CHAPTER 659: CHAPTER 659: GIFT FROM A LOVE RIVAL

In the past, when Nora saw Franklin like this, she would feel very distressed and would busy herself making him sobering soup.

And Franklin would say there was no need to prepare it, not wanting her to always be busy.

But thinking back now, he was just busy making out with other women, not a bit drunk, so why would he need sobering soup?

It was just sweet talk to make her happy.

After retracting her gaze, Nora sat down in front of the mirror to apply her skincare.

Probably because he rarely faced coldness from Nora, Franklin felt a bit uncomfortable and proactively approached her, trying to put an arm around her shoulder.

Unexpectedly, before he could touch Nora’s shoulder, she subtly moved away.

"Honey, what’s the matter?"

Franklin’s seemingly drunken eyes showed a hint of astonishment.

He knew that in all these years with Nora, she had never resisted his touch.

"I’m doing my skincare. These things are quite expensive; it would be terrible if they got knocked over."

"If they get knocked over, they get knocked over, at most I’ll just buy you another set."

Franklin thought Nora must have found out about something, which is why her attitude took a 180-degree turn, but it turns out it was just because of a few bottles of skincare products.

"It’s not just ordinarily expensive. Last time on my birthday, Vincent had someone send them over."

Feeling heartache, Nora carefully put away her skincare products, which she had arranged one by one just before.

As soon as Franklin heard the name "Vincent," he immediately frowned, and even his gaze darkened considerably.

He knew that Vincent was his rival in love from years ago, Elder Cole’s favorite choice for a son-in-law.

Back then, Franklin had to put in a tremendous effort to compete with Vincent for Nora.

So now, hearing Vincent’s name still made him feel uneasy.

Sure enough, he immediately put on a stern face: "Why are you still in touch with him?"

"That’s really wrongful of me, isn’t it? You know he’s gone abroad. I heard he’s planning to return to Esteria recently, and knowing it was my birthday, he had his secretary send gifts over. I guess he’s not doing well abroad and wants to use old connections to reopen the market here."

Nora’s words gradually dissipated much of Franklin’s anger.

"But you can’t use the things he sends."

"It’s very expensive; it would be a waste to leave it unused."

"I still don’t allow you to use it."

"Then you have to buy me a set. I won’t use what he gave."

"It’s just a set of skincare products, isn’t it? I’ll take you to buy them tomorrow. You absolutely can’t use what he sent!"

Sometimes, men can be so stubborn.

Even if he doesn’t love his wife, he still can’t stand her using gifts from an old rival.

And Nora cleverly used this to trap Franklin into her plan.

Having received a satisfactory response from Franklin, she was elated, "Then it’s settled. Tomorrow I’ll take you to that counter to buy."

"No problem."

Franklin said this and suddenly asked, "How about taking Shelly along as well? She seems to have grievances against me recently. Maybe this is a good chance for a family outing?"

Just now, when Nora walked out of Shelly’s room, Franklin accidentally locked eyes with Shelly inside the room.

But unlike before, Shelly didn’t excitedly run into his arms as soon as she saw her father. Instead, she gave him a cold glance and then shut the door.

"Her? Probably not. She just asked me for money tonight, saying she has some activity with classmates tomorrow. She demanded too much, and when I refused, she got mad at me."

In fact, the main reason was that Nora was worried Shelly might not control her emotions and give something away upon seeing Franklin.