Filed To Story: My Accidental Bride Is a Fashion Circle Queen Novel
Quenlyn’s face turned red, but she had nowhere to hide, so the couple felt a little awkward.
“Turn the volume up!”
Herman reminded.
Quenlyn obediently grabbed the remote control. Her flustered actions made it hard for Herman to hold back his laughter.
As she was being laughed at, Quenlyn jumped back onto the bed in a defiant manner and stretched out her arm to hit Herman. But…Herman took advantage of the moment to wr*p his arm around her neck and pull her face up against his so their l*ps could gently touch.
Quenlyn opened her eyes wide. Originally, she wanted to retaliate, but Herman had her neck locked firmly in place, not allowing her to move…
Quenlyn straightened her body as she lost herself in nervousness. Meanwhile, the couple on the TV behind them was putting in all their effort to prove their charisma to each other.
A moment later, Quenlyn finally relaxed. Herman waited patiently for her to accept him before their l*ps finally felt the other’s warmth. However, their stiff position was maintained for quite some time; innocent and pure like they were still students on the school grounds.
After their k**s ended, Quenlyn lay on Herman’s ch*st to catch her breath. At this time, Herman smiled, “Have you never k**sed before?”
“You’re the one that hasn’t k**sed before,” Quenlyn refuted impulsively.
“Then why are you so scared? Huh? Don’t avoid me from now on. Simply enjoy it, OK?” Herman said as he gently stroked Quenlyn’s back. “It wasn’t easy for me to get you into my arms, Quenlyn. Even though I’m not sure if you are only with me because of gratitude.”
“Let’s just listen to the TV…”
Quenlyn appeared tough on the outside, but in reality, she could count all the men that she had ever liked with two fi**gers.
After speaking, Quenlyn once again increased the volume on the TV. This time, not only did the sound travel next door, it could obviously be heard throughout the entire building.
Under these circumstances, the only person capable of pulling over the covers and purely chatting the night away, was Herman.
…
Next door, Wren had always been a light sleeper. Hearing the couple’s unrestrained behavior, she was fuming with rage. But, she couldn’t possibly run over and knock on their door.
So, Wren simply put up with it for an entire night, until the next morning, when Herman and Quenlyn’s room finally returned to its original peace and quiet.
The couple woke up refreshed. But, when Quenlyn went to Wren’s room to call her out for breakfast, she noticed that she looked slightly unwell, “Auntie, what’s wrong? Why does your exp**ssion look so bad?”
Wren’s head hurt just by looking at Quenlyn. So, she waved her hand to send her away.
Quenlyn was persistent, so she continued to cling to Wren, “Auntie, I am waiting for you to get up so you can teach me how to study nature. After you’re done sleeping, make sure you let me know. I’ll be waiting for you in the living room.”
Wren couldn’t be bothered responding to Quenlyn. In fact, she couldn’t be bothered to even lift a fi**ger as she rolled over and fell back asleep.
Quenlyn held in her laughter as she retreated from Wren’s room and returned to the dining table.
“After what I said to her, I assume auntie won’t be getting out of bed today.”
“You’ve worked hard, Quenlyn,” Emma said thankfully. “If you weren’t here, I would have exhausted a lot of energy on my own.”
Herman was still recovering from his injury, so he was resting in bed. Meanwhile, Eric had left for Kaleidoscope early in the morning. So, the only two people sitting at the dining table at this time was Quenlyn and Emma.
Hearing that Emma had exhausted so much energy on her mother-in-law, Quenlyn leaned forward on the table and asked, “She isn’t this difficult to deal with, right?”
“She’s not as messy as this,” Emma replied as she drank some milk.
“Actually, I really don’t understand in-laws. Why must they interfere in the lives of their children? Not only this, why must they always have bad intentions? Wren appears to be the type of person that wants to spend her entire life with her son. Just because she doesn’t like actors, why must she insist that you stop filming? Isn’t she being too selfish?”
Emma did not respond. She simply kept her gaze on Quenlyn.
“OK, let’s not talk about this anymore. Regarding the French drama, are you really planning to attend the audition?” Quenlyn quickly changed the subject.
Emma still did not respond. She simply smiled as she took a bite of her sandwich.
