Contract Marriage: The Big Shot's Wife Is Super Sweet!

2025-07-10 14:03:351654

Chapter 17 Gifts

"Yesterday that bracelet is my mother's relic. Thank you for buying it for me."

Vivian thought for a moment and then told him the truth.

"Well, go to sleep."

Raymond felt a bit happy. After yesterday's incident, their relationship seemed to have come a step closer.

The atmosphere was unusually warm, and the two of them gradually fell into light sleep.

But when she got up to change her clothes, Vivian felt a bit embarrassed.

Last time... When she got up, Raymond had already gone to work, and although there had been physical contact, Vivian still couldn't hide the burning red on her face just a few days after their marriage.

Fortunately, Raymond had changed his clothes and gone out first, otherwise she really wouldn't have known how to face him.

It was already half past ten when they finished their breakfast.

The well-dressed old butler came up and handed Vivian a list in his hand.

"Madam, this is a gift list for House of Johnson."

"Too much?"

Vivian glanced a few times and handed it to the butler.

"Ah?"

The butler doesn't understand.

"Cut the gifts from the list in half and leave some more sentimental ones." Mr. John wouldn't mind sending a feather over a thousand miles.

Vivian gave the order without the slightest sense that it was disrespectful to her parents' family.

"Isn't that a bit bad?"

The butler looked at her in astonishment,Miss Vivian... She's really a maverick. If she did as she said, wouldn't it seem too stingy for House of Steven?

Vivian's eyes flashed with a smile as if she could sense the butler's thoughts.

"Good things should naturally stay at home, don't you think so?"

Vivian's lips curved into a cold, beautiful smile, which made the butler's heart skip a beat and smile along with it.

"Yes, madam is right."

"The butler said you changed the gift list?"

In the car, Raymond glanced at Vivian and said.

"Well, I manage the household well, shouldn't you be happy?"

Vivian nodded as a matter of course. She just didn't want House of Johnson to take advantage, even though she was also surname Johnson.

Raymond chuckled, for the first time he was interested in House of Johnson.

What kind of family could produce such a woman?

"House of Johnson didn't treat you well?

"Good, just too good, so they won't mind my gift list." Vivian said it in a casual tone, but Raymond caught the meaning of her words and frowned unhappily.

"Marrying me is not a good thing?"

Vivian was taken aback, thought for a moment, then leaned over to look at Raymond's unpredictable face, deliberately keeping it a secret for a long time.

"... Well, it's a blessing in disguise."

It was only then that Raymond's expression softened.

She can be said to be sensible.

As the car stopped in front of the House of Johnson, looking at the familiar house, Vivian's eyes flashed with a rush of grief.

Things and people have changed long ago. Without family, can it still be called home?

When the servants opened the door, they saw John come out to greet them in person.

"Mr.Steven, Vivian, come in quickly. Sophia has been preparing for you to come back today."

He smiled kindly and looked at Raymond with a somewhat flattering expression.

But he just gave him a cold look, looking very distant. "No trouble, we'll be leaving in a moment."

"How could that be? At least stay for a meal!"

Raymond's aloof air made John want to get close to him but he was too scared to do so. He just stood there and laughed heartily. When he finally got the chance to meet Raymond, he just couldn't give it up.

Whoever gives up is a fool.

John motioned Vivian to keep Raymond, but she just looked around carelessly as if she didn't see John at all.

Raymond said nothing and strode into the room.

John hurriedly followed, and did not forget to give Vivian a look.

Vivian, with a mocking look in her eyes, watched John trot to catch up with Raymond and enter the house at a leisurely pace.

As soon as she entered, she felt Nicole's hostile gaze, and she swept over the Sophia and Nicole who were standing in the living room to greet them.

"This is the gift I brought home for you."

Vivian changed into slippers and, with a very hypocritical smile, handed the gift in her hand to John.

John's face was beaming as he took it, and when he opened it, his smile froze.

"This... Vivian, did you take the wrong one?"

"Of course not. Isn't it a hot day to prevent you from getting heatstroke? They sent some heat-clearing and detoxifying flower tea, which can also beautify and nourish the skin, and several sets of tea sets, which cost a lot of money."

