A Crazy One-night Stand

Sure enough, just as Wilson expected.

After the four of them left, the private courtyard erupted into chaos.

Since Lincoln and Wilson were no longer there to control the situation, everyone started talking at the top of their voices.

Rainee taunted bitterly, "Miss Alina, you don't have a father, do you?"

Alina's heart sank.

Rainee continued mocking her, "No wonder you're so ill-bred. Grandpa was just being polite. Did you really think you could be a shareholder of the Scott Group? You must have thought too highly of yourself!" "Mom, how could you say that? Anyway, Alina really has some tricks up her sleeve. She could get 5% of the shares in return for a cheap jigsaw puzzle. Could you do it if it were you?" Nancy chimed in. Caitlin, who remained silent, also spoke up, "Aunt Rainee, Nancy, you shouldn't have said that!"

Her face was smiling, but her words were full of sarcasm. "Miss Alina must have not slept last night to complete the jigsaw puzzle. It's not an easy task to put together a puzzle of 2000 pieces. I remember that when I was in college, a female classmate spent two weeks on a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle. Miss Alina must have been extremely gifted to complete the 2000-piece puzzle in one night."

Caitlin said this with a wry smile. Her tone was soft but every word was laced with doubt.

She suspected that this puzzle was not done by Wilson and Alina.

In addition, the fabric puzzle that she gave wasn't done by her. She told the truth, and at this moment, she regretted it very much.

Rainee took advantage of the situation and interrupted her coldly, "Caitlin, you are being too honest. Look at your Eastern landscape fabric puzzle, it's such a magnificent piece of art. However, you ruined it by saying that the puzzle was put together by the disciple of some French designer. How dumb can you be? Can't you learn from Alina? It doesn't matter who really did the puzzle or what material is it made out of In fact, the most important feature is that the puzzle must be extremely difficult. The more difficult it seems, the better. It doesn't matter because you can hire cheap labour to complete this menial task quickly, then claim that you were the one who had completed it on your own. Who would know the truth? No one saw it happen anyway."

Nancy nodded her head vigorously. "That's right, Caitlin. You should have been more mindful of this. It's obvious that your gift was more valuable and beautiful, but Alina was the one who received shares from Grandfather. Why? It's because you're stupid. Why did you tell the truth? Nowadays, people aren't receptive to the truth."

Alina clenched her fists tightly, which were hidden under the table. She initially thought that she could withstand the insults other people hurled at her.

But when Wilson's relatives around the table started questioning the efforts that she and Wilson had put into completing the puzzle, she felt indignant. They were indirectly accusing her of being a liar.

She felt even more uncomfortable when she thought of how tired Wilson looked when he spent the whole night putting the puzzle pieces together tirelessly.

In fact, it didn't matter what others said about her.

But she couldn't stand it when the people that she cared about were dragged in the mud.

Alina felt angry for Wilson's sake when his relatives were suspicious of their efforts in completing the puzzle.

Besides, they also implied in a roundabout way that Lincoln was an old fool, which made her furious.

At that moment, they were still chattering away, their words dripping with scorn and contempt.

"Birds of a feather tend to flock together. Wilson's position as Scott Group's president is also questionable."

"That's right. Lucas is the eldest grandson of the Scott Family. No one can dispute that fact."

"Of course, I feel so bad for Lucas!"

"Rainee, have you had enough? If you say another word about Wilson, you are going to regret it." Hearing Rainee's family mocking her son, Sophie was immediately riled up.

They could say all they wanted about Alina. Anyway, she wouldn't acknowledge Alina as her daughter-in-law. So what if she had 5% of the Scott Group's shares that Lincoln gave her? Apart from that, she would only become a burden to Wilson.

When Rainee saw that Sophie was angry, she became more eager. She put her hands on her hips and glared at Sophie. "What, did I say anything wrong? Isn't Lucas the eldest grandson? Shouldn't he be the legitimate president of the company? Is it even justifiable for Wilson to take over his position?"

Sophie was so enraged that her chest rose and fell dramatically.

Ethan immediately grabbed her arm and said, "Sophie, you need to take care of your health. Didn't I tell you that no matter what Rainee says, don't take it to heart? There are too many ill-mannered and uncivilised people in the world. It would only wear you out if you involve yourself with them!"

Ethan was not a man of many words, but once he did speak, his words were blunt and straight to the point.

Upon hearing Ethan's words, Rainee trembled with anger. She gave her husband a glare and gnashed her teeth angrily. "George, are you dumb? Can't you say anything to back me up?" Seeing that his wife was mad, George stood up and looked at his younger brother. "Ethan, this is all because of your doing. How could you say that your sister-in-law is uncivilised?" After saying that, he fell into silence again.

Rainee rolled her eyes and almost fainted in anger.

Nancy quickly supported her mother. "Mom, Mom, are you okay?"

Rainee glared at George and said through clenched teeth, "You are such a good-for-nothing."

After that, she turned to Nancy. "Help me back to my room."

The members of George's family left the table in a huff because of his words.

The table instantly became less congested.

Without external enemies, it would be an internal clash within Wilson's family.

