Ch. 4879: Married At First Sight Chapter 4879
Chapter 4879
River was Yantail’s savior. Getting rid of him would mean watching the company collapse all over again.
After that realization, Mrs. Gaudreault fired every one of her relatives from her side of the family. From then on, she and her husband never arranged for family members to work at Yantail again.
They had learned their lesson. Relatives often used their connection to the bosses as a free pass—breaking company rules, ignoring discipline, and even taking company property home as if it were theirs.
To prevent that from happening again, Mrs. Gaudreault decided it was better to give her relatives a bit of money from time to time rather than let them into the company.
Eventually, even her family understood that no matter how successful Yantail became, they would never get in again. It was their own fault for lacking real ability, thinking they could get by on her name alone.
No one expected Mrs. Gaudreault and her husband to trust River so completely.
Unable to stir up trouble anymore, her relatives finally learned to behave.
Her second uncle’s daughter had once fallen head over heels for River after meeting him, but after being warned by her cousin, she stopped pestering him.
No one expected that cousin to show up again today.
When Mrs. Gaudreault heard her cousin had arrived, she immediately called her husband, warning him not to bring River home for dinner—afraid the woman might see him again and fall back into old infatuations.
It had been two years since they last met, and her cousin had supposedly found a new boyfriend.
River smiled faintly. “Leonidas, I’ll just have dinner at the Eaglioncile Hotel. You go home—you don’t need to worry. She’s not going to crawl into your bed.”
Leonidas sighed. “Forget it. Just seeing her ruins my appetite. If it weren’t for your sister-in-law wanting to visit her relatives, I wouldn’t have let her come at all.”
“Then let’s go to the hotel,” River said.
Leonidas nodded. “Yeah, let’s do that. It’s not just her—there are plenty of other relatives around too. It’s too loud and chaotic. I’d rather eat somewhere quiet.”
Since Leonidas insisted, River didn’t argue.
When the elevator reached the first floor, the two stepped out together.
Leonidas eyed River’s car. “You don’t mind giving me a ride, right?”
River smirked. “What’s wrong? Don’t want to drive your new car?”
Leonidas grinned. “Of course not. I just like yours better.”
River chuckled. “If you’re too afraid to drive it, what’s the point of buying it? Cars are meant to be driven, not just shown off.”
Leonidas laughed loudly at that.
He didn’t have many hobbies, but he loved cars. After he became wealthy, he started collecting them—luxury cars, classic models, anything that caught his eye. His garage was full of them, and he switched them out depending on his mood.
Aside from cars, Leonidas’s other great love was fishing. Whenever he went out to fish, he’d disappear for the entire day.
Mrs. Gaudreault hated that most of all. Sometimes she even hid his fishing rods to stop him from going.
The two men got into the car, and River took the wheel.
Once they were on the road, River said, “I know your sister-in-law’s relatives helped you out back then, but you’ve already repaid them—with interest. Now it’s not you who owes them; it’s them who owe you.
“If you keep handing them money every time they ask, they’ll never bother to work. They’ll just wait for you to rescue them again. You’re not doing them any favors by indulging them. Especially the younger ones—let them fend for themselves. If they mess up later, don’t use your money to clean up their mistakes.”
Leonidas sighed heavily. “I’ve talked to my wife about that. She still feels sentimental.
“But you’re right—it’s not a long-term solution. They’re too used to asking for money now. They think it’s easy because we’re rich. They always tell her that a small bit of what we have could change their lives.”