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Stretching her neck, she grumbled, “He wanted me to issue a public apology to that hotel employee! Who is she to demand an apology from me? Why should I do that?”
She wailed, “By the way, Allison Burton dropped by my store to create trouble. She slapped me in front of everyone! How am I supposed to ever show up in public?”
Sophia and Javier were stunned. “What? Allison slapped you?”
“Look at the slap marks on my face! It’s real!” Betty pointed at her swollen face.
“That’s outrageous! Jeremy, did you marry a devil?” Sophia was furious to see her daughter bullied. A scowl crept onto her gentle face. “How could she hit our Betty! I will sue her! I will not let her off the hook.”
“It was Betty who wanted to hit Allison first. Allison was defending herself.” Jeremy sounded unmoved and cold
“So, did you just admit that Allison has hit Betty?”
Jeremy went silent, which proved that Betty was telling the truth.
“Call Allison right now! I want her to apologize to Betty. You haven’t gone through the divorce proceedings with her, right? You must take time off tomorrow to file the divorce at the court! I do not want you to be associated with her in any way” Javier bellowed.
Jeremy furrowed his brows. The divorce had initially been scheduled, but he felt uneasy after hearing Javier’s insulting remarks. Without thinking, he blurted out, “I will not.”
Did Jeremy just announce he wouldn’t get a divorce
Sophia and Betty were taken aback by his sudden change in attitude l’or a moment, Sophia forgot about her outburst while Betty stopped crying
Jeremy Walsh Are you defying my order?
Jeremy, the out of wedlock son who was never favored, always went against Javier’s wishes since he was young
Now that Jeremy was appointed the president, he became even more brazen with his newly-
attamed power and publicly defied his father
Jeremy was equally shocked by the smooth objection
“What are you thinking? You were the one who wanted a divorce from Allison and to marry Lia’ But don’t want to divorce Allison now that I asked you to How could you take marriage lightly? I’ve raised a useless son””
“Taking marriage lightly? That sounds about right” Jeremy was enraged and restored with squinted eyes, “Like father, like son”
“You prick!” Like a detonated bomb, Javier lost control of himself and slapped Jeremy hard on the face. Even Jeremy jolted at the loud slap¨Ca red mark formed on his cheek.
“Gosh, Javier. Just speak to him nicely. Why would you hit him? Jeremy might be a little brash because he’s young and hot¨Cblooded. It will only ruin your health and your relationship with him. It’s not worth it all.”
Sophia went up to hold Javier. She secretly chuckled at the scene and felt better after Jeremy got what he deserved.
“Sophie, I know you have a soft spot for him. You’ve always treated him like your own. You doted on him too much! You never lay a finger on him. Look at him now¨Cyou’re why he’s a spoiled brat.” Javier’s hand felt numb after the slap. His face was redder than Jeremy’s.
“He’ll always be a child to me. I’m not his biological mother, so he won’t warm up to me. If I’m not nice to him, I’ll only push him further away. I just wanted to be a good mom.”
Sophia started sobbing pitifully without warning. Each word that came from her sounded from a place of weakness, but she was merely attempting to add fuel to the fire.
Smirking, Jeremy was familiar with her tricks. He saw through her fakeness from a young age. He never called her out because he knew Javier couldn’t care less about him.
He was only appointed the president of the Walsh Group as his sickly older brother was recuperating in Mosgravia
As a neglected child, he learned that he couldn’t get what he wanted just by gaining the pity of his father
“He’s no child He’s thirty years old! You should stop finding excuses for him.” Pointing at Jeremy, Javier baked, “I have two tasks for you. You need to get them done tomorrow!
“Fustly, file the divorce with Allison Burton and get her to apologize to Betty in person! Secondly, take Betty off the trending topics on Twitter and make the scandal die down.”
A faint smile appeared on Jeremy’s lips. He had a scary scowl on his face. “Dad, do you always get physical with your business opponents before entering the negotiations?”
W¨CWhat do you mean?” Javier was surprised.
“We might be father and son but we need to separate personal matters from business. I will never back down whenever the company’s interest is at stake.”
