His Contractual Mistress

Chapter 225 - Visiting The Shen Mansion

SHEN MANSION

This was the first time she had been to Shen's mansion. In the past, she never dared to come unless Vince would bring her to meet his parents.

However, it never happens because his mom has been digging a pit for them instead of this forbidden affair. Of course, she understood his mom's feelings. Even she would never side with a sinful affair.

But both Eva and Vince had someone they love. After they got married, they went separate ways and didn't care about each other. And if the situation is that they were living on the same roof and doing the duty of husband and wife, she would never accept Vince's proposal to become his fake mistress.

But because she knew what Eva had been doing in recent years, she married Vincent. She signed the agreement without a second thought.

And in the eyes of all the people in this world, she was just a mistress committing a mortal sin. Although they love each other, it is still wrong, to begin with. Just by then, she will feel reassurance after Vince and Eva had divorced.

Moreover, she could finally reveal to the world that Vince is the man she is engaged to. For now, she must live up to this identity and create a good relationship with Vince's mom.

Hailey heaves a nervous sigh after Vince parked his Lambo at the Shen mansion's patio entrance. He noticed she was nervous. He reached out for her hand, squeezed her fingers to calm her, and assure her that everything is fine.

Vince got out of the vehicle to open Hailey's door; he helped her get down from the car. "Thank you," said Hailey.

He nodded and smiled at her. They held hands as they climbed the stairs; the Butler welcomed them.

"Good evening, Mr. Shen."

"Hello, Roberto. How are you doing these days?"

"I am healthy despite my age, Mr. Shen." the butler boasted, which indeed is true. Then his gaze shifted to the beautiful woman Vincent brought over. Although he has been seeing her photos on the internet, she was indeed lovely in person.

Butler Roberto blushed when Hailey smiled at him sweetly. He almost cried because she suddenly missed the young ladies of the family who choose to live in Europe to avoid their mom's anger when they decide to marry a non-business person as a husband.

"Good evening, Miss." Butler Roberto bowed.

"Good evening, Mr. Roberto. Nice to meet you."

"Ah! The pleasure is mine, to meet you, miss!"

Roberto is even enthusiastic to great Hailey. Vince had noticed that.

Then, Roberto moved back his gaze to his young master. "Mr. Shen, your parents are now waiting in the Greenhouse. The madam chose the garden to hold tonight's dinner."

"Hmm…" Vince was a little surprised to hear that. He looked at Hailey with happiness.

The Shen Greenhouse is a special place for his mom, as his dad especially built it for her, and nobody could come in unless his mom permitted it or she personally invited someone.

And to think his mom opened the door for Hailey means his mom is already accepting her to be part of the family soon after they got married.

"You're going to like it there," he told Hailey.

She replied, "I'm sure the place is lovely."

Vince led her inside the mansion. Even though she grew up living a luxurious lifestyle, she admires how carefully put the Shen mansion's interior designs together with its fancy ornaments and exquisite crystal chandelier in the grand hall.

On the walls, a few paintings hang that she knows are valuable.

Vince brought her to the courtyard mansion; from there, they walked a trail where it leads them toward the Greenhouse, and she could see it was huge. Just from outside, she could already notice the beautiful lighting of the entire building.

"I will tour you around after dinner," said Vince to her when they were about to reach the greenhouse entrance door.

She nodded at him and smiled. He must have noticed when she scanned the maze garden. And as Vince mentioned, it looks like they will stay longer tonight.

At the moment, they were now entering the greenhouse. They only walk a short distance, reach the fountain in the middle, and place the long table on the right side. And on the side are long sofas where Vince's parents are lounging.

Hailey sighed with relief when she saw familiar faces. She thought it would be only Vince's parents and the other people she could think of is Professor Carl, to join them.

"Vincent!" Zaijan raised his hand with a glass of champagne. Besides him is Carl, who talks to Janise on the single couch seated across the Lopez men.

On the other hand, Vincent raises a brow to see Zayn already drinking. Now that they got everyone's attention, Janis rushed toward them.

"Hailey! I'm happy to see you well!"

"Hi, Janise." Hailey returns to hug the woman. She looked at Carl, who called out to her.

"Hello, Princess! It was nice to have you tonight with us!"

"Good evening, Carl." Hailey smiled. She could see in the corner of her eyes that Madam Shen turned her head toward Carl, gazing at him with a confused look.

Madam Shen would remain to wonder why Carl addressed her that way. Of course, she didn't know the entire story yet about who she is. However, Janise appeared to know it already.

"Hail, you are so great! I was so shocked to learn that even before you came here, you were already our business partner!"

Hailey guessed Janise was talking about Lopez Tech and Park Electronics' partnership. She nodded at the girl, then smiled. "Did Hansen tell you about that?"

"Yes! We've talked about the partnership of our family, and then he mentioned that your family is the major investor in Park Electronics. That was really amazing! Davies Group is one of the most successful conglomerates in the world even these days! It's not a wonder if you are also a huge investor in Cole Holdings, not to mention Chan Logistics. By the way, I was their client to ship bulk orders to my Global customers. Now, you are the major foreign investor of Metro City Group of Companies. You are richer than Vince!"

Hailey has rendered speechless to everything that this girl is blabbing about. She isn't sure whether she would feel flattered by Janise's compliments, or she would wish that Janise weren't here so that it wouldn't reveal her true identity yet in front of Vince's mom.