Chapter 4
“When the funeral is held, it’s better to notify them so that they can see your father for one last time.” I choked back a sob and nodded. With the help of the old butler, I took care of all my father’s affairs. I wanted to notify Scholastica and the girls to attend the funeral, but I couldn’t get in touch with them. I realized that because it was too annoying, they deliberately blacked me out. Although I couldn’t call them, the daily card consumption information was still sent to my phone continuously. Gedeon’s life had been quite luxurious lately. From their social media posts, they have visited Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea and even Singapore. They had almost been everywhere. Their Instagram posts never stop updating. Every photo had Scholastica and three people’s figures. And the total amount of consumption was more than ten billion. Seeing their smug smile, I was furious when I remembered that my father treated them as his own daughters, but even seeing them for the last time before his death became a luxury. I called the secretary and directly suspended the subsidiary gold card. As a result, in less than ten minutes, Paulina’s phone call came in. She angrily said, “Lorenzo, are you crazy? It’s just that we didn’t visit Uncle Martin in the hospital. Do you have to stop our cards?” “If you want us to go home, just tell us. Why are you so sneaky?” “You have three minutes to reopen the card. We still have to buy the latest Prada for Gedeon!” After all these days, she opened her mouth to curse at me, not even bothering to ask my father a question. I didn’t get angry, I just felt a deep sadness. My father was wise for a lifetime, but he raised these three ungrateful people. I felt sorry for him. I didn’t say a word, just hung up and blacked out the number. Since their hearts weren’t about my father, get as far away as they could. After organizing my father’s funeral, I asked the old butler to deliver a marriage proposal to the Boccardo Family. At first, Mr. Aldericus Boccardo was puzzled. “Lorenzo, it’s true that you and my daughter, Eugenia Boccardo were engaged in a childhood engagement.” “But your father has publicly stated more than once that in the future, your wife can only be one of the three adopted daughters.” “And everyone knows that Eugenia became a vegetative after getting into a car accident last year. She is now lying unconscious in bed. Why do you still want to marry her?” I calmly stated my reason, “At least, a vegetative person will not betray love.” After hearing my answers, Mr. Aldericus was silent for a long time and finally agreed. On the day of the wedding, the entire Verona Circle was in an uproar. The news directly topped the hot search list. Although Eugenia had become a vegetative person, she was a first lady of the Verona city circle. Many people questioned my motives, but some people expressed understanding. After all, between big families, marriage was just a means to an end and the vast majority of it had nothing to do with love. The union of the Vandoeuvre and Boccardo families was a perfect match made in heaven, a strong alliance. The wedding site was very grand. Almost all the well-known media were present. The guests were well-known figures. Just as I was waiting in the villa lounge, the door was suddenly kicked open. Scholastica and the other two, who I hadn’t seen for a long time, appeared in front of me. Their eyes were full of anger. The secretary’s face was full of grievances. “I’m sorry Mr. Lorenzo. I can’t stop them.” “Never mind, it’s not your fault. You can leave now.” I waved my hand, signalling her to close the door. After the secretary left, Paulinaim mediately questioned loudly, “Lorenzo, this time you’ve really gone too far!” “The supplementary gold card has been suspended for so long that we don’t even have the money for the plane ticket back home, so we can only sell things!” Virginia also said viciously, “Lorenzo, Gedeon is right. You are a narrow-minded stingy person!”