Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 777

With a smile, Morgan said, "Mister had already planned to leave his job since long ago. However, I'm not too sure about the reason behind it. Well, if you want to know, I can go and ask him about it."

Then, he acted as if he was about to head upstairs, but Elaine immediately stopped him. "It's okay, Morgan. I bet Dr. Perkins and Mr. Lawson are currently busy, so let's not bother them."

After a pause, she said, "Since Dr. Perkins wants to leave his current job, I'm sure that he had been thinking about it. I shouldn't stick my nose into his private life. If it was Dr. Perkins who requested for me to work here, I'm okay with it."

Excitedly, Morgan replied, "That would be great then."

Although Elaine felt strange about Howard's decision, she didn't think much about it.

When it was almost noon, the servants were starting to prepare lunch in the kitchen, so Morgan went to check on them. Then, he quietly headed upstairs to the study and told Vincent about Elaine's promise.

After Vincent heard that, he looked at Morgan in surprise.

Even Ruben praised him. "Morgan, no wonder that Vincent had been keeping you by his side for so many years. The fact that you can handle things perfectly even without the order from him, you really to stay by his side for the rest of your life."

The one who understood Vincent the most was still Morgan.

If Vincent were to visit the Perkins Family often, things would definitely come to light one day.

But if they were to bring Elaine to the villa without anyone noticing, it would be a perfect solution to the problem.

In that case, not only could she stay in the villa to continue taking care of Vincent, but it would also allow Vincent to appear in the Perkins Family as 'Howard'.

It would be killing two birds with one stone.

When they headed downstairs, they noticed that Elaine was busy helping the servants to carry things.

The weather was good, and the sun was out, so the servants decided to put some of the books and paintings collected by Morgan under the sun. However, when Elaine was helping them to carry the books, she was surprised. "These books would be able to last Morgan a long time, right?"

The servant smiled and replied, "Some of them are limited editions, and Morgan usually would never allow us to touch them."

Immediately, Elaine held them with extra care in her arms.

There was a huge French window in the living room, where the scenery outside could be seen clearly. At that moment, Vincent was sitting on the sofa as he watched Elaine help the servants out.

Meanwhile, Ruben poured himself a cup of coffee and said while drinking, "She's so extroverted, and she seems to be having a good time with these servants."

Suddenly, Elaine seemed to have found a book that piqued her interest, and she started to stand in front of the shelf and read it.

As Vincent watched, he suddenly narrowed his eyes and asked, "According to the information, she had never attended university?"

Then, Ruben nodded and replied, "She came from a low- income family, and her sister wanted to attend college, so her parents told her to quit school. In the past few years, all the money that

Elaine had earned from working was given to her sister, but when her brother wanted to go to college, she then gave her money to her brother."

In fact, her family had treated her like a moneymaking machine.

When Vincent heard what Ruben said, he didn't say anything, nor did he respond.

A moment later, Ruben threw a glance at him and asked, "Why did you suddenly ask this question? Do you dislike her now that you realized she didn't attend university?"

Casually, Vincent leaned on the chair and uttered, "Her education level is worthless to me. It's just that she seems to enjoy studying..."

Suddenly, he paused.

A bad feeling came to Ruben, and he immediately asked, "What do you want to do?"

Slowly, Vincent turned to look at him and asked, "I remember Morgan once said that you used to study in a prestigious university?"

"Of course, it has one of the best rankings in the world!" Speaking of his Alma maters, Ruben felt proud.

Nonchalantly, Vincent said, "If she wants to further her studies, then I shall send her to the same one as you did."

"Huh?" Surprised, Ruben couldn't even hold his coffee steadily, "what nonsense are you spouting? This is not a high- level institution that you can attend just because you want to! No, you can't do that. Absolutely not!"

With a sneer, Vincent asked, "Oh, really?" Immediately, Ruben gritted his teeth and insisted, "No matter what method you use, no means no!"

However, Vincent didn't pursue further. Instead, he retracted his gaze and continued to stare at Elaine, who was standing outside the window. "You don't have to worry about this matter. I'll have Filip to get it done."

