The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family by Adela

"Is she our friend from the orphanage too?" Max mumbled to himself.

He started to dig through his memories, trying to think of any fragments related to this beautiful girl.

Still donning the pretentiously polite yet smug smile on his face, he looked at Charlie and said, "Hey, you're Charlie, right? Long time no see!"

Charlie grinned and said, "Butt Trumpet?" 9

Butt Trumpet was Max's nickname back when they were in the orphanage. He used to be a chubby glutton who farted a lot, and more importantly, he farted wherever he went and whenever he felt like it. He would fart in classes, during game times, during meals, and when sleeping.

At that time, everyone was troubled and in misery due to his farts, hence the nickname-Butt Trumpet. 6

Max's face turned green when he heard Charlie mention his nickname, but before he could say anything, a young man behind him chided indignantly, "Hey, Charlie, watch your tongue! How dare you embarrass our Manager Wyatt right in front of everyone? Max is now an executive of a listed company! Pay some respect!" 9

Charlie squinted at the man who had spoken and vaguely recalled his name as Scott Chambers, one of

he would still take up the same

to calling

muffle her laugh upon the mention of his nickname. He huffed angrily, "Hey, Charlie, I see

live-in son-in-law who mooches off his wife. It would be great for him to have a

Max slapped his forehead and said, "I'm sorry, Charlie, I'm quite

sinisterly and thought, 'Huh, Charlie Wade, let's see how you're going to respond to

Trumpet, I always thought that you loved to fart because your intestines were straight, but I didn't know that you are so straightforward just like how you fart. Is it the trachea that is used to speak? Your trachea is

loud

disdainful grimace. He didn't expect Charlie to grab his straightforward argument and

was that he didn't want Claire to have a bad impression of him because of Charlie's remark, so he turned to Claire and asked with a coy smile, "By the way, you look quite unfamiliar, I can't recognize you. Is it because I haven't returned to the orphanage for so

chided, "Hey, Max, are you blind? Do you

"What?!" 6

gaped in extreme horror as if he was struck by lightning. He couldn't believe that the beautiful woman, the woman whom he had fallen for at first sight, was actually Charlie the loser's wife!

him. His Armani coat alone