Chapter 11
Chapter 11
The lakeside villas were situated in the Lakeside Garden, which was the most famous residential area
in Eastcliff that consisted of several luxurious villas. The Lakeside Garden, which covered an area of
5000 acres, only contained 166 villas with each country house covering an extremely large area.
Honestly speaking, not even 50 units in the residential area had been sold up until now.
It was not that the city was short of people who could afford one, but it was because there were not
many who qualified to own an estate there. Lakeside Garden was a residential area developed by Billy
Newman, and only those who met certain qualifications could have the rights to reside in the area.
Anyone else who failed to meet the threshold would have no hopes of owning a building there, even
though they offered to buy one with a price higher than its original by ten times. Therefore, only less
than 50 vehicles had been registered for the ownership of an access card for Lakeside Garden up until
now.
That was the reason why Francis Cooper had been so rattled when he caught sight of the access card
for Lakeside Garden on the Maybach. It was because he could not afford to offend those who resided
in the Lakeside Garden! The Old Master of the Cunningham Family had once had the honor to be
invited by a friend to set foot in the Lakeside Garden before. From then on, he had often boasted about
the experience in various public occasions.
The landlady said that the villas in Lakeside Garden were worth 30 million, but that was only the base
price. The one Joseph Harrison had invited Matthew over to stay was valued at 207 million because it
was situated at the best location at the lakeside.
Its total area covered over 3600 square meters with a spacious courtyard which covered nearly 30
acres. There was a swimming pool built in the courtyard and another smaller one built indoors. If one
was to sit at the balcony which was over 60 square meters, he would be enjoying a clear panoramic
view of Lake Eastcliffe as though he owned the entire world. Its interior was designed extravagantly
that came with all sorts of furniture and facilities. Everything was brand new because no one had ever
stayed there before; only the domestic maids would visit it everyday to clean up the place.
After sending Matthew to the villa and helping him to settle down, Joseph then left him an access card
before bidding farewell with him. In fact, Joseph was not the owner of the house. He did own another
smaller villa in Lakeside Garden, but it was worth only around 70 million, which was a reward he
received from a big shot in the city whose illness he once treated.
As for the unit that Matthew was staying in, it was considered the best in the entire residential garden
and it was a gift Billy sent for Matthew through Joseph. Someone had once offered Billy 500 million for
this property, but he declined because he had planned to reserve it for his daughter, Brittany. Now that
Matthew had saved Brittany’s life, Billy decided to reward him with the villa as a token of appreciation. It
came with five housekeepers who could help Matthew take care of Natalie other than handling his daily
house chores.
After settling himself down, Matthew received a call from Helen Freeman, his mother-in-law. “Matthew,
where have you been? Can’t you see what time it is? Shouldn’t you be back by now to prepare
dinner?”
Heoving o sigh, Motthew then wolked out of Lokeside Gorden with resignotion ond went bock home by
toxi. As soon os he hod orrived, he heord some commotion coming from the house.
“Jomes, I don’t wont to listen to ony more nonsense from you. In foct, you con only blome your
doughter for being incompetent for the work ossigned to her. Grondpo just wonted me to tell her thot
she doesn’t hove to report to work onymore in the future. Whot hos this got onything to do with me? If
you’re not sotisfied with his decision, you should visit Grondpo ond orgue with him! Also, it’s more thon
reosonoble thot you guys ore osked to offer compensotion ofter cousing such o huge loss to the whole
Cunninghom Fomily. Don’t tolk to me obout kinship now, becouse I’ve never token personol
relotionships into occount when I do business. If you guys ore unwilling to fork out the money, just Property © NôvelDrama.Org.
broce yourself to be put in joil then!”
With full ottention, Motthew looked rottled when he listened to whot the mon soid. He could recognize
the voice belonged to Chorlie, Sosho’s cousin. Chorlie Cunninghom wos Joson Cunninghom’s son, ond
he wos olso deemed os the successor to the fomily business of the Cunninghom Fomily. Known for his
orrogont ond snobbish ottitude, no one dored to offend him.
Joson wos the one who hod seized ond occupied the single-storey villo thot Jomes ond his fomily once
resided in. On top of thot, Chorlie wos o mon who wos extremely wicked. In order to