Spoiled By The CEO: Why The Wife Is Kinda Sweet? novel Chapter 331

Archie had gotten ahold of the news too, but compared to Natalia’s worry, he looked at it more openly.

“If the young man has his own ideas, he wouldn’t compromise for family. If he does, then it proves that he never had the ability and will to become independent in the first place. If not Jessica, he would have married another woman anyway for profit and exchange of interests. There’s no difference.

Natalia was still a little worried.

“But she’s…”

Archie looked at her deeply, grasping her hand tight.

“Don’t be afraid.” He said lightly, “The Bissels and the McCarthys are on opposing sides to begin with. And with everything that woman’s done to you, whether or not she marries into the Bissel family, she’s never going to become friends with you. So with her dead set as your enemy, whether or not they get married makes no difference at all.”

Natalia lifted her head to look at him, her fine brow showing a bit of anxiety.

“Is it really all right? If the Kawns really stood by the Bissels, can you handle it alone?”

Archie smiled.

He reached out, tilted her face up, and stroked her cheeks with his fingers, saying softly after a while, “So long as you stay by my side, I can handle it.”

Natalia started.

The man’s gaze was so gentle and so firm, brimming with inexplicable force, that her heart eventually stilled.

She reached out and took his waist, leaning her face against his chest.

“I’ll always stay by your side. No matter what happens, we’ll always be together.”

Archie smiled happily.

“Don’t worry. Even if the Bissel family tries anything, it won’t be in these couple days. They’ll at least wait until after the holidays to move. So enjoy this holiday to yourself, okay?”

Natalia nodded and finally said “okay”.

…

Meanwhile, in Julio.

Naturally, the Kawn family was bustling with activity over the holidays as well.

As a major enterprise tycoon of Julio, Brandon had an endless stream of people coming to visit.

And as the young master of the Kawns, James had to stay and deal with business as well.

The house servants were so busy they were going insane. From the living room to the kitchens, they worked nonstop.

With that, Victoria, who had nothing to do, became the most leisurely person in the entire house.

She couldn’t be bothered to go liaise with anyone, so she didn’t go downstairs, even taking her lunch in her room.

Brandon was too busy socializing to pay attention to her. James, though, did send someone up to ask her if she wanted to go down and mingle. A lot of seniors from the company had come around, and she could have at least greeted them.

Victoria, though, refused.

She’d never thought of taking part in the company. With her father and brother there, it was entirely enough.

So she couldn’t be bothered to go talk to those people as well.

James was exasperated, but he knew his sister’s temper, so he didn’t force her.

Because there were so many guests and Victoria wouldn’t come out and help, they lacked a mistress hosting the household, and even with all their servants, the workload was too much.

Brandon decided to up and rent a compartment at a nearby five-star hotel, getting ready to take everyone out for dinner.

Victoria didn’t want to go and stayed in her room watching TV.

Brandon was still feuding with her, so he ignored her. There were servants at home and already finished meals, so she wouldn’t starve to death. The minute it was time, he took everyone out.

Hearing the rabble fade, Victoria shut down her laptop, closed her eyes for a moment, and came out wearing slippers.

Seeing that she was finally coming out of her room, one of the servants greeted her.

“Where are you going, madam?”

Victoria waved it off. “No need to worry about me. I’m just taking a walk.”

Seeing that, the servant didn’t ask about it and turned to leave.

Victoria went to the office and looked around.

She couldn’t find her contract.

She knew that even though she was flesh and blood with Brandon, it really didn’t matter to the man if he got down to business.

If she wanted to get back into acting free of her father’s control, she had to find that contract.

But even after searching the entire office, she couldn’t find a single trace.

After searching for a while, Victoria lost her patience and stood. She was about to call and ask if her brother had seen the contract, but the moment she turned around, she saw James standing there in the doorway.

She jumped, thumping her own chest.

“James! What are you doing? You scared me half to death.”

James shook his head helplessly.

He strode over, rearranging the places Victoria had messed up, then said, “Don’t waste your effort. Dad’s keeping that contract to himself. Without his permission, no one can get their hands on it. He’s wary of you, so why would he leave something like that at home?”

Victoria blinked, then frowned.

“Even you don’t know where it is?”

James shook his head, honest. “I don’t.”

Victoria was a little angry.

“What is he trying to pull? Does he really want to force me into a corner?”

James chuckled.

“That’s going a bit far, you know. Dad only wants the best for you.”

Her expression cold, Victoria looked pointedly to the side.

Seeing her barbed and on guard, James sighed.

“We all objected to you being with that man for our own reasons, but you didn’t listen and just had to elope with him. You even got pregnant with his child. Forget all that. But have you ever given us a single call throughout this entire year? Have you ever even dropped us a line? Dad’s not mad at you and that man. He’s mad that his daughter that he raised for so many years is putting the family through this for one man. Wouldn’t you feel sad if it was you? Wouldn’t you feel disappointed?”

Victoria’s eyes reddened.

She bit her lip and wiped them.

After a while, she mumbled, “It’s not that I didn’t want to contact him.”

But every time she called back, she’d get yelled at. After a while, she just couldn’t be bothered to ask for another scolding again.

James had to laugh as he shook his head again.

He reached out and patted her head, sounding quite helpless.

“You really are silly, my silly little sister.”

Victoria whimpered, not sure what to say.

James turned around and produced a contract from a nearby drawer, handing it to her.

Victoria froze, took it, and looked at the contents, her eyes widening in shock.

“Didn’t you say you didn’t know…”

James shrugged. “I really didn’t know and I didn’t steal it for you. So if Dad asks about it, you can’t sell me out, or I won’t acknowledge you as my sister anymore.”

Victoria trembled, then rushed up and gave James a hug.

“Thank you, big brother.”