Chapter 607
Charlize finally understood what Spencer meant.
Blushing, she shot a nce at Spencer and dared not look at him again because she felt awkward.
She had not thought so at first, but after what he said, Charlize thought that getting married earlier
might not be a bad idea.
Throughout her life, she never had grand ambitions because she came from a prominent family, had an
older brother’s protection, had decent academic performance, and had good looks. Her life journey
hadn’t always been smooth, but she had love and support from her family.
Later, when she chose to study economics, she nned to gain some experience in the industry for a
few years after graduating from college before going back to help her brother, Charles, with the family
business. Other than that, she had no other thoughts about what she wanted.
However, ever since she met Spencer in her freshman year, her ns for the future inevitably
expanded by the time she graduated.
Back then, she indeed had ulterior motives for choosing Spencer’spany. When her ssmate,
Jacqueline Lamer, whopeted with her for the same position, used her of having hidden
intentions after celebrating the New Year together, she couldn’t refute the usation out of guilt
despite feeling angry.
The thought of Jacqueline reminded her of another matter.
After hesitating for a moment, she quickly asked Spencer, “By the way, our college invited you to give a
speech as a guest speaker. Are you going?”
The thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the Department of Economics and Management at
Jadeborough University was in two days. The department was always well-funded, and most of its
graduates achieved sess in their careers. Those who graduated four to five years ago or those who
weren’t at the top of their sses were at leastpany managers.
However, people like Spencer, who became the boss of apany before graduating and had the
company listed publicly right after his graduation, were extremely rare in the past thirty years.
Among them, the most famous was Sophia. Joshua’s achievements were also very impressive, but he
was not from the Department of Economics and Management.
However, it seemed that Sophia had refused to attend the anniversary celebration this time.
Charlize couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed at the thought of it.
Spencer didn’t know why Charlize would suddenly bring up this matter. ording to his past habits, he
wouldn’t bother going to such events because he disliked socializing with the board members of the
university.
He would usually delegate those responsibilities to Fred, his assistant, in thepany. He would only
attend in person when it was absolutely necessary.
However, this year...
Turning his head to look at Charlize beside him, he thought it wouldn’t hurt to go. “I’ll be going,” he said.
“Oh, great! I shall reply right away.”
Charlize received the electronic invitation two days ago, but she only had the time to nce at it due to
the back-to-back meetings she had the whole day. She thought of asking Spencer about itter on, but
unfortunately, she forgot about it because of Juliette’s wedding yesterday.
Spencer reached out his hand to hold Charlize’s waist. He wasn’t very pleased by the fact that Charlize
was still thinking about work at that moment.
After Juliette’s wedding, Charlize and Spencer stayed in Alenvista for one more day before taking the
afternoon flight back to Jadeborough.
By the time they arrived in Jadeborough, it was already past seven at night. After having dinner,
Spencer apanied Charlize back to the Johnson residence.
When they arrived at the Johnson residence, they bumped into Charles, who had just returned from
work.
Spencer stopped his car and let Charles go ahead first.
Charles drove past them and parked his car in the garage. After that, he came out of the mansion and
grabbed Charlize’s luggage. “It’ste. Thank you for sending Charlize back, Mr. Lacroix.”
Charles tugged on Charlize’s arm after he spoke, separating her hand from Spencer’s.
Charlize instinctively held onto Spencer’s hand the moment she was pulled away, which caught
Charles’ attention.
When Charles saw them holding hands, his face turned dark instantly. “You’ve been on a ne for
hours, and you still have work tomorrow. You should go in and rest early.”
He barely managed to control his temper as he led Charlize into the mansion.
“Goodnight,” Charlize said awkwardly to Spencer before turning around and following Charles.
Spencer looked at Charlize but didn’t follow them inside. “Goodnight.”
Halfway through, Charlize couldn’t help but turn her head to take a look because she felt a bit reluctant
to leave. When she noticed that Spencer was still standing at the entrance of her family’s mansion, she
was touched by the gesture. In the end, she obediently followed Charles back into the mansion.
Upon seeing Charlize turning back frequently and sensing her reluctance to go inside, Charles’ already
dark expression became even gloomier.
If it weren’t for the fact that physically assaulting someone was illegal, he would have already given
Spencer a beating.
They’ve only been together for such a short time, yet now Charlize doesn’t even want toe home!
The more Charles thought about it, the angrier he became. After sending Charlize back to her room, he
went downstairs and drank three sses of cold water.
It was in the middle of a winter night. As Charles stood by the kitchen bar and gulped down cold water,
he startled the housekeeper, who had just prepared somete-night snacks. The housekeeper was so
startled that she was rendered speechless.
After drinking threerge sses of cold water, Charles became much calmer.
However, the thought of Charlize and Spencer staying in Alenvista as an unmarried couple for three
days made him feel bitter. Unable to resist the urge, he loosened his tie and went upstairs to knock on
Charlize’s door.
Charlize had originally nned to go downstairs to find Charles. While shopping today, she had seen a
pair of cufflinks that would suit Charles. Although they were rather expensive, costing over six
thousand, she still decided to buy them.
As soon as she put down her luggage, Charlize took out the nicely packaged cufflinks to give to
Charles. However, as soon as she opened the door, she saw her brothering up.
“Charles?”
Noting Charles’ grim expression, Charlize handed him the bag nervously. “I bought you a gift.”
Charles was still angry, but his expression softened instantly when he heard Charlize. “What is it?”
“Cufflinks.”
He reached out to take the box. After opening it and seeing the stylish and elegant cufflinks inside,
Charles felt appreciated by his little sister’s gesture.
“I really like it.”
He patted Charlize’s head, but soon another thought crossed his mind. “Did you also buy a pair for
Spencer?”
“No, I didn’t!”
Upon hearing her answer, Charles nodded in satisfaction. “Good. Men shouldn’t be spoiled. Of course,
brothers are an exception.”
Charlize stared at Charles speechlessly, but she didn’t dare to admit that she had bought Spencer a tie
instead of cufflinks.
That tie cost thirteen thousand, which was even more expensive than the cufflinks.
Charlize hadn’t even received her sry for the month, and it was already spent. Not only that, she had
also used half of her next month’s sry.
After buying Spencer’s tie, she didn’t have enough money left, so she had to use her credit card to buy
Charles’ cufflinks.
Charles clipped on the cufflinks. The more he looked at them, the more he liked them. “Do you still
have enough money?”
After Charlize graduated, she hadn’t asked him for money again. Charles used to transfer money
directly to her bank ount, but Charlize returned all the money untouchedst year, saying that she
would earn her own money.
Charles felt touched that his sister had grown up. Although he stopped sending her money, he still
bought gifts for her frequently.
Charles could tell that the cufflinks were expensive and that Charlize had probably spent quite a lot on
a wedding gift for Juliette already.
He didn’t need to think twice to know that her sry wouldn’t be enough to cover those expenses.
After pondering for a moment, he took out his wallet and handed all the cash inside to her. “You can
use these to buy snacks. Anyway, it’s gettingte. Take a shower and go to bed early. Goodnight.”
“Goodnight, Charles.”
Faced with the stack of bills, Charlize finally epted the money.
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