Spoiled By The CEO: Why The Wife Is Kinda Sweet? novel Chapter 356

“So, I only want to act in your place to get her to improve her memory. Knowing that she’s done something wrong, she should apologize. If she doesn’t want to lower that proud head, then she had better not make such a mistake again. That way, she’ll remember it next time. Wouldn’t you say?”

Wilson didn’t have a reply to that for the moment.

Mulling it over, it actually somewhat made sense.

So he didn’t say anything about it.

Natalia smiled at Jessica.

“Then start apologizing now, please!”

Jessica’s face turned an array of different colors. Looking at Natalia’s pleased expression, she wanted to rip her to shreds right then and there.

Biting her lower lip, she looked, humiliated, over at Wilhelm.

The old man, though, wore a severe, tightly wound expression, not even once looking at her.

Jessica’s gut took a blow.

She looked at Matthew, who simply nodded slightly at her, and knew there was no room to budge over this.

No matter how much she didn’t want to, she could only walk up and say to Misty, “I’m sorry.”

Misty had worked at the Kawn family household for two years. She usually had to be perfectly reverent of the masters of the house, and they’d never once apologized to her.

Losing her nerve, she waved it off.

“I-It’s fine.”

Fists clenched, Jessica grit her teeth and walked to another guest, repeating, “I’m sorry.”

The guest took a hurried step back and said it was fine as well.

Jessica proceeded towards the next guest.

It went on for half an hour before she’d finished apologizing to the guests.

Jessica swore she’d never apologized so much in her life. Most people, considering the Kawn family reputation, didn’t make too much of it or show any funny faces.

But a few of them still couldn’t hold in their laughter.

With an atmosphere like this, the laughs were clearly mocking.

Jessica’s face instantly turned ugly, swelling almost purple.

Meanwhile, Wilhelm had seen enough. He had someone push his wheelchair straight into the lounge.

Half an hour later, the “apology party” eventually ended.

And the birthday banquet ended with that comedic scene.

Having seen the show and finished their celebrations, the guests naturally dispersed.

Natalia, pleased with the results, deliberately said goodbye to Wilhelm before she left.

Wilhelm was so angry his brows seemed to merge with his eyes, and he didn’t even look at her.

But Natalia didn’t mind. She said goodbye with a smile before leaving with Anne.

On the other side, Ein Bissel looked at everything that had happened that night. Even though he didn’t say anything, he was already starting to get dissatisfied with Jessica.

He wanted to arm up against the McCarthy family, yes, so even though he’d known about Jessica’s past and the grudge she had with Natalia, he didn’t care so long as she brought that 15% Kawn family share as her dowry.

But that didn’t mean he was willing to let his son marry a moron who was only good for getting in trouble!

In Ein’s eyes, whether Jessica had tried to do Anne in was irrelevant.

The important thing was, she didn’t have the ability to resolve the trouble she started herself.

A woman who didn’t know how to clean up her own mess had no business matching up with his son and entering the Bissel family!

What, were the Bissels supposed to wipe her ass if she got in more trouble outside?

So, before he left, Ein went to Wilhelm, and when old man Kawn brought up the marriage between Jessica and Ontario again, Ein didn’t agree.

He chuckled, “The two young ones are still small. Besides, Ontario’s been busy running around lately, and he’s not one for settling down right now. It might be difficult for the lady. So there’s no need to rush. We can talk about it again, when the two young ones get to know each other a little better.”

He didn’t refuse outright out of respect for Wilhelm.

But old man Kawn obviously understood his meaning.

The talks had gone so well before, but because of this incident tonight, he was going to start stalling and saying that the two didn’t know each other well; to play the long game.

Wasn’t it clear that this was because he feared Jessica would get the Bissel family in trouble?

Wilhelm was outraged, but since it was a problem in his camp, he couldn’t complain.

Stripped of all disguise, with what Jessica had done tonight, even if the Bissels reneged on their deal, he couldn’t say anything about it.

With the Bissels gone, the rest of the guests were about all gone as well.

Only then did Jessica pick her way cautiously into the lounge.

At that moment, she and Wilhelm were the only two people inside.

The other people were busy cleaning up after the banquet, while the servants and the guards were keeping watch outside the door. None were to enter without the old man’s approval.

Timidly, Jessica called, “Grandpa.”

Old man Kawn had his back to her as he expressionlessly grunted.

“Know where you went wrong tonight?”

Jessica bit her lip. Because of the humiliation she’d suffered, her face was still swollen red, with tears in her eyes. She cut a pitiful figure.

“I know.”

“Speak. Why did you go after the child?”

Jessica fell silent and didn’t speak.

She put her hands in front of her and wrung at a corner of her dress, head dipped slightly. Standing under the lamplight, she looked weak and vulnerable.

Frowning, Wilhelm wheeled himself over.

“Still not telling the truth to your grandfather?”

Jessica knew that she couldn’t keep it from Wilhelm. After all, the lie she’d made up on the spot wasn’t that good.

Even most of the guests didn’t believe what she’d said.

They’d just kept quiet about it because it was the Kawn family.

Right here and now, faced with Wilhelm’s sharp gaze, she paused for a long while and murmured, “Because I want revenge.”

Wilhelm frowned.

“Revenge for what?”

Jessica’s tears fell.

She cried her heart out, tears dropping like pearls off a string, whimpering, “I’m sorry, Grandpa, I didn’t want to. I don’t know what came over me. I knew the child was innocent, but I wanted her dead.”

Wilhelm was getting impatient.

“I asked you a question. Revenge for what?”

Jessica cleared her nose, then said, “Back when I was with my ex-husband, I’d been pregnant once. The child was almost born when my sister caused me to miscarry. I’ve always hated her for it. Coming to Eqitin, I found myself all alone, while she gets to have the time of her life with Anne. It reminded me of my child from before. I lost my composure and wanted to get her to experience what it’s like, too, so I moved on Anne without thinking it through.”