Chapter 425
"The young master is back!"
As soon as they entered the vi, a servant came up to them.
Charlie responded and took her to change into slippers.
When they walked out of the entrance, a figure walked out from the living room. It was E, the
current hostess of the Hogg family. She greeted Charlie with a smile, "Charlie, you''re back."
"Auntie, is my dad upstairs?" Charlie nodded slightly.
"Yes!" E nodded.
At this time, someone walked out of the kitchen with a tray in his hand. On the tray were two cups of
tea that had just been brewed, Wendy could tell that it was extremely expensive. Not only was the
price high, but the amount supplied was small. People usually took it out only when there were
valuable guests.
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Charlie nced around and asked, "Is there a guest in the house?"
"Yes!" E nodded again and told Charlie the truth, "Uncle Gray just came, and now he is in the
study with your father! Charlie, I heard that you were injured and hospitalized a few days ago. How
are you? Are you all right now?"
"I''m alright now." Charlie replied in a quiet voice. Between the stepmother and son, there was no
great divide, but there had never been much closeness, always with some rusty courtesy.
E looked at Wendy, who followed Charlie in, smiled and asked, "Miss Lim, what kind of tea do you
like to drink? There is also some flower tea at home, the taste is rtively sweet, you young girls
should like it. It has a skincare effect! I''ll ask the servants to make two cups of tea and send them to
the living room. You can sit on the couch and wait for Charlie?"
Wendy had not had much of a conflict with Charlie''s stepmother four years ago.
It could be that E was very gentle, and she was not dressed like those gorgeous noblewomen.
She also looked at people with a gentle gaze and was not hostile, especially to Wendy, who was not
wee in the Hogg family.
However, she also thought of another person at the same time.
Ewan Shaw...
She had never met Ewan since she came back this time.
She learned from Felix, it seemed that also four years ago, not long after she left, Ewan also left the
Ice City, went to a very remote small country in the southern hemisphere, and had never returned in
the past four years...
Wendy was about to nod when Charlie took her hand and answered for her, "No, she''s with me."
He then went straight upstairs with his long legs. The door of the study wasn''t closed. The servant
who came in to deliver the tea just came out and seemed to have reported to Gilbert that Charlie
hade back, so Gilbert was not surprised to see Charlie knock on the door ande in.
"Dad, Uncle Gray."
After Charlie went in, he greeted them one by one.
Kim was picking up the teacup and paused when he heard the voice. "Charlie, how''s your body
recovering?"
"It''s fine now!" Charlie said, pursing his lips.
On the day of the kidnapping, thanks to Kim''s help, he brought the police to the warehouse in the
suburbs in time. And after that, he was the one who arranged the hospital''s affairs, and Charlie
remembered all of that in the heart.
"Well, that''s good. It seems that you are still young and fit, if it''s me, I at least have to lie in the
hospital for a year!" Kim said with a smile and noticed that there was someone behind Charlie. His
smile was deeper. "Miss Lim is here, too?"
Wendy nodded her head as a greeting.
Gilbert looked over at the same time and his face darkened immediately. "How dare you bring this
woman into my house!"
"I have something to tell you." Charlie said in a low voice.
"Well, have a seat then!" Kim was still here after all, and Gilbert had to control his mood. He raised
his hand to point at the other two old- fashioned wooden armchairs, "Since your Uncle Gray is here,
and we happen to be talking about things! You should be able to guess what we are talking about.
It''s the marriage between you and Madge! You can sit down and listen carefully, and don''t have
those unrealistic dreams!"
Thest word, how could Wendy not get it? Gilbert was saying it to her.
Feeling her hand being held tightly, she held back and squeezed his palm, not letting him worry
about her.
Wendy sat on an old-fashioned wooden armchair with her legs crossed and her back straight.
Although being in Hogg''s Mansion made her ufortable, since she had that heart for Charlie,
she didn''t feel anything facing Gilbert.
After they both sat down, Gilbert turned to look at Kim, who had just finished his tea and put down
his teacup. Gilbert smiled and said, "Brother Gray, did you just say that you''re here to discuss the
marriage between Charlie and Madge?"
"Yes, that''s right!" Kim nodded.
He came here this time, for indeed the marriage of his daughter and Charlie.
But just when he sat down and started to talk, the servant of the Hogg family knocked on the door to
bring in the tea and reported that Charlie had returned.
Judging from Gilbert''s attitude just now, what Gilbert thought was obviously different from what he
was thinking. Kim''s face darkened and he was about to say, "But..."
"Don''t worry, I will give you and the Gray family an exnation!" Gilbert interrupted Kim''s words,
"You and your wife, and Madge, you are all at ease. Our Hogg family and the Gray family are
destined to be linked by marriage! No matter how much someone deliberately sabotages it, it won''t
change the matter!"
"If I get married, my wife will only be Wendy." Charlie''s calm voice rang out.
"Charlie! Do you know what you''re talking about? Your Uncle Gray is still here. Don''t talk
nonsense!" Gilbert''s face looked terrible. He specially took a look at Kim''s expression and scolded
Charlie with a frown.
After he calmed down, he continued, "There are some things that I, as your father, have done
wrong, but your marriage with Madge can''t be changed! You can''t cancel the marriage unterally! I
think you have lost your head and don''t know who you are, you can''t just marry someone!"
"She''s my son''s mother, and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. Of course, I have to marry
her!" Charlie frowned, and his tone was undisputably firm.
"B*stard, do you really want to piss me off? Then you''ll happy?" Gilbert tried his best to control his
temper, and the corners of his mouth twitched faintly. "I''ll say it onest time, the marriage between
our Hogg family and the Gray family can''t be canceled! Don''t forget, your surname is Hogg, you are
my son. In addition to the honor of earning the surname itself, you have responsibilities that must be
shouldered!"
Between the lines and inside the tone of his voice, he was warning Charlie.
Charlie didn''t seem to understand or moved. He just asked in a low voice, "Dad, you don''t agree,
right?"
"I don''t agree!" How could Gilbert agree? In front of Kim, Gilbert also wanted to show his attitude to
avoid the misunderstanding between them, so he said fiercely, "I won''t let you marry this woman
unless I die!"
"I insist."
"Charlie!"
Gilbert was unable to control himself as he let out a furious roar.
He pped the table and stood up, pointing his finger at his son. His eyes widened in anger. "Now
that you''re feathered, don''t forget that I''m still the chairman of the Hogg''s Group! Everything you
have now is from me. Do you think anyone can take charge of an enterprise and be a CEO?
Don''t do anything that makes me angry, or else..."
Wendy''s hands, which were on her knees, were sped gently.
She heard a threat from Gilbert''s words.
She then couldn''t help but think about what happened four years ago. It was also because of her
that when Charlie went against Gilbert for the first time, Gilbert had removed Charlie from his
position as the CEO of the Hogg''s Group and transferred him to a smallpany in Lim City...
Was it going to be a repeat of history...
The older, the wiser. Wendy swallowed a mouthful of saliva and began to worry about Charlie.
Charlie''s expression didn''t change. He smiled, and then stopped smiling. His voice was calm and
cold. "Dad, you''re not kicking me out of Hogg''s Group this time, I''m the one who wants to leave."
As soon as Charlie said that, Gilbert, Kim, and even Wendy were shocked.