Offering us help?
Suddenly, Mimi recalled that some time ago, there were rumors circulating about Shermaine. One of the rumors was that the latter used Matthew to hype up her popularity and even claimed that she was Matthew’s fiancée.
But now, it turned out that Clarissa was Matthew’s fiancée. Mimi guessed that Shermaine was trying to target Clarissa.
However, Jacob and Gloria knew nothing about that.
Before Mimi could speak, Gloria started to grumble about Clarrisa.
“Yes! I think so too! Clarissa, that brat! I am her aunt. But she doesn’t even care about us. We want to let everyone know how cruel she is to her family. She is rich and even going to marry into a wealthy family, but she is unwilling to give us a hand. Damn that brat …”
Gloria bared her curses at Clarissa and spoke ill of the latter in front of Shermaine.
“Hold on! Did you say Clarissa made friends with gangsters when she was young?”
“Yeah. She looks obedient but actually…”
Gloria exaggerated Clarrisa’s behavior, and her narration was getting more and more outrageous. At the same time, Shermaine was excited upon hearing the stories.
Mimi didn’t stop Gloria because she knew that Clarissa would never reconcile with them. Now, Shermaine wants to give Clarissa a hard time. Of course, I must grab the opportunity to cooperate with the former to teach Clarissa a lesson. However, I won’t be her cat’s paw unless she offers us some benefits!
“Mom, have some water. You must be thirsty after talking for so long.”
At that, Mimi forcibly put a glass of water into Gloria’s hand. After taking a sip, the latter still wanted to say something, but she did not dare to because Mimi glared at her fiercely.
Moreover, as the head of the family, Jacob should voice his opinion first.
“Ms. Smallwood, do you have a grudge against Clarissa?”
Upon hearing that, Shermaine smiled. “Not really. I just can’t stand the way she treated you. But of course, if you don’t want me to help you, just forget about it. Serves me right for poking my nose into your business.”
Having said that, Shermaine purposely put on a carefree and indifferent look as if she was going to leave.
Upon seeing that, Mimi panicked. Although Shermaine is now a loathsome existence, she is rich and powerful in showbiz. I believe that she can help me.
Hence, she immediately replied, “Ms. Smallwood, please don’t get us wrong. My parents didn’t mean to offend you or anything. But we haven’t thought it through. After all, we are Clarissa’s family.”
Hearing that, Shermaine shot her a smile and said, “Haven’t thought it through? Fine. I’m leaving now.”
Shermaine got up and prepared to leave. A moment later, she seemed to have thought of something. Looking up, she turned to Mimi and said, “The password of that phone is six consecutive six. You can have it. It’s just a cheap gadget anyway.”
With that, Shermaine let out a smile and left.
Actually, Mimi panicked and wanted the former to stay, but she managed to suppress her emotions and did not go after the former at that point in time.
After that, Jacob and Gloria stared at Mimi while the latter furrowed her brows and started to analyze the whole situation.
“Mimi, what shall we do now? I think Ms. Smallwood really wants to help us. Clarissa is not reliable at all. She is such a rich person, but she is so stingy and even unwilling to support us financially. I think she won’t care about us too in the future. Her character is just the same as that mom of hers! She doesn’t even care about her own blood relatives,” said Jacob.
Gloria chimed in, “Yes, that’s right. Mimi, I think Ms. Smallwood is nice to us. It’s quite good to let her help us.”
Mimi thought longer than her parents. Shermaine is just the same as us. I think she wants to make things difficult for Clarissa too. But, it’s her idea to cooperate with us. So, I think we will be benefited from this!
When the thought crossed her mind, she smiled confidently.
“Dad, Mom, since Clarissa is getting on our nerves, and now we finally got a chance to fix her, why don’t we cooperate with Ms. Smallwood to make things difficult for her? Although Clarissa is rich, she doesn’t even lend us a helping hand when we are having difficulties. So, why don’t we ruin her instead?”
A sympathetic look flashed past Gloria’s eyes upon hearing that, but Jacob immediately answered, “That’s great! Clarissa has no regard for us anyway. Oh, by the way, what do we have to do? How would Ms. Smallwood help us? She’s so rich. Can she offer us some benefits?”
Mimi let out a chuckle upon hearing Jacob’s words. “Of course. She needs a favor from us too. Her reputation is in tatters now. She must hate Clarissa to the core.”
“What’s the matter? Do you mean that there’s bad blood between Clarissa and Ms. Smallwood?”
Mimi grinned and explained the grudges between Clarissa and Shermaine, which was related to Matthew.
Upon hearing that, Gloria said, “I knew it! That brat is the same as her mom. None of them is any good. Both of them are sluts who love stealing other peoples’ men. Back then, her mom… “
Before Gloria could finish the sentence, she swallowed her words.
Actually, Mimi wasn’t interested in what Gloria said about Clarissa’s mom. At that time, she was thinking about how to contact Shermaine, or they should just wait for Shermaine to contact them.
