Filed to story: The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel
Hank had been very willing to spend money on her to dress her up. Not only did he buy her a beautiful evening dress but he also bought her a gold necklace, a pair of pendant earrings, and two gold bracelets for her to wear to tonight’s reception.
Jessica felt she may not have looked as good as those rich heiresses out there, but she did not look bad either.
“It was. She was asking for money. All she does every day is ask for money as if I’m a bank.”
Hank was still grumbling even after he transferred the money to Liberty. He was very unhappy and felt that Liberty should not have asked him for money for the formula.
Jessica passed a glass of wine to Hank and said, “Aren’t you guys splitting everything by halves? You’re not even going home to eat lunch now, and she still has the nerve to ask you for money? What for?”
Hank’s money would belong to her in the end.
Jessica did not want Hank’s money to be spent on Liberty.
“We’re out of formula for Sonny. She wanted money from me to buy formula. I don’t even
know what’s in it that the formula’s so expensive. Each time she purchases it, it costs two thousand and four hundred dollars. I told her not to stop breastfeeding so early on and to let Sonny breastfeed until he entered kindergarten and wean off then. That would have saved so much money, but she didn’t want to. She stopped breastfeeding after Sonny turned one and started feeding him formula instead, which became an added expense.
“Out of the two thousand four hundred dollars, I transferred a thousand two hundred to her, according to our agreement to split everything by halves. It’s not a loss for me, anyway. No matter how I cut it, Sonny’s my son.”
Hank still loved his son.
He just did not like his wife.
Once a man fell out of love with a woman, all of her good points would become flaws. 1
That was exactly how Hank saw Liberty. In his eyes, the current Liberty was not worth a single thing.
Jessica said, “It takes both husband and wife to have a child. You’re not wrong to only pay for your half.”
Of course, Hank felt that he was above any fault.
He took a sip of wine and replied, “The Wiltspoon Hotel lives up to its name as the finest hotel. The red wine here is more exceptional than what we usually have.”
Jessica responded with a smile, “Well, considering the event, I wouldn’t expect any less. It’s a pity that only small–time CEOs and elites of our field are here. Major CEOs like Mr. Stone and Mr. York aren’t attending.”
She would love to check out an influential man like Mr. York again.
Jessica stumbled upon the man of the hour the last time. Alas, she could not get a look at Mr. York’s face. She wondered if Mr. York was as distinguished, aloof, and handsome as described in the rumors.
“We’ll always have the chance to meet people like Mr. York and Mr. Stone in the future.”
Hank consoled Jessica. It was a situation he found regrettable, more so than Jessica, as he was the young professional while she was merely his secretary.
If he could have a quick word with a man like Mr. York, Hank could expect to jump ship to a better opportunity, perhaps even work at York Corporation. “Hank, I hope you can be a big CEO someday too.” Jessica dreamed about Hank flying solo and being his own boss with his own company. She would edge out Liberty and become
Mrs. Brown, the wife of a CEO.
Hank grinned and answered, “I’ll be my own boss when I establish enough network and capital.”
The pair enjoyed a good chat and laughed for a bit before saying hello to acquaintances in the room to talk shop.
Jessica remained by Hank’s side, chiming in occasionally when Hank talked business with others.
She believed that Liberty’s appearance would be an eyesore to others if the latter were here tonight. Liberty would be a bad reflection on Hank as people would mock Hank for having such a fat and ugly wife.
Besides, Liberty was out of touch with society and could no longer keep up with the times. Even if Liberty were to attend the social event with Hank, she would not be able to get a word in on the business side of things.
Liberty’s career break might only be for three–odd years, but three years were enough to change many people and things in these rapid–developing times.
“Mr. Stevens, who’s that young man there? Everyone seems to act nice to him.”
Hank asked one of the CEOs who had a partnership with Waltham Electronics. The young man Hank was looking at was none other than Shawn.
Mr. Stevens watched as Shawn was in his element, socializing with the crowd. Mr. Stevens remarked with a smile, “Ah, Mr. Brown. It must be your first time attending this kind of event. It makes sense why you wouldn’t know him. I guess he’s the most honorable guest tonight. “He’s Shawn Lowe, the successor of Lowe Enterprise. However, he hasn’t taken over the company yet and is still in training, but he’s the CEO’s son, the young heir of the Lowes. Many people are being nice because they know who he is. Nothing wrong with making nice with the future CEO of Lowe Enterprise.”
Mr. Stevens explained, “Lowe Enterprise is no competition to York Corporation and Stone Group in Wiltspoon, but it’s still a much bigger corporation than ours. The Lowes are quite an influential and rich family. Shawn usually attends the upper society events. Mr. Lowe probably arranged for him to come to tonight’s event.
“Since he’s green in the business world, he needs to hone his people skills and network. We’re professional elites in our field. Shawn will know the extent of this.”
There would be a change of senior executives every time the head of the company was replaced.
The new boss would want his own people around him.
Following Mr. Stevens’ explanation, Hank took an instant liking to Shawn. Hank asked Mr. Stevens with a smile, “Are you close with Mr. Lowe? Can you introduce us? Lowe Enterprise has a subsidiary company dealing with electronics. There are opportunities for us to work together, but we’d need someone to hook us up.”
Waltham Electronics did business with the company Mr. Stevens was working in. That was how Mr. Stevens came to know Shawn.