Female Novel
Chapter 830 Mighty Ungrateful (Part Two)
"How are things going? Is there any news?" Travis asked anxiously as soon as he saw the steward.
In an uncertain tone, the steward answered, "I heard that the treatment went smoothly. However, I wastold that Lady Harper isn't allowing anybody to visit Lady Wendy. Even Darwin, the physician in ourmansion, was driven out. He was so angry that he left."novelbin
"Why did she drive Darwin away?" Travis shouted angrily. "He has been taking care of Wendy's healthever since she was young! Now that Harper drove him away, who will look after our Wendy?" His eyeswere seeing red. "I'm going there and let her have a piece of my mind! Let me see how overbearingshe is! How dare she come to my mansion and drive people away?!" Travis was already on his feet,ready to go.
"Stop!" Hannah shouted angrily. "Come back here! Sit down!"
Travis stopped in his tracks and said, "I'm just going to see what's going on! How could you side withthe opponent? That Harper is literally bullying us in our mansion!"
"Shut up!" Hannah shouted back. She was a woman who seldom lost her temper, but once rage tookover her, even Travis had to listen to what she had to say. It was not until he sat down that she lookedat the steward and asked, "Was Darwin driven out of the mansion by Lady Harper herself?"
"No," replied the steward. "Marquis Shawn did that."
"Why did Shawn do that?!" Travis whined again. "I swear to God he is obsessed with that woman..." Hewas about to say more, but when he saw his wife cast him a fierce glare, he quickly shut his mouth up.After a few moments, he meekly said to the steward, "On with the news."
"Lady Harper spent six hours tending to Lady Wendy. When she came out, she looked pale and weak.Marquis Shawn arranged the house next door for her to rest tonight. Darwin wanted to seize the
chance to break into Lady Wendy's room and find out how Lady Harper treated Lady Wendy, but hewas stopped by one of Lady Harper's guards."
"So Shawn drove Darwin away just because of that?" Travis asked in disbelief.
The steward answered hesitantly, "The secret guard stopped Darwin from coming into Lady Wendy'sroom. While Darwin was talking with the secret guard and trying to convince him to let him see LadyWendy, Marquis Shawn just happened to arrive. He saw what was happening and immediately decidedto send Darwin away."
Upon realizing that Darwin was in the wrong, Travis immediately realized that he should stop talkingabout things he knew nothing about. "So if Darwin didn't pester the guard about seeing Lady Wendy,he wouldn't have been sent away; am I right?" Hannah asked.
"Yes, My Lady," the steward answered. Hannah then cast a glare towards Travis' direction, but thistime, he just ignored it because of shame. As a follow-up, Hannah asked, "How is Lady Harper, by theway?" Concern was evident in her voice. "Is she okay?"
"She didn't look very well," the steward answered. "Her face was rather pale when she came out ofLady Wendy's room. She also walked in a wobbly way. One of her maids has been staying in LadyWendy's room to take care of her, while Lady Harper herself is having a rest next door. And MarquisShawn..."
"What's wrong with me?" Shawn's voice suddenly came through. As soon as the steward heard that,he stopped speaking and greeted Shawn. "My Lord," he said.
"Father, Mother," Shawn greeted. He then bowed in respect.
"How is Wendy?" Travis asked hurriedly as he stood up. "Is she going to be all right?"
"The operation was a success, Father," Shawn answered. "Wendy is still very weak, so she can't bevisited now. If you want to see her, you should wait until Lady Harper wakes up," Shawn said in agentle tone. "Please don't worry too much about her. Wendy will be fine."
"Really? If she is all right, why won’t Lady Harper allow people to visit her?" Travis asked pointedly. Hehad a deep prejudice against Harper because he thought she was a scheming and despicable woman."I don’t trust her one bit!" he added.
Shawn fixed his gaze on his father and answered firmly, "I trust Lady Harper, Father. Lady Harperwouldn't allow people near her because they might contaminate her wounds. Now, if you don't careabout your own daughter, go on and break into her room. Now, if anything bad happens to her, youshould know that it is not Lady Harper's fault, but yours."
"What are you talking about? Will I cause Wendy a wound infection just by taking a look at her? It justsounds so strange!" Travis yelled. "Is it because Harper Chu is not able to cure Wendy that she isdeliberately trying to hid my Wendy from me?"
"Travis!" Hannah bellowed at him with great anger. She never knew that Travis would despise a personas much as he despised Lady Harper, but it seemed like she was wrong. Travis had always hatedHarper, which was not something a gentleman would do.
Seeing his beloved wife's face, Travis stopped and didn't say anything anymore. It was his wife’s turn tospeak her mind. "You are not only a man, but an elder!" she said firmly. "Aren’t you ashamed ofyourself? Why are you so suspicious of a woman who has always been at your family’s service?!"
Shocked, Travis shifted his eyes to his wife. It was the first time that she had yelled at him so harshly,especially for the sake of someone who wasn’t tied to their family. Even though Harper had saved theirson and daughter, he was sure that she had some ulterior motive. He could not bear being scolded byhis wife because of such an ill-intentioned woman.
"Are you crazy?"
"You are the one who is crazy!" Hannah's towering rage was something he had never seen before."Has Lady Harper dug up the tombs of your ancestors? Has she killed your parents, your wife, or yourchildren? Because if not, how could you be so dedicated to finding faults with her?"
"She has an ulterior motive!" he shrieked.
"She has an ulterior motive?" Hannah repeated incredulously. "Don't forget that your son was oncesaved by her, and your daughter's life now depends on her! But has she ever asked anything fromyou?" She wasn’t going to back down.
Travis opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. It was true that Harper had never asked himfor any kind of reward. On the contrary, she would greet him respectfully every time she saw him.Simply put, Harper had never done anything to offend him, or make him angry. He simply disliked her,because she used to be arrogant and domineering. Aside from that, he hated Matthew to his very core.
"You stay in the study tonight. Think about what you have done," Hannah said. After that, she turnedaround and left. Shawn said goodbye to his father too. Only Travis himself was left in the room, lost inthought.