Chapter 138: Chapter 140

Channing’s gaze swept lightly over Celia. She was gentle and kind. Being sensible had always been the label of a little daughter.

However, this was not what he liked. Compared to Amber’s waywardness and ignorance, he liked his eldest daughter more. He was not pretentious nor scheming.

Channing was a person who had been immersed in the officialdom for many years. Although he hoped that his youngest daughter could change like this and that she could know his position clearly, he secretly had a hint of vigilance in his heart. This little daughter’s change was too surprising. Such a person was either enlightened or pretending to be a pig eating its prey.

Rodney was also surprised by Celia’s address of brother-in-law. A man who was going to sleep with him last night suddenly called him brother-in-law today. No matter how he thought about it, it was weird. This Celia was indeed not simple!

“Let’s talk inside!” As soon as Channing greeted them, a group of people turned from outside to inside the battle house.

Channing and Shannon were sitting on the same sofa, Amber and Rodney were sitting together, and Celia was sitting alone in the same seat.

This scene made Amber feel very strange. After thinking about it carefully, he remembered that the person who used to sit alone on the sofa was now Celia.

Seeing that Channing was talking to Rodney as if nothing had happened, and that Shannon and her daughter had no grudge against each other, Amber felt that it was extremely ironic. This family was all top-class actors, and their acting skills were too obvious.

Aunt Maleah set up the dishes and invited everyone to dinner. The atmosphere at the table was very good. Celia actually helped Amber and Rodney prepare the dishes personally. Shannon also helped with the dishes with a smile. Looking at her intimacy with Rodney, Amber felt a chill.

Originally, she tried to convince herself to bear it, but in the end, Amber failed. When Shannon came to pick up the dishes for him, she picked up the bowl to avoid them. Seeing the disgust on Amber’s face, Channing stopped the mother and daughter’s performance. “We are family. You don’t have to be so polite! Let them do whatever they want!”

This meal seemed to be a happy one, but in fact, only the person involved knew what was going on.

After dinner, Channing had just asked Rodney to go to the study. The smile on Channing’s face disappeared after he closed the door of the study. Instead, there was a gloomy expression on his face.

“Rodney! You really make me look at you with new eyes! What’s so good about you? My two daughters... My two daughters are so outstanding, why do they have connections with you... Hey... It’s a shame to say this! I’ve lost all my face!”

When Channing just had his meal, he was still smiling. It was really an eye-opener for him to see that he had become like this after closing the door. He deserved to be an official. He was really good at practicing the skills behind the scenes.

However, wasn’t he the one behind Celia’s incident? Since he was the one behind it, what was he pretending to be?

Rodney finally understood why Amber hated Channing so much. He said lightly, “Speaking of Celia, I’m very sorry. First of all, it’s my mother’s fault. If my mother hadn’t held her grandson in her arms, such a thing wouldn’t have happened.”

“Yes, if your mother hadn’t treated Amber like that, there wouldn’t be so many troubles now. It’s all your mother’s fault,” Channing said.

As soon as Channing finished speaking, Rodney smiled faintly. “Although my mother is selfish and snobbish, Uncle and Mrs.

Black shouldn’t push it. After all, Uncle and Mrs. Black were involved in the incident.”

Channing’s old face turned red. He didn’t expect Rodney to say these things mercilessly, so he smiled awkwardly.

“Poor parents in the world. I was confused at that time... It’s just that things have happened, and it’s useless to regret it. I asked you to come here today to talk about Amber and Celia. How are you going to deal with it now?”

“I came here today to talk about this matter.” Rodney looked at Channing. “I want to cancel the engagement with Celia and marry Amber.”

Channing had just knocked on the table in front of him and did not speak.

Rodney continued, “Although I’m engaged to Celia, there is no ambiguous relationship between us that should not have happened. I’ve always had a special relationship with Amber. I hope that uncle can help me!”

“It’s like this. I can’t do anything about it. As long as Amber agrees to marry you, I won’t object. I just want to pity Celia!”

Channing said with a long sigh.

Rodney took over his words. “If Celia needs it, I will compensate her! I am referring to the compensation for money.”

The word compensation made Channing’s eyes light up. He thought for a moment and said, “There’s no need for compensation.

As long as you and Amber can be happy, Celia, as your sister, will be very happy.”

As soon as Channing didn’t object to this matter, it was basically settled. Rodney felt very relaxed.

After Channing and Rodney went to the study, Shannon and her daughter pretended to wash the fruit in the kitchen. Amber knew that they didn’t want to face her, and she didn’t want to face them either. She went to the living room alone and leaned against the sofa to watch TV. She said that she was watching TV, but she didn’t care about it at all. She really wanted to know what Channing and Rodney would say when they closed the door.

After waiting absent-mindedly for a while, Celia and her daughter came over with fruit. Celia put the fruit in front of Amber and said to her with a smile, “Sister, eat the fruit.”

