Husband

Carlos’s attention wasn’t on these photos. He had his eye on Ver throughout breakfast. 

Averie wasn’t the only one who threw herself at him in the last five years. There were many other women as well. Without exception, the women all tried to please his son. 

Although Neil looked friendly and treated the servants kindly, he hated those women and kept a polite distance from them. Vera was the only exception. Neil wanted nothing more than to stick to her. 

Carlos couldn’t figure out the reason. When Vera kicked him to save her boy, she appeared anxious and cautious. It was different when she appeared as Ramon’s assistant later. 

What was so special about Vera? Apart from sharing the same last name as his wife and occasionally resembling her profile, Carlos couldn’t see anything extraordinary about her. 

“How about it, Carlos?” Averie coquettishly urged when Carlos was silent. 

“My foot!” Ramon vetoed instantly. “I’m staying here for the time being. The last thing I want is to see them all the time.” Averie retorted, “I’m talking to Carlos. Why are you butting in? Aren’t you here to treat Neil? Who do you think you are?” Ramon rebutted, “Those photos disgust me. They may affect my abilities. Will you take the fall for that?” 

“If you’re affected, it’s because you’re useless.” Averie quickly turned to Carlos and added, “Carlos, you should check him out. What if he’s a fraud?” 

Carlos ignored Averie and looked at Vera. “What do you 

think?” 

Vera was slightly surprised. She did not expect Carlos to turn it on her. As Averie glared sinisterly at her, Vera spoke, “Does ‘what I think‘ matter? If you insist on hearing it, Mr. Monroe, I’ll tell you. I think you should change your fiancée.” 

“Vera, I’m going to kill you.” Averie rushed at Vera. 

Before Averie reached Vera, a small figure appeared, snatched her phone from Carlos’s hand, and smashed it on the ground. 

Averie completely forgot about Vera and hurriedly went to check her phone. Her heart ached. The phone was newly bought, and the case, bedazzled with diamonds, cost 30 thousand dollars. Most importantly, all the accessories were made overseas. There was no way to repair them in the country. 

When Neil saw Averie coming, he stomped on it, crushing the screen. ‘Served her right for bullying Mom, he thought. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

Averie picked up the broken phone, her eyes reddening. Neil stuck his tongue out at Averie, infuriating her to the point where she wanted to hit Neil. 

“Enough!” Carlos shouted. 

“Carlos, it may be normal for Neil to be mischievous, but we have to teach him, right? How will he turn out otherwise?” Averie complained. 

I’ll pay you back for the phone.” Carlos had always used cash to dismiss her. 

Averie would happily accept the money in the past, but she felt insulted this time. “Is this about my phone? I-” 

Carlos added, “You can hang up the photos.” 

Carlos’s words made Averie smile. She said smugly, “I knew you loved me, Carlos.” She even threw Vera a victorious look. 

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