Chapter 90 Lina Doesn''t Drink
Wilson held Alina''s hand as they walked back to where the people were gathered. He whispered to her,
"Lina, we might need to mention the Pines and Cranes jigsaw puzzleter. Remember, regardless of
whoever questioned you, just say that you were the one whopleted the puzzle. Do you
understand?"
Alina pouted. "But you''re the one who did more of it!"
Wilson responded with a smile, "Silly girl, just listen to me. If anyone asks you about it, tell them that
you solved the puzzle all by yourself."
"Okay," Alina agreed reluctantly.
The two of them walked quietly infortable silence. From a distance, Silvia ran up to Wilson. When
she saw the two of them hand in hand, she red at Alina with dissatisfaction and cursed, "What a
shameless woman!"
Wilson immediately frowned and warned her, "Silvia, if you disrespect your sister-inw one more time,
don''t me me for punishing youter."
When Silva heard Wilson''s harsh threat, she burst into tears. Wiping her tears away, she stamped her
feet indignantly. "Wilson, how could you!"
Pointing angrily at Alina, Silvia couldn''t speak another word and ran away in a huff.
Alina frowned, her heart pounding.
Alina knew that this path was destined to be rocky and many obstacles awaited her.
But she had already chosen to be with Wilson, hadn''t she?
Hadn''t she already decided to stick with him? No matter how difficult it was, as long as Scumbag did
not let go of her hand, she would try her best to be worthy of him. She would muster up all her strength,
weak as she might be, to shelter him from the storms of life. She wanted to be there to support him, like
a sunflower that follows after the sunlight.
Alina grabbed Wilson''s hand and smiled brightly at him. "I''ll do my best!"
Wilson nodded.
He knew that he had chosen the right person to be his wife!
When they came nearer to the crowd, the housekeeper was already busy seating the guests. "Thank
you all foring to Mr. Lincoln Scott''s birthday celebration. Please take you seats as the dishes will
be served right away."
After the announcement, people who were still socialising began to take their seats one after another.
Today''s birthday celebration was a great opportunity for these businessmen. They couldwork, share
insider information with each other, or even end up with a coboration with otherpanies.
When the housekeeper saw that everyone was getting seated in an orderly manner, he announced in a
loud voice, "The rtives of the Scott Family, please take your seats at the small courtyard on the west
side. Four tables are set up there."
When Alina heard the housekeeper''s words, she looked at Wilson in surprise. "Are there so many
people in the Scott Family?"
Wilson exined with a smile, "Grandfather has two younger brothers and one younger sister.
Although they have passed away, their children and grandchildren are here. To be honest, it might get
quite crowded with only four tables."
"I see." Alina nodded her head with understanding.
Who wouldn''t want to suck up to rich rtives? Besides, these guests were already regarded as close
rtives. As Scumbag mentioned, if they announced the birthday celebration publicly, many people
would rush and try to squeeze through the Scott Family''s doors to join the event.
Wilson took Alina''s hand and walked to the courtyard on the west side ording to the housekeeper''s
instructions. He said to her, "None of the distant rtives are invited to join at the private tables. Most
of the Scott Family''s rtives work within thepanies under the Scott Group. As long as they have
the ability, many of them are ced in managerial positions."
At that moment, Wilson seemed to walk a little taller and straighter to Alina as her eyes shone with
admiration. He was actually really considerate about others.
They walked all the way to the courtyard on the west side which was decorated withrge
chrysanthemum flowers. There were fourrge tables set up in the middle of the courtyard.
There were 15 chairs at each table. Half of the seats were already taken by other rtives walking in.
Lincoln sat at the head of thergest table. Today, he was dressed in a red suit, which made him look
young and energetic.
Wilson''s family and George''s family were seated at the same table as Lincoln.
There were two empty seats on Lincoln''s right while the seats on his left were upied by George and
his wife, Rainee.
Seeing Wilson walk in with Alina, Lincoln waved his hand and said with a smile, "Wilson, Lina,e
and sit next to me."
Hearing his words, everyone in the courtyard looked up at the two of them.
Most of them gave Wilson and Alina looks of jealousy and hatred.
Why did Lincoln favour Wilson and chose him out of all the other younger generations of the Scott
Family?
Wilson led Alina to his grandfather''s side and sat beside him.
Wilson''s parents were extremely displeased when they saw Alina invited to the celebration as Wilson''s
partner. However, they didn''t dare to say anything when Lincoln was present. Anyway, today his 80th
birthday, they couldn''t spoil the merry atmosphere. So regardless of how dissatisfied they were, they
had to endure it.
Wilson''s parents could swallow their dissatisfaction, but it was another story for the other rtives.
For example, George''s family couldn''t stand the tant favouritism.
Rainee, George''s wife, spoke up. There was a hint of annoyance in her tone as she asked Lincoln,
"Dad, you''re being biased. Isn''t Lucas the eldest grandson?"
Lincoln smiled. "Ten years ago, when I sat at this very table, I said that I will favour any grandson who
announced their marriage first and bear a great-grandson for me."
Upon hearing his words, Rainee was even more vexed. Sheined, "Lucas already has an official
girlfriend. Dad, don''t you know about this?"
"Has the wedding been announced to the public?" Lincoln raised his eyebrows.
Rainee had nothing else to say.
She red at Caitlin angrily.
Initially, she wasn''t fond of Caitlin and looked down on her status as an illegitimate daughter, even
though she had the Brooks family name.
