This scene was captured by the members of the press behind them.
Sebastian was quite stunned to see that and he gave a slight cough as his face flushed red in embarrassment, Oh gosh, these two don’t even care whether this is an appropriate place and time! Although he lamented this in his heart, he didn’t express anything and made his way out of the conference room hand-in-hand with Lisa.
Myra’s face flushed completely from her cheeks to the tips of her ears after the kiss from Tony. She glared at Tony and finally succeeded in making him behave slightly. He laughed in a low tone and the both of them then disappeared from the entrance of the conference room.
Unbeknown to the two of them, this press conference was not only a success in clarifying the circulating rumors recently, but their affectionate relationship was also the main focus of the press, resulting in them being the source of envy of the youngsters who saw the live stream.
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Myra received a phone call on her cell phone soon after arriving at Tony’s office. As soon as she answered the phone, a shrill, loud voice rang out, “Myra Stark, I need to talk to you.” The person’s tone was full of disdain.
Myra furrowed her brows in response. She had a good memory and could recall hearing this voice at Tony’s birthday party—turned out it was Shelly on the line. Myra kept her silence but the other party continued her words without even expecting a reply, “Meet me at the café next to the hospital at around 11.00 AM.” Then, Shelly hung up the phone right away after finishing her sentence. Feeling speechless, Myra stared at the phone in her hand with a resigned look.
“What’s wrong?” Tony had already removed his jacket with her help and the jacket was left aside. Due to his injury, Leo had already sorted out all the documents on his computer. Right now, Tony sat behind his office table and looked at Myra expectantly.
“It’s nothing; just a cold call.” Evidently, Myra was not going to heed Shelly’s instruction to meet at that random café, so she chose to ignore everything.
Meanwhile, Tony didn’t bother to press further and he left the conversation as it was.
On the other end, Shelly sat waiting at the café all by herself. Normally, she was the one who turned up late to meet the other party. However, she felt quite worried about Gemma’s situation so this time, she arrived half an hour earlier and waited there. She waited there until 11.30 AM but there was no sign of Myra. Angered, she gave Myra multiple phone calls but it was to no avail because the latter didn’t pick up the phone at all.
This was the first time that Shelly had experienced such snub from anyone; at this point, her anger toward Myra reached boiling point. Not only did she cause so much pain toward Gemma, now she’s behaving so rudely to me! She couldn’t control her temper and her chest heaved up and down angrily as she also recalled the problems that her husband and son had faced at work due to Myra’s intervention. After considering the situation for a while, she then dialed another number.
The phone rang for quite some time before the other party answered. By the time the call was picked up, Shelly was no longer so desperate. She gritted her teeth for a moment before she spoke haughtily. “Director Chase, I’m Gideon’s mother and our surname is Walton; I’m sure you must have heard of me before.”
Sean had just walked out of the conference room when he received this call. As soon as he heard her words, his eyes narrowed into slits. “Mrs. Walton?”
“Looks like you’re quite smart, Director Chase.” Shelly forced a smile and as she continued, “I had an idea that just came to my mind recently so I wanted to seek your cooperation. Are you interested in working together, Director Chase?”
Sean signaled to Richard to indicate that he could leave first. Then, the former walked back to his office. He stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows in his office and casually commented, “What sort of business plan do you have in mind, Mrs. Walton?”
“I heard that you used to be married to Miss Myra Stark but after a series of incidents, the two of you ended up getting divorced. I’ve noticed that you’ve been quite protective of her even after the divorce. Am I correct in my guess that you’re still fond of her and that you are after a reconciliation?” Shelly tried hard to calm down and she spoke slowly and patiently to Sean.
Myra does have some skills up her sleeves; not only is she able to win Tony’s heart, there’s even another excellent man that’s still clinging onto her! I’ve even heard that Sean’s going through divorce proceedings with his current wife. Shelly’s expression at that moment was disdainful and mocking as the thoughts ran wild in her mind.
