“I wouldn’t be surprised,” Adam chimed in. “Dad’s really old now. What if he collapses…”
Sophia pursed her lips. Look at how eager they look. They probably can’t wait for sparks to fly.
Jonathan was worried sick too. He gritted his teeth and stared at Evan.
“Look what you’ve done. You just had to keep getting involved with this woman! If something happens to your grandfather because of this, you and that woman won’t get away with it.”
“I’ll take care of this, Dad.”
Evan shot Sofie a cold glare before pushing the door open and striding into the president’s office.
“Did Dad call him in?” Lisa asked, frowning.
Adam shook his head.
“Oh, God! Nicole’s already giving Dad such a hard time. He’s probably going to lose it if Evan goes in to help her!”
Lisa put on a terrified expression before continuing, “Let’s go in too, Adam. We’ll be the witnesses in case Dad collapses!”
Sophia eyeballed her viciously.
You’re not worried about Dad or concerned about trying to calm him down at all. You’re afraid there’d be no witnesses around if he collapses from anger.
You just can’t wait to act as witnesses!
Even Adam could tell his wife sounded insincere, so he shot her a glare.
“Dad’s just fine! What makes you think he’ll collapse? But the way he’s yelling is indeed worrying, so let’s go calm him down.”
Lisa stilled for a moment and nodded.
If one had to describe someone as too ‘carried away’, it would be her.
She smiled sheepishly. Whoops! That was a slip of the tongue.
“You’re right! Let’s go take a look.”
The two walked toward the president’s office, but just as they opened the door, a teacup came flying in their direction.
With lightning reflexes, Adam hastily shut the door.
Bang! The teacup crashed into the door and shattered into pieces.
Lisa panted in fright. That was a close one! It nearly hit me in the face. My face would’ve been completely ruined!
She patted her chest and turned to Adam. “If he could still toss a teacup this far, I suppose he’ll be just fine. Maybe we should just wait for him out here.”
Gotta look out for ourselves.
Frightened, Adam nodded in agreement.
Inside the room, Evan stared at Russell without a hint of fear.
The atmosphere grew increasingly tense as though a fight would break out anytime.
“Do you really intend to marry her, Evan?”
“Yes, Grandpa.” Evan looked absolutely certain.
Russell hammered his cane on the ground. “But her mother—”
“No! It wasn’t her mother who killed Grandma.”
“W-What did you say?”
Russell stared at Evan in disbelief.
“Zane Lane is the one responsible for the hit-and-run.”
Russell fell silent for a moment before growing even more furious. “And who is Zane Lane? Is he not this woman’s father? Whether it was her father or mother who did it, she’s still involved!”
“It’s complicated, Grandpa, so please let me explain.”
Seeing how persistent Evan looked, Russell figured there was something important his grandson had to say, so he let him.
Evan explained everything he had heard Sylvia say while overseas.
He also told his grandfather about all the suffering the Lane family had caused Nicole.
Finally, he stared at the elderly man. “We shouldn’t involve third parties when exacting revenge, Grandpa. Nicole has nothing to do with the accident. I’ll make sure Zane pays for what he did to Grandma.”
Evan’s eyes flashed with ruthlessness as he spoke.
Nicole’s heart tripped over itself.
She, too, despised Zane. She hated him for treating her like dirt and being cruel to her mother. He had watched Sylvia torment Nicole but never did anything to help.
