The Billionaire’s Treasure Wife

The living room in the yard next door was empty and Bruce called out Lindsey’s name and went to knock on her door in a panic.

He had asked for it too hard and Lindsey must have been angry.

The knock probably startled the maid who was cleaning the yard, only to hear the man say, “Miss Lindsey left at dawn, she said Sir would take some time off and then she could go back to the army and continue her training.”

“Gone?” Bruce withdrew his hand in disbelief and whirled around to pick up the landline in the living room to call Lindsey.

It took a long time for the call to ring, and Lindsey’s voice was as calm as ever. “Do your rehab when you wake up, I’m busy right now.”

All the worry and guilt turned to monstrous anger in a flash.

How could she be so heartless, to say such cold words after making love to herself.

Bruce gritted his teeth in hatred and questioned, “I can’t come to you when I’m fine?!”

“I’m sorry, I’m really busy.” Lindsey finished calmly and hung up the phone without hesitation.

Aurora hadn’t let up yet, and the word from The Palvin family was to take care of this as soon as possible.

At this time, she couldn’t let anyone know, even if she was living in the old mansion, that something had happened between her and Bruce.

He hadn’t been in the house for three years and there was no guarantee that the servants would remain loyal.

Aurora had lived in the house for three years, she couldn’t have bribed a maid.

Pressing the off button, she entered the renovating office with a weary step.

“Hi Lindsey,” Larissa grinned with her helmet on as she stepped over a floor of clutter and walked cheerfully towards her. “I was thinking of not separating the offices, I don’t usually come in much and save some budget.”

“Who was it that said to feel what it’s like to be a CEO.” Lindsey squeezed out a flawless smile and reached out to pat her on the shoulder. “It’s not finished for another half month, so it’s not too late for you to backtrack.”

Larissa collapsed, pretending to think for a moment before smiling away again. “It’s a happy decision, I’ll share an office with you.”

Lindsey smiled back. “Okay, it’s a happy decision.”

From the construction site, the pair had just returned to the car when they received a call from Karen asking for the exact time of departure.

“The day after tomorrow, I think, and you inform the team to bring the tents and the emergency medication.” Lindsey smiled into the microphone. “Clothes for the cold should also be prepared, the climate in the southwest mountains is particularly warm in the morning and evening.”

Karen said something over the phone that elicited a laugh from Lindsey. “Sure, it’s still Edward’s treat.”

Hanging up the phone, Lindsey leaned lazily into Larissa’s shoulder, a hint of exhaustion in her voice. “We’re going to a get-together at the Royal Food Place tomorrow night, and you have to come.”

“Okay.” Larissa lifted an arm around her shoulders and asked without a thought. “Didn’t Old Mr. Grant say he was going to set up a reception and claim you as his goddaughter, so why no more letters.”

Lindsey smiled and slapped herself on the head, her face turning unpleasantly pale.

How had she forgotten about this.

Bruce’s phone calls kept coming, leaving Lindsey depressed and doubly ashamed.

This beast …

After working on the charity fund and taking a visit in the afternoon, Lindsey came out of the Wind Entertainment building at almost five o’clock and caught a glimpse of Jack standing outside the door.

With a resigned sigh, she turned back to her assistant and followed Jack to the car.

The car left Wind Entertainment and made its way in silence straight to The Grant family home.

As she entered, Lindsey looked through the car window and was displeased to see that a number of press reporters had come over to stake their claim.

Needless to say, these people must have been arranged by Aurora again.

But she had forgotten that, in her capacity as Old Mr. Grant, she had done so in a way that was counterproductive.

Getting out of the car, she walked sluggishly around the shadow wall and into the main courtyard.

In the courtyard, the Aidans stood smiling to Old Mr. Grant’s left, with Caiden, Bruce, Charlotte and Mack to their right, followed by Old Mr. Grant’s old men and their children.

Everyone looked at her as if they were welcoming her home, calmly and warmly.

Lindsey nodded politely with mixed feelings when she caught a glimpse of the cynicism in Aurora’s eyes, directed straight at her.

It was a look of hate, jealousy, resentment and so much more, as cold as an ice pick on the top of a snowy mountain that could have shot her through a sieve.

Lindsey pretended not to see it, said hello, and then walked over to Old Mr. Grant and waited for him to say something.

Old Mr. Grant was taking this recognition very seriously.

In addition to the Palvin family, Professor Lee, the Fredy family and several other generals from the army were all invited to attend the ceremony.

Even The Hawke family, with whom The Grant family has had little contact, was invited.

Of course, many other people who wanted to come but could not, spontaneously sent their own gifts.

The ceremony took place in the courtyard and the guests were seated, Lindsey tried to keep her distance from Bruce, but he was against her, moving one inch away from her.

Impatient, she gave him a glare, but he was unimpressed and stood next to her, smiling softly. “Good sister …”

Lindsey instantly blushed and couldn’t help but reach out and pinch him.

What started out as a fight turned into a flirtation in Aurora’s eyes.

She lifted her chin expressionlessly, the fingers hanging down the side of her leg, one already clenched into a fist.

