“It’s not necessary to keep it from her anymore.” Halfway through his sentence, Anthony turned around and looked at me. “She has already figured out everything on her own.”
Although I was startled by his statement, it was the right thing to do. It would be a waste of time and effort to keep me in the dark when I was already conscious of everything.
Stunned, Cameron knitted her brows and gave Anthony a reproachful look. “How can you get Letty involved when she’s now pregnant?”
Zachary patted her on the hand and consoled her, “Come on, forget it. Let’s think about how to solve it first.”
Then, he turned to look at us and said earnestly, “The Ziegler family and Ezra want to have dinner with us tomorrow.”
At this, Cameron was apprehensive and criticized Anthony, “What you did today was too impulsive. How can you break the arms of the spoilt rich brat of the Ziegler family? He means everything to Mr. Ziegler. It’s no wonder they want to have dinner with us to set us up!”
“Hah.” John mocked obstinately, “That was just a light punishment. If I know that he’s targeting Letty again, I’ll snip his junk so that the Ziegler family won’t have an heir!”
“What…” Cameron did not know about my abduction, so she asked Anthony, looking concerned, “Did Mitchell bully Letty?”
“Yeah.” Anthony nodded. “He abducted her and even wanted to do those things to her. I can’t help it and maimed his arms.”
“Serves him right!” The look on Cameron’s face instantly changed as she commented angrily, “I thought that Anthony was blinded by his hatred and acted impulsively seeing how angry the Ziegler family was. It turns out that it was that b*stard who started it. Tsk. They can’t beat us in business, but they’re so good at hurling false accusations!”
Enraged, she got up to sit next to me and squeezed my hand, frowning. “Letty, that b*stard didn’t injure you, did he?
“No, he didn’t.” Shaking my head, I forced a smile to tell her that she did not need to worry.
Although Cameron was overprotective, it was not really a shortcoming too. If what happened previously had not happened, she would have always been a good mother.
As men tend to be more rational than women were, Zachary was not too shocked and suggested, “Ezra is very powerful. Even the businessmen in K City are at his mercy. We can’t turn down their invitation to the dinner tomorrow, so let’s come up with a way to deal with it.”
“No way! We’re not going!” John suddenly turned into an idealist that valued family ties as he added with a look of disdain, “Uncle Louis and Ezra aren’t the same kinds of people. Letty is a member of the Stanhope family, so we don’t need to butter up to him. I don’t think he has the nerve to barge into the Stanhope residence to grab her!”
“Young people like you are too impulsive.” Zachary sighed. “When we help Anthony in his business in K City, we and the Ziegler family are merely business rivals, and there’s no right or wrong in the world of business competition. But now, the outsiders only know that Anthony has injured the son of the Ziegler family, and no one knows what the latter did to Letty. If we don’t attend the dinner, it’ll prove that we’re guilty and dare not to face the Ziegler family. Ezra will then praise the Ziegler family and criticize Featherstone Corporation in front of the business community, which will impose constraints on the future development of Featherstone Corporation.”
What he said was true, but John was still not convinced and replied agitatedly, “What do you mean no one knows? Fine. I’ll make sure every single soul knows what this a**hole has done!”
After that, he rose to his feet and added while straightening his clothes, “Wait for me here, Letty. I’ll get justice for you.”
Immediately afterward, he strode outside in a huff, without bothering if I was staying with the Featherstones or returning to the Stanhope residence.
Worried, I hurriedly texted Emma on WhatsApp, telling her to inform Louis, trying to prevent any more problems.
After John left, they did not manage to come to a conclusion whether to attend the dinner. As it was getting late, Zachary went home with Cameron.
Anthony helped me upstairs. When we were in the bedroom, he helped me wash up and get changed. He remained silent the entire time, but he did not show any sign of impatience. After he took off his suit jacket, he looked like he had lost some weight.
“Why didn’t you eat well when I was not around?” My voice was breaking as it spoke of distress.