A lot of people were indeed competing for this drama. After all, it was a big production with guaranteed ratings and a complete storyline. As long as the drama did not feature a bad actress, it would definitely be the hottest thing on TV without the need to do much else.
Emma had read through the script. However…
…she had already played a similar role before. So, it was a pity, but this role wasn’t very attractive for her…
After breakfast, Quenlyn returned to Xylander Corps. After all, she still had a lot of urgent matters to deal with. A while later, Lisa sent over the details of the audition time and date. But, Emma was busy in the kitchen.
At this time, Wren finally came out of her bedroom. Seeing Emma’s phone vibrating on the table, she picked it up in her hand…
Emma had not received the details of audition time and date yet…
So, by the time that Emma actually found out about the audition time and date, registration had already ended.
“The registrations have closed already. Why didn’t I see you respond?” Lisa asked after not hearing anything from Emma.
“Closed?” Emma questioned, “I didn’t receive any notification from you about the time yet.”
“I sent you an SMS.” Lisa took a screenshot and sent it to Emma. “I told you about it yesterday.”
At the time that Emma received her phone call, Wren was reading a newspaper in the living room. Emma suddenly realized that the entire incident may not be so simple…
“Could it be because Boss doesn’t agree to it? It’s quite understandable. After all, your health is more important and you will have plenty of opportunities in the future.”
“I’ll call you back later. I have something that I need to deal with,” Emma hung up the phone and returned to the sofa like nothing had happened. She then sat down and placed her phone on top of the coffee table.
“Mom, did you not sleep well last night? Why does your face look so pale?”
After two nights of rough noises, it would be a surprise if she actually slept well.
So she scoffed without making a response.
Emma also said nothing as she sneered. A moment later, she pulled out her phone, opened up a news article and sighed, “Mom, look at this story. A mother-in-law secretly deleted information on her daughter-in-law’s phone and accused her of having an affair. In the end, the daughter-in-law took her mother-in-law to court.”
“There’s also this story. A mother-in-law snuck a look at her daughter-in-law’s phone and stole the passwords saved on it. She then tried to steal $1 million from her daughter-in-law’s accounts, but ended up being arrested.”
Wren’s exp**ssion changed as she turned to look at Emma, “What are you trying to say?”
“Mom, what’s wrong? I simply thought these stories were ridiculous, so I wanted to share them with you. After all, I know you are a person with strong principles,” Emma smiled.
Hearing Emma’s words, Wren understood the hidden meaning behind it, “Don’t worry, I would never be able to do something like that.”
“Then…how did mom delete my SMS?” Emma asked.
Hearing this, Wren immediately stood up and roared, “r*bbish! How dare you slander me!”
“I think we both know deep down whether I am slandering you or not,” Emma said coldly. “If you think I am the type of daughter-in-law that meekly submits to your opp**ssion, then you are wrong. I, Emma, never follow the rules. Even when my own family members schemed against me behind my back, I turned on them regardless of who they were.”
“You’re right, I am indeed ruthless. But, I’m sure you know the reason for my ruthlessness.”
“If you displayed even the slightest characteristics of a respectable elder, I would have respected you and loved you. But, you did exactly the opposite.”
“Don’t try to threaten me with Eric, you stand no chance.”
“Are you that confident?” Wren gave a scornful laugh. “Other daughters-in-law try their best to be filial on behalf of their husbands. You, on the other hand, you’re going to tear the family apart sooner or later.”
“With my child and I, this family will not be torn apart. It’s just you Madam Hoey. Don’t say that I didn’t warn you: don’t wait until you lose your son before you learn how to feel regret.”
“But, I don’t think you should forget, one can only have one mother, whereas wives are aplenty. With Eric’s standard, do you think he wouldn’t be able to find another woman?”
Emma couldn’t understand why Wren’s brain was filled with so many old-fashioned ideals; she obviously lived overseas for majority of the year.
The two women ended up going their separate ways unhappily after a big argument. But, Emma had forgotten that Herman was also in the house. In fact, he had heard the entire argument.
“Sis…” Herman stood outside his bedroom door and looked at Emma with a heartbroken exp**ssion.
Emma was once mentally tortured by Nathan, yet from now on, was she about to face this mother-in-law for the rest of her life?