As the auspicious hour approached and Old Mr. Grant took his seat, Lindsey was invited by the master of ceremonies to walk to the clearing, kneel down and kowtow three times.

“Good boy, get up.” Old Mr. Grant laughed heartily. “Lindsey, you are now a member of The Grant family. But remember one thing, be upright at all times!”C0ntent © 2024 (N/ô)velDrama.Org.

“Lindsey will live up to Grandpa’s expectations.” Lindsey hung her head and listened carefully to the lecture.

Old Mr. Grant smiled again and waited for the Master of Ceremonies to bring over the wine, picked up one of the glasses and poured it slowly onto the floor, gazing over at Bruce. “Bruce, Lindsey will be your sister from now on, you’ll have to take care of her as a brother.”

Bruce was still a bit haunted by what happened last night, he even felt stifled.

“Grandpa don’t worry, I will take good care of sister Lindsey.” Bruce tensed his face, deliberately biting the word sister extremely hard.

The words sounded like thunder to Edward’s ears, who had also come to watch the ceremony.

He was a man, too, and he didn’t know what the words meant.

When he looked at Aurora, who was hiding in the crowd, he was startled by the sinister look in her eyes and his eyelids jumped for no reason.

Edward was so shocked that he looked at Aurora again, but she was already smiling and walking towards Bruce with dignity.

Before anyone could react, they heard her clear, yet feminine voice ring out. “Don’t worry Grandpa, I will take good care of sister Lindsey too.”

A fury erupted in Old Mr. Grant’s eyes and his big hand slapped heavily on the arm of his chair, a lurid murderous aura floating vaguely on his face. “How dare you!”

Aurora’s smile remained unchanged and she stepped back gracefully, deliberately standing next to Bruce.

Old Mr. Palvin, seeing this, had a heart attack and fell to the floor with a thud.

“No good!” Screaming, Lindsey made a split-second decision and immediately turned her head and ran over to flatten Old Mr. Palvin’s body and grabbed him to give him cardiac resuscitation.

The scene was chaotic and Aurora realised that if her grandfather died, the Grant family would not be able to save any face. Sweat cascaded down her forehead and her heart was in a panic.

It took ten minutes for the ambulance to arrive, but in the meantime Lindsey kept trying to resuscitate Old Mr. Palvin, so he finally woke up.

The recognition ceremony was hastily ended by this turn of events.

As the courtyard grew quiet, Lindsey accompanied Old Mr. Grant to dinner and hesitantly said, “Grandpa, I’m going to be away for a while tomorrow, so take care of yourself.”

Old Mr. Grant looked a little forlorn, waved his hand and greeted Jack as he headed back to Nine Lakes Hill.

Old Mr. Palvin came from a civilian background, and although he had been to war, he was not as good as Old Mr. Grant.

But over the years, there are not many old men left who fought and killed together.

His stunt today has really irritated Old Mr. Grant.

In fact, if it wasn’t for Aurora’s tactics, Old Mr. Grant wouldn’t have made such a big deal out of it and let Lindsey into the family in a proper way.

Whether it was a granddaughter or a grandson-in-law, they were all members of The Grant family.

As soon as Old Mr. Grant left, so did Mr. and Mrs. Aidan, leaving Lindsey and Bruce in the tea room.

Lindsey was still a little unwell and didn’t want to discuss last night’s events with him, so she left her cup and walked out.

Bruce took in the indifference on her face and the anger in his heart rose up and he yelled at her back, “Stop right there!”

“Brother, something’s wrong with you?” Lindsey paused slightly in her steps and turned slowly to look at him. “Go ahead.”

Bruce’s stomach was full of anger, which was instantly dumbed down at her rhetorical question.

Lindsey looked at him steadily for a moment and smiled easily. “It’s okay I’m off, bye brother.”

Bruce was furious and hated, and when he went after her, there was no sign of Lindsey anywhere.

In one breath he ran into the courtyard where she lived, but the maid said she had left the house and gone straight to her car.

When he called, he heard her laughing on the other end of the line. “Brother, are you too concerned about me, don’t forget your old man’s family, who are in hospital at the moment.”

Bruce’s dark eyes burned with anger as he hung up the phone and told Cary to get the car ready to go to the hospital.

Old Mr. Palvin had been resuscitated and was now awake, and was being kept under observation in the high-security ward.

Bruce entered the ward, moved himself into a chair and sat down next to the bed and said with concern, “Old Mr. Palvin, how are you feeling.”

“Bruce, Aurora doesn’t know any better, I’m putting you all in a difficult position.” Old Mr. Palvin looked at him weakly, his pale face a deadly pallor. “Thank you for coming to see me.”

Bruce opened his mouth, but none of the words that he wanted to say came out.

Old Mr. Palvin had suddenly taken ill, and if he were to ask The Palvin family themselves to admit that the marriage had been broken off at this time, he would be adding insult to injury, something he could not afford to do.

But the thought of Aurora was a bit of a grievance.

Lindsey had gone into hiding for three years because of her, and now she was back, and she was close to Edward, and what could make him more angry than that?

As he was talking, Aurora came in with a lunchbox and her eyes lit up when she saw Bruce.