John twitched at the corner of his mouth and looked at Vivian with a changed tone.

Can even the most precious flower tea cost several thousand yuan? And there's no shortage of tea sets at home.

This girl picks whatever she has to bring home!

John was a little annoyed. He had thought that even for the sake of face, Vivian and Raymond would bring back some invaluable antiques, not to mention how much they were worth, at least he had something to show off.

Now, could it be that he was going to hold the flower tea and tell someone that it was sent by his son-in-law and daughter?

He can't afford to lose this man!

"Vivian, didn't you give away what you took pictures of yesterday? Why did you come home with nothing decent? Isn't that a slap in the face of your own family?"

Then a sweet voice came, with an innocent tone.

Vivian's face changed. Nicole didn't want to embarrass her in front of John until she mentioned it, but since she brought it up, did she really think she would be afraid?

Sophia knew Vivian, the young lady, better than Nicole. She felt bad in her heart, knowing that Vivian, with Raymond's support, was no longer what she used to be, she quickly scolded softly:

"Nicole, don't talk nonsense. Your sister has always been thrifty. How could she really buy something worth millions to give away?"

John scanned the mother and daughter in puzzlement. What happened yesterday? Why didn't they mention it?

However, he still followed Sophia's words and said to Raymond in an elder tone, "Mr.Steven, it was Vivian who was rash about what happened yesterday." She was spoiled by her grandfather since childhood and was extravagant. You can rest assured that the amount of money spent yesterday has my subsidy as a father..."

Although he thought Vivian was of no use, John was not the least bit negligent towards Raymond. As long as Vivian is still Raymond's wife, whether she is favored or not, House of Johnson will continue to shine.

"Oh? It turns out that my wife, when giving a gift to a friend, has to be dictated by her own family. It seems Vivian is not having a good time at home." Raymond, out of the corner of his eye, saw Vivian's expression as if she had eaten shit, and suddenly felt a bit happy. He affectionately took Vivian's hand, but his voice carried ice chips.

John's face darkened all of a sudden. If he didn't realize at this moment that he had misunderstood, he would be a fool.

Embarrassed, he asked the servant to make Raymond a cup of tea and let him sit down first, then pulled Sophia to the side and whispered questions.

"Tell me exactly what happened yesterday!"

Sophia knew that she had backfired, thought for a moment, and laughed quickly:

"There was an auction at House of Steven yesterday and Vivian bought a lot of things. I don't think she's the kind of person who spends money recklessly. It must have been Raymond who made Vivian do that to save face for his friends."

"Humph! No wonder the things you brought back were so shabby!"

John sneered. He knew better than anyone how much Vivian had. Although she had 50 million in her dowry, it was absolutely impossible for her to spend a thousand or eight million on those flashy things.

That's how stingy the old man's daughter is.

Besides, she was a spoiled girl before she got married. Which man would like her? Not to mention Raymond, who has a strange temper and is cold-blooded, it's already good that she hasn't been kicked out by House of Steven.

Nicole had hardly taken her eyes off Vivian since she entered the door, and now, taking advantage of her presence at House of Johnson, she began to mock her without restraint.

"Vivian, do you think my pendant looks nice?"

Vivian gave her a casual glance, but her eyes remained fixed on Nicole's neck.

"How could it be with you? !"

Her voice trembled as she stared at Nicole with sharp eyes.

"Mom gave it to me! Don't you see that you've been wearing it on Mom all these years?"

Nicole's pretty lips curved, and she couldn't help feeling smug.

"It's my mother's jade pendant. How could it be that woman's!"

Vivian growled and glared at Nicole with a gloomy look on her face. Yesterday it was jade bracelets, today it's jade pendants.

Over the years, how much have they ruined their mother!

Raymond, who was sipping tea, looked up and frowned slightly, thinking that her mother had left behind so many things.

"What about your mother? ! She married House of Johnson. Isn't her stuff House of Johnson's?"

John came up with Sophia and shouted at Vivian. He had long forgotten the promise Vivian had made to her before she got married.

"so it was sister's mother's? Sorry, I just broke a pair of earrings yesterday, it seems..."