I Inherited Billions

Chapter 107

When Montana’s aunt said that, the entire private room became silent. Everyone’s eyes were on her.

Even Uncle Tim who was unconcerned with this refused to endure it anymore. “Shut up. No one will think that you’re mute if you don’t speak.”

Montana’s aunt was not happy after she was being retorted. “Why can’t I say it? I’m just doing this for Montana’s own good. Think about it, Freddie is so ordinary but he can give her a necklace worth three million dollars. What if he’s a thief? You can’t allow Montana to risk her happiness for the rest of her life, right? Also, isn’t your sister the best example? You have to open your eyes when you marry someone.”

Montana’s aunt was using past experiences as examples to convince others. She even dragged Montana’s mother into this.

Montana was livid and she could not endure this anymore. She snapped, “Aunty, you don’t have to worry about our happiness. Plus, Freddie is not a thief. He bought this diamond necklace for me yesterday and I was there.”

“He bought it? Does he have the proof? If you have the guts, ask him to show me the receipt,” Montana’s aunt said overbearingly.

“Um…”

Montana hesitated and she turned to look at me.

Of course, I understood what she meant. She wanted me to take out the receipt to shut her aunt’s mouth.

However, I had left the receipt in the hotel room and I did not want to do something that was beneath my dignity. Should I show her just because she asked me to? Who did she think she is?

When I thought about this, I said with a cold smirk, “Should I show you just because you want to look at it? Who do you think you are?”

However, when Montana’s aunt heard this, she thought that I was admitting defeat. So, she became even more overbearing. “What’s wrong? You can’t show me because you’re guilty? Everyone, look! I told you Freddie is a thief. He’s admitting it now!”

Montana’s aunt started cackling.

At this moment, someone pushed the door of the private room open. An attendant bowed to everyone and then said with a smile, “Excuse me, is Mr. Freddie Lang in this room?”

“That’s me, what’s the matter?”

I looked at the attendant in curiosity.

“Mr. Lang, our boss wants to see you. May I know if you’re free now?” The attendant said respectfully.

At this moment, I was feeling suspicious. The boss of the jewelry shop wanted to see me yesterday and today, the boss of the hotel wanted to see me. Was my identity exposed?

I frowned and said to the attendant, “Who is your boss? I don’t think I know them, right?”

“Sir, our boss is also the boss of Chewy Jewelry. She wanted to see you yesterday but she missed you narrowly. Now that she knows you’re here, she asked me to come to get you. Also, she said that it’s our honor that you can come to the Grand Hyatt Hotel. So, we’ll be waiving all of your expenses today.”

“I see.”

When I heard that it was the boss of Chewy Jewelry, I understood what was going on.

She must have seen me in the hotel so that was why she asked someone to get me.

Coincidentally, she could help me prove the matter with the diamond necklace.

“Alright, tell your boss to come over then, but I’ll only give her ten minutes,” I said as I looked at the time on my phone.

“Alright, I’ll let her know now.” After that, the attendant went out cheerfully.

However, the moment the attendant left, Montana’s aunt started to say eccentrically, “Oh, Freddie, you’re so important. You even asked the boss of the Grand Hyatt Hotel to come to see you and you’re only giving her ten minutes. Who do you think you are? This is hilarious.”

Montana’s aunt started mocking me without restraint.

However, the moment she finished speaking, someone pushed the door of the room open. A beautiful woman wearing a professional suit and high heels walked in excitedly.

I was surprised to see her come in so quickly.

Upon thinking further, I soon understood that she might have been waiting at the door this entire time.

“Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Claudia Skye and I’m the boss of the Grand Hyatt Hotel. May I know which one of you is Mr. Lang?” After Claudia introduced herself, she looked at everyone softly.

“I am.” I stood up.

“It’s so great to see you, Mr. Lang.” Claudia approached me excitedly.

However, I was not in the mood to exchange pleasantries with her, so I said directly, “You’re just in time. Do you still remember this diamond necklace?”

I said and pointed to Montana.

“Yeah, you bought this necklace in our shop yesterday. Mr. Lang, is there any problem with it?”

“I lost the receipt and someone here suspects that I stole from your shop. Please help me explain,” I said with a chuckle.

“Stole?” Claudia widened her eyes. “Mr. Lang, you must be joking. How would someone be so blind to suspect that you’ve stolen something when you’re someone of this status?”

Claudia said while chuckling.

On one side, Montana’s aunt’s face turned dark after being humiliated.

After I saw her expression, I said, “Perhaps it’s just a misunderstanding just like you said. I’m fine here so you can leave now.”

“Mr. Lang, would you do me the honor of having a cup of tea with me upstairs?”

Claudia invited me again.

She did not want our relationship to end here clearly.

“There’s no need for tea, but this is my personal phone number.” I wrote my phone number on a piece of napkin and handed it to Claudia.

When Claudia heard that, she reached out her hand and took it respectfully. “Since you’re busy, I won’t disturb you anymore, Mr. Lang.”

After Claudia said that, she bowed and left respectfully.

…

After Claudia left, the room went back to silence.

It was as if everyone was digesting what was happening just now…

A few seconds later, Uncle Tim said, “Freddie, judging from what Ms. Skye said, you’re not an ordinary person. Can you tell us who you are?”

“Yeah, we’re too busy chatting just now and we didn’t even get to ask you what’s your job?”

The people in the room were starting to ask about my identity.

Before this, even though they were not mocking or making cutting remarks at me like Montana’s aunt, they were pretty cold and indifferent to me.

After Claudia’s appearance, they started to try to get on my good side.

Everyone’s eyes were on me and I knew they would not give up if I did not give them an explanation. Therefore, I said with a smile, “To be honest, I don’t have any important status. My family’s just pretty well-off so you don’t need to think of me as an important person. Claudia was just exaggerating just now.”

“Freddie, don’t be so modest. That’s not what a normal rich person would do.”

“Yeah, you bought a necklace worth three million just like that. Your family property is about tens of millions at least, right?”

“I didn’t expect that one day we could have such a rich relative. This is so unexpected. Freddie, you have to help us if our children can’t find a job in the future.”

“Yeah, yeah! My family has the best relationship with Montana so next time, please come visit us often.”

After everyone knew how rich I was, they kept saying nice things to me to sweet-talk me.

However, what they were doing pissed Montana’s aunt off.

She scoffed coldly. “Look at how disappointing you all are. Just now, you’re ignoring him and now you’re fawning and flattering him non-stop. How would I get such unscrupulous relatives like you all? So what if Freddie is rich? He’s just a parvenu. My daughter is not the same as him. She can get into contact with real millionaires in her job. In the future, she’ll also marry into a rich family.

“You don’t know, right? The people pursuing her right now are all extremely rich. There are even celebrities and royalty. My daughter will definitely marry into a better family than Montana.”

“Please stop being jealous. We know your daughter is at odds with Montana this entire time, but even if she’s not, today is Montana’s engagement party.”

“Yeah, stop competing today. It’s much better to celebrate Montana happily.”

“Compete? Am I competing? I have to let Montana know that there will always be people out there who are better than her. Don’t think that you can look down on everyone and forget who you are just because you found yourself a rich man,” Montana’s aunt said with a cold smirk.

At this moment, her phone rang.

When she looked at the caller ID, she immediately became excited.

“Hey, my daughter is here. I’m going to get her now. Just you wait. Later, I’ll let my daughter tell you what the truly rich and powerful are!”