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Chapter 560
Chapter 560
Chapter 560
Jacob stared at the man standing in front of him for a while before he laughed and said in surprise, “Oh my God, is that you, Eric? Eric Shaw? Wow, we haven’t seen each other for about 30 years! Look at you, so smart and handsome! You must be doing very well, huh!”
Eric shook his head. “Nah, I’m nothing compared to you, Jacob. You are, what the youngsters nowadays say, the rich kid on the block…”
The Wilson family had been a noble family name back in the days.
At that moment, Lord Wilson had been in his prime, earning his first pot of gold when he plunged into the business arena for the first time, subsequently earning himself an honored reputation too. Hence, Jacob was living a good life thanks to his father. His pocket money alone might be more than half of his classmates combined.
Because of this, he had attracted the attention of Elaine from another class.
Jacob chuckled bashfully at his friend’s remark, but before he could say anything, another middle-aged man and a young man walked toward them.
The middle-aged man approached them and snorted, “Huh, rich kid my ass! You guys don’t even know his current situation because you are not staying here… Let me tell you, the so-called Wilson family is done, and our Jacob here is not doing so well himself…”
Jacob’s expression turned a little gloomy. “Hey, Aaron, what’s your point? I live my life, you don’t have to poke your nose into my business.”
Eric cleared his throat and tried to ease the mood. “Hey, you guys, look at yourselves, white hair and all. It’s been such a long time, why are you two still behaving like Tom and Jerry? You always got on
each other’s nerves back in college. Why, couldn’t any of you forget about the robbing girlfriend agenda?”
Jacob sneered and said with a proud look, “Huh, why do I have to get on his nerves? He is nothing but my defeated opponent. At that time, when she was dating me, Aaron was so jealous that he drank like there was no tomorrow in the dorm every day, crying when he was drunk. I know that he was so jealous of me to the point he wanted to kill me so badly! Hahaha!”
At this moment, a lot of elderly people surrounded them. They laughed upon Jacob’s remarks and added, “Yes, that’s right! Aaron was truly infatuated back then. I still remember how he cried every day, his eyes were so swollen that he could barely see.”
“Yes! Haha! Everyone was saying what a hopeless romantic he was!”
As Charlie listened to the men’s conversations, he couldn’t help feeling astonished.
Had his father-in-law and this Aaron been rivals in love?
Did this Aaron also like Elaine?
Elaine was clearly a fire pit, how could she possibly have attracted so many people to jump in?
Were they that blind and dumb?
Aaron was agitated by the mocking and teasing. He glared at Jacob and growled, “Hey, Jacob, don’t simply brand me with names before verification! Did you just say that I’m your defeated opponent? What a joke! Did you win? Did Matilda stay with you in the end? No, right? She dumped you and went to The States!”
Matilda?
Charlie finally realized that they were not talking about Elaine…
The group of friends laughed.
Someone patted Jacob on the shoulder and asked curiously, “Jacob, why did Matilda break up with you anyway?”
“Yes! We have been so curious about this for decades! Tell us, what happened?”
Jacob didn’t expect that his friends would turn their focus back to him. He waved his hand and said awkwardly, “Sigh, let’s not talk about the past…”
Charlie caught a glimpse of heartbreak and pain in Jacob’s awkward expression.
Was there any hidden agenda in the past between his parents-in-law?