Spoiled By The CEO: Why The Wife Is Kinda Sweet? novel Chapter 295

Archie had basically expected Faye to give way.

After he agreed, they set a time down to go to the old household together at night.

Natalia would go back first to prepare the old lady and soften the blow a little.

That night, the three headed towards the McCarthy household.

Ariana heard what had happened and naturally blew her top.

Even before Faye arrived, she’d taken her temper out in the house, even breaking a few of her teacups.

Natalia mediated, “It’s good that Aunt Faye told us about this earlier. It’s not too late to turn back, so don’t get mad, Grandma. It was a gamble in the heat of the moment, and we can’t make things worse out of our own temper. It’s more important to calm down and deal with it.”

The old lady sighed.

“I know. Don’t worry. I’m just blowing off some steam here. What could I do with her, anyway? Send her over after I mull here for a while and I won’t yell at her.”

Promises were promises, but by the time Faye got here, the old lady couldn’t hold it in and yelled at her anyway.

Faye knew she didn’t have a leg to stand on, so she stood there and took it quietly.

Done yelling, Ariana’s wrath faded a bit, so she started sorting through the start and finish of what had happened.

It was really quite simple.

Anyone with regular intelligence could tell that Faye was getting scammed.

The knot came in where she didn’t know herself and didn’t leave any evidence. She’d gone over and spent her money of her own volition.

Unless they used unconventional methods, it would be hard to prove she was being scammed.

The McCarthy family might have had a lot of tools, but this was an abnormal period. And because being big also meant being a big target, they couldn’t move recklessly.

If Forrest could get a scene this big in Eqitin, he had to have someone at his back. From the information Brian had turned up, it showed he had connections to the Bissels, so it was possible they were backing him.

Nobody could afford carelessness when it involved the McCarthy and Bissel families.

Archie thought about it. “I can send someone to deal with it, but you had better not appear in Eqitin for now, Aunt. Just in case more complications happen.”

Faye objected right away.

“Are you trying to exile me, Archie? I’m not going anywhere; I’m staying in Eqitin!”

Ariana barked, “Quit it! Now’s the time to clean up your mess! You think anyone would be willing to take it off your hands?”

At the old lady’s roar, Faye lost her nerve.

After a while, she said grudgingly, “Then I want to go to Othua.”

“No!”

The old lady snarled, looking at her coldly.

“Don’t even think about it! I’ll reserve tickets tomorrow to send you over to your aunt in Lessia. I’ll send people to watch over you, so don’t even think about running around! Before this is done, you’re not going anywhere.”

Faye started shrieking with discontent.

“I’m in my thirties now, Mom, not three. Are you putting me on curfew like a child?”

Ariana scoffed.

“Your intellect is about the same as a three-year-old’s anyway.”

“…”

With the old lady having made that decision, nobody could change it.

Finally, the family meeting was ended at Ariana’s order.

Archie and Natalia were of course going back to Pinewood Manor.

Worried that Faye would start some more nonsense, Ariana didn’t let her leave and had her stay the night before flying away first thing in the morning.”

As they headed out the door, Faye suddenly stopped Natalia.

She looked at Archie and smiled, “I’ve got some things I want to say to Natalia. Can we have a moment?”

Archie frowned and looked at Natalia.

Natalia nodded to show she was fine.

“Wait for me in the car! I’ll be right over.”

Only then did Archie nod and leave.

When he left, Faye’s smiling expression instantly collapsed.

“Happy with yourself, Natalia? Pleased? Now that you’ve gotten me out of Eqitin, no one’s going to be watching out for you or keeping you at bay now. You can toy around with Archie as much as you want and bend him to your will, eh?”

Natalia frowned, but after a while, her brow loosened.

She looked at Faye a little coldly, a mocking light in her eyes.

“You stopped me just to say all that, Aunt?”

Faye thrust her chest out.

“What? I can’t? Don’t think I’m unaware of your little machinations. You look like you want to help me when really you just want me to embarrass myself! Well, that’s great, I’ve lost all face in front of the rest of the family now and the old man and old lady are disappointed in me, so they won’t listen to me from now on. Are you happy now?!”

Natalia shook her head.

“I’ve never had any thoughts like that.”

“Heh, who do you think you’re fooling? At the end of the day, you didn’t like that I wasn’t okay with you and Archie being together, right? Must have been uncomfortable seeing me favor Selena’s matchup with Archie, huh? Then did you know that Selena and Archie used to be lovers and grew up close together? What’s the meaning to you butting in between them now?”

Natalia took a deep breath.

She was about done with this.

Some things bore saying once.

But after repeating it time and time again, anyone’s patience would wear too thin to listen to another word.

She looked at Faye and said lowly, “Since you’re going this far, Aunt, then I have a question of my own. If they were so close, why did Archie marry me and not her?”

Faye was struck dumb.

Natalia sneered.

“I really don’t understand, Aunt – why do you dislike me so much? Ever since the beginning, I’ve never shown any ill intentions against you. Anywhere I might have been impolite to you was because you provoked me. I know you’ve been good to Archie and you took care of him for all those years his parents weren’t here. I won’t deny the relationship between you. But you should understand that the one who’ll walk with him to the end of his life is not you, but me. No matter how deep a relationship runs, if it meets with long periods of disappointment and friction, it’ll eventually lose its luster. I don’t want you to regret things after you’ve lost everything you once had with him. So a word of advice, dear Aunt. If you want to enjoy the latter half of your life, please rein it in and take care of yourself! After all, the family is Archie’s in the future, and as his wife, I’m the true matriarch of the McCarthy family.”

As she finished, Faye’s face contorted with so much rage she almost fainted the next second. Only then did Natalia call over a servant.

“Aunt Faye’s not feeling too well. Please escort her back to rest.”