As soon as he opened his mouth, the sharp pain at the corner of his mouth reminded him of what happened last night.
After hanging up, Gordon checked his phone and saw all the messages Raina and Arabella sent him half an hour ago.
Instantly, he knew that something was wrong. He logged onto Twitter and saw the video of Ashlyn last night at the hotel.
While getting dressed, Gordon called Lowell. Coincidentally, Lowell was just about to call Gordon to tell him about the news on the Internet.
It seemed that Gordon already knew about it.
He answered the phone and asked cautiously, “Yes, Mr. Jones?”
“Delete the video online! And find out who posted it!” Gordon roared. He would teach the person a lesson.
Lowell answered immediately, “Okay, Mr. Jones. I’ll do it right away.”
Without saying a word, Gordon hung up, his expression dark and cold.
He looked at himself in the mirror. The swelling on his left cheek was obvious. Clearly, Devin didn’t pull his punches last night.
Gordon touched his swollen cheek gingerly, washed his face, and brushed his teeth expressionlessly. As soon as he got dressed, he went straight to his grandfather’s.
The butler had been waiting for Gordon at the gate. When he saw Gordon’s car pull up, he quickly opened the gate and let Gordon in.
Gordon got out of the car. When the butler saw the bruise on Gordon’s face, he was slightly stunned.
Before he could react, Gordon strode straight into the villa.
By the time Gordon arrived, Nathaniel was furious thanks to Denise’s stirring of the pot.
Nathaniel was already fuming since earlier that morning, but he managed to calm down a little. However, just as he was about to ask about Raina, Denise suddenly said, “Grandpa, do you think Ashlyn’s targeting our family? Now that she’s come out as the daughter of the richest man in Bluepond, is she deliberately throwing us under the bus?”
Nathaniel was already angry to begin with. And now, hearing Denise’s musing, he flew into a rage.
Not long ago, Stevie came with a suitcase of gold bars, saying it was to cover Ashlyn’s living expenses over the past three years. Stevie’s implication was clear; he wanted to draw a clear line between the two families. The suitcase of gold bars was a tool to satirize the Jones family.
Nathaniel was a proud man and hated losing face the most. When the news that Ashlyn was Stevie’s daughter had spread out, many people in their circles laughed at the Jones family’s stupidity.
The Jones family used to be prosperous and respectable, but ever since Gordon and Ashlyn’s divorce, they had often become the laughingstock of society.
In Nathaniel’s eyes, his family wouldn’t have come to this point if it weren’t for Ashlyn.
Ashlyn divorcing Gordon had brought so much trouble to the Jones family. As though that wasn’t enough, she even brought her parents here and made a fool out of the family. It was like a slap in Nathaniel’s face.
These grudges had been festering in Nathaniel’s heart for a long time now. Denise’s brief words were enough to enrage him once more.
Nathaniel was so angry that he threw the cup in his hand onto the floor, shattering it into thousands of pieces.
Jenifer pulled Denise’s sleeve, silently asking her to keep quiet.
Denise stuck out her tongue.
Just then, Gordon arrived. “Grandpa?”
The Jones family were all shocked at Gordon’s appearance.
Nathaniel asked, “What the hell happened to your face? Who punched you? Did Ashlyn ask someone to beat you up?”
In Nathaniel’s eyes, nobody would dare to go against the Jones family other than Ashlyn.
It was as though Ashlyn’s sole purpose in life was to get the Jones family in trouble!
Gordon ignored his question. “Have you had breakfast already?”
“Eat! Eat! Eat! I am not in the mood to eat! What the hell was Ashlyn talking about in that video? Wasn’t Raina supposed to be in a coma? When did she come back from abroad? Explain!”
Nathaniel didn’t like both Ashlyn and Raina.
To start with, the Morgan family was not very rich. They owned a shell company, which was indeed outstanding for an ordinary family, but they weren’t anywhere near the caliber of the Jones family.
However, Gordon fell for Raina and his brother fell for Arabella. And in saving Gordon’s life, Raina had fallen into a coma and had been in a vegetative state for the longest time. Gordon wanted to marry Raina, but Nathaniel strongly opposed their union. At last, each of them made a concession. Arabella married Amor, and the Jones family funded Raina’s medical bills abroad.
Although Nathaniel wasn’t fond of Arabella, he gradually came to accept her, rather than letting Raina marry into his family.
When Ashlyn, whom they thought was from a poor family, married Gordon, Nathaniel naturally projected all his disgust on her.
Though Nathaniel hated Ashlyn, this didn’t extinguish his disgust for Raina.
His eldest grandson had married such a useless wife. He didn’t want Gordon to marry another useless woman from an ordinary family.
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