Chuck didn't move an inch even after the warning. Alexandrina glared hotly at him and yelled, "Shouldn't you be further away from me?!"
Chuck smiled, shrugged and moved away a little. He picked up his wine glass and tried to make small talk, "Auntie, this wine is delicious."
"Do you know how precious this wine is? Even your mother wouldn't be able to get her hands on a bottle of it," she said coldly.
Chuck really liked it and managed to finish the entire glass in one shot.
"Auntie, could you get me another glass please," Chuck smiled.
He reached out with his empty wine glass.
"How crude! Do you even know how to drink wine properly?! How can you drink it like this? You need to taste it slowly!" Alexandrina was a little pissed off.
This bottle of wine was very precious, so she had been quite reluctant to drink it. She had only popped it open today because she wanted to show it off to Karen. However, Karen had not been surprised at all when she had a taste just now. She was already annoyed by that. Her heart ached to see Chuck waste her expensive wine just like that.
This bottle of wine was so precious that there were only three bottles of it left in the entire world. "Auntie, please teach me how then," Chuck blinked hazily as he said.
"Stop trying to make it seem like we're close! I'm not your aunt, f*ck off!" She poured herself a glass of wine and tasted it slowly. She felt better when she did.
Chuck looked at her with puppy eyes.
"Don't look at me like that! Do you know how much this wine cost me?" She muttered darkly.
"I'll just ask my mother to pay you back," he said. It didn't matter to Chuck anyways since it was just money. He had an extremely wealthy mother, hence money would never be a problem to him.
All he needed to do was tell his mother about it.
"Ask your mom to pay for the wine? Please, she'll only make fun of me," Alexandrina frowned. She didn't want to get mocked by Karen.
When Karen was still a killer back then, Alexandrina had thought that they could become good friends. She often invited her to go clubbing together but Karen refused every time. She disliked going to such places.
Of course, Karen's rejections had pissed her off. What's more, her sudden declaration to pull out of the organisation was even more annoying. After all this time, she still couldn't get over it!
She had been so kind to her, inviting her to clubs and to have fun. It was alright for Karen to refuse her invitations, but how could she just quit her job like that? She felt like she had been abandoned!
That was the main reason why she was angry. But she knew that Karen treated her well in her own way. Because of the different priorities in life, Karen had never liked going to places like clubs or bars. But other than that, Karen had treated her as a friend...
"Auntie, what happened between you and my mother?"
Chuck had managed to take the bottle of wine and tried to pour it for himself. "Don't drink this one! It's wasted on you. Drink that one," Alexandrina said and passed him another bottle.
Chuck shrugged and took the other bottle accordingly.
"I think your mother looks down on me," she said eventually.
"Look down on you? My mother is not that kind of person," Chuck didn't know what to say to that. His mother was the kindest person on earth. Even though she was rich, she didn't think she was in any way more superior than others.
That was a quality he adored the most about his mother.
He had inherited this personality. He was not one to act arrogantly, even if he had the ability to do so.
"It's just... I've always tried to invite her to have some fun at clubs, but she never comes," she admitted.
Chuck really didn't know what to say to that.
"Of course my mom wouldn't go!" He thought.
His mother would definitely laugh if she knew that this was the reason why Alexandrina disliked her. "What else happened between you two?" Chuck asked as he breathed out a sigh of relief. There was still room for negotiation after all. He had initially thought that his mom had once killed one of her relatives or friends or something.
"Well, lots of other things. Your mom is very stubborn! We are all women, and I tried to introduce her to some guys but she refused! She never wants to go anywhere with me!" She said with a bitter tone.
"Oh Auntie, you can stop if it's getting too... painful to talk about," Chuck said.
"Why would I stop? Do you know why am I telling you this?" Alexandrina teased.
"Not really. Why?"
"I want to let her know that if she looks down on me again, I will toy with her son," she declared happily, shocking Chuck.
What kind of childish logic was this?
"As you wish," Chuck said. He did not care much.
"What are you thinking? Do you really think that I'll let you touch me? I was just joking with you just now! Please, would you let a toy touch you if you were me? You are nothing in my eyes, I'll kick you if I want," she laughed.
"Do you think my mom will let that happen?" He retorted.
"It's all up to you. If you want me to withdraw the kill order, then you'll have to listen to me. There is no other way around this, do you understand?"
Chuck was still contemplating it. He would not agree to become her slave. His mother had told him not to give up his dignity as a man.
He had to refuse.
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