Chapter 1668 A Last Resort
When Steven finished speaking, he suddenly heard a squeaky voice saying, “Daddy!”
Joy was holding Zayden’s hand as they walked in.
“Your school’s over?” Evan asked.
“That’s right! You need to reward me, Daddy.”
Evan glanced at Steven before looking back at his child. “I still have guests I need to attend to, Joy. I’ll play with you after they’re gone, okay?”
Joy gave it some thought before nodding.
Then she turned and faced Juan. “Your button dropped inside my box when you were drawing with me last night, Juan!”
Joy took out her colored-pencil box from her backpack and gave the button to Juan.
The button immediately drew everyone’s attention.
They all collectively questioned in their minds as to how Joy had the button.
Evan was surprised, while Juan was shocked. Both Steven and Skyler were utterly astounded.
Steven glanced at the button in his hand before looking at the one in Joy’s palm with furrowed eyebrows.
When Juan picked up the button, he compared it to the one on his sleeves. “It looks exactly the same. It’s mine.”
“Yeah! You dropped it when you helped me paint last night,” Joy restated.
“I’ve found the button that I dropped, Steven. Where did the button in your hand come from? I bet you’re framing me on purpose, aren’t you?”
Steven’s face darkened. The button is clearly taken from Juan, so where did this child get his button? It must be someone’s arrangement that she appeared at this moment.
He stared at Evan, who was currently sitting at the head of the table calmly, and wondered if he had underestimated his opponent.
I bet he sent a message on his phone to get his people to arrange this when I wasn’t looking. Steven pursed his lips.
“Mr. Maupay, the button in your hand doesn’t belong to Juan. Do you have any other evidence?”
Steven remained silent.
Skyler exclaimed with a scowl, “Since they aren’t interested in being reasonable, then there’s no reason we should do the same as well, Daddy. If they don’t want to hand over the chip, then we’ll just stay at Imperial Garden forever!”
“Who’s staying at Imperial Garden now? You know what, I’m actually in the mood to drink with someone right now!” Davin walked in as he stared at Steven and Skyler with a smirk.
Both of them were currently filled with insatiable rage.
“What’s up with you, Mr. Maupay?” Davin asked.
Steven glared at him. This guy is even more unreasonable than Evan! If he manages to get one leg into this matter, he’ll say something that’s even more outrageous. I’ll just ignore him to avoid trouble.
“Evan, what’s wrong?” Davin asked Evan.
Juan spoke. “It’s nothing. They just wanted to stay at Imperial Garden as guests. It’s a perfect time that they came because this place needs some help. Steven from the Maupay family has brought his son with him to help out at Imperial Garden.”
Help? We’re here to take back what’s ours! Juan really knows how to make something up and turn the situation around! Steven gritted his teeth as he suddenly understood it was a stupid idea trying to reason with him.
However, he wasn’t willing to swallow his pride and walk away, either.
Glancing at the floor above them, he shouted, “Is Sally there? I’m taking her back with me!”
“She’s currently pregnant with a child of the Seet family. Why would she return with you?” Davin asked.
“Because she’s my daughter! She’ll come home with me if and when I say so!” Steven was seething with anger.
Everyone present could tell he was planning to use Sally to threaten the Seet family.
Davin sighed. “How about this? I’ll go back with you instead of Sally. I’m preparing to move to your underground palace in these two days, anyway. You already promised me that, so you can’t take it back!”
Steven looked at him with disgust. “You’re you, and Sally’s Sally! Right now, I need my daughter to accompany me back home, not you.”
A set of footsteps could be heard above them as they made their way to the staircase. Moments later, Kyle and Sally made their appearance.