“Mrs. Walton, what are you implying?” Sean’s expression remained impassive and he replied with a casual attitude.
“Nothing much, really. Since you’re keen on winning Myra back and my daughter is fixated on Tony, we should work together to break them up. Surely this would increase our chance of succeeding? I mean, us working together would definitely work out better than carrying out our plans individually, right? What do you think, Director Chase?” Shelly smiled victoriously after finishing her speech.
Our family’s more powerful than the Chase Family, so he should thank his lucky stars for the chance to work together with us. If he agrees to cooperate and come between Tony and Myra or help portray Myra as a promiscuous person to the public, then we might stand a chance at breaking them up!
As soon as Shelly said her piece, Sean suddenly chuckled at the other end of the line.
Upon hearing that, she raised her brows and asked, “What’s wrong, Director Chase?”
Sean maintained his silence when he heard her question but he continued chuckling.
Gradually, Shelly realized that there was something wrong. She furrowed her brows and asked with a harsh voice, “What are you laughing at?”
“Mrs. Walton—” He suddenly stopped laughing but his disparaging tone sounded aggravating to her. He was in fact, full of contempt for her and the Walton Family. “I’m quite surprised though, with Miss Walton’s current looks, even if Myra breaks up with Tony, do you really think that your daughter will succeed in getting married to Tony?”
“You—” Shelly gave a loud gasp but Sean didn’t give her a chance to say anything. “From my understanding, Miss Walton’s completely disfigured, no? Even if she undergoes plastic surgery, I reckon there wouldn’t be much difference to her looks. Furthermore, your family has completely offended the Hart Family and they even organized a press conference to clarify everything. Mrs. Walton, how can you be so confident that you’ll succeed in helping your daughter marry Tony?”
Obviously, there was a reason for Sean’s dismissive attitude. Although it seemed that the Walton family were quite powerful, that was all in the past when they were overseas. This wasn’t public knowledge but Sean had investigated their background as soon as they came back to Bradfort City. He had discovered that the Walton family had fallen onto hard times overseas. As a result, they had no choice but to return to Bradfort City and develop their business here. Mrs. Walton’s disparaging attitude was just a ploy to exploit him. I do want to win back Myra’s heart but that doesn’t mean I’m willing to become a tool. Besides, the Walton Family is known to be ruthless, so it’s quite likely that they’ll tear me to pieces after they’ve made full use of me!
However, there was only one thing on Shelly’s mind. “Sean Chase, how on earth did you find out about my daughter’s condition?”
Sean replied scornfully, “The social circle in Bradfort City is quite small, so I must say this minor incident isn’t exactly a secret.”
Upon hearing that, Shelly gripped her cell phone tightly to the point where her knuckles turned white. She realized that he was not going to agree to work together so without saying another word, she hung up immediately. Realizing that she had failed to gain anything from Myra and Sean, she angrily flung the coffee cup next to her onto the ground.
The sound of breaking glass immediately attracted the attention of the waitress. As soon as Shelly saw her, she went on a tirade, “What’s wrong with you? Why didn’t you remind me that the coffee’s scalding hot? Did you do this on purpose?”
At that moment, the poor waitress received a scolding for no reason. However, she didn’t dare to rebuke Shelly because she knew that most of the people who visited this café were likely to be high up on the social ladder. Although she felt aggrieved, she had no choice but to tolerate the scolding.
After ranting for a short while, Shelly finally left the place after paying the bill.
Just as Shelly was creating that big fuss, on the other end, Kris was on the phone with Gemma.
At this moment, Gemma was relentlessly pestering Kris to find a way to resolve the situation. The former firmly suggested for the latter to admit that she was the one who had released the video clip.
Obviously, Kris was reluctant to do so. While they were in dispute about this, all of a sudden, someone knocked on Kris’ office door. Soon after that, the door was opened from the outside and Gideon walked into the room with a dark expression on his face.
