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Newton refused to let Sophia speak and continued his reproach, “By the way, it wasn’t Allison who called me here. It was all a coincidence.
“She happened to be visiting me tonight when I learned about Jeremy’s punishment. I came here angrily, and she followed me because she worried for me. If you have any questions, direct them to me, not her!”
Everyone shot complex looks at Sophia, who had gone pale and fallen into silence. She had foolishly shot herself in the foot.
“Lyse, you visited Grandpa? Jeremy exclaimed and looked at her.
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“Yeah,’ she replied without looking into his fiery eyes.
Meanwhile, Betty listened to Newton’s account with a mix of confusion and doubt. If Alyssa had followed
Newton to Seaview Manor, then who had originally called him?
A sudden realization dawned on her, and she shot a furious glance at Lauren, who stood nearby. Indeed,
Lauren’s foolish grin had betrayed her actions.
“Dad, Sophie’s absolutely right. You shouldn’t have made this long journey. It’s too strenuous. It’s all for the sake of your health,” Javier explained as he approached Newton.
However, Newton gestured for him to stop. “If you were genuinely concerned about my health, you shouldn’t have struck my grandson and provoked my anger. You fucking piece of scum! You’re driving me nuts!”
The spacious hall remained quiet. Amused, Alyssa blinked and smiled.
Jeremy was cheered up by the animated look on her face and put behind the pain he was enduring. He fixed his eyes on her with a contented smile.
In the meantime, a hushed astonishment gripped the onlookers as they watched Newton berating the current patriarch, Javier, in their presence. The public scolding was doubly humiliating, given Javier’s prominent social standing.
He had turned into a punchbag.
Javier, nursing a wounded ego, flushed with anger and hissed, “Barry, please get everyone to leave the hall.”
“No! No one is allowed to leave before we settle this matter once and for all!” Newton declared with authority. When she was angry, Alyssa bore a striking resemblance to Newton, as if they were blood relatives.
“Dad, what do you mean?” Javier inquired, his brows furrowing in anger.
“It means exactly what you think it is!” Newton responded, his eyes half-closed as he taunted his son, “If you can bruise Jeremy’s ego by hitting him in front of everyone, I don’t see why I can’t address this matter publicly.”
Javier pointed at Jeremy and argued, “Dad, you can’t always side with this little brat! You’ll only spoil him further! He’s been pampered to the point where he no longer respects anyone in this family. If this continues, he won’t even heed his father one day!”
“Hah,” Jeremy scoffed with a cold look. Javier had been dead to him from the moment Anne jumped over the balcony in this villa.
Alyssa noticed his smirk and observed his profile in silence. He appeared pallid, and she could sense the animosity in his eyes, which stung her.
“Oh, is Jeremy showing disrespect? How so? Enlighten me,” Newton inquired casually as he idly picked at his teeth.
Everyone was speechless at Newton’s nonchalance. The more Newton aged, the less he cared about upholding his image. Perhaps he had been forced to comply for too long. When he was finally old and rich enough, his true personality emerged.
“He talked back to me and rebelled against me!” Javier lost his train of thought due to anger and said
“Yeah,” she replied without looking into his fiery eyes.
Meanwhile, Betty listened to Newton’s account with a mix of confusion and doubt. If Alyssa had followed
Newton to Seaview Manor, then who had originally called him?
A sudden realization dawned on her, and she shot a furious glance at Lauren, who stood nearby. Indeed,
Lauren’s foolish grin had betrayed her actions.
“Dad, Sophie’s absolutely right. You shouldn’t have made this long journey. It’s too strenuous. It’s all for the sake of your health,” Javier explained as he approached Newton
However, Newton gestured for him to stop. “If you were genuinely concerned about my health, your shouldn’t have struck my grandson and provoked my anger. You fucking piece of scum! You’re driving me nuts!”
Alyssa widened her eyes in shock and stared at Jeremy.
