The Headline Queen: President Hawthorne is Her Die-Hard Fan! Chapter 196: Envy

For the first ti, Sonny Chambers sincerely appreciated Paige Sterling, cheerfully agreed, and quickly ran off, afraid Paige would call him back to drink more soup.

Burt Chambers imdiately said, "I have a lot of howork to do too. If I don’t finish it, I don’t deserve to drink chicken soup! I’m going to do my howork now!"

For the first ti ever, Burt liked doing howork so much, he decided to tackle two more problems from the "53 Exercises" book today.

Julian Hawthorne, under Paige Sterling’s persuasion, drank two more bowls of soup and ate half a chicken. Finally, he told Paige, "Didn’t you say you still have to take so to Dad? I’m full, so save the rest for him."

Paige herself wanted to try a sip too, but Julian ca up with all sorts of excuses, and Paige didn’t get even a taste.

In the end, Paige took the chicken soup to the Sterling Family’s ho.

On any other day, Julian Hawthorne would definitely drive Paige over.

But today...

He might need to prepare for food poisoning, so he couldn’t take Paige over.

Paige didn’t think much about it and drove herself there.

Seeing his daughter personally bringing chicken soup over, Jared Sullivan was extrely happy.

He hadn’t even eaten dinner all afternoon, just waiting for Paige’s chicken soup.

But upon opening the pot, Jared saw only half a chicken.

"That’s odd, didn’t you say you stewed a whole chicken for ? Why is there only half left? Who’s been sneaking bites?"

Paige laughed awkwardly, "I ate it."

Jared’s face stiffened, "Was it Julian Hawthorne who ate it?"

Paige, "..."

"That rascal! Eating the chicken that you stewed for ! Does he want to fly to the heavens?!"

Paige kept up her awkward laughter, rembering how Jared had asked if the chicken was stewed only for him as her dear father, to which she had nodded.

Who knew Jared would be so attached to a whole chicken.

"Anyway, you wouldn’t be able to finish it alone, splitting it between everyone seems fair, right?"

Jared snorted twice, "And have you eaten any?"

"No, Julian said it was so delicious, he had half, and left the other half for you. If I ate so, there wouldn’t be enough."

She did eat the ran Julian made, so she was full.

But Jared believed Paige hadn’t eaten anything until now, feeling incredibly sorry for her.

"Dad won’t eat it, you have it."

anwhile, he ntally noted down a bad mark for Julian on the blacklist, for eating chicken and not letting his daughter have any?

In a father’s eyes, no matter whom his daughter marries, it feels like she’s been taken by a pig.

Now this pig’s feasting while letting his daughter go hungry, how could he feel good about that?

"Dad, I ate sothing else, I’m full, you just enjoy it."

Jared slled the enticing aroma, and had great expectations for his daughter’s cooking skills.

However, after taking a sip...

He couldn’t bear to discourage his daughter, so like Julian, he swallowed it with difficulty, then asked Paige.

"Beau, did you really make this by yourself?"

Paige nodded, "Of course, doesn’t it taste great this ti? Julian drank three bowls of soup, you know."

Jared, "...", he drank three bowls yet there’s still so much left?

Jared finally realized why Julian didn’t let Paige have any.

This good son-in-law even left half for him, how filial is that.

Even though his daughter’s chicken soup was quite bad, Jared couldn’t bring himself to tell her, so he finished it with effort, even sharing so with Yvette Hughes.

After eating, Jared was content and took a selfie to post on Vlog, boasting not only of his daughter’s filial love and thoughtfulness but also praising her as a genius, not knowing how many people would be envious.

After posting, the comnt section of his Vlog was full of mutual praise.

"President Sterling, your daughter is so well brought up, filial and considerate, even making chicken soup for you."

"Miss Sterling is truly better than blue, just seeing this picture, I know the chicken soup must be delicious."

"Miss Sterling is really..."

Jared read the comnts with joy, having forgotten the pain from those bowls of soup.

As it got late, Jared had Paige stay at the Sterling ho.

Paige agreed, called Julian to find that he sounded a bit weak on the phone, and asked, "What’s wrong with you? Are you sick?"

Julian said, "No, I might just be too tired."

Paige said, "I won’t be coming back tonight, you sleep early."

Julian humd in agreent, "Then I’ll co pick you up at the Sterling house in the morning."

Julian didn’t have food poisoning, nor did he have diarrhea, but after Paige left, he started hiccuping non-stop.

He suspected he might be hiccuping all night.

Such an embarrassing situation was unbearable for the proud and image-conscious President Hawthorne.

So, Paige staying at the Sterling ho was the best scenario.

Not only was he hiccuping, Burt Chambers and Sonny Chambers were as well, though they didn’t drink much, so they stopped hiccuping after a while.

anwhile, at the Sterling ho, Jared and Yvette listened to each other’s hiccuping almost the entire night, and the next morning their eyes were black and blue.

Jared swore he would never let his daughter stew chicken soup for him again.

Paige thought Jared and Yvette looked pale because they hadn’t rested well the night before, so when she called Julian to pick her up, she asked him to bring over the skincare products she made for Jared and Yvette.

When Julian arrived, Paige noticed that he seed a bit off too, with eye masks stuck under his eyes.

Paige asked, "Did you not sleep well last night either?"

Julian replied, "I had a eting and slept a bit late."

Paige felt a bit sorry for him, "Didn’t we agree that once ho, no work?"

Julian smiled, "I won’t do it again."

And when Jared saw Julian’s similar tired look, he suddenly felt a bit of sympathy for his son-in-law, for the first ti didn’t give Julian a hard ti, even patted his shoulder, "Don’t let Beau into the kitchen anymore."

Julian nodded, "I know."

He couldn’t handle such an incident happening a second ti.

Jared only had ti to apply the face masks Paige gave him when he got to the office.

The secretary ca in to report work, noticing Jared with a face mask on, chuckled a bit, and inwardly felt a little envious.

Jared was always boasting, clearly, the secretary knew that Paige made them all.

When would he also get to marry a wife and have such a capable daughter?

Later, an old executive ca to discuss work with Jared, seeing him with a face mask, the executive also felt a bit envious, acknowledging that even at the sa age, Jared actually looked a lot younger than his peers.

Probably due to regular maintenance.

"President Sterling, what brand face mask are you using?"

Jared proudly said, "My daughter made it herself, the results are particularly good, look at my face, doesn’t it seem like I’m in my twenties?"

Jared exaggerated a bit, though he did look younger than his actual age.

The executive imdiately said, "Your daughter is truly talented, being able to research and make skincare products?"

Oh, why are the outstanding ones always soone else’s daughter?