"Mom, what should we do now?" Brian asked.
Nellie wanted to ask the same question.
However, she remained silent as she, herself, did not know the answer to that.Silence descended over
the room.Nobody said a word until a servant trotted into the room and announced, "Ma‘am, Mr.Bruce is
back."
"Let him in," Nellie replied at once.
Her face slight lit up, and she looked somehow relieved.
At that moment, Jeffrey entered the room casually.He was wearing a printed T-shirt with a skull on it, a
denim coat, and a pair of black Harem pants.He had dyed his hair green.He reeked of alcohol, and its
smell grew stronger as he got closer.His face was pale and gaunt.
Nellie was shocked to see him like this.
Jeffrey had always been full of vitality regardless of what happened.His mood was buoyant all the time,
that was, until now.
Nellie could not help but be concerned about her son.She quickly got to her feet and strode towards
him.
"What's the matter? What happened to you?"
"I'm fine," Jeffrey replied while ruffling his hair.
The truth was, he was going through the pain of unrequited love.
He believed that it was not worth making a big deal out of it.
His love was over before it even started.
At the thought of this, Jeffrey felt more crestfallen than he was before.
"Why did you ask me to come here? I'm busy with work, and I have to shoot a commercial tomorrow.If
there's nothing else, I have to leave now," he said, playing with his car keys.
Nellie scoffed, "Bruce! Do you have any idea what's going in the company? Your father has just
finished his treatment abroad, and yet he has to clean up the company's mess.Look at you! What have
you done to yourself? How could you drink and shoot commercials like nothing's happening to your
own family? How much do you earn from a commercial? Do you have any idea how much the market
value of our company drops every day?"
Jeffrey merely shrugged his shoulders.
"Does it have anything to do with me?" Nellie couldn't believe her ears.
Jeffrey sighed and replied, "Mom, I don’t know much about business.But I know that if anything goes
wrong, you have to find a way to solve it.You need to give the public a reasonable explanation and find
the person so that you can reach a settlement."
"Your father is dealing with the matter."
Jeffrey asked, "Then why on earth did you ask me to come back? Will the company's stock price stop
plummeting just because I'm here? Will the loss lessen because of me?"
Nellie was so mad that her chest ached.
"Bruce, shut the fuck up!" Brian interjected.
Jeffrey stopped talking at once, but he did not even look at his brother.
He was disgusted by his brother.
‘Damn! Brian is a jerk, and yet Wendy was in love with him for three years.How ironic!’
At the thought of this, Jeffrey felt more miserable.
‘Argh! Just thinking about this makes me want to go to a corner and cry.I don't mind a fair
competition.But, damn it! She already has a son and a daughter.And I've already lost many years ago"
The more Jeffrey thought about the past, the more heartbroken he became.
It felt as though every cell in his body was crying because of grievance.
To him, Ryan was so sly.
His uncle had sent him to the US to shoot a film when he actually planned on winning Wendy's heart.
Not only that, but he had also asked Ransom to block the news about Wendy, so it would not reach
abroad.
What a shame! When Jeffrey returned, there was nothing he could do about it.
‘‘Compete? My chance of winning is slim.But if I give up, Wendy will become my aunt"
"Bruce.Bruce!"
Nellie shouted.Her mother's loud voice brought him back to reality.
Jeffrey lifted his gaze and saw that she was livid.
With a sullen look on his face, he walked to the sofa and sat down.
"You asked me to come here, so I'm assuming that there must be a reason.What is it? Tell me.I won't
say no as long as I can do it."
She was his mother, after all.
His parents had run the company and made his life comfortable.He would not be who he was now if it
were not for them.
Nellie sighed in relief and sat in between her two sons.She held Brian's hand with one hand and held
Jeffrey's with the other.
"Brian, Bruce, your father and I are getting old.We will have to rely on you two to run the company in
the future, so—"
Before she could finish her words, Jeffrey suddenly pulled his hand back and slightly moved away from
her.
"Mom, don't say that.I'm not interested in the company at all!"
Nellie suppressed her anger with all her might and calmly replied, "Are you going to continue living like
this?"
"I have my own career!" Jeffrey reasoned out.
"What career? Come home and take over the family business! That's what you should do!" Jeffrey
rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"Whatever.I won't argue with you anymore.You can say whatever you want, but don't expect me to
work in the company.My life will be better this way." Nellie felt a pang in her heart, infuriated by what
her son had said.
‘His life will be better? Does he know that he's just an entertainer in the eyes of the upper class? Does
he know that rich people despise his line of work? "Bruce!"
"We've been arguing about this for years! Sorry to say, but you can't convince me otherwise.I think it's
better if we drop this.What do you think, Mom?"
Nellie drew a deep breath as she held back her anger.
"Fine! Let's circle back on the company's affairs then."
The two brothers had no choice but to listen to what their mother had to say.
"From now on, you two should go on blind dates," Nellie said with a smile.
Brian did not reply.
Jeffrey, however, was furious.He pointed at his own noise and asked, "You want me to go on a blind
date?"
"Yes.In fact, I've already found you some good candidate."
Without a word, Jeffrey stood up and walked towards the door.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going home!"
"This is your home!" Nellie fired back.
"I'm going back to my own home!"
Just as Jeffrey was about to walk out of the door, Nellie warned, "Bruce! If you take another step, don't
ever come back again!"
Jeffrey stopped in his tracks.He put his hand over his head and felt a headache coming on.He was
frustrated as his mother always made him do things against his will.
Jeffrey gritted his teeth and thought for a while.
When he was finally calm, he turned around and asked, "What do you want, Mom?"
"Promise me you'll go on a blind date!"
"Never!"
But as he looked into his mother's eyes, they suddenly brimmed in tears.
Nellie could not keep calm anymore.She looked exhausted.
"Mom!" Jeffrey was panicking.
His mother was on the verge of crying.He had only seen his mother cry once, and that was when his
father suddenly fainted.He came back and sat down beside her.
"Mom, why are you doing this?" he asked exasperatedly.
"Bruce, I know that you're mad at your dad and me.But, we're going through a hard time.We can only
count on the two of you.The company is on the rocks right now.Nobody knows how it will play out.The
companies that we've cooperated with before are just taking a wait-and- see attitude.Not only that, but
the banks also refuse to lend us money."
The brothers were silent.
Seeing this, Nellie held their hands again.
"That why your dad and I have no other choice but to rely on you."
"Mom, what do you want me to do?" Brian asked.
"I have found good matches for you.They're all from famous families in Ywood.If you two marry them,
their families will help us.Banks and our partners will also give us a hand.Doing this will solve our
pressing problem."
‘What the hell?’ Jeffrey was in utter shock.
‘‘My mother wants to sell me for the company’s sake?’’
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