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

Carmen never expected what Albert said would really happen.

She thought of asking for preferential treatment from Charlie, but instead of submitting to her request, Charlie instead reduced her daily meal budget from fifty to a measly thirty dollars. She finally experienced the pain that Lady Wilson had been put through. 3

If she had known that this would be the consequence, why did she even bother making a fuss? 2

Looking at Carmen's face that was awash with agony, Albert mocked with a playful smirk.

"What did I just say? I told you Master Wade would surely decrease your meal budget, but you refused to believe me. So, are you beginning to now?" 2

Donning a gloomy expression, Carmen said nothing, nor did she dare say anything, because she knew that the more she spoke up, the worse the consequences would be. She might really end up eating bread and hotdog if she went on.

Albert smiled when he saw her being submissive and continued taunting. "Miss Wade, I hope you enjoy your seven days' worth of wonderful vacation here. If there's nothing else, I'll see myself out."

The moment he left the room, she crouched down and burst

and videocalled her father, Jeremiah,

has humiliated me! Look at the kind of shithole he got me into!"

and showed Jeremiah the condition of

expect Charlie to be so cruel to his own aunt to arrange such lousy accommodation for her. He started to feel a rising

far in this matter. No matter what, you

times, he continued. "But Charlie is now of great use to Wade family. If we can get him back to Wade family and marry the Golding girl, our family's status will significantly increase. It would be even better if he's able to win

suddenly remembered the things Charlie told her in the

Big Eight had perished in his hands and that Yule Golding had recovered from his

that the catastrophic havoc between the three top families

was his doing

claimed, what Charlies was capable of was