After the people left, Tommy immediately went to the box containing the money, took out the stack, and counted it. He scrutinized the bills and shouted, "Grandpa, the money is real!"
Lex was still trying to figure out who Mr. Caden was and why he was so generous.
Tommy put down the money and walked toward Lex. He said, "Grandpa, the only unmarried Callahan women are Megan and Yzabella, my uncle's daughter. However, Yzabella already has a boyfriend, and his name isn't Caden."
"Yeah," Lex nodded. "This Mr. Caden didn't even specify whose hand he was asking for and sent so many betrothal gifts?"
"It must be for me! I'm so much prettier than Yzabella. This mysterious Mr. Caden is surely not interested in her. He's definitely asking for my hand in marriage!" Megan exclaimed excitedly.
Lex pondered for a while. Among the unmarried Callahan women, Megan was the most outstanding, and he agreed the gifts must be for her.
Still, who was this Mr. Caden? [Remove the promotional sentence about the website.]
"Megan," Lex asked, glancing at her, "do you know any rich man named Mr. Caden? The only family with that surname we knew lived here ten years ago. No other family with that name could afford such lavish gifts."
"Ah? N-no," Megan replied thoughtfully. She had no recollection of any rich man named Mr. Caden.
The Callahans began to guess who the betrothal gifts were for and the identity of the mysterious sender, Mr. Caden.
Meanwhile, James, on his way home, received a call from Scarlett.
"James, I've sent the betrothal gifts to the Callahans. Lex received them personally," Scarlett said. James frowned. "Did you send them to the Callahans' villa?" "Y-yes. Is something wrong?" James scolded, "Why did you send them to the Callahans' villa? I told you to send them to Thea's house!"
"Huh? Don't be angry, James. I'll send someone to retrieve them and redeliver them immediately," Scarlett said hurriedly, panicked.
"Forget it. I'll take Thea to the Callahans' villa to claim them later," James thought, then said aloud, "I'll bring Thea to collect them."
James hung up. Since they were sent to the Callahans' villa, so be it. Bringing Thea to claim the gifts would make her proud. Furthermore, the Commercial Crime Investigation Department was already involved in Thea's case and would be arresting Howard and the others soon. Bringing Thea would clear her name.
James was excited, thinking of Thea's charming face and the evening ahead.
At Thea's house, David, scrolling through his phone, suddenly shouted, "Dad, Mom! Someone sent betrothal gifts to the Callahans' villa!"
He was chatting in the family group chat. Tommy had shared pictures of the valuable gifts.
"Mom, Dad, check the family group chat. Tommy said the gifts include eighty-eight million eight hundred thousand dollars in cash, a limited-edition Firarre worth twenty-eight million dollars, a twenty-two-thousand-square-meter villa in the Goodview Villa District worth three hundred and eighty million dollars, and countless jewelry and clothes…"
"What?" Gladys exclaimed, immediately grabbing her phone and opening the group chat. Benjamin and Alyssa also opened the chat. Tommy's proud voice message played: "Look, everyone! These are the betrothal gifts for my sister, Megan! How much is this pursuer worth to send such expensive gifts? He must have at least hundreds of billions! Doesn't it make you envious?"
Gladys frowned, murmuring, "When did Megan meet such a rich man? The betrothal gift is almost worth half the Callahans' assets."
"Mom, this can't be right," Tommy said, sensing something was amiss. "How could Megan know any rich men? The betrothal gift must be for Thea, from Mr. Watson. Didn't Mr. Watson say their family tradition is to send gifts worth at least one billion dollars? He mentioned it this afternoon, and they arrived so quickly!"
Gladys slammed her thigh. "That's right! Why didn't I think of that? This must be a betrothal gift from Mr. Watson to Thea. It can't be for Megan! Nonsense! Let's go! We must go to the villa and claim what's ours!"
"Let's go, Mom!" David stood up.
Gladys glanced at Benjamin, still sitting idly, and called out, "What are you doing, Benjamin? Hurry up!"
"Oh," Benjamin finally reacted.
The family set off for the Callahans' villa.