The spacious hall remained quiet. Amused, Alyssa blinked and smiled.


    Jasper 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 dered with


    authority. When she was angry, Alyssa bore a striking resemnce to Newton, as if they were blood


    rtives.


    “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 Jasper’s ego by hitting him in front of everyone, I don’t see why I can’t address this


    matter publicly.”


    Javier pointed at Jasper 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!”N?velDrama.Org (C) content.


    “Hah,” Jasper scoffed with a cold look. Javier had been dead to him from the moment Anne jumped


    over the balcony in this vi.


    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 Jasper showing disrespect? How so? Enlighten me,” Newton inquired casually as he idly picked


    at


    his teeth.


    Everyone was speechless at Newton’s nonchnce. The more Newton aged, the less he cared about


    upholding his image. Perhaps he had been forced toply 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 ount 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 nce 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 exined 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!”