“Calm down! They are just children, they are ignorant.” Camilla came over and comforted him.
Landon snorted coldly, “Children? They are in their thirties.”
He looked at his wife, “No one is allowed to go out without my permission.”
“Okay.” Camilla responded cautiously, for fear that she might offend him again.
Warner helped him up, “Dad, let’s go now. I am afraid things will become out of control.”
Now that the momentum was falling, but the time had been short and not many people knew about it. If it was allowed to spread for a couple more days, then it was going to become impossible to deal with it.
Landon also understood the seriousness of the matter, so he stood up using his son as support, “Call the driver to prepare the car.”
“I’ll drive!” Warner said.
“Okay.”
Warner helped his father walk out.
Maria looked at Camilla, “Mom, look how partial Dad is. He only believes in Warner and gives everything to him.”
How could she not know what her husband was thinking?
If Sampson was capable enough, he would not have failed to use him. And Maria was a girl and she was lost as a child so their relationship was not deep.
All this compared with Warner’s hard work and considerateness, Landon naturally leaned on him.
“You just made such a big disaster. If you don’t reflect on it, and are still fighting with your family, how will your father be happy with you?” Camilla looked at his daughter, “You are a woman, and you will get married in the future. It doesn’t matter whether you enter the company or not.”
“I am a woman? So what? Am I not a part of this family?” Maria didn’t expect her to say this.
What decade was she living in?
How patriarchal!
“You all dismissed me in the beginning because I was a girl, why didn’t you just strangle me to death when I was born? Why did you still take me in? It would just have been better if you hadn’t accepted me?” Maria began to cry and ran up the stairs.
Camilla’s body trembled, almost unable to stand firm.
Sampson came over to help her, “Mom, don’t be angry, Maria didn’t mean it.”
Camilla waved her hand, “If I get any angrier, I will just die of anger. Help me go to my room.”
“Your father said that you both are not allowed to go out. Don’t leave the house for a few days lest he gets angry again.” She explained to her son.
“Okay.” Sampson pursed his lips and said, “Even though we got into trouble this time, we really wanted to do something for our family but couldn’t succeed. I know it makes sense for Dad to rely on Warner, I have never been jealous of him, nor have I thought about seizing power.”
It wasn’t that he had no desire or hope, it was just that his desire was not in power.
If it was really what he wanted, he would have done whatever it takes for it.
Just like Loredana, he deliberately deceived her because of his own selfishness that he was from country
A.
Just as Maria said, he was indeed selfish.
It was just that he was good at disguising it.
In the Mendelsohn family…
Jayden was practicing calligraphy in the study. After handing over the company to his son, he had begun to completely ignore things. Calligraphy was his hobby.
Every afternoon, he would stay in the study for three hours and Victoria would grind the ink-stone for him.
Although they were getting older, the scene was very beautiful.
“What are you thinking?” Jayden looked at Victoria who was staring outside the window.
She regained her senses and continued to grind the ink-stone, “Nothing. I just miss my son.”
Jayden put a hand on her shoulder, “Do you regret it?”
Just as Victoria was about to answer, the door of the study was knocked and Thomas’s voice came,
“Someone from the Herbert family is here.”
“Isn’t that matter already settled?” Vitoria’s hand paused in the middle of grinding ink, her tone was a little cold, “What is he here for?”
She thought it was because of the broken marriage.
They hadn’t watched the news today, so they didn’t know what happened.
After Jayden finished his final stroke, he put the brush on the brush holder and said, “Let’s go and see.”
The door to the study opened and Thomas stood at the door, “I have shown them to the living room.”
Jayden nodded.
“Don’t worry, the matter has already been resolved. He can’t say anything now.” Jayden saw the worry in Victoria’s eyes and comforted her.
Victoria lowered her raised eyebrows, “I am not worried.”
“You never admit.” Jayden held her hand, “Let’s go!”
In the living room, Landon was sitting on the mahogany sofa, tea was being poured to him and Warner was standing behind him.
Seeing Jayden come over, Landon stood up, “Jayden, this is a complete mess, I can only beg you.”
“Beg me?” Jayden laughed loudly, “Don’t joke around with me! Why would you beg me?”
Landon sighed loudly, “If it wasn’t for my two useless children, this would have never happened.”
“What happened?” Jayden pulled Victoria with him and sat on the sofa opposite to Landon.
The servant served them tea as well.
“You didn’t watch the news today, did you?” Landon asked.
“No.”
After retiring, Jayden no longer liked to watch the news and just spent his usual days with his Victoria, writing calligraphy, going on walks or playing chess.
“Maybe you should take a look at this first.” Landon motioned his son to show the news to Jayden.
Warner handed him the phone.
Jayden looked at the news and he was a little surprised. He was not surprised at how outrageous the news was, but at the fact that the matter happened in his family, why did he come to him?
It shouldn’t have been hard to cover this matter up with the connections of the Herbert family.
“Landon, is it…” Jayden raised his head and looked at Landon opposite to him, “Could it have something to do with me?”
Why else would he come to him?
Landon sighed again, “I am not as lucky as you. You gave birth to a good son, retired early and now you are enjoying old age peacefully. My children only cause trouble and make me mad with rage.”
“Landon, why are you saying that?”
“This.” Landon pointed to the child with blood on his face in the news. “This child, I heard that he is the son of the woman Cormac likes. Maria feels that this woman broke up her and Cormac’s engagement.
And… it’s shameful to say… Sampson likes this woman and got a bit hot-headed… so he kidnapped her child to threaten her to leave Cormac.”
Landon avoided the horrible stuff Sampson did and stayed on the lighter notes.
He didn’t mention that his own daughter wanted to marry Cormac for her family to be benefitted, nor about the fact that Sampson wanted to marry that woman.
The things hurt his reputation.
Jayden and Victoria looked at each other.
Who was this woman?
And what was that about the child?
Wasn’t the reason why their engagement ended Loredana?
There was no photo of Loredana in the news, so they didn’t know that this woman was indeed Loredana.
Cormac had not allowed for Loredana photo to be published in the news article.
He didn’t want to pull her in such news.
“This matter must have provoked Cormac, which is why I am here.” Landon sighed again. Even at this age, because of his children’s stupidity, he had to humble himself in front of his peers. His heart felt uneasy.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.
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