"Jayden, don't you think this is a little too much?" Silvia felt stifled as she looked at all the gifts in the house. "Are you trying to show off your wealth?"
"What do you mean by showing off?" Jayden said, "I'm rich, why do I need to show off my wealth? Only those who don't have much money would show off."
What was this man talking about? And with that kind of tone? He was being so arrogant that it annoyed Silvia.
Silvia glared at him and said, "Sure, you are rich, you can do whatever you want. But let me tell you, if you really have no where else to spend your money, you can just give us cash. We don't need anything else, we just need money!"
Jayden said, "We're family now."
What Jayden meant was that his money was Silvia's too. She could just spend it as she liked. However, Silvia did not grasp the meaning behind Jayden's words.
Silvia rolled her eyes at him. "My mother hasn't met you nor has she acknowledged you yet. Don't say that we're a family so soon, or you might risk getting your heart broken.
Silvia was her parents' only child. In the past, her father would always say that his daughter must marry the best man in this world. Therefore, Silvia thought that her mother would be very picky about her son-in-law. It was very likely that Jayden would not meet her mother's expectation.
Jayden didn't know what to say.
Could he tell her that he and Mrs. Turner had already met up and that she had already acknowledged him as her son-in-law?
"You're here, Silvia!" Upon hearing Silvia's voice, Mrs. Turner, who was busy in the kitchen, tried to squeeze through the gifts. However, because the living room was filled with gifts, Mrs. Turner could only stay in the kitchen. "I'm happy that you two are here to see me, you really don't have to buy me any gifts. I'm really running out of space now that there are so many gifts in the house now."
"See what you've done." Silvia glared at Jayden again and said, "Mom, the gifts are blocking the way, don't try to squeeze through them. We'll clear them off for you first."
Jayden had only thought of buying gifts for his mother-in-law, but he had overlooked an important reality. Mrs. Turner's house was just an ordinary three bedroom apartment and not a villa. There was not much space to store that many gifts. At that moment, Jayden, who originally wanted to please his mother- in- law, felt a little embarrassed for making such a mistake.
"Jayden, go and ask them to stop moving the gifts into the house already. If this continues, I'm afraid that we won't even have a place to have our dinner later." Silvia glanced at Jayden with disdain. She put down her bag and helped to sort out the gifts. "My mother doesn't need all these things. Her only wish is for me to accompany her more. If you really want to be nice to your mother-in-law, then let me come home at least three nights a week."
"Sorry, but you guys can stop right there," Jayden told the workers to stop moving the gifts into the house. Then, he turned back and nodded at Silvia. "Okay."
"I really can do that?" Jayden had actually agreed to her request, and he even agreed to it so easily. There must be something going on in his mind.
"Could you guys please move everything in the living room into the empty room? When you guys are done, you can get your salaries from the Finance Department. I'll ask them to pay you twice of what we've initially agreed." After giving his instructions to the workers, Jayden looked at Silvia again and said, "I'll come home with you."
Sure enough, it was a trick!
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