Standing before Love

“What’s the matter?” Tony asked impassively.

Elliot gloated at once. “What else do you think? Old Master Hart nearly spat blood in anger after you and Myra’s public display of affection at Wilson Golf Club.”

“Well, he can pretend that he didn’t see me then.” Tony leisurely leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes. Won’t I be yelled at if I call him back? Since they’re so desperate for a granddaughter-in-law, I’ll bring one back.

Meanwhile, Sean took Lyla and Eve back to the Chase Residence after the incident at Chase Group. Eve didn’t agree to go home at first, but she had to keep her temper after watching the video Sean showed her.

Honestly, she didn’t quite believe that Myra would do something unfair to them, but what Myra did in the video forced her to be suspicious. Do I… really not understand Myra at all?

Sean had asked Lyla to go downstairs for the time being, leaving only him and Eve in the bedroom at this moment.

Looking as though she had grown ten years older in an instant, Eve felt quite bad upon seeing her son standing at one side in silence. “Sean, I know that you probably learned about what I’ve done to Lyla since she has come back to you. That’s right—I met Lyla back then and asked her to leave you. But I did this for a reason, son… Do you hate me for my actions? Do you hate me because I wanted you to marry Myra although you love Lyla and not her?”

Sean stood stubbornly in place without saying a word, but Eve could tell what he was thinking. She continued with a sigh, “You won’t understand it… You’re totally obsessed with Lyla right now, but you’ll regret it someday… You know what? Not only is Myra a kind-hearted lady,

Suddenly, she coughed heavily before she could finish her sentence. Seeing that her face had turned red from coughing, Sean found himself unable to bear the sight. “Stop talking, Mom. I know that you like Myra, but please don’t care about this matter anymore. Now that Lyla and I are finally back together after being separated for two years, I don’t want to break up with her again.”

“No, Sean… You mustn’t divorce Myra…” Eve took a deep breath. “At the very least, you can’t do that right now… Sean, had you been nicer to Myra, she wouldn’t have been too hard on you for being together with Lyla. You can keep that woman as a mistress, but you mustn’t make her your wife. A woman like her will only come to you at the most glorious moment of your life. Once you’re in dire straits, only a woman like Myra will never leave you!”

Sean didn’t utter a sound, for he knew that his mother liked Myra and hated Lyla. Lyla was inferior to Myra; she wasn’t from a family like the Starks, nor could she give him the Stark Group’s 20 percent of shares that Myra had given to him back then. However, now that the money Myra invested in the company back then had become worthless right now, why would his mother still want him to be together with Myra?! “Stop it, Mom—” Sean muttered. “It’s my own business, so I know what to do.”

“You don’t have the slightest idea!” Eve suddenly chastised with emphasis before coughing with emotion. “You’re completely unaware that the late Old Master Stark has left a will behind, and the vast fortune of Stark Group is willed not to his son, but to his granddaughter! You just have to be patient for a while longer so that Myra gives you everything! My effort all these years would’ve bore fruit, yet you hurt Myra for Lyla’s sake. Do you think that she’ll still hand Stark Group over to you now?!”

Eve coughed violently again after finishing her sentence, but Sean forgot to help her relieve her cough this time. Instead, he stared at his mother in shock.

The Stark Family had only two daughters, so its fortune would end up belonging to the families of the daughters’ respective husbands; this was part of the reason why his mother had settled on Myra back then. However, the late Old Master Stark actually bequeathed all of Stark Family’s wealth to his granddaughter instead of his son in his will!

Sean furrowed his brows upon hearing Eve’s words. “Is that true, Mom?!”

“It’s absolutely true!” Eve took a few deep breaths. “I accidentally overheard the late Old Master Stark saying so to another man while I was dining at Ritz Carlton one day. Otherwise, why would I have been so determined to let you marry Myra? Besides, Myra really is a nice lady, so I thought that the both of you would be happy together in the end, but I didn’t expect… Sean, even if you call the police for what happened with Hilliville, nothing will be done against Myra. You know as well that the evidence isn’t sufficient; Myra doesn’t have the trade secrets in her hands, nor do you have proof of her dealing with Hart Group. All of this is totally insufficient to convict her, so it’s useless no matter whether she was the one who stole the trade secret or not. But now, you must depend on her for help with what happened with Hilliville; you must work hard to appease her. At the very least, you must do it right now! Otherwise—”

Before she could finish her speech, she was interrupted by an urgent ringtone. Sean frowned and saw that his cell phone was ringing; it was a phone call from Richard.

Eve motioned him to pick up the phone, which he did after thinking for a moment. As soon as he answered the call, Richard’s anxious voice could be heard over the phone. “Bad news, Director Chase. A few people died during the construction work of Marina Bay Bridge two years ago. Now the incident has been dug up, and the blame is being put on Chase Group!”

“What?!” Sean instantly raised his voice. As his cell phone had sound leakage issues, Eve heard Richard’s words very clearly, and her face turned pale at once.

“What should we do, Director Chase?” This was the first time Richard had come across such a serious matter. This matter was different from the company’s insolvency crisis, for someone would be taken into criminal custody! Moreover, the person to be taken into criminal custody would either be the person responsible for the incident, or the company’s lawful representative. Moreover, Sean was also the person responsible for the incident back then…

Eve instantly fainted upon hearing Sean’s words.

Sean could no longer pay attention to Richard; he hung up right away and tried to shake Eve awake. “Mom! Mom, are you okay?!”

The bedroom door quietly opened a crack first before Lyla quietly closed the door again. She didn’t expect to overhear such a piece of shocking news by accident.

That explains it… Lyla had always felt that Eve spoiled and trusted Myra to a completely blind degree, but it turned out that Eve wasn’t blind. She merely had her eye on the Stark Family’s last bit of advantage…

It’s regrettable, though… Lyla glanced at the news report she had just seen on her cell phone. The Stark Group’s successor was expecting a child at his old age, and the hospital has determined that the child would be a boy.

Myra will be a nobody once the boy is born… At the thought of this, Myra’s mouth curved into a sneer.

Sebastian swore that he didn’t mean anything else; he was only here to take a look at the apartment that his grandson had recently bought.

However, he didn’t have the keys to the apartment. He told Elliot to send his unfilial grandson a message by telling the latter to call him so that he could scare the latter, but that b*stard of a grandson didn’t even give him a phone call!

He sneered inwardly. Hmph, just wait until I meet that woman myself.

There were three apartment units after he exited the elevator. One of them belonged to his grandson, so that woman must be living in one of the two remaining units.