Amid the uproar and commotion, Kobe looked at William sneeringly and said condescendingly, “Based on how shabby you look, I bet you can’t afford any decent gift, let alone one comparable to Joel’s! If you can present a gift more expensive than Joel’s diamond ring, I’ll kneel on the ground and lick your shoes!“Likewise, if you can’t, then you will kneel on the ground to lick my, no, Joel’s shoes. How about that? Hahaha!” Kobe guffawed arrogantly.“What did you say?!” Cecilia flew into a rage and was just about to lose her temper when William suddenly reached out to stop her.He looked at Kobe and drawled, “That’s what you said. If my gift is more expensive than Joel’s, you’ll get on your knees and lick my shoes, huh?”With a contemptuous smile on his face, Kobe said, “That’s right. That’s what I said! But if your gift is worse than Joel’s, you will kneel in front of Joel and lick his shoes!”They didn’t keep their volumes down, and the people around them could hear their conversation

For some time, the air was full of commotion and mockery.Cecilia was now donning the set of emerald jewelry that William gave her, so it was obviously genuine.Kobe was just trying to lay a trap for William, but he didn’t expect to end up harming himself instead.With a look of annoyance, Kobe wanted to continue arguing, but Lucas interjected from the side.“Kobe Preston, Mr. Belmont personally picked out this set of emerald jewelry in the Emerald Garden. As the proprietor of the Emerald Garden, I can guarantee that it’s definitely not counterfeit. If you insist on claiming that the jewelry is counterfeit, you’re no longer just accusing Mr. Belmont but accusing our Emerald Garden of selling counterfeit products. Is that what you mean?”He glared at Kobe hostilely with a mirthless smile.At this moment, many people suddenly came to the realization that the Clements were the owners of the Emerald Garden.Lucas was the one who vouched for William, and he was clearly on good terms with h

At this thought, Joel decided to call someone himself. “Immediately investigate a matter for me. There’s a man named William Belmont. Find out who he is exactly!”Since he was now aware that William was from Avalon and had a wife famous in the city, it would be much easier to find the information he wanted.After just a few minutes, Joel’s phone started ringing, and his subordinate told him all the information he had found about William.Joel raised his eyebrows in apprehension at first.But soon, he smiled a little, and eventually, his smile widened.When he finally hung up the phone, Kobe immediately asked impatiently, “Joel, how is it?”Joel laughed contemptuously. “Haha, it’s pretty much as you said. William Belmont is really just a live-in husband. He was putting on an act in front of us!”Kobe immediately asked to take on the task. “Joel, since this guy is just a good-for-nothing, leave it to me to handle! How dare this bastard want me to lick his shoes? He really doesn’t know a

“Do you think I befriended the Khan family, the Smiths, and the others because of the Lancasters?” William suddenly asked.Donald frowned and asked rhetorically, “Isn’t it?”“It’s really true.” William raised his eyebrows and smiled faintly. “In that case, Mr. Lancaster, why don’t you call Mr. Khan and Mr. Smith to ask if they’re friends with me because of the Lancasters?!”He had a look of mockery on his face.He had long guessed it. Donald indeed thought that William had borrowed the Lancasters’ power to establish a relationship with the Khans and the Smiths. Just now, he even accused William of taking advantage of the Lancasters, which was simply hilarious.“Also, I hope that you won’t casually speculate on my intentions. I’m not interested in being your son-in-law, nor am I interested in the Lancasters’ assets. I only treat Cecilia as my younger sister.“As for my friendship with Mr. Lancaster Sr., this is a matter between us. You don’t seem to have any right to interfere, do you

After lashing out at Donald, Richard immediately hung up without giving Donald the chance to respond.Holding his phone tightly, Donald stood dumbfounded without reacting for a long time.Richard’s words were still ringing in his ears.As the only son of Victor, the head of the Lancaster family, it had been a long time since Donald had been reprimanded badly and had someone hang up on him.If it were someone else, Donald would have used the power of the Lancasters to kill them.But since he was facing Richard, the helmsman of the Smiths, who had recently risen in strength and was almost on par with the Lancasters, Donald had no choice but to bear with it.If this matter spread to his father’s ears, he would probably say that Richard had done a good job reprimanding him.He might even force him to apologize to Richard.Thus, he could only grit his teeth and tolerate it for now.But Richard’s attitude clearly showed that the Smiths would rather go to war with the Lancasters than sever t