“Since you like staying here so much, just stay then.”
Olive was speechless about this and simply didn’t bother dealing with her anymore. She returned to her
desk to continue her work, gave her a cold treatment, and treated her as air.
Some people didn’t have dignity, so why should she respect them.
Although Ted and Rou had stepped out, they were still paying attention to the activity inside the office
with their ears. They’re ready to deal with the emergency anytime.
“You think, how could there be such a shameless woman? Doesn’t she have a lot of money at home?
She acted like a stupid person, yet she still talked about quality with me. Pooh! She deserves it.” Rou
couldn’t dissipate her righteous indignation in her heart and took a few sips of water on the table.
“Auntie, you should drink slowly.” Ted looked at her, really afraid that she would choke.
“You say, why do you think Mrs. Hoyle is fancy of her? If she’s talking about moral quality, talking about
accomplishment, she clearly knows that Ophelia had done all wicked things. Yet, she still defends her.
Isn’t it because that woman has a powerful father? Mr. Hoyle isn’t someone who would live off a
woman. Does he need to be engaged in the so-called business marriage? From his mother’s point of
view, her son’s feelings could originally be sold by weight. Hey, that’s the happiness of his lifetime. No
wonder Mr. Hoyle is angry. Do you think that since that lady was getting old, her sight turned bad, and
she's not clear-headed anymore….”
Rou eloquently spoke with much energy, but Ted was shocked to realize that Mrs. Hoyle had stood
behind her with a gloomy face. The trouble is coming.
As he signaled her by blinking his eyes, she replied with a frustrating sentence, “What are you doing?
Do your eyes hurt or are you having a spasm? Do you want me to blow it?”
Ted had completely failed her, then he greeted the person behind her, “Mrs. Hoyle.”
But the woman was completely insensitive and she responded a bit later, “What’s with Mrs. Hoyle? I
always feel that she’s a silly old woman. Why didn’t she look up to Sister Olive? She’s such a nice
woman, if she doesn’t accept her, that’s her loss.”
“Then you tell me, what’s good about Olive?” Mrs. Hoyle appeared in front of her calmly.
Rou was startled by the sudden voice. She’s a bit short-sighted and didn’t like to wear spectacles. She
felt that it would hinder the beauty of her big eyes. She was afraid as she saw the person clearly and
was shocked. She couldn’t just casually speak ill of someone behind their back.
But she spoke the truth, why should she be afraid? Thinking about this, she boldly asked, “Then you
say, what’s bad about Sister Olive?”
This question made Mrs. Hoyle speechless. To be honest, that night after both her sons met her, she
also gave a thought carefully. Even she couldn’t think of Olive’s goodness, she also couldn’t figure out
her bad side.
Perhaps it was because of the strong first impression that had been ingrained. All these years, she’s
used to treating Ophelia as the only candidate as her daughter-in-law, so Olive’s appearance caused
rejection in her heart. She even turned a blind eye to her good points and overlooked Ophelia’s
shortcomings. Even went along with Ophelia’s devious means and became her accomplice, regardless
of right or wrong.
Rou saw that she was silent for a while, muttered, “You can’t answer, right?”
Mrs. Hoyle was someone with pride. How could she easily be defeated in front of a youngster, “I’m the
one who asked first, but you replied with a question instead.”
Rou said, “If you can figure out Sister Olive’s one shortcoming, I can spell out ten sorts of her goodness
to you. Do you dare to bet with me? I will spell out one of her goodness, but can you figure out ten of
her shortcomings?”
“Have a bet?” Mrs. Hoyle looked like she’s heard something funny, “I think you don’t have anything
better to do and felt bored at your job.”
Seeing the tension between both of them, Ted hurriedly stood up and intervene them, “Mrs. Hoyle, Rou
is young and ignorant. Please don’t be offended. Sister Olive has let us know that you can directly go
inside after you arrived.”
Ted felt that his superior was simply able to predict something accurately. She knew that Mrs. Hoyle
and Ophelia would come looking for her, it’s just that it’s too fast.
“It’s fine.” Mrs. Hoyle’s expression eased up a bit and slightly felt surprised. Olive had expected that
she would come looking for her?
Rou looked as the old lady walked in and she was being pulled again. She took her time and stomped
at Ted’s foot, “How can you let her in? Are you letting both that women bully Sister Olive?”
“Auntie, I know that you have slight admiration towards Sister Olive. I understand your urgency to
defend your idol. But please, I beg you to stop be a trouble maker, can you?”
“What do you mean by trouble maker? You’re the trouble maker.” Rou was extremely unhappy with his
remarks towards her. Did she do something wrong?
“You also don’t want that Sister Olive and her mother-in-law to always confront each other, right?” Ted
asked patiently.
“Of course” Many people a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law never suited each other. This was the
major reason why a marriage could fail. It could break the love if one was careless. She didn’t want that
because of this old lady, the perfect couple in her mind would end tragically.
“So, you cannot stop Mrs. Hoyle from meeting Sister Olive. They should settle their problems by
themselves. We are just outsiders and we couldn’t replace Sister Olive to make a final decision.” Ted
was more reasonable and less emotional.
“You are right. But I’m still afraid that Sister Olive will be at a disadvantage. She’s facing those two
people alone.”
“Don’t worry, Sister Olive can deal with this. You have to believe in her ability. She is not only able to
manage a hotel, but also fought with that mistress, and even can hold up dealing with her mother-in-
law.”
