Female Novel
Chapter 270
Chapter 270
After resolving his business with Zavier, James left the House of Royals and headed to theCallahans. He stayed at home the whole afternoon. Meanwhile, Gladys and the others had gone to thebank to deposit the money. Thea had gone to Pacific Group.
As she had just taken over Pacific Group, she had a lot of matters to attend to. As such, she had tostay there past six in the evening.
As Gladys had made an appointment with Zavier, she got worried upon seeing Thea being occupiedwith work she gave her a call and demanded she returned home immediately.
Thea thought something had happened and hurriedly made her way home.
“Thea, change into something glamorous. Put on some make-up and wear some jewelry.” Thea waspuzzled.
“Mom, what are you up to this time?”
Gladys smiled.
“You’ve got a dinner date with Zavier. Stop dilly-dallying. Zavier’s a busy man. Now that he’s made timeto have a meal with us, we should make haste.”
Thea’s face immediately darkened.
“I’m not going. You go ahead.”
Gladys put her hands on her hips and scolded Thea. “Are you defying my orders now, Thea Callahan?Who took care of you for the past ten years? Do you know how much I was ridiculed and made fun of
because of you? Because of you, I couldn’t hold my head high in the Hills family. Great! Now thatyou’re beautiful, have you grown defiant?”
“Sob… Why is my life so miserable?”
Gladys started throwing a tantrum.
“If you don’t come, I’ll leap off the eighth floor. There’s no point in living anymore!”
Saying that, she opened the window and prepared to jump. novelbin
Benjamin grabbed her in time and looked at Thea. “Thea, how could you disobey your mother forsomeone like James?” David chimed in, “That’s right, Thea. Is James really worth it?” The entire familywas trying to convince Thea. Thea’s eyes were brimming with tears. Why was her life somiserable? she looked at James. Her aggrieved look broke James’ heart. ?
“Thea, why not have a meal with Mr. Watson? I’ll go as well.”
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“Are you dumb?” Thea scolded him.
“What are you thinking? Why would you allow your wife to dine with other men? And you’re eventhinking of coming along? Are you not aware of your status? If you go, you’ll be ridiculed and belittled.Even if you aren’t ashamed, I am!”
James did not expect her to have such a huge reaction.
After all, he had dealt with everything.
Zavier would not dare go after his wife anymore. Not only that, Zavier would make it clear that he wouldno longer pester Thea.
Thea felt disheartened upon seeing James’ nonchalant look If James had been more capable andambitious, her mother would not have tried searching for another man for her. Seeing the expressionon her mother’s face, Thea pleaded, “Knock it off, mom! I’m going!”
Gladys stopped making a scene and immediately instructed, “Then, what are you standing there for?Get moving!” Crestfallen, Thea went to her room and got dressed. James, on the other hand, sat on thesofa in silence. Soon, Thea changed into a tailor-made dress. Then, they went to the Gourmand. Zavierhad booked the Diamond Room at the Gourmand. It was the most luxurious room. He did not want toshow up after finding out James’ identity. However, since James demanded he came, he had no otherchoice.
He had been waiting since five o’clock He waited for two hours.
Thea and her family arrived at seven. Following the lead of the waiter, Thea and the others entered theDiamond Room.
For the past two hours, Zavier was restless.
He only regained his senses when someone entered the room. Wiping the sweat off his forehead, heswiftly stood up and greeted, “Ms. Thea, you’re here. Hello to you too, Gladys and Benjamin.”
Upon seeing James who came in last, he felt shivers down his spine.
As they say, the basis of social relationships was reciprocity. Seeing how friendly Zavier was, Theastopped wearing the surly expression on her face. She smiled at him and greeted, “Sorry to keep youwaiting, Mr. Zavier.” “Ah, it’s fine. I only just arrived myself. Ms. Thea, please have a sit.”
Zavier invited them to take their seats.