Tina curled her lips into a smile. “Be patient, Thomas. Your father must’ve gotten caught up in some urgent business at the company. Why don’t you…sit back and relax for a while first?”
Then, she shot Denise a meaningful glance and added, “
Denise, bring Thomas up to his room.”
Denise quickly leaped to her feet. “Let’s go, Thomas.”
Thomas furrowed his brow, all of sudden sensing that something was not right.
He scoffed, grabbed hold of Yannie’s hand, and stood up. There’s no need for that anymore. Since that old geezer doesn’t really want to apologize, I don’t have to keep on waiting. However…”
He let out a disdainful snort. “Don’t you dare beg for Brettley and me for mercy in the future.”
How could he have believed Tina when she claimed the old geezer wanted to apologize to him?
At the thought of this, Thomas turned around and strode away, pulling Yannie along.
“You want to leave, don’t you?”
After an hour of pretending, Tina finally let her guard down and sneered.”
Thomas Howard, the fact that I had summoned you willingly means I had prepared for this exact moment. Do you honestly think you’ll be able to walk out of here unscathed?
“Guards! Seize them!”
Almost 20 bodyguards surged forward at the sound of Tina’s order and surrounded Thomas and Yannie.
Thomas narrowed his eyes, pulled Yannie close to him, and lifted his head to stare coldly at Tina. “That old geezer hadn’t intended to apologize to me or my mother at all, right?”
This was all his fault.
With Brettley’s help, Thomas had witnessed just how defeated his wretched father had become. Not only that, but since many years ago, he had already dreamed of the day that the old geezer would apologize to him and his mother, Eanne.
This was why he had been so delighted by Tina’s call that he did not stop to consider the consequences.
He should not have believed Tina when she claimed that Senior Howard wanted to invite him to Howard Mansion for a formal apology!
“You guessed it,”
Tina said curtly as she stared at Thomas face.
“I was lying to you; your father hadn’t intended to apologize to you at all. He even told me that you’re a bastard son–you even brought an outsider in to confront him, so you don’t deserve to be called his son at all.
“He vowed never to apologize to you, not even when he’s on his deathbed!”
A glimmer of malice flashed through Tina’s eyes as she added, “He even said that you’re just as dirty as that wretched mother of yours!”
Rage seeped into Thomas’ gaze when he heard this.
He did not care what other people said about him, and no matter what insults Tina and Senior Howard threw at him, he would not falter, but no one was allowed to insult his mother!
His mother was the kindest woman that ever lived. He would not allow anyone to taint her name, especially not this bitch Tina!
Thomas narrowed his eyes as he stared at Tina in fury. “
I’ll make you pay the price for this.”
“Is that so? Well, I can’t wait to see what you have in store for us.”
Tina turned to glance at the bodyguards standing in the distance. “What are you waiting for? Aren’t you going to restrain them?”
The bodyguards froze for a moment, then surged forward and surrounded them.
Seeing they were about to be overpowered, Yannie bit her lip and shrunk timidly into Thomas’ arms. “What should we do?!”
She had grown up in an ordinary family and had never experienced anything like this before, so naturally, she was scared out of her wits.
“Don’t worry. I’m here with you.”
Thomas narrowed his eyes, glancing at Yannie.
All of a sudden, his expression darkened. “Why do you look so ill?”
Yannie pursed her lips. “I’m fine, just feeling a little hot.”
Thomas narrowed his eyes and glanced coldly at Tina.
Tina crossed her arms in front of her chest, sneering. “
Did you honestly think the food you ate was fine? The only reason Denise and I were able to eat it was because we had taken antidotes before this.”
Then, she shot Yannie a triumphant look and added, However, I do have to thank you for this, Ms. Yannie. If it weren’t for you, Thomas would never have willingly finished eating the food, and if he didn’t do so, the rest of my plan would fail.”
Then, she pulled Denise toward her and declared, “Well, Thomas, you weren’t willing to marry Denise instead of that bitch Yannie, were you? Why don’t you and Denise do the deed right here and right now, in front of Yannie?”
Then, she furrowed her brow and snapped, “Seize them!”
“Who dares to touch me?”
Seeing that the bodyguards were closing in on them, Thomas narrowed his eyes, took something out of his pocket, and aimed it right at the leader’s forehead.
When the leader caught sight of the object in Thomas’ hand, he was so shocked that his entire body froze in place.
It was a shiny handgun, and its barrel was pointed straight at the center of his forehead.
“If you take even one step toward me, there’s no guarantee what’ll happen.”
Thomas’ voice was steady and calm.
The look in his eyes was so cold and merciless that none of the guards dared to move.
Neither Denise nor Tina had expected Thomas to carry a handgun with him. The two of them exchanged a nervous glance, unsure of what to do at this moment.
None of the guards dared to put themselves at risk, and neither did them.
Not only that, but Tina even surreptitiously shrunk behind Denise for protection.
Thomas had, at one point, been the champion of a gun shooting competition, and she was worried that he would point the barrel at her!
“Get away from me!”
Thomas narrowed his eyes and began taking small steps backward, his arms still around Yannie, intending to leave Howard Mansion that way.
However, to his surprise, the door behind him suddenly flung open. It was Senior Howard.
The first thing he saw when he entered the door was the sight of his son pointing a gun in the direction of his wife while inching slowly backward with another woman.
He immediately furrowed his brow at this. “You bastard! What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
Thomas frowned when he heard this. He turned around and pointed the gun straight at Senior Howard. “Finally decided to come home, huh? I thought you’d be hiding forever!”
Senior Howard was outraged by this. “What do you mean I’d be hiding forever?”
Why was Thomas accusing him of hiding when he had just popped out to the company to get some work done?
Did he come to kill him? Did he come all the way to Howard Mansion just to kill his own father?
At the thought of this, Senior Howard scoffed. “I must be a donkey’s father! You and your mother are two peas in a pod!”
The reason he had sent Thomas out to live on his own was to avoid conflict between Thomas, Tina, and Dan, while at the same time hoping that this would sharpen Thomas’ independence.
However, he never thought Thomas would betray him and even bring Brettley Morrison home to steal his inheritance!
Not only that, but this wretched son had snuck into Howard Mansion while he was out and even pointed a gun at him and his wife!
He always thought that Thomas would inherit his mother’s kindness and humility, but it turned out to be the total opposite!
“You have no right to bring up my mother!”
Thomas was already outraged by Tina’s deceit, and at the mention of his mother, he could not suppress his rage any longer.
Seeing that Thomas was now distracted by Senior Howard’s appearance, Tina furrowed her brows and shot the leader of the guards a meaningful glance.
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.