Chapter 1444


    Charlie and ire were still in the car, and they were still some distance away from the group of


    people. So, they could not hear exactly what they were talking about.


    However, by the looks of it, it was obvious that Matilda must have asked her son, Paul, to help her


    prepare a gift for Jacob in exchange.


    ire felt even more depressed when she saw both of them exchanging gifts with one another.


    "Just look at Dad and Aunt Hall! Both of them are obviously acting more than just ordinary friends.


    They are more like a middle-aged and elderly couple in love!" 7


    Charlie nodded gently.


    He had already noticed a long time ago that both of them had a deep affection for each other.


    Matilda had even given Paul the middle name ''Jamal''. This proved that she had never once


    forgotten about Jacob throughout all this time. 6


    As for Jacob, there was nothing else that needed to be said. After being oppressed by ine for so


    many years, he had already been missing and yearning for Matilda for a long time now.


    If Charlie had allowed ine to evaporate from the face of this world after she had stolen his bank


    card, Jacob would have already reunited with Matilda and


    continued their rtionship by now. 4


    At this time, ire could not stand it anymore, and she told Charlie, "Why don''t you press the horn


    twice t o remind Dad that you are already here? Otherwise, he will definitely continue chatting for


    another half an hour." 6


    Charlie nodded before he pressed on the car horn.


    When Jacob turned around and looked in their direction, he recognized ire''s car immediately. He


    thought that it was Charlie who hade to pick him up. He waved in the direction of the car with a


    smile o n his face. After that, he looked at Matilda before he told her reluctantly, "Oh, Matilda, my


    son-inw is here to pick me up. I will go back first, then." s


    Matilda smiled before she said softly, "Let me know when you get home safely so I do not worry


    about you."


    "Okay," Jacob replied as he smiled contentedly. 4


    ire took advantage of this time when Jacob was facing Matilda as he was speaking to her before


    she said to Charlie, "My dad probably does not even know that I am also here. I will go and sit in the


    backseat, then."


    Upon saying that, ire pushed the car door open before she got out of the car and got into the


    back seat.


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    She knew Jacob''s car seating habit. He enjoyed sitting in the co-driver seat the most. So, as long as


    there was no one else in the car, he would unquestionably sit in the co-driver seat without any


    hesitation at all.


    The reason why ire wanted to hide in the backseat was because she felt that Jacob had already


    drunk some wine, so he would not bother to look behind after he got into the carter. When he saw


    that Charlie had already driven the car over to him, Jacob opened the car door before he got into


    the co-driver seat as predicted.


    After bidding farewell to Matilda and everyone else, Jacob ran over and came toward the front of


    the car. Then, he opened the car door of the co-driver seat without any hesitation at all. He sat in


    the co-driver seat as he sang happily, "I smile smugly, I smile smugly..." 9


    As he was singing, he smiled as he looked at Charlie and said, "My good son-inw, thank you for


    coming here just to pick me up."


    Charlie replied, "Dad, why are you being so polite with me?"


    “That''s right!" Jacob patted Charlie''s arm before he said gratefully, "I really have to thank you for the


    set of skincare products you prepared for me today. Your Aunt Hall likes it very much! Oh! This


    might probably b e the most expensive gift that I have given to her in m y life."


    With that, Jacob sighed as he said, "Sigh... I honestly owe your Aunt Hall too much..."


    Charlie listened to him talk about Matilda and be so emotional as he sighed. However, Jacob


    did not know that his daughter, ire, was sitting in the backseat of the car!


    As he thought about this, Charlie hurriedly winked at Jacob to indicate to him that there was


    someone else sitting in the back seat.


    s, Jacob was already a little tipsy and dizzy after drinking. So, how could he possibly be


    sensitive to Charlie’s hint? As he urged Charlie to drive, he ced the gift bag on hisp and said


    joyously, "Your Aunt Hall secretly asked Paul to buy me a gift. Look, this is i t! Make sure you drive


    steadily. I will open it to see what it is."


    Charlie was helpless, and he had no choice but to say, " Okay, Dad. I will try my best to drive more


    steadily. However, you should be careful too!"


    As he spoke, Charlie tried to give Jacob a hint with his eyes to remind him to be careful about the


    person seated behind him. 7


    Jacob obviously did not know what Charlie meant. As he was unpacking the gift, he said seriously,


    "This is a gift from your Aunt Hall. Of course I will be very careful. I cannot destroy this gift even if I


    were to injure myself!"