"Sh*t, are you being serious? Not only did you sent the Dark Guards, but now you're also planning to get Filip to help you? Are you crazy?"

Meanwhile, Vincent didn't say a word, and he gradually frowned. At first, Ruben thought he was angry and immediately shrank back, "Well... I didn't mean that. Don't be..."

Suddenly, Vincent stood up.

Taken aback, Ruben asked, "Where are you going?"

As he spoke, he trailed closely behind Vincent and followed his line of sight. It was then that Ruben realized what had happened.

Apparently, while Elaine and the servants were basking the books and paintings under the sun in the garden, one of the servants accidentally tripped over a stone, which caused the books and paintings in her hands to fall to the ground.

And one of Morgan's most precious paintings was broken.

Terrified, the servant immediately burst into tears. In the meantime, Elaine was also completely at a loss, so she could only comfort the servant.

"What should I do? This is Morgan's favorite painting. I broke it..."

With a ghastly pale face, the servant uttered, "Even if I were to sell myself off, I wouldn't be able to afford to compensate him!"

Since Elaine came from a similar background, she knew how it felt to break such an expensive painting, so she also felt a little sad. Just as she was trying to think of a solution, Morgan, who heard the commotion, came out to have a look. This is the property of Nô-velDrama.Org.

The moment Morgan saw the broken painting on the ground, his face suddenly darkened.

After Ruben and Vincent came out together and tried to figure out what had happened, they were tongue-tied.

The only interest that Morgan had was to collect expensive paintings.

Since he had neither wife nor children, nor was he interested in anything else, all his hard earn money in his entire life had been spent on these books and paintings.

In fact, the painting that broke was also his favorite painter, Master Black's limited edition painting.

Clearly, the pain that Morgan felt was immense.

As Elaine looked at the terrified servant who was crouching on the ground and didn't know what to do, she blurted out without hesitation, "Morgan, I'm sorry. It was my fault. I broke it by accident."

Suddenly, Vincent's face darkened.

Surprised, Ruben raised his eyebrows.

Although he and Vincent clearly saw that it had nothing to do with her, she stood out to bear the responsibility.

Indeed, she was very loyal.

However, the expression on Vincent's face was as dark as coal. Didn't he usually appreciate people who were loyal to friends? Why did he look so upset now?

Stunned, Morgan glanced at Elaine and said, "Since it was an accident, I'll just forget about it then."

Immediately, Ruben burst into laughter and said, "Morgan, although you said to forget about it, I know your heart is bleeding in pain."

Bitterly, Morgan smiled and said, "What else can I do? Accidents happen. Since it's just a painting, I'll just buy another one in the future."

However, only he knew in his heart that this painting was out of print, and the one he had was the only real one.

Never did Elaine expect that Morgan would ask her to forget about it, and she was surprised. In fact, she had never expected that Morgan was such a nice person.

The servant was obviously taken aback by Morgan's attitude. Usually, Morgan was strict, and he rarely smiled, but she didn't expect him to be so nice today...

At that moment, Elaine couldn't help but feel guilty.

In the meantime, the servant stood up bravely. "Morgan, it has nothing to do with Miss Jacob. It was all my fault, and it was I who didn't hold it properly. Miss Jacob felt sorry for me, so she came forward to help me take the responsibility."

With a frown, Morgan asked, "Miss Jacob, is that so?"

Embarrassed, Elaine explained, "I am also responsible for this mistake. Since we did the work together, now that something is broken, we will have to bear the same amount of responsibility, and not just push the responsibility aside just because we are afraid of the consequences."

Those words were not what Morgan expected. After a while, he looked at the damaged painting on the ground and sighed. "Well, it's just a painting. Since it's damaged, let's just forget about it."

Although he said so, his face was still full of grief.

Hurriedly, Elaine ran over to pick up the painting and said, "Morgan, I don't think this painting is seriously damaged. Some professional painters are good at repairing such paintings. Why don't you find someone who can repair this..."

Halfway through her sentence, she blinked her eyes. "Uhm, isn't this Master Black's painting?"

If she had not mistaken, the one that she was holding was counterfeit.