Her words made everyone present stop in their tracks.
She still loves Levi?
Everyone had thought that Zoey had given up on Levi.
“I’ll be honest with all of you. I won’t marry again. Even if I do, the only husband that I’ll accept is Levi,” Zoey announced with a look of resolve in her eyes.
“You…”
Meredith jumped to her feet, furious. At that moment, she was tempted to slap Zoey.
“You don’t have a choice. You must marry Landyn, and you must attend the engagement ceremony tomorrow,” Meredith hissed.
“Sylas, keep an eye on her,” Robert ordered.
It was then Sylas argued, “Although it’s not my place to say anything, I still want to say my piece. It’s inappropriate for Ms. Lopez to marry into the Gates family. It’s rumored that the Gates family agreed to Landyn’s marriage with Ms. Lopez because they need her to change Kurt’s fate. If she marries into the Gates family, she won’t be happy. She’s nothing but a tool for them!”
“Nonsense!”
Meredith slammed her hand onto the table.
“Are you telling me that you believe in those baseless rumors?”
Meredith raged, “Furthermore, Mr. Gates truly loves Zoey. He used to court her, and that is a fact. Zoey will only be happier after her marriage. She won’t have a hard time there.”
“Mrs. Black, I’ve done my investigation. Mr. Gates has a chaotic private life. He has been with more than hundreds of women. He’s a black hole, and you’re pushing Ms. Lopez into it!” Sylas argued.
“Stop with your nonsense! You’re slandering Mr. Gates. If you don’t want to do your job, you can quit it!” Meredith roared.
“I-”
Sylas wanted to do as Meredith said.
However, when she thought about how Levi had tasked her with protecting Zoey, she decided to stay.
“I won’t marry him. Grandma, you’d better give up.”
Zoey was uncompromising.
Meredith scoffed, “Are you still hoping to marry that horrible man, Levi?”
“Your Grandma’s right. After all, he’s someone that took ten million but lied and said he threw it into the trash can,” Robert added.
“Exactly. He refused to admit it despite us exposing him on the spot. That man is nothing but a shameless piece of trash.”
By now, the others were furious too.
“You…”
Zoey was about to refute them, but she realized she did not have any evidence to back herself up.
Left with no other choices, she silently endured their words.
“Sylas, take her back to her room to rest. She will attend the engagement ceremony tomorrow and that’s final,” Meredith commanded.
Thus, Sylas could only bring Zoey away.
If they stayed, they would only become more infuriated.
“Look at your daughter. Is she blind? Why is she still longing for Levi?” Meredith spat.
Robert was solemn as he muttered, “If things don’t work out, I’ll chase Levi away. If he doesn’t appear in her line of sight, she won’t think about him.”
“That’s a good idea. Let’s just chase Levi away once and for all,” the others gave their approvals.
They were sick of Levi since forever.
Now that Levi was stopping the Black family from becoming one of the wealthiest, they would not stand aside and do nothing.
“Once she’s engaged tomorrow, he wouldn’t dare to harass her anymore. The Gates family will surely destroy him if he dares to pester Zoey again,” Meredith chortled.
Right then, Russell rushed toward them, dragging a servant of the Black family, Zeek along with him.
“What’s going on?”
Everyone turned to look at Russell, curious.
Russell shot a glare at Zeek before he sneered, “He’s the one who picked up the ten million check. We’ve wronged Levi. He really did throw the check into the trash can.”