At that time, Caitlin often visited the Scott Family. To please Rainee, she gave her presents including
cosmetics, jewellery, and some essories.
Caitlin was also rushed off her feet with work. Her contribution was pivotal to Lucas''spany raking
in profits for thest two years.
After Alina came to the Scott Family, byparison, Rainee could finally ept Caitlin.
She urged Lucas and Caitlin to announce their marriage, but Caitlin refused.
Rainee was so pissed off.
She thought spitefully, "What the hell? Caitlin''s just an illegitimate daughter. It''s just that her status is a
little bit better than Alina. How could she be so arrogant byparing herself with that penniless girl?
Before this, she was so obsessed with getting married to Lucas and tried to obtain my approval in
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every way.
"Now that she saw that amoner like Alina could marry Wilson, she changed her tune and insisted
on Lucas bing the president of Scott Group before marrying him.
"Who does she think she is? Does Lucas have to beg her to marry him now?
"Just wait and see. Once Lucas bes the president of Scott Group, the first thing I will do is to force
him to dump Caitlin like a hot potato."
However, Caitlin was still useful for now. For example, she was the one who came up with the great
idea of humiliating Alina at the celebration.
Under the instructions of Mr. Kyree, the dishes were served.
Several servants entered the courtyard, pushing carts of food. The food was served to the guests as
the servants ced the dishes in front of them.
One after another, an array of sumptuous food were ced on the table which creaked under the
weight.
Another servant came in with wine and drinks. He went around the tables, pouring everyone their
choice of drink.
When he came to Alina, Wilson said to the servant, "Alina doesn''t drink. Give her some orange juice!"
His words aroused the resentment of other people at the table.
Silvia cast a cold nce at Alina and cursed in a low tone, "That b*tch is just trying to be pretentious."
Selma agreed in a low voice as well, "Who knew that she was from a poor family living in a basement?
She''s not even married into the family, and yet she thinks so highly of herself!"
Rainee chimed in, "What a gold digger!"
Caitlin had cursed Alina countless times inwardly, but she maintained a cordial smile on her face. Her
n was to sow discord between Silvia and Alina. She addressed Silvia with a smile. "Silvia, you
shouldn''t speak rudely. No matter what, Alina will be your future sister-inw. What''s so wrong with
drinking orange juice? It''s not that we can''t afford it, right?"
Just now, everyone could see that Silvia had an annoyed expression on her face when she muttered
curses under her breath. Although other people couldn''t catch what she said, it was obvious that Silvia
was bad-mouthing Alina.
After hearing Caitlin''s words, everyone turned to Silvia in unison.
Initially, Silvia wasining in a low voice. However, Caitlin''s sarcastic tone irritated her and she
raised her voice. "What future sister-inw? She doesn''t deserve it! I just mentioned that she''s being
pretentious. Am I wrong for saying that?"
Wilson''s expression suddenly turned cold. "Silvia, I''ll never give you any money next month!"
Silvia''s eyes widened when she heard Wilson''s words. She gritted her teeth in anger and gave Alina a
vicious re as if she wanted to tear her to pieces. "Why did you do that? Dad, Mom, why aren''t you
saying anything? I''m getting bullied!"
Looking at his sister''s hysterics, Wilson felt a bad headacheing on.
At that moment, Lincoln noticed an exasperated expression on Sophie''s face as she opened her mouth
to speak. He immediately tried to smooth things over. "Alright, today is my birthday, so no fighting at the
table. Come, let''s have a toast."
Since the man of the hour had spoken, who else could say anything?
Everyone lifted up their sses. Some had wine, while others had juice.
Caitlin could sense that Lincoln was trying to help Alina and she wasn''t happy about it. Nheless,
she put on a charming smile as she toasted Lincoln. "I wish that Mr. Scott would have a prosperous
and healthy life. Many happy returns of the day!"
"Thank you!" Lincoln beamed with joy.
Everyone gave Lincoln their blessings.
"Grandfather, I wish you a long and healthy life."
"May you be wise beyond your years, Grandfather!"
...
"Thank you for all your wishes. To be honest, I really want to live a long life as well! I want to watch the
younger generation grow up, get married, and have children. Furthermore, I would like to pass on my
portion of shares in the Scott Group. Come, everyone, enjoy the meal. I''m feeling ecstatic on this
auspicious day." When Lincoln mentioned that he was going to distribute his shares, many people
started plotting in their hearts to get their hands on the old man''s shares.
A cunning look appeared in Lincoln''s eyes.
He was already 80 years old. How could he not know what these young people were thinking?
Nheless, an outstanding grandson like Wilson still neededpetition to be on his toes!
Withoutpetition, he would not achieve his full potential.
Over the years, it was Lincoln who had constantly fosteredpetition between his children and
grandchildren, forcing Wilson to be the cold, calcting man he was today.
But Lincoln had no regrets. He only had two wishes in life. One was that the Scott Group would flourish
for a long time with strong leadership and foundation. The other was that the Scott Family would grow
In this way, he would not be embarrassed to meet his wife when he finally crossed the rainbow bridge.
Everyone began enjoying the dishes served on the table.
Wilson started peeling some prawns for Alina.
Alina was extremely flustered at his behaviour. She whispered to him in a low voice, "Stop that, I''ll do it
myself!"
Wilson ignored the resentful and jealous nces around the table. He replied with a smile, "I''ve
promised you that I would peel all the prawns for you from now on."