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    Charlie was well aware that Jacob was unhappy with ine.


    This discontent had built up over the years of their marriage.


    Particrly after Matilda returned to China, Jacob perceived Matilda as being stronger than ine, which intensified his dissatisfaction.


    He even contemted divorcing ine, but she never provided him with that opportunity, leading to his growing resentment.<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    Despite his feelings, Jacob was cautious, and Charlie believed he was too careful to act on his discontent.


    It was just a set of cosmetics, and Charlie thought it would be embarrassing for Jacob to prank ine with a counterfeit set.


    Even if ine discovered the truth, if ire, his wife, found out that Jacob was gifting fake skincare products to her mother, she would surely be upset.


    So, Charlie suggested to Jacob, “Dad, don’t worry about it. Just send that skincare set to Matilda quickly.”


    Jacob nodded and replied, “By the way, Charlie, I won’t be home for dinner tonight; I have a dinner meeting with the senior college.”


    Charlie responded, “Alright, I’ll head home first then.”


    After that, Charlie drove back to the Thompson household alone.


    As he parked the car in the driveway, he noticed ire’s vehicle already there, indicating she had finished work.


    Charlie got out of the car and entered the house, carrying two sets of skincare products. He found ine sitting cross-legged on the sofa, engrossed in a TV show, while ire was in the kitchen washing strawberries she had just picked from their garden.


    Upon seeing Charlie, ire asked, “Where have you been, my husband? You left early and came backte.”


    Charlie raised the two gift boxes and smiled, “I went to pick up skincare products for you and Mom. I also happened to do some Feng Shui.”


    Honestly, Charlie didn’t want to lie to ire.


    However, he had too many secrets to share at that moment, so he needed a usible exnation for the skincare sets.


    In front of his family, he portrayed himself as someone who could perform Feng Shui, so he decided to stick with that story.


    Upon seeing the two sets of caviar skincare products, ire eximed, “Did you really go to do Feng Shui for cosmetics?”


    Charlie chuckled lightly, “I didn’t just get two sets. I prepared one for you and one for Mom, so you both can enjoy this premium skincare.”


    Before ire could respond, ine sprang up from the sofa in excitement, barely remembering to put on her slippers, and rushed over, saying, “Oh, my wonderful son-inw! Did you really get that caviar skincare for Mom?”<fn9d67> Latest content published on f?ndnovel</fn9d67>


    Charlie nodded and handed her a gift box.


    Without hesitation, ine took the box and sat down on the floor, eagerly opening it.


    As she unveiled therge gift box filled with an array of cosmetics, her eyes lit up with joy. “Wow! So many items?! This must be the most luxurious set they offer, right?”


    Charlie nodded with a smile, “You have a good eye, Mom. This is indeed their top-of-the-line set.”


    ine’s eyes gleamed with excitement as she eximed, “Oh my goodness, is this really the top tinum set?! Wow! This must cost nearly four hundred thousand, right?”


    ire, astonished, asked, “Four hundred thousand?! Why is it so expensive?!”


    ine quickly interjected, “You don’t understand! The most basic set from this brand starts at over a hundred thousand dors, and this tinum one is the most expensive! I need to take a picture and show it off on social media!”


    With that, she hopped back to the sofa on one foot and grabbed her phone.


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