Spoiled By The CEO: Why The Wife Is Kinda Sweet? novel Chapter 286

Natalia paused, then said lowly, “Because you’re Archie’s aunt and considering that you took care of him when you were young, I’ve kept up my manners with you. But I’m a relatively strange person and I don’t like people meddling in my private affairs. If you must, please forgive me for disagreeing with your methods. Also, Pinewood Manor is my home. If you must come, please notify me beforehand. As for those antique vases, I didn’t know that they’d been your gifts, but don’t worry. I just had people put them away. If you want them, I can have them send them back, each piece as it was.”

And then she really had people go and collect those vases.

Faye’s face contorted with rage.

“Don’t play dumb with me, Natalia! Do you think I’m talking about the vase? I’m saying you don’t deserve Archie! You’re just an ignorant woman who knows nothing. You really think you’re somebody now that Archie cherishes you. You think he’ll cherish you forever? I’m telling you, there’s only one matriarch of the McCarthy family, and that’s…”

“Faye!”

A clear bark came from the doorway.

Followed quickly by Archie striding in.

Seeing him, Faye swallowed her words and turned her expression one hundred and eighty degrees around. Her original glare turned into a smile as she greeted him.

“You’re back, Archie?”

Archie frowned harshly.

“What are you doing here?”

Seeing his unfriendly face, Faye forced a chuckle.

“Nothing. I just passed by today and stopped to look around.”

Pausing, she added, “I just saw her take down the antique vases I gave you from before and got a little uncomfortable at the idea, so I was a bit heavy with my words. I didn’t mean anything by it, but your wife’s speaking of it like I want to take them all back, it’s just…”

She didn’t finish the sentence, but her meaning was clear.

Basically, she found Jessica petty.

As a senior, they still had to watch their behavior.

Archie shot her a look.

“I had people put those vases away.”

Faye started.

Natalia opened her mouth to say something, then shut it.

Reacting, Faye laughed awkwardly.

“Is that so… seems like it was a misunderstanding, then, haha… I thought it was Natalia who put them away! You’re probably too young to appreciate this sort of old-fashioned bauble. If you don’t like it, I’ll bring some other ones another time.”

Archie cut her off. “No need for that.”

He took up Natalia’s hand.

“Was there anything else? If not, you should head back soon. Natalia and I are both tired and want to rest.”

Faye’s smile stiffened again.

After a while, she nodded.

“Nothing else. If that’s the case, I won’t interrupt your rest. I’m leaving. Goodbye.”

She slunk off.

As Faye left, Natalia looked at her receding back, frowning.

Thinking she was still unhappy about what happened, Archie sighed and explained, “She’s just that type of person. Don’t take it personally. I’ll put people on watch next time so she doesn’t barge in.”

Natalia shook her head.

“No, I just think it’s strange.”

“Oh?”

Natalia turned back towards Archie.

“Don’t you think it’s strange that she’d run over, throw a tantrum, then ask about the vase?”

The moment she said that, Archie felt it was strange too.

With her personality, Faye might have been neurotic, petty, harsh, and nitpicky, always doing inappropriate things.

But when it came to money and property, she was pretty generous.

No matter how much she didn’t like Natalia and wanted to find something wrong with her, she couldn’t be raising a fuss over things’ she’d given out on her own.

After all, the items had been given already. People were free to do what they wanted with it, so what did it have to do with her?

But she seemed to have come here deliberately to bring those things up.

Considering that, Archie had to frown too.

Natalia murmured, “I’d had them put the vases away because I thought it was troublesome to have the servants look after them so carefully every day in case they fell and break. That’s why I switched them out for something good-looking and practical. I didn’t think she’d come over today and lecture me about this of all things. I feel like she’s deliberately bringing it up with some other meaning.”

Archie nodded, then comforted, “Don’t overthink it. I’ll send people to investigate this matter. If she comes over again, just ignore her.”

Natalia nodded.

The following day, Natalia headed to shoot as usual, and while she rested, she randomly heard a couple of actors discussing a jewel auction in Eqitin three days from now.

She wasn’t interested in jewelry, but then she remembered that in another month, it’d be the old lady’s seventieth birthday.

The old lady didn’t have any particular interests, but she loved to collect pretty jewelry.

Apparently, when she was young, she’d even apprenticed herself to learn jewelry design.

An auction that could be discussed like this had to be pretty large scale, which meant that plenty of rare pieces ought to appear.

Natalia thought it over, asked where the auction was being held from the two actors, and told Archie so he could get two tickets to look around that day.

Three days later, at the auction.

Natalia was in a black lacy one-piece with a red jacket over the top. With a hat on her head, she kept it low-profile.

Archie, on the other hand, was in a black suit and looked as impeccable as ever. The two took their auction tags and sat down at their designated spots.

They weren’t seated at the front. Natalia hadn’t wanted to draw attention, so she’d asked for the third row down the middle.

Unexpectedly, they sat down and saw a familiar figure walk over.

“Max? What’s he doing here?”

As the heir to the Nixon family of the four great families of Eqitin, Max wasn’t like the rest of his brothers. He was a flamboyant type who didn’t play by the rules, and a year-round playboy. He’d given both his family elders plenty of headaches before.

Max had seen them too. As low-key as Natalia had kept herself, Archie was sitting there, after all.

Other people might not have seen Archie often and probably wouldn’t recognize him at first glance, but he’d grown up with him, so he recognized him right away.

“Archie, Natalia!”

Max exclaimed excitedly, about to run over.

Afraid that he’d draw attention with his motions, Natalia put a finger to her lips and shushed him.