CHAPTER 20

Tom nodded respectfully, "Mr. Blackwell, what can I do for you?"

"Make the third trending topic on Weibo get to the first place and remain the first for a whole week."

With those words, Xavier stepped forward and walked upstairs.

Tom touched his head with a bewildered expression, thinking, "When has Mr. Blackwell become so concerned about trending topics? He never watched these things."

Also, who was so unlucky to have irritated the irascible master?

He looked for the answer on Weibo, and when he saw that the trending topic was about Leila, Tom understood immediately.

Leila must have provoked Madeline again.

Suddenly thinking of something, Tom immediately took a step to follow where Xavier was and said, "By the way, Mr. Blackwell... Mrs. Blackwell... is back."

Before Tom could finish his words, a graceful and noble middle-aged woman with a white silk dress, draped in a white fox fur shawl, with shoulder-length large curly hair, came from upstairs, aggressive.

Xavier was stunned, "Mom... Why are you back?"

"Have you read the recent news in the entertainment section?" Allie knitted her eyebrows, looking dissatisfied.

"I never care about these things."

"Then do you know that your wife was bullied?" Allie questioned with a condescending attitude.

"Yes."

"Then why don't you beat up the couple of a scum and a bitch? Are you going to let them off? No matter what, she's your wife." Allie added.

"So you specifically left dad behind and came all the way back from abroad just to tell me this?" Xavier wondered.

"Or do you think it could be because I miss you?" Allie rolled her eyes.

Xavier helplessly sighed, "I know what's going on and I can handle this."

"You know nothing. You have a beautiful wife and you don't even look at her once. If what I thought was right, you haven't met your wife, right?" Speaking of this, Allie couldn't help but despise Xavier.

"Do you know what a question I've been thinking about a lot lately?" Allie added.

"What?" Xavier raised his eyebrows when looking at her.

"Do you have a problem with your sexual preference or not? Are you in love with Tom? Is that why you've left your real wife behind? It's suspicious when you guys are out in pairs every day."

Xavier was instantly shocked by her ridiculous question, and his lips twitched.

Behind him, Tom's face turned crimson.

Tom: ???

"Before you got officially married, I showed you her photos and you threw them in the trash can without even looking at them. And afterwards you threatened me that you would divorce her if I gave you those

things again."

"After that, I told you that your wife became so beautiful after being treated by your grandfather... You still ignored me and even blacklisted me on your social media."

"Also, you not only left the poor girl alone, you also didn't allow me and your dad to take care of her."

"Putting these things together, you really probably don't like women. Is my speculation reasonable?"

Allie asked in a serious manner, before giving Tom a look.

"If I am, what are you going to do?" Xavier was interested.

"Of course, I will choose to accept the fact and hope that you let go of that fairy sooner rather than later. It would be miserable to be a wife of a gay. And although our family needs her badly, please let go of her."

"If not, I hope you'll try to get along with her. She is so adorable. I can't get enough of that face." Allie added.

"I didn't expect that you were quite open." Xavier teased.

"So, which gender do you prefer?" Allie asked in an uneasy tone.

"You are wrong this time." Xavier said.

"What do you mean?"

"I've already met with her. She just doesn't know who I am yet."

"Huh? What does that mean again?"

"Nothing... Anyway, you should not interfere, let alone talk too much."

Hearing that, Allie was cheerful. She immediately followed Xavier's footsteps and asked, "What exactly does it mean?"

Only then did she realize that the front of Xavier's clothes was wet, and she was astonished, "What's wrong with your clothes? Is it blood?"

"Oh, my great mother. You finally noticed it." Xavier gave her a disgusted look.

"Just now my attention was all on my daughter-in-law. I neglected you and I'm sorry. What happened to you?"

"Nothing. It's just the wound that was accidentally split open. It's been taken care of."

"How could you be so careless?" Allie chided.

"It's fine already. I'll go back first..."

"Wait, you still haven't answered the question I just asked. What's going on with you and Madeline?"

Xavier didn't say anything and simply stepped away.

Still with a question mark on her mind, Allie turned to look at Tom behind her, "You tell me."

"Ahem. It means they've met, but Miss Madeline doesn't know Mr. Blackwell's true identity."

"Doesn't know his true identity? Then how did he introduce himself to Madeline?"

"I'm not sure exactly. But anyway, I just know that Miss Madeline seems to think of Mr. Blackwell as some kind of gangster." Tom responded with a straight face.

Allie tittered, "How on earth did our Madeline associate him with that kind of person? But he looks fierce and does look like a murderous arsonist."

With that, Allie nodded her head in acknowledgement of her words, and her attitude changed from disbelief to certainty.

Tom: ???? What a weird mom.

"So, he's planning to use that identity to get in touch with Madeline? What is he doing this for? Is it because he thinks it's fun?" Allie asked.

"Maybe it's because for the first time in his life, it's refreshing to have someone who doesn't treat him like he's on a pedestal, I'm not sure." Tom supposed.

"So in your opinion, is he treating her okay?"

"Pretty good. He even asked me to make the trending topic about Leila the first place for a week."

"Great! Looks like love growing over time is workable on them. I'll go to the temple tomorrow to return the wish." Allie excitedly gathered her hair and ran all the way upstairs.

When she reached the top of the steps, Allie stopped again and looked at Tom's back and said, "Tom...

I think a week is too short. Make it a month, and no one can remove it."

Tom nodded and said to himself that the mother was more ruthless than Xavier.

"But, what's wrong with Xavier? All of a sudden, he's in contact with Madeline?" Allie asked again.

Tom shook his head, indicating that he was not sure.

At the same time, in the Stewart family villa.

The atmosphere was eerie, and the air seemed to freeze.

The large space was filled with a depressing aura.

"What the hell is going on with Leila? Bruce, is this the woman you've fallen for? She keeps bring shame to our family!"

"It's only been two days since the netizens' voices of boycotting our food have diminished and the Stewart's share price has started to recover. Now she's causing trouble for me again!"

On the sofa Bruce's father, Archie, fiercely slapped his mobile phone, on which it was all about the news about Leila's arrest, on the table.

Bruce stood opposite, not daring to look at Archie.

Bruce's mother, Phoebe, sat trembling beside Archie, with the same look of discontent.

On the armchair next to him, Bruce's elder brother, William, sat silently watching everything, a smile lifting the corners of his mouth.

It was only fleeting and no one noticed.

Soon he resumed the look as gentle as ever.

"I'd say you should break up with her. She wasn't like this even before she was engaged, but after she was engaged, everything went wrong."

"If you get married, the family is doomed. If she acts like this in the future, what about our company's image?" Archie looked furious and his face was getting darker and darker.

Bruce immediately shivered and bowed his head respectfully, "I'm terribly sorry, dad. If you don't like her, we can immediately cancel the marriage contract."

"Bruce... are you serious?" The corners of Phoebe's mouth were tinged with a touch of excitement.