satisfaction.

After Ronald left, Samuel leaned on his cane and said, "If Julian asks about these things later, just say that I bought these myself because I was feeling happy today." "Yes, sir!" Eli replied.

Sure enough, as soon as Samuel and Eli entered the house, Jade saw Eli carrying large items into Samuel's room.

She immediately knocked on Julian's study door. "Jule," she called.

"What's the matter?" Julian put down what he was working on and frowned at Jade's sneaky demeanor. "We're in our own house. What's with the sneaking around?"

Jade glanced down the hallway before speaking. "Guess what the old man brought back just now?"

dismissively. "Not to mention, Winter's wedding is in two days. Shouldn't you be busy with that instead of spying on the old

Do you think I'm spying

you noticed he's

going out, and we have no idea what he's up

should be past his busy days. Besides, he didn't just buy small trinkets this time.

"Are you

Eli's moving them into his room right now," Jade said, her

not cheap, at least tens of thousands of dollars. Even if he has money, he shouldn't be

you dare say it in front of

wants. It's his money, not yours. If he hears you talking like this, there'll be trouble in this

Just

the Shaws, look

attitude toward me!

aren't for himself. Maybe they're