“Featherstone Corporation has always belonged to the Featherstones, so I have the ultimate right. The financial support for you and the kids won’t be affected at all. The whole family will still be the same.”
I sneered as deep sorrow filled my heart. “Family? The head of the family is moving toward death. Do you think we still have a family?”
Anthony lowered his eyes with a deadpan look. “I am way smarter than you think.”
He meant he was utterly confident of surviving in the grey zone of the law.
Most outlaws had the same mindset like him.
However, he was born a rich kid, and he should not ruin his life like that. Helplessness slowly eroded my whole body as I almost lost my balance.
Just when Rylee was about to interrupt, Anthony ended the conversation abruptly. “Please send Mrs. Featherstone back.”
He was talking to Joseph.
Rylee immediately expressed her dissatisfaction. “No. He’s coming with me today.”
Anthony cast a look before telling Rylee. “I’ll go with you.”
Everyone was stunned momentarily by his gesture. Rylee shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t mind it.”
Upon saying that, she grabbed Anthony’s tie and walked toward the elevator boastfully. “Let’s go.”
With that, they disappeared from everyone’s sight.
A few seconds later, Rylee’s arrogant voice came from the elevator. “Eunice, what are you waiting for? Come now!”
Eunice, the manager, immediately ran into the elevator. “Here I come…”
After Eunice entered the elevator, the door slowly closed. The red numbers on display began to flash as the elevator descended steadily.
I understood if Anthony was forced to accept Rylee’s request out of his guilt. But what about now? Has he lost himself entirely for this woman?
There were two voices in my head. One of them told me that not everything was as it seemed, and I should wait and observe with patience. Yet, my emotional side of me kept making me fall into a black hole of insecurity.
“Isn’t that interesting?” Nathaniel’s voice drew me back to reality. “How much worse do you think Anthony can get?”
In his eyes, it was all just a game.
“I’m not interested in playing games with you!” I stomped my way into another elevator.
Before the elevator door closed, Joseph came in after me.
Walking out of the company, neither of us said anything, deliberately trying to avoid the awkwardness from the episode earlier.
The chauffeur had been waiting at the entrance for me. Just when he was about to approach to welcome me, I signaled him not to come.
Luckily, he was quick-witted to comprehend my meaning. With that, he went back into the car secretly.
Joseph asked me to wait while he went to get his car.
“Mrs. Featherstone, are you heading home directly?” Joseph asked as soon as I got into his car.
“Let’s take a ride around the city.”
A human’s mental defense would decrease tremendously after experiencing humiliation. I intended to break into his heart during this opportune moment. Indeed, I would not want to miss the chance to be alone with him.
Around ten minutes later, our car got stuck at a crossroad in the business district. Joseph, who was usually calm, suddenly turned impatient as he kept knocking his fingers against the steering wheel.
I knew my timing had come as I cast a question. “How are you getting along with your wife all these years?”
Joseph was stunned momentarily before he responded calmly, “Not bad. I’m contented to have a son and a daughter.”
I nodded as emotions boiled within my heart. “Indeed. We should be grateful for what we have.”
Joseph sensed the disappointment in my tone and comforted me. “Mr. Anthony always has his plan. Mrs. Featherstone, you don’t have to worry.”
There was, in fact, no need for him to comfort me out of courtesy. Hence, his gesture proved he still respected me like before.
Somehow, I felt Anthony was the same too. If he did not care for me, he would not have asked Joseph to send me home.
I feigned a bitter smile and pretended to be disappointed. “Based on your professional knowledge, don’t tell me that you don’t know that kind of business is a one-way ticket to hell.”
“I have confidence in Mr. Anthony,” Joseph replied.
“So you’re willing to see him fall deeper and deeper into this mistake.”
“Mr. Anthony won’t make a mistake.” Joseph was stubborn as a stone.
I knew I would not be able to change his mind. I lowered my head and murmured, “You are very loyal to him.”
Just then, Joseph’s phone rang suddenly.
It was a call from his wife.
He unhesitatingly answered the call with a happy tone. “Hello, Honey?”
Pure sweetness and happiness filled the air as his lips curled into a contented smile.
However, the voice from the other end killed the atmosphere instantly.
“Hubby, please come back now. There are many black men in the house…”
The car fell into a dead silence.
It was plain as day from Savannah’s voice that she was feigning calmness. However, it was uncertain whether it was to reassure Joseph or to mislead the men waiting to pounce at their house at that very moment.
“Don’t be afraid.” Joseph’s hand tightened around his phone, his angular profile reflected through the rear-view mirror. “I’ll rush home right away.”
Hanging up the phone, he promptly floored the gas pedal with his entire focus on the figure at the red light. Some time later, he remembered that I was still sitting in the back seat and glanced over his shoulder. His face was devoid of expression as he asserted, “I’m sorry, but I can only drive you thus far, Mrs. Featherstone. Please alight from the car.”
Despite hearing him, I couldn’t possibly turn a blind eye to his predicament, so I offered, “All this is because of me and my husband, so I’ll go with you.”
Joseph’s brows creased deeply. “I’m sorry, Mrs. Featherstone. Don’t take this the wrong way, but I personally feel that things will be much simpler without you making an appearance.”
A feeling of being mistrusted permeated my entire being. For an instant, I was at a loss for words, not quite knowing what I should say to express my sincerity.
In that mere two seconds of stalemate, Joseph made the choice for me. Climbing out of the car, he opened the car door nearest to me without the slightest hesitation and stated firmly, “Here you go, Mrs. Featherstone.”
I didn’t want to be the kind of person who left others to their own troubles, so I remained motionless and stared right back at him without getting out of the car.
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.
Leave a Reply