He explained, “I cannot divorce Allison for now because I promised Grandpa I’d officially get the divorce after his 80th birthday. I need to keep my word. As for the negative news online, I proposed that Betty issue a public apology. I will not actively intervene.”
*Jeremy You- Flaring, Javier was about to slap Jeremy again when Jeremy grabbed his wrist.
“Dad, I’m almost thirty years old. Do you think you can hit me as you like?” Jeremy’s eyes gleamed with a vicious look.
Javier flinched and felt a dull pain in his wrist.
“No! I won’t! You can’t make me apologize.” Betty started making a scene.
“Xavier, come in ” Jeremy raised his voice. Hearing that, Xavier knocked and entered the room. before greeting everyone with a curt nod.
“Show the document to the chairman.”
“Yes, Mr. Jeremy.” Eyes darting, Xavier handed Javier the document.
“What’s this?”
“These are last year’s and this year’s financial reports of EV Concepts, co¨Crun by Sophia and Betty,” Jeremy said flatly.
Sophia and Betty’s faces stiffened as they tensed up.
“The reports show that the store has been making annual losses of almost 10 million in the three years since its operations. They also received funds from the Walsh Group to pay off the operational costs.
“From the start, the agreement dictates that it is Sophia who will take care of the profits and losses. If the Walsh Group doesn’t get a share of your profits, we shouldn’t have to pay for your losses too.”
Jeremy looked down. “If Betty does not offer a public apology for the incident, I will exercise my right as the president to shut down EV Concepts.”
What? Shutting down the store?
Betty froze while Sophia seethed in hatred. A murderous look flashed across Sophia’s eyes. She quickly grabbed Javier’s arm and shed tears. “Javier, the store is your birthday gift for me from three years ago. We can’t shut it down!”
Javier’s jaw stiffened when he saw the evidence. As the chairman, he could not refute Jeremy’s accusation and proposal.
“I can turn a blind eye to the losses for your sake, but with a few conditions¨CBetty must apologize publicly, and Sophia shall pay for the losses her business had incurred.
“Otherwise, I will reveal the losses in the company¨Cwide meeting the day after tomorrow. By that time, no one could turn the situation around.” Jeremy was unfeeling and determined.
Sophia glowered at him. She would never let EV Concepts shut down. It was an important part of her wider plan.
“Betty, throw a press conference tomorrow night. Do what Jeremy asked.” Javier’s brows were
Shoulders slumped, Betty looked like a deflated balloon.
From the darkening look on Javier’s face, Sophia knew that she had completely lost the battle.
She had no choice but to focus on her long¨Cterm strategy as she shot daggers at Jeremy’s back.
After Jeremy and Xavier left the study, they heard Javier smashing items onto the ground and the crying sounds of the two women.
Xavier scratched his head in confusion and asked cautiously, “Mr. Jeremy, I thought you wanted to go against Madam Allison at all cost. Why the sudden change of mind?”
“Keep your nose out of my business.”
He thought of Allison’s clear eyes and her delicious scent when they were inches apart. That brought some emotions to his otherwise impassive eyes.
He tried convincing himself that he had changed his mind to side with Allison because of the surveillance footage and Betty’s unapologetic behavior. But was that the truth?
Why did he overreact when Sophia and Betty criticized Allison, and when Javier demanded him to get the divorce over with? Perhaps, deep down, there was a reason he sided with Allison. 1
“We weaponized the evidence we gathered with much effort just to force Ms. Betty to apologize. Don’t you think that’s a waste?” Smirking, Xavier still couldn’t get over it.
“That’s fine. Even if I released the evidence to the public, Dad has his way of covering up for Sophia. They’re lovebirds, after all.”
Mocking his parents, Jeremy shook off the imagery of Allison’s alluring eyes in his mind. The look in his eyes deepened.
He continued, “I have simply chosen an outcome that serves the two of us. I needed to make up to Allison for unfairly accusing her at the auction over Lia’s incident.”
He let out a wistful sigh as he was gripped by bitterness. “We’re even now. I don’t want to be indebted to her in any way.”
Alyssa tossed and turned throughout the night. Whenever she closed her eyes, her mind would be filled with Jeremy’s charming look. She could feel his fingers on her waist vividly.