Chapter 33\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is it, dear? Is Dad not being nice to you?\u201d Jolene said. A troubled look then appeared on\u00a0<\/p>\n
her face. \u201cBut I\u2019m forbidden from bringing children along with me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Juliet knew that her mother was working as a housekeeper in some other family.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But what could Juliet do?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Those bad men came to her house every single day. She was so afraid one of them would pounce on her one day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jolene hugged Juliet. \u201cI\u2019ll go talk to your Dad and tell him to be nicer to you, okay?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
What was the point of that?\u00a0<\/p>\n
James would always put on an act, only treating Juliet well whenever Jolene was around. He would spend his days attending to Jolene, forgoing his card games with his friends. Juliet watched Jolene giggle delightfully after hearing what James said. Jolene then handed the latter a wad of cash.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Juliet then understood that one needed to depend on oneself in life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She began learning to observe people\u2019s expressions and to hide her own emotions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She clung to her mother, wanting to hear about Jolene\u2019s employers\u2014the richest family in Navalton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Juliet thought it would be nice to go there instead. Better to stay away from these disgusting men and her gambling addict of a father.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Greene family is so rich. Mr. Greene must be really powerful, huh?\u201d Juliet asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jolene chuckled upon hearing this. She was in the middle of packing her luggage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly. Mr. Greene is very hardworking and even knows several foreign languages. Mrs. Greene is very capable too,\u201d Jolene said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Juliet blinked her pretty doe eyes and said sweetly, \u201cIf only I could get to know Mrs. Greene and learn from her. Who knows? I might end up marrying someone just as capable as Mr. Greene in the future.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jolene was amused by Juliet\u2019s words. \u201cWhat are you thinking in that little head of yours, hm? The Greene family is so powerful. How could we ever compare?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I really want to learn from them. They\u2019re all so rich.\u201d Juliet continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 33\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jolene ignored her, thinking it was just Juliet\u2019s childish imagination running wild.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Juliet had purposely said those words in a louder volume so that James could hear from the\u00a0<\/p>\n
side.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sure enough, a lightbulb lit up in James\u2019 mind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Why hadn\u2019t he thought of this before?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The only reason James was able to live the life he had was that he relied on Jolene\u2019s hefty income from her employment with the Greene family as their housekeeper.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If Juliet could marry into such a rich family, James might just be able to get some passive income like those other rich folks and earn some cash without lifting a finger!\u00a0<\/p>\n
The more James thought about this, the more he felt like it could really work.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Juliet was such a pretty girl. Her features were far more attractive than those other girls in the village. Plus, Jolene was currently working for the Greene family, which put her in quite an advantageous situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
James leaned in to Jolene\u2019s side and wrapped an arm around her waist. \u201cSweetie, wouldn\u2019t it be quite an opportunity for us if our daughter went to live with the Greene family?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u00a0<\/p>\n
kind of opportunity?\u201d Jolene asked, brows knitted together.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThink about it. Juliet has such a pretty face. If she can grow close to the Greene family\u2019s son, who knows-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat the hell are you thinking?\u201d Jolene cut James off. \u201cHow could we ever compare to the Greene family?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not?\u201d James didn\u2019t give up. \u201cOur girl has the face of a porcelain doll. She\u2019s on par with just about any rich heiress you could find!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jolene kept on shaking her head. \u201cYou\u2019re being delusional. Mrs. Greene is an extremely powerful woman. Merely being in her presence is draining enough, not to mention becoming her daughter-in-law. Even if Jules succeeds, she\u2019d still face a lot of hardship. I don\u2019t want our baby to live like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
James snorted, displeased. \u201cNothing is possible without money, not even getting medical care. Think about it\u2013if your family had money, do you think your father would\u2019ve died from his sickness at such a young age? Money matters most. Everything else comes after.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
James\u2019 words made Jolene hesitate for a moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 33\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even though Jolene\u2019s mother, Clara Taylor, was old now, she was still working as a housekeeper in the Greene residence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was true that Clara had a lot of money saved up, but she was also mentally exhausted from it all. Amanda\u2019s temper was worse than Alicia\u2019s, which caused Clara more hardship than before.\u00a0<\/p>\n
James noticed Jolene\u2019s resolve waver, so he quickly added, \u201cDo you really want to work as a housekeeper for the rest of your life? Forever being treated as a lesser human being? I\u2019m not saying Jules has to marry the Greene kid. She can always marry one of the other rich kids in his circle, no?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 33\u00a0 1\/3\u00a0 \u201cWhat is it, dear? Is Dad not being nice to you?\u201d Jolene said. A troubled look then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-save-your-pleas-im-with-your-best-friend-now-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions\/452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}