Elena went home three days later, she strode in with quick strides.
Juliet blocked her from entering her room, she glared suspiciously at her.
"Elena Watson where the hell are you coming from? She looked like she had lost her patience with her. Elena answered her question with another question.
"I would like to know if my mother is the one asking?
Juliet gnashed her teeth angrily.
"How dare you? Do you think your mother would ever give a damn about where you've been for the past three days?
Elena shook her head, were they on a debate?
"Then since she wouldn't care, what rights do you have anyways?
Juliet frowned. "I wouldn't want to be living in the same house with a terrorist or kidnapper?
Elena was amazed, she chuckled while looking at her with mockery.
"You'd be the first person i would kidnap, if I've got the guts to kidnap anyone." Elena pointed at her while smiling, before she continued, "it would either be you or your silly daughter." She chuckled even more.
Just then, they heard footsteps behind them, the person asked, "who and who for what?"
The two women turned around to find Edward looking suspiciously at them.
Elena quickly changed her expression into that of a smile.
"Oh nothing....., I was just telling mom that if Mr Lucien's son comes home, she and Cassy would be the first to know." Edward's suspicious look turned in toto a grin.
Juliet frowned at her lies, how could she lie while smiling so adorably?
Edward had been busy for the past four days, so he had not noticed that she did not spend the past three days at home.
"Yes...., but that was after i asked her where she had been staying at for the past three days."
Edward looked at her. "Is that true?
"It's just that...Mr Lucien happened to ask me to spend some time with him, because he felt quite lonely living all alone.
Juliet frowned. She had been meaning to call Lucien to ask him if she was with him, but she paused when she thought deeply about it. How would he see Elena if she was not with him? He would probably see her as a loose woman, and then what? He would probably call off the marriage with her and settle down for Cassy, that's if he could be persuaded to believe in her as a different person.
Edward looked deeply at her.
"Why don't you give him a call to ask him to I'm lying? She suggested.
How could they dare to call him? Wouldn't that mean they were suspecting her of being loose? Weren't they the one that recommended her with so many words of praise?
Edward forced a smile. "It's okay, Elena dare, I believe you, no need to call him, we wouldn't want to be a bother."
Though Juliet was not happy, she had to let it go, for now.
She walked away trying to hide her anger.
Edward followed her, so elena went in without saying another word.
The reason Elena had decided to go back home that day was because Lucien had informed her the last day that his son would be arriving in a week's time, he had also called earlier that day to inform her that his son had already arrived home and wanted to meet up with her,so she was there to prepare for the meeting to create a first impression on Jason.
She wondered how shocked her stepmother and her daughter would be if there were to finally meet him, that would have to be after they had already finalised everything.
Elena wore a sleek, floor‑length cobalt sheath that caught the light like a calm ocean wave. The dress clung to her curves with subtle draping, a single, delicate slit exposing just enough of her leg to hint at the power she kept hidden beneath.
A discreet silver thread ran along the neckline, flashing tiny sparks that mirrored the sharpness of her wit. Her shoulders were bare, the fabric falling smoothly into a modest back‑cut that revealed a faint tattoo of a dragon—her silent badge of strength. The deep blue deepened her eyes, making the moment feel both intimate and charged as she prepared to meet a husband she'd never seen.
She looked at her wrist watch and realised that she still got two hours left before the meeting with Mr Lucien and his son.
So, she drove to the company so she could spent the remaining hours in a meeting she had been planning to hold with the accounting department.
When she was done with the meeting, Elena realised she was already five minutes late.
She quickly got into her new car, (the one she had swapped her old car with).
She received a notification, Mr Lucien sent her a message that she should go to a restaurant called vivid vine in Montclair.
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After deciding that he couldn't just sit down and allow the company he had hoped to inherit get to the hands of another man who might not know its value,Jason agreed to go back for the wedding.
He informed his father that he would go back in a week's time.
Before he knew it, a week had flown past,
He didn't tell Melinda about his decision to go back home, he was already set to go when she paid him a visit.
He was too guilty to even look straight at her.
He only told her that he would be going back home to his father because they had something important to sort out. She was sad, but she allowed him to go, afterall, she didn't see his going back as an obstacle, she would be able to go see him with a snap of her finger.
When he walked out from the terminal,his father's butler stood beside a black Lamborghini waiting patiently for him.
He still remembered the man who had been working for his father since he was a little boy.
The man's cold face turned into a soft smile.
"Welcome back, young master." He greeted fondly.
"Hey... Mr Jeffrey, so good to see you." He smiled at the butler who had been his first friend after his mother died when he was just a year and six months old.