“When would men find the time to tend to these things? Nevertheless, they will start to care sooner or later.” Gemma stared straight into Myra’s eyes. “To be honest, I’m quite surprised. If I were you, after getting abandoned, I would have hidden at home and not made a spectacle of myself. But, not only did you start working like nothing happened, you were even shameless enough to seduce Tony. Miss Stark, you are by far the most thick-skinned woman I have ever met.”
“Likewise.” Myra was indifferent.
Because Gemma was not getting a reaction from Myra, she was slowly losing her temper.
She was always the jewel of the family and had never suffered through any hardships before. Today, however, she was losing to a woman she did not believe was better than her in any aspect. The most aggravating part of it all was that she was a divorced woman, but Tony was cherishing her like a prized possession.
“Myra, don’t embarrass yourself and don’t decline my offer. There will come a day when you will regret it!”
It was like an argument between children now with the one who was losing threatening to come after the other after school.
Myra smirked calmly back at her.
From every angle, it was clear that Gemma was a spoiled child, and Myra was not interested in wasting time on people like her.
When Myra was about to walk around her, she did not sense the slight change in Gemma’s expression. By the time she realized it, a slap was already whizzing toward her.
The color drained from Myra’s face. She was going to avoid it when a hand quickly reached out and grabbed Gemma’s hand right before it landed on her face. He clasped her hand in an instant and caused a cry of alarm to erupt throughout the whole villa.
Tony had come out of the bedroom at some point.
It was evident that he had just taken a shower as his hair was still wet. He was wearing a bathrobe, and the exposed parts of his body were covered in water droplets. His messy hair did not suppress his aura. In fact, it made him look even more alluring. At this moment, however, he looked very displeased; his black and deep eyes seemed even sharper after being splashed with water.
“How dare you cause a commotion in our house?” His voice was rather hoarse and carried a hint of anger. At the same time, he tightened his grip around her hand.
“Ah!” Gemma shrieked and looked at him again with slight fear in her eyes.
Even though Tony was not that friendly toward her when she came to the Hart Residence today, at least, he was not as cold as the night before which had secretly made her happy. Despite having had her mood ruined by Myra, she still knew on the inside that Tony would be with her in the end.
But, at this moment, her face had grown pale. He’s deliberately embarrassing me in front of Myra.
“What’s wrong?”
“What happened?”
Sebastian and Serena who had both returned to their rooms previously came out again and were looking at the three people.
Tony was still gripping Gemma’s wrist. The immense strength he exerted made her feel as though the bones in her wrist were about to be crushed.
She was going to ask Sebastian for help when Tony dragged her by the wrist abruptly down the stairs. “It’s nothing. I just have some things to discuss with Miss Walton.”
He was being very rough and did not treat her as a woman at all. On the other hand, she did not have as much strength as he did. As he was dragging her down the stairs, she staggered many times but he didn’t seem to notice.
Myra felt slightly bothered by the sight of Gemma staggering along, but she did not point it out to him. I’m not a saint. After how she treated me, why should I speak up for her?
Meanwhile, Sebastian and Serena could sort of guess what had happened. They consoled Myra for a bit then returned to their rooms as though they had not seen anything.
Gemma couldn’t even ask them for help when everything she did tonight already made them fed up with her.
Once downstairs, Tony dragged her all the way to the garden outside while looking very displeased.
Myra was his bottom line and Gemma had obviously crossed his bottom line with her actions.
After they walked out the door of the villa, he flung the woman, with make-up stains running down her face from crying, toward the side of the fountain. With a dark expression, he said, “Listen carefully. You’re not welcomed here anymore—neither at my place nor the Hart Residence.”
He was going to go back inside when she threw herself at him, but before she could grab his hand, he stepped aside and avoided her as she came from behind him. When he turned around, his black eyes were devoid of any light. They were as dark as night and extremely sharp. “Your brother doesn’t have any privileges, and you even less so.”
He did not lay a finger on women, but it did not mean that he would give them a chance to throw themselves at him.
While Gemma was being dragged down the stairs, her eyes had already turned red as she was crying. Presently, they were also puffy.
Unwilling to accept defeat, she bellowed at him, “I was with you first. I met you first. I was the one who stayed by your side! Why does it have to be her in the end? Open your eyes, Tony. She’s just a woman who was left by another man. What’s so great about her? She’s not right for you at all!”
“What’s so great about you?” His sullen expression carried darkness, and his voice made people tremble with fear.
She took a couple of steps back and looked at the man in front of her in disbelief. “You… you know how much I like you… My family background is better than Myra’s. I’m prettier and more talented than her. I’ve never had another man in my life! I can help you in your business, but she can only depend on you for everything! My brother already told you that if you married me, you will get twenty percent of the Walton Family’s shares as dowry!”
He snickered. “Twenty percent of the Walton Family’s shares?” Even though he was laughing, at the short distance she was from him, she could see that it did not reach his eyes and his face was filled with contempt. “I always get what I want with my own efforts. What do you think twenty percent of the Waltons’ shares means to me?”
Even if she gave him the entire Walton Family, he would simply brush it off.
Looking at a conceited Tony, she was clearly hurt and humiliated by his words, but she still couldn’t help but feel drawn to him.
Wasn’t she first infatuated with him because of his overbearing nature and capabilities? If he was the kind of man who liked to live off the back of someone else, how would he have gained her attention?
The rest of the Hart Family might be different, she thought. The higher their family’s social standing grows, and the more extensive their network gets, the more stable their life would become! They might not think the same way as Tony.
She clenched her fists. “Tony, you will regret saying these things to me one day! Myra, that woman, only cares about your family background. I heard she used to be madly in love with Sean Chase from Chase Group. How could she shift her feelings over to you so soon? Don’t let her deceive you.”
The frown on his forehead deepened as he listened to Gemma. After shooting a cold glance at her, he turned around and went back inside.
She wanted to follow after him, but as soon as she went up the steps to go into the villa, he slammed the door and nearly hit her nose.
Boiling with rage, she almost shredded her own palms with her nails.
