Chapter 425
Russell looked at Astrid, who was drinking coffee in the living room. His eyes were filled with joy
The gloom of Yolanda’s accident was also swept away with the arrival of Astrid.
“Mrs. Swanson, please drink coffee.” Mabel respectfully handed over a cup of coffee that she had personally brewed
Astrid took a sip symbolically and couldn’t wait to ask about the serious matter, “Did Professor Morgan… agree to let you join their team?”
Mabel’s eyelids twitched. Then, she revealed a bright smile and said, “I’ve already submitted the assessment questions he set to the school today. The mentor said that out of the ten people chosen, I was the only one who had finished solving the questions. However, this question is too difficult. The mentor doesn’t know what the correct answer is…”
Astrid rolled her eyes and asked, “In that case, although you solved the question, you don’t know if you did it right?”
Mabel was about to speak, but Russell beat her to it and said, “Mabel must have done it right. At that time, Professor Morgan personally came to our house to look for Mabel. After seeing the first half of her problem-solving steps, his expression was quite satisfied!”
Astrid was stunned. She asked in surprise, “Professor Morgan even came to your house personally to look for you?”
Mabel felt a little guilty because the person Professor Morgan came to look for was actually Melody.
However, Melody was not around, so no one would expose her. Therefore, she quickly reacted and cooperated with Russell. She nodded naturally and said, “Yes, Professor Morgan looked at the first half of my answer steps and was looking forward to the second half of my answer steps. That’s why he specially went to my house to rush me previously.”
Speaking of this, Mabel said gloomily, “But I have to prepare for the Best Celebrity competition and also prepare my graduation thesis, so I don’t have time to hand the remaining steps to the school until today.”
Astrid’s eyes were instantly filled with joy. “Silly child, Best Celebrity and the graduation thesis are not as important as Professor Morgan! Do you know what kind of person Professor Morgan is? Being able to work with him is equivalent to being able to join the top scientific research circle of Halcyon! Now, all the new industries are looking forward to working with him!”
Mabel pretended to be ignorant. “Is Professor Morgan that powerful?”
“Silly! Of course, he is good!” Astrid said. Her heart was filled with regret and frustration. She subconsciously blurted out, “If I had known that you had contact with Professor Morgan, I would have stopped Margaret from having Melody marry Ken.”
When he said this, Mabel and Russell widened their eyes at the same time. “What did you say?” The two of them spoke in unison, their faces filled with shock.
Only then did Astrid realize that she had let it slip. However, words that were spoken were like spilled water that could not be taken back.
Astrid might as well confess directly, After Melody treated Margaret, Margaret had Melody and Ken secretly marry.”
Astrid’s words were like bombs that hit Mabel and Russell so hard that their bodies began to sway, Mabel’s expression was extremely ugly.
She thought. Now that Melody is married to Ken, what reason do I have to marry into the Swanson family? Ramon will never allow both daughters from the Fox family to marry into the Swanson family.
Mabel’s legs went soft and she almost collapsed to the ground.
On the other side, Russell’s expression was ugly, and he was filled with regret
When he and Yolanda had gone to the Swanson family, the Swanson family had let it slip once. However, at that time, he and Yolanda did not take this matter seriously because they felt that the Swanson family would definitely look down on Melody. They only thought that the Swanson family made a mistake. But now, the truth was right in front of him.
Melody had already married Ken without him knowing, but he had fallen out with Melody.
He thought, “How could I not regret this? I knew it! Why did Melody have the guts to write an agreement to sever ties with me? it turns out that she had already found a backup plan for herself. This backup plan has always been my dream!”
Astrid took in Russell and Mabel’s expressions.
Her eyes were filled with disgust, but when she thought of Professor Morgan’s connections, she could only suppress her dissatisfaction with this family and slowly said, “But you don’t have to worry. Ken only agreed to register his marriage with Melody to let Margaret recuperate better. Now that Margaret’s illness has completely recovered, I think Ken will file for a divorce soon.”
When Mabel, who was on the verge of despair, heard this, a hint of vitality finally surfaced in her eyes.
She probed, “You mean… you’ve accepted me?”
Astrid raised her eyebrows and said bluntly, “I can accept you, but you have to successfully enter Professor Morgan’s laboratory.”
In her position, there was no need to beat around the bush, especially for the Fox family which was going downhill.
Mabel clenched her fists and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll do my best!”
“That’s good.” Astrid’s lips curled into a kind smile. She held Mabel’s hand and said, “Melody, that ugly monster, is no match for you. Logically speaking, Ramon will only accept you. Keep it up.”
Mabel nodded heavily. Astrid only cared about benefits. Mabel knew this very well. However, she was confident in entering Professor Morgan’s laboratory. She felt that the day of her marrying into the Swanson family was just around the corner. Russell also came back to his senses and quickly said, “Mrs. Swanson, there’s one more thing you might not know… Melody has nothing to do with the Fox family anymore. She has severed her relationship with me. So no matter what you want to do to her, you don’t have to give me a face.”
Astrid looked slightly surprised, but she quickly accepted it. “It’s good to sever ties with her. That unpresentable person… I don’t want to have anything to do with her!”
Russell nodded repeatedly. “Yes, yes, yes. That wretched girl is indeed unpresentable. I shouldn’t have brought her back to Silverlake from the beginning! Sorry for all the trouble she had brought you.”
Astrid really liked to be treated this way.
She curled her lips and said, “It’s getting late, I’ll go back first. As for Mabel… If you have nothing to do, you can come to my house more often to chat with me and nurture your relationship with Ulric.”
Mabel’s heart was filled with excitement, and a bashful expression appeared on her face. “Okay, Astrid…”
“Alright, I’m leaving now.” Astrid patted Mabel’s shoulder and left the Fox family surrounded by bodyguards.
The two of them watched Astrid’s car leave before turning around and returning to the living room.
As soon as he entered the living room, Russell’s face suddenly darkened. “Melody, that bitch! She actually didn’t tell me that she had registered her marriage with Ken!”
If he had known about this earlier, even if Melody would eventually get a divorce, he could have taken advantage of this period of time to reap a lot of benefits.
Russell was so angry that he almost slapped his thigh. He
picked up his phone and started calling Melody.