Sophie felt that she had enough of Alina's antics. She had endured her for a long time. Previously, she had clearly told her to leave Wilson. However, this woman stubbornly ignored her orders. After George's family had left, Sophie gave Alina a cold glance and stood up. "You, follow me!"

When she heard Sophie's words, Alina became nervous. She prayed for Wilson to quickly return and save her as soon as possible. Seeing that Alina stayed in her seat. Sophie became annoyed. She raised her voice and said, "Alina, can you hear me? Follow me!" "Are you calling me?" Alina pretended to be confused.

Sophie was visibly upset. "Who else could it be other than you? Follow me."

"Okay then!" Alina continued playing dumb and dragged her feet.

She didn't want to be disrespectful to Sophie or have a conflict with her, that's why Alina tried to avoid being alone with Sophie.

She could imagine what would happen if they were to be alone, away from the public.

But she had no choice. Sophie was Scumbag's mother, she had to obey her out of respect.

Unwillingly, Alina stood up and left the private courtyard behind Sophie.

There were four tables in the private courtyard. Instead of being humiliated in public, it would be better to be scolded in private.

Furthermore, even if she accidentally said something disrespectful to Sophie, she would not be accused of disrespecting her elders if they were to meet privately.

Wilson had said that she didn't need to hold back.

Therefore, if Sophie went too far, she didn't have to listen meekly. If she could not fight back, at least she could still escape.

Alina followed Sophie out of the private courtyard. When they passed through the main courtyard, she held back deliberately, hoping that Wilson would notice her. Her actions aroused Sophie's suspicion. She snapped, "Why are you dawdling? Walk faster!"

Soon, they arrived at a study that was surrounded with books.

Sophie ordered Alina in an icy tone, "You, kneel down immediately!"

Alina raised her head and looked at Sophie in shock. She saw that Sophie's eyes were filled with hatred.

She repeated sharply, "Kneel down!"

Unconsciously, Alina straightened her back and stared at Sophie.

"What, are you dumb? Don't you understand English? Kneel down!"

Alina fixed her clear eyes on Sophie and replied in a calm voice, "No matter what reason you have for me to kneel down, I will not satisfy your unreasonable request."

"What did you say?" Sophie was taken aback by Alina's defiance.

She called Alina here to embarrass her and keep her in line. She wanted to instil in Alina's mind that she should stop dreaming of being with Wilson. How could a woman of her status be a daughter-in-law of the Scott Family? Sophie was determined to drive her away.

Alina continued, "Ever since I was young, my father had taught me to respect both myself and others. The only people I should kneel to are my parents and the rulers of the land. I will not bend my knee before anyone else, otherwise, I won't be strong enough to protect myself and the people I love."

"Alina, how dare you lecture me?" Hearing what Alina said, Sophie laughed scornfully.

Alina remained calm and said, "I didn't mean that. I'm just stating my principles and values. If there's nothing else, I'll excuse myself." With that, she turned around to leave.

"Stop!" Sophie was really furious. She didn't expect that in less than ten days, Alina had become so brazen. The last time they met, she hadn't been that arrogant. Was it because of Lincoln's shares that boosted her confidence to reply rudely?

Alina stopped in her tracks, her back facing Sophie. Sophie demanded in a cold voice, "Once you received 5% of Lincoln's shares, transfer them to Wilson."

When Alina heard these words, she smiled.

She already had that in mind initially.

However, Alina was offended when Sophie insisted on it.

She was rebellious by nature. She could be as stubborn as a donkey in certain situations.

In Alina's life, if she wasn't willing to do something, she could not be easily persuaded.

She had to respect her mother, regardless of how much her mother scolded her or beat her up.

She had to be generous to her brother, no matter how unreasonable his requests were.

She treated Rosie like a sister because of her friendship. She was grateful to Wilson because of how kind he was to her, and Grandfather as well.

She did all this out of the willingness of her heart.

It was her principles that drove her to do it.

However, when other people forced her to do things against her will, she would not be swayed easily.

Turning around, she looked at Sophie and said in a firm tone, "I'm sorry, I can't promise you anything!"

When Sophie heard Alina's rebellious words, she couldn't help but heave violently from shock.

At this moment, Silvia poked her head into the study. She shouted loudly, "Mom, are you in here? I'm looking for you!"

As she said that, she walked into the study and rolled her eyes at Alina. "What a shameless woman."

Silvia ran over to Sophie and grabbed her arm with a smile on her face. "Mom, we should force this woman to transfer the shares to Wilson and drive her out of our family. I don't want Wilson to marry a vixen like her. She has not even officially entered the family yet but she has already caused so much chaos. It would be terrible once she joined the Scott family. Mom, because of this woman, Wilson had shouted at me three times! Previously, when Wilson and Rosalie were together, he never scolded me!"

"But Silvia, she's relying on your grandfather's favour to back her up. What if she doesn't want to leave?" Sophie said helplessly as she could feel a headache coming on.

Silvia exclaimed, "What? She insisted on clinging to Wilson?"

With that, she let go of Sophie's arm and walked menacingly towards Alina. She raised her hand and swung it at Alina's cheek. ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