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Chapter 22 Reconciled

Despite Tommy’s provocation, Leo didn’t even bother to cast a glance at him.

Instead, he said to Vivian’s parents calmly, “I think I’d better call you two uncle and aunt. Let’s do it this way. I’ll give you two a million dollars. You can treat this as the payment for selling your daughter to me!”

“How insolent of you!” the fifth aunt yelled from the side.

“How am I being insolent? Your husband quoted the price. The price he quoted for Vivian was one million. Since you guys quoted the price, why can’t I buy her?”

“In your dreams! Our baby Vivian is worth far more than a million dollars.” The fifth aunt replied furiously.

“Oh, then why don't you tell me how much Vivian is worth to you guys?”

Leo had completely sidetracked the whole conversation. He was really good at grasping the opportunity and leading the conversation.

“Didn’t you guys offer to compensate me? Alright. I’ll talk to you about money now.”

His purpose of doing this was to make their conversations revolve around money. Once they had fallen into his trap, they wouldn’t be reasonable anymore.

Leo had succeeded. He had successfully taken advantage of the other party’s mistake and led the topic of conversation into selling their daughter. This made Vivian’s family didn’t know how to answer him.

The room suddenly became quiet. Leo smiled and said to his wife, “Let’s go. I’ll treat you a movie!”

“Okay!” Vivian meekly agreed, held her husband’s hand and walked out.

“Mr. Leo, I’ll take back what I said just now. Tell us how much you want. As long as you promise to leave Vivian, we’ll agree to whatever conditions you have!” the fifth uncle said behind them.

Leo turned around and asked, “This is what you said. Can I trust your words?”

“Of course. You can tell us your condition.” The fifth uncle replied immediately.

Then, Leo turned and asked Vivian’s parents, “What about uncle and auntie? What do you think? Can he make the decision for the two of you?”

Vivian’s mother subconsciously glanced at Mrs. Laura and then replied, “Yes, we’ll agree to whatever condition you have!”

“Alright, then can I ask, how is the your family’s financial situation?”

“Why do you ask this? Vivian’s mother obviously looked very unhappy, and replied in a hostile tone.

“Well, I’m just casually asking about it. Auntie, you can also choose not to tell me if you don’t want to.”

“It doesn’t hurt to tell you as well. Although our family is not a prestigious family, we can still be considered quite a reputable family in the city. Therefore, the financial situation in our family is in good statues.”

“I see you are rich. No wonder you all have so much self-confidence!”

“Lad, you better speak a little more politely. They are your elders after all!” Mrs. Laura interjected.

“Alright, I’m sorry everyone. Please don’t take offence at my words. Then, I’ll tell you all my condition now.” Leo said nonchalantly.

Seeing that everyone had their eyes on him, he coughed lightly and said in a soft tone, “Congratulations, you all have won. I can leave Vivian...”

A sharp pain suddenly came from his arm immediately after he finished saying these words. Leo took a deep breath and complained to his wife, “Please be gentle. I haven’t finished my words yet!”

“My condition is, give me all the Laura family’s assets. If you guys can do that, I will leave Vivian immediately. Oh, by the way, Vivian is also a member of the Laura's family. Don’t forget to take her into account when you are calculating your assets.”

Everyone in the room was startled by his words. Leo smiled chicly, wrapped his arm around his wife’s waist and strutted away.

A long moment after they left, Mrs. Laura burst out laughing and muttered, “Now I slightly understand why Vivian will like him.”

Tommy sat down on the chair beside him and shook his head bitterly.

After leaving the hotel, Vivian couldn’t help but ask, “If you really got all the wealth of the Laura's family, would you choose to leave me?”

“Miss, didn’t you hear the last two sentences I said just now?”

“I don’t care what those two sentences you said. I just want to know, if you really got all the wealth of the Laura's family, would you choose to leave me?”

Leo pulled her into an embrace, kissed her lightly on her forehead and said, “Silly girl, you are my life. Nothing is more important than you. In my heart, you are priceless.”

After leaving the Renaissance Hotel, the couple went to the Regency Grand Hotel first to retrieve Vivian’s car.

Then, each of them drove a car and went to Kevin’s company together.

Kevin had opened a company projecting in weak current engineering, and his business was booming. He had rented all the seven floors of the Torch Building in the city center.

In the underground parking lot, Vivian said to Leo, “Honey, I’m not going. You go up yourself!”

“What’s wrong? We’re already at Kevin’s office. Why don’t you go upstairs and have a seat?”

“It’s all because of you. I’m too embarrassed to meet your friend after how you had wronged me. Just go without me. I’ll wait for you in the car! “Vivian blamed him.

Leo didn’t insist. He laughed at himself, turned around and walked toward the elevator.

He took the elevator to the seventh floor. Upon seeing him, the receptionist at the front desk quickly stood up to greet him. Leo was a close friend of Kevin, and can be considered a frequent visitor here. Therefore, everyone who sees him at the office will naturally treat him politely.

“Where is Kevin?”

“Kevin is in the office. Mr. Leo, would you like me to inform him of your arrival?”