Amber also smiled faintly. “I’m afraid of indigestion. Ms. Black, you can eat it yourself.”

“Sister, I’m sorry!” Celia apologized sincerely. “It was all my fault before. Please forgive me!”

Amber smiled playfully. “Ms. Black, you’re too kind.” This meant that she did not accept Celia’s apology. The smile on Celia’s face suddenly disappeared, and she stared at Amber pitifully with her big eyes.

“Sister, I really know I’m wrong. It’s all Zoe’s fault. She was the one who gave me the right to sow discord. I was so hot-headed that I acquiesced to it... I also felt uncomfortable. After all, we are sisters, and blood is thicker than water...”

Speaking of this, Celia choked with sobs. Two drops of tears hung on her beautiful face. Amber cheered in his heart!

She was indeed an expert in acting! If she remembered correctly, she had argued with her self-righteously after the incident. But now, she had made such a thorough mistake. Even a fool knew that such a big change was abnormal.

“Ms. Black, don’t! I didn’t bully you!” Amber got up in disgust and made way for her.

“Amber, your father and I have already told you about Celia, and she really wants to correct it. Just give her a chance!” Shannon also tried to persuade him.

“Sister, give me a chance!” Celia cried. “I will never trust others again. I have broken up with that Zoe.”

Amber was completely devoid of sincerity when he said that he was apologizing but was putting the blame on someone else. He was also drunk. “Ms. Black, you really don’t have to do this. It’s all in the past. Everyone knows who’s in the past. No one is a fool. Do you understand?”

“Sister, are you not willing to forgive me?” Celia suddenly got up and knelt down in front of Amber. “Sister, I beg you!”

As Celia knelt down, as if they had agreed, the door of the study room opened. Channing and Rodney came out. Seeing this scene in front of them, Channing frowned. “Celia, why are you kneeling on the ground?”

“I... I’m apologizing to my sister. If she doesn’t forgive me, I... I won’t get up!” Celia’s eyes were full of tears, as if she had been bullied by Amber.

Hearing that, Channing walked over quickly. “You are sisters. You have broken your bones and tendons. It’s good that you know that you didn’t make a mistake next time!” Then he looked at Amber. “Celia is young, so it’s inevitable that she made a mistake.

Please forgive her this time!”

Didn’t Celia say that if Amber didn’t forgive her, she wouldn’t get up? Channing naturally meant that Amber should forgive Celia and reached out to help her up.

Amber smiled playfully. He neither reached out to help Celia nor said anything. He just looked at her like this, which made her feel a little scared. Then he said slowly, “Mr. Black, did you ask me to come back for acting?”

“What are you talking about?”

“I’m stupid. I always thought that kneeling down and begging for forgiveness were just acting. I didn’t expect to see such a performance just after a meal.”

Amber stood up as he spoke. “Mr. Black, thank you for your dinner. I won’t watch the show. There’s nothing to watch. You should rehearse well and try to impress me next time!”

After that, he turned around and left without looking at Channing’s ugly face. Seeing Amber leave, Rodney naturally wouldn’t stay any longer. He said something to Channing and followed him out.

Seeing the two figures disappear, Channing’s face turned cold. Amber’s acting reminded him precisely.

If Celia really wanted to apologize, it would not be at this time. He turned his head and looked at Celia who was still kneeling on the ground. “Why are you still kneeling? Don’t you think it’s shameful enough?”

Shannon quickly reached out to help her daughter up. Celia said with tears in her eyes, “Dad, I really want to apologize and beg for my sister’s forgiveness.”

“Whether you are sincere or not, don’t do such things in the future. You are not a wise person, and others are not fools.” After saying this, Channing returned to the study.

Back in the car outside, Amber couldn’t help sneering again when he thought of the situation just now. “Who is Celia acting for?

Channing or Rodney?”

“Rodney, don’t you think I’m going too far?”

“Amber, no matter what, I support you!” Rodney didn’t know what had happened just now, but he was sure that Amber wouldn’t force Celia to kneel. They had been married for three years, so he knew very well what kind of person Amber was. No matter how evil Celia was, she wouldn’t force her to kneel.

” supported me? Rodney, no matter what, Celia is your fiancee. Your answer will make people feel disappointed.”

“Amber, she’s no longer my fiancee. I’ve already made things clear to uncle in the study earlier. Celia and I have already broken our engagement.” Rodney reached out and held her hand. “Amber, you once said that I’d like to get rid of my trouble with you from the beginning. I don’t have any more trouble now. We can start over again!”

Amber remembered that she had said this before, but she did not say that she would have a result with him. For her, not only did she have a fiancee, but she also had an omnipotent mother. With Rachel’s help, she and Rodney would never be together. But now was not the time for her to say no. She tried to make herself smile. “Yes, we can start over again!”