Spoiled By The CEO: Why The Wife Is Kinda Sweet? novel Chapter 296

The servant looked at Faye, then over at Natalia.

It was really obvious that the atmosphere between the two of them wasn’t quite right, but it wouldn’t do to ask.

With a respectful “yes”, they went over to prop Faye up.

Faye’s anger was brimming. Looking at Natalia’s calm and cold face, the phrase “I’m the true matriarch of the McCarthy family” reverberated throughout her skull.

She wanted to pounce up and rip her to shreds!

Finally, she took a deep breath and forcefully suppressed all her indignation and rage.

“Fine. You’ve got guts saying that to my face. Fine, we’ll see! Here’s some advice from me too, Natalia. You can replace a wife, but not an aunt! I saw Archie grow from when he was small. No matter how much he likes you now, it’s just for the moment. Nothing lasts forever, so just wait! One day, I’ll chase you out of the McCarthy family!”

With that, she took the servant’s hand and stormed off.

The moment she left, Natalia felt the air in front of her clear.

She lifted her head to look at the sky, then took a deep breath, her temper almost erupting from her throat.

After a while, she stilled her temper.

She turned and strode out.

When they got in the car, Archie could see that her face wasn’t quite right and frowned.

He set down the magazine he’d been reading while he waited, leant over and asked, “What? What did she say to you?”

“Nothing.”

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to tell him Faye’s words, but she didn’t think it was necessary.

At the end of the day, she believed in Archie. It didn’t make a difference if they spoke or not.

She took a deep breath and commanded Brain, “Drive!”

Brian nodded, started the car, and drove out slowly.

Archie examined her closely in silence.

He’d always had a good eye and sharp observation skills. He couldn’t have missed the emotions she was bottling up.

The woman’s sunken face and redness in the eyes clearly told him that she’d been treated unfairly.

Obviously, Faye had said something ugly again.

Archie’s face darkened.

He took out his phone and growled, “I’m calling her about it now!”

Natalia saw it and her eyes widened as she reached out to stop him.

“No.”

Archie frowned.

Natalia paused, adjusted her own emotions, and said, “She doesn’t like me to begin with and thinks I’m using this opportunity to kick her out of the McCarthy family. This was just a misunderstanding. If you call her now, no matter what you say, she’ll think I’m using you to get to her again. That will only deepen the misunderstanding, and nothing will end up getting solved. So there’s no need to call her.”

Archie scoffed. “But she treated you wrong.”

Natalia forced a smile.

“Not really. I don’t really care, so it doesn’t matter.”

She turned to look outside the window, towards the quiet, lonely road.

Archie’s heart ached as he grabbed her hands and pulled her into his embrace.

“I’m sorry, Natalia. I’m putting you through all this.”

Natalia chuckled.

“How do you mean?”

“You don’t want me to get caught between you and Aunt Faye, so you’re not standing up to her. I know. But you’re my wife, Natalia. If you’re treated unfairly, I won’t be happy either. Aunt Faye’s got a stubborn personality. It used to be fine, but if she turns it on you, I won’t sit by idly.”

Faye was older than them, sure, but that didn’t mean that Natalia had to grin and bear it.

Natalia snuggled up against his waist, felt the concern in his tone, and sighed.

“I’m really fine. Don’t worry. I just don’t want to start any more trouble. Besides, it was just a few jabs. No one’s really been bullying me. Your wife’s not so weak that anyone can walk all over her.”

On that, Archie agreed.

He released her and kissed her forehead.

“You’re so nice, Natalia.”

The two went back to Pinewood Manor.

The next day, Ariana arranged for Faye to leave Eqitin.

Archie sent Brian to investigate the gambling scene, and found that there was plenty to do with the Bissel family behind the scenes.

That Forrest was clearly a pawn that the Bissels had tossed out to hook Faye.

It wasn’t that the Bissels held a particular grudge against the McCarthy family.

Only, the Bissel family had developed a great deal these past few years. There was only room for one to stand at the top, so to take that spot, of course the Bissels had to come down hard on the McCarthys.

But the McCarthy family weren’t going to stand idly by.

In just a few days, the police shut down Forrest’s entire operation on the basis of fraud and other crimes.

And so that incident came to an end for the moment.

Meanwhile, Victoria was about to give birth.

Natalia had promised not to go, but she was still worried.

After all, without considering that mystery of a man there, Victoria had no friends or family by her side.

Fortunately, it had gone better than she imagined, and Victoria gave birth smoothly to a 3.4 kilogram baby boy.

She named him Joy, wishing for his happiness throughout his life.

As his godmother, Natalia was of course overjoyed herself. She forced Victoria to go on video chat with the child for a while right that day.

Looking at the soft and pink little muffin on the screen, she felt her heart melt.

Victoria chuckled, “If you like children that much, why don’t you try for one with Archie?”

Natalia paused, thought about it, and said, “There’s no rush.”

She’d refused to make a baby with Archie because, first of all, she’d always been filming, and didn’t want to slow down her work.

Secondly, she was considering Anne as well.

Anne wasn’t like normal children and hadn’t grown up with a mother. Every time she saw Natalia, she stuck to her like glue.

She could feel how much Anne desired motherly love and how insecure she was inside.

So she couldn’t be sure how it would affect Anne if she got pregnant at a time like this.

Bearing that in mind, Natalia sighed.

She didn’t know why Archie had kept this child with methods like this. Was there some secret behind it?

Still, she was only thinking about it and couldn’t have asked him outright.

She looked towards Victoria and asked, “When are you coming back?”

Nobody outside knew that Victoria was giving birth in secret.

She had no intention of giving up her status as an actress, so she would make her return sooner or later.