Chapter 90: Pleasing Mother-in-law
Chapter 90: Pleasing Mother-in-law
Abbott definitely took Gianna's words to heart.
In fact, Gianna had been kind and sincere for so many years.
If not for her sudden change in recent times, Abbott wouldn't doubt what Gianna said at all. Now there was just a little tension between them, but in the end, in their minds, Gianna was still the same gullible girl. So as long as she said something naive, she would still be believed by them.
So, Abbott would definitely do what Gianna said.
If Abbott really married Helen to Caesar, it would only be beneficial.
First, Helen's reputation was tarnished because she hooked up with Caesar behind her back. But if the two really became a pair, outsiders would at best criticize the two for not being honorable enough, and would not say too much else. Over time, the crowd would forget anyway.
Secondly, Abbott had always wanted to make good relations with the Kennedy family. When Gianna and Caesar were engaged to be married, he wanted Helen to take over Gianna, but that didn't happen then, and now he had this opportunity again, how could he let it go?
Third, once Helen and Caesar were together, Abbott was also directly related to the Four Families. At least his daughter was the wife of the heir of the Four Families, and he wouldn't be sarcastically called as just a collateral line anymore.
With so many benefits, Alexander could not refuse.
But he did not want people to see it, so he deliberately did not take a stand.
Gianna also did not say much.
If she said more, it would make people think she had an ulterior motive.
Although she did have ulterior motives, after all, there were many benefits for Abbott, but for Caesar, there were no benefits at all.
Helen was a woman of little standing. How could Caesar marry her? Even if he was no longer established, he would not have married the daughter of a collateral line. Even if he was so humiliated, he still wanted to find someone who could help him, such as Gianna, or Rachel Timothy, who became a home wrecker of Gianna’s marriage later.
There was absolutely no way he could fall in love with Helen.
If Abbott went to let Caesar take responsibility for Helen, he was making a fool of himself and would be insulted by the Kennedy family. In this way, the Kennedy family and Abbott's relationship would certainly be completely crashed.
In the last life, Abbott colluded with Caesar privately and secretly helped Caesar do a lot of bad things, leading to the Morris Group's rapid demise. In this life, of course, she had to stop everything in the bud.
She pretended to be casual as she added fuel to the fire, and then deliberately yawned, "I haven't slept much in the past two days, and I suddenly feel so sleepy."
After saying that, she also leaned over towards Kingsley's body.
She just looked weak and very tired.
In fact, Gianna just wanted to make an excuse to leave.
She really wasn't in the mood to talk to this family. However, the meaning she showed was misunderstood by the people present.
Joanna didn't like Gianna, and when she saw how sweet Gianna was after her marriage, she deliberately said, "As a girl, how could you be so shameless! You’re so cheeky!"
Gianna was baffled.
She just yawned. How could she be cheeky?
Instead, Fiona spoke up for Gianna, "Mom, we have all been through this. The newlywed couple will inevitably be a little more intimate. We, as elders, should be more understanding."
"Are you contradicting me now?" Joanna's face changed instantly.
In all the years since Fiona entered the house, she had never refuted her a single word. Now she was getting tough too?
As soon as he saw his wife being scolded, Alexander tried to defend her.
Fiona pulled him back and said calmly, "I just think it's okay for a young couple to be affectionate with each other. It's not like they're not legally married."
Her words clearly implied something else.
Joanna was choked up again.
It was all because Helen had done something that was so disgraceful that she couldn't say anything now.
If Helen hadn't grown up around her, she wouldn't have wanted to take the blame.
Joanna said angrily, "It's late. Let's go back!"
Anyway, their purpose had been achieved.
She didn't want to stay here any longer, because she was getting unhappy just looking at these people.
"Mom, don't you want to stay for dinner?"
"No!" With that, Joanna left in a huff.
Abbott naturally followed her in stride with Gemma.
In a moment, the house was completely quiet.
Fiona breathed a sigh of relief when she saw them leave, "They've finally left. I was afraid that if they stayed here all day, I wouldn't have any peace again."
As she said that, she seemed to suddenly think that Kingsley was still there.
So she hurriedly said, "Kingsley, sorry to make you watch the fun on your first day home."
"No, Mom," Kingsley replied in a hurry, sitting upright. He was respectful and looked just like a good son-in-law.
And he said "Mom" so damn smoothly.
"I've heard a lot about what kind of people Uncle and Grandma are. Mom, you don't have to feel embarrassed. I understand." Kingsley just kept giving Fiona excuses.
He was very attentive and was clearly trying to ingratiate himself with Fiona.
Fiona instantly had a much better impression of Kingsley.
She did not have contact with Kingsley. After all, Gianna and he had a flash marriage.
Rather, because Gianna and Caesar had a marriage contract long ago, so she and Caesar had a lot of contacts. She could not say anything bad about Caesar, but she could more or less feel that Caesar did not treat her with too much respect. He rarely took the initiative to talk to her, and even rarely called her Mom.
How could he be as honey-mouthed as Kingsley?
He always called her mom, which made her heart flutter.
"Didn't you say you were sleepy? Want you not to go upstairs and take a rest?" Fiona was enthusiastic.
"I'm fine." Kingsley smiled meaningfully.
Gianna could not help but feel that Kingsley's smile was treacherous. She said bluntly, "I'm not sleepy. I was just making excuses in order to not see my grandmother and my eldest uncle and his family."
"You are still so naughty." Fiona smiled dotingly.
Her smile clearly meant something else.
Gianna didn't want to look into it. Her mother wouldn’t harm her anyway. If her grandmother smiled like that, she would definitely think more about it.
She had something important to say now. So she turned to Alexander and said bluntly, "Dad, I want to talk to you about Gemma coming into the company tomorrow."
"Didn't you just agree?" Alexander was still a little upset as he said, "I'm really worried that if Gemma can't do anything, she'll get the rest of the company talking behind our backs."
"Only if she can't do anything, we can find a chance to kick her out of the company. Otherwise, do you think you could turn Grandma down? It would just be a waste of time."
Alexander thought about it and felt she was right, then felt slightly better.
"However, whether Gemma is capable or not, we can't jump to conclusions right now."
"What do you mean?" Alexander was surprised.
Gianna smiled coldly.
After all, in her last life, Gemma was really not simple at all!