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Thinking about this, although she no longer cared about Matteo, she still couldn’t help but smile at the kindly old Madam Brown and the sanctimonious Sun Yueqing. She responded to them regarding her and Matteo’s issues, as well as Raven’s interference in her marriage. “You all say you’re genuinely concerned about me, and I really want to believe that. But your concern is just helping Raven interfere with my marriage?”

Hearing this, neither Old Madam Brown nor Janice appeared the least bit awkward. They probably anticipated she would say this.

Old Madam Brown sighed and said, “Mag, you know the situation between you and Frank. Why do you have to force someone who doesn’t love you to stay with you? Divorce is the only way for you to start fresh. Grandma only—”

“You want to say you’re doing this for my own good, right?” Freya interrupted, looking at her and Janice. “How many times have you repeated this? It’s getting annoying. You’re not even trying to come up with new words to flatter me. How could I possibly believe you? Maybe next time, try a fresh line?”

Before they could respond, Freya continued, “But it probably won’t make a difference. After all, no matter how much you say, it’s all empty. What really matters is what you’ve done, right?”

Both Old Madam Brown and Janice paused, taken aback by Freya’s words. However, Old Madam Brown didn’t show any change in expression. She was about to speak when Freya interrupted again.

She turned to President Felton, who had just walked back over, and said, “President Felton, have you finished? Shall we leave now?”

President Felton noticed the strange atmosphere on their side but didn’t comment. Once they had walked away a little, President Felton finally asked, “Is there some kind of misunderstanding between you and President Brown’s family?”

Johnny and Freya exchanged a glance, and Freya responded, “No.” Because it wasn’t a misunderstanding.

President Felton misunderstood her meaning, thinking that there truly wasn’t any misunderstanding between her and the Brown family.

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“No misunderstanding is good,” he said seriously. “With the way Matteo values Miss Brown, the Brown family is going to rise up quickly. The Wilson family and Matteo are not people who can be easily offended, so even if you don’t want to get too close to the Brown family, it’s best not to offend them.”

Hearing this, Freya chuckled, feeling somewhat ironic. Only she, in the entire world, would be warned to get along with the mistress because her husband paid too much attention to her.

Johnny couldn’t take it anymore. He spoke up, “Our company, Cole, doesn’t fear Matteo.” Due to their company’s connections with the government, they had been under government protection. A while ago, Matteo couldn’t even touch Cole. Now, with the projects they were working on, they expected to get more support from the government soon. This time, their company’s scale would increase significantly within the year. Once that happened, Matteo wouldn’t be able to touch them anymore. So, when Johnny said they weren’t afraid of Matteo, it wasn’t an idle boast. It was confidence born of reality. This was the foundation Freya had earned for herself!

Old Madam Brown’s birthday was on Saturday. For Freya, whether Matteo attended or not was no longer important. But Isabella would definitely attend. To prevent Isabella from sneaking off to find Raven and her not being able to find him, Freya decided to give him a call on Thursday morning.

This was the first time she had taken the initiative to call Isabella since returning from Country A. Isabella was having breakfast. Matteo was also present. When Isabella saw Freya’s call, she was very happy. She quickly put down her utensils and answered the phone, “Mom!”

“Mm,” Freya could hear something in her mouth. She greeted her, “Are you having breakfast?”

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“Mm! Have you eaten, Mom?”

“I’ve eaten,” Freya replied, then continued. “I’m calling you to remind you that Saturday is your grandmother’s birthday, so don’t run around. Stay with your grandmother.”

“Ah…” Isabella didn’t expect that Freya’s call would be about this. She hadn’t been able to spend time with Aunt Raven last weekend, and she had thought she would make it up this week. So, hearing this from Freya now made her feel a little unhappy. However, she couldn’t completely ignore what Freya had said.

Freya, of course, could tell that Isabella wasn’t pleased. She knew exactly what was going on in her mind. She tightened her grip on the phone and asked, “Is your dad home?”

“Dad? Yeah, he’s here.” Isabella glanced over at Matteo, who was sitting across from her, and asked Freya, “Mom, do you want to talk to Dad?”

“Yes, please give the phone to your dad. I need to talk to him about something.”

“Okay.” Isabella handed the phone to Matteo, who was still eating breakfast. “Dad, Mom wants to talk to you.”

Matteo paused and took the phone. “What’s up?”

“My grandmother’s birthday is the day after tomorrow, and I hope you can talk to Isabella and tell her to come back to the Miller family house with me that day and not run around.”

Matteo listened and responded, “Got it. Anything else?”

“I’ll pick her up on Friday night to take her back to the Miller family.”

“Okay.”

With his response, Freya finally felt relieved. After a brief silence, she added, “Thank you.”

Matteo simply replied, “Mm.” She hadn’t asked him whether he was free for Saturday when she gave him the invitation earlier. It was the same this time. Besides, since he had already given her the items he won at the auction to pass on to her grandmother, it was clear that he wouldn’t attend. He was implicitly asking her to represent him.

So, there was no need to ask any further questions. She didn’t say another word and hung up the phone. Matteo didn’t seem to notice that, unlike in previous years when she had always asked if he would accompany her to her grandmother’s birthday, this year Freya didn’t ask him that question.

After hanging up, he handed the phone back to Isabella and said, “Your mom will come pick you up tomorrow night to take you to your grandmother’s house. On Saturday, you need to listen to your mom and not run off.”

Isabella pouted, “But~~”

Matteo didn’t respond. He simply looked at her calmly. Seeing this, Isabella realized there was no room for negotiation, so she reluctantly said, “Okay…”

“Good girl,” Matteo praised.

Isabella pouted, unable to resist bargaining. “Then on Sunday, I want to go play with Aunt Raven. You have to come with Aunt Raven and me.”

Matteo chuckled, “Alright.”