Then, she turned around and saw that phone.
All of a sudden, she broke into a chuckle. She took the phone, pressed the password that Shermaine told her earlier, and managed to unlock the phone. When she tapped on the address book, there was just a phone number.
Mimi smiled coldly. It seems like this is all premeditated. But so what?
As long as our goal is the same, that is, we want to ruin Clarissa, we can cooperate with each other.
But of course, Mimi didn’t contact Shermaine immediately.
At that time, she just wanted to enjoy herself in the high-class hotel together with her parents. After all, she didn’t need to pay anything for that. Shermaine would foot the bill for them.
“Dad, Mom, let’s just save it for next time. Have fun first. After all, Ms. Smallwood is generous…”
After exchanging looks, the Lester family started to have fun.
Clarissa yawned as she went downstairs. Just as Catherine hung up the phone, Clarissa leaned against her and behaved like a child.
Catherine smiled as she hugged and lovingly caressed her granddaughter’s back.
“You’re behaving like a little kid now! Sit properly. If Matt sees this, he is going to make fun of you!”
When Clarissa heard Catherine’s words, she purposely said in a delicate voice, “He wouldn’t dare. No matter how I look and act, he has to accept and love me for who I am. Otherwise, why should I be with him?”
Hearing that, Catherine shook her head and smiled. “Matt always pampers you. You are becoming more childish now. I think you’ll be spoiled with love one day.”
“Really? That means I’m very blissful now. People say when a woman behaves like a kid, it means that she is having a blissful life. Grandma, you should be happy for me that Matthew dotes on me so much.”
Then, Catherine touched Clarissa’s forehead. Even though she didn’t answer the latter, her heart was leaping with joy.
Catherine remembered when she just reached D City and found out how rich Matthew was, she was worried that Clarissa would be bullied by this man.
However, after coming into contact with Matthew for a period of time, she felt rest assured because she found that Matthew wasn’t as bad as she thought.
He was different from how other rich men behaved in her perception. He was more composed and mature. Besides, Matthew was never impatient with her nor was insincere in treating her. After all, you can pretend to be nice but not for long. Margaret could tell that Matthew loved Clarissa very much that sometimes she felt kind of mushy upon seeing their interactions.
Both of them were truly in love. Moreover, Catherine noticed that Matthew was a very thoughtful man. Every time before he went out or returned home, the first question he asked was ‘where is Clare?’. Sometimes, he requested to kiss and hug Clarissa before leaving. During the meal, he would care about her taste preference. When the weather turned cold, he would remind Clarissa to put on more clothes. When Clarissa felt unwell, he would take good care of the former. Other than that, when Clarissa went out, he wouldn’t interfere too much in her private life, but he would pick up and send Clarissa to the destination himself…
Matthew had too many good qualities that Catherine could hardly spell out one by one.
She was really satisfied with this grandson-in-law and felt that Clarissa was really lucky to have met such a good man who loved her and also respected her family.
But the only downside was that the Tysons didn’t like Clarissa. Although Clarissa and Matthew didn’t tell Catherine about that, the latter knew it very well. Other than Ellie, other members of the Tysons never asked them out if Clarissa didn’t take the initiative to do so.
When the thought crossed Catherine’s mind, she sighed inwardly. Fine, they were from a wealthy family, after all. I think it’s the biggest compromise that they’ve ever made for allowing Clare to marry into their family. Moreover, Clare is not going to live with them. So, I think she is not going to have any conflict with them. Maybe Clare just needs to make peace with them on the surface.
Suddenly, Catherine recalled that recently Clarissa and Matthew were busy planning their wedding. Hence she said, “Clare, I’ve been staying here for a long time. I think I should go back now. I will tell your dad that you’re getting married soon. I believe that he would be overjoyed upon receiving the news.”
Hearing that, Clarissa was shocked. “What? I remember you saying that you will stay here until the end of the year. Then, I’ll go back with you after Valentine’s Day!”
“But both of you are busy. Although Jenny accompanies me when you are not here, I miss my friends so much, and I want to spend my time with them. I am bored stiff staying here. Moreover, my friends and I will be participating in a dance competition soon. There are going to be a lot of activities after the New Year. So, I want to rush back home to join my gang in the preparation for the competition.”
Clarissa knew that old people were the same. They preferred to live in their own house because they had a lot of friends and entertainment there.
But, she was reluctant to part with Catherine.
Actually, she wanted to go back with Catherine, but she knew that Matthew wouldn’t allow her to.
After that, Catherine smiled as she said, “Alright, stop thinking about it. My decision is final. I’ll go back after your birthday.”
“Huh? Oh, my birthday… I’ve forgotten about it.”
Catherine laughed at that and said, “You always forget your own birthday. I should remind Matt about this later so that he can remind you next time.”
Again, Clarissa hugged Catherine and whined, “Okay. He’ll definitely remember it!”
