Destined Entwining: Capturing My Devoted Beau

Chapter 218: Chapter 125: Some Die of Drought, Some Die of Floods

Betty is a major client of Van Cleef & Arpels, having virtually every model they offer.

”Look at you, you should know how Betty is treated by Van Cleef & Arpels, yet you still buy her jewelry from this brand,” Autumn Stetford chided Ava Harlow playfully, but still accepted the gift box.

Ava Harlow laughed and said, ”This time you guessed wrong. This is a piece that Stephen Harlow specially commissioned a few months ago from a designer at Van Cleef & Arpels just for her. You won’t find it for sale anywhere.”

Only then did Autumn Stetford nod, ”Stephen is thoughtful; custom-made jewelry, Betty will surely like it.”

Just then, her phone rang. Autumn Stetford glanced at it but didn’t answer and stood up with a smile, saying, ”My dad sent someone to pick me up. I have to go now.”

”Is Uncle Nine well? Pass along my regards. If I weren’t rushing to the airport, I’d go with you to say goodbye to Uncle Nine.”

Autumn Stetford’s father was actually Ava Harlow’s uncle by marriage, but the nickname ”Uncle Nine” was so famous that even overseas Chinese referred to him by that name, and even family relatives followed suit, calling him ”Uncle Nine.”

Autumn Stetford shook hands with her, smiling as she said, ”No rush, Betty will graduate in two months, we’ll meet back home.”

She wore a large, elegant sun hat with a peony flower on one side, a flower so valuable that it was casually pinned onto her hat just like that.

Her curvaceous figure resembled that of a medieval European noblewoman, even her gait was similar.

Beneath the peony, her face remained as flawless as ever, smooth as a peeled egg, completely free of wrinkles.

Exiting Ava Harlow’s villa, a quiet tree-lined path lay outside the door.

Parked by the roadside was a modified Rolls-Royce Phantom.

Two rows of men in black, wearing sunglasses, stood with hands behind their backs on either side of the car, watching their surroundings vigilantly.

A middle-aged man in white gloves stepped out of the car, bowing slightly as he respectfully said, ”Miss, please get in the car.”

Autumn Stetford smiled and said, ”Mr. Jia, how many times have I told you, just call me Little Autumn. I’ve been married for so many years now, yet you still call me Miss.”

”Miss is always Miss, our master cherishes the Miss the most,” Mr. Jia, serving as both chauffeur and bodyguard for Autumn Stetford, replied.

He opened the car door for her, waited for her to buckle her seatbelt, then walked to the driver’s seat, opened the door, and sat inside.

Only after he got in did the men in black enter their own cars.

Surrounded on all sides by their cars, they left in a cloud of dust with the black Rolls-Royce Phantom.

Ava Harlow stood in her second-floor bedroom, watching her cousin’s car drive away through the curtains, and sighed softly to herself.

This world is truly unfair; when it rains, it pours and when it’s dry, it’s parched.

Holding her phone, she called her assistant to help pack and book a first-class ticket; she needed to return home immediately.

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In Southern Region’s Z City the next day, Cameron Spencer was holding a freshly obtained divorce certificate as he and Brooke Osborne headed to the civil affairs bureau to register their marriage.

To be cautious, he sent everyone around away and quietly went to the marriage registration hall of the civil affairs bureau with only Brooke Osborne.

Brooke Osborne was very nervous and regretted not wearing a wedding dress when registering for marriage.

She had gone through two marriages like this. Perhaps she was fated never to wear a wedding dress.

Cameron Spencer smiled and said, ”Don’t rush, since we have our marriage certificate, we can still host a wedding. Your family...”

As if recalling something, Brooke Osborne immediately refused, saying, ”Mr. Spencer, there’s no need for a wedding. I wanted this marriage certificate for the child’s sake. Let’s keep it a secret, shall we?”

Cameron Spencer was actually quite pleased, but he knew some things shouldn’t be said in front of women, and certain gestures had to be made.

So he said with difficulty, ”How can that be? We have a marriage certificate; why hide it? Am I that unpresentable? Or do you find me too old?”

”Of course not!” Brooke Osborne vehemently denied, quickly grabbing Cameron Spencer’s arm and smiling as she said, ”It’s for the baby in my belly, he’s not even three months old yet, and I don’t want too much attention.”

”I see, that makes sense,” Cameron Spencer nodded, ”Then let’s have the wedding after the baby is born.”

”...But didn’t you say you want a divorce after the baby is born?”

”A wedding before the divorce doesn’t conflict, does it?” Cameron Spencer said with a grin, finding it particularly amusing to tease Brooke Osborne.

Brooke Osborne blushed bright red and murmured, ”Whatever you feel is fine, I have no objection.”

Cameron Spencer laughed heartily, holding her hand, fingers intertwined, as they walked out of the marriage registration hall.

With their marriage certificate in hand, they were now a legally married couple.

Brooke Osborne touched her belly, relieved.

At least the child in her belly would be born legitimate.

Even if they divorced later, it didn’t matter—just like Lawrence Winters—even though everyone gossiped about Gabrielle Winters, no one ever called Lawrence Winters a ”wild child.”

Cameron Spencer drove slowly with Brooke Osborne, returning to his residence.

At the asphalt road in front of that large mansion, a long line of cars was already parked.

The other cars were relatively ordinary, except for that eye-catching Rolls-Royce vintage car in the middle.

Even Brooke Osborne, who knew nothing about cars, could see that only someone extremely wealthy or noble could afford to drive such a car.

She was wondering who could have such a grand presence, bringing so many people as bodyguards, when the door of the Rolls-Royce vintage car opened.

A beauty, as if she had stepped out from an old-fashioned calendar, emerged from the car.

First, her long legs in a peacock blue brocade cheongsam, followed by a graceful figure, finally revealing a meticulously made-up face.

However, it was apparent this woman was of a certain age.

The woman was none other than Ava Harlow, who had just rushed back from overseas.

Seeing Cameron Spencer and Brooke Osborne get out of the car, she felt a bit displeased but did not show it at all on her face, smiling as she said, ”Cameron, where did you go so early? Even your secretary and butler didn’t know, taking just Miss Brooke with you, how unsafe...”

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