“Really?”
Ted rolled his eyes at her, “Then, don’t you believe in your idol’s power?”
“Of course I believe that Sister Olive will definitely win.” Rou let out a powerful gesture, then pulled a
face towards the closed office door.
Mrs. Hoyle thought that she would see a scene where they didn’t get along as she walked in, but she
never expected that she would see such a strange calmness. One of them was busy working in front of
the computer while the other one was sitting on the sofa and reading the newspaper. As if they were
separated between two spaces and not disturbing each other.
What’s with this situation?
Let’s not talk about how Olive responded when both of them met, but Ophelia’s current temperament
was always stirring up for troubles. But looking at the current situation, there was definitely something
wrong. That even caused her unable to do anything.
Ten minutes ago, her son, Alan asked her if she’s at Angel now. After receiving an affirmative, he then
said, “Ophelia went to Olive’s office. I’m afraid that she would cause trouble unreasonably. Please go
and check on them, don’t let her harm Olive.”
This silly boy, he thought that she doesn’t know his small plan? He used to prevent her from
embarrassing his woman. And now, he went completely all the way and let her be in touch with his
wife. Hmph, just in time. She also wanted to get to know this woman called Olive Steele. What’s so
good about her and what’s her charm, that she could catch her son’s heart so tightly?
Didn’t she just simply save her son’s life? There were so many ways to repay his gratitude. Since she
was able to make her son pledge to marry her, she's not a simple one.
Ophelia was slightly startled seeing her arrival, “Mom, why are you here?”
In the morning, Olive still considered taking the initiative to pay a visit to Mrs. Hoyle, she didn’t expect
that the person would come so soon. She slightly lifted her lips and smiled, “Everyone is so interested
in me today, did you also come here to chat with me?”
“Chat with you? I have no time to chat with you, there’s also nothing to talk about.” Mrs. Hoyle snorted
coldly. It was still that unapproachable icy look. Her gaze went past Olive and fell on Ophelia.
It was the gaze that Olive was longing for, which was a loving and caring gaze of an elder towards a
youngster.
After all, it was a girl that she had watched growing up, even when she’s not her daughter, the feeling
was already deep. Even when she made mistake, it was because of her deep love. Mrs. Hoyle felt that
this girl was unaware of her father’s scheme. She didn’t want to take the child that she’s treated as her
own, as Finn’s accomplice.
It’s just that she slightly had her guard up. As if, a thorn grew in her heart and pained her heart.
If it wasn’t because of Ophelia’s here, she would’ve wanted to talk a bit with the woman that had
become her son’s wife. But now was obviously not the right time.
Olive had expected Mrs. Hoyle’s response, so, it couldn’t be said as a strike for her. But, how to seize
her mother-in-law’s heart, was really causing a headache. The Anti-Japanese war took eight years and
she didn’t know how long it would take to get this old lady’s heart.
“Then, could it be that your purpose of coming here, is the same as Ms. Ophelia? You come here just
to hang out.”
She also didn’t believe that just by helping this old lady once, she would see her in a different light.
Rome wasn’t built in one day. The old lady’s prejudice towards her, couldn’t be solved in a day or two.
Mrs. Hoyle walked to Ophelia’s side, “No matter how this is still your territory. You have quite a skill to
capture someone’s heart, that even your mere secretary is willing to stand up for you. I just couldn’t let
my Ophelia being bullied by you here, right?”
Ophelia raised her brows triumphantly at Olive.
Olive treated her as invincible, “Mrs. Hoyle, you can really joke. Does Ms. Ophelia look like she’s being
bullied by me?”
She’s enjoying herself now and very happy. If Ms. Ophelia can be bullied, then all the women in the
world are weak.
“I dare you” Mrs. Hoyle snorted slightly.
Olive smiled slightly, “Mrs. Hoyle, you’re wrong. It’s not that I don’t dare to but I can’t learn the
unscrupulous effort from a certain person. Human’s heart is soft, you’ve watched Ms. Ophelia grew up
since she was young. I understand that you have unusual feelings toward her. But let me remind you of
one thing, Mrs. Hoyle. A wolf in sheep’s clothing will always be a wolf and cannot turn into a sheep.
What Ms. Ophelia had done to me, one day when you don’t do as she wants, you won’t know for sure
that she won’t use it the same way against you.”
As soon as these words were spoken, Ophelia was agitated at once. She pointed at Olive and cursed,
“Olive, don’t you dare cause discord between me and Mom. Since you can’t get Mom’s favor, you say
such despicable things here. You are shameless, don’t you have pride?”
Olive slightly rolled her eyes. A shameless person was calling hern shameless. A shameless person
had thick skin indeed. No matter how it sounded, it’s ridiculous, “Ms. Ophelia, if you have self-
confidence, you don’t have to be so agitated. The first impression isn’t always right and time will
definitely reveal a person’s heart. I can only hope that no matter what happens, Ms. Ophelia, you’ll still
treat Mrs. Hoyle as usual.”
“Mom, don’t listen to this crazy woman’s nonsense.” Ophelia was really clear. If she even lost the
support from this old lady, then she won’t have a chance to turn her defeat into a victory anymore.
Actually, she knew very well that she couldn't win Alan’s heart anymore but she didn’t want Olive, this
bitch, to be too proud.
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