The lakeside villas were situated in the Lakeside Garden, which was the most famous residential area in Eastcliff that consisted of several luxurious villas. The Lakeside Garden, which covered an area of 5000 acres, only contained 166 villas with each country house covering an extremely large area. Honestly speaking, not even 50 units in the residential area had been sold up until now.
It was not that the city was short of people who could afford one, but it was because there were not many who qualified to own an estate there. Lakeside Garden was a residential area developed by Billy Newman, and only those who met certain qualifications could have the rights to reside in the area. Anyone else who failed to meet the threshold would have no hopes of owning a building there, even though they offered to buy one with a price higher than its original by ten times. Therefore, only less than 50 vehicles had been registered for the ownership of an access card for Lakeside Garden up until now.
That was the reason why Francis Cooper had been so rattled when he caught sight of the access card for Lakeside Garden on the Maybach. It was because he could not afford to offend those who resided in the Lakeside Garden! The Old Master of the Cunningham Family had once had the honor to be invited by a friend to set foot in the Lakeside Garden before. From then on, he had often boasted about the experience in various public occasions.
The landlady said that the villas in Lakeside Garden were worth 30 million, but that was only the base price. The one Joseph Harrison had invited Matthew over to stay was valued at 207 million because it was situated at the best location at the lakeside.
Its total area covered over 3600 square meters with a spacious courtyard which covered nearly 30 acres. There was a swimming pool built in the courtyard and another smaller one built indoors. If one was to sit at the balcony which was over 60 square meters, he would be enjoying a clear panoramic view of Lake Eastcliffe as though he owned the entire world. Its interior was designed extravagantly that came with all sorts of furniture and facilities. Everything was brand new because no one had ever stayed there before; only the domestic maids would visit it everyday to clean up the place.
After sending Matthew to the villa and helping him to settle down, Joseph then left him an access card before bidding farewell with him. In fact, Joseph was not the owner of the house. He did own another smaller villa in Lakeside Garden, but it was worth only around 70 million, which was a reward he received from a big shot in the city whose illness he once treated.
As for the unit that Matthew was staying in, it was considered the best in the entire residential garden and it was a gift Billy sent for Matthew through Joseph. Someone had once offered Billy 500 million for this property, but he declined because he had planned to reserve it for his daughter, Brittany. Now that Matthew had saved Brittany's life, Billy decided to reward him with the villa as a token of appreciation. It came with five housekeepers who could help Matthew take care of Natalie other than handling his daily house chores.
After settling himself down, Matthew received a call from Helen Freeman, his mother-in-law. "Matthew, where have you been? Can't you see what time it is? Shouldn’t you be back by now to prepare dinner?"
Heaving a sigh, Matthew then walked out of Lakeside Garden with resignation and went back home by taxi. As soon as he had arrived, he heard
some commotion coming from the house.
"James, I don't want to listen to any more nonsense from you. In fact, you can only blame your daughter for being incompetent for the work assigned to her. Grandpa just wanted me to tell her that she doesn't have to report to work anymore in the future. What has this got anything to do with me? If you're not satisfied with his decision, you should visit Grandpa and argue with him! Also, it's more than reasonable that you guys are asked to offer compensation after causing such a huge loss to the whole Cunningham Family. Don't talk to me about kinship now, because I've never taken personal relationships into account when I do business. If you guys are unwilling to fork out the money, just brace yourself to be put in jail then!"
With full attention, Matthew looked rattled when he listened to what the man said. He could recognize the voice belonged to Charlie, Sasha's cousin. Charlie Cunningham was Jason Cunningham’s son, and he was also deemed as the successor to the family business of the Cunningham Family. Known for his arrogant and snobbish attitude, no one dared to offend him.
Jason was the one who had seized and occupied the single-storey villa that James and his family once resided in. On top of that, Charlie was a man who was extremely wicked. In order to achieve his own private means, many a times he had tried to arrange Sasha to keep his friends company. Once, he even plotted against Sasha to sabotage her career. If Sasha hadn't been alert enough to constantly keep a distance from him, she might have already fallen into his trap.
Because of that, Charlie had always held a grudge toward Sasha and he would undermine her position in the company as soon as he found an opportunity to do so. Without Charlie standing in her way, Sasha could have been occupying a higher position in the hierarchy of the company than what she was having at the moment.
Following a smack, the door was opened from which Charlie walked out. At the sight of Matthew who was standing by the door, a slight trace of disdain flickered on Charlie's face as he sneered, "Well, if it isn't my brother-in-law? You're back home again to ask for allowance from your wife's family, aren't you? How wonderful it is to be a live-in son-in-law! It's so enviable that you get to live a comfortable life without having to work for it!"
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