After I Stopped Loving Him novel Chapter 470

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“Do your parents know about you and Laura?” Ethan asked, his voice full of concern. “Are they really okay with it?”

The Mason family was practically royalty, while the Charles family was comfortable but nothing close. The difference between them was pretty obvious. Ethan doubted the Mason elders would be more open-minded than his own strict family.

Jesse shook his head. “Nothing’s really changed. Laura still hasn’t accepted how I feel about her, but I’m not giving up.” He smiled, a little self-deprecating. “I’m always at work, never dating, never even bothering with blind dates. My parents were getting desperate. So when they found out I liked someone, they were just relieved.”

He leaned back and continued, “It’s not like my family is short on money. Sure, we don’t have the kind of billions your family does, but we’re still doing well. We don’t need a marriage of convenience. I just want to marry someone I actually care about. Laura’s family runs their own business. They might not be as wealthy as us, but they’re better off than most. As long as her family’s reputation is clean and she’s a good person, my parents won’t stand in our way.”

Jesse had been quietly sending business opportunities to the Charles family for a while now. These days, the Charles Group was busier than ever. They’d hired a bunch of new workers, rented out another small factory, and opened up more production lines just to keep up with the flood of new orders. At this rate, it was only a matter of time before the Charles family joined the ranks of the truly wealthy.

Before this, the Charles Group’s yearly profits would bounce between a few hundred thousand and a million, which was already impressive. Plenty of factories couldn’t even break even. It just showed how good Laura’s dad and brother were at running a business. Everyone who worked with them said they were strict about quality, and you never had to worry about the products you handed off to them. They built their reputation by being serious about their work, keeping quality high, and treating their employees like family. The benefits were good, and almost no one ever left. In their industry, they were already a step above the rest.