The CEO's Mischievous Little Bride
Chapter 311 Brother-in-law

Vera looked at Patrick. "You can sleep in the guest room."

Patrick smiled. "Okay."

Anyway, Noah was leaving soon. Sleeping in the guest room for a couple of days wasn't a big deal.

Vera could tell what Patrick was thinking. He was biding his time.

The next day, the Linister family took Noah to visit the Olteran family.

As soon as they entered, Shawn immediately prepared a gift for Noah.

Noah asked, "Why are you giving me a gift?"

Shawn replied, "I was supposed to give it to you last year, but you weren't home, so I saved it for you."

Noah pushed it away. "I don't want it."

Vera's eyes were glued to the gift.

Patrick covered Vera's eyes with his hand and whispered in her ear, "If you want it, I'll give another one to you tonight. Don't think about taking Noah's gift. You can't accept this one."

"I know, honey. I'm just looking." Vera pulled Patrick's hands away from her eyes. Judging by the look of it, the gift must be very valuable!

Eventually, Warren and Brianna persuaded Noah to accept it.

Only after accepting it did Noah realize Shawn's cunning plan.

Shawn might look cheerful and simple-minded, but having navigated both the political and business worlds for years, he was anything but simple.

Giving a gift right at the door meant that by accepting it, Noah acknowledged the familial ties with the Olteran family, effectively silencing any warnings he might have wanted to give them. This left Noah unable to speak harshly or show a bad attitude.

Shawn's deep-set eyes were full of wisdom. He said, "Molly, Randall, take Noah around to get familiar with the place."

"Okay."

Molly and Randall took Noah away.

Soon, Cindy handed Vera a glass of fruit juice. Before she could finish it, Cindy placed a peeled apple in her hand.

As she was eating, another apple was peeled and ready.

Because Vera was a priority, her lunch was prepared by a chef different from everyone else's.

At lunch, Noah looked at the plate in front of Vera.

Chicken, fish, beef, bananas, and milk. All for her alone!

Meanwhile, the rest of them had roast duck, grilled steak, barbecue, and shrimp, accompanied by wine.

Vera looked at their food, which seemed delicious, and then at her light dishes, which made her want to vomit.

The servants had already removed the fish bones to prevent her from choking.

"Fish without bones is soulless fish," Vera protested.

Vera's small fists were clenched tightly on the table, showing everyone her defiance.

The servant didn't know whether to continue removing the bones. She looked at Shawn, who looked at Vera and coaxed her, "Vera, if you want soulful fish, just wait a few months. After the baby is born, you can eat fish with bones every day." Vera said, "Shawn, you're so unfair."

Shawn replied, "I know, I'm most biased toward you."

Molly gave Shawn a thumbs-up at the table. "Dad, you're so smart."

Vera didn't realize how sharp Shawn's mind was.

Vera turned to look at Patrick, ready to pout, but Patrick instructed the servant, "Continue removing the bones."

The servant, having received the order, resumed her task.

Vera looked dejected, realizing no one was on her side; they all cared more about the baby in her belly.

While eating, Patrick picked up a piece of spicy fish in front of him and tasted it. Then he picked up another piece and openly fed it to his soup-drinking, sulking wife. Vera opened her mouth, and he fed her directly.

"Honey, try mine. It's tasteless." She scooped a spoonful of fish soup and fed it to Patrick.

Patrick tasted it and pondered for a moment.

Vera asked again, "Honey, isn't it awful?"

Patrick replied, "It's a bit bland, but it's okay."

Vera had Patrick try the other soups, and by the end, he felt overwhelmed.

He furrowed his brow, called over a few servants, and had them remove several of Vera's nutritional dishes, leaving only two that tasted good, one sweet and one savory. Vera said emotionally, "Honey, you're the one who loves me the most in this family."

Patrick directly picked out food from the table that she could eat.

Noah saw all of this but said nothing.

In the afternoon, when Noah was about to leave, he stood beside Vera, his throat choked up, and asked her, "When we go home, will you come back?"

A simple question brought tears to Vera's eyes.

Noah wiped her tears and said, "Why are you crying again? Could you not give me a little crybaby nephew? Sis, stop crying."

Noah felt sad seeing her cry.

Patrick also heard Noah's words and understood Vera's feelings. Noah's question acknowledged Vera's transition from the Linister family to becoming the wife of the Olteran family. Vera's eyes were red, and she tearfully said, "You're leaving tomorrow. I want to go back."

Patrick said, "If you want to go back, then go back. Don't be sad. We'll see Noah off tomorrow."

Feeling wronged, Vera said, "But I have classes tomorrow."

"I'll get you a leave of absence, okay?" Patrick said.

The Linister family arrived together and left together.

After the Linister family left, Randall said to Shawn, "You're really sharp. How did you know Noah wouldn't accept our family, so you gave him a gift right away to shut him up?" Molly replied, "I told him."

Shawn looked at Molly, nodding in satisfaction, then looked at Randall, feeling annoyed. "You're really not as good as Molly. She knows to come back and report to me, while you watch the show." Randall felt that there was a reason he was disliked.

Back at the Linister family home, Noah's luggage was already packed. Brianna, feeling reluctant to see Noah leave, secretly shed tears several times.

Warren, though stern, repeatedly reminded Noah to stay safe while sitting on the couch.

Patrick gave Noah the phone number of the president of the overseas Olteran Group branch and said, "Noah, if you need help overseas and we can't get there, contact him directly." Noah thanked him.

Vera said, "Noah, you must come back when I have the baby."

Noah replied, "Are you out of things to say to me, so you just said that?"

"How did you know?" Vera asked in surprise.

Noah felt hurt.

The next day, the whole family took Noah to the airport. The four of them watched as he went through security. After he passed through, he turned to his family and said, "You can go back now. I'm leaving." With that, he took his ticket, pulled his luggage, and disappeared into the crowd.