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“We are finally hosting an event on the weekend to network with the high society of Solana City. As the company president, Jeremy refuses to uphold the company’s reputation and instead sides with our rival!
How can I not be furious with him?”
Alyssa’s eyes widened even further in disbelief, and her heart skipped a beat.
“Is the event in question Sophia’s birthday party?” Newton questioned.
Javier replied, “Yes, it’s her birthday party, and it’s also a rare networking opportunity.”
“Alright, if Jeremy isn’t going, count me out.”
“What?” Javier’s expression fell.
“Not only am I not attending, but I’ll be joining Allison at Winston’s wife’s birthday party. What do you say to that? Are yo you going to beat me into submission, too?” Newton lifted a brow with a roguish smile.
“Grandpa.” Alyssa muttered in shock. She was incredibly moved by his affection for her.
“Dad, you’re doing this on purpose! Why must you go to such lengths?” Javier groaned and tossed the whip onto the floor.
“Don’t you understand? I’m concerned about losing face at your wife’s birthday party when her reputation is in tatters,” Newton replied with disappointment.
The servants cast disdainful and gleeful glances at Sophia. The ex-actress cum matriarch was notorious in the household for berating the servants and treating them poorly. Everyone had been privately condemning her.
Sophia blushed in embarrassment. She felt like digging a hole and burying her head in shame. Sophia decided that Newton’s time was up. She was determined to silence him from advocating for Jeremy and
Alyssa any longer.
“That’s it. Jeremy and I will not be attending! I’ll support my grandson, even if it makes you angry,” Newton announced and glanced at Jeremy and Alyssa. His tone softened. “Allison, Jeremy, come home with me tonight!”
Alyssa and Jeremy exchanged glances and simultaneously nodded in agreement.
Just then, Ben rushed in with a man carrying a first-aid kit. He announced, “Mr. Newton, the doctor has arrived.”
“Excellent. You, too, join us! I can’t stand another minute in this accursed place! Newton abandoned Javier and, accompanied by Jeremy and Alyssa, made his way toward the exit
He added, “Oh, by the way, there will be no room for such family rules in the Walsh family!”
Seated in the wheelchair, Newton raised his voice, ‘It’s been centuries since the feudal system. I’m astounded that you’ve kept such an outdated tradition alive! You’re even more closed-minded than I am.”
Everyone in the hall covered their mouths to stifle their laughs. Meanwhile, Javier’s face had turned a deeper hue of red.
Alyssa, Jeremy, and the others followed Newton back to Crescent Bay villa. Newton enthusiastically held Jeremy and Alyssa’s hands with each of his, refusing to let go at all.
Not only that, he cussed out Javier and Sophia with creative, colorful language during the trip. Alyssa even worried that he would get exhausted from all the name-calling.
After venting his anger, Newton started feeling bad for Jeremy. He moaned and sighed about his poor grandson while discreetly trying to put Jeremy’s hand on top of Alyssa’s.
Jeremy smiled at Alyssa from beside Newton as his heart exploded in joy. She noticed his passionate eyes but merely pressed her lips and ignored him.
Her indifference worried him, and he tried to hold her hand. All of a sudden, the warmth in his hand disappeared as she had removed her hand.
He gazed up and accidentally met her eyes. She was glaring at him as though she would skin him alive.
Jeremy resigned to the current situation. It seemed that he had failed to hold her hand. Nevertheless, het was happy enough that she had shown up for him. He dared not ask for more.
“Jeremy, you should really thank Allison for tonight. If she hadn’t told me that your dad beat you, I wouldn’t have rushed over in time!” Newton said knowingly and blinked at Jeremy.
Newton added, “See, Allison cares about you, you little rascal. You should thank her for saving your life.”
“Lyse, thank you,” Jeremy tenderly spoke to Alyssa.
She was jolted by the affectionate gaze and responded with a faint smile, “You should thank Lauren
Instead of me.”
This revelation surprised both Newton and Jeremy. “Lauren?”