“Calm down. You should at least consider Evan’s feelings. Nicole is after all…”
“Shut your mouth. I don’t want to hear anyone mention that woman’s name! My mother has been dead for so many years without being able to rest in peace and you want me to worry about Evan’s feelings? Surely you are not asking me to approve of my son being in a relationship with the daughter of my mother’s murderer? What’s wrong with you!”
Sophia found it difficult, seeing that Jonathan was unable to reign his emotions in.
To speak up or not to? Neither seems right, in regards to this affair.
How did things turn out to be this way?
Sophia exhaled. She then saw Jonathan’s two brothers and Moira enter the living room.
The expression on the faces of the men was severe. It was as though they were out, baying for blood.
Sophia did not need to think twice to figure out the reason for their presence, and that made her head throb.
“Sophia, I’ve heard that our mom’s killer has been found?”
Heard…
It’s remarkable how quickly bad news can spread.
Sophia remained silent. Jonathan slammed his fists on the table. “It’s too bad that her murderer is already dead. Were she alive, I would have made her suffer!”
“That goes without saying, Jonathan. Although the killer is dead, we must not allow her daughter to enter and wield influence within the Seet family!”
“That’s right. Now that the Seet Group is under Evan’s control, Nicole would become the president’s wife if they were to marry. With the way that Evan dotes on her, it’ll only be a matter of time before Seet Group winds up in her hands. That would be simply unacceptable!”
Ryan picked up where Adam had left off.
Moira glanced at both her father and uncle and attempted to put in a good word for Nicole.
Unfortunately, before she could have said anything, she was cut off by the entry of Lisa.
“There’s no place for you to speak here, Moira. Pertaining to your grandmother’s issue, her sons who are your elders are the ones who have a say in it. As you will be married off sooner or later, you should abstain from involving yourself in the Seet family’s affairs.”
As she made this conclusion, she eyed Moira.
Lisa could not wait to see the prospective union between Evan and Nicole fall through so that her niece, Sofie, could be granted her wish in marrying into the Seet family.
This opportunity was a godsend, as far as Lisa was concerned. She was not about to let anyone get in the way.
After she lectured her niece, Lisa reiterated her position by insisting that Nicole should not, at any cost, be allowed into the Seet family.
Ryan looked at Lisa and uttered, “You seem to have considerable clarity on this issue.”
“I have to. If Nicole has the cheek to step in through our doors, I shall have to chase her off, by any means necessary!”
Her mind then turned shrewdly. “Though I have no problems laying my hands on Nicole, it might require the few of you to handle Evan…”
The three Seet brothers understood her insinuations perfectly.
It would certainly be necessary to ensure that Evan would make a clean break with Nicole.
Sophia glared at Lisa. She knew that the woman had ulterior motives that had nothing to do with seeking justice for her late mother-in-law.
Back then, Lisa had already possessed a fraught relationship with the old matron, Julia, who had attributed the failure of Adam’s first marriage squarely to her. The innocent party in all of this was the ex-wife’s son who had to be separated from his birth mother since young. Julia had always seen Lisa as the other woman.
Since Lisa had never once gotten along with her mother-in-law, Sophia suspected that the former’s true intention was to pave the way for Sofie to marry into the Seet family.
Sophia was positively repulsed by the idea of having Sofie as her own daughter-in-law.
“Sophia, what about Evan? Has he agreed to sever all ties with that woman?”
Jonathan was so angry that he was breathing heavily when he looked to speak, but Sophia got in ahead of him.
“Evan has been busy with work. I will sit down and talk to him.”
“Talk? Sophia, there is no room for discussion! He just needs to do what needs to be done.”
“Right on!”
Having heard how the both of them had put it, Lisa immediately got to work, egging them on.
“Why don’t we get Evan home and have all of you sound out his sentiments. We can surely reason with him if he is unable to get his head around it, as I believe that he is a rational child.”
“Or, we could simply arrange for another marriage for him. When his relationship with his fiancée grows, he would naturally come to forget about Nicole.”