“No need. I’ll go in by myself!” Leo replied naturally and strode toward the office area.

The office area was divided into two different sections by a thick partition wall. One side was the office area, and the other, according to Kevin, was the company’s warehouse.

Although today was Saturday, there were still many people working overtime in the office. This could be regarded as the corporate culture in Kevin’s company.

Kevin had always emphasized that employees who did not take the initiative to work overtime were not good employees, and companies that did not push their employees to work overtime would not have vitality.

Leo had always scoffed at this. When there were no outsiders around, he would often scold Kevin was one of the victims of the Chicken Soup of the Soul. Not only did he love to make himself suffer, but he also forced all his employees to suffer with him.

Standing outside the office’s glass door, Leo knocked on the door. Kevin, who was looking at the computer screen with his head bowed low, immediately looked up when he heard someone knocking on the door. When he saw that it was Leo, he smiled and waved his hand at him.

Upon seeing that, Leo pushed the door open and walked in. Then, he unceremoniously pulled over a chair and sat down next to Kevin.

“How are things? I wanted to call you later, but unexpectedly, you came first!”

Putting the car key on the desk, Leo said, “The car is in the underground parking lot. I forgot to refuel the car for you. Remember to refuel it yourself. Oh, by the way, there is a parking violation fine as well. Don’t forget to pay the fine!”

“Did Vivian do all those things?” Kevin asked with concern.

“No, it was a misunderstanding. It has already been resolved.” Leo replied in a good mood.

“That’s right. I already said that Vivian is not that kind of person. There must be a reason that she is doing this. Tell me, what exactly is going on?”

So, Leo briefly told Kevin everything. After hearing that, Kevin said surprisingly, “Her parents have come to Samburg. I thought that her parents had already passed away. Gee, why did she need to hide something like this from you?”

“She doesn’t want to cause any inconvenience to me. Sometimes, it’s really difficult to understand a woman's mind. They always tend to make things very complicated.”

Kevin stood up and walked to the side of the coffee table. Then, he said persuasively while making tea, “Well, now everything is clear, this matter is also over. Vivian is a good woman. You must really cherish her!”

Leo also stood up and responded with a smile, “I know. Get back to your work. I’m leaving now!”

“Don’t leave in such a hurry. I’ll make you some good tea. Don’t leave. Let’s go to ‘Oysters Bar’ for a drink. It’s my treat!”

“No, I can’t. Vivian is still waiting for me in the parking lot. I promise that I’ll watch a movie with her!”

“I see. Then quickly go. Don’t let her wait for too long!”

“Alright!” Leo responded while walking out, “I’ll treat you to a meal soon. Let’s go to my house and have a drink.”

After sending Leo away, Kevin continued to fiddle with the hand coffee grinder on the table and shook his head while pondering.

...

After shopping, watching a movie and eating western food, the relationship between the couple had returned to normal at night. The two of them were glued to each other again like before.

Before they went to bed, Vivian told Leo that she would like to be a home tutor.

Leo felt a little unhappy when he heard this. Why did she suddenly want to be a home tutor?

“Why do you always want to do such random things? We are doing well financially. Although we still have a mortgage and car loans that we haven’t paid off yet, my income can still cover our overall expenditures. There is no need for you to earn extra money to support Delaney family.”

Seeing her husband’s dissatisfaction, Vivian quickly explained, “I’m not trying to earn extra money. I’ll do tutoring for free this time.”

“What do you mean?” Leo asked, perplexed.

“It’s a female student in Ms. Rachel’s class who has quite a talent in music. She would like to develop her talent. That child contacted me through Ms. Rachel and would be like me to give her one-to-one coaching.

“When did she contact you?”

“She called me personally when you went off to return the key.”

“Why did she look for you? There are a lot of specialty classes at the music academy. She would be able to receive more professional lessons at the music academy!”

“What do you mean? Are you looking down on me? Do you mean that I couldn’t teach as well as them?” Vivian pouted.

Leo knew that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly explained, “I don’t mean that. I wanted to say that since she has talent in this area, she should go to a professional training institution. After all, the teaching conditions in such institutions are better, which will be more conducive for the child’s growth.”

“I also don’t know why she looked for me. I really like that child. She is the best student in Ms. Rachel’s music class. Our relationship is very good. It’s probably because that child feels closer to me!”

“Have you already agreed?”

“Aren’t I asking for your opinion now? I ‘ll only give her a reply after you’ve agreed.”

Leo immediately shook his head and said, “Just reject it. Teachers are forbidden to provide private tutoring classes now. It’s better not to get involved in these things. It will be bad if someone catches you doing that and spreads it around.”

“That’s why I don’t plan to ask for money. I just to want help that child and teach her for free!” Vivian continued to explain.

“If you ask me, I think it’s better for you to give up on this. I won’t force you to accept my opinion. Just decide for yourself!” Leo didn’t want to continue to talk about this topic anymore.

Vivian said reluctantly, “Then I won’t be a home tutor. I’ll just guide her occasionally. Is that okay?”

“Do whatever you want. You decide yourself!”

“Okay, it’s decided then. Thank you, Honey!”

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