When they mention it, the atmosphere was silent. Originally, it was a good thing that Andrew, who seldom came home, came back. However, Kevin passed away. It wasn't a good thing since one of their family had passed away.
“Are Dad and Mom quite upset?” asked Andrew.
“The old will always have such a day. Dad and Mom are quite OK. They are sad but they also know it’s a natural rule, which is inviolable,” Joshua answered.
Out of the airport, Joshua helped Andrew walk to his car. There was another car with a driver. He turned to look at Noah. "Uncle Noah, Aunt Chloe, please sit in this car."
“Okay.” Noah looked as if nothing had happened.
However, Chloe couldn’t be so calm as him. With a long face, she handed over a bag, in which there were herbs and a prescription for Andrew.
“This is Andrew’s medicine,” she said,
Joshua took it over. He noticed that Chloe looked upset. With a smile, he asked, “Aunt Chloe, what happened?”
“She’s mad at me. Just ignore her. Let’s go. We’ll follow your car.” Noah held Chloe in his arms.
Chloe was still angry with him so she broke free from his grip, sitting in the car alone.
All people at the scene could tell that she was quite angry.
Joshua smiled and asked, “Uncle Noah, have you pissed off her?”
Noah didn’t want to lose his dignity in front of the juniors, so he smiled and answered, “Nothing serious. She’s in her menopause.”
Joshua was speechless.
“Hurry and go! Don’t waste time here.” Noah got in the car.
Joshua knew that they were fighting and Noah wasn’t willing to let others know. He didn’t ask anything more. Instead, he opened the door to help Andrew sit in.
“Joshua, I can sit with Andrew on the backseat.” Bonnie was afraid that Andrew was blind now and might have trouble, so she wanted to take care of him.
Joshua nodded in agreement.
Reaching out to rub her hair, he said, “This is my good girl.”
“Fuck off!” Bonnie glared at him. “You are only one year older. Think you are quite old huh? You’re always a kid in front of Andrew.”
Joshua wasn’t angry at all. He laughed out. “Andrew is truly much older than me, but he can’t have a baby earlier than I will. His children are destined to be juniors to mine.”
Bonnie was speechless.
She truly wanted to kick Joshua. He could speak anything in public without care.
“What are you looking at? I’m telling the truth. Andrew even doesn’t have a girlfriend. I’ve got married. How could he catch up with me?” Joshua had a cheeky smile. “Am I right, Andrew?”
Andrew knew him well. He said cooperatively, “Yes.”
“Look. Andrew has admitted it.” Joshua started the engine and took a look back. “Andrew, shall we have a bet?”
“On what?”
Joshua cleared his throat and said, “Just between us, the one who has a child later than the other will take over the family business. What do you think?”
Abbott would retire soon or later, so their family business needed to be managed. Joshua had been working in the company after graduating from college. Until now, he hadn’t had any break yet.
Joshua was sure that he would have a child earlier than Andrew would. Hence, he wanted to make a bet with his older brother, who hadn’t got a girlfriend yet.
Andrew smiled. “Are you so confident to win against me?”
Joshua was full of confidence. “Of course.”
“Okay. I’ll take the bet. If you won, you could leave all the heavy jobs to me. You can travel around the world with Bonnie, and I’ll make money for you. On the contrary, if I won, you must take over all the family businesses and make money for me to spend.”
“No problem.” Joshua was quite confident. “You can’t go back to your word in the end.”
“A gentleman’s word is irretrievable,” said Andrew.
“Have you heard it, Bonnie? You must work hard,” Joshua looked back at Bonnie.
Bonnie was silent.
She was so pissed by Joshua. If they wanted to talk about such a subject, they should avoid her. She felt so embarrassed when listening to them.
She inwardly cursed Joshua.
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