Anthony helped me to take off the slippers and sit down on the bed. “The food is tasteless without you.”
His words were void of emotion, but they brought a lump to my throat.
I had the same feeling too when I was in Stanhope residence. After all, the person who had been with me for ten years had already become a part of my life; thus, his absence would make my life meaningless.
After tucking me in, Anthony got up and went to the wardrobe before walking back to me with two files in his hand.
He opened one of them and handed it to me.
Taking it over, I took the content out curiously and frowned when I read it. “Didn’t you give this to the Murphys already?”
The petroleum subscription agreement was the chance for the Murphys to make a comeback. Now I understood why Armond returned.
Knitting his brows, Anthony cast his gaze down and said nothing.
I knew that he was hiding something else from me again.
Putting the file aside, I let out a long exhale. “Tell me everything that you’re hiding from me.”
“That’s all,” Anthony replied without hesitation.
“What’s this, then?” I asked while pointing at the other file.
At this, Anthony stared at the file in a daze for some time, seemingly thinking of something.
“What’s wrong?” I gave him a nudge.
Only then did he come back to his senses. He forced a smile. “What would you do if I tell you that it’s a divorce agreement?”
My heart skipped a beat as I frowned with a reluctant look on my face.
I could say those great lines for my children, but it did not mean that I could do it with ease. It was true that I could cut ties with him if we divorced now, but he would have to face the rivals that colluded with the backing of government officials all alone. Without the support of the Moore family and Stanhope family, he would probably end up being on the losing side.
“Have you thought it through? If we divorce this time, you won’t be able to find me again.”
I pursed my lips while having an expectant look in my eyes, hoping that he would take a step back.
Looking down, Anthony said nothing for a while. Then, he took the file and opened it. Taking out the content, he passed it to me. I looked down at it and saw that, as he said, it was a divorce agreement.
It turned out that he had decided to choose revenge over our family a long time ago. He had chosen to bear the responsibility as a son, while my understanding and love were nothing to him.
“Look at the last page.” Anthony’s voice was attractive at night. It was uniquely charming and made me want to obey everything he said.
I flipped through the agreement and saw my signature on it.
That’s weird. When did I sign this agreement? Could it be the previous agreement? But it can’t be. The previous content is different from this, but this signature does belong to me…
“I got Joseph to find someone else sign this for us,” Anthony said in a low voice, “Does it look like your handwriting?”
Oh, so he got a professional to mimic my signature. No wonder I can’t even tell that it’s not mine. I nodded my head. “Yes, it does. I can’t even tell myself, but why do you prepare a fake divorce agreement?”
Looking at the file, Anthony smiled and reached out to pinch the paper before he unveiled another piece of document behind the page that I thought was the last.
Compared with the formality of the divorce agreement, the hidden document was somewhat informal. The word “Agreement” could still be made out easily. After looking at it for a while, I only found out that it was an assets transfer agreement that Anthony drafted. It stipulated that all assets of the Featherstones would automatically be transferred to me if something happened to him within two years.
In other words, as long as I signed it, I would become the sole heir to Anthony’s wealth. Even our kids could not inherit anything.
Although this proved just how important I was to Anthony, it was not something to be happy about. Such a preparation from him only indicated that even he himself was not sure if he could escape unscathed during the course of his revenge.
What Anthony said next confirmed my guesswork.
“I’ve long considered John’s opinion, but it’ll only be my last resort.” He looked a little tired with his downcast eyes. “What happened today reminds me that Armond is a viper that’s waiting for the perfect timing to strike, but I don’t know when that will be. Besides, there’s still some uncertainty in the identity of the people who killed my parents back then. Since I can’t stop now, I can only get bolder to catch them off guard so that they’ll give themselves away. After the divorce agreement is announced, we should stop seeing each other for some time. This is the best protection for you and our kids.”
Anthony paused and placed his palm over my belly. “After they’re born, let them bear your last name.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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