On the way home, Edith felt very delighted, looking quite relieved.
Since Diana talked to Edith about Leyla last time, Edith had felt a little uneasy all the time. She knew it was unnecessary for her to care about Leyla, but she couldn’t feel totally relieved.
Today Casey had helped her vent her anger completely. She felt very funny when she thought of Leyla’s stunned face in the end.
Seeing Edith’s happiness, Casey slightly raised his lips. As long as Edith was happy, he was willing to do anything for her.
"Casey, this month is drawing to a close. The Patel family will definitely hurry to see the house you have bought. If they say something offensive, don’t take it to heart. The house is where you and I live and that’s OK as long as we are satisfied." Edith suddenly said.
She thought of something about the house, so she wanted to comfort Casey.
Casey smiled and said, "Don’t worry. The house I bought will satisfy everyone."
Edith thought Casey was just comforting her, so she nodded.
They arrived home together and saw Amara sitting on the sofa with darkened face.
Seeing Casey and Edith come back, Amara said directly, "Casey, give me the property ownership certificate of the house you bought."
Casey was stunned and said, "I have not received it yet. Let’s see after some time."
Edith felt doubtful and said, "Mom, why do you want the certificate?"
"Well, to sell out the house he bought and buy a decent one with the money." Amara said crossly.
"Casey bought it not long ago. Why do you want to sell it? Mom, you can’t do that even though you are not satisfied with Casey." Edith said.
"Why not? Do you know that the whole Patel family has known Casey has bought a small house? Why did he say it was better than your uncle’s? Now not only your uncle’s family, but also all the other Patels want to see the house Casey bought."
"Just this morning, I have received several calls from them, who told me they wanted to visit the house together. You have no idea how sarcastic they were as if they were going to see how ridiculous we are. Shouldn’t I sell the house he bought and buy a decent one?"
"Are you willing to make us ashamed?"
Hearing Amara’s words, Edith guessed it was definitely because of Nyla. A trace of rage lit up in Edith’s mind.
"Mom, it’s impossible to sell the new house within a short time. Besides, the certificate is not in our hand. We can’t sell it. Stop thinking about that." Edith comforted.
Amara immediately showed a face of great grievance, "What a miserable life! My daughter married a trash and now I have to suffer the sarcasm of the family. What I want in my life is just the dignity. You are forcing me to die."
Edith suddenly didn’t know what to do. She could do nothing seeing Amara so troublesome.
"The house I bought won’t let you lose face. We don’t have to sell it and buy another." Casey said.
Amara stared at Casey murderously, "You are not qualified to say that. The house is bought by my daughter, not you. Even if I can’t sell it now, I have to sell it when I get the certificate! Don’t you think I don’t know what you are thinking about. You just want to hustle our money!"
Casey was speechless and he knew it was useless to explain to Amara.
Edith also knew well about Amara’s temperament. Seeing Amara talking in this way, Edith instantly pushed her back to the room. Otherwise, Amara would say something more disgusting.
Coming out of the room, Edith glanced at Casey with tired eyes and said, "Don’t mind her words. You have bought the house with your own money and I won’t let her sell it."
"That’s OK, I don’t mind." Casey answered, "Go to have a rest and you’ve got work to do in the afternoon."
Edith nodded and went to the room to have a nap.
In the evening, when Edith came back, she looked very upset.
After having the dinner, she returned to the room and Casey hurried to do her massage.
Edith shook her hands and sat on the bed, with arms around her knees, burying her head into her arms.
"What happened?" Seeing Edith act in this way, Casey immediately knew she had definitely suffered some grievance.
"Today in the company, I heard people talking about the house you bought. They were all laughing at us, saying that we could only boast about our small house as we couldn’t afford a good one. I felt very uncomfortable after hearing their words." Edith looked up at Casey.
Casey stretched out his hand to touch Edith’s head, and said, "Follow me and I will take you to a place."
Edith was surprised, not knowing where Casey was going to take her in this moment, but she nodded instead of refusing him.
The two of them went out together and Casey drove Edith towards the downtown.
After a long time, Casey parked the car beside Hazelfield Estate, and got out together with Edith, standing in front of the gate.
"Edith, why are you here?" Seeing Edith and Casey, Diana rushed over immediately.
"What a coincidence to meet you here." Edith said with smile.
After knowing Casey had bought a house in Hazelfield Estate, she didn’t care about those people’s sarcasm and felt better.
"We are going to drink coffee in Blue Love." Diana said, glancing at Casey and got a little closer to the boy by her side, as if she were deliberate to show off in front of Casey.
"Edith, this is my new boyfriend, Kieran, who is very rich and can sing very well. Besides, he can cook delicious food, and most importantly, he loves me very much."
Hearing that, Kieran instantly stuck out his chest and a hint of complacency appeared on his face. He didn’t know why Diana suddenly praised him, as he wasn’t a good singer nor cook. But he didn’t think too much, thinking that Diana was to make him look awesome.
"Hello, I am Kieran Lawson." Kieran greeted Edith but ignored Casey.
Kieran had heard Diana praise Casey with all kinds of compliments. Although he didn’t know why Diana praised Casey, he knew clearly that Casey was the notorious trash, so he always looked down on Casey.
Casey didn’t care at all. He just couldn’t be bothered to deal with these people.
"We are going to Blue Love in Hazelfield Estate. Shall we go together? Generally, only the householder in Hazelfield Estate can go to Blue Love. If you don’t have the access card, you can’t enter the community. It is very difficult to drink coffee there."
"But luckily, I have a friend who lives here. I know a path, through which we can get in, and my friend will take us to drink coffee. It’s a rare chance. Let’s go."
Kieran felt very complacent, as if it was very proud to have the opportunity to drink coffee of Blue Love.
"We are also going there. Let’s go together." Casey said.
Kieran immediately curled his lips, thinking that Casey was really good at bragging. He thought to himself, ‘What a joke. If I’ve not said to take you in, you could never make your way to the café.’ Casey talked like that as if he could get in without Kieran.
Casey directly took Edith to walk towards the gate.
Seeing this, Kieran immediately frowned and said, "Didn’t you hear what I said? Don’t go in this way and follow me to the path."
What a bumpkin! Didn’t he know the access card? Why did such a beauty like Edith marry him? Kieran muttered.
Casey glanced at Kieran and said faintly, "We can get in through the main entrance. Why should we walk on the path?"
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