Chapter 769 Sensible Woman
Thus, he didn't have to inform Jara of such a matter.
Uncle Poick went straight to his study and transferred one hundred thousand dollars from the castle's business account to a bank card. Then, he took the bank card and went to find Emmeline.
Unfortunately, the moment he left the tower, he bumped into Kayla, who had just returned from the main building.
Basically, this castle was huge. Aside from the main building, it had four more towers.
Jara lived in the main building while Kayla lived in Tower B. As for the remaining three towers, they were all empty.
Initially, when Emmeline came over, Uncle Poick thought that Jara would arrange for her to stay in one of the empty towers.
However, Jara let her stay in the same building as Kayla. Besides, he even said that there were not many servants in the castle. So, if she stayed too far, it would be inconvenient to take care of her.
Actually, Uncle Poick knew very well that there were dozens of servants in the castle.
If Emmeline were to stay in another tower, they would have more than enough servants to take care of her.
Despite being aware of that, Uncle Poick thought there must be a reason behind Jara's order. So, he didn't say anything.
Even so, what he was more perplexed about was, Jara had also issued a very absurd command.
Based on his command, Kayla was now the owner of Tower B. If there were any issues, the servants in Tower B would go directly to her. Besides, Uncle Poick was also not allowed to interfere in Kayla's way of managing the castle.
What did Jara mean by this?
He was just like a king from the olden days who bestowed a palace to one of his consorts and allowed her to take charge of everything.
Although he had the final authority, he would not interfere in ordinary matters.
Of course, the castle was big enough, and Jara was free to grant anyone a tower.
However, the key point was—Emmeline had moved in.
So, this meant that now, another consort had moved into Tower B of the castle.
Sure enough, Kayla came first, so she was the main host while Emmeline was merely a guest. In fact, it was normal for women to quarrel with each other for a man.
In addition, since Kayla was so evil-minded and mean, she would use all sorts of ways to provoke Emmeline.
Thinking of this, Uncle Poick helplessly sighed.
It seemed like Jara hadn't let go of that past incident.
Even though Uncle Poick had known the reason behind Jara's order, he wasn't in the position to say anything. Thus, he could only obey Jara's instructions.
With that, he came to Tower B and handed the bank card to Emmeline. Then, after talking to her for a while, he left.
Nevertheless, the moment he left, Kayla, who had been stalking him, saw him.
When she saw that Uncle Poick handed Emmeline a bank card, she knew that the relationship between Emmeline and Jara was indeed complicated.
Humph! So what? She definitely wouldn't let Emmeline steal Jara away from her.
As she thought so, she lowered her eyes slightly. After a short while, she came up with a plan.
Even a gorgeous woman like her failed to seduce Jara, let alone the plain-looking Emmeline.
Therefore, she wanted to see how capable Emmeline could be. According to Jara's personality, the more a woman took the initiative to get close to him, the more he would get annoyed.
Since Jara had already hated her, she thought she should let Emmeline get close to him too. By doing that, he would probably realize that she was more considerate and interesting than Emmeline.
And with that comparison, Jara would eventually chase Emmeline away.
Having these thoughts, Kayla turned to leave with ease as she continued to plot in her mind.
Meanwhile, Jara was suddenly being notified that Mrs. Holland had come over.
Mrs. Holland was Claus's legal wife. Back then, when Claus had betrayed Jara's mother, Sara Hewitt, she was the one who stepped forward and exposed him.
However, the two of them did not divorce. Moreover, during these years, Mrs. Holland had often looked after Jara.
Even though Jara didn't care much about her nor got close with her, he never really hated her. That was because she hadn't done anything bad to him, and she was just another victim in his mother's incident.
Furthermore, even if she took care of him superficially, he believed that there was some affection in it.
This time, Mrs. Holland went out for a vacation, and she happened to pass by here, so she asked to stay here for a few days, and Jara agreed.
However, at the thought of Kayla, Emmeline, and the plan that he was going to implement in the future, he frowned.
Back then, when Emmeline was still his girlfriend, Mrs. Holland had told him that she disliked Emmeline.
At that time, Jara couldn't be bothered to care about her opinion.
So, his feelings were not swayed.
Still, this time, it was a sensitive period. He didn't want Emmeline and Mrs. Holland to have any more disputes.
For one thing, Emmeline would high-likely turn a deaf ear to Mrs. Holland's words because she didn't want to argue with Mrs. Holland.
But what she didn't know was—the more you ignore the other person, the more aggressive the other person would be.
Besides, deep down, he somehow did not want Emmeline to suffer.
He himself did not realize that he had this concern, nor was willing to admit it.
Having those thoughts, Jara called Uncle Poick over and ordered, "Go to Tower B and tell them not to leave the tower nor come over for the next few days. If there's anything, ask them to refer to you. Don't come looking for me."
As Uncle Poick was also aware of the pros and cons, he agreed and left.
After giving the order, Jara no longer paid attention to this matter and continued with his own things.
Just as expected, Mrs. Holland arrived in the afternoon.
Even though she hadn't seen Jara for a long time, she still cared about him as much as she always did.
On the other hand, Jara was also as polite and distant toward her as usual.
Later, he ordered someone to arrange a guest room for her and went back to his room without accompanying her for dinner.
Regardless of that, Mrs. Holland was fine with it.
On the other hand, Raya—who was Mrs. Holland's maid from Ascijan—was upset.
When they were having dinner, Raya complained, "Mrs. Holland, how can he treat you this way? You have come all the way here to see him, yet he was cold to you, and he didn't even want to have dinner with you. No matter what, you're still his stepmother..."
However, before Raya could finish her words, she was interrupted by Mrs. Holland.
"Raya, you don't understand anything, do you?"
Upon hearing that, Raya was taken aback and stared at Mrs. Holland in bewilderment.
After that, Mrs. Holland continued, "Sure enough, he is not my own son, and his late mother had grudges against me, but we know how capable he is. Do you think that my two useless sons can be